"..."
William looked at Halsey blankly, unsure to know what to say.
To be frank.
Without this woman, Umbrella's containment operation would not be so smooth, and there would be no beehives nor underground research centres, etc.
She is definitely the best 'gift' William has ever received.
"Humm..."
Seeing William in silence for a while, Halsey pursed her mouth and pouted out her cheeks.
She showed resentful eyes, as if expressing dissatisfaction with her boss.
Upon seeing this, William threw the document on the table, gently wrapped his left hand around Halsey's waist, while moving back her bangs with his right.
William smiled and asked, "What's wrong, are you angry with me?"
"Huh~"
Halsey averted her eyes to the side and said angrily: "I'm not angry, I'm not yours, I'm just an employee!"
"Hehe." William was amused by her performance.
He reached out his hand to hold Halsey's cheek, and slowly turned her head to look at him: "Say, what reward do you want?"
When William said this, Halsey could not pretend to be angry, and blinked before asking, "Anything is okay?"
"I promise you everything I can." William replied seriously.
"Really~ Boss is the best~"
Halsey, who had just been assured, couldn't help feel excited. She stood up on her tiptoe and pecked William on the cheek with her little mouth.
Then she released William, turned to look at the construction project under the glass wall, and whispered to herself: "Reward? What do I want? I am not short of money..."
'!?!'
In contrast to Halsey, William was not so indifferent.
He stood behind Halsey, he involuntarily stroked his kissed cheek with his hand, while eyes seemed to be stuck in a daze.
William, who inherited all his memories and emotions, certainly knows that he has had countless pleasures, and some of the memories are still very clear.
But he is not like that now.
William was extremely serious about feelings.
Since he came to this world, the woman William has contacted most is Halsey, plus the various experiences of the other two...
'If she asks to be my girlfriend, is that a good reward.' William thought.
'What are boys and girls? Forget it, come one of each.' Pictures of a love life that will drift to a life after marriage drifted into William's head.
"I want to be okay~"
Halsey turned around and smiled and said, "You will not be allowed to call me Halsey in the future. You must call me Catherine, you hear?"
"....That's it?" William felt more then a little dazed.
Wait, it seems to be something wrong with the script.
"Well, if you thought about it? Are you sure?" William asked tentatively.
"Hmm!" Halsey nodded firmly and said: "I'm sure, that's it."
"Fine."
William felt a little disappointed and said, "Then...I'll reward you, Catherine."
"Hmm~" Halsey hummed with a very enjoyable expression: "Sure enough, this reward is the best~"
"Huh…"
William sighed and walked towards the glass wall and looked down.
Seeing the five Paris-class heavy frigates under construction, he couldn't help but ask: "By the way, Catherine, are these really just frigates? The length is close to six hundred meters, which is twice the size of the existing Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the United States."
Hearing this, Halsey also changed back to a serious face.
She stood side by side with William, folding her arms around her chest, and also looked down while whispering: "Yes, this is just a frigate. The main function of the frigate is to fight, and to attract firepower and support for the fleet with heavy armour. "
"Fleet?" William glanced at Halsey.
"That's right." Halsey nodded slightly, pointed to the five frigates below and explained: "Their names from left to right are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, and Ares."
"Aren't these in reference to the twelve gods in Greek mythology? Huh? You mean..." William seemed to understand something.
"Correct."
Halsey poked William's midfielder with her finger, and joked: "It seems that boss understands me~"
Halsey continued: "I originally wanted to use twelve frigates as the basis, then four Titan-class destroyers, and finally an Olympus-class aircraft carrier flagship...to create a fleet dedicated to Umbrella. But hey..!...*(Halsey shook her head)*, Umbrella's annual liquidity is around 170 billion. To throw away all kinds of rigid needs, such as employee salaries, land taxes, rents, etc. In the end, only about 140 billion yuan is available. So only enough for the construction of five frigates, and the carrier-based aircraft and transport aircraft needed by the frigate. "
"Well, indeed." William nodded.
Umbrella's funds have been sent to Defil in large quantities since the beginning of the year.
The number of 170 billion sounds like a lot, but it's actually not enough.
But Halsey was able to control the cost of each frigate to only 20 billion, which shows that she has been really hardworking.
Everyone should know that the cost of a small nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States is 13 billion, and the construction period will take five to seven years.
In such a contest, the Paris-class frigate was very cost-effective.
Halsey ignored what William was thinking, and said: "Although I don't know much about politics, I also know that the United States will not give up. So Defeil moved the company's large amount of available funds to reluctantly form a small fleet. Once it reaches low-Earth orbit, it will be able to suppress all countries in the world. We can not only raid leaders anytime and anywhere, but also intercept any intercontinental missiles, rendering their nuclear weapons useless. From there only Umbrella becomes the dominant player, and we can better contain the anomalous phenomena."
Halsey was right.
William never considered sincerely cooperating with the United Nations, even if there is anomalous containment, even if there was a common enemy of mankind.
There will always be extremely rotten politicians and capitalists who will still regard their interests as more important than anything else.
When Umbrella's fleet lift off, it will be the beginning of a shame to all countries, especially the United States.
Compared to using money to slowly cannibalise and control countries, William prefers to use absolute force to crush.
Besides, there is Canada, the second largest country in the world, as the foundation and backing, and the hydrogen energy researched by Halsey.
Then Umbrella has sufficient personnel and material security, and there is no worries at all.
But that is at least a year from now.
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"Boss."
"Yes?"
William, who was lost in thought, woke up after hearing Halsey's call: "What's the matter?"
"My work in Defeil is almost complete, and the construction of Thor's Hammer and Helendin on the honeycomb side is also continuing, so..."
Halsey said somewhat twitchingly: "Can I go to Minos and teach the Sparta myself? The teachers...how do you say it...Their too low! I don't want to worry."
"Well, that's okay." William held no objection.