The little Sword Immortal never seemed to care about affection coming from the outside.
So while he was sniffing Numby, a certain company executive who also treated him like a little animal was sniffing him too.
After being stunned for two seconds, Stelle reacted. She frowned, stepped forward, and pulled Topaz away.
Sniffing Numby and sniffing Nero too, Topaz had won too much. That was not good.
You have to know, even Miss Tingyun, who was Nero's fellow townsman, did not find a chance for a double win when she was a guest on the train, meaning sniffing Nero together with Pom-Pom.
After pulling Topaz away and standing behind Nero, the Stellaron being who was preparing to win a bit herself had not even started sniffing when she looked up and saw a familiar figure walking this way.
The dark-skinned, gray-haired young security captain was walking his dog.
The other party looked up and seemed to notice them too.
Although they had not spent much time together, Arlan had a good impression of the Astral Express group who had saved him. Of course, it would be even better if that white-haired one could return his blade.
That was what Arlan had originally thought.
Until later, when cleaning up the battlefield, he found fragments of his blade.
Although he really wanted to scold the other party, "If you borrow someone else's weapon, cherish it properly!"
But at that time they were fighting the Doomsday Beast. Facing such a strong enemy, this blade could be considered to have died a worthy death.
So Arlan did not feel too much regret about this weapon that had accompanied him in many battles. However, he still gathered the fragments as much as possible and "buried" it.
As for now, Asta had bought him a new weapon.
Seeing an old acquaintance, Arlan was still quite happy and raised his hand to greet them.
Nero, who was sniffing the Trotter, also noticed Arlan. So he put Numby down, smiled brightly, and greeted him.
Then the boy squatted down, opened his arms, and called out, "Peppy! Come!"
"Woof woof!"
Asta's little dog barked twice, ran over quickly, and crashed into Nero's arms.
Nero was really popular with little animals.
Then...
Before Peppy could stay in Nero's arms for more than a few seconds, a little space pig suddenly flew over from the side and shoved Peppy away with its butt.
Right after that, Numby and Peppy faced off.
The little space pig and the little space dog glared at each other, ready at any moment to fight for the chance to be sniffed.
Meanwhile, Nero ran over to Arlan, straightened his arm, and measured above their heads twice.
Under Arlan's gaze, after finishing the comparison, the boy showed a somewhat proud smile.
"Hehe! After not seeing each other for so long, I'm already taller than you!"
Nero pinched his fingers together, leaving less than one millimeter of tiny difference between his fingertips.
Honest Arlan stayed silent. His gaze slowly moved downward and saw the boy's slightly raised heels. "..."
'Although it was a little cheating, after some time, he might really become taller than me...'
'Sigh...'
Thinking about it actually made him a little jealous.
Up to now, the four forces, Herta Space Station, the company, the Astral Express, and the Xianzhou, were all present.
Although the place needed for the meeting had already been prepared, they still had to exchange a few greetings first.
And in this meeting, Nero did not need to attend.
Even though this child was the initiator of the meeting, he knew he would not understand it, so he did not go to take a seat.
Just leave it to the people who understand to handle it.
Just as he never rejected affection from others, Nero was also used to pouring out his trust toward the outside world almost without reservation.
Let's sort out the people who needed to attend the meeting and the groups they represented.
Astral Express attendee: Himeko.
Herta Space Station attendee: Herta.
Interastral Peace Corporation attendee: Topaz.
Xianzhou Luofu Whistling Flames Trading Group attendee: Tingyun.
Nero attendee: Himeko, Tingyun, Topaz.
As for why Nero became a represented force, of course it was because he was the initiator.
However, since he did not attend himself, the benefits had to be fought for by the people he trusted.
Himeko, as the navigator of the Astral Express and also half a guardian to Nero on the train, would of course fight for benefits for her own child.
Tingyun, as Nero's fellow townsman, and someone who had even recently made a big profit relying on Nero's photos, would of course also fight for benefits for her own child.
As for Topaz... although Director Topaz focused on the company, she was after all someone with quite a good personality. Moreover, recently she and Nero had already become quite familiar because of their shared hobby regarding "pets."
This company executive would not deliberately fight for benefits for Nero, but she would prevent others from taking a share from the benefits Nero deserved.
The adults went to discuss business, and the children had nothing to do.
But it was just right to relax and take another look at the space station, visit the places they did not explore last time, and have some fun.
And Nero could also take this opportunity to handle issues related to the game plot.
After all, with another version of himself suddenly appearing and an additional story about the Fragmentum industry, he still had to tinker with the system a bit.
Although he did not have much confidence in his ability to arrange the script, at least he should not let the plot feel so disconnected that it would make people want to crawl into a toilet at first glance.
In addition, he also had to make sure about the event. After thinking it over several times, Nero actually wanted to make the Fragmentum industry event permanent.
It would probably be similar to the Forgotten Hall, but the gameplay would be more entertaining.
The Fragmentum industry... he was the boss, he had the final say.
The players would definitely thank him.
Nero checked again the current amount of Stellar Jades he had saved up, a total of 5200.
According to the normal event process, when launching this event for the first time, he would first give players a batch. After that, he would update and refresh a fixed amount of rewards every month.
Thinking of this, Nero could not help curling the corners of his lips. He could already imagine the scene of players calling him Boss Nero. He almost wanted to put his hands on his hips and laugh out loud.
But March and Stelle were still beside him, so he could not laugh too wildly.
Speaking of which, how many Stellar Jades do Star Rail events usually give?
Nero frowned and thought carefully, but he could not recall clearly.
He had already transmigrated for quite some time. Moreover, when he used to play, he never paid close attention to that, so his memory at this moment was very vague.
But Nero would not get tangled up over this kind of thing.
Since he could not figure it out, then forget it. Anyway, the Fragmentum industry was a big event. Boss Nero waved his small hand and threw all 5200 Stellar Jades into it.
Among them, 3200 were used as rewards for the big event, and the remaining 2000 were used as fixed rewards for this month and next month.
Ever since entering the stage of rapid growth in popularity, the way he obtained Stellar Jades was no longer like before, where rewards were gained in stages.
It was more like earning income every day while idling. Anyway, he was not afraid of being unable to fill any gaps in the event later.
At this moment, the players still did not know that their dear Boss Nero and Boss Nero's system secretary had prepared something big for them.
Meanwhile, Stelle, walking beside Nero, shared her phone screen with him and showed him her discovery.
Seeing this, March also leaned her head over, and the three of them began watching the information on the phone screen together.
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