"Everyone..."
"Actually..."
"I know what's going on!"
However, just as everyone was astonished by Annie's arrival, a communications officer who didn't seem particularly surprised finally raised her hand timidly and spoke up in a quiet voice.
"Liu Li?"
"You know?"
"What?!"
"What exactly is going on?!"
Although Annie, the leader, had already used a monomolecular blade to effortlessly cut through the steel bar across the door, so they no longer needed to force their way out, Liu Li's words made everyone cry out in surprise again. They forgot all about leaving and turned to her with puzzled, bewildered looks.
"It's simple!"
"She was the one who sent the distress signal to the base. Then the base passed the mission to the nearest squad, and they happened to see it and weren't too far away, so they came to check it out!"
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Annie had suspected for a while that certain people at the base had deliberately sent the signal to her, hoping that their esteemed leader, Annie, would come to rescue these idiots. But she hadn't bothered looking into it and had still rushed over at the first opportunity.
After all, she seemed to have quite a bit of history with these six idiots. If someone else easily killed them, she'd lose a little face.
Sure, she probably wouldn't lose much, but it would still be annoying, wouldn't it?
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"Lily?"
"How could that be?"
"Huh?"
"Lily, when did you send the distress signal?"
Hearing Annie explain that Liu Li had sent the distress signal, the four others—Yue Han, Mai Kun, Mian Xing, and the squad leader, A Wen—all turned to look at her in surprise.
They clearly remembered thinking it was just a small misunderstanding, and they'd believed the two sides would soon reconcile. As far as they