"I'll go back and think about it." Gu Ning stood up, planning to go back and discuss it with Barto and the others.
She turned to leave, but something occurred to her. She turned back and asked, "Besides the Wolf Team... what's a more... reasonable solution?"
Vine's gaze fell on the Kaper Terminal on her wrist. "Add Kaper to your household registry. Cook's name is listed in the family section of his military records. That way, you can inherit everything of Kaper's, including Cook."
"...?"
Huh?
Gu Ning's eyes widened. "But he's... he's gone, isn't he?"
Vine was silent for a moment before saying, "His death hasn't been reported to the system yet."
"How thoughtful."
Philinos's sarcastic scoff cut through the cold wind and into Gu Ning's ears.
Gu Ning was also a bit stunned by the method Vine had proposed.
'But on second thought, maybe it could actually work?'
