Reborn as the Darling of the Delta

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Xiao Li: Was she really locked up as soon as she arrived here? She seems to be a pitiful little girl. She just looks a bit simple-minded, but you can't bully her like this.

"Most of the Asara people who are imprisoned are fanatical followers of this Raven, and the Raven was captured by us because he was betrayed by the people of Asara."

Chapter 324 The advantage is mine

Claire was completely dumbfounded. She could understand each word individually, but why did it all sound confusing when put together? Could it be that Luna was right when she called her an idiot?

"Yes, you heard me right. Asara's prince was betrayed by Asara's people, which is why he was captured by us, Hafk. You know, my expression was the same as yours when I first heard this news."

Claire: Oh, it's alright now. I thought I was the only idiot here, it scared me to death! Luckily, Little Li is a little idiot too. (～￣▽￣)～

"But why would Asara's people think of betraying Prince Asara? Shouldn't they be of one mind?"

Faced with Claire's question, Xiao Li could only shrug helplessly. She didn't know the answer either, as she had been inexplicably transferred from Baksh's office.

"Huh?! You were originally from Bakshi? Do you have some special skills that made you transferred from there to this Tide Prison? I thought you'd been working here all along."

Xiao Li: Sigh, is this what an optimist is? I've already had my edges smoothed out by society. I wish I could still have such a good attitude like her.

"When I first came to the Tower of Babel, I was just as curious about everything as you are now. And with my relentless efforts, I quickly embarked on my path to advancement. Back then, I quickly became a leader among my peers. I was quite the star back then."

"And then, didn't you meet your benefactor? I've seen protagonists in TV dramas always do that."

Seeing Claire cracking sunflower seeds while staring at him with her bright eyes, Xiao Li gave a wry smile:

"You know that's something that only happens in TV dramas, sigh... After the Tide Prison was established, it has been recruiting staff. One of my competitors, in order to get rid of me, made a deal with our superiors, and that's how you ended up here with me."

"What?! Such things happen within the Hafk Group? This is absolutely outrageous! Don't worry, Xiao Li, I'll definitely avenge you when I get out of here next time. I do know a few people within the Hafk Group."

"You? Sigh, you probably don't know this, but people who come here basically stay until they retire. You know, I didn't want to come here at first, but now I've gotten used to it. And you can keep me company and chat with me. So this is how life goes."

Seeing Li's lack of fighting spirit, Claire stroked her chin. She decided that when they got out, she should have Mary thoroughly investigate some of Hafk's internal problems. After all, she was now an employee of Hafk and needed to give her a heads-up.

"Alright, if you have any other questions, just hold them in. I need to submit this week's materials. Feel free to ask."

Seeing that Claire still wanted to ask him questions, Xiao Li quickly interrupted her spellcasting. He still had work to finish and didn't have the energy to continue chatting with Claire.

Seeing that Xiao Li had also gone to work, Claire once again turned into a lazy bum, slumping listlessly on the table.

"Waaah, Xiao Hao, it's so boring here. If only you and Luna could come and play cards with me, I could even suck on you when I'm bored."

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Meanwhile, the two people Claire had been longing for were, at that moment, one of them was making lunch inside the Tower of Babel, and the other was arguing with Mai Xiaowen inside the Secret Service.

"Damn it, Mai Xiaowen, do you really think you can challenge me now? Don't forget what you were like before. I'm only letting you have the chance to sleep with Xiaohao because I'm your senior."

The incident started when Mai Xiaowen saw Xiao Hao go to the Tower of Babel and couldn't help but want to show off in front of Luna and Zoya. However, Luna immediately exploded when Mai Xiaowen dared to show off in front of Zoya and Luna.

"Hmph, don't try to intimidate me with your old age. Everyone knows who Xiao Hao's favorite person is in the Special Operations Department. You... pfft."

Seeing the disdainful look Mai Xiaowen gave her, Luna, who was always competitive, couldn't stand it. She immediately stood up and prepared to have a good argument with this annoying Mai Xiaowen, to see what she meant by only being able to use her age to suppress her.

"Do you even know what Xiao Hao likes? You don't even understand, yet you're shouting here. Come here, Zoya, show this ignorant little girl what real older sister charm is."

After saying that, Luna and Zoya, in front of Mai Xiaowen, gave a proper demonstration of what it means to be a woman's "greatest" advantage.

This tactic was quite effective. When Mai Xiaowen saw the "gap" between herself and them, her originally good mood immediately disappeared.

However, wanting to save face, she withstood the pressure even though she was at a disadvantage, and pretended to be nonchalant, saying:

"Pah! That's it? Xiao Hao wouldn't even look at it. What's the use of being big? Maybe Xiao Hao just likes the feeling of being able to control things directly. Besides, who said mine is small? You guys... are these the only despicable methods you can use?"

Looking at Mai Xiaowen, who was pretending to be "tough," Zoya and Luna simultaneously gave her disdainful looks. How pathetic! She was clearly weak, yet she still tried to act tough in front of them.

"Really? Then Mai Xiaowen, you should think about it carefully. Who does Xiaohao usually spend the most time in?

Seeing that Mai Xiaowen was still not giving up, Luna decided to use her ultimate move to finish off this pathetic little Mai. As a senior, she needed to properly train Mai Xiaowen's resilience.

"In...your arms...but Xiao Hao usually spends the most time with me!"

"Then think about it carefully. After excluding the time spent playing games with you, did Xiao Hao really spend the most time with you?"

Zoya added insult to injury, since her high-end cosplay outfit was about to arrive. She was wondering why Luna had become so strong lately, to the point that she could hardly hold her own. Later, she realized that wearing a cosplay outfit in front of Xiaohao was so effective.

"You...you two old women only know how to bully me! You just wait, I'm going to find Xiao Hao when I get back!"

Since then, Mai Xiaowen has added a papaya juice to her daily list.

Chapter 325 Impeach You (1)

"Are you leaving?"

"That's right, it's time. I should go and complete my task."

"Can you stay? We'll worry about you."

"I'm sorry, as a real man, these are things I have to do, so please forgive me."

"That's enough, you two! Xiao Hao, stop fooling around with him. Rometheus, if you don't leave soon, you'll be late! Do you really want to feel like Demulan has that switchblade against your neck?!"

Ella looked at the two people in front of her, who were still immersed in their own worlds, with a look of utter disbelief. What were they doing? Rometheus was being unreasonable, but Xiao Hao, how could you be so unreasonable too?

Seeing Zhang Hao being corrupted by Rometheus, Ella began to consider whether to isolate [Zero] from Zhang Hao. Judging from the current situation, it seems that Xiao Hao has been influenced by Rometheus again.

Zhang Hao: Um... I mean, is it possible that I've been subtly influenced by Roy? Of course, in my opinion, Uncle Rometheus and Roy are pretty much the same.

"Hmph, so it's you, you vicious woman, who wants to break me and Xiao Hao up? Let me tell you, you're just jealous of the bond between Xiao Hao and me. See, Xiao Hao, this wicked woman wants to... Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"

Before Rometheus could finish speaking, Ella grabbed his ear, and Rometheus immediately began to wail.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ella! Can you be gentler? Ouch, no, no, no!"

Under the relentless suppression of Ella's iron fist, Rometheus could only wail as Ella dragged him downstairs.

Zhang Hao: Sigh, are the two of them even in such similar situations?

"Come on, [Zero], now that Uncle Rometheus isn't bothering us, let's go play some games together. I'll carry you, okay?"

Zhang Hao immediately turned to look at Zero. At Zero's request, Rometheus installed another computer in Zhang Hao's room for Zero to search for information online.

Rometheus felt helpless whenever he saw his eldest son become the kind of child people always talked about.

Didn't I just casually mention to [Zero] that Xiao Hao needed a wise person by his side? How come my good son has become "addicted to reading" just because I said it casually? I remember when Xiao Hao first came, he could play cards with me, even though I was always the one getting beaten.

But at least I can find some enjoyment in my spare time. However, ever since my eldest son became addicted to reading, he spends all day reading all kinds of books, and I or Ella have to call him for meals.

Going to play games with Xiao Hao now seems like a pretty good start, Rometheus thought, adding that things are getting more and more promising.

"Alright, hurry up and leave, okay? If you don't leave now, you'll be late. Then we'll see how Demulan teaches you a lesson. Go early and come back early."

Ella dragged Rometheus to the elevator entrance before letting go of him. She then straightened Rometheus's collar and gave him some instructions.

"Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, someone will definitely be in trouble tonight, but it won't be me. But you know I don't like going to these meaningless meetings. I can guess what Demulan will say."

Rometheus also looked exhausted. His time was extremely precious, and Xiao Hao rarely came to visit him anymore. When he finally did come, he had to go to a meeting.

"Sigh, why didn't I just give [Zero] a personality like Xiao Hao's? He would have been so great and cute. I even installed the most advanced self-learning system on him. Now I feel like I'm a bit of a masochist."

Thinking that Xiao Hao and Zero, the two adorable little guys, do indeed have two different personalities, and that the wicked one was actually caused by him, Rometheus wanted to slap himself twice.

"Alright, alright, what's the point of complaining to me here? You should just go to the meeting."

After Ella finished helping Rometheus get ready, she pushed him into the elevator behind her and waved to him.

"Sigh, if I come back too late, you guys should rest first. I don't think I'll be back this early either."

After complaining to Ella, Rometheus headed towards the space base with a disgruntled expression.

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Richard, our protagonist tonight, hesitated as he looked at the car that was about to depart, stopping in front of the door.

The fragment of the Mandel supercomputing unit was found by Hafk's soldiers while they were cleaning up the battlefield. Before he could hide it, the fragment had already appeared on Demulan's desk.

"This trip to the space base means this old man's life is pretty much over."

Looking at the luxury car that Desmulan had personally sent to pick him up, and Desmulan's secretary standing in front of him, Richard knew that his status as a board member would probably be a thing of the past after today.

"Please, Lord Richard."

Mary went to the car and opened the door for Richard, but seeing that Richard was standing in front of the car without getting in, she called out softly.

Richard, having regained his senses, sighed and got into the car.

"Oh, I didn't expect it would be our awesome Lord Demulan preparing the meeting materials for us today. Where's your personal secretary? And could you hurry up and finish what you need to say tonight? I need to go back to sleep!"

Since Rometheus was the closest to the space base among these high-ranking officials, he was the first to arrive at the conference room. Seeing Demulan personally preparing the materials for the remaining high-ranking officials, Rometheus couldn't help but start his eloquent speech.

"Shut up. Mr. Jacob has some things to arrange later. You'd better behave yourself in the meeting, understand?"

Demulan was too lazy to bother with him anymore. This Rometheus was really too noisy. Mary had told her before that his secretary liked him.

Demulan: These young people nowadays have really strange tastes. It's amazing that someone would like a guy who likes to act silly and goof around like that.

Chapter 326 Impeach You (2)

"Jacob? Looks like tonight's going to be quite lively! Has anyone said they'll send a few new high-ranking officials or something? You know, right now it's just Robert providing funding here, aren't they going to send someone else to help out?"

Fortunately, Rometheus's experiment is nearing its end. Otherwise, Rometheus was planning to have his Black Hawk team "borrow" some experimental funds from Robert, since they are now mortal enemies. If he went there, he would not only fail to get the money, but he would also probably be ridiculed by some idiot.

"You're overthinking it. The Hafk Group doesn't have many senior executives to begin with. Besides, given how fast you're burning through money, if you suddenly decide to start a new project, even two more senior executives wouldn't be enough."

Seeing Demulan's words, Rometheus scratched his head. Huh? Was he really spending that much money? But he'd decided everything was fine, and how did she know he had a new idea?!

“Ms. Demouran, I’ve brought Mr. Richard with me.”

Just then, Mary's voice rang out from outside the conference room.

"Damn, you even sent someone to bring this old bastard here? Looks like he's the one tonight."

After Rometheus finished speaking, he found a relatively secluded spot to sit down and began to act as a spectator with a blank expression.

Rometheus: That's right, I'm very mysterious right now. Tonight I'm going to be a super pretentious bystander.

"come in."

After seeing Rometheus obediently sit down to the side, Demulan had Mary bring Richard in.

This time, Richard seemed to have lost his usual composure, like a body that had lost its agility, following Mary blankly as he entered. He didn't greet the two of them, and after finding a seat, he sat down in a daze.

Rometheus: Is it that badly injured? To be impeached and look like this, if I were to hand over the authority of the Tower of Babel and my high-ranking position to [Zero], I probably wouldn't be like this, right?

But seeing Richard looking so heartbroken and on the verge of collapse, Rometheus, with his exceptional emotional intelligence, wisely refrained from further provoking the old man with words. After all, if he were to get a few harsh words from Rometheus and the old man collapsed, Rometheus would be finished.

"I am coming!"

Just as Rometheus was getting bored and about to take out his phone to relax, Robert also pushed open the conference room door, panting heavily. Earlier, when he was preparing to leave, one of his subordinates had sent him a message.

The news was, of course, the one that Jacob and Demoulins had previously mentioned about handing over full management of the agricultural laboratory to Robert.

Upon hearing the news, Robert couldn't help but burst into laughter in his mansion. The surprise was too sudden; this was a huge project, and it was being handed over to him directly.

Does this mean I'm about to be promoted to the board of directors? It seems I really am the legendary chosen one.

After laughing wildly for a while, the butler standing beside him came up behind him and whispered a reminder:

"Young Master, you'd better hurry up and leave, or you'll be late."

After hearing the butler's reminder, Robert calmed down a bit, checked the time, and quickly got into the car in front.

"I hope that soldier isn't kidding me, but he said it was a note handed to him by Demulan's secretary. Demulan wouldn't be so bored as to use this to amuse me, would he?"

Robert also urged the driver in front to speed up. This might be the "big event" tonight, and it seems that he, the "protagonist," should make his appearance soon!

Robert: Hehehe, Rometheus, you little rascal, just you wait. Once I become the chairman of the board, you'll be the first one I make my move against. You always liked to talk back to me, just you wait, you won't be able to keep jumping around for long.

Seeing that Robert had arrived, Desmoulins gestured for him to quickly find a seat, then turned on his computer, projected the screen, and turned to say:

"Please keep quiet for now. I will be playing a video."

After he finished speaking, Demulan started playing the recording.

As the video played, the person Richard least wanted to see appeared on the screen.

"Long time no see, everyone."

In the video, Jacob greeted the audience with a gentle smile.