Fuyuki had never had the experience of strolling so leisurely on a landship.
The Rhodes Island ship was terrifyingly large.
“Just what kind of company could afford to build a landship like this?” Living quarters, logistics area…
Not long after walking out of the Medical Department, Fuyuki saw many people along the way.
Some were Rhodes Island Operators, and some were ordinary civilians.
And it was very clear that the proportion of Infected was quite high.
However, it was different from the slums of Lungmen.
Here, everyone’s face was brimming with smiles, full of hope for life.
Fuyuki saw burly field Operators who were willing to patiently accompany the elderly in conversation.
She also saw tiny children offering their carefully crafted paper flowers to others.
Everyone on Rhodes Island was doing what they could.
Most people who saw Fuyuki greeted her friendly, and Fuyuki politely responded to each one.
As she walked…
the fox ears on Fuyuki’s head suddenly twitched hard twice.
The three large tails behind her also suddenly became active, swaying slightly from side to side.
“Oh my…
this is…” That mysterious innate ‘treasure-hunting’ talent seemed to have activated.
Whenever she had this inexplicable ‘Doki Doki’ heartbeat feeling, Fuyuki would vaguely sense some kind of guidance.
Usually, following this guidance would lead her to find something unexpected.
But after years of summarizing, Fuyuki could basically confirm they were always important items lost by others.
But this was on the Rhodes Island ship…
the person who lost it must be very anxious.
And…
this time the sensation was much stronger than in the past?
Fuyuki was slightly surprised.
However, she hadn’t been able to summarize much experience from this talent over the years; it was too dependent on fate.
Should she go take a look?
Since she had already decided to join Rhodes Island, doing a good deed in passing to get closer to others would surely be excellent.
Following that feeling, Fuyuki walked slowly through the Rhodes Island ship.
But as she walked…
something seemed amiss.
“This feeling…
that object…
it couldn’t be moving, could it?” Could it be someone’s pet?
It wasn’t impossible.
The biggest job Fuyuki had ever landed was helping a wealthy person passing through the Lungmen slums find their cat.
So, it was indeed possible for the “object” corresponding to this intuition to change positions.
And from the looks of it, the frequency of movement was quite regular.
In that case, she needed to pick up the pace!
Fuyuki was somewhat familiar with the target’s location; she had just been near there recently.
It was a deeper section of the Medical Department.
However, since Fuyuki had only come for a physical exam, she hadn’t ventured that deep before.
The path she had just walked was still very familiar, so it didn’t take much time to find the target.
Furthermore, since this intuition occurred inside the Rhodes Island landship, which had no soil structure, there was no possibility of something being buried underground.
Approaching the target, Fuyuki saw at a glance…
a puddle of…
liquid, and a picture book discarded on the floor.
So, why was there a very suspicious puddle of liquid inside the Rhodes Island ship, where the environment was generally dry?
Fuyuki’s intuition was always spot on.
It looked like ordinary water, but there was an indescribable sense of fluctuation.
Even if…
it didn’t quite seem like Originium Arts, it was definitely man-made.
In fact…
this puddle of liquid had a strange sense of being a “living thing.” Fuyuki had seen instances of using some medium as a material for Originium Arts before.
But regardless of the method, making such a medium disappear would most likely cause the opponent’s Originium Arts to fail.
Hmm…
test it out?
Fuyuki first calmly picked up the picture book from the floor.
“Oh dear, this puddle of water is right here.
It wouldn’t be good if someone slipped on it.” Fuyuki snapped her fingers.
A gentle cyclone formed around her.
But it was enough to dry the floor.
“It.
Needs.
To.
Be.
Cleaned.
Up.
Properly.” She spoke each word slowly, with a hint of a threat.
As for whether the other party might be a very socially anxious colleague?
If that…
really happened, Fuyuki would definitely apologize properly.
Under Fuyuki’s small threat, nothing special seemed to happen.
Without hesitation, Fuyuki aimed the cyclone at the liquid and blew it over.
“Hey, you little fox!” As expected, the person behind it got anxious.
The puddle of liquid on the floor moved rapidly, and after evading the cyclone, it gradually condensed into a shape.
It looked like a young girl.
As for why she used the words “looked like”…
Fuyuki knew that there were quite a few long-lived races on this land.
Long, straight flaxen-green hair.
Pointed ears.
On her head, she wore a somewhat strange headpiece shaped like a combination of several leaves.
She wore a loose white lab coat like a researcher’s, which seemed to have been reinforced with waterproof material.
She even carried an umbrella…
however, the ID card she wore…
was clearly not the triangular shape of the Rhodes Island logo.
It was a Mobius strip.
“Intruder?” Fuyuki’s gaze immediately became unfriendly.
As a newly hired employee, Fuyuki didn’t mind putting on a good performance!
“What intruder!” The pointed-eared girl blinked her innocent eyes at Fuyuki.
“I’m just a poor, lonely girl passing through!” Great, time to prepare to sound the alarm.
So Fuyuki made a move to sound the alarm in the most direct way—by activating an Originium Art with a loud commotion.
Inside the Rhodes Island ship where surveillance was everywhere, although this was likely one of the few blind spots, such a commotion would definitely be caught.
Of course, it was a bluff.
Because Fuyuki didn’t quite believe that this short intruder hadn’t been discovered by Rhodes Island.
Was this a joke?
If even she could sense something wrong after getting close, would the massive Rhodes Island have no one who noticed?
“Wait, wait, wait!
I’ll talk!” The pointed-eared girl hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Fuyuki.
The girl’s hand felt very cold.
Although the other party didn’t seem to have any malice, Fuyuki still tensed her body and remained cautious.
But obviously, the other party also had reservations.
She didn’t really want to have a falling out with Rhodes Island.
“I am Muelsyse, the Director of the Ecological Section at Rhine Lab.
I’m only at Rhodes Island to visit a friend.” The pointed-eared girl—Muelsyse—briefly revealed her identity.
“I really won’t do anything strange.
I’ll leave as soon as I see my friend.” Muelsyse dropped her slightly forced playful expression and spoke seriously.
“Your friend…” Fuyuki held the picture book she had just picked up.
That faint feeling was coming from not far ahead.
“Is she in that direction?” Fuyuki pointed towards a wrong direction at the fork ahead.
“No, she’s in the Ward 06 Area of the Rhodes Island Medical Department.” Muelsyse shook her head and then gave the exact location she wanted to go to.
While Fuyuki didn’t know where this so-called Ward 06 was…
at that moment, a melodic short piece of music suddenly rang out inside the Rhodes Island ship.
“Shipboard announcement—Operator ‘Fuyuki,’ please proceed to the Medical Department, Ward 06 Area.
Repeat, Operator ‘Fuyuki,’ please proceed to the Medical Department, Ward 06 Area.
Dr.
Kaltsit is waiting for you.
End of announcement.” Fuyuki shrugged.
As expected, with an AI as powerful as PRTS, how could it not have discovered the intruder?
And that Dr.
Kaltsit looked like the type who was quite difficult to deal with!
“Let’s go, Miss Muelsyse.
It looks like we’ll have to be companions for a while?” “Ha…
fine then.” Muelsyse sighed softly.
After all, since her actions had been publicly called out, she had to give some sort of explanation, although it was unlikely to be anything major.
“Then, lead the way.
Miss Fuyuki of Rhodes Island.”