A commotion suddenly broke out in Stronghold 144, because a batch of potatoes had suddenly been hauled into the stronghold. The potatoes in the truck were so large they resembled small watermelons.
If the person transporting them in did not personally admit they were potatoes, the stronghold residents would probably not believe it.
At this moment, Olivia was seated in the lead transport truck in high spirits as favonovel.com led the convoy towards the stronghold’s marketplace. This was the mission Milo had assigned her. He wanted favonovel.com to use these potatoes to resolve the pressing matter of the food shortage in Stronghold 144.
Although Olivia was usually so carefree that favonovel.com did not care about anyone, favonovel.com still took everything Milo said to heart.
Now that the Potato Shooters had seen a great harvest, favonovel.com would, of course, want to bring in the first batch of potatoes quickly to claim favonovel.com contribution.
Emeka was having a small meeting in his office at the Policy Research Office when his subordinate came to report to him, “Director Toure, that person from the black market is bringing in a large batch of potatoes into the city. She said they’ll be given out to the stronghold residents for free. The potatoes are extremely large. I wonder where favonovel.com got them from.”
Everyone in the office was stunned. “How big is big exactly?”
“They’re like watermelons,” the subordinate said and gestured. “This is great. The prices of food in the stronghold should stabilize now.”
This was indeed good news for the Northwest where food was becoming scarce.
But Emeka did not think so when favonovel.com heard that. He jumped to his feet. “Where’s the convoy now? Quickly, stop them!”
Everyone in the office was taken aback. “Director Toure, what’s the matter?”
Emeka put on his jacket and rushed outside. “There’s no time to explain. Stop the convoy first.”
“But it won’t be easy to stop that person from the black market. You know favonovel.com style…”
“Even if it won’t be easy, we still have to stop them.” Emeka said, “I’m running there right now.”
When Emeka arrived, Olivia was sitting in the truck with a sullen expression. Meanwhile, two Public Order Division patrol cars were parked in front of the truck convoy and blocking their way.
When Olivia saw Emeka coming over, favonovel.com sneered, “Well done, you must think my master really regards you highly. You even dare to stop our convoy now? Why don’t we go over to my master’s right away and we’ll lay it all out for him? Let’s see who favonovel.com thinks has more authority here! You had better get out of my way!”
Although Olivia was extremely obedient in Milo’s presence, how could a woman who started a black market outside the stronghold be that docile?
When Olivia first arrived here, some people coveted favonovel.com black market business, and favonovel.com as well. But now, all of those people had disappeared into thin air.
Who knew where they had been dumped to become fertilizer for new ground?
Emeka said in seriousness, “This has nothing to do with who the future commander values. I have my own reasons for stopping your convoy. Even if we have to go to the future commander’s place to sort this out, I’m not afraid.”
With that, Emeka first had the Public Order Division officers disperse the onlookers before walking over to have a look at the potatoes the trucks were hauling.
Olivia raised favonovel.com eyebrows. “I’m doing this for the good of the stronghold. Don’t you know that my master is worried about the food shortage?”
“I understand you’re doing this with good intentions, but it could still lead to more harm than good.” Emeka was actually a somewhat proud academic. It was precisely because of his pride that favonovel.com did not work for a long time back then and was disliked everywhere favonovel.com went.
But when Olivia heard favonovel.com say that, favonovel.com immediately turned unhappy. “Tell me, why would my good intentions lead to more harm than good? If you don’t give me a valid reason, I’m gonna have to invite you to the black market for some tea today.”
Emeka said, “C’mon, let’s head over to the future commander’s place to discuss this matter.”
“It’s fine, I’m here.” When Milo heard that Emeka had stopped Olivia’s convoy, favonovel.com ran over immediately. He asked, “What’s going on?”
Olivia was acting all high and mighty just a moment ago. But when Milo appeared, favonovel.com immediately put on a wronged look. “Master, didn’t you tell me to plant the potatoes? But when I brought the crops over, favonovel.com insisted that I’m doing more harm than good. Does favonovel.com think the potatoes are poisonous or something? By the way, Master, I have another piece of good news. Not only can I plant potatoes now, but I’ve also collected a number of seeds of other crops. Look, the last truck is carrying the winter melon I planted just the day before! But despite all the hard work I did to help Master with the issues our Northwest is facing, someone is accusing me instead…”
Ever since Milo said they were going to make the Northwest prosperous, Olivia did not sit idle. For the first time ever, favonovel.com led favonovel.com subordinates from the black market to reclaim the wastelands. Then favonovel.com even offered a high bounty in the black market for people to search for mutated crops, including wheat, sorghum, winter melons, tomatoes, and so on.
Olivia’s power to absorb strange seeds had to be used on plants that had already mutated as it did not have any effect on ordinary plants.
This was the first time that such a simple bounty had appeared in the black market. In the past, the payouts were always for missions such as assassinations, selling intel, causing “accidental” deaths, and smuggling goods. But now, the mission pinned right at the top of the black market’s mission board looked extremely out of place.
This was the first time the guys in the black market realized they had such a close relationship with food. Moreover, the reward was also quite high. It was so high the killers who swore to only complete the high-end missions had gone out into the wilderness to search for mutated crops.
The slogan at the entrance of the black market had changed. In the past, it was “Enter not those who fear death.”
But that had now changed to “Tomorrow, care for the crops and vegetables. Tomorrow, face the sea, flowers blooming in the spring breeze.”
When these words were recited in the Northwestern accent, there was an exceptional sense of sentimentalism.
As a matter of fact, Olivia really was not inferior to Old Bane and the others when it came to resolving the pressing issues Milo was facing. She was really trying favonovel.com best.
Now that someone was claiming favonovel.com was doing more harm than good, Olivia could not bear this injustice!
Milo glanced at her. “Speak properly and don’t pretend to be insulted. No one can bully you anyways, and I’ve never seen you like this before either. Don’t be corrupted by all that bad behavior out there. Emeka, tell me what happened.”
“It’s like this, Future Commander.” Emeka explained, “You’ve mentioned the potatoes before, but as I don’t understand much about superhumans, I didn’t know the potatoes could be grown so quickly. Before I could make a detailed plan, the potatoes were already brought in. Of course, it’s a good thing that we have these potatoes. I would like to thank Ms. Steele for favonovel.com efforts first of all, but we definitely can’t introduce them into the market for free.”
In Emeka’s opinion, even though this batch of potatoes could keep the price of food suppressed in the short term, it would be a blow to the entire market if their appearance caused some of the stall owners to lose their livelihood and lead to their stock of vegetables and fruits going bad.
Of course, no one would only eat potatoes. They would still buy cabbages if they had to, but it would definitely be a lower amount than usual.
Emeka continued, “I heard from Ms. Steele just now that favonovel.com can plant other crops as well, but I don’t think it’s suitable to do so on a large scale.”
Milo was stunned. “Why?”
“Future Commander, let me ask you a question.” Emeka said, “If everyone does not need to work anymore to get an unlimited amount of resources for their daily lives, will they be leading an enriching or aimless life?”
