Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 285

Catching Seaborn / Temper and Fury

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Then, like a child seeing a puddle, Suika suddenly jumped up and then crashed down.

The splashing water directly destroyed the buildings along the lake.

The surrounding mountains trembled slightly with her leap.

Then, she squatted down, groping around while humming a lullaby.

"The sea is full, the rain has stopped, and the beach is covered with Seaborn ~~~"

Suddenly her eyes lit up—she'd got it!

Having seized her target, she pulled him out of the lake. After seeing what he looked like, Suika showed a look of disgust.

"Tch, I thought I'd caught a big fish, but it's just this thing?"

The thing in her hand is called the Deepsea Tracebinder.

He is considered one of the more important characters in Seaborn.

Their purpose is to cover the land with the Miasma so that other Seaborn can come ashore and move about.

However, that's about all the way to His role.

Aside from this, being a non-combat unit, its only other advantage is its exceptionally high survivability.

Because Seaborn's Miasma is not something that can be conjured out of thin air like magic.

This thing is part of their flesh and blood.

This is why Seaborn was able to use the power of Miasma to achieve functions such as long-distance information transmission.

She had originally thought she might catch a jellyfish or something, or at the very least a Surprise Egg or a Flower Surprise Egg, which she could use as a sample.

But forget about this thing in my hand.

He was of no use to the Suika.

So the next second, a high temperature rose in Suika's hand, and in less than a minute, the Deepsea Tracebinder was completely roasted into charcoal in Suika's hand.

After doing all this, Suika squatted down and continued to explore.

She didn't believe there was only one in there.

After all, anyone who has wiped out an entire family knows that what is generally considered a clean sweep usually leaves one or two descendants.

To avoid this situation, the best approach is to check multiple times. Not only should you check people, but you should also split all the earthworms in the area in half vertically to be on the safe side.

Sure enough, she quickly caught two more little ones.

However, these were all ordinary Seaborn, not even as good as the Deepsea Tracebinder from before.

However, Suika always acted with sincerity. Since she had made up her mind to wipe out all the Seaborn here, she would not let any of them go.

After quickly sending the two little ones to see the person in front, she began a new round of catching Seaborn.

After more than ten minutes, Suika had searched around for a long time without finding a new target, decided to try one last round.

Of course, this time it wasn't touching.

She flew into the sky, pointed downwards, and opened her hand.

The next second, a tremendous gravitational force formed in front of her.

The water in the lake below seemed to be drawn towards her hand.

"Tear, my heart and shoulders are torn apart~~~"

Watching the streams of water converge like a dragon sucking water, Suika seemed to hear the song of a certain milk dragon.

In no time, not a single drop of water remained in the lake.

Only a few fish remained, swimming around in the water, looking completely bewildered.

After experiencing it for a while, Seaborn was no longer there, Shanghai also came around from the side.

Just as she was describing how the lake water was being drawn into the sky, Shanghai, at her command, conducted a sweeping operation below.

Just as she had guessed, there were indeed two more Seaborn hiding inside.

While the Suika absorbed the moisture, they hid in a pit at the bottom of the lake.

However, this evasive maneuver actually made it easier for Shanghai to pinpoint the target.

After learning that everything had been resolved, Suika her grip, and the countless tons of lake water crashed down from the sky.

The terrifying kinetic energy caused the ground to sink slightly.

The surrounding houses were completely destroyed by the splashing water.

Although it wasn't Suika's fist, it was still incredibly powerful.

When the waters calmed down, the town had vanished from the lakeside, leaving only some broken walls and ruins to tell the world that it once existed.

After finishing all this, Suika clapped her hands in satisfaction.

As Terra, there are only two paths: either turn to Originium or become Originium. Becoming Seaborn is an absolutely wrong and unacceptable path.

Helping those who have gone astray to return to the right path with good intentions can be considered a great act of merit.

After patrolling and confirming that there was no trace of Seaborn, Suika led Shanghai up the western mountain.

Upon seeing Seaborn, Suika knew she had entered Iberia territory.

She no longer needed to continue south.

After all, the further south she went, the deeper she went into the heart of Iberia, the greater the chance she would encounter the Inquisition.

Conversely, inland, far from the sea, Iberia judges rarely came to this region.

After all, Seaborn Seaborn needs to live in places with water.

It's quite difficult for Seaborn to live in inland environments.

With repeated screenings by the Inquisition, it became extremely difficult to find traces of the Church of the Deep and the Seaborn in the Iberia interior.

The kind that Suika found before is extremely rare.

If this gets out, the inspectors in the local Inquisition will likely have to go back and face a long period of questioning.

If she doesn't encounter the judge, Suika will only be facing the Iberian Defense Force here.

For ordinary people, the pressure of military Suika is even less.

After all, she had just done such a great deed. If Iberia didn't reward her but instead arrested her, then she would have to act as a loudspeaker along the way.

Suika looked at the map on her phone. There was a circle drawn on it. According to Amiya, her destination, the Ambrosius Monastery, was within this circle.

In Suika's memory, the monastery must have malfunctioned in the Mobile Block, causing it to remain stuck somewhere near Laterano.

Considering that they haven't been discovered for so many years, it's very likely that the other party's location is not on a major transportation route.

So Suika quickly narrowed down the search to a few locations.

Next, she needed to go to each of these locations to search for traces of the monastery.

Then, the message will be sent back the next time you return to Rhodes Island or communicate with Rhodes Island.

As for what benefits Rhodes Island will use this information to exchange for or what kind of deal Laterano will make, that's not Suika needs to worry about.

Of course, even if such a troublesome task were given to Suika, she would discard it without hesitation.

After calculating the time, it's only been a little over half a month since I left Rhodes Island, and it's only the end of February.

The music festival she's planning to attend is in July or August, which is still six months away.

Upon reflection, she realized she had quite a bit of free time.

So Suika slowed down.

After careful observation, Suika realized that the poverty she remembered in Iberia did not occur entirely in the inland areas.

The inland areas, far from the sea, still have enough farms to provide Iberia with a variety of grains as food.

Chapter 508 Temper and Anger

Just like now, there's a field of farmland right in front of Suika.

She walked curiously a short distance from the farmland, observing the area.

The reason for not approaching is also because the farm looks quite large and should be very important to the Iberia.

After all, most of the coastal cities in this country do not produce grain, and the vast areas of saline-alkali land make it impossible for crops to survive.

Therefore, this kind of land suitable for growing crops is considered a treasure in Iberia.

After taking a couple of quick photos, she continued walking toward the nearby town.

She hadn't gone far when a group of people in uniforms, carrying spears and swords, blocked her way.

"Who are you, and why are you here!"

The leader pointed his weapon at Suika and questioned her rudely.

Suika narrowed her eyes slightly, guessing their identities from their clothing— the Iberian Punitive Corps.

This team primarily assists the judges of the Inquisition in maintaining local order and protecting personnel safety, serving as the Inquisition's logistical support force. Of course, when a judge encounters a task that cannot be completed by a single individual, the Punitive Corps, as a subordinate force, will enter the battlefield under the leadership and command of the judge to fight the enemy together.

Suika felt a sense of trouble upon seeing the other party, because the presence of the Punitive Corps meant that there would be at least one Judge in the town and surrounding area.

When she came to Iberia, the Iberia on Rhodes Island, including Kal'tsit, told her to stay away from the inquisitors there as much as possible.

Because many judges suffer from severe paranoia.

Moreover, due to their long-term dealings with the Church of the Deep, they are all extremely suspicious.

Once they've set their sights on someone, they'll relentlessly hunt them down until one of them dies.

Even the Iberia were reluctant to easily approach these judges.

Suika had originally planned to tell the judge she met about what happened in that mountain ravine.

However, before even meeting the judge, Suika's first encounter with the Punitive Corps left a very bad impression.

No one is happy to have a weapon pointed at them, even if they know that weapon can't hurt them.

But this behavior is really annoying.

"I am a wandering Catastrophe Messenger. I happened to pass by this area and saw a rare wheat field, so I came to take a look out of curiosity..."

However, adhering to the principle of politeness first and then force, Suika still sincerely explained why she had come here.

But before he could finish speaking, he saw the man point to the camera at his waist and say...

"What messenger nonsense! I think you're a foreign spy."

Seeing that the other party was so unwilling to listen to reason, Suika naturally didn't give them a friendly look either. She reached out her hand, and the person suddenly felt a strong suction force pulling her in front of Suika.

"Haven't you heard that it's best not to mess with children, the elderly, or women walking alone in the wilderness?"

Suika grabbed his collar and said coldly.

Unexpectedly, the man was not afraid at all, and continued to shout.

"I knew you were a spy..."

Before she could finish speaking, amidst the horrified gazes of those around her Suika exerted her strength, and the man was instantly crushed into a ball of flesh.

At first, she thought this guy had something on his mind, but now it seems he's just a simple-minded fool.

She had already forgiven the other party twice, but she wasn't in the mood to do it a third time.

After doing all this, she looked at the others in front of her, whose eyes were darting around and who were about to vomit.

"I already said I was just passing by, are you still going to stop me?"

Seeing their captain huddled together, the Punitive Corps weren't fools. They knew this girl was not someone to mess with, so they made way for her.

After she left, many members of the Punitive Corps couldn't help but feel nauseous.

This wasn't just because of the captain of that fleshy ball, but also because of the pressure from Suika's sweeping gaze.

What followed was a scene that was both laughable and absurd.

Suika walked ahead, while a group of people followed at a distance, not daring to get close.

Soon after, Suika arrived at the entrance of the town.

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