The next day, the convoy successfully returned to Rhodes Island's main vessel.
Opening the car door, Kanna saw Amiya and Rosmontis standing on the steps not far away. When they saw Kanna, both happily waved.
"Wow! Are you waiting for Kanna?" Kanna pushed off with her little legs, and with a single leap, she arrived in front of them.
"Yes! When ACE sent back the mission debriefing, he praised you at great length! Provence also said in the debriefing that she would apply for a high-difficulty Contingency Contract medal for you, which made everyone so happy."
Yesterday, ACE's debriefing had already been sent back to Rhodes Island. This was not only to convey the message of mission completion but also to make contact and know the time and location for boarding the ship later.
In the debriefing, he praised Kanna profusely. Based on Kanna's description, ACE put himself in her shoes and realized that without Kanna's ability to see through heavy rain, if it had been him, upon discovering the strange fish, he would have only been able to lead his subordinates and villagers to retreat into the village, waiting for the Calamity to pass and the strange fish to leave.
But in that scenario, both the team members and the villagers would face enormous risks to their lives and severe oripathy infection. With the team's strength, they would likely survive the disaster, but deaths would certainly be unavoidable.
Everything Kanna did significantly minimized the danger of this operation. Although she was exposed to great danger while operating in the Calamity, it was surprising that after leaving the Calamity zone, the accompanying Medical Operator performed an emergency check on Kanna, and the results showed no traces of oripathy infection in Kanna's skin exudates or saliva. However, Kanna had stayed in the Calamity without any protection for a long time, which worried ACE.
Regarding his concerns, Kal'tsit sent a private message, telling him and the Medical Operator not to spread news of Kanna's physical condition. Although ACE had doubts, he respected the directive.
"Don't rush off to play yet. Kanna, your actions this time were very dangerous, ACE has already told us. So, you must go to the Medical Department for a comprehensive check-up first. You can only leave after the examination is complete."
Before Kanna could be happy for a few minutes, Kal'tsit's voice came from behind her.
Hearing Kal'tsit's words, Amiya and Rosmontis both showed expressions of helplessness. Kanna could only droop her tail and follow Kal'tsit into the corridor.
After the examination, Kal'tsit and Warfarin held Kanna's medical report, their faces showing an 'as expected' expression.
"Tsk! What a terrifying little one. She was active in the wilderness during a Calamity for nearly half an hour without any protection, and yet she has no infection at all. I have to ask, Kal'tsit, are you really sure you can manage her?"
Warfarin spread her hands, seeing Kal'tsit's indifferent look.
Well, if you, the leader, aren't afraid, why should I, a subordinate, worry?
Besides, isn't there still the invincible MON3TR? When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. What does it matter to an innocent Blood Demon doctor like her?
After the check-up, Kanna walked out of the Medical Department and saw Rosmontis sitting quietly outside. When she saw Kanna, her eyes lit up, and then she stood up.
"Sniff, sniff! Rosmontis, you smell so nice." As she approached, Kanna caught a faint, delicate scent. She had noticed it before, but she was too excited when she saw them, and then Kal'tsit immediately called her away, so she hadn't had a chance to ask.
"Really?" Rosmontis was very happy, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons.
"It's Senior Lena. These past few days, she and Miss Melantha have made many new sachets and aromatherapy diffusers in the Greenhouse. Doctor Kal'tsit said that this batch of aromatherapy and sachets is very effective for the mental comfort of oripathy patients, and I also received one." As she spoke, Rosmontis raised her hand, showing Kanna the small sachet hanging on her wrist.
Kanna nodded after seeing it; then she wouldn't need it. Although she also quite wanted such a small item, she didn't know the difficulty of production and the demand. If it was very scarce, giving it to someone who didn't need it would be worse than giving it to a patient in urgent need. Perhaps having stayed on Rhodes Island for a long time, Kanna would also consider these things more when it came to matters related to illness.
She led Rosmontis towards the lower levels of Rhodes Island, her destination naturally being Vulcan's workshop in the Engineering Department.
During this outing, Kanna also realized she lacked a handy weapon. Although with her strength, a weapon would only be the icing on the cake, killing an opponent with a weapon and with her fists were two completely different things.
Especially that big loach this time, in order to successfully kill it, Kanna endured the nausea and placed both hands on its head for an electric therapy session for quite a while. The smell of burnt flesh mixed with earth and the unique fishy odor was beyond disgusting.
If she had a suitable weapon, Kanna was confident she could easily cut the opponent in two.
Upon arriving at Vulcan's workshop, Kanna mentioned wanting to forge a weapon, and Vulcan was quite interested.
Then Kanna began to explain her ideas.
The weapon choice was a greatsword and a shield with very sharp edges on both sides.
And the shield could split in half, then the greatsword would be slotted in the middle of the shield, transforming the sword-and-shield into an extended great axe.
As Kanna spoke, she stepped onto a stool, gesticulating wildly (her feet couldn't reach anything higher).
"I call this set of weapon transformations 'Super Discharge.' When in doubt, just freaking discharge it! Any problem that can be solved with Super Discharge isn't a problem at all. Next time I encounter a big guy like that, I'll just axe them down one by one, maybe even stack some Bloodrage..."
Vulcan, who was beside her, went from initial enthusiasm to looking like an old person on the subway with a phone, fully displaying her complex and chaotic emotions.
Kanna didn't care about this at all, and Cerberus, who was beside her, even clapped her tail after hearing Kanna's description, because what Kanna said sounded super cool, making even the not-so-bright weapon master, Cerberus, excited.
Leaving aside whether splitting the shield in the middle would affect the shield's inherent defensive power and quality.
The strength of a sword-type weapon itself simply cannot be used as an axe handle, because the grip of a normal axe is the entire axe shaft from top to bottom, while for a sword, even a two-handed sword, the part that can be gripped by hand is only a small section. This means the power of such an axe would be concentrated at the outermost part, which would be a huge and fatal flaw for the user.
After being criticized by Vulcan, Kanna temporarily abandoned her shield-axe plan. Given her height and combat style, Vulcan advised her not to choose too large a weapon.
Because an overly large weapon would be too heavy and slow, which would not suit her attack style of using Thunderbolt Wedge's sudden repositioning for surprise attacks.
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