In the tidy office, Fujino stood by the window wearing a white lab coat, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, a sight rare in other regions.
It had been three years since she arrived in the world of Terra. In these three years, under Fujino's leadership, Umbrella had become the most powerful entity in the world of Terra, developing various weapons. It took only one year for it to surpass Raysis Industry, the original most powerful arms dealer in the world of Terra.
Weapon development was merely the surface of Umbrella's operations. In reality, Umbrella was researching more than just weapons. How could an organization bearing the name Umbrella limit itself to only weapons research? Fujino had even managed to create bio-viruses.
It is imaginable that if Zombies were to appear in this world already ravaged by oripathy, the Terra Continent would probably declare "GG" soon after.
It's not just the Bio-Virus; Umbrella actually researches many things, but the world only knows Umbrella as an arms dealer.
At that moment, the office door opened, and 2B walked in. She said to Fujino, who was standing by the window: "The people from Penguin Logistics are here."
"Let them in." Fujino turned around and looked at 2B, saying, "Help me prepare a few more Lab Coats. They are quite comfortable to wear."
Over the past three years, Fujino, who frequently took on the roles of a Doctor and a Scientist, had become somewhat obsessed with the Lab Coat. She hadn't realized before that it was quite comfortable, breathable, and even looked rather nice. Fujino had decided to make the Lab Coat her primary outfit from now on.
"Understood." 2B nodded. Fujino looked good wearing a Lab Coat too, so naturally, she had no objections.
The office door opened again, and the three members of Penguin Logistics walked in.
"Long time no see, you three." Fujino leaned back in her chair, smiling as she looked at Texas, Exusiai, and Croissant.
"The payment." Texas was as indifferent as ever.
Fujino didn't mind. She tapped the desk in front of her with her right hand, and a strange metal box materialized out of thin air on the desktop.
Although it was called a box, it didn't look like one at all. Except for the handle, the entire metal container was seamless, resembling a solid metal block.
"Thirty originium, still placed in High-Strength Isolation Bottles." After Fujino finished speaking, she tapped the flat surface of the metal box lightly. Blue lines lit up on the monolithic box, and accompanied by the blue lines, the metal box miraculously opened.
Inside the moderately sized metal box was a surprisingly large space. Thirty originium were neatly arranged in Metal Isolation Bottles marked with the Umbrella logo.
One hundred percent pure originium cannot be stored using ordinary isolation bottles; High-Strength Isolation Bottles must be used for storage. Otherwise, the energy released by the originium can cause infection, leading to oripathy and turning the person into an Infected.
Texas checked the contents, confirmed the payment was correct, nodded, and deftly closed the metal box before picking it up.
"In that case, our commission is complete. Remember to give us a five-star rating," said Texas.
"No problem, we've cooperated many times now." Fujino chuckled, then seemed to recall something and looked at Exusiai beside Texas. Fujino said, "You don't need to leave yet. The weapons that Old Penguin asked me to forge for you are ready."
Hearing this, the three—Texas, Exusiai, and Croissant—looked utterly surprised. Their stingy boss was actually giving the three of them weapons, and hiring the most expensive Umbrella to do it?!
One must know that the former strongest arms dealer, Raysis Industry, charged about 100,000 lungmen coin for a customized weapon—that was the minimum price. Meanwhile, Umbrella's minimum price for forging a weapon started at 500,000 lungmen coin!
There was a difference of a full 400,000 lungmen coin between the two.
But the weapons manufactured by Umbrella were absolutely worth that price.
However, precisely because Umbrella's asking price was so high, Raysis Industry was not abandoned after being surpassed by Umbrella.
"I get one too!?" Croissant exclaimed excitedly. These were weapons forged by Umbrella! The universally recognized strongest weapons company! Although only about twelve people across the entire Terra Continent currently used weapons made by Umbrella, the weapons owned by those twelve people were famous throughout the Terra World.
For instance, their boss at Penguin Logistics, The Emperor, possessed a customized weapon forged by Umbrella.
Croissant, Exusiai, and Texas had all seen it. Calling it a Divine Weapon would not be an exaggeration, and yet it only cost their boss one million lungmen coin to forge.
Back then, Umbrella had released a statement to the outside world: as long as the money was right, they could even manufacture a weapon capable of destroying the entire Terra Continent in a single strike!
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