Gaspardi picked up the newspaper on the table and covered his face; Rosinandi had clearly acted first and asked for permission later.
Having a son of an official as one's adjutant has both advantages and disadvantages. Given Rosinandi's naive nature, Gaspard felt that he wouldn't do something like letting himself take the blame and then monopolizing the credit.
Although it was a bit slow, it had its advantages, and in the end, I didn't refuse.
However, given Rosinandi's personality, he will need to be even more careful to maintain his image during his subsequent duties as an inspector.
While some changes were taking place in the Navy, Lyriana had already returned to Piltover with the Op-Op Fruit she had seized.
The Navy's purge of the North Sea reshuffled the power structure to some extent, with Piltover profiting significantly from the conflict centered around Seagull Island and Frevans.
It's not about doing any illegal business, but rather a legitimate expansion.
The reshuffling has brought about many changes in Beihai, and many emerging forces have seized this opportunity to take off.
In the royal palace of Piltover, the Surgery Fruit was placed in a gift box, awaiting the completion of Oran's research.
At this moment, Bepo was sparring with Kumaai. Although Kumaai was a special mechanical bear, it happened to be similar in size to Bepo, so they could learn from each other in terms of fighting techniques.
Kate tried to teach Bepo to be a Leo Moon, but Bepo had very little control over it.
Kate lost control of the Moon Lion technique the first time she used it, so she postponed the lesson and planned to let him learn it when he was older.
Meanwhile, some strange changes were happening in Piltover Palace without anyone noticing. Many new electronic cables appeared inside the palace, seemingly containing unknown codes.
Bang--
The circuits that had never had a problem since the palace was built suddenly short-circuited, and the equipment inside the palace temporarily stopped working.
"What's going on? What is Brother Oran doing?"
Ginny was radiating electricity, acting as a backup power source for the palace. She didn't sense any intrusion signals and could only blame Oran for the problem.
"Is it because of Wolf? It's causing problems with Brother Oran's research."
"I don't know, Oran didn't tell Meow what he was going to research."
Buzz--
The short-circuited device suddenly restarted, seemingly without a sound, but a blue ghost cat appeared in front of Ginny and Kate.
"Meow~ Everyone, long time no see, I'm back~"
The ghost cat flew through the air, greeted Kate and her companion, and then landed on a platform that resembled a book.
"Are you... Xiaomi?"
"Yes, I'm so glad you remember me. I'm back to life! Just a moment. My master will be up soon and he'll explain what happened."
Just as the ghost cat Xiao Mi said, the elevator in the castle started running, and Oran also came out of the research institute.
"Orlan, this is..."
"The artificial intelligence system within the royal city is not simply artificial intelligence; it is a special intelligent system that has been re-compiled after the consciousness of those little guys was uploaded, and its intelligence has been enhanced."
Oran placed a remote control into his book; it was a special central control system. As for the ghost cat's situation, that goes back to before.
There are quite a few cats on Firefly Island. Although these cats are highly intelligent, have a low birth rate, and live longer than ordinary cats, they are still cats.
Compared to humans, they are a species with a very short lifespan.
When some of the cats guarding the royal city were on the verge of death, Oran froze them.
This artificial system is a new system that combines some technologies from the Origin Project universe with the replica of the Ancient Sea Demon system.
The Sea Demon System originates from the Phantom Sentai universe, where people fight against the Sea Demon species. Some ancient programs were also utilized, ultimately leading to the creation of Oran, a new "artificial intelligence".
After their consciousness was uploaded, those cats on the verge of death were given a new life in the digital world and continued in a completely new way.
This project started a long time ago, but it was only recently completed.
As for the remote control in Oran's hand, it was just a precautionary measure.
"This is just a preliminary attempt, but so far it seems to be working well. The lives of those little guys will continue in a new way, in a scientific way."
"I don't understand, but they seem very powerful. Do they need to eat?"
"No need, or rather, like Fran, as long as there's electricity, that's enough."
Ginny was more concerned about the food, and was quite interested in the food of these cyber ghosts.
"Besides their special function of prolonging life, they have another function. Little Mimi, can you check what Riley is doing?"
"Yes, Master. Princess Leliana and the other princesses are on their way to see you and are expected to arrive in five minutes."
At that moment, a scene from another part of the castle suddenly appeared in Xiaomi's eyes, and the gift box in their hands was magnified even more.
After some testing, Oran temporarily shut down the artificial intelligence system.
"The system is still under testing and is a bit unstable. Once it's more stable, this will be the royal city's steward. By the way, what's the story behind that gift? What have you been doing all this time?"
"Meow doesn't know either. Meow went on a ship when you were doing research last time and only came back recently."
"Oh, that's a gift that Riley and the others prepared for you. Riley even made a special trip to North Sea. You should be quite interested, Brother Oran."
Ginny also played the riddle-maker, without revealing the answer directly.
However, when Leliana and the others arrived and opened the box, Oran immediately recognized what the heart-shaped fruit was.
"The Fruit of Operation? It is indeed a nice gift; you've put a lot of thought into it. I hope you all have no objections to giving this fruit to Kate."
Although the fruit has already been given to Oran, the daughter who gave the gift is still in front of him. Even if Oran has other plans for the fruit, it's still good to ask her.
"Of course I have no objection. The fruit was originally a gift for you, Dad. It's up to you who you give it to."
With fewer and fewer non-power users around Oran, it's natural that a Devil Fruit of such power as the Op-Op Fruit should be given to a suitable person.
Furthermore, the Op-Op Fruit has another characteristic: it requires a certain level of medical knowledge to fully utilize its abilities, whether in treatment or combat.
Kate doesn't have much talent in scientific research, nor has she studied it in depth, but she has learned some medical skills from Oran, which is enough for her to make full use of the power of the surgical fruits.
"Hey, meow, want some of this?"
"Of course, when the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was given to Ginny, I said I would give you a more suitable fruit. Your basic knowledge in this area is good, so the Op-Op Fruit is quite suitable."
Oran had no interest in the immortality surgery, and even if he were, he wouldn't use the lives of his own people to achieve it. Instead, he would use the bloodline factor from the surgery fruit to find other energy substitutes.
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