Suika at the Feast / A Chance Encounter

On the contrary, she knows quite a bit about it.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't curious about Rhodes Island.

After all, the Great Yan side mobilized troops and generals for this, facing the Ursus people across the border, and Chernobog even caused a great commotion. All of this seemed to be inextricably linked to Rhodes Island.

However, she didn't expect that Rhodes Island would be delivered to her on its own initiative before she even had a chance to find out the specifics of Rhodes Island.

After thinking it over, she agreed to Suika's suggestion and was willing to go to Rhodes Island's base to learn more about it.

Following the idea that "actions speak louder than words," the four headed straight for Rhodes Island's base.

Amiya and her group didn't go out today. After hearing Suika's introduction, they led the group to Kal'tsit, who was testing the Doctor with riddles.

"Miss Jiu... Rhodes Island is indeed in dire need of rebuilding and needs highly skilled personnel like you."

However, Rhodes Island also has its own hiring standards. You can talk to everyone first. The head of the Personnel Department happens to be nearby. I'll have her come over, and she'll exchange opinions with you. Finally, you can consider whether Rhodes Island is worth joining. What do you think?"

Kal'tsit thought for a few seconds before looking up at Nine.

Chen personally brought her here, making his attitude very clear: he obviously hoped Rhodes Island would accept her.

Kal'tsit hesitated about this.

The main point is what Chen revealed about the other party's background—the former director of the Longmen Guard Bureau.

Lungmen may be just a city, but it is more than just a city.

As the only city in the Great Yan with autonomy, the city's high-ranking officials were almost all appointed by Wei Yenwu.

The woman in front of him was so young to be able to become the leader of the Guard Department, a violent organization in Lungmen. She must be Wei Yenwu's confidante.

Even if Infected now, it would be impossible for Wei Yenwu to completely abandon her.

Putting someone like that into Rhodes Island is almost no different from Lungmen planting a spy on Rhodes Island.

But one thing that satisfied her was that Lungmen's actions were aboveboard.

There was no intention to conceal the information.

So she planned to call the Personnel Department over so the two of them could discuss their opinions and see how to arrange things.

After listening to Kal'tsit's words, Nine nodded in deep agreement.

"Okay, may I go outside for a walk?"

"Certainly!"

Nine left the room after Kal'tsit gave him permission.

"I'm going to go play with Gousheng and the others..."

Suika glanced around the room, not quite liking the serious atmosphere, and then slipped out.

Upon arriving at the training ground, I saw a group of operators gathered together in the distance.

As someone who's always eager to join in the fun, how could Suika possibly miss out on something like this?

After going inside and chatting with them, I learned that the operators were having an arm-wrestling competition.

After squeezing into the crowd, I saw that Huang and ACE were competing.

Meanwhile, Rosmontis, with an adorable expression, is in the middle holding a wooden plaque used to record competition results.

Ace first looked towards the distance and called out "Amiya!" Upon hearing Ace's words, Huang looked over distractedly and realized that he had been tricked when he found no one there.

But it was too late; ACE had already seized the opportunity to press her hand down on the table.

Chapter 429 The Suika of the Feast

Seeing ACE win in such a despicable way, the other operators around him all made a "Huh~" sound.

They also condemned ACE for his seemingly honest appearance but cunning nature, accusing him of using underhanded tactics in such a pure competition.

ACE stated that the methods they used were legal and compliant, which only drew more contempt from them.

Even Huang declared that he wanted to fight him again.

But the cunning ACE would never agree to that. He said that a competition is a competition, the winner takes all, and the loser has to accept it.

His shameless behavior drew boos from the crowd once again.

But no one played.

Rhodes Island isn't lacking in operators skilled in strength, but coincidentally, among those currently present, only Blaze can truly rival Ace in terms of sheer power.

But unexpectedly, the opponent used Amiya to launch a sneak attack, and after winning, refused to fight again.

It's like choosing a disgusting character in a certain village, who pats your head while you're attacking three times, and then refuses to fight again after you're done. It's infuriating and leaves you with nowhere to vent your anger.

"Arm wrestling? I'll give it a try!"

Just then, a voice that caught everyone's attention reached their ears.

When you look over, you see Suika staring at ACE sitting at the table with a curious expression.

Upon seeing Suika, Ace's expression changed drastically. Wasn't she supposed to be seeing Kal'tsit? What was she doing here?

To be honest, among the people here, only Suika has absolutely no chance of winning.

However, under these circumstances, he still had to accept the challenge.

"By the way, why are you guys arm wrestling here?" Sitting in front of the ACE who looked miserable, Suika stretched out her delicate little hand and asked while ending the match in less than a second.

"Hey, we secretly brought back a barrel of good wine yesterday when we went out, and now there's only one cup left..."

That's why everyone's here for a competition; the winner gets the last glass of wine."

Because there was only one drink left, ACE resorted to such shameless tactics to secure victory.

After Huang finished speaking, he looked at Suika and remembered that this girl's alcohol was unlimited. Since she was already here, why should his group bother with a competition?

"In that case, let's not fight with Brother ACE for this drink..."

How about we all go over there for a drink?

With an innocent expression, Suika handed the glass of wine to ACE, then looked at Huang and said...

"Alright!" Amid cheers, everyone swarmed around Suika and led her aside, leaving ACE standing there dumbfounded.

"No..."

Looking at the glass of wine in front of him, ACE felt like he had lost everything.

He downed the drink in his glass in one gulp, then walked toward Suika with a fawning smile.

When Suika was pouring drinks for the person next to her, she suddenly noticed that Kyu was actually in the crowd.

"Want a drink?" Seeing that she was getting along well with the atmosphere around her and that there was a smile on her lips, Suika knew that her joining Rhodes Island was a sure thing, so she raised the Ibuki Gourd in her hand.

"Great!" Jiu smiled and raised her glass.

When Kal'tsit and her party came out after hearing the noise outside, they found everyone gathered in a circle in the square, happily singing and dancing.

Everyone sang folk songs from all over the country, which sounded chaotic yet harmonious.

Kal'tsit's eyes shone with Inin's light.

How long has it been since we've all been this carefree and happy since Theresa died?

After sniffing the smell of alcohol in the air, Kal'tsit shook her head slightly and looked at the somewhat nervous Amiya beside her.

"Let's bring the Doctor along... and remember to invite Rosmontis too."

Kal'tsit patted Amiya on the shoulder, then walked back into the house alone.

"Dr. Kal'tsit, aren't you going?" Chen asked, looking at Kal'tsit who had walked into the room alone.

"Alright, I still have a lot of official business to attend to. You guys go have fun..."

Seeing that Kal'tsit had no intention of participating in the gathering outside, Chen said nothing more and walked into the crowd with Hoshiguma.

The joyful gathering continued into the evening, and at Suika's invitation, everyone performed a talent show.

For example, ACE won everyone's applause and forgiveness with his cool battle dance, and successfully obtained new drinks from Suika.

As night fell, Suika and the others reluctantly left the Rhodes Island base.

"How was it?" On the way back, Chen looked at Jiu beside him.

"The people from Rhodes Island are quite interesting."

After becoming Infected, she witnessed firsthand the divide between ordinary people and those Infected.

We also gained a new understanding of the Infected population.

Previously, her memories of Infected were all associated with pain and suffering.

But this trip to Rhodes Island showed her that Infected could also have such beautiful smiles and joyful moods.

Intrigued, she decided to go and see the real Rhodes Island.

That's wonderful!

Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jiu agree.

"They haven't even agreed yet, what are you so happy about..." Jiu said calmly.

"I think Ninth Sister will definitely be fine. Rhodes Island only rejects Infected with malicious intent. You don't have any conflict with Rhodes Island, and you seemed to get along well with everyone today. Amiya won't reject you."

Suika said from the side.

"Amiya, is that the Cautus next to Dr. Kal'tsit? Isn't Kal'tsit the one who calls the shots on Rhodes Island?"

Jiu was a little curious. She could clearly see that Kal'tsit was the one in charge of Rhodes Island, so why did Suika say that Amiya, that little girl, could join Rhodes Island after agreeing?

"Because even though Amiya is young, she's the leader of Rhodes Island!"

After Suika finished speaking, Jiu thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized what she meant.

During the day, she noticed that at the banquet, Amiya, despite being a young person, was mostly surrounded by veteran Rhodes Island elites who would initiate conversations with her. Other operators would have very brief interactions with her and would appear quite respectful.

At the time, all they knew was that she was Kal'tsit, the successor to the leader of Rhodes Island, so ordinary operators didn't dare to interact with her too much.

Now it seems there's no heir at all; that seemingly delicate little Cautus is actually the one with the highest status among them all.

She breathed a sigh of relief after reflecting on her conversation with the other person today and realizing there seemed to be no problem.

Meanwhile, Amiya also exchanged views on Nine with Kal'tsit and the Personnel Department manager who had rushed over. Amiya said that although she could sense that Nine had some complicated feelings, she could also sense that Nine had no ill will towards Rhodes Island, and even had some curiosity and expectation.

"Then I'll go gather some information about this Ninth Miss. If everything's alright, that's settled."

After Amiya confirmed that the other party posed no threat to Rhodes Island, the other two discussed it and decided to agree to the request.

Chapter 430 An Encounter

The next day, when I got up, I found that Hoshiguma was no longer at home.

After a quick wash, Suika went out for a stroll, hands behind her back, humming a little tune.

"Grab her!"

Just as Suika reached a street corner, she heard an angry shout coming from not far away.

Driven by curiosity Suika jumped to the side of the road and saw four or five burly men chasing a young girl.

The girl tumbled and rolled in the narrow space, like a dragon playing in the water, making the burly men run around in circles.

However, this behavior quickly enraged the burly men.

Instead of capturing the girl, they took out sticks and started hitting her.

However, the girl had clearly held back some of her strength, so when she saw that the opponent's defenses were breached, she accelerated and slipped out of the encirclement.

Just as she was about to escape, a wooden stick suddenly shot out from the crowd and slammed into her face with a shrill sound.

Upon seeing this, the girl's pupils contracted sharply, but it was too late to dodge. She could only try to raise her arms to block the vicious attack.

A second later, accompanied by a muffled groan and a series of screams, the girl discovered that the expected pain did not occur in her arms.

"What are you standing there for? Run!"

A voice that sounded about the same age as myself appeared in my ear.

When he opened his eyes, he found a girl with a pair of exaggeratedly large horns standing not far away, smiling at him.

She looked back at the way she had come and saw the people who had been chasing her and the people who had just tried to ambush her tangled together in a chaotic mess.

"Bullying the few with numbers, the strong with the weak, and relying on their strength to oppress the weak is bad enough, but to resort to sneak attacks is truly shameless..."