After entering Lungmen, the group discussed and decided to go find the fishball vendor, Jie.
He was one of the few ordinary people who eventually chose to return to Lungmen, but under Amiya's persuasion, he did not give up his Operator status.
Instead, he took on the long-term mission of garrisoning Lungmen and ensuring hospital safety, opening a fishball shop next to the joint hospital of Rhodes Island and Lungmen.
Being able to continue selling fishballs while also having a part-time income was not something Jie needed to refuse.
Moreover, in life, one always makes all sorts of friends, and in this civilian area, who didn't have a few Infected friends?
With this connection, at least when a friend's Oripathy flared up, one wouldn't be unable to even lend a hand.
When the group arrived at Jie's fishball shop, they entered and immediately saw a group of familiar faces.
Leading them was a carp spirit eating two bowls, surrounded by his detective agency companions.
Although they also had Rhodes Island affiliations, they usually traveled between two places and occasionally ventured into Yan, making them a rather unique group among the Operators.
However, based on their understanding of Rhodes Island during their time there, they were willing to help Rhodes Island establish connections within Yan.
While they couldn't reach the high echelons, there were many Infected at the grassroots level.
Over the past year, thanks to these people from the carp spirit's group, rumors about Rhodes Island could often be heard in several cities west of Lungmen.
"Yo! Lee, long time no see!"
"It's Kanna, long time no see!"
Kanna and Lee's first meeting was during the period when a large number of Lungmen residents had just joined Rhodes Island.
At that time, a trend of learning Yan's official language emerged at Rhodes Island, and Kanna, who had self-taught herself to speak fluent Mandarin and Shangshu dialect, was seen as a prodigy by everyone.
Out of curiosity, Lee and Kanna met a few times, and upon learning that she had never been to Yan, he was so surprised that he could almost fit Kanna's head in his mouth.
Although there was a significant age difference, their similarly easygoing personalities quickly made them "kindred spirits," becoming rare friends who transcended age.
"Speaking of which, you were on an external mission for half a year, and I heard you even filmed a strange movie after you returned?" Lee asked, contentedly popping a fishball into his mouth.
"That's right! But I remember it was shown in Lungmen, right? Oh, come on, we're such good friends, and I made a movie, but you didn't even come to join the fun?" Kanna nodded first, then suddenly realized that his tone implied he hadn't even watched her movie.
She couldn't help but slap the table and said "fiercely."
"Cough, cough, cough... you know I'm very busy... I just got back from Huadu today, and here I am, meeting you on my first day back.
But don't worry, I'll definitely go watch your movie; I'll go watch it right away, and not only will I watch it, I'll book out the whole cinema!" Hearing Kanna find a loophole in his words, Lee coughed twice and quickly explained.
Kanna wasn't afraid of him deceiving her; after all, he couldn't run away in Lungmen.
"Alright! Anyway, I'm free, so I'll come to your shop tomorrow to hang out and listen to your review..."
Hearing Kanna's words, Lee's face couldn't help but turn purple.
Because there was one thing he hadn't lied about to Kanna: he had indeed just returned from Huadu.
For the past few days, he had been working tirelessly on a case, finally uncovering the truth, and to celebrate, he had brought everyone from the agency to Jie's for fishballs.
He had originally planned to go back and catch up on sleep after eating, but now it seemed that hope was dashed.
After all, from what he understood, Kanna's movie was divided into three parts—upper, middle, and lower—totaling six hours.
Adding in the intermission time, it would probably take over seven hours to watch the whole thing.
If Kanna hadn't said she was coming to the shop tomorrow, he could have just napped at the cinema.
But from Kanna's tone, he would have to provide a review tomorrow.
He looked at his subordinates and saw that they were all smiling at him, clearly aware of his situation, but not a single one
thought of helping him.
Even the honest and simple-minded Hong was like this... Morale was low, and the team was hard to lead...
Lee, with a look of indignation, agreed to Kanna, then watched his subordinates fiercely eat the fishballs.
At this moment, the usually smooth and delicious fishballs no longer tasted so good.
At four o'clock the next morning, Lee stumbled out of the cinema and was carried back to the agency by Hong.
When Lee woke up, he found that Kanna hadn't come.
Upon inquiring, he learned that the group had spent the entire day at Lungmen's amusement park and had forgotten about their agreement from yesterday.
After hearing this, Lee's vision went black, and he almost fainted again.
On the third day, Kanna and her companions arrived at Lee's agency with a large pile of gifts.
Seeing Kanna, Lee spun his chair around, turning his back to her.
"What's wrong with him?" Kanna asked Huaihu, who was beside her, somewhat puzzled.
Huaihu cast a pitiful glance at her boss, who had stayed up all night to watch Kanna's movie only to be stood up, then softly explained the situation.
Kanna almost burst out laughing after hearing it.
"Lee, I was wrong this time, but you're such a grown-up; there's no need to get angry with a little kid like me!"
The moment Kanna spoke, she sounded just like Political Commissar Zhao.
"I'm angry, why would I be angry, I'm not angry, not angry at all..."
From the chair that showed no intention of turning around, it was clear that Lee was quite unhappy with Kanna for standing him up.
"Don't be angry; I've brought you a lot of good stuff, the kind of good stuff that gets confiscated if discovered." Kanna pulled ten Kanna grenades from the deepest part of her bag and tossed them into Huaihu's hands.
"Holy crap, how did you get these out?" Ifrit exclaimed in shock, looking at the items in Huaihu's hands.
Perhaps attracted by Ifrit's voice, Lee poked his head out from behind the chair, looking at the grenade-like objects in Huaihu's hands.
"Come on, Ifrit, introduce them to everyone." Kanna plopped down on the sofa, propped her feet on the table in front of her, and said very arrogantly, looking as if they had hit the jackpot.
After Ifrit explained the effects of the ten grenades Kanna had given them, Lee also put away his playful attitude and cautiously picked up a grenade to examine it.
"Is this the secret weapon we heard Rhodes Island was developing?" Although he hadn't fought Kanna, he had witnessed her "exchanges" with Rhodes Island's Elite Operators.
Even though Kanna hadn't used her full strength at the time, her effortless skill and rapid entry into combat were indeed terrifying.
And for a weapon that Rhodes Island could widely implement and use for Operators on dangerous missions exploring the wilderness, Lee didn't believe it would be anything simple.
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