"…It seems that all my previous explanations were in vain, right?"
Tian Yu Azi resisted the urge to cover her face. She sighed and turned to look at Okumura Ayane who had been speaking as the representative of Abydos. "Ayane-san, I believe you are a person who can calmly weigh the pros and cons. Your opinion must be different from Bai Zi-san, right?"
"Calm down?! Archon Ako, do you think we will watch you take the teacher away and do nothing?!" Okumura Ayane was so angry that she was shaking all over, and her eyes were spitting fire. "You Gehenna are really going too far!"
"Ah, it seems that the weapon of words is no match for the language of weapons."
Tian Yu Yazi shook her head with regret, "Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth Squadrons, prepare for battle!"
The steps are in unison, the uniforms are in unison...
The gravel and dust on the ground fell, jumped up, and fell again as the footsteps approached...
The members of the Discipline Committee, which was even larger than all the previous ones combined, surrounded them from all directions, like an endless black tide.
"Are there any reinforcements?"
Kayoko Onikata's face turned very ugly.
After defeating the first wave, the second wave came, but before the second wave was defeated, the third wave came over.
"Three o'clock, six o'clock, nine o'clock, twelve o'clock..." Sand Wolf Baizi quickly scanned the surroundings and made a calm judgment, "The discipline committee members of Gehenna have blocked all the exits. Now the only option left is a head-on firefight."
"Hmph, I've already prepared myself mentally for a head-on confrontation." Kuromi Serika pursed her lips and quietly wiped the sweat from her palms onto the non-slip cloth wrapped around the gun handle.
Gehenna's overwhelming military force was indeed despairing, but there was no sign of retreat on the girl's face.
While Abydos was making all preparations for war, Convenience House 68 was also busy.
"Alu-chan, do you want to take advantage of the opportunity when the Discipline Committee is focusing all its attention on Abydos and sneak away?"
Asahi Mutsuki reached out to wipe off the dust on her skirt, smiled and moved closer to Lu Bamo Alu, whispering in her ear, "Although the main target of the Discipline Committee is Abydos, they are definitely preparing to capture both us and Abydos in one fell swoop. If we take advantage of this opportunity to launch an assault on the weak point of the encirclement, we might have a chance to break out~"
Chapter 104: Lu Bamo Alu: Eh? Is it my turn to be C now? !
"Hum, hum, hum... hum, hum, hum, hum!"
After a brief silence, Lu Bamo Alu let out a suppressed, extremely strange three-part laugh.
"Director Mutsuki, you have worked with me for so many years, don't you know my character?"
"Eh, what is A-chan's personality?" Asahi Mutsuki looked his friend up and down with a surprised expression, "Does it mean that he goes with the flow but goes against the flow, is stubborn and never cares about food?"
"It's clearly [Repay a favor, avenge a grudge], okay! How could we [Convenience House 68] abandon our benefactors, something that only third-rate villains would do!" Lu Bamo A Lu was stunned for a moment, then her face flushed with anger, and she shouted angrily, "The key is that I don't have the personality to do as many random tricks as you said!"
"Besides!"
Lu Bamo Alu looked at Tian Yu Yazi, who was standing in the middle of the road as if she was standing under the spotlight, with a very unhappy expression, and his teeth were chattering. "It's obvious that we [Convenience House 68] are the fuse of this war, and I am the protagonist of this war, but it's been so long, and Tian Yu Yazi didn't say a word to me, and didn't even look at me straight in the eye..."
Lu Bamo Alu's tone unconsciously rose an octave, "I won't be satisfied unless I teach that arrogant discipline committee member a lesson!"
"Alu-sama..." Igusa Haruka, who had just gotten up from the ground, showed an admiring look and nodded her chin desperately, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Because the teacher takes good care of us, I will definitely risk my life to protect the teacher's safety!"
"..." Kayoko Onikata looked at Haruka Igusa strangely.
Why did it suddenly involve Teacher Xia Lai?
and……
When did we get such a good relationship with Xia Lai’s teacher?
"Hahahaha, that's right!" Lu Bamo Alu put his hands on his hips and laughed, "Trust must be repaid with trust! This is our motto at [Convenience House 68]!"
"…We at [Convenience House 68] have too many mottos."
Kayoko Onikata's thoughts were interrupted by Lu Bamo Alu's sudden laughter. She looked at her president helplessly and sighed, "Besides, is it really appropriate for us to say this when we have been beaten and fled since arriving in Abydos?"
"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay~ Kayoko-chan." Asagi Mutsuki patted his companion's shoulder and couldn't help but smile happily. "This is much more interesting than accepting the commission of Caesar Group to attack Abydos, don't you think so?"
"Having said that..." Kayoko Onikata looked around and shook her head, "Even if we cooperate with Abydos, the current situation is completely beyond the capabilities of both of us."
"It's...it's a big deal!"
Lu Bamo Alu's gaze also followed Onikata Kayoko's line of sight and moved around. He estimated that if he could knock down twenty people on the opposite side with one shot, the bullets he currently had on him should be enough.
She tried to straighten her chest to express her fearlessness as an outlaw, "I can fight them all night long!"
"...The key is not here, President." Onikata Kayoko slid the slide, checked the bullets in her pistol, and prepared to fight at any time. "Nine squadrons, a mortar team, and matching weapons and equipment, this is obviously more than the range of troops that Archon Ame Ako can mobilize privately."
Kayoko Onikata paused, and seeing that her president still had a bewildered expression, she explained very bluntly, "That is to say, this attack is very likely not the kind of private action we previously speculated, but..."
Asahi Mutsuki tilted his head. "Is this a secret order from the head of the Discipline Committee?"
"Eh?! Was it Sorasaki Hina's order?! Is she here herself?!"
Although Lu Bamo Alu was confused by Kayoko Onikata's initial explanation, she understood Asaga Mutsuki's key summary very clearly.
The girl's face suddenly turned pale, and she shook her head frantically, "No, no, no! There's no way we can fight with Kurosaki Hina! How about we just carry Abydos on our backs and run away! No, we should carry Abydos on our backs and run away right away!"
"...Hey, there's no need to panic like this, President." Although it was not the first time she had seen Lu Bamo Alu's reckless and cowardly nature, every time she saw it, Onikata Kayoko couldn't help but want to cover her face, "Think about it carefully, if Chairman Hina was really here, with her personality, we would have all been beaten down long ago..."
"Eh? Yes, is that so?"
Lu Bamo Alu was stunned for a moment, and after his mind calmed down a little, the memories of his previous contact with Kurosaki Hina unconsciously emerged in his mind.
No extra communication, no extra nonsense,
A petite figure spread its wings at the end of the field of vision, and a machine gun taller than a person was easily held in the opponent's hand, quietly emitting a deep purple light as if evaporated by high temperature.
It was huge, majestic, and heavy, as if he had sunk into an abyss thousands of meters deep. Not a muscle or bone in his body was not trembling.
Then comes the thrilling sound of the turbine charging.
Immediately afterwards, his eyes went dark without any unnecessary fighting.
But now I am still standing well.
Lu Bamo Alu clenched his fists and secretly encouraged himself.
Lu Bamo Alu, ah Lu Bamo Alu, you are the president of [Convenience House 68] after all, how can you be so timid.
It's just a few... a few hundred members of the Discipline Committee...
But it doesn't matter!
As long as Hina Sorasaki is not here, they are just a bunch of chickens and dogs!
"Hey, you guys in the convenience store over there, what are you guys still daydreaming about!! Can't you see that the Discipline Committee has surrounded us?! Hurry and take out your weapons!"
Kuromi Serika's roar disrupted Lu Bamo Alu, who was still immersed in his own world and constantly preparing himself mentally, "Do you want to just sit there and wait for death?!"
"Eh? Eh?!" Lu Bamo Alu shuddered, and hurriedly grasped his semi-automatic rifle, "Okay, okay!"
"...Aren't you guys reconciling a little too quickly?" Tian Yu Yazi looked at Abydos and [Convenience House 68] who stood together without any grudges against the same enemy, and her eyes twitched. "According to my intelligence, you were fighting to the death a few days ago, right?"
"Well... forget it."
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Tian Yu Yazi shook her head and gave up the idea of asking for the answer. "Disciplinary Committee Member, start the attack. Pay attention to suppressing the activity range of Abidos and Convenience House 68. Don't give them a chance to break out. Also..."
The Archon turned his head and looked behind him, "Iori, how long are you going to lie down?"
"Damn you, you dared to attack me with a shotgun..."
Silver Mirror Iori rubbed his red forehead and glared at Igusa Haruka fiercely, "Be prepared!"
Chapter 105 Si Wang: OMO
Si Wang withdrew his gaze from the center of the street. He picked up a cup of steaming green tea that was placed on a half-broken stone pier and took a sip carefully.
"It seems that you have a very good Archon, Hina-san." Si Wang looked up at the girl sitting opposite him and said with emotion, "For the stability of Gehenna and to avoid making things difficult for you, she actually took the initiative to shoulder such a big blame. Congratulations."
"..."Faced with Si Wang's compliment, which she wasn't sure whether it was sincere or concealed, Kurosaki Hina had no idea how to respond.
Agree? Decline? Ignore? Thank you?
I always feel like… no matter what kind of response I make, I’m being ridiculed.
"Sorry, teacher."
After a brief silence, Kurosaki Hina decided to apologize first.
Invading other people's campuses without permission, large-scale military advances, armed confrontations, artillery attacks...
His own [Discipline Committee] has been making mistakes again and again and has refused to repent. Just now, he was too lazy to even pretend and directly admitted that the purpose of the [Discipline Committee] coming to Abydos was to capture Teacher [Xia Lai] and anyone who dared to stand in the way would be beaten down.
It doesn't matter if you are a student in Abydos or a criminal in [Convenience House 68].
You have to obey whether you like it or not!
She placed her right hand on her chest and bowed her head gently. "I will immediately stop Tian Yu Yazi's misbehavior and order the Discipline Committee to evacuate the Abydos Autonomous Region. Once the situation stabilizes, I will personally communicate with the person in charge of the Abydos Countermeasures Committee, publicly apologize, and compensate for all losses caused by the Discipline Committee."
Si Wang tilted his head and looked up and down at the girl in front of him who was doing things meticulously, and sighed in his heart.
Are you really Gehenna's student?
Appropriate manners, calm words, and especially that extremely selfless attitude...
If it weren't for the curved and coiled horns behind its head and the huge bat wings behind it that could cover its entire body, Si Wang really wanted to ask, "Classmate, did you go to the wrong school gate?"
"Well, isn't the person involved here?"
Si Wang turned his head and looked at General Chai who was walking out from behind a low wall, dragging a tea tray. "General Chai, as a victim of this conflict, what do you think?"
"Me? I think it's pretty good. It depends on whether Serika-chan and the others are willing to accept it."
General Chai was stunned for a moment. He put a cup of freshly brewed milk on the tea tray into the hands of the bewildered girl with a rather tough attitude and shook his head. "As for compensation, there is no need to give my share. Anyway, at the end of the month, the store will be forcibly reclaimed by Caesar Group, so it is not a big loss."
"..."
Hina Sorasaki was hesitant to speak. When General Shiba was facing such a grim reality, she didn't know whether it was inappropriate to thank General Shiba for his warm milk and understanding.
"Well, as expected of General Chai, he is really generous."
Si Wang didn't have as many concerns as the girl. He gave General Chai a thumbs up and praised, "It feels like even if General Chai doesn't sell ramen anymore, you can still make a fortune by doing anything."
"Hahaha." General Chai couldn't help laughing, "Then when the time comes, please bring Qin Xiang and the others over to show your support."
"you are welcome……"
"Then I won't disturb the teacher from working." General Chai put the tea under his arm and said, "I'll leave Qinxiang and the others to you."
"Please rest assured." Si Wang nodded, "I promise that both Abydos and Qinxiang will get better and better."
General Chai let out a breath as if he had let go of a big thing, smiled brightly, waved to Si Wang, then turned and left.
However, from his back as he left, it could be seen that after hearing Si Wang's promise, his hair became much more fluffy.
"teacher."
Seeing Si Wang and General Chai finish their conversation, Kurosaki Hina carefully placed the cup of milk on an uneven ruin and looked up at Si Wang. "You stopped me on purpose and told me not to rush to stop Yazi. Did you find something?"
"Well~ I can't say I've discovered anything yet."
Si Wang also placed the teacup in his hand on a piece of ceiling that fell from above his head, touched his chin and said, "I can only say that I am trying to discover something."
"...?"
Kurosaki Hina frowned, and after thinking for a while, she still didn't understand what the two riddles meant, so she looked at Si Wang with a puzzled expression.
"Let's put it this way."
Si Wang thought about it and felt that there seemed to be nothing to hide regarding the recent events in Abydos, so he confessed frankly.
"Abydos has suffered three waves of attacks recently." Si Wang raised his index finger to the girl. "The first one was when I first came to Abydos. Before I could even sit down on the bench, the thugs from the nearby Steel Helmet Regiment came to us with 99 new weapons and almost took away all the weapons and ammunition I had brought."
"The second incident happened the next night." Si Wang raised his middle finger, "Another group of thugs from the Steel Helmets attacked Qin Xiang, who was working the night shift. If it weren't for the timely rescue by the [Countermeasures Committee], I'm afraid there would be one less person confronting Ako now."
After listening to Si Wang's explanation, Kurosaki Hina's delicate brows furrowed even more tightly.
She seemed to vaguely understand what Si Wang wanted to say.
"Then came the third one." Si Wang slowly raised his ring finger.
Kusaki Hina subconsciously looked at Lu Bamo Alu, whose face turned pale and blue among the Abydos girls.
"Yes, it's [Convenience House 68]." Si Wang nodded, confirming Kurosaki Hina's judgment, "Although they were defeated by the [Countermeasures Committee] before they could launch an attack, their existence gave the [Discipline Committee] an excuse to invade Abydos, resulting in the current situation where the [Countermeasures Committee] and the [Discipline Committee] are at loggerheads with each other."
"And what's even more coincidental is that the same person is standing behind all three of them..." Si Wang retracted his three fingers one by one and clenched them into a fist, "Caesar Group."
"Teacher, what you mean is..." Kuzaki Hina subconsciously sat up straight, her dark purple pupils shrank into a thin line, staring at Si Wang motionlessly, "The Caesar Group used the [Discipline Committee] to attack Abydos?"
"Although there is no evidence, a coincidence of this magnitude is no longer a coincidence." Si Wang shook his head. "Otherwise, it is hard to explain why I have been in Abydos for so long, and why did Azi attack Abydos not one day earlier or one day later, but just after Abydos received a series of attacks and when Hoshino was not here? I don't believe Azi's claim that she is a Trinity spy."
But Kurosaki Hina's focus was off.
The girl was stunned for a moment, then she asked subconsciously, "Hoshino-san? Hoshino Takanashi?"
