Luo Zhen acted like a grandpa on the subway looking at his phone. "Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Company, hmm... very suspicious."
Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Company, a private organization that claims to fight for the human rights of the infected and to find a cure for Oripathy. As is well known, Oripathy is an incurable disease. Although symptoms can be alleviated, it cannot be cured once infected. After that, the infected will die of this disease one day and become a source of further infection. Due to these factors, the infected are commonly discriminated against and persecuted. In this environment, an organization claiming to be a pharmaceutical company appeared and said it wanted to find a cure for Oripathy and guarantee the human rights of the infected. Listening to it... it sounded like an extremist organization. Because not long ago, in the city of Chernobog of the Ursus Empire, the incident that occurred there was also from an infected organization.
Luo Zhen thought of the latest news and tried to remember the name of that organization in his head. "Exusiai, are you sure the Rhode Island you met was an ordinary pharmaceutical company? They're not allies of the [Integration Movement] that caused trouble in Chernobog, are they?"
Lemu replied calmly, "I don't think they look like them, even though I've never seen the Integration Movement." Since there are oppressed infected all over the world, it is common for many rebellions and extremist organizations to arise. One of them is the Integration Movement, which is in the news right now. This organization seems to have been established a few years ago and has caused a lot of trouble within the Ursus Empire in recent months. The Integration Movement, they were not well known in the past, until the recent chaos in Chernobog. Various foreign media tried to expose them and attacked and slandered many infected organizations. So it wasn't strange that Luo Zhen connected the two organizations. After all, in this world, there are too many bad people who dare to burn, destroy, kill, and rob under the name of the infected.
In the past few years since Luo Zhen and Exusiai left Laterano, they had seen many things, both bad and good, from the infected. But this time, Lemu seemed quite confident. She smiled and said to him, "I think Rhode Island seems very reliable. They allowed and took me up to explore the ship! And the food in the cafeteria wasn't bad. The little rabbit sister who is their leader is very cute. Even though they are infected, they still look as bright as ordinary people." "There are many infected among their members, but those people feel very ordinary, not like the usual infected we've seen. It makes the atmosphere on the ship very good. But there was one big sister named Kal'tsit, she had a very scary atmosphere. I don't know why, but when I was near her, I felt cold like I was in an air-conditioned room even though I was standing in the sun. She gave off a scary feeling like the law enforcers in Laterano."
"Ah... I think I can understand that feeling," Luo Zhen knew well how it felt. The strict style, the cold, robotic feeling of those people gave an oppressive feeling to those who looked at and talked to them. Anyway, Lemu's overall assessment of Rhode Island seemed very good, which made Luo Zhen quite surprised. Even though Lemu had always seemed like an optimist, she was actually a very detailed and cautious person. It wasn't easy to get her confirmation and assessment in a positive light, even if those organizations had a very clean record.
Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Company... Luo Zhen thought for a moment. Seeing his serious expression, the red-haired angel smiled before closing her eyes. "It's not strange that you think a lot. If you're sure they're good people, then you can decide. But who knows... maybe if we help them, they might repay our help. Our great Holy Son. For now, I'm going to take a break from this world. Good night~"
Luo Zhen smiled a little angrily. "I told you not to call me Holy Son—sigh, she's not listening..." Seeing that his complaints didn't reach the kid, he could only pat the head resting on his lap with the gentleness of a kind mother. The day before, he was sleeping on Texas's lap, but today, this angel was sleeping on his lap. Is this considered karma? (Good luck, more like.)
As for the payment from Rhodes Island, Penguin Logistics hardly cared. After all, their assignment wasn't difficult. They just had to be a guide for them when they arrived in Lungmen, which was like their backyard. As for land services when the ship docked, that duty would be handled by the guard officers from Lungmen. Anyway, Rhode Island didn't mention this in the contract with them, so it wasn't something Penguin Logistics had to pay attention to. Because anyway, they weren't coming to Lungmen right now. As Lemu had said, Rhode Island had to go to Chernobog first. They weren't just a regular pharmaceutical company. It seemed that their work also involved taking responsibility for the chaos that happened to the infected. Basically, their company might be like Penguin Logistics, that is, taking on any job they can get. Or as the proverb goes, no job is too small... But maybe, the reason they went to Chernobog was to deal with the problems caused by the Integration Movement. Although the news announced from the Ursus Empire said that the riot had been suppressed, in the end, the Ursus Empire was famous for being a kingdom of unreliable and fake media. The local media in Lungmen was more reliable. But those things had nothing to do with Luo Zhen, this very ordinary good citizen.
Today, he was still making sweets, selling soy milk, teasing Officer Ch'en, and delivering food to the children in the slums, just like every other day. In the evening of that day. Luo Zhen: "Today is apple pie. Sufficient quantity, quite sweet. Don't forget to brush your teeth after eating." Xiao Ling: "Wow~! I love you the most, Big Brother Luo Zhen! ~(≧▽≦)/~" Xiao Ling blew a kiss as sweet as the dessert, making Luo Zhen a little shy.
Although the nearby city of Chernobog was in chaos now, daily life in Lungmen remained the same. But it seemed there had been a small change in the slums. Luo Zhen and Xiao Ling, holding hands as they walked back to the Big Yard, noticed something unusual about the area they passed. He turned to ask the girl beside him, "Xiao Ling, why are there fewer children today? Did something happen?"
"Hmm... it seems their parents won't let them out to play. Xiao Ling doesn't understand either," Xiao Ling's expression looked a little disappointed. The long rabbit ears on her head drooped sadly. Not all children in the slums are orphans without parents. Even though Xiao Ling was alone, she still received a lot of help from the people in the slums. Most of the people who came here were hiding from the chaotic situation of being persecuted for their infection.
Xiao Ling pulled weakly at the corner of Luo Zhen's shirt while saying to him when she remembered something, "I remember this morning... a bear-eared woman came to this slum. She said they could go home now, no need to be afraid anymore. And she also asked the other kids to go back with her. Some of the kids I know went with her. I haven't seen them come back yet..."
Luo Zhen frowned. "Bear ears..." The main ethnic group of the Ursus Empire, whose customs and traditions are as strict as the Sankta's, are often a race with two cute, round ears, which are like a symbol of their nation's strength and struggle. The Ursus Empire is also the country that oppresses the infected the most in Terra. Just like Lungmen, which forbids the infected from entering the city district without permission and forces them to take care of themselves in this slum. But for the Ursus Empire, they are a cruel kingdom with a clear class division, whether it's the status of nobles, commoners, or the infected. They have enacted laws that give the infected a status no different from that of slave labor. Therefore, many infected people often flee from there for survival. The city of Chernobog is closest to Lungmen, so it is not strange that there are many infected people from the Bear tribe living in this slum.
Xiao Ling, who still didn't understand the cruelty of the world, it wasn't strange that she didn't feel worried about it. On the contrary, she felt sad and missed her friends who had left more. She turned to ask Luo Zhen, "Big Brother Luo Zhen, are my friends not coming back anymore..." Luo Zhen had no choice but to comfort her frankly. "Maybe they'll come back soon, or maybe one day. It all depends on luck. If they're unlucky, they might have to stay there forever." This world is not gentle enough to let a child grow up innocently. As an infected person, Xiao Ling had long known that she was different from the normal people living in the city district. Even so, even though the infected were different from ordinary people, that didn't mean they were less valuable than those people.
Luo Zhen squatted down and touched Xiao Ling's crying head. "I'll go check on the situation. If there's anything wrong, I promise I'll persuade your friends and their families to come back. So don't worry."
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