Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 362 Bronya: Do Not Disturb While Working Overtime

After Kiana and the captain finished their overseas assignment and escorted Pompey to Otto, they returned to the Anti-Air Section 6 together. However, today seemed a little different from usual. Hoshimi Miyabi and Tsukishiro Ryu were packing their things, and Tsukishiro Ryu's face immediately showed a troubled expression.

"Liu, what's wrong? Why do you look so worried?"

"Kiana, you're back?" Tsukishiro Ryu greeted them, then began to explain the reason for her distress.

In short, the HIA Club, a department under the Hollow Investigation Association, applied to the Anti-Air Section 6, hoping that members of the Anti-Air Section 6 could come to participate in the testing of the latest VR system, and specifically requested that Kiana and Hoshimi Miyabi come.

Originally, Yuecheng Liu thought that given Kiana's condition, she would only stay in the outer ring for a day or two at most before returning, so she approved her application. But who knew that Kiana would be gone for so long this time? The time to participate in the test was approaching, but Kiana still hadn't returned.

This caused Yuecheng Liu to misjudge the time, which was rare for her. Originally, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but since the other party had specifically named Kiana and insisted that she be present, Yuecheng Liu decided to try to negotiate with them to postpone the test.

However, the other party insisted on conducting the test today, and the person who contacted Yuecheng Liu this time was clearly not the same person as last time.

Although the Sixth Section of the Sky had the right to refuse these unreasonable demands, Cangjiao seemed very interested in this test, because when Yuecheng Liu announced this news, she promised Cangjiao that she would treat her to a good meal after the test to satisfy her appetite.

Cangjiao was really looking forward to today's test, but just now, after learning that the test might be canceled, he instantly looked disappointed.

Seeing Cangjiao lower his head in disappointment, his tone full of dejection, yet he still obediently returned to his seat, Yuecheng Liu's rationality snapped at that moment.

When she came to her senses, she found that Cangjiao was already happily packing his things on the side, and Hoshimi Miyabi was the first to finish packing.

After all, she didn't have much to prepare; she only needed to bring her ancestral knife.

Yuecheng Liu could only sigh helplessly and silently begin tidying up the documents on her desk. She didn't want to hurt Cangjiao's feelings a second time, so all she could do now was pray that someone who always turned off their phone when going on a trip (referring to calling the captain) would return soon.

That's why Kiana and the captain saw the scene when they returned. After explaining, Tsukishiro Ryu also gave Kiana a resentful look.

The latter could only stand there and laugh it off, accepting the silent complaint. There was nothing he could do; the signal was poor on the outer ring road, and even within Wildfire Town, which he funded, the cell phone signal wasn't much better.

After all, people in the outer ring can't afford high-end smartphones in the city. Even Caesar, the overlord, uses a rather old-fashioned smartphone that breaks down frequently.

So Kiana figured no one would send her any messages anyway, so she turned off her phone.

In other words, apart from making a phone call to the captain during those few days on the outer ring and asking him to come over, Kiana's phone was never turned on again.

As for the captain, although he did receive the message from Tsukishiro Ryu and had informed Kiana of the message multiple times, Kiana ignored it all. In fact, the two of them had several exhilarating night battles during those days.

As for why Tetsuya and his friends' H·D·D system could be used within the outer ring, firstly, the device placed in the siblings' car was itself part of the H·D·D system, enabling remote connection; secondly, the signal transmission was actually handled by Ai-chan using the Hyperion as a signal relay station.

"Why do you insist that Ya and I go?" Kiana asked.

"Well... I don't know either. I only know that they specifically requested that you and Ya go. Everyone else, including me, is actually not important." Yuecheng Liu shook her head.

"That's strange. It's just a simple new system test. Logically speaking, even they could do it internally, right?" the captain asked.

"According to the application form they sent, the reason for the application is that they hope members of the Sixth Anti-Air Section can come and help test the simulation limits of the new system."

As she spoke, Yuecheng Liu pulled the application form out of the pile of documents and handed it to the captain, pointing to the section on the reasons for the application.

“But even so, I still don’t understand why Kiana and Aya have to be there together? Even if it’s a test simulation of the limits, I should be able to manage it myself,” Tsukishiro Ryu said.

The captain stared at the application form in his hand, a series of possibilities flashing through his mind, but he dismissed them one by one. No matter how he thought about it, HIA had no reason to insist that Kiana and Hoshimi Miyabi participate in this test, unless the person who initiated the application had impure motives from the beginning, or part of the application form had been replaced midway through.

And the only force capable of doing this, and simultaneously harboring both interest and hatred towards Kiana, or rather, the Kaslana family and the Hoshimi family, is...

On the other side, Kiana immediately thought of a possibility. Considering the inconsistency between the two contacts, Kiana quickly identified a possibility.

“A celebration,” they both said in unison.

"A praise meeting?"

"That's right. Although it's just a guess, it's possible that they're planning to collect my and Ya's combat data. As for what they'll do with it, I don't know."

"Wouldn't that be very dangerous?" Yuecheng Liu asked worriedly. "Should I refuse their request?"

“No need,” Hoshimi Masashi said. “Since they want my combat data, let them collect it. Afterwards, I just need to train more to surpass my current strength.”

"After saying all that, you just want to fight me and yourself, right?" Kiana asked, posing a probing question.

“Of course, Kiana, you’ve never used your full strength against me before, so I’ll definitely cherish this opportunity.”

"Even your tailless data can be obtained by the other party?"

"Let's forget about it, but that means we'll miss another training opportunity to fight Kiana at full strength..."

Ignoring Hoshimi Miyabi's dilemma, Kiana looked at the serious Tsukishiro Ryuu beside her.

"Speaking of which, I've been curious about those things on the table from the very beginning."

Following Kiana's pointing finger, Tsukishiro Ryu saw piles of badges and similar items.

“Those were gifts from our fans, everyone received one, and these badges were made in different styles based on the characteristics of each of us.”

Yuecheng Liu began to explain the origin of the badges and then distributed them to their respective owners based on their characteristics.

Kiana smiled knowingly the moment she received the badge from Tsukishiro Ryuu.

Kiana was able to sense a virus program within the badge in her hand through the Corruption Power. Its approximate function was to slowly analyze the wearer's body data when they entered HIA's VR system while wearing the badge.

If necessary, this virus program can be used to manipulate the parsed data. Unfortunately, the program is currently in a dormant state, and even the power of corruption cannot perform anti-tracking through this program that is not connected to the network.

Of course, Kiana could use the Corruption ability to trace back if she wanted to, but that would ruin the fun.

After putting on their badges, they followed the main group to the HIA Club located in the Light and Shadow Plaza, while the captain went to miHoYo's headquarters building.

Seele just sent me a message saying that Bronya hasn't been back to the apartment in a long time. Plus, these past few days have been the first month since the new game's release, and Bronya has been working overtime every day to rush out new patch updates in order to get a good reputation.

Leaving early and returning late had become the norm, but this time she hadn't been back to her apartment for several days in a row. However, Seele herself was also temporarily tied up with matters at the orphanage, so she had to ask the captain to go to Bronya's game company to check on the situation.

The captain glanced up at miHoYo's office building and then walked inside. When Xiao Liu at the front desk saw that the person who came in was the captain, she immediately stepped forward and gestured for him to go to the president's office as soon as possible.

The captain learned about Bronya's current situation from Xiao Liu at the front desk. In short, since the new game was released, Bronya has been observing the community's reaction to the new game within the company.

At the same time, they started planning the first update patch by looking at the gameplay videos of various streamers, but all the employees looked at the update plan that was written on the whiteboard with dead eyes.

Not to mention that the update plan is still being expanded, and only Bronya's leadership in working overtime and the generous overtime benefits have prevented employee dissatisfaction.

In the first few days after the game's release, Bronya was fine, only leaving get off work at midnight. But a few days ago, all the employees noticed that Bronya hadn't come out of the CEO's office since.

Employees who were worried about Bronya's safety had gone to the president's office, but everyone who went said they could hear strange noises coming from inside the office.

Everyone who had gone there was startled and fled back to their workstations as if their lives depended on it. From then on, no one dared to go over to check the situation. The only way they could tell that Bronya was still alive was by looking at the lunch boxes placed at the door.

Originally, Xiao Liu at the front desk was planning to call the police or ask Seele to come and check on the situation, but the captain happened to come over at that moment, and Xiao Liu explained Bronya's current situation to him.

After listening to Xiao Liu's description at the front desk, the captain concluded that Bronya's mental state had become confused and she was talking nonsense because she had been working overtime late into the night for the past few days.

The captain then arrived at the president's office. He also glanced at the more than ten whiteboards covered with writing, which undoubtedly contained Bronya's plans to fix bugs and make various balance adjustments in the next update.

After a cursory look, the captain even discovered a series of updates, including new difficulty levels and new gameplay. Rather than a version update patch, the captain felt it was more like a DLC update, and with the planned update date set for three days later, it's no wonder it turned into an overtime hell.

So the captain walked into the president's office amidst the curious and expectant gazes of the employees. After the captain entered, the employees started to discuss among themselves. The new employees were curious about the relationship between the captain and Bronya, while the veteran employees explained the relationship between the two and prayed that the captain could persuade Bronya to cancel this seemingly impossible update plan.

When the captain entered the office, the first thing he saw was Bronya, her face flushed, working while making all sorts of incomprehensible noises.

The heavily armed bunny on the other side had already gone on strike, sitting in the corner and repeatedly saying that she was a different bunny.

The captain acted decisively and immediately shouted, "Bronya!"

Bronya finally snapped out of her daze after hearing the captain's voice. She stared blankly at the captain, whose brain had completely shut down. She watched as his mouth moved incessantly but he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

Seeing this, the captain quickly stepped forward, picked up Bronya, and placed her on the sofa. The moment Bronya's body touched the sofa, a strong drowsiness washed over her.

Finally, Bronya's tense mind could no longer resist sleepiness, and she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep, while her body followed gravity and fell down, successfully leaning against the captain.

Feeling the softness beside him and the warm breath on his neck, the captain stiffened slightly.

He then glanced helplessly at Bronya, quietly got up, gently placed Bronya on the sofa, and then found a blanket that Bronya had left at the company to cover her with.

After dealing with Bronya, the captain went to Heavy Bunny. Although he knew it wasn't good to do it without Bronya's consent, the captain still announced to Heavy Bunny that her overtime hell was over.

Well, temporarily.

Even so, the listless eyes of the heavily armed rabbit instantly brightened, its broken spirit was restored, and after shouting, it ran to its computer.

After saving the completed project files, Bronya opened the live streaming software and started her live stream. Yes, even after coming here, Heavy Bunny still hasn't forgotten her dream of becoming a virtual streamer.

Despite her busy schedule, she still makes time to stream. Of course, Bronya had already discovered this, and after making a three-point agreement with Heavy Bunny, she simply let her do as she pleased.

While Heavy Bunny was secretly marveling at Bronya's sudden change of heart, she didn't know that it was actually Seele who had helped persuade her behind the scenes after learning about the matter. Otherwise, given Bronya's capitalist nature, Heavy Bunny wouldn't have had any time for her to pursue her dreams.

After dealing with Bronya and Heavy Bunny, the captain went out and unilaterally announced that the day's work was over, giving all employees a day off.

Afterwards, the captain returned to his office and sat in Bronya's seat to help her with her affairs. As for Kiana, he believed that Kiana would handle everything.

Rather, if even Kiana can't be dealt with, then adding him along won't help.

Instead of worrying about that, you should help Bronya write more code and worry about whether Kiana will suddenly come up with some crazy ideas.

Since Kiana became a higher-dimensional being, the captain has noticed that Kiana has become increasingly fond of impulsive actions and always manages to come up with ideas unexpectedly.

If I hadn't been there to watch over things, who knows what Kiana would have done wrong with this mission.