Zhou Jinru was stunned. Kesha obviously only heard the first half of the sentence. He then thought about it and realized that there was nothing wrong with it. The big girl in front of him was actually just a teenage girl in her heart. It was normal for her focus to wander.
"Kesha, there are still many things you have to do in the future."
Even if the girl in front of him only has symbolic meaning to Saint Aral, her existence is still indispensable.
After pulling the Rust Belt people out of the quagmire, they have to face a lot of problems. No matter how deep the family fortune Russell left behind is, it will be exhausted one day. They have to find a way of survival that suits them.
Kesha rubbed her eyes and dozed off: "Aguang, I think you know a lot more than me. Uncle Ask asked me to speak in front of the camera today. I tried many times before I managed to record it successfully."
Zhou Jinru thought that the scene Aske wanted to record was nothing more than Kesha speaking in the Timos Manor, so that the anxious Rust Belt people could feel at ease.
"Take your time, once it's raw, the next time it's familiar."
Kesha doesn't have the qualifications to become a leader now, so Aske is basically taking care of all the big and small things. It was not easy for Russell to be alone in the first place.
Kesha tilted her head, with hope in her tone: "Aguang, why don't you come and help me? You and Uncle Aske will definitely get along! He doesn't have to be so tired."
Zhou Jinru laughed and said: "Have you forgotten that I also have Rhode Island? You have also met Amiya. In terms of status, she is still my immediate boss."
"Well, if you come to help me, Amiya will be very sad."
Kesha was a little disappointed, but she quickly recovered her emotions: "Then I won't force you, you must protect Amiya."
Zhou Jinru chuckled and said, "That's my responsibility."
Asik's voice came from the door: "It seems you had a good chat?"
Zhou Jinru turned around and saw Aske walking in. He had previously seen him carrying a cane, but now he had already thrown it aside. He was walking vigorously and energetically.
"what have you found?"
"I find it has not been easy for you all these years."
Asker sighed: "Not only is it not easy, the master has to dye his hair white every once in a while, because only a sluggish Rust Belt Godfather will not irritate Colombia."
He looked at Kesha: "Miss, Mr. Aguang and I need to discuss the future development prospects..."
Kesha asked: "Do you need me to leave?"
"No, Kesha, come with us," Zhou Jinru shook his head and turned to Asker, "Since she is sitting here, she has the right to know what we are talking about."
Ask asked in a low voice: "Is it too early?"
"Uncle Ask, I am no longer a child."
Kesha stood between the two of them, and Asik closed his eyes: "Aguang, they all said that you can take care of children. It seems that they are not lying."
Zhou Jinru didn't care whether he could take care of children or not, he just said: "Young age doesn't mean anything."
The three people left the reception room and walked in the brightly lit passage. From time to time they could see staff running back and forth. These people moved quickly, did not slack off, and did their jobs seriously.
Ask asked: "What do you think?"
Zhou Jinru said truthfully: "Mr. Timos left a lot of things."
"The things I left behind can only help us get through the current difficulties. There will be more troubles ahead."
Saint-Aral is a rust belt city. After becoming a mobile city, its own attributes have not changed. Not to mention the useless production capacity lost by land cities, in the blocks that move with the core city, Only a certain proportion of machinery and equipment is retained, and most of the rest follow the agricultural production route. The first thing they have to do is to survive, and the second is to live better.
Zhou Jinru thought for a while, it would be hard to say if it were another organization, but in addition to Rhode Island, there is also the Integration Movement here. Let’s not talk about the reputation of the latter. Just the creation of the Snow Monster Team The production capacity they produce is enough to make people jealous, which means that they have the ability to help Saint-Aral overcome the initial difficulties. As for how to improve living standards in the future, it depends on the abilities of the independent city-state's own people.
He stopped and looked at Aske: "I would like to ask, who was the person who made the plan for Mr. Timos?"
"I don't know. The master didn't say anything. I don't know anything."
Zhou Jinru didn't intend to stop there. He pointed at his nose and asked, "Is it me?"
"How old was Mr. Aguang ten years ago?"
"I have no idea."
He didn't lie or have any mood swings. Asik was very calm and controlled his emotions very well.
"just kidding."
Zhou Jinru continued to walk forward, but had other thoughts in his mind.
Someone has prepared everything in advance, and all plans are moving along the route designed by the other party. Occasionally there will be a slight deviation, but it will soon be smoothed out by the tide of the times.
In other words, one day in the past ten years, something happened that became the breaking point of the world of Terra...
Zhou Jinru had to wonder if that person was himself, because he had already seen another version of himself, and the core city beneath him was still another Rhodes Island.
"So who am I? I even plot against myself. Why do I do this so suddenly? Is it just to kill a senior member of the Deep Sea Council?"
Just as he was thinking, Asker suddenly asked: "Is Rhode Island going to Victoria next?"
This is not a secret. Amiya informed Saint-Aral of this news in the previous meeting. The ship docked in Saint-Martin has begun preparations for sailing, which means that once this mobile city is free from natural disasters coverage, they would set sail out of Colombia.
"So, has your company decided how to face those big nobles?"
Zhou Jinru frowned slightly: "Our purpose is only to retrieve the frigate, and we don't plan to stay in Victoria for long. Rhode Island is tantamount to intervening in Victoria's affairs. In fact, we basically have no business partners in Victoria."
Victoria has its own medical research institute, just like Colombia's Rheinland Life, and Rhode Island has no idea of getting involved.
If Kelsey had not advocated reducing Rhode Island's daily consumption and storing the frigates in Victoria's Royal Port, Rhode Island would not have moved even half a step toward Victoria.
Zhou Jinru had read the minutes of the meeting from more than a year ago. Kelsey's actions were very confusing. She seemed to have foreseen the decline of Rhode Island and even made relevant preparations in advance.
Is this true for the omniscient and omnipotent Kelsey?
A few minutes later, they stood in the dormitory area of the core city, which had been temporarily transformed into a guest residence. They were called visitors, but they were just under house arrest.
"Aguang, the person you meet is inside. I guess your energy is limited and you can only meet one person at a time, so take your time."
Zhou Jinru couldn't help but take another look at Aske, who seemed to have guessed his true plan and said no more.
He opened the door in front of him and walked in. What he saw was an extremely simple dormitory decoration. There was a chair next to a wooden table, and the clothes hanger was beside the door. One third of the room was occupied by the one on the right side. There is a wooden bed on the wall, and a man holding a thick book is sitting beside the bed.
When the man saw someone coming in, he looked up and his expression changed slightly: "What do you want to do?"
"It's not a very important thing. I only ask two questions and then leave."
The man was quite nervous, because the tall and thin young man in front of him was the commander who captured them!
Zhou Jinru pulled up a chair and sat carelessly opposite Victoria's pilot. He raised a finger and said, "The first question is very simple. Has there been any major geological disaster in Victoria within a year?"
Is that the problem?
The pilot was stunned for two seconds, thinking he was going to ask about some military secrets or some confidential information. Unexpectedly, the other party only wanted to know about geological disasters.
But there have been no geological disasters since last year, and he couldn't answer, so he shook his head and said he didn't know.
Zhou Jinru rubbed his eyebrows and declared that his first question had failed. The other party did not lie, or did not even have the conditions to lie, because every steam mecha pilot is Victoria's precious wealth, most of the time They all live in military camps and rarely go out, so they don't know much about less important natural disasters.
"Second question, who were you loyal to when you swore an oath?"
This question was even simpler. It wasn’t even a question. The pilot immediately replied: “Our allegiance is to His Majesty King Aslan!”
"Okay, no problem now, bye."
Zhou Jinru turned around and left without any intention of looking back. Watching his back disappear behind the door, Victoria's pilot secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Jinru then went to the second room, followed the same example, and finally stood in front of Asker and said that he could leave.
Ask asked in confusion: "Aguang, your two questions are completely unrelated. What can you ask?"
Zhou Jinru shook his head, said nothing, and left the core city of natural selection. On the way back to the Rhode Island camp, he thought a lot.
These two questions are indeed unrelated because they point to different purposes. The former is asking about natural disasters in Victoria, and the latter is asking about Victoria's rulers.
The former two pilots said they didn't know, indicating that there was indeed no natural disaster that shocked the country in Victoria. The abnormal situation in the active volcano mentioned by Provence was probably just a farce. There should be another hidden reason for the disappearance of the lamb.
the latter……
Nowadays, Aslan, who is of Vina's race, still sits in the dominant position of Victoria, but she has been in exile and has been unwilling to go back, which shows that the situation is not as optimistic as imagined.
Both pilots firmly expressed their loyalty to Aslan, which fully shows that Aslan's status has not been shaken. Then the question arises. The Pardoner who followed them to Saint Alar is actually a real Aslan. Kaz people, and have command authority over the pilots of the steam mecha...
Zhou Jinru's eyes were dark, and he gently wrote a person's name on the palm of his hand: Tracys.
"It's really not a good choice to go to Victoria now. The Sakaz who can command the army is still loyal to Aslan's army. Putting the two together can only mean that he is tied to Aslan, or Said Aslan has to be tied to him, after all, Vina is still with me, Aslan’s guardian’s words must be taken seriously.”
"So...the problem still lies with me."
Zhou Jinru sighed and forced himself not to think about why everyone had a tacit understanding and ceased activity for more than a year. That was no longer called a turning point, but a breaking point.
While returning to the camp, I suddenly heard another round of artillery fire from the direction of the Rhode Island camp. I quickly asked: "Which round of artillery fire is this?"
"In the third round, while the doctor was still staying in the core city of Natural Selection, there were two shellings."
Dense raindrops hit the car window, making his vision extremely blurred. Zhou Jinru had no choice but to roll down the car window. A strong wind carried the rainwater and poured in, drenching him with water.
"The speed of block movement is slowing down, which means that the chassis has been eroded too much, and the integrated movement has no response plan?!"
In fact, Zhou Jinru had already mistakenly blamed the integration movement. What little experience they had was accumulated when they attacked Qicheng. It was unknown how much they could use, let alone prepare a plan.
"Let us do it."
Zhou Jinru grabbed the terminal and said loudly: "Amiya, I have left the core city. Everyone will follow the second plan and allocate some manpower to the block connection to prepare to cooperate with the Saint Yalar people to get the chassis back!"
"Doctor, we can't get people out right now. Originium crystals are piercing the surface of the block in many places, which greatly slows down the movement speed. Rhode Island is trying to solve these problems."
"I'll think of another way!"
Amiya's words fell on Zhou Jinru's ears, giving him an even greater headache. After much hesitation, he dialed the second number, a number he had never contacted before.
A weak voice came from the other side:
"Hello, you are..."
"it's me."
"Ah, ah, it's Bo, no, Aguang, what's the matter?"
Zhou Jinru continued: "Are you with Yelena?"
"I...ah, Miss Y-Yelena?!"
A weak voice screamed, obviously the communication equipment had been taken away. At the same time, a cold voice came from the other side: "It's you, what do you want to do?"
"Can you tell me, is Faust confident of getting the chassis back?"
"none of your business."
Zhou Jinru was not discouraged: "I don't know what agreement you have with Saint Yalar, but everyone in the integration movement should think about it carefully. This mobile city has lost all its blocks. Even if it can escape the coverage of natural disasters, it will lose its blocks." Block, a mobile city that loses supplies, population, and blood-forming ability will be eaten up and wiped out by all the countries that are looking at it in an instant, is this the truth?"
The cold voice on the other side was silent for two seconds, and Zhou Jinru could vaguely hear her murmuring: "Why did you and that dragon girl say the same thing? Are you colluding?"
