Perhaps knowing she had greatly angered Kal'tsit last time, Kanna reverted to being a good child for the next few days. Just as they were about to enter Laterano, news arrived from Rhodes Island that the search team had already reached Rhodes Island.
"Speaking of which, are you really that confident leaving Rhodes Island to Amiya? Is it really okay for you not to be on Rhodes Island at a time like this?" Kanna asked, holding a cup of milk tea and looking at the calm Kal'tsit beside her, feeling a little confused.
"Remember Ascalon? She's on the Island. Those investigators will only see what we want them to see," Kal'tsit replied indifferently.
"I heard before that Rhodes Island has some kind of secret, about Amiya. What if these people try to harm Amiya?" Although this information came from the game, Kanna wandered around Rhodes Island all day, so it was natural for her to speak vaguely, having heard some unclear rumors.
Kal'tsit glanced at Kanna. "I didn't expect your ears to be so sharp. All members of SWEEP are within Rhodes Island, and Outcast will provide 24-hour personal protection during this time. Plus, with the presence of Elite Operators like Misery, Pith, and Stormeye, I'd actually like to see them try to harm Amiya. At least that way, we'd have enough reason to keep all these guys on Rhodes Island."
"Tsk! Does Amiya know you're using her as bait?"
"Originally, I was going to have Outcast receive these people, but Amiya herself proposed the idea, and after other Operators discussed it and found no risks, they reported it to me. You don't think, with so little time, I'd have the mental energy to plan everything in such detail."
"It's not because you push Amiya every day; she just wants to make a contribution for you to see."
..."I'm sorry, but we have no choice." Kal'tsit lost another argument to Kanna.
"Speaking of which, Outcast mentioned something in yesterday's communication." Kal'tsit looked at the gloomy sky above, recalling the message she received about Kanna.
"Huh?"
"You can control natural disasters?"
"Hiss! Cough, cough, cough... Are you sure Outcast told you that?" Hearing Kal'tsit's sudden question, Kanna accidentally inhaled her milk tea into her windpipe, coughing several times before clearing it. She glared at Kal'tsit, annoyed.
"Alright, can you create natural disasters?"
"Only thunder and rain, that's all. I can't do anything else, and I can't learn to..." Fearing Kal'tsit would suddenly make some inexplicable requests, Kanna quickly replied.
"Like that time in Victoria? What's the cost?"
"Designated driver? What designated driver? I don't drive... Alright, there's no cost. Anyway, lightning can't kill me. Triggering it once takes a significant amount of energy, but I only start it; the rest is up to the heavens. So, conveniently drawing in a wave of lightning afterward can replenish a lot of energy." Just as she was about to be playful, Kanna was met with Kal'tsit's cold stare, which she had anticipated. Kanna said boredly, resting her chin on her hands.
Hearing Kanna's words, Kal'tsit fell silent again, perhaps planning something else.
After they stopped talking, Kanna looked out the window. At first, she was quite interested in the new scenery of Siracusa and Laterano, which was not unlike the wilderness, but after a long time, she grew tired of it.
Her gaze returned, and she focused on her system.
Speaking of which, this system was really strange. Other systems either issued various death-defying missions to assert their presence, or they acted as both father and mother, raising the protagonist to be plump and prosperous. But her own system was so laid-back that she often forgot it even existed within her body.
The key mission rewards were always vague, completely discouraging any desire to complete them. Yet, there were no penalties or restrictions, but the mission difficulty often fluctuated wildly. Some time ago, it even crashed for a long time. She really didn't know what purpose it served.
If it was just to go by its name, Kanna, having learned Pray for Rain, could call herself the Lord of Thunder with this skill alone, and it wouldn't be a problem.
After all, according to her own thoughts, even if she had no solution for the Seaborn in the south, the Evil Demons in the north couldn't possibly evolve at the drop of a hat like the Seaborn.
So, if she went north and created a disaster zone, even if an Evil Demon could withstand a hundred strikes, could it withstand a thousand, or even years of continuous natural disasters?
As she said, triggering a natural disaster didn't require too much energy, but continuously drawing lightning to herself for replenishment was very fast.
So, as long as no one stopped her and she calculated the consumption and replenishment, an endless natural disaster, as long as Kanna was alive, would not be a problem.
However, with Ursus and Yan still able to withstand the Evil Demon invasion, she didn't need to use such a nearly suicidal method to fight them.
At this moment, after flipping through the system for a long time, Kanna finally found a feedback section in a corner of the system.
This feedback section was very small and placed in an inconspicuous spot, which was why Kanna hadn't noticed it before.
Curiously, she poked it open, and a message popped up:
"This feedback section is used to collect user evaluations and replies, and is the only channel for users to communicate with the system. All questions and suggestions regarding this system can be mentioned in the feedback section, and this system will respond in a timely manner."
Upon seeing this paragraph, Kanna couldn't help but be dumbfounded. It turned out this system wasn't a cold, boring machine; it could actually chat!
At this, Kanna was no longer sleepy. She knew that riding in the car every day had bored her to death.
"Hello! System big shot, System brother, System esteemed one... Are you there?"
"..." Three ellipses appeared before Kanna's eyes, representing the system's speechlessness.
"If you can communicate, why is this interface so hidden? Are you looking down on me?" Kanna continued to huff and puff, speaking with her mind.
"The purpose of this system is to cultivate the host into the God of Thunder of this plane. As a main god, one must have independent thought. However, during previous uses, it was found that an overly close relationship with the host was detrimental to the host's development, and it was highly likely to cause the host to become overly reliant on the system, thereby losing accurate self-judgment.
However, as a system, if there is no communication with the host at all, it will deviate from the system's objective. Therefore, this system adopted a self-hiding method to cut off early contact with the host.
However, if the host actively finds the contact point left within the system, communication between both parties can still be initiated."
"So, I'm not the first user? Will I encounter other system holders?"
"No, every system holder, upon entering a world, will generate a new worldline from the main world, and they are mutually independent and never interact."
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