"O … Okay." Tessa nodded blankly. She didn't quite understand what Xiao Ran meant. 20?? However, he still gave the order according to Xiao Ran's request.
Suddenly, many technicians swarmed towards the King of Hell. They wanted to see what kind of loot was worth destroying an M9 and sending it to the Son of Dan Slave. However, to completely analyze the Son of Dan Slave, especially to discover the lambda system, wasn't something that could be done in a short period of time.
After Sosuke Xiangliang and Melissa Mao took Chidori away, several soldiers detained the female captives. Xiao Ran and El Erf were also brought to the huge submarine by Tessa. They were in a lounge that was cleaned up in advance.
Although they were in someone else's territory, Xiao Ran and El Erf seemed quite natural. After Tessa invited them to sit down, the vice-captain personally prepared coffee for them and placed it in front of them. After that, he stood behind Tessa with his hands behind his back, looking like a real soldier.
Tessa raised the cup of coffee in front of her and took a sip with a happy face. She said to Xiao Ran and El Erf, "Richard doesn't have much coffee. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to drink coffee personally brewed by Richard."
Hearing Tessa's praise, the vice-captain Richard's expression didn't change at all. He said, "If the captain likes it, I can prepare it for the captain every day."
"Ah, Richard still has a lot of work to do. I can do this kind of thing myself." Tessa quickly put down the coffee and stuck out her tongue embarrassedly. When she saw Xiao Ran was supporting his head with one hand on the sofa's armrest and seemed to be looking at her through her mask, Tessa's face suddenly became a little red. She was a little embarrassed and stopped acting like a little girl. She lowered her head slightly and put her hands on her knees.
"Mr. Arikos, Mr. Elfe, we already know about your cooperation with Mithril. I'm very happy to meet you, but I didn't expect to meet you in such a manner. If it's possible, I hope you can stay here for a few more days. The chief of Mithril's operations department hopes to meet you in person." Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Mr. Arikos, Mr. Elfe. I'm very happy to meet you, but I didn't expect to meet you in such a manner.
"Of course." Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Originally, apart from letting Luo contact you first, we didn't intend to contact you too early. But who knew that something like this would happen? And it also allowed me to get a pretty good loot. So far, it seems that I can only rely on your Mithril technology and industrial strength to help me make some corresponding adjustments. In this case, it's not impossible to have a more comprehensive contact with you."
"After all, at present, you need our technology, and we need your industrial strength. In addition, we have already discussed the cooperation between us. It is necessary for us to have a real understanding to gain more trust. We will stay here for the time being. I hope Captain Tessa can take care of us."
"You're welcome, this is what we should do." Tessa smiled and said to Xiao Ran, "Mr. Wei Luo is indeed very powerful. Although he joined the Mithril Research Department as a collaborator, he helped us to solve a lot of problems that gave us headaches the moment he arrived."
Xiao Ran sat up straight and spread his hands with a smile, "He's a true mechanical genius. I'm not surprised by this. If he can't lead Mithril to a higher level with your industrial strength and technological reserves, then that would be surprising."
"However, how much technology you can get from him will depend on your own ability and sincerity. By the way, Mr. Lo not only has a deep understanding of mobile weapons, he also has a deep understanding of battleships. "
Tessa's eyes suddenly widened when she heard Xiao Ran's words. Vice-captain Richard's eyes also flashed. He remembered Xiao Ran's words in his heart. First, he offered to hand over the spoils of war to Mithril's people, and now he mentioned that Mr. Lo had better technology in his hands. At the very least, he could bring Mithril's technological strength to a higher level.
In Richard's opinion, Xiao Ran had done all these intentionally, but he didn't know what his purpose was. He didn't understand Xiao Ran's thoughts at all. Tessa was the same. As the commander of a battle team, Tessa was definitely a smart person. She also couldn't figure out Xiao Ran's purpose and the reason for helping Mithril so openly.
Naturally, they didn't know what Xiao Ran wanted to do. Since he chose justice, then Mithril, who maintained peace, naturally belonged to the righteous side. Xiao Ran and Mithril were already on the same side, and the evil side was represented by Amalgamate. Once the two sides went to war, Xiao Ran couldn't escape, and neither could Mithril. Therefore, Xiao Ran could only express more sincerity to Mithril to strengthen the cooperation and relationship between the two sides. At the same time, he could increase the combat strength of Mithril and make Mithril his best ally to share his burdens and complete his missions.
However, the prerequisite was that Xiao Ran had to maintain his independence from the outside world. He had to be able to stand on equal footing with Mithril, or even surpass their status. He had to make Mithril rely on him. This way, he would be able to take more initiative in future cooperation and influence Mithril's every action.
Tessa's eyes lit up. The Son of Dan Nu was a spaceship that transcended the era she personally designed. Xiao Ran said that Law had a deep understanding of warships, which made Tessa see the possibility of making the Son of Dan Nu even more perfect and powerful. In fact, as long as Law was willing, Mithril's industrial level could meet the requirements. Law could even turn the Son of Dan Nu into a real spaceship or even a space warship.
Richard saw that his little captain was a little distracted, so he coughed to remind him again. The latter turned to look at Richard blankly, then as if he had thought of something, he quickly asked Xiao Ran seriously, "Mr. Law's technology is quite admirable. If I have the chance, I will definitely ask him for more advice. But Mr. Xiao Ran, may I ask why Chidori is your mission target?"
Xiao Ran and El Erf appeared next to a Whisperer under the protection of Mithril, which made Mithril feel very strange. It was natural for some doubts to arise in his heart. The senior management of Mithril knew very well that the Whisperers had the terrifying potential to change the world, so they paid a lot of attention to every Whisperer they discovered. At the same time, they were also worried that these Whisperers would fall into the hands of organizations like the KGB and become important props to destroy the world's peace.
The identity of Xiao Ran was very sensitive to Mithril, and the source of the technology in his hands was also very strange. It made them wonder if Xiao Ran and El Erf had some other purpose for staying by Chidori's side. For Tessa, Chidori was the target she needed to protect, and behind such a target, there were two other Whisperers who had never been discovered before. This was definitely a dereliction of duty for Tessa. It was urgent to find out Xiao Ran's purpose.
And for the answer to this question, Xiao Ran just looked at Tessa and Richard with a smile, then said, "I think you should know the answer to this question better than I do. Chidori is a Whisperer. We stay by her side of course to protect her from falling into the hands of other people with ulterior motives."
"Just like this time, the KGB planned to kidnap Chidori just to ensure her safety. Isn't this exactly the same as what you did? It's just that you used her as bait when she didn't know anything, and we protected her when she didn't know anything."
Tessa was speechless after hearing Xiao Ran's words. Indeed, as Xiao Ran said, they used Chidori as bait. But this was also to better protect the Whisperers who were still living in the ordinary world, and even Chidori herself. After a moment of silence, Tessa asked, "So, Mr. Xiao Ran, when will your protection of Chidori end? And for what reason as a freelance mercenary protecting such a troublesome person without any benefits?"
"The time is not fixed. It will only end when we are sure that Chidori is no longer a threat. As for the reason …" Xiao Ran thought for a moment, then said, "You can think of it as us being bored, or you can think of it as us wanting to establish a better relationship with Chidori, a lone Whisperer, so that we can get the things you call black technology from her. Of course, you can also think of us as the same as you. After realizing that Chidori is in danger, we are willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of world peace. You can also think of us as a spontaneously organized Whisperer protection organization."
"But speaking of which …" Xiao Ran smirked, then said, "Colonel Tessa, you are also a Whisperer. In fact, Colonel Tessa, you are also under our protection. Otherwise, why do you think Law cooperated with Mithril?"
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