The name of Ryanfort can be said to be a symbol of industry for the Erebonian Empire, if not for the entire continent. Its huge scale and elite technology make it like an industrial heart that continuously provides industrial products for various countries, especially the military industry. The current chairman forcibly snatched the power of the former chairman of the company, and the new system and regulations implemented vigorously made this company that was originally a behemoth but somewhat declining, once again glowing with amazing vitality. And all kinds of doubts about the current president have also been extinguished under this rapid development, and the origin of all this is the blonde woman in front of Ike - Irina Lane Fort.

"I haven't been here for a long time, do you miss it?" Looking at Ike looking around, Irina motioned for Sharon to make tea, and she took out a stack of papers from the desk drawer in front of her seat and placed it on the table.

"It's a little, I didn't expect that as a big entrepreneur, this house hasn't been changed for several years." Ike replied.

"It's good to be new, but the old is always calmer. This is an office, and it is suitable for office without change. ”

"That's exactly what you say." Ike shrugged his shoulders and picked up the papers from the desk and looked at them slowly.

"The drawings and data samples you have sent, except for the Perception Booster and the V-shaped Magic Staff, the rest of the design drawings cannot be effectively developed with the current technology, or even if they can be developed, there is no possibility of profitability for the time being. There is too much difference between input costs and benefits, and the work schedule should be delayed. Irina's eyes burned, "If you don't get stuck in the key technology, maybe you can make it faster." ”

"Don't embarrass me, Lady Irina." Ike was a little helpless: "You also know that researchers are all tenacious guys. ”

"Strictly speaking, I'm also a researcher." Irina smacked blankly.

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to belittle you." Ike replied, "It's just that even I can't make the old man relax, after all, he is what we ask him for in every way, as long as he doesn't ask me for money every day, I should snicker." ”

"Are you turning the corner to ask me for money?"

"No, no, how dare I." Ike scoffed.

"I've asked Sharon to remit 10 million mila this quarter, and I've read the income report you sent, but I didn't expect you to have such a business-savvy person, which surprised me."

"After all, even that guy didn't know he had the ability to do this." Ike smiled wryly, "To be honest, we didn't actually have a candidate at the beginning, so we let him do it with the mentality of giving it a try." Now, it seems, good luck. ”

"Ah, this seems to be a little different from what I heard." Sharon's figure appeared behind him like a ghost, and after handing over two cups of black tea, he stood quietly behind Ike.

"What's that... Can it not be like an interrogation every time? Ike proposed.

"Well, anyway, I probably can't ask you about any specific measures, Sharon, pay attention to the person in charge in the future."

"Understood, President."

"One more thing." Irina leaned forward slightly, looking at Ike with a gleam in her eyes, not a murderous aura, but the kind of gaze of a scientist when he looked at the experimenter, perhaps mixed with a hint of businessman's light, "How is the progress of the experiment on the new ARCUS force conductor?" ”

"Hmm-it's been a considerable improvement in the channeling of magic and the ease of use, and the additional functions of other communications are not inferior to those of Crossbell, and even I can use some big magic very quickly now, so it can be said that it provides a considerable convenience for those who have strong magic but are not very sensitive."

"And what about the downside?" Irina asked.

"The cost of mana is too great." Ike replied, "Whether it's his own magic or the consumption of flares. Too much pursuit of the power of magic and the simplicity of the spell, so that the unwarranted loss of magic power is too much, the use of magic is about 20% of the magic power is lost in vain during the casting process, plus the convenience of the big magic, the consumption of magic power and dazzling crystals may be quite higher than in the past. Well, anyway, you also produce sparkling crystals, so the increase in consumption as an accessory will also increase the profit. ”

"Even sparkling crystals can't be created out of nothing, and the Empire has always limited the amount of sparkling crystals mined. It does seem that it needs to be improved as soon as possible... Irina replied thoughtfully.

"In addition, with the popularization of this kind of force guide, the existing tactics and combat methods need to be greatly improved, and in the future, whether it is a guerrilla, an individual hunter, or a conflict between countries, I am afraid that the scale of the battle will become larger and larger." Ike said with a gloomy face.

"The tools of war are inherently a process of development that is constantly intensifying, and there is no such thing as regression."

"It's really full of the saying that the military industry is a company." Ike whistled.

"Shut up, you're the same as us now." Irina mocked. "Have you heard anything more about this kind of thing lately? The aristocrats were said to be producing a new type of weapon. ”

"Weapons?"

"Judging from the intelligence and data flow of Ryanfort, there are quite a large number of unidentified objects flowing into the territory of the empire through various channels, and there are many raw materials such as steel that are transported abroad through freight trains, but the specific places of receipt and income are unknown, only that they are generally in the sphere of influence of the nobility.

"Isn't it a new type of chariot?" Ike raised an eyebrow.

"It's just a tank, and now there is no need to cover up the situation." Irina replied, "And judging from the intelligence, the size of the unloaded boxes does not look like a chariot." Moreover, it is said that the rumored 'association' was also involved. ”

"Oh?" "In that case, you shouldn't even ask me about this 'former' association, right?" Isn't there a better way to ask now? ”

"It's a pity, because the interrogator is engaged in other work, and the work on the association is stagnant and frozen, so there is no way to get the latest information." Sharon replied.

"Tsk, the recent executors are really getting more and more out of business." Ike rolled his eyes, "But when it comes to associations... Probably the best thing is the production of humanoid weapons. After all, the technology and manufacturing capacity of the Thirteenth Workshop are not much different from Chase's, and it is not impossible to develop and mass-produce new humanoid weapons... No, it's not. ”

"Do you think of anything?" Looking at Ike, who was suddenly lost in thought, Irina asked.

“。。。 A little bit of a need to find out. I see, I'll take care of it. After thinking for a moment, Ike replied.

"Really? Then it's up to you. Irina got up from her seat. Without looking back, he walked to the elevator entrance.

"I still have work to do, and I'll be back by 8 p.m., and you're free to do so until then, and then I'll give me Arissa's report. I'll leave the rest to you, Sharon. ”

"I see, President."