Chapter 666: NO．35：When it comes to work, efficiency is required

NO．35：When it comes to work, efficiency is required.

Usually, no matter how exquisite the observation and reasoning, they ultimately rest on traceable logic.

Regarding Miss Nauman's sudden exclamation, Aomo's first thought was the brief communication with his subordinate horse girls.

Thinking this might be seen as praise for professional competence, but the other's hesitant expression silently conveyed the fact that "that's not the case."

What else could it refer to?

No matter how, it's hard to link that "conversation with the two young ladies" to Aomo in terms of male-female relations, and for a moment he fell into an unfathomable vicious circle.

Of course, breaking such a vicious circle is always simple—just ask directly; the other's hesitation obviously stems from some reservation, but if the reservation is about oneself, there's no need to be overly cautious.

However, Aomo Lindun's attitude in this regard is actually rather "passive".

Faced with a problem whose answer isn't immediately apparent, he prefers to wait rather than immediately ask for an answer.

Waiting for more observation, more clues, more proof, until that answer is found.

This is his own little pleasure, and also the reason he has always lingered on the fringes in the past.

This is also why the New Cosmos calls him Observer (Observer).

Aomo easily guesses that she once paid attention to him, and given her ability, she could likely dig up many records not within the encryption scope.

Among those, there must be records of his teenage and childhood years.

Like his behavior captured by public-area cameras, or records of large school activities entered into a database, even audiovisual uploads from the grandparents at the welfare institute stored online in the past… A person's nineteen years can be largely displayed with just a few search tags—this is precisely the convenience and trouble unique to the present era.

He can understand those horse girls in this way, and naturally cannot prevent others from understanding him in the same way.

Especially after gradually becoming a public figure, many of his past affairs will be dug up, but most of those people will likely regret that Aomo's past is so "ordinary".

Ordinary to the point of being a boring social phobe.

Not mixing with the group, always on the fringes, from childhood to adulthood he had no remarkable achievements.

Even in early childhood, his external evaluation was at its best.

According to those records, young Aomo was sensible and enthusiastic at that time, and would even help adults manage affairs.

And besides that……

The only thing worth praising, probably, is that he's done quite a bit of work?

He's done plenty of non-age-restricted freelance work, and in the evaluations of related colleagues and bosses, it's all been positive.

But……is that really all there is?

Even if written as a report, it might not fill a single screen page—has this person's life from childhood to adulthood really been this thin, like a sheet of paper?!

They might scream in astonishment, feeling the targets cannot be met.

Or they might feel disappointed in surprise, as if a hyped idol had collapsed, feeling that Aomo Lindun lacks a past matching his current demeanor.

And outside that, an extremely small minority can glimpse the hidden truth from the records.

Fortunately, among such extremely few people, it seems no members of the press corps have yet appeared.

Thus Aomo need not face reports from meddlesome people.

Of course, he actually made some preparations for this, both legally and in terms of information control.

These days, opening boxes is easy, checking ingredients is easy, so naturally there will exist some countermeasures that only shine brightly in this era.

But the preparation procedures are rather troublesome, and many ordinary people think they don't need such services, so they don't bother to learn about them.

But as a trainer, these are all contents that can be reminded by chat room group announcements.

However, to be frank, that reminder is aimed at the public opinion needs that horse girls often encounter after gaining fame.

And as for trainers using this approach earlier than horse girls in competitions……

It's rather rare, all I can say.

Merely thinking about such an as-yet-unoccurred event ultimately lacks meaning; Aomo, whose thoughts have already wandered over several mountains, thinks he has no right to sigh at the wonder of Miss Nauman's thoughts, and simply refocuses on the 《Geomancy》 in his hands, puts it down in his dazed state, stands up, and stretches a little.

"Want to go take a look over there? Trainer Lindun." A human researcher who stayed behind at the camp with Aomo handed him a cup of steaming black liquid.

"Thank you." Aomo reached out to take it, lowering his head to look at the dark liquid in the cup.

Somewhat unexpected, yet perhaps not worth being surprised about.

After all, this group of geological researchers, all along the way, have made their preparations in their packs exceptionally simple.

Looking at this campsite filled with many items, it's not hard to guess they've prepared storage devices for manipulating space.

Since they've prepared such things, having a coffee machine mixed in among them is probably no big deal.

"How does it feel?"

When he lightly sipped a mouthful, that person immediately asked, then immediately shook his head and said:

"There are quite a few coffee lovers in the team, but they only know how to drink, not particularly picky, and they're really unfamiliar with the coffee beans from the East Flame region."

"No problem, I'm not too familiar with this either," Aomo smiled, glanced at the researcher seeing the empty open space, then continued, "but the beans from Dehong District are mostly fine, and the coffee plantations in the East Flame region are mainly concentrated in Dehong, Ding'an, Maoming, Yungui, and Nantou districts."

"I haven't even heard of any of these place names; does that also count as not understanding?" the researcher sighed, "Trainer Lindun is quite the East Flame person in this regard, but his examples are more like those from Bade District."

"You've misunderstood; in fact, the black-haired horse girl in the projection far away is the true coffee connoisseur—if you knew her, you'd realize your understanding of coffee is still far off."

"The one who earlier said to bring a moka pot for mountain climbing, right? That's Miss Mancity Chazuo."

"You remember it quite clearly."

"I'm the one responsible for organizing the return trip data, and I still have two crystal elements assisting in my mind," that person pulled over a nearby chair, sat down, and asked, "Does that coffee-savvy Chazuo miss also understand volcanic geology?"

"No, she and Bourbon are merely interested in Lord Renlong, assisting me in investigating together with the Suzi I brought along."

"Then does that count as the trio accompanying those three?" that person looked toward the distance, where three official assistants stood not far from the captain, having taken on some guard-like posture and become seriously vigilant.

Indeed, he felt that the three under Aomo were experts in negative energy research, far surpassing those three who could only stand nearby without approaching the lake.

Despite their youth, being able to communicate on equal terms with the captain, they must all be geniuses in this specialty.

As a result, Trainer Lindun said: "Strictly speaking, the two guarding the other side don't even count as apprentices."

"However, they're quite familiar with Suzi, so helping with some remote operations is no problem," Aomo, holding his coffee and taking a sip, noticed the gaze shift to the back of his hand, his mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Mr. Tash, could you pour a cup of coffee into the lake later?"

"?" That person, upon hearing it, instantly turned his head to look, "Will the captain say this? And why do we have to do this?"

Your question order makes it sound like you've done quite a bit of this.

"The captain said, we should seriously consider the suggestions of all kinds of civilian assistants, especially the consultants specially invited, uh..." He turned his head, glanced at the huge beast still poking its head out of the lake, pretending to be a water monster, "You wouldn't be thinking of letting that giant beast taste coffee, would you?"

Indeed so.

"Isn't that cup too little?" the person asked, suddenly eager to try, "What if I grind all the remaining coffee beans? Roughly enough to fill a bucket."

"... No need, I never expected Him to understand the merits of coffee, after all, speaking ultimately..."

I brew it rather averagely.

It should be said that the lake water has too many impurities, you need to have a bit of confidence, Mr. Tash, your coffee-brewing skill is enough to surpass two big shots on my friend list.

At least it's the standard an ordinary person should have; paired with decent-quality coffee beans, it's not bad.

"Those two probably aren't brewing coffee for the first time, right?"

Quite the opposite, they both have plenty of experience.

Oh? That is indeed quite exciting.

"Right?" Aomo said, raising his hand to pat his back, "You need to have confidence in yourself; after all, organizing data on the way back is also an important task, and it's clear that Miss Nao Man trusts your abilities."

Chatting with you is really pleasant, but I still don't quite understand; if the lake water has too many impurities, why pour it in?

"..." Upon hearing this question, Aomo, holding his coffee cup with both hands, fell silent for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Tash, I guess you've come across some electronic games that are quite fun but have a high barrier to entry, and you've also seen some supervisors with peculiar and sensitive temperaments."

The other party nodded.

With such a supervisor, if you are too direct in showing friendliness, he will become wary, even scold you; but if you treat him calmly, he will think you are perfunctorily ignoring him, and he will dislike you even more.

And when he suddenly becomes interested in a game that is very fun but has a high barrier to entry, and asks you to take him to play, what would you do?

"Uh..." After the man thought for a long time, he tentatively asked, "Try hard to give him a hand?"

"... Have you ever considered that, if he clears the barrier, what awaits you is constant nervous invitations; but if he doesn't clear it... then the blame falls on you?"

"..." The man named Tash fell into silence.

You can certainly try to gain favors through playing together to facilitate work.

But you should also understand that playing together itself doesn't have such value; actually he can find many more playmates, you need to use all your skills to make him recognize that you are not just a replaceable option; I guess you are not that kind of hardworking gambler.

Aomo said, standing up, and patted his shoulder.

Simply let him understand the game's barrier; avoiding risk for a supervisor is also part of a subordinate's duty, you can say this to him, and in the not-too-distant future you'll be greeted with a compliment.

After saying that, he walked toward the woods behind the camp, and along the way he inexplicably turned, as if making a detour.

And this action actually brought the contemplative other party back to his senses: "Mr. Lindon, where are you going?"

Add a little knowledge: when that supervisor already has some preconceived misunderstandings about you, you should pretend not to see his difficulties.

Having said that, I hope you can also stand together with that group investigated earlier in the future.