Dutch then again carefully looked at her, afterward suddenly recalled, and said, "I remember now, she is called Irina, a daughter of a Russian arms dealer. In the past, I even bought arms from them, it seemed like she was the one who delivered the goods."
Because the bar was very noisy, when he spoke, he did not lower his voice, but the two sides were sitting very close. Even though the surroundings were extremely noisy, the woman named Irina still heard his words, and her cold gaze swept over everyone.
Everyone didn't pay attention to her not-so-friendly gaze. After all, carelessly discussing others isn't a very polite behavior. The fact that she didn't come over to cause trouble and only glanced coldly already counted as quite courteous.
"But why is she hanging around with the Blue Legion? I remember the Blue Legion mainly operates in Country M, they shouldn't be mixing together!" Dutch became puzzled.
"Probably the same as you, also buying arms from her," Rock said.
"Should be like that." Dutch could only think that way.
"Aiya, whatever dealings they have, what does it have to do with us? Come, come, come, let's keep drinking." Revy didn't like discussing this kind of gloomy matter when in a good mood. She raised her wine glass and shouted.
Everyone laughed while raising their glasses, but only Aiden remained still. He frowned, while thinking deeply, and muttered to himself.
"Irina… Soi… Soi…"
After Dutch said the name Irina, Aiden had already fallen into deep thought. At this moment, he vaguely guessed which story world the newly joined story characters announced by the system came from.
'CSOL!'
At first, when hearing the name "Soi," he had felt it sounded familiar. But since the name was quite common, he didn't think much, assuming it was just a coincidence.
But after Irina appeared, he realized something was off. How could there be such coincidences?
As someone who had played the classic online game CSOL, of course he had owned the character Irina. After all, a female character wrapped in bandages from head to toe was simply too eye-catching, he couldn't not play her. And he had read the character's background introduction, Irina, daughter of a Russian arms dealer, completely matched.
'If that's the case, then in this world from now on, I'll not only have to face B.O.W.s, but also face alien beast fights from Pioneer Company?' Aiden only dared to think this far, since that game later had nothing to do with the word "biohazard."
Thinking of this, Aiden couldn't help but look up at Soi, but discovered Soi was also looking at him.
In fact, not only Soi, but also the few others beside him were all looking at him. Every one of their gazes was oddly consistent, as if… looking at a scumbag.
Aiden discontentedly said, "What's with your looks?"
No one replied. Only Rock stood up, walked in front of him, patted his shoulder and said, "Aiden, although I admire you, Revy and the others are still here. Besides, Soi just arrived today."
Aiden was totally confused, "I don't get what you mean."
At this time, Soi, who hadn't spoken for a while, opened her mouth. She propped up her chin, tone faintly said, "Although I do find you quite pleasing to the eye and don't mind having something happen with you in the future, but your women are all here. Repeating my name over and over in front of them, doesn't seem very appropriate, right?"
Only now did Aiden understand the situation. He laughed dryly and said, "I was just thinking about something."
"Are you sure it wasn't someone?" Balalaika looked at him, "You repeated Soi's name more than ten times just now."
"I did?" Aiden was stunned.
"I heard it loud and clear." said Roberta, who was sitting beside him.
Aiden instantly scratched his head helplessly, not knowing what to say. In the end, he could only spread his hands and said, "I remember I also mentioned Irina's name just now."
"Proves you were thinking about two people at the same time," Benny said. He liked watching the drama and began stirring things up.
Aiden paused his breathing, then glared fiercely at him, thinking whether or not to complete what the Florida gang and the FBI failed to do, sink him in a lake.
But Roanapur was by the sea. Aiden thought it'd be better to throw him into the sea to feed sharks.
Fortunately, everyone was joking. Although a few of the women did have some complaints, they didn't continue the topic.
"By the way, Aiden, what did you just recall? Why were you repeating Miss Soi's and that guy's names?" After a while, Dutch asked.
Aiden didn't answer his question, but looked at Soi and softly asked, "Miss Soi, did you used to work in pharmaceutical research?"
"Eh, you actually guessed it… no wait, it's not a guess, you must've known something and just remembered now." Soi looked at Aiden curiously, "How did you know?"
"Sorry, secret." Aiden returned the same answer Soi gave him at noon when he questioned her.
Soi instantly said with displeasure, "You... really won't take even a little loss."
"Of course, normally I only like taking advantage of others," Aiden shrugged and said.
"Then I better stay away from you. Usually, the advantage you speak of isn't just verbal." Soi said while moving her chair back a bit, seemingly wanting to distance herself.
"Nonsense." Aiden tugged the corner of his mouth. Her action dealt a significant mental blow to him.
Seeing the two already starting to bicker, Dutch on the side sighed helplessly and said, "These two guys, pulled the topic off-track again."
And once a topic is derailed, it's difficult to return to the main subject. However, except for Aiden and Soi, no one present was interested in the backstory, so everyone began chatting about other things, until late at night before the gathering ended.
———
Before their party ended, the Blue Legion people had mostly left, leaving only a blond middle-aged man and a few of his subordinates accompanying Irina at the adjacent table.
After Aiden and the others left, not long after, Irina also got up, but she didn't have any other intentions, just simply wanted to find a hotel to rest.
"Miss Irina, please wait a moment." Seeing Irina stand up, the middle-aged man brought his subordinates to follow.
"What is it?" Irina looked at him with an expressionless face, coldly asked.
The middle-aged man didn't mind her tone. Wearing a smiling face, he said, "It's like this, I've already arranged accommodation for you. If you're willing, I'll send someone to take you there. Ah, no need to reject so quickly, Miss Irina."
"You must know, Roanapur isn't a tourist city, the most luxurious hotels aren't necessarily as comfortable as private residences. Plus, this place is chaotic. The majority of hotel guests are johns, prostitutes, and junkies. I think you wouldn't want to be too close to them, right?"
After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Irina thought for a while and silently nodded, "I don't want to."
"So, I arranged a luxurious rental for you. It has hot water, a bathtub, air-conditioning, and a clean bed. Most importantly, no one will disturb you. What do you think?" the middle-aged man asked again.
"Okay." Irina nodded, then counter-asked, "You're doing all this to get something from me, right?"
"Nothing much, just hoping you'll put in a good word for me within the alliance in the future. As you know, I just joined not long ago." the middle-aged man said humbly.
Irina coldly looked at him. After a long while, she finally nodded, "Got it."
After speaking, she boarded the car prepared for her.
Watching the car speed away, the middle-aged man's expression changed drastically. He cursed, "Damn it, if it weren't for your arms dealer dad having clout in the alliance, I wouldn't have bent over backwards to serve you like this."
After angrily muttering a few more curses, the middle-aged man also left with his men.
———
[Inside the Rental House]
Having finished showering, Aiden lay directly on the bed, but didn't close his eyes to sleep. One reason was Roberta was still in the shower, the other was he suddenly felt restless, as if something might happen in the next few days.
Pressing on his erratically beating heart, Aiden sat cross-legged on the bed. After sitting blankly for a while, he suddenly muttered, "Shouldn't be something bad, right? My luck has always been good."
At this time, having finished showering and wrapped in a towel, Roberta walked into the bedroom. Seeing Aiden sitting cross-legged on the bed, head down thinking, she asked in confusion, "Aiden, what's wrong?"
Aiden looked up and pointed to his chest, saying with some frustration, "Don't know why, suddenly feel kind of restless."
"Is it because of Soi?" Roberta sat at the edge of the bed, raised her hand, and gently massaged his chest.
Aiden shook his head, "Not her."
"Then it must be because you drank too much." Roberta smiled slightly, "Alcohol speeds up your blood circulation, which makes your heartbeat faster."
"Maybe." Aiden sighed, but he knew it wasn't because of that.
"All right, no matter what reason, no matter what happens, I'll help you resolve it." Roberta bit her lip, then untied the towel on her body and hugged Aiden.
"Now, let's sleep first."
———
At the same time, it was already morning somewhere else.
Jill was packing her suitcase early while talking on the phone.
"Chris, I want to take a few days off to go to Roanapur in Southeast Asia."
[Why are you going there?] Chris' surprised voice came from the phone.
"Choi Ji Yoon said she saw Aiden there. I have to go find him."
[Aiden? That guy.... why is he there?]
"How would I know? Anyway, Choi Ji-Yoon told me."
[All right, but I still want to say, he disappeared for so long, can't you just wait for him to come find you?] Chris suddenly said indignantly.
"Maybe he doesn't know where I am. You know we're from a special organization, our identities are classified." Jill quickly found an excuse for Aiden.
Chris, [...]
After a long silence, Chris spoke again, [All right, maybe you're right. But leave requests need to be submitted and signed in advance. I'm still in Europe, in a few days I can…]
Jill immediately cut him off, "I already bought tomorrow night's plane ticket."
Chris, [...]
After another silence, Chris said quietly, [Since you've already made all the preparations, what else can I say? I can only wish you a pleasant journey. Sign the leave slip when you return.]
"Thanks, Chris." Jill said gratefully.
[You're welcome.]
Hanging up the phone, Jill let out a long breath. Looking at the backpack that already had clothes and daily necessities packed inside, she thought, 'Next, just wait for tomorrow.'
Only, she then thought again, 'I still have to wait one more day, ah, really hard to endure, ah!'
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