At this moment, Theresa, Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng had already gotten up. They were having breakfast at the Goethe Hotel while discussing their next move.
"How did you sleep last night?"
After finishing his breakfast, Dan Heng wiped his mouth with a napkin and looked at Theresa and the other two girls.
"Mm, I slept pretty well."
Theresa said somewhat awkwardly. Last night, March 7th and Stelle had used her as a body pillow, trapping her between them. After all, she was simply too petite.
"Holding soft, sweet-smelling Theresa was really comfortable."
Stelle said with a cheerful grin.
"That's right, Theresa is soft and smells so nice. Holding her felt amazing—I slept wonderfully!"
March 7th excitedly hugged Theresa close and rubbed against her as she laughed. Theresa rolled her eyes at the two of them and silently focused on eating. This might very well be their last meal in the Upper City, so she had to eat her fill to have the strength to beat people up.
Ding-dong, a new fun mission has arrived. Persuade Bronya and Gepard to head to the Lower City with you, leaving Cocolia with no one to use and turning her into a commander without troops. Reward... hmm, let this system take a look. The reward has to be set by this system? Forget it, that's too troublesome. A reward will be randomly drawn when the time comes.
The Herta Space Station System lazily complained, and Theresa was delighted to learn there was a mission. After all, this was how she relied on becoming stronger. Besides, she already had an idea for the mission to scare Cocolia. When the final battle came, she would make it a huge spectacle!
"Theresa said something might happen today, but isn't everything fine? I think you guys are just overthinking it!"
After finishing breakfast, March 7th gave Theresa a pat and laughed cheerfully.
"That's right, isn't everything fine?"
Stelle also laughed merrily.
"When those words come from Little March, then if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is probably about to happen, right, Theresa?"
Dan Heng stood up and complained helplessly. He could already hear a vast mass of footsteps heading toward the Goethe Hotel.
"March 7th, your jinxing mouth is really something."
Theresa helplessly teased the stunned March 7th, whose face looked like (?｀?Д?′)!!.
"Rumble, rumble."
The thunderous marching footsteps arrived at the Goethe Hotel, and Old Gede hurriedly opened the doors with a nervous expression.
"May I ask what brings the Guards here in such force?"
Old Gede anxiously looked at Bronya and Gepard, whose faces were grim.
"By order of the Supreme Guardian, arrest the rebels endangering Belobog! All uninvolved parties, stand aside!"
Gepard shouted loudly. His words made Old Gede's face change drastically, turning pale. Several attendants hurriedly pulled Old Gede back as he stared in disbelief at the massive group of Guards marching into the hotel lobby and surrounding the Stellaron Hunters.
"Gepard, Gepard, do you remember what I told you yesterday?"
Theresa smiled as she looked at the slightly unnatural Bronya and Gepard.
"My apologies. We cannot disobey the Supreme Guardian's orders. Perhaps this is only a misunderstanding?"
Gepard said, blushing slightly. Of course, he knew the Stellaron Hunters were innocent. That was why he had not immediately ordered the Guards to arrest them.
"You should not resist. Mother... has become very strange. She actually issued an order that, as long as you are captured, dead or alive does not matter."
"So, for your own safety, I suggest that no one resist."
Bronya also looked at the Stellaron Hunters rather awkwardly and spoke in a low voice.
The Guards, meanwhile, indicated that they would follow Commander Bronya and Garrison Officer Gepard's lead.
"Everyone, don't make a move yet. I have a suggestion, but we need to go somewhere with fewer people."
Theresa said with a smile, fanning herself with the fan form of Judas. Stelle pulled out her baseball bat, eager to fight. March 7th also took out her bow, while Dan Heng drew the Cloud-Piercer Spear and stood beside Theresa Stargazer, watching the Guards.
"Garrison Officer Gepard, this is the densely populated center of the city. Why not take them somewhere open to talk? After all, that unfamiliar look in my mother's eyes..."
Bronya quietly suggested to Gepard. Gepard nodded when he heard this. He had also noticed that something was wrong with the Supreme Guardian. Her entire personality had become extremely unfamiliar, and he also intended to look for his sister Serval's whereabouts.
"Very well. Put away your weapons."
Gepard said to the Guards.
"Yes!"
The Guards put away their weapons. At some point, Sampo had already blended into their ranks. Beneath his Guard mask, he wore an amused expression. He wanted to see how the actors, the Stellaron Hunters, would handle this desperate situation.
Seeing the Guards put away their weapons, the Stellaron Hunters naturally put away theirs as well. They followed beside Gepard and Bronya, leaving the Goethe Hotel within the Guards' encirclement. Once Old Gede saw the huge group of Guards leave, he finally sighed in relief. The shock had nearly triggered his heart condition.
"As long as it wasn't a problem with this old man's hotel... whew."
Old Gede was helped away by the staff to rest. The shock had been too much, and he could not take it anymore.
Surrounded by the Guards and watched in astonishment by the crowd, the Stellaron Hunters arrived at a remote place: the station leading to the Lower City. The train route to the Lower City had now been sealed off, so almost no one came here.
"Good. There are no crowds here, and the Guards are trustworthy. We are all on the same side. I know you are innocent, but we cannot disobey the Supreme Guardian's orders."
Gepard said as he had the Guards spread out.
Sampo, seeing this, became eager to act. This was the train station leading to the Lower City. All he needed to do was throw out a few smoke bombs mixed with sleeping agents, and he could knock out a whole group of Guards. Then taking the actors, the Stellaron Hunters, to the Lower City would be a sure thing.
"I assume all of you have noticed that the Supreme Guardian everyone knows is acting strangely. Bronya and Gepard must have felt it deeply already, right?"
Theresa Stargazer swayed the fan Judas had transformed into, fanning herself as she smiled wisely. March 7th and the others stood behind Theresa, grinning.
"That is indeed the case. She was perfectly fine yesterday, yet today she suddenly became so abnormal. But as Silvermane Guards, we have no choice but to obey her orders."
Bronya said quietly, troubled. By now, the Guards had stationed themselves far away outside the train station. After all, knowing when not to get involved was the way to survive. They knew they were merely insignificant figures, with no right to meddle in matters like these.
So they all consciously guarded the outer perimeter of the station, pretending they had not heard a thing.
"The chance is here! Eat my smoke bombs!"
Suddenly, a Guard excitedly threw down a whole pile of smoke bombs emitting white smoke. The Guards inhaled the white smoke in their shock, and then a heavy wave of drowsiness overwhelmed both the Guards and everyone else.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
"Was this your plan?!"
No one had expected this sudden turn of events. Gepard hurriedly put shields around the Guards, thinking he had fallen into a trap. He instinctively looked toward Theresa and the others, believing they had done this.
Theresa watched in surprise as a large group of people lay sprawled on the ground, groggy. Only she and Dan Heng remained standing, along with Bronya and Gepard, who were barely holding on as they struggled against the intense drowsiness.
"Uh, this wasn't us!"
Theresa hurriedly shouted. As half a Fusion Warrior, she naturally would not be knocked out by this. As for Dan Heng, he was Dan Feng's reincarnation. It would be far too ridiculous for the High Elder of the Vidyadhara to be taken down by such a thing.
Dan Heng had actually wanted to pretend to pass out, but seeing Theresa still full of energy, he simply held the unconscious March 7th and Stelle under one arm and stood beside Theresa. Theresa had more than enough ability to deal with these people.
"Hehehe, long time no see, everyone~"
One Guard cheerfully removed his mask and hat, revealing dark blue hair and a carefree grin. It was actually Sampo!
"Wow, it really is you~"
Theresa shouted in surprise as she looked at Sampo.
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