"Is the child asleep?" James asked his wife after swallowing the tender beef tenderloin in his mouth.
"She went to bed early. She was thinking about waiting for her dad to come back. But in the end, she fell asleep on the stool while waiting. She looked so cute."
James smiled knowingly when he thought of the scene his wife described.
"Honey, thank you for your hard work at home." The big guy James looked at his wife tenderly.
Mosika shook her head. "It's not hard. As long as you can come back every day, nothing is hard. By the way, my dad is planning to have a dinner party for us tomorrow. Are you free then?"
James took a sip of soup with a spoon and nodded. "Yeah, no problem. I don't think I'll be busy soon. Dipper is back too, so he can help me share a lot of things."
Mosica rested her cheek on her hand and tilted her head to look at her husband who was eating.
"When I think of you proposing to me, I want to laugh. My father was stubborn for a long time before he agreed. He was afraid that you would die at sea and I would become a widow at such a young age."
"But even though he doesn't say it, as his daughter, I know that he is very happy to have a son-in-law who is a director."
James suddenly thought of something, reached into his pocket, pulled out a small box and handed it to his wife.
"This is something new that the research institute has made. I think it's pretty good, so I brought one over for you."
Inside the box is a transparent pendant in the shape of a water drop. The most amazing thing is that in the center of the pendant there is no gem, but water. A small green fluorescent jellyfish is swaying gently inside.
"It's so beautiful! How did you make this?"
"The ability of a new guy who has absorbed the power of the relic. She can put all kinds of small things into the bodies of various things out of thin air. This ability is not very useful for industry. I originally thought it was useless."
"But someone suggested that she make luxury goods to bring back Hope Island. The one on your finger is the first batch of goods. I don't know if anyone likes it. Put it on quickly. It will look great on you."
"You were so busy that you didn't even have time to eat, yet you still remembered to bring me a gift. You really can't put priorities first."
Mo Sika said this, but seeing how she couldn't let it go, it was obvious that she cherished this little gift very much.
James let go of the knife and fork in his hand, and gently covered his wife's small hand with his big hand. "Nothing is more important than making my dear happy."
Mosica avoided her husband's burning eyes and said, "Eat quickly. Why didn't I realize you were so good at talking before? You were like a piece of wood back then."
She tried to break free from her husband's hand, but he held her tightly. "Mosika, let's have another child."
"… …Um"
Such a warm scene was interrupted by a hasty knock on the door. "Director! There's a big commotion at the prison! People from the third and fourth departments have already gone there!!"
James' expression suddenly became serious. He picked up the coat on the hanger and walked outside. "Sorry, honey. I'll be back when I'm done."
"Yeah, it's okay, go ahead and be safe."
On the empty street, the car carrying James was speeding towards the prison.
"What happened?" James asked the driver.
"A new person with special abilities who has successfully absorbed the relics. He seems to have used some method to control all the failed products in the institute. The last news I got was that they were heading towards the dock, apparently trying to steal a ship and leave Hope Island."
Just as he rushed to the destination in a hurry, he saw deformed corpses lying in a pool of blood.
Dipper, who was half squatting on a car, was chatting and laughing with his female subordinate who had a very bad temper.
"Dipper! Where's the guy who caused the commotion?"
"He's dead. I killed him. You can't blame me. I wanted to capture him alive, but he was too noisy." A large dagger with a cold glow flew up and down as the fishman's fingers shook.
After hearing this, James breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the problem was solved, he was afraid that such things would enter residential areas and many people would die.
The police officers quickly entered the scene and began to clean up the bodies. It was night time now, and the deformed bodies on the ground were bound to cause serious consequences.
Just as James was directing others to deal with the final work of the matter, he saw a familiar figure approaching quickly from a distance.
"What happened? The mouse heard some noise over here."
"Captain, the problem has been solved and the loss is not great." James said to Charles who was running over.
After hearing James' report, Charles finally breathed a sigh of relief. "The response was pretty quick this time."
"The reason this matter was resolved so quickly is mainly because of Dipper. He... um? Where is he? He was just here." James looked at the empty car hood in astonishment.
Charles looked around and didn't see his boatswain, so he said to James, "Don't worry about him. Deal with this as soon as possible and don't let anyone else know."
Hearing Charles' words, James showed a hint of hesitation on his face. "Captain, I'm afraid this matter can no longer be defended. After all, the research institute has built it with such a large force, anyone who is not blind can see it.
Charles looked at the half-built buildings in the distance and made up his mind. "If we can't defend it, then we won't defend it. No one dares to attack us now, but the security of the institute must be strengthened. This situation cannot happen again."
"Well, don't worry about that. I guarantee that I will complete the task."
After James finished speaking, he said to Charles with a serious face: "Captain, I propose to increase the resources invested in the Relic Research Institute."
Charles looked at him with some surprise. This reaction was quite different from before. "Do you think this is necessary now?"
"Governor, I think it is necessary. The output of people with special abilities recently is beyond the imagination of all of us."
The person who was speaking was behind Charles. He turned his head and saw that it was Leonardo, the Minister of Finance of Hope Island.
"No. 3 steel has already been put into production in factories. This type of steel is not only stronger, but also lighter. Ships made of this material are lighter and faster. Gun barrels made of this material can withstand higher temperatures and fire more powerful shells."
"Moreover, this is only one of the outputs. Governor, please follow me and I will show you all the incredible products that have popped out of your Pandora's box."
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(End of this chapter)