Chapter 26 Revisiting the old place and reuniting one of them
This year is already the fifth year since Irina became the president of Linefort.
Although Linefort was already the empire's leading giant group during Gunn's era, in the past few years under Irina's leadership, it once again experienced rapid development, even competing with its main rival, the Republic's Uzbekistan.
Compared with Ernu Society, its scale and capital have already gained the upper hand. The introduction of the independent accounting system has both advantages and disadvantages, and the aggressive and continuous annexation of various companies has also made its organizational structure somewhat bloated.
"I thought you wouldn't be interested in this. What do you think of Xiaoling?"
"If you don't plan ahead, problems will occur sooner or later... Even if I say that, there is no reason why President Irina can't see the problems even I can see. It's probably not my turn to worry about it."
Ling shrugged, she just said casually to Sharon.
Sharon concealed a smile and said, "If Xiaoling can join the decision-making team, the president will definitely be very happy."
"For the time being, I don't have this plan. I have no intention of being tied down by Ryan Fult."
Ling and Sharon were chatting casually on the way back to Luray City. When they were at the door of the Ryan Ford headquarters building, Ling raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Sharon seemed to feel nothing. Seeing Ling stop, she asked curiously.
"Joshua is here in Luray. This distance seems to be on the ninth floor. If Sharon doesn't mind, I'll go there first. You and Joshua haven't seen each other for more than six years. But now he
I have no plans to return to the club."
Joshua left the Body-Eating Serpent in the autumn of 1197 in the Qiyao Calendar, and now it is January of 1204 in the Qiyao Calendar. Ling did not tell Xue in detail about the fact that Joshua is now working as a guerrilla.
Lun said.
"Can you feel it from several floors away?"
"It's just limited to people who are very familiar with it. Plus, Joshua didn't hide his aura."
In fact, concealing aura is not omnipotent. Even if Ling enters a state of complete stealth and eliminates her color, sound, smell, weight and even presence, Reinhardt can still detect her existence through inexplicable telepathy. But instead
I came here to say that Joshua and Ling didn't get along for that long, and Ling's invisibility was not so easy for him to see through.
"Oh!? Is that so?"
"Not only Joshua, I can also feel Sharon's aura. After entering the realm of transparency not long ago, I have become more sensitive."
"'Permeability'? 'Seeing, hearing and color'? They are all words that I have never heard of." Sharon recalled it carefully and made sure that there was indeed no such content in her knowledge.
"Ah, it's just my own name. 'Penetration' refers to Ming Jing Shisui's mental state, and 'seeing, hearing, and color' refers to the ability to sense breath. There is no special meaning other than that. So there is no need
care."
Sharon was obviously suspicious of Ling's statement. The darker the description, the darker it became, which was probably the feeling.
In fact, Sharon's own breath perception ability is also among the best among executors. The maximum capture range of target objects exceeds fifty moments, and she can easily identify them even if they are mixed in the crowd. But it is not so much the result of training.
Most of it is due to talent. Some people are born to be more sensitive than others, while on the contrary, some people are born to be slower than others.
The two of them arrived at the ninth floor together. Ling found that the office area on this floor actually had a signboard for the Fourth Development Department.
"The floor is different from my previous office."
"It's not that the location has been moved, but the Fourth Development Department has also expanded, so the originally rented floor was taken back for use. After all, it is different from when it was first established. Now the Fourth Development Department has many production lines in operation. Not only
The development of force guidance communication technology and tactical force directors, and now the business of household force directors is also affiliated with the Fourth Development Department."
Lineforte's business is basically divided into four major parts. All subsidiaries are affiliated to these four head office departments.
The First Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is responsible for the mining industry, steel industry, cold weapon manufacturing and the manufacturing of all large machinery. Its main service targets are people's livelihood. In this department, the aristocratic faction currently has the advantage.
The Second Manufacturing Factory is responsible for guided weapons such as firearms and tanks. Its service targets are the regular army of the Imperial Army. All military factories in the industrial zone outside Luray are managed by this department. This department is currently occupied by reformist forces.
Advantage.
The Third Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is responsible for the research and development of all vehicles including guided vehicles, guided trains, and guided spaceships. It also accepts commissions from the Imperial Government to carry out railway laying work. The leader within the department is a neutralist.
(Fencerider).
The Fourth Development Department was a newly established department five years ago and is responsible for the research of cutting-edge technologies such as force guides, tactical force guides, and magic wands. Household force guides, such as force guide washing machines and force guide air conditioners, were established two years ago.
This department is also responsible for the overall development and production of new things that are publicly displayed on rftf (reinford_trade_fair). This department is directly under President Irina.
In addition, there is the fifth manufacturing plant established by the Western RF Company in Lamar State, which is currently conducting trial production of mecha soldiers. According to Ling's intelligence network, the Gargantua-class No. 1 ship Silver
The dock of the giant ship Pantagruel is also being manufactured in a secret factory in Lamar State.
Although I heard that the great witch Vita Clotilde helped to set up a hidden barrier to hide the address, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that the construction of the two hundred and fifty sub-moment-class giant ships is very scary.
You can probably guess where the supplies are going by looking at the inflow and outflow. It's impossible to hide such a simple investigation method from Irina.
Irina knew, but Irina didn't say anything, and Irina pretended not to know, so in the Western RF they treated it as a small trick they did to hide it from the boss. Ling was probably already convinced like this. Although
She did not ask Irina in person about her plan. After all, the things on the fifth side had something to do with her, and she was still the reviewer of the dragon design. According to the current situation, the two parties maintained the current understanding of each other.
Just an undeclared tacit understanding is fine.
Ling came back to her senses and walked into the fourth development department after the office area was expanded. There were quite a few familiar faces here. After all, they were her former subordinates. When she saw the first-generation director who resigned two years ago coming to visit, she planned to come up and talk to him.
Ling said hello.
After hearing the movement at the door, the black-haired young man who was talking to the engineers raised his head and noticed the arrival of the two women. He greeted the engineers first, and then walked towards the door.
"I haven't seen you for a while, Joshua. I have received the letter you sent last week." Ling was talking about the previous encounter between Joshua and Estelle with the Ring of Judgment.
Joshua nodded, "Yes, we haven't seen each other for almost a month since the end of last year. Crewe...is Miss Sharon now, right? We haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Mr. Joshua, it's been a long time since I sent you my greetings. He has become a normal and outstanding man now." In Sharon's impression, Joshua is probably still the same image he had seven years ago. Although the outline of his face has remained roughly the same, his clothing and grooming have remained the same.
At least he won't be looked at as a girl pretending to be a boy. This was one of the several outfits Ling specially selected for him last year.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Miss Sharon looks very good. I heard from Ling that you haven't worked for the association for a long time. You must like it here very much."
The two exchanged pleasantries, but they didn't talk in depth.
The link of communication between the two is Ling. Joshua and Sharon actually have an average friendship. Most of the executors of the Body-Eating Snake have a good relationship with Ling, but other executors are not so close to each other.
Some of them did not include Mark Bon. Ling and Mark Bon had only met a few times and had never cooperated on missions.
Ling looked around and asked with some confusion, "Are you alone? Estelle is not tired of being around you."
Joshua smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Since the guerrilla associations in the five major cities were evacuated, the Regram branch has become the main office of the empire. Like Crossbell's association, it has been short of manpower for a long time. Even if we are in Ere
The Bonian Empire does not operate together every day when performing missions. Although they are together most of the time, they occasionally take on separate missions."
The implication of Joshua's words is that if all tasks are carried out together, it will undoubtedly be a waste of human resources.
"That's right. You are all already B-level guerrillas, and you will even reach B+ level soon. You will be able to stand alone long ago."
After listening to Ling's words, Sharon interjected,
"Mr. Joshua now gives me the same invincible feeling as Xiaoling. Isn't he actually an A-level guerrilla?"
"No. A guerrilla is not only judged by combat prowess but also by the ability to solve problems. In addition, there are also people who refuse to become A-level guerrillas." Joshua was talking about people who have A-level strength but are not A-level guerrillas.
The man, of course, refers to Torvald of the Regram branch.
Then, he glanced at Ling and then added, "And I'm not as powerful as you think. I still have a lot of immaturity. According to the Hamel-style swordsmanship rankings set by Levi, I'm probably
She is a priest of the sixth degree of swordsmanship, and she is a monk of the eighth degree of swordsmanship. I still have a long way to go before I reach the peak of swordsmanship."
"That rank score is just a reference. It doesn't count in actual combat. You have improved a lot compared to last year, right? So Joshua, you don't have to be so modest. Even Levi recognizes your intensity. You fight
Their reasons are different from ours, and their choices are different. There is no conclusion about who is stronger."
Ling is even slightly envious of Joshua's current state. Attachment can make people very strong. Unlike her sword of protection, the sword path Joshua pursues is the sword of protection. It can be considered that the current
The 18-year-old Joshua is already stronger than the 18-year-old Reinhardt that Sharon met ten years ago.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Why are you here, Joshua?" Ling asked.
"I happened to be on a mission in Luray and came here to submit the actual test report of the deformable magic wand."
Following Joshua's words, Ling also saw the magic wand placed on the table.
"Huh? Are you still a tester of the magic wand? You never told me before."
"Because it is a long-term mission accepted by the association, there is no special mention. It has been a year since I took on this long-term mission. Speaking of which, Director Tio Prato who issued the mission to Estelle and I is Ling's friend, right?
?”
"Well, Tio has resigned like me. The current third-generation director of the Fourth Development Department is an Imperial man named Marshall Emmott. He should be working at Crossbell now."
"Sorry, I don't know much about the specific situation. Estelle is currently supporting in the south, and I should stay in Luray for a day today. Let's have a good chat after my affairs are over, right?"
We made an appointment with Joshua to have dinner together at Ling's villa at the head of Spinner Creek outside Luray.
After that, Ling and Sharon said goodbye to Joshua, who still had something to do, and returned to President Irina's office on the 23rd floor.