Farewell, Mephisto / It's Hard to Meet, and Hard to Part

Sensing the intense heat emanating from the flames behind him, Mephisto hastily dodged to the side.

At this moment, he hated Suika intensely.

His individual combat ability is not strong; what makes him strong is the collective spirit of the Herd.

If it weren't for the skilled members of the Herd, whose trump cards were easily defeated by Suika, he would have no fear even when facing Talulah.

Chapter 371 Farewell, Mephisto

At this point, with no cards in his hand, how could Mephisto possibly fight against Talulah?

So when he felt the intense heat on his back, he could only dodge to the left and right.

"Why, Eno!"

Talulah walked step by step behind Mephisto, each move she made blocking his escape route.

Seeing no hope of escape, Eno turned to look at Talulah. Instead of fear, his face showed an arrogant and triumphant smile.

"Hmm?" Talulah frowned, looking around suspiciously, wary of the other party's "backup plan".

"You think I've lost, Talulah!" Mephisto said.

"Eno... no, Koschei, how dare you show your face in front of me!"

Talulah became extremely angry, and the surrounding temperature began to rise as she finished speaking.

"Hahaha, are you going to kill me, Talulah? Come on!" Mephisto, under Koschei's control, spread his arms wide, looking like he was waiting to be slaughtered.

"You really think I wouldn't dare kill you?" Koschei's actions really Talulah somewhat bewildered by his thought process.

But she raised her sword, deciding that no matter what the other party said, she would kill them first.

After all, a dead Koschei is a good Koschei, and she didn't want to listen to the other party's sophistry.

"When you killed me, you said you wanted to find a way for the Infected to survive, but now you're killing the Infected with your own hands."

You are betraying your ideals. In the end, through countless choices, you will become like me, just like all the schemes I taught you—use them, manipulate them, and then overturn this world..."

Before he could finish his boastful words, Talulah's longsword pierced his chest without mercy.

Are you an idiot?

First of all, my ideals have never changed; it's just that you've taught me one thing...

What I need to save are those who can be saved, those who are willing to follow my ideals and my footsteps...

I'm so sorry Eno, I didn't notice your condition. I hope death brings you eternal peace.

Seeing the black in Mephisto's pupils begin to fade and the white return, Talulah knew that the Black Snake had abandoned Mephisto's body, and the person before her had become Eno again.

"Hehe~~" Eno wanted to say something, but when Talulah's longsword pierced him, the flames had already almost burned him to ashes from his body. If it weren't for his Originium Arts still instinctively resisting, he would have died from that sword long ago.

"I will bury you and Sasha together; this is the last thing I can do for you."

After Talulah finished speaking, the fierceness on Eno's face faded, replaced by a childlike smile, before she lost her last bit of consciousness.

When Suika flew back, Talulah was just pulling her longsword from Mephisto's chest.

"Are you alright?" Suika landed in front of Talulah and asked when she noticed the strange expressions on their faces.

Talulah shook her head, then repeated Mephisto's words with a strange expression.

"Huh?" After hearing Talulah's words, Suika was filled with questions.

What's wrong with Koschei's brain? Does he think Talulah is some kind of perfect saint who insists on not killing?

Talulah does indeed have very firm beliefs, but those beliefs do not mean that she would unreasonably and unconditionally protect every Infected.

After all, only one's own parents can do this. To be precise, even parents with above-average moral standards cannot provide this level of pampering.

Through years of experience, Talulah has basically found her own path.

On this path, she will do her best to help those who travel with her, and she will feel pity for the Infected with tragic backgrounds. However, if someone's actions seriously harm the collective interests of the Infected, she will never sit idly by.

If someone like Mephisto were to merely advocate for a military resistance against Ursus, Talulah would absolutely ignore him.

Because she knew very well that not all Infected had been abused by Ursus could sit down and negotiate with Ursus calmly and then try to integrate into normal society.

However, the New Reunion Movement's actions were too extreme, causing great panic and prejudice against those Infected among the general population.

Therefore, when Talulah decided to eliminate the New Reunion Movement, Mephisto, as the leader of the New Reunion Movement, was no longer on Talulah's list of people to save.

Therefore, Koschei's attempt to win her over psychologically was seen as a joke by everyone present.

"I have a feeling that, just like back then, Koschei won't die this time either..."

Talulah looked at Mephisto's corpse in front of her and said.

Suika shrugged. She wasn't an expert at dealing with spirits, especially not something like Old Mudfish.

Perhaps next time we have the chance to summon King Yama, the Eiki Shiki, or Komachi Onozuka, the Grim Gensokyo, or even Komachi Onozuka, the number one hungry Yuyuko Saigyouji is only 80% full, and her bodyguard YOOOO~Yume, these characters who are skilled in dealing with souls and spirits, we can consider giving Old Mudskipper another round of trouble.

Now that Mephisto has finally been dealt with, the group felt a rare sense of relief.

"Don't get too excited yet."

Mephisto is what we believe to be a key catalyst for the Ursus Old Nobility's attempt to seize power.

Now that he has been killed, all the schemes of the Old Nobility have come to naught.

I don't think they'll give up so easily.

Because the young emperor's sword was almost at their necks.

So I suspect they might resort to desperate measures."

As Talulah her hand and unleashed a ball of fire that completely incinerated Mephisto, Suika looked at Scout and said...

Scout nodded

"I received a message from Rhodes Island. According to PRTS's calculations, Chernobog is a high-risk city with a very high probability of friction or even battle with the Great Yan. Amiya has decided to lead a team to Chernobog and bring back the Doctor was previously sent here to hibernate."

"What about time?" Suika asked him.

"Rhodes Island is currently advancing north in Rim Billiton and will likely approach the border of Ursus in about two weeks."

Because of the large number of Infected on our side, the only way to get from the border to Chernobog is by illegal crossing, which takes about half a month to enter the city.

Therefore, the time is set for one month from now.

Scout didn't hide this information, because after this contact and operation, he hoped that Suika, a powerful expert, could participate in the rescue plan.

"Why a whole month? We're so close, why don't we just go over there and get the Doctor out?" Suika was speechless Chernobog was so close, why did they have to wait for Amiya? Was it just for the Arknights opening animation?

Chapter 372 Meeting is difficult, parting is even more difficult

Scout rolled his eyes at Suika.

"Do you think I don't want to? Ursus isn't a good place, and Chernobog is at the center of the vortex. If it weren't for the fact that only Amiya and Kal'tsit possess and can use the Secret Key to open the Doctor's hibernation device, I could carry the Doctor out of Ursus myself."

"Then why wasn't it Kal'tsit who came?"

Whether in actual combat or in commanding operations, her skill level is far superior to Amiya's...

Suika asked a question she already knew the answer to.

After hesitating for a while, Scout finally spoke up, "Perhaps something else is holding Dr. Kal'tsit back... After all, she's the head of the Medical Department, and she can't leave most of the time."

Although he was still trying his best to defend Kal'tsit, his tone was very guilty, because he knew very well that according to the information from Rhodes Island, Kal'tsit did not agree with Amiya's opinion.

If the Elite Operator hadn't abstained from voting instead of directly opposing the proposal, Amiya's suggestion would likely have been impossible to implement.

Even so, very few Elite Operator ultimately chose to participate.

Otherwise, Scout wouldn't have invited Suika to participate in this operation, because he was well aware that the rescue was too uncertain and dangerous.

With more strength, Amiya and Doctor will be safer.

"Alright, count me in then." Suika said that since that was the case, she would also like to see that classic opening scene.

"Is there anything we can do for you?" Talulah asked as she walked over after collecting Mephisto's ashes.

"Um, forget it. The Reunion Movement isn't having an easy time either, and Infected getting into the city is a hassle, unlike me who can just go directly there."

Although Talulah wanted to repay Suika and Rhodes Island for their help, she was refused after a brief moment of consideration.

After all, the Reunion Movement is already on the brink of disaster. The less they do, the lower the chance of being discovered, and the longer they can survive.

Everyone knows that if the Reunion Movement wants to gain a foothold, it must wait until the day when the young emperor and the Old Nobility officially turn against each other.

The Old Nobility would certainly not accept the Reunion Movement, but the young emperor is different. He doesn't have many cards to play, and in order to demonstrate the stability of his rule, he cannot easily use the Central Army, which has the strongest fighting power. Therefore, the Infected group, which has a deep hatred for the Old Nobility and is very useful and has low requirements, is a very useful weapon for him.

Even if the Infected groups cannot compete with the Old Nobility's army on the front lines, they can still tie down some of the Old Nobility's attention on the battlefield behind enemy lines.

However, prior to this, the young emperor's side, like the Old Nobility, oppressed the Infected. This was a subconscious choice made by the people of Ursus over thousands of years, and it did not change because of anyone's wishes.

Talulah was aware of her own situation, so she did not continue to make requests, because the involvement of the Reunion Movement would not be of much help to Rhodes Island, and might even make it difficult for Rhodes Island operators to gain a foothold in Ursus in the future.

"Then what about me? What should I do?" Hoshiguma looked at Suika, her eyes filled with expectation.

Suika pointed in the direction of Lungmen.

"Has Inspector Hoshiguma from our Major Crimes Unit forgotten who he is...?"

Of course you should go back to work!

"For spontaneous trips, I'm all you need..."

After Suika finished speaking, Hoshiguma realized that she had come to Ursus with Chen, but Chen had gone back while she was still here...

In retrospect, her experiences in the past six months have been far more exciting than those of the previous decades.

After all, even when he was a hoodlum or a wanderer, he would never have actually fought the Ursus army with swords and spears, and he was even chased so often that he had to run dozens or even hundreds of kilometers a day.

"By the way, is this Mephisto's ashes? Why are you collecting this stuff?"

Suika saw the cloth bag in Talulah and, recalling how Talulah had just put Mephisto's ashes into it, retorted with a sarcastic remark.

"I promised Eno that I would bury him and Sasha together."

"Huh?" After hearing this, Suika said that even if she didn't scatter the ashes, she would bury the two of them on opposite sides of the map of Ursus.

After all, the sins committed by the two of them were, in the words of the Great Yan, too numerous to count.

"Sigh, let's respect the dead... No matter how many wrong things he did while he was alive, once a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. There's no way to bring him back to life and kill him again."

Talulah, took it all in stride.

"What's next?" Suika asked Talulah.

Talulah her head and thought for a moment before answering.

"How about we part ways here?"

I need to go back to the Reunion Movement to take charge, and there are still quite a few remnants of the New Reunion Movement that I need to deal with.

Hoshiguma has returned to Lungmen. Mr. Scout and you need to prepare for the next operation to rescue that Doctor.

Since everyone's busy, let's all go about our business for now. We'll get together again next time, and I'll personally cook you a classic Ursus meal."

Just moments ago they were fighting side by side, and now they had to part ways. Hoshiguma, standing to the side, felt a little uneasy.

"Alright, but you should still carefully select those guys from the New Reunion Movement. Those who are unforgivable should be killed. Don't leave them around to spoil the good stuff of Reunion Movement."

Even though the current Talulah is not the completely idealized fighter in Suika's memories, nor the one who disregarded life under the control of the Black Snake, Suika still subconsciously reminded her.

"Don't worry... Patriot and I talked for a long time after you left last time."

Regarding Ursus, the Infected also has his experiences and background.

I have long understood that achieving one's ideals is not something that can be accomplished simply by having passion.

In particular, the insurmountable chasm and hatred between the Infected and Ursus.

Just like I told Koschei, my ideals have never changed, but I will make choices, even if it's for the sake of those who walk this path with me, so that they can go further safely, I will hold my weapon tightly.

If someone must bear the guilt for this, then I will bear it.

Talulah's tone was very firm, making Suika feel as if she were seeing the rabbit during the Battle of Londinium.

"Alright then! Anyway, we can communicate via communicator from now on..."

However, how about we find a place to eat first? Otherwise, it just doesn't feel like a proper ceremony to break up like this."

Suika's words brought smiles to everyone's faces. They all said that they were starving after the battle and had to treat Suika to a big meal before leaving.