Little Suika Is No Saint / The Knight's Tournament Begins!

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"Do we really need this?" Seeing Shanghai's seemingly prepared demeanor, Suika was somewhat shocked. Did they already know her thoughts?

But wearing a mask is something I don't really need.

After all, one's most prominent feature is never the face.

Or rather, even if you can't see their face, someone who has seen you once before can still easily recognize you in a crowd.

After all, his height, his long horns, and his blond hair are all too eye-catching.

But after thinking about it, she didn't refuse. She had just appeased the little one, and if she refused now, what if he got angry again?

After receiving it, she left one of her clones inside the house, and then jumped off the balcony with Shanghai in her arms.

In the darkness, a wisp of mist dispersed in the air, drifting like a cloud above Kawaleriel, without disturbing anyone.

Before long, the two flew to their destination, the legendary Block Zero – Kazimierz. On the surface, it was a containment and treatment center established by the Armorless Union to examine and treat Infected knights, but this undisclosed Infected containment area was actually a place to contain and "dispose of" Infected.

Shortly after she entered, a murder unfolded before her eyes.

A family of three, all seemingly heavily infected, ran desperately, with shadowy figures looming behind them. An unseen killing intent permeated the entire street, like a terrifying giant serpent ready to devour the family at any moment.

"Ah!" An arrow shot into the woman's thigh, and with a scream, she rolled to the ground.

"Mary!"

"Mother!"

Two shouts rang out simultaneously, and then the other two who were still running stopped.

"Quick, run... don't worry about me..." the woman cried out to the two of them in despair.

"No, we're family. I can't abandon you no matter what!" The man gritted his teeth and stood in front of her.

With a "whoosh," several more arrows shot out from the darkness, but even though the man was standing in front of him, the arrows bypassed him and went straight to the woman who had fallen to the ground behind him, piercing her limbs.

Seeing this, Suika frowned.

Every day in Terra, people die from various causes, including vendettas, Catastrophe, and Oripathy.

Suika never imagined herself to be a pushover who could save everyone, so she was originally prepared to remain a silent bystander in the face of this attack.

But the people in the darkness were behaving horribly.

He could have easily and cleanly killed the three, but instead chose the most cruel and ruthless method to torture and kill them.

This made Suika very dissatisfied.

Killing someone is nothing more than a nod; it's not like there's any deep-seated hatred involved. It's truly despicable that a group of assassins don't do their jobs properly and engage in such behavior.

Thinking of this, the fragrant mist Suika over.

Before she could make a move, the assassins emerged from the darkness, their longbows aimed at the three people in the middle of the road.

"Alex, Mary, and Ma En... do you really think you have a chance to escape Kazimierz after doing something like this?"

What do you think of the Commercial Union? What do you think of the Armorless Union?

What do you take Kazimierz for?!

The man in the lead looked at the three of them coldly and spoke.

Upon seeing the newcomer, the man called Alex showed a look of despair.

"Such a trivial matter actually required the intervention of a Lazurite..."

"A small matter? Consul Avina thinks you have potential and is willing to use the precious Inhibitor quota on your family."

But you betrayed her trust and hurt her feelings.

Because of that woman's instigation, you actually injured the doctor who came to treat you and stole the valuable Inhibitor.

If you manage to escape, and everyone follows your example, won't Kazimierz be thrown into chaos?

You still think this is a small matter?

Lazurite looked at Alex coldly and questioned him in an icy tone.

The man glanced around and, finding the encirclement impenetrable, pleaded.

"The potion is here. Mary and I are willing to go back with you to accept our punishment... Please let Ma En go... He's still too young, just a child."

Hearing his words, Suika looked at the boy behind him, who was almost as tall as her and probably around seventeen or eighteen years old, with a strange expression. Was this also a child?

"Shut up! Don't think I don't know, the one who started this medicine-stealing is the child you're talking about!"

Lazurite coldly raised his hand, and as he did so, the others raised their longbows, aimed at the three of them, and drew the bowstrings taut.

"Damn it, we just want to live, what's wrong with that!" Seeing the Armorless Union preparing to attack, Alex roared, flames erupting from his body. The next second, a cold arrow pierced his throat from the darkness.

"Hehehe..." Alex opened his mouth as if to say something, but the object pierced his trachea and Adam's apple, making it impossible for him to utter any more words.

"Kill!" With Lazurite's command, arrows rained down on the three's location.

Finally, some of the more active children tried to fight back, but their feeble resistance was futile. A single volley of arrows turned the three of them into pincushions.

At that moment, another Lazurite emerged from the darkness.

Why waste so much breath talking to someone like that?

"Nonsense, of course it's not nonsense. I'm telling those people who are spying over there... if you've gotten the benefits, then work honestly. If anyone dares to follow their example, I guarantee arrows will be falling on their heads in the next moment."

Lazurite looked around. The commotion was quite significant, especially since it was happening on the main street.

Many Infected around were secretly peeking through the gaps to watch what was happening outside.

Chapter 241 Not a Saint, Little Suika

The deaths of these three people in the street were actually arranged by him.

After all, if he could block their escape route, he could certainly intercept and kill them before he even made a move.

The reason for letting them run all the way here before taking action was simple: to deter other Infected.

Let them know that the Commercial Union and the Armorless Union can give them hope of survival, and that will save their lives.

Having chosen to accept it, the only consequence of trying to back out at the last minute is death.

It's important to understand that Infected are destined to die sooner or later. The Commercial Union not only provides them with medication but also teaches them combat skills and packages them as knights. Although their lives are somewhat controlled afterward, they can still live comfortably as long as it brings them profits.

But there are always those who are insatiable, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Even with such good treatment, they still yearn for unrealistic freedom.

They don't even realize what they're worth.

Hearing the heavy breathing coming from the surrounding rooms, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Drag these three lumps of trash away and burn them. Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Knight's Tournament, and we can't afford any more bad influences."

"Oh right, what brings you here? Wasn't this task supposed to be left to me alone?"

After doing all this, the man looked at the woman who had killed the man, who was also a fellow Lazurite.

"Don't even mention it, it's all about the opening ceremony tomorrow..." the woman said with a look of disgust.

"Didn't the higher-ups invite some people to handle the opening ceremony activities? But when we went to inspect today, we found out they'd given them a huge job."

They hired two gay men, dressed in flamboyant costumes, to perform an outdoor threesome, which almost infuriated the authorities...

Then they asked me to deal with those three people. Look, it's in that room... Do you want to see what they're doing?"

"Wait, wasn't it supposed to be two? How did it turn into a threesome?" the man asked, somewhat puzzled.

The woman rolled her eyes. "And another one is the director... he did it himself... don't even mention it, it makes me uncomfortable just thinking about it..."

After hearing the woman's words, the man went to the doorway and peeked out. When he came out, he had a horrified expression on his face. He felt that the scene inside had almost destroyed his Dao heart.

"Let's go. While we're at it, let's have two people clean up this house. I don't need those arrows anymore; let's burn them too."

Let's go back and turn in the mission. Hopefully, I won't run into this kind of thing again..."

The woman shook her head and beckoned the man to leave with her.

In the shadows not far away, Suika remained steadfastly in place.

When she overheard their conversation, she thought she had been discovered, but later realized that they weren't talking to her at all.

Just as she was about to leave, she overheard the woman's words. "Curiosity killed the cat."

However, Suika stated that she was a ghost, and came from another information-rich society, so she had seen all sorts of things. Therefore, she was prepared to go and see what kind of scene could make a Lazurite lose his composure.

Then, she said she needed an eye that hadn't seen what was going on inside.

"Waaaah... Shanghai, my eyes are no longer clean..."

One moment she was acting like she'd seen it all, the next she was hugging the doll, indicating she'd never seen anything like it before and absolutely never wanted to see it again.

Shanghai silently reached out and pushed her face away, then pointed outside the passageway.

The next second, a figure appeared there. He looked around suspiciously, but found nothing.

"Hmm, that's strange. Wasn't there a sound? How come there's no one here?"

He glanced around again to make sure no one could hide in the dead end before turning and leaving.

Suika had already flown into the sky with the doll.

As she turned back into mist, she shook her head, thinking that what she had seen tonight was simply too exciting. Seeing too much of it would give her nightmares, so she decided to just go back to sleep.

Back at the hotel, the Shanghai Dolls held up a piece of paper that read, "[I thought you would go to rescue them?]"

Suika looked at Shanghai strangely. "Huh? Am I some kind of saint?"

Didn't you save several people on the road before?

"That's because those people know me and have been kind to me. I, Suika, always repay kindness."

Well, what can I say about this family this time...?

Actually, it didn't matter whether I saved her or not, but I didn't choose to save her because I also hate people who don't keep their word."

To be fair, at the very beginning, Suika did have the intention to save people.

But after the Lazurite explained why the three were being hunted, she chose not to take action.

Although the Armorless Union and the Commercial Union are not exactly good people either, they recruited these powerful Infected to make the Knight's Tournament more entertaining. Once the Infected lose their usefulness, they will most likely be abandoned without hesitation.

But to try to run away without saying a word when others have done nothing wrong and given such good treatment is very unethical.

But it's really nothing special here. After all, everyone has moments of fear of death, and wanting to live is understandable.

However, they did something that Suika found unacceptable: before leaving, they injured the person delivering the medicine and stole the medicine.

This reminded her of Anto, a doctor in the story who was trying to save people but was killed by a conspiracy.

In addition, while I was at Rhodes Island, I heard many stories of Rhodes Island medical operators being misunderstood when they went to treat Infected, and even returning with injuries and grievances.

In Suika's eyes, this family was no different from ingrates.

So even when she was shot to death by a hail of arrows, Suika didn't show much emotion.

After hearing Suika's explanation, Shanghai flew to the bedside with satisfaction and sat down in a position symmetrical to the Hina Doll.

Having spent so many days in contact with Shanghai, Suika understood what the other person meant from her actions.

When this guy is in a good mood, he'll actively cater to Suika's mild obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

When she's unhappy, she'll deliberately make everything look out of proportion in front of Suika, aiming to make herself uncomfortable and also make others uncomfortable.

The fact that she has now chosen to rest in a symmetrical position proves that she is very satisfied with Suika's answer.

After thoroughly washing her eyes, Suika lay on the bed, and the next morning dawned as she opened and closed her eyes.

"The exhibition match is at 11 o'clock, entry is at 9 o'clock, and the opening ceremony is at 10 o'clock... Tsk, is the schedule really that tight?"

Hopefully, today's performance won't be one of those that makes you faint from shock...

Thinking of the ghostly thing she saw last night, Suika couldn't help but shudder.

Chapter 242 Knight's Tournament Begins!

After going downstairs to the restaurant and showing her room key, the waiter warmly led her to the VIP area and brought her a menu.

"Hmm, it's free?" Suika noticed that the menu only had pictures and names of the items, without any price tags.

In this situation, either the hotel is trying to rip you off, or it's completely free.

Considering her exorbitant accommodation fees, Suika figured that the hotel, in order to maintain its reputation among wealthy people, probably wouldn't choose the first option.