Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 409: Auction Quota
"...I had originally intended to use this opportunity to resolve the matter with Qin Zhao, but now that the problem has been resolved, to provoke him again...I always feel it's not a good idea." Ke Lan frowned and shook his head.
"But the problem is that you have already provoked her. To use the idiom of you Chinese people, this is called 'seducing and abandoning' - you scumbag!" The Hound directly made an international friendly gesture to Ke Lan.
"Hey, hey, I didn't do anything to her, and I didn't even say a word to her. If you don't know how to use idioms, don't use them randomly, old man!" Ke Lan said angrily.
"So what are you going to do?" The Hound smiled mischievously, "We are a consortium-level hunting group after all, we can't go back on our word, right? Although this is just a verbal agreement and it's not stated in the contract, do you have the heart to deceive a young girl who just graduated?"
"Isn't that the trouble you caused me?" Ke Lan glared at the hound speechlessly. "How about this, hire her in and try to arrange some easy clerical work for her - we spend much more time outside than at the headquarters anyway, and when her internship is over, send her back to her own home."
"By the way, speaking of this..." Ke Lan looked at Valentina who was standing by the window in a daze, "Where is that Sakurai Na? She insisted on coming to our hunting group before, so why didn't we see her this time? Where did she go?"
Although Ke Lan was adamantly against Sakurai Nai joining the hunting group at first, since this matter finally came to pass, he had to take responsibility for his subordinates, and Sakurai Nai was no exception. Ke Lan was particularly worried that this guy would cause trouble under the name of their hunting group. If he encountered any danger again, it would be even worse. After all, behind this girl was the Mitsui Group, a behemoth that was no less powerful than the Soma Group and the Ye Family.
"She stayed in the lab all day after she gave me a full-body examination," Valentina said. "She said that although my old injuries were a bit tricky, she would be able to overcome them if she was given two months. I could tell that she was a good person and a good doctor."
"Well, it's a good thing that both of you are women, otherwise it would be like being a nice guy..." Ke Lan shrugged, "That's fine, let her be busy."
"Well, based on my understanding of Valentina, this evaluation is incredible. There are not many people she can call good - this position in her heart is basically second only to Lao Chi." said the Hound.
"Hey, then we should be considered good people, right?" Zhuoligetu smiled at Valentina in a simple and honest way. "Anyway, I regard you as my 'friends'. You are different from those temporary teammates I met before. At least, I dare to trust you with my back."
"Anda" is the word used by Mongolians to refer to "brothers", and it specifically refers to people who are not related by blood but can be trusted with life and death. "Broken brother" is almost the same as "sworn brotherhood" in Chinese.
"Yeah, you too." Valentina nodded and spoke in a slightly lower voice than usual.
"These days, there are still people who actively ask girls for favor cards?" Hound looked at Zhuoligetu with a very complicated look, "To be honest, brother, I'm worried about how you're going to solve your single problem."
"This..." Zhuoligetu was stunned when asked this question by the hound, "This... I have never thought about this question..."
"Brother, why are you so anxious——" At this time, Layton suddenly spoke up, "Look at this guy Lao Gou, he is already this old, but he is still a single dog? How dare he say that to you?"
"Tsk, you know shit, this is what I call freedom, carefree and carefree--"
"Okay , stop being so cool." Ke Lan patted the back of the sofa. "In addition to those guys who just took advantage of me, there is one more thing I need to tell you."
"What's the matter?" The people in the room immediately focused their attention on Ke Lan.
"I received an email from the Ye Group. The mecha competition finals will be replayed." Ke Lan said, "The teams that participated in the finals before remain unchanged, but the Dark Crow Club's quota has been auctioned off. I have to say that the Ye Group is really good at making money. The amount of money from the auction of the finals quota alone can recover a lot of losses caused by this incident. Add to that the private compensation from the Adams family, and I even suspect that they not only did not lose money, but made a profit instead."
"Is there such a thing? Then who got this spot?" The Hound raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Field Corps."
"Puff—" Layton, who was drinking water, suddenly spit out the water in his mouth, and then choked and said, "Ahem... the military... cough... hasn't it been many consecutive sessions without participating? Ahem... Besides, even if they want a place to participate, do they need to auction it?"
"I'm also very confused - the auction was held in public, and there was no problem with the process on the surface. As for what was going on behind the scenes, that's unknown."
"But anyway, this matter has been set in stone - the field forces, tsk, now the finals will be interesting." The Hound smacked his lips and said, "Those of you who have never served in the field forces may not know how perverted the monsters they choose to participate in the competition are, but I know it very well."
"As strong as Valentina?" Zhuo Ligetu pointed at Valentina and asked tentatively.
"More than that..." The Hound shook his head. "Valentina is very strong and has top-notch talent, but she doesn't have much combat experience, and her injuries will affect her strength to some extent. As for the monsters selected to participate in the competition, you might as well imagine how much stronger a pilot with the same talent as Valentina, who has no physical disability and has experienced countless life-and-death battles, can be than the so-called ace trained with virtual programs... If there are no accidents, the champion of this session should be a foregone conclusion."
"Remember Masayuki Takumi who died in the Leviathan incident..." Ke Lan said, "The top ace of the field force should be similar to him, right?"
"Yeah." The hound nodded.
"I know the names of the ace pilots who are as famous as the God of Home, but judging by their ages, they should have all retired. Even if they are still in the army, they have either become instructors or been promoted to commanders. It seems that there are no new stars emerging recently." Layton said.
"Just because you don't know doesn't mean there aren't any. The list of casualties in the field forces is updated every day... The peaceful days enjoyed by the people on the Ark are all earned by their lives, but many people don't know about it."
"I remembered a line from an old poem: 'There is no such thing as a peaceful life, it's just that someone is carrying the burden for you'..." Ivan sighed, "I've read the Russian version of this poem before."
"Now you know why we in the field troops look down on the garrison troops, right? Even though that guy Maginot has become a general, he doesn't dare to fart in front of me. Apart from anything else, the four words 'field troops' are a symbol of strength." The Hound said proudly.
"But the problem is that they are our opponents now." Layton said with a bitter face, "I don't know what the format of the rematch will be. If it is still a chicken-eating mode, we should just go around them..."
