Arknights: Suika's Journey as a Messenger
Chapter 308

Optimistic and Cheerful Tribespeople / Happy Adakris

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Soon, with a wave of Tomimi's hand, the hunting party set off towards the Great Water Pool.

The group stopped when they were still two or three kilometers away from the Great Water Pool.

"The Fang Beast have very sensitive noses and ears. If we continue to move forward with so many of us, we are likely to attract their attention. So let's start to split up and march now."

Everyone proceeded towards the designated objective according to plan. Please be careful; if you attract the attention of the Fang Beast, climb a nearby tree and wait for reinforcements.

After looking around, Tomimi spoke.

A flash of surprise crossed Suika's eyes.

In the game, Tomimi always appears as a little fangirl of Gavial, and she also has the appearance of a young girl.

Even though she does have the identity of a tribal leader, in the story she is portrayed as a womanizer and a romantic at heart.

But in reality, when she was directing the tribe's hunt, the aura she exuded was truly that of a leader.

After she finished speaking, the group split into dozens of small teams and moved towards the target, with Suika following beside Tomimi.

"Woo-woo, oh-oh-oh~" A strange call came from ahead a moment later.

Upon hearing that sound Tomimi waved her hand to stop the group from advancing.

"Some teams have already encountered the Fang Beast, but they are currently safe. According to the plan, they will draw the Fang Beast's attention while we begin the encirclement."

After Tomimi finished explaining to Suika, sounds began to emanate from the surrounding area.

Tomimi listened and counted, and it took her a while to open her eyes.

"Everyone is ready, let's get started!"

Upon hearing Tomimi's words, a rather thin-looking person swiftly climbed a nearby tree while Suika stared in disbelief. A strange cry emanated from his mouth, followed by similar cries echoing around him.

Then everyone began to move closer to their goal.

Soon after passing through a thicket of trees, Suika and her group spotted the Fang Beast.

Tomimi's expression changed when she saw the Fang Beast.

"Damn it, this Fang Beast is larger than we expected; it's an exceptionally large Fang Beast."

Suika, standing to the side, was somewhat puzzled. These weren't just about a hundred Fang Beast; wasn't this the same information they had gathered before?

Tomimi said in a low voice

"A complete Fang Beast consists of Head Beast, a young Fang Beast, a mother beast, a cub, and an old Fang Beast."

The adult Fang Beast are responsible for hunting, while the older ones generally serve as guards and are responsible for protecting the mothers and cubs.

However, the proportion of adult Fang Beast in a herd is usually no more than half, and the Fang Beast below are almost all adults...

Chapter 542 Optimistic and Cheerful Tribal People

At this Suika, Tomimi had pretty much figured it out.

If the Fang Beast here consists of mature, hunting Fang Beast, then it means there is another group of about the same number, or even more, of female beasts, cubs, and Fang Beast on guard not far away.

As a result, the number of Fang Beast was not the expected hundred or so, but more than doubled to over two hundred.

This number is beyond what the hundred or so people here can handle.

Instead, the hundred or so people who rashly left the village to protect them became the enemy's prey.

Suika looked at Tomimi, wanting to see if she had any further plans; if not, she was ready to make her move.

As expected, although surprised by the number of the Fang Beast, Tomimi did not panic. Instead, she gave some instructions to the person next to her.

What are you planning to do?

After Tomimi finished giving her instructions, Suika leaned over and asked.

Tomimi looked helpless.

"What else can we do but ask for help?"

There is another tribe not far from ours, led by a chief named Zumama. Their tribe has just as many people as ours.

It's just that that guy spends all his time fiddling with her weird stuff and doesn't really interact with the outside world.

I had approached her before this hunt, but she didn't seem to care much.

But that won't work now. We can't handle such a large Fang Beast, so they have to get involved.

Otherwise, if our tribe cannot defend itself, their tribe will also suffer."

Although her tone was full of helplessness, her expression was quite optimistic.

Seeing this, Suika pointed to the Fang Beast under the tree. They had all moved up to the tree now. Although there were many Fang Beasts, they were helpless against the people in the tree.

"Then how will you contact them? And isn't it dangerous for us to stay here like this?"

"I told Yinamu that I would send someone to contact her this afternoon to inform her of the hunting progress."

It's obvious we can't send anyone back like this; she'll then know we're in danger.

She's very clever; if so many of us are in danger, she'll definitely go to Zumama for help.

Zumama also knew about the hunt, and when she realized I couldn't handle it, she naturally sent people to help.

As for food, there's even less to worry about...

We brought two days' worth of food with us when we left, and the trees are laden with fruit, so staying here for three or four days shouldn't be a problem."

As she spoke, Tomimi picked a fruit, wiped it with her sleeve, took a bite, and then smilingly handed another fruit to Suika.

"Try it, it's very sweet."

After taking the fruit Suika glanced around at the others and noticed that everyone seemed quite relaxed.

If it weren't for the Fang Beast patrolling under the trees, Suika would have thought this was a team-building wilderness outing.

Seeing that everyone was calm, Suika felt relieved.

Just then, Suika spotted a very eye-catching Fang Beast.

That Fang Beast was a whole size larger than its peers, and almost the same size as a small Rift Beast.

"It's Head Beast!"

Noticing Suika's gaze, Tomimi looked at the target and spoke after spotting the giant Fang Beast.

People from other surrounding tribes also exclaimed in amazement at how huge the Fang Beast was.

"Should we resolve this?"

Suika looked at the Head Beast and asked.

"Are you sure?" Tomimi asked.

"About 90%!" Although, Suika still modestly replied.

"Forget it..." After thinking about it, Tomimi still rejected the tempting offer.

Then she explained why.

After the death of the Head Beast, the Fang Beast will indeed fall into chaos, fighting among themselves to elect a new Head Beast, and many Fang Beasts will scatter as a result.

If it's a small Fang Beast or far from the tribe, then forget it.

However, this is too close, and a portion of the split-off Fang Beast could potentially attack the tribe.

Moreover, their plan fell through after the Fang Beast were split up.

If the number of animals hunted is insufficient, another round of hunting will be necessary.

Most importantly, if the scattered Fang Beast don't go too far, they will always pose a threat to the tribe's small hunting teams' daily hunts.

Therefore, Tomimi decided to wipe out the entire Fang Beast.

Seeing Tomimi's insistence, Suika refrained from making her own decision.

In the middle of the night, a strange cry came from behind.

Upon hearing the sound, Tomimi perked up.

"It's Yinamu, her people have come looking for us."

"A San, send her a message and tell her to go find Zumama and bring people to help."

After Tomimi finished speaking, one of the people next to her climbed to the highest point and started making that strange noise again.

A few minutes later, a series of urgent cries echoed back, and then the forest fell silent once more.

Suika looked down at the tree. Although there was no sign of the Fang Beast below, she realized that the other party had not given up.

Several Fang Beast were crouching in some hidden corners, watching the commotion.

If anyone thinks the Fang Beast have left and jumps down from the tree to escape, the Fang Beast will pounce out from the shadows.

It can be said that these Fang Beast used military strategy to its fullest extent, which broadened Suika's horizons.

However, it was obvious that Tomimi and his fellow hunters were all seasoned veterans and were not deceived at all. They hid in the trees, doing their own things, and showed no intention of coming down.

"I can fly, let me go check on the other teams!"

The next morning, Suika woke up and said to Tomimi beside her.

"Good, it would be even better if you could find where the other party's cubs are."

After agreeing to Tomimi, Suika left Shanghai with Tomimi, protected her, and then flew up to explore the direction of the beast horde.

She quickly located the other teams' positions.

Although she couldn't remember everyone's name, Suika knew the number of people present.

After counting the number of people, it was found that the number had not decreased, but rather increased by a few.

These are the people that Tomimi had sent in advance to monitor and observe this group of Fang Beast.

Everyone seemed to be in a stable mood.

Only two unlucky individuals sustained minor injuries, but these did not affect their ability to move forward or continue the battle.

After confirming that there were no problems, she continued to float towards the Great Water Pool.

Upon reaching the top of the pool, Suika quickly located the other party's cub.

This Fang Beast was very cunning; they hid the mother and cubs in the reeds on the other side of the Great Water Pool.

The surrounding terrain was relatively open, and the Fang Beast roamed around at any time, making it impossible for the scouts to get inside.

This led to the tribe's misjudgment of the beast population size.

Suika also saw the Head Beast, which was resting on a boulder.

Seemingly sensing Suika's gaze, it raised its head to look at Suika in the air and then made a "woo-woo" sound.

Soon, a spectacular cacophony of sounds rose and fell from all around.

The Head Beast then looked at Suika again, and realizing that it couldn't reach the height she was flying at, it lay back down.

Chapter 543 The Happy Adakris

After taking pictures of the scene below, Suika returned to Tomimi's side.

Tomimi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Suika return, and became even more excited when she saw the photo Suika handed her.

After examining the photo carefully, she handed it to Suika.

"Suika, you can fly. I need to ask you for a favor."

Take these photos back to the tribe and give them to Yinamu.

Tell her that we will attract these Fang Beast here.

Send Zumama and her men to launch a surprise attack on the mother beast and her cubs in the reed marshes.

"Once the Fang Beast return to provide support, we will immediately launch a counterattack and strive to annihilate them all on the riverbank in one fell swoop."

Suika originally wanted to say that as long as Tomimi and her men surrounded these Fang Beasts, she could take care of them all by herself.

But after thinking about it, I ultimately didn't say it.

After all, I am the guest, while the other party is the master of this hunt.

She'll cover for anyone, making sure no one dies during the hunt.

Otherwise, what would they do if they encountered the same accident again, but without themselves?

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