"You actually didn't need to come down. It would've been easy enough for me to come up."
As Lance shook Admiral Miles' hand, he said this casually.
Admiral Miles let out a hearty laugh, released Lance's hand, and threw an arm around his shoulder, which made some soldiers in the distance look at Lance in confusion.
It was really rare to see the Navy Commander get this close and touchy with someone. They were all wondering what on earth had happened between Lance and Admiral Miles to get him this worked up.
Fortunately, "gouzi literature" wasn't in vogue here, or rumors like "Lance x Miles" would be all over the place in no time.
No matter how they guessed, they would never guess that what was making Admiral Miles so uninhibited was the sound of money pouring in!
The two of them went upstairs. Passing by the operations command room, Lance noticed what was going on inside, and the fleet laid out on a large sand table.
