Chapter 139

A few minutes later, things unfolded just as the officer had said—it was merely a matter of a few words.

The polygraph results showed that Aomo's words matched his actions.

It also earned Aomo subtle looks from the other officers.

Why? Isn't this sort of quality something a mercenary should have?

You lot, are you maybe a bit quick to judge by looks?

The blatant stares soured Aomo's mood, and after being permitted to ask about the few case details he cared about, he became somewhat pushy during the negotiation.

The negotiation aimed to get a detailed explanation of the case.

As someone directly connected to the victim and also as the enthusiastic citizen who subdued the offender, wanting a thorough understanding of the case is hardly unreasonable.

He didn't expect the officers to just give him a copy of the case report.

Thus the process went smoothly after all—Aomo obtained the information he wanted, and he was reasonably satisfied with his visit to the police station.

The intel is accurate; splitting the bounty with Penguin Logistics isn't an issue—because Dekesisi, Nengtianshi, and Mosstima all treat the bounty casually, to the point of not caring whether they get it or not.

This seemingly carefree attitude of not lacking money is truly enviable, but it also leads to the remaining negotiation proportion stage, turning into a 'clash' between him and Kesong.

The two stingy guys, when they talk about money, it's a ruthless give-and-take.

The final harvest result was enough to offset this hiring expense, leaving several ten thousand as surplus.

Aomo's mood was originally fairly pleasant, but his experience at this police station was mutually unpleasant.

It's mainly due to the comparison that a gap arises.

In Tianmen City, they're used to assistance from citizens and even powerful visitors; the intensity of cases also means they often need external help, so they're quite friendly toward helpers like Aomo.

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However, in the foreign region of Jiemen District, the police station's attitude becomes much stiffer.

If it were anyone else, they'd likely think it's because he directly dealt the finishing blow to the criminal.

However, Aomo can see that this stems from a conflict of like repelling like.

At the same time, there's also an air of condescension and self-importance that comes from looking down on others.

"Although the foreign district's police station is used to passersby participating in the pursuit of criminals, their attitude toward all unsolicited passersby is not great."

"Now I understand; sorry, I previously thought it was due to Penguin Logistics itself being special."

The coffee shop's hot drink aroma blended with the orange-yellow warm light to create a more languid atmosphere. At this 4 p. m. afternoon, Aomo should have already started waiting at the station for the cross-border shuttle, but as soon as he left the police station he saw that Duotianshi who should have already left.

Thinking back, at that time the other party suddenly disappeared, then the carefree Nengtianshi took her leave on her own, saying goodbye to himself—Aomo thus realized he couldn't leave just yet.

At the same time, he also realized that the Nengtianshi, just as in his 'version impression', is often kept in the dark by Mosstima.

Of course, perhaps for that careless red-haired angel, this perhaps doesn't even count as concealment, just that the other party isn't attentive.

Regardless, the fact that he was sought out by the other party remains unchanged; the other party even proactively complained that he came out too late.

Seeing the dense water droplets on the other's transparent umbrella surface, Aomo could only smile wryly and apologize, then decline the other's offer to share the umbrella.

He pulled out a folding black umbrella from his briefcase.

To express his apology, he then invited the other to nearby find a coffee shop to chat.

Worth mentioning is that the Penguin Logistics employee named Mosstima actually isn't often in Jiemen District.

Just as there is another employee in Penguin Logistics with the codename 'Kong' who bears the professions of 'idol' and 'singer', currently seeking further development on the stage of Tianmen City, the region where Mosstima consistently operates is also Tianmen City.

As a logistics company that has fully come over, Penguin Logistics' internal free atmosphere is not much different from that of the Marginal Runners office.

Just as Aomo once evaluated: compared to a logistics company, it's closer to the office's structure.

What keeps the company running isn't cold hard workplace hierarchy, but the intersections and personal connections between people.

Employees' identities can be a side job or a main job. Just like Kong's main job is still singer, but Mosstima's main job is indeed a messenger, not escort duty and various logistics.

Before coming here, she was already a free-spirited messenger; after arriving here with her companions, she hasn't changed much of her attitude.

After all, in this overly developed information age, pure retro paper stationery is quite detached from reality, but there is also such a thing as data stationery as a completely new mainstream.

The transmission of this requires a network, but there are also always situations where the network faces obstacles in the foreign region and the surface layer.

Such a messenger like her thus has job opportunities.

The stationery she carries has changed from paper pages to complex electronic components, but that doesn't hinder her from continuing this work.

Traveling to those areas with network obstacles, or information communication obstacles, those areas often come with risks, full of adventure and novelty, which she quite likes.

For example, just like the mirror market that Aomo has visited.

Tianmen City has several such areas, so she stays there quite happily.

By comparison, the internal-external style difference in Jiemen District is indeed obvious, but it's still far less diverse than that of Tianmen City.

However, here she has a colleague named Leimule whom she often needs to visit.

The 'Little Le' she once mentioned, which is actually her superior's sister the Nengtianshi, is also a decent junior who should occasionally come back to visit.

So she still needs to come here often.

By the way, come back to check on the other colleagues.

Perhaps it's just 'bad luck', but the previous few visits were all ordinary, uneventful, and they didn't get involved in any cases, which is very inconsistent with Penguin Logistics' usual company character.

Fortunately, this time is different.

Mr. Aomo Lindun, who has long been renowned in Tianmen City, actually issued a task to the Penguin Logistics service station in Jiemen District.

Although just a few days ago I heard Little Le mention having seen him, I didn't expect there would be another chance to cooperate so soon, let alone that I happened to run into him.

"You just happened to come back, right? Go help me check out that kid, Mosstima—I think he has great potential!" —by the Emperor.

The boss is quite anxious, he keeps shouting that the company has too much yin and not enough yang, needing fresh blood.

Especially the colleague Bai Song, whose real name matches his codename, decided to stay in the original world, gradually beginning to receive and inherit his parents' estate.

The boss then shouted even more fiercely.

As for someone who can be called a 'non-staff employee' generally, Lapulande, frequently coming to visit only adds insult to injury to the gender ratio—

——Mositama herself didn't mind, but the indescribable penguin's shrill cry was truly unpleasant.

But so far, most of the employees who voluntarily submitted resumes have dissatisfied him.

In particular, some job seekers who are also transmigrators seem to have first gone to Rhodes Island, been filtered out, and then applied to Penguin Logistics, which greatly angered the boss; now just hearing the term 'Arknights' annoys him.

Then, after a few days, when his mood improved, he would start recruiting new employees again, giving priority to men, and not caring whether they were transmigrators.

This highlights his fickleness.

He has many female subordinates, so gossip time is naturally plentiful; from time to time they chat about the new hires the boss recruited.

The sole senior male employee, Yin Si, however, remains honest and quiet, fully aware of the principle that many words lead to loss and disaster comes from the mouth.

After all, he was the only one in charge of clerical work before; if he isn't honest, who is?

Penguin Logistics began to grow, and after a few more employees who could help share his work appeared, he became much more relaxed—but although those new employees did well in clerical work and had no trouble with deliveries, they were useless for any truly hands‑on tasks.

So the boss started to think up ideas again.

He wanted to recruit someone who could fight, someone who could truly fit into Penguin Logistics' internal style.

When Able Angel mentioned in the staff channel, while chatting with colleagues, that he had encountered Aomo Lindun, the Emperor's eyes lit up immediately; he imagined what that fellow looked like when he turned into a monster in Tianmen City, and recalled how the media in Tianmen City had dug up information on him at that time.

Thus came that message sent to Mositama.