Arknights - Amnesiac With Groupchat

Chapter 11 - Rhodes Island

"Clukay, wake up!" In the midst of a peaceful dream about swimming in a sea of LMD, I was unfortunately awoken by the feeling of something cold and wet on my face.

"Rimuru... *Achoo* did you really need to pour water on my face?" I asked as I rubbed my nose. The cold morning breeze made me want to enact the caterpillar manoeuvre with the blanket, but unfortunately, my face and pillow were wet.

"Our appointment with Rhodes Island is in an hour. I tried to wake you up normally, but I had to resort to this because you were too deep in your sleep," Rimuru said. This reminds me of what the Dokutah said yesterday about a meeting. Rhodes Island had enough leverage to sway the LGD, so a contract with them would naturally give us jurisdiction to finish off Reunion in the Lungmen slums.

Knowing the System, I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be a simple cleanup of Reunion soldiers in the slum. There was something bigger and much more difficult ahead of us.

"We've got 17 days to complete the quest. If we join Rhodes Island, then maybe we could ask for their help?" I muttered as I changed into my combat uniform after I had hushed Rimuru out of my tent. I haven't had the chance to wear something different for the past few days, but at least I was able to shower.

"Alright, let's steal some ammo before we leave," I sneakily took a few magazines near my tent and rushed out to catch up with the other groupchat members, who were waiting at the entrance.

"Oh, hey, Amiya and Dokutah," I greeted as I saw the two discussing something with Zhongli. They waved back at me, with Amiya trying her hardest to bring out a smile.

"Hey, Clukay. You'll be joining us on our way to the landship. Make sure to stick to us so you don't get lost," Amiya said as she opened the door to a Rhodes Island marked armour car. This was a bigshot company, for sure.

On the way to Rhodes Island, we discussed several miscellaneous things like food. I also made friends with Bob, the driver, who agreed with me on the fact that crustless pizza was better.

A/N: It's true Crustless > Crust.

Before long, we arrived at a massive chunk of moving metal outside of Lungmen. This was the epitome of Rhodes Island's status, the landship.

The armoured convoy made its way into the landship after passing a guard checkpoint at the entrance. They had a car park in the landship, which was pretty surprising for a pharmaceutical company.

After we got off, we were escorted by Amiya onto the top floor. Along the way, I saw at least a hundred individuals, not in the standard Rhodes Island uniform, which meant they held pretty important roles. I was in awe at the size of the PHARMACEUTICAL company.

"This must've cost trillions of LMD," I muttered with a faint heart.

"We're here," Amiya said as she opened the door to a room with the sign 'Director's Office,' above it. I quickly snapped back to reality and prepared myself for some negotiations. I was sure that this meeting was an attempt to employ us, likely from Amiya's recommendation.

The room was simplistic, with a few bookshelves to the side, two sofas and a desk in the middle, and an office desk facing the door. Sat on the office desk as an intimidating green-haired cat girl, who I presumed was Kal'tsit.

"Take a seat. I've heard many things about your group," Kal'tsit said, prompting us to take a seat on the sofas. Amiya and the Dokutah walked towards Kal'tsit and stood behind her like security guards. This was the Rhodes Island leadership.

"You are all quite peculiar. You appeared out of nowhere with powerful arts, aiding us against Reunion after being detained by the LGD. I could only find records about one of you, the amnesiac leader of the group," Kal'tsit said in a mysterious tone, causing us to tense up. There was a moment of silence before she stood up with some papers and laid them on the table before us.