An Unexpected Surprise / An Odd Couple

The next morning, Suika noticed many city defense soldiers on the streets, who looked warily at everyone around them.

Because the city defense troops suddenly entered the city, the number of people strolling and chatting on the city streets decreased dramatically.

"What's going on?" Suika asked as she ate her breakfast at a breakfast shop.

"I don't know what's gotten into those lackeys of the city defense army this time, but I'm used to it anyway."

Little sister, you look like you're from out of town. You probably don't know, but these city defense troops have done this kind of thing more than once or twice.

If we can't afford to offend them, can't we at least avoid them?

The waiter who brought the food complained after hearing about Suika's cultural background.

Chapter 563 An Unexpected Surprise

Suika was fully aware of this.

If such a high-ranking person dies and the military doesn't make any move, then she'll have to go on a killing spree.

The fact that the highest-ranking leader of the city's garrison is dead and the military has made no move can only mean one thing: the military has a bigger plan, and in this plan, the death of a colonel is nothing.

But Suika didn't expect that her actions would inadvertently save the lives of Stormtroopers members, including Triangle Iron, who were originally going to die in Little Hill County.

The reason is quite simple.

Colonel Hamilton's death could not be hidden from the Horn.

His sudden death also surprised the Horn.

At this moment, Lieutenant Hill, who knew that the Stormtroopers were investigating the Ghost Unit, seized the opportunity to pin the blame for the killing of Hamilton on the Ghost Unit.

Although Horn was highly skeptical, he still accepted the mission to find Hamilton's killer.

Due to Hill's deliberate misleading actions, the Horn sent the wrong message to Triangle Iron and his group, leading them down a different path and thus preventing them from discovering the vehicles smuggling Originium Bomb.

Therefore, they did not follow the original plot and hide in the vehicle loaded with Originium Shells to penetrate the artillery position and be discovered, ultimately leading to the annihilation of the entire army.

Suika was unaware of this matter, and even if she had known, she would have proudly stated that it was all part of her plan (even though it wasn't part of her plan at all).

After breakfast, Suika strolled around the streets again, this time intentionally looking for the children. Sure enough, she encountered several children playing games at a street corner.

Suika, curious, went over to ask them what game they were playing.

The oldest student first looked at Suika, then relaxed when he realized she looked younger than him.

"This is shuttlecock kicking..." the girl enthusiastically explained the rules to Suika.

Suika recognized the game immediately; it was just a game where two people kick shuttlecocks at each other, and the other person has to catch the shuttlecock before it hits the ground and then kick it back.

Seeing how interested Suika was, they invited Suika to join them.

Half an hour later, Suika was already mixed up with these people.

"Artoria, you're amazing! You've mastered the rules of shuttlecock kicking in just half an hour, and you seem to play better than any of us," a girl said, looking at Suika with admiration.

"Haha, that's impressive! Absolutely! Because I have an ability called intuition, which allows me to make the most rational reaction based on my instincts!"

Suika said shamelessly.

"Artoria, you said you came from outside. What's the outside world like? Is it fun?" someone else asked.

"Of course it's fun! My favorite game is Gwent..."

Suika vividly recounted how she used a card Millhouse Manastorm to spend ten turns baiting out a Mermaid card called Tearful Elegy Clan - Kaledorhat, then returned the opponent's painstakingly summoned One-Hit Two-Slash Jie Xu Sheng to the deck, and finally defeated him in one combo.

Although the children next to her couldn't understand some of the rather "profound" words that Suika was using, they thought she was incredibly amazing because of her Suika expression.

As noon approached, everyone reluctantly prepared to part ways, Suika finally took the opportunity to speak.

"By the way, have there been any other caravans in town lately...?"

Oh, I wanted to ask if any caravans have left.

After all, it's dangerous outside, so my friends and I usually choose to travel with caravans.

Although they felt it was a pity that Suika, who was using the Artoria, was leaving the children, they all promised to ask around and let her know if Suika came to play this afternoon or tomorrow.

After most of the children had left, Suika noticed a little boy standing not far away, looking somewhat hesitant.

"Um, is there anything you want to say?"

"Some strangers came to the back of my house, but I don't know if they were businessmen. However, I often see a lot of things being delivered to their houses... See that building? It's the street next to that building that goes all the way to the end."

The boy pointed to a building not far away and said.

Suika smiled broadly after hearing this, "Thank you, I'll go ask someone."

Seeing Suika's smiling face, the boy blushed slightly and ran away embarrassedly.

After he left, a glint flashed in Suika's eyes.

"Are you so lucky? You found your target so quickly?"

Suika was a little skeptical of her luck, so she decided to go and see.

She walked halfway before stopping and turning back.

It wasn't that she chickened out, nor that she'd been discovered; rather, she felt that her appearance was too obvious, so after walking halfway, she blew out a few Little Suika and slipped past them, then returned the way she came, trying not to disturb the people who had come here.

After all, many of the Tara people here are spies for Deep Pool.

When she returned to the square, the golden hue she had seen the day before reappeared on the other side of the square.

Seeing the other person carrying a bag of food and walking happily down the street, Suika thought all she wanted to do was ask them that set of "three mournful questions".

Just as she was about to continue wandering around, she caught a glimpse of a low-key and silent figure out of the corner of her eye.

Most Rhodes Island operators are dressed very conservatively when they go out on field missions, and generally it is impossible to identify them without getting close.

But this one is different.

Even though she was wearing a cowboy hat and thick field work clothes, the Laterano halo around her head couldn't be hidden at all.

This is the outcast who died in the Battle of Little Hill County.

Upon seeing her, Suika smiled and followed after her.

After walking and stopping along the way, we arrived at Rhodes Island's office in Little Hill County.

After Outcast went inside, Suika emerged from the street corner and strode past with an air of indifference.

As I approached the door, I could hear the outcast inside flirting with our Miss Jeanne in that chillingly translator's tone.

She pushed open the door, and everyone immediately looked over.

When Outcast saw her, he was surprised and confused, while the others were filled with bewilderment.

"Hello everyone!" Suika walked straight into the house, then picked up a cup of hot milk and drank it all in one gulp.

"Suika, what are you doing here?" Outcast asked after recovering from his surprise.

Suika looked completely innocent.

"Phuket Island, wow, we just walked here."

"And this is..." Oliver asked, looking at Outcast.

ooutcast pointed to Suika's armband.

Chapter 564 Older Man and Younger Woman

Following Outcast's directions, the group clearly saw Suika's armband.

The large Rhodes Island sign put them at ease.

Outcast walked over to Suika, reached out and touched Suika two armbands, a smile playing on his lips.

"You've taken good care of those two armbands."

Suika nodded

"Absolutely. When traveling around, you have to pay respects to the local authorities. It's our mark when we're away from home, so we naturally have to make sure it's properly taken care of."

Outcast affectionately patted Suika's hair and then looked at the others.

"Let me introduce you all. This is Suika Elite Operator from Rhodes Island, and she's also a Catastrophe Messenger."

"Wow!" Everyone looked at Suika in surprise upon hearing her introduction.

Putting aside how difficult it is to obtain the title of Elite Operator, the Catastrophe Messenger is generally extremely rare to encounter.

In most people's minds, Catastrophe Messenger are people who live in the wilderness and chase after Catastrophe; it's extremely rare to encounter someone like Suika who appears in the city.

Outcast suddenly looked at Suika, "You suddenly came here. Is there going to be Catastrophe in Little Hill County?"

Everyone stood up in surprise upon hearing Outcast's words.

After all, Catastrophe are a nightmare for everyone.

Suika quickly shook her head.

"Of course not. We Catastrophe Messenger aren't death birds that can cause Catastrophe wherever we go."

"I just happened to be passing through. There are rumors about some mysterious Ghost Unit out there, and I was scared to be alone, so I came to the city to hide for a couple of days. I was planning to find a caravan to go to the next stop."

Those who didn't know Suika well all wore expressions of understanding.

After all, the mysterious force outside Little Hill County did have a significant impact on Little Hill County.

Rhodes Island has determined that Little Hill County is not very safe.

Their office was prepared for the evacuation under Outcast's guidance.

"That's perfect, you can come with us later, right?" Oliver said enthusiastically.

In his view, although Suika was young, since she could become Elite Operator and a Catastrophe Messenger wandering alone in the wilderness, her strength must be considerable.

With two Elite Operator escorting them, the safety of this evacuation will be greatly improved.

"That's great, adding me is no problem, right..." Suika winked at Outcast.

"By the way, I just saw that there are soldiers and police everywhere on the street, it looks like martial law has been declared. Do you have any leads?"

Suika sat next to Saileach, looking completely unaware, and asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"I don't know. Although there have been martial law cases before, this one just feels unsettling," the Paper Shredder said.

"I heard that something seems to have happened to the city defense forces, which is why there's such a commotion."

However, as a mere honor guard soldier, I couldn't get any more information.

Saileach said softly from the side.

Hearing her words, Outcast looked at Suika and found her lost in thought.

"What do you think, Suika?"

"I'll just sit and watch..." Suika answered reflexively in response to Outcast's question.

"Pfft..." Hearing Suika's nonsensical answer, Saileach couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then everyone else burst into laughter as well.

The laughter instantly dispelled the tense atmosphere in the room.

After playing for a while, Saileach said she had to go back to report for duty and left first.

Outcast then discussed the next course of action with Oliver and the others.

The main issue is that there's still a batch of medicine here, which we definitely can't take with us if we're evacuating.

So Outcast's idea was to send these medications to local hospitals and clinics.

The operatives in the room all agreed with her plan.

However, such a large quantity of medication certainly wouldn't be supplied to just one hospital, as that would create a monopoly. If someone were to try and take advantage of this, it would be a severe blow to other clinics and hospitals.

Therefore, Outcast sent several local operators to talk to local medical institutions to find out the number of Infected, and after summarizing their opinions, they allocated them according to the needs.

After Oliver and his team left the office to deal with the matter, Outcast pointed outside.

"Shall we go for a walk?"

Suika nodded.

An old man and a young boy were walking down the street. Although it was already afternoon, there weren't many people on the street because of the presence and investigation by the police and the military.

However, since the two were clearly not from Tara people, they were not questioned much.