Chapter 54: The End of the Term
"Wanderer, you're driving the wrong way, aren't you? This is not the direction to the train station. β
In the official car, Yoyoko asked suspiciously. Didn't I pick up my sister who was on vacation at the end of the semester today?,Where is this guy going?
"Before picking up your sister, I'm going to take Hideyoshi to meet an old friend. By the way, you also know this person. β
The wanderer said.
However, looking at the corners of his upturned mouth and the looming black mist behind him, Yoyoko couldn't help but sweat for the "old friend" in the wanderer's mouth. This looks like going to visit friends, and it's almost the same as going to settle accounts.
And I don't have any other acquaintances in London, do I?
"I don't remember any other friends in London."
Hideyoshi, who was traveling with him, was also puzzled. Except for the wanderer, Long Tao, who is his only friend, has passed away.
"Don't worry, you'll know when you arrive. You'll definitely be pleased. β
The wanderer said with a smile. Everyone shuddered, who is the black-hearted group going to bully again?
The car turned around all the way, driving from the residence to the vicinity of the Capitol Square, and the wanderer found a relatively remote corner to activate the holographic stealth and hide.
"That old friend will be there in a moment. Don't worry, it won't delay your sister to pick up your sister. β
"No road race! It's not a sister control, I just care about my sister very much! β
Yoyoko is arrogant.
As the minutes passed, the sun gradually rose, and there were more and more pedestrians and tourists in the square, but the wanderer did not look like he was looking for anyone at all, but was playing games there with his mobile phone.
"Where's your friend?"
"It's coming, it's almost there."
Saying that, he continued to play the game.
After about half an hour, the wanderer put down his phone and said, "It's here." β
"Where? Where? β
Yuyoko and Hideyoshi followed the wanderer's gaze curiously, and an old school bus was slowly approaching from a distance. Although the body was fairly clean, the old style (from the 60s) and mottled patent leather, as well as the engine that had to gasp every step forward, showed that it was not easy for the car to continue on the road.
The school bus quickly stopped at the edge of the square, and then a large group of Lori Shota in old clothes poured out of the bus and stood in line in the square. Looking at the logo on the clothes, it should be the children of a church orphanage, who are here in the square today to do activities.
"Where's Hideyoshi's friend?"
Yuyoko looked at the group of children, and the monastery grandmother who was handing out donation boxes to the children, none of them looked like Hideyoshi's friends, and none of them did she knew. As for the driver who drives, it is even more impossible, ordinary people don't say it, the old man is at least seventy years old (Yoyoko: He still drives a classic car at such an age, is it really a big husband?). οΌγ
"You go out incognito, and quietly stick this around the square." Wanderer didn't answer, but handed Yuyoko a large handful of charms, "Our old friend is shy, and she's very good at disguise, so she has to attack suddenly to catch her." β
"She?"
Yoyoko looked at the mother who was reprimanding the child and Lori in the crowd, and still didn't tell which one was more special, and she had an impression. And take a closer look at the spell handed over by the wanderer, the black line.
"Take the wrong one! Why is it the 'dispersal of parents' by cheating dads? β
What the wanderer handed over was not the "dispersal of idlers" commonly used by magicians, but the strange version of "dispersing idlers" that the wanderer himself had improved - "dispersing parents".
This special spell does not dispel ordinary people other than the target like the regular "dispel idlers", but specifically expells the parents (including the administrators they identify) who designate the target. But there is also an advantage, that is, the magic fluctuation is extremely low, and unless it is a top-level Caster Heroic Spirit like Medea (Bluebeard's equipment-type parallel goods are not counted), it cannot be detected at all.
As soon as she saw this charm, Yuyuko remembered the train station at this time last year. That time was pitted by the wanderer (a lot of Yoyozi's daily extra equipment was obtained from the wanderer.,To "disperse the idlers" but gave it to the "disperse parents"), I was going to disperse the parents of the students who were watching, and then kicked away the potter and took my sister away quickly.
As a result, the wanderer's "dispersal parents" were mistakenly used, and the parents and prefects were dispersed, and the ordinary students were still surrounded there, and finally they were caught up in the terrorist attack of the Decepticons.
"That's right. This time it's about dispelling the 'parents'. β
The wanderer stared at the grandmother who was still training.
"Well, you have the final say."
Yoyoko took the charm and got out of the car incognito to disperse the parents.
The effect of the spell was quickly exerted, and the vicious nurturing grandmother suddenly stopped talking and left the square with great speed, leaving behind a large group of dazed Lori Shota.
Maybe it's the children of the poor who are in charge early. This group of Lori Shota did not immediately turn into bear children and herd sheep because of the vicious discipline of the grandmother, but quickly divided into several groups after the dazed and began to collect donations from the people around them with donation boxes.
"Kind lord and wife, please show mercy."
"This is for the orphanage in London to survive the famine, please show mercy to the young lady."
Looking at this group of children, Yoyoko, who finished the spell, couldn't help but sigh, it was all done by QB.
As the infection of crops in various places deteriorated further during this period, the final number of successful harvests was even worse than expected, and even the uncontaminated areas of Europe were not spared, and the virus spread much faster than expected, and it was simply not possible to isolate the existing customs system.
Governments have issued statements saying they are powerless to tackle the disease, telling them that their harvests are about to end this year, and that everyone should tighten their belts and live a hard life of starvation. As for when these hard days will end, it's hard to say.
Such a statement naturally caused an uproar in the world and dealt a heavy blow to the global economy in an instant. The reports of various tragedies made Yuyoko not want to watch any media for a few days.
Every day when I opened the TV newspapers, they were filled with reports of the lack of rooftops in Tokyo and New York, the bankruptcies of rural farms, and the losses caused by the crisis in other industries, and the riots and crimes that led to them.
Fortunately, it is now the interstellar era (in fact, the transcosmic era), and after urgent consultations between the five major powers and Valhalla, the United Nations finally issued an emergency announcement before the situation was completely out of control, saying that it would buy enough food and anti-virus seeds from aliens (the forbidden world) through MIB (Yoyoko is responsible) to survive the famine, so as to control this wave of despair and not cause greater chaos.
However, it's not over yet. Even if Valhalla is willing to give it for free, the capitalists of various countries may not be willing to distribute it to the common people for free (capitalists: even if it is a good hall opened by the gods, we have to shear a layer of wool).
Most of the daily necessities were taken away by the government in the name of material control as soon as the announcement was announced, and then they were rushed by the people after the review. After two rounds of destruction, the supermarket shelves are not empty of mice, and there are very few goods on the shelves.
At present, even if ordinary people have money, they cannot buy food from regular channels at will, and can only buy food within the plan at designated stores according to the quota stipulated in the grain regulations.
Corresponding to the scarcity of goods through formal channels, the price of a piece of bread in private has risen more than ten times compared with before the disaster, and the price of meat, eggs and milk is as high as grabbing money. Institutions such as orphanages, which originally allocated so little money and relied entirely on donations, would not have enough to eat if they only relied on the government's share of the ration (and a part of it would be deducted), and the black market prices would be unaffordable. So I had to come out and solicit more donations, at least the money could be brought back from the black market to get some bran or something.
"These kids are so pitiful."
Yoyoko, who returned to the car, sighed.
"It's already good here in the UK, it's those refugee camps, no matter how much you deduct it, you can't go too far, at least the food distributed can ensure a minimum standard. Although most of them will be malnourished over time, at least they don't have to worry about starvation. Those war-torn areas in Asia, Africa and Latin America are really good! Even when we coordinated the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to distribute food free of charge, much of the supplies were taken away from the population by local warlords. There have even been attacks on UN peacekeeping camps recently, and these bastards are a bunch of robbers. β
The wanderer said hatefully, but unfortunately it was useless.
She is just a British minister, not Marvel's World Security Council (who dares to plant mushrooms in Manhattan in private), and it is impossible for her to bypass the United Nations and the American and British governments and directly order the Double Ponytail Academy and the Folded Ear Cat Fighter Force to get rid of this group of scum.
"Let's not talk about these uninteresting things, let's go over quietly and arrest that guy."
The wanderer opened the car door, greeted Yuyoko and Hideyoshi, hid his figure, and quietly walked towards the square.
"Which one?"
"That's it."
Yuko pointed to the target, and Yuyoko and Hideyoshi followed the direction of the finger.
It was a diminutive figure, dressed in a faded dress, alone at the edge of the plaza collecting donations from passers-by. It's a pity that if it weren't for the oligarchs in these years, there were few landlords with surplus grain at home, and passers-by were generally kind. Little Lori begged more than a dozen passers-by in a row, but the receipt of the donation box was still empty, and the only few coins in it were still issued by Mama just now, which obviously could not be counted as performance (Yoyoko remembered hearing someone say that begging with a bowl with money is easier to get alms than an empty bowl).
The other children around are all collecting donations in groups, but this girl is the only one who seems to be excluded from the orphanage (Yuyuko, a Chinese orphan, only sees her). After several successive prayers were not answered, he knelt on the ground in despair, his eyes were hazy, and tears were almost overflowing (the disciplining grandmother had already said that she would not have enough money and would not have anything to eat at night).
"It's now!"
The wanderer suddenly shouted, pulled out a circle and rushed forward.
"Sure enough, it's not an ordinary person."
Although he was still planting mushrooms on the street corner just now, the target Lori showed a difference from ordinary people as soon as the wanderer removed his disguise. Not only did he discover the wanderer and his party at the first time, but he also acted decisively, turned around and fled quickly, and a mysterious rune flashed on his body to speed himself up.
It's a pity that her opponent is a prepared black dumpling, and it's too late to run now. The circle in the wanderer's hand has been thrown out.
"Eat my magic weapon!"
The circle of flickering light quickly rushed towards the target, and it became more and more, and finally formed a circle of rain and smashed towards the target Lori.
"Eh!"
One shot into the soul. The aperture hit the back of Lori's head directly, and she was smashed on the spot. Immediately after that, a circle of light was put on, and the Lori was tied up strongly.
"Got it,!"
grabbed Lori, who was tied to the ground, and started the car, and the group quickly disappeared into the surprised gazes of the pedestrians around them.
In the carriage, Yuko drove leisurely in front, Yuyoko and Hideyoshi sat in the back, and at their feet was the captured Lori, still tied in a circle, and fell to the ground, struggling and writhing while glaring at Yuko viciously, making a whining sound (mouth was stuck with duct tape).
"Don't waste it." The wanderer said to the struggling Lori while driving, "The circle I used to capture you is Taishang Laojun's King Kong Zhuo (replica), Sun Dasheng didn't run away from this, how can you little Lori escape from the palm of my Buddha." (A series of witches' laughter...) οΌ
"Woooooo
After listening to the wanderer's words, Lori struggled even more.
"It's enough for you to capture Lori with the magic weapon of Taoism (Lao Jun's magic weapon is crying), and you still have the face to say that you are a Buddha!"
Hideyoshi on the side was also a little unbearable, and spit out.
"Don't look at me with contempt like that." The wanderer snorted, "If you know that this guy is the hacker who hacked the air base before, I'm afraid it's another opinion." β
"It's this Lori who hacked into the communication network?!" *2
Yuyuko and Hideyoshi were both taken aback, and Lori continued to glare at Yuko viciously, but she didn't whine, and the struggle became less intense.
"That's right, it's this harmless Lori. But don't be fooled by her cute appearance, this guy is the only guy in the history who has been able to hurt Gaia as a human,"
"The only thing that hurt Gaia? Wait, how do I remember a time ago when an unlucky guy met the bill! β
Yuyoko opened her mouth and said.
"This is Uncle Dragon?!" *2
Two exclamations. The unlucky uncle who thought he had been thrown into the eighteenth layer of hell and never had to be born forever actually appeared in front of him, and he turned into Lori.
"Woooooo
Lori heard the word "dragon set", whined twice, her body froze and stopped struggling, leaving only a loveless appearance. This reaction seems to confirm the judgment of the two from the side, and it is indeed Long Tao who is right.
"Hideyoshi, Mr. Misaka said some time ago that he was going to surprise you, but it was actually Uncle Long Tao. Of course, it's not an uncle anymore. β
A folder with the words "Investigation Report on Long Tao's Murder of Suppressor Gaia" appeared in front of Hideyoshi from the void on the cover. This report was originally intended to surprise Hideyoshi, who was depressed because of Long Tao's execution, but unfortunately not long after that, the attribute monster invaded the Traverser Alliance, and this matter was forgotten by King Meow, and the wanderer only happened to turn it over from a corner not long ago.
"Uncle Long Tao actually got the bento for this reason......"
Closing the folder, Hideyoshi couldn't laugh or cry at the contents inside, things finally turned out to be like that, it was actually Alayah's pot, and Long Tao was calculated by the primate's inhibition from beginning to end.
Mencius said: "Therefore, the heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, cut down their bodies, and do what they do. β
As a result, Long Tao, who was about to be entrusted with the great responsibility, was affected by the inhibition force through the subconscious, and was unlucky for a long time.
Alaya originally just planned to temper and temper Long Tao's heart, so when he was almost cleaned up, he threw out the bait and signed a contract to be the guardian. Alayah thinks that with Long Tao's sense of responsibility for the country and the people, it should be a good tool to repair the relationship with Misaka Kotomi (Misaka's evaluation: signing a guy who is too responsible may not be a good thing, this kind of person is too easy to blacken).
However, Alaya didn't expect that there would be such a thing as Gaia accidentally eating the Misaka brand dark cuisine that Long Tao had made, and he had to take action to clean up this farce himself. So, by mistake, he ate the double ponytail Lori attribute jade, and was tragically confused by the mother-in-law Long Tao, and then at the gate of the eighteenth layer of hell, faced with the contract and the verdict, he was forced to make a life choice of two choices. Whether to sign up to be the guardian of the Alaya side, or to go to hell and never be able to live forever.
In this case, as long as the brain is normal, you know how to choose. Although Long Tao was overexcited in some aspects, he was not brain-dead, and even if he didn't hold her accountable, he would have nowhere else to go, so he simply broke the jar and signed the contract on the spot.
Soon after signing the contract, Nianghua Long Tao was sent back by Alayya, and she was tasked with familiarizing herself with her new abilities (Noble Phantasm: Dark Cuisine that Kamiya Poison showed you) as soon as possible, and repairing her relationship with Kotomi Misaka.
"But obviously, you didn't do exactly what your boss told you to do."
Most of the exercises are familiar (as can be seen from the means of escaping just now), but there is absolutely no repairing relationships. I don't know if it's because I've become Lori, and the whole person is naΓ―ve.,Long Tao didn't follow Alayah's request to contact Misaka Kotomi.,But mixed into an orphanage.,And from time to time to do all kinds of pranks on Youzi and others.γ The last induction ceremony was the result of Long Tao's secret ghosting.
Here I have to say that Gu Zi's nose is really smart, Long Tao returned to the present world, but he relied on the identity of the guardian to obtain the ability of Assassin (he was secretly drugged before his death, and he could be an Assassin), and he was actually found by Gu Zi when he was playing a prank (unfortunately it was regarded as an illusion by the wanderer at the time).
"Humph!"
Although the tape has been torn off his mouth, Long Tao still refuses to talk to Youzi (so he doesn't know Long Tao's current name, so he can only still call her Long Tao).
"So what if I did it? You bite me! For the country and the people, the great man of chivalry! Anyway, everything I do is for the country, no regrets! β
I'm a patriotic and brutal Lori.,I'm just unreasonable.,What's the matter.γ
"Is it actually for the country and the people to make trouble and pranks these days..."
Yuko, Hideyoshi, and Yuyoko couldn't laugh or cry.
Now Long Tao is obviously a rebellious bear child, anyway, a few pranks didn't cause any trouble (a suspended base commander protested why this pot is not a disaster), what else can he do with her.
"That's right, that's it! Even if I die, I will have enough to leave behind. Although the cost is indeed a bit larger, no matter how I say it, it will go down in history, and there will be no more cross-strait crises in this world. β
Long Tao looked like I was great, you should adore me, and she was very proud of the last calculation she left behind before she died.
"The rabbit's plan for the 'rabbit nest and cat' is actually what you left before, right?" The wanderer tried to touch his head, but was dodged, "The sequelae are indeed a bit big, and there are a lot of uncontrollable factors, but I have to say that you plan the return of the territory on the condition of buying out the Ark reactor obtained by Mr. Misaka's favor, which is indeed the most likely plan to be reached under the current situation." β
"What is the sequelae is a bit big, and there are a lot of uncontrollable factors! It's obviously foolproof, isn't it? β
The wanderer's words made Long Lori blow up.
"You're relying on nothing more than the Ark reactor authorization. As long as we turn our faces and deny this agreement, will you bite me? Or simply license the more advanced new element Ark, and then you won't even be able to sell a commercial license. And..."
"And what?"
"The executor you chose... Tut-tut..."The wanderer smacked his lips, "Is it really good to let your childhood sweetheart from childhood to the present be involved in this big whirlpool?" β
"Not good." Long Tao was rarely silent, "But who else can I find..."
The executor of the plan formulated by Long Tao is his childhood sweetheart who has played since he was a child. After Long Tao crossed, because of the change of work transfer and inner core (crossing), he had not contacted the other party for many years. But when it came time to lay it out, it was found that there was no one else to entrust except herself.
"I owe her. Although I left all my shares to her, I know that I am sorry for her..."
The whole atmosphere is obviously developing in the direction of bloody romance dramas. And several people felt that Long Tao's spirit was obviously not normal, naΓ―ve for a while, excited for a while, and melancholy for a while, this is the rhythm to split.
[Long Tao doesn't feel right now? γ
Hideyoshi said.
Who called him disobedient. I'll explain this later, anyway, this guy's state is quite funny now, I'll tease her again. γ
It sounds like Long Tao is mentally unstable now because he didn't come to reconcile?
[Sure enough, it's a black dumpling.] γ*2
Yuyuko and Hideyoshi said to each other.
On the way to the train station next, the two silently watched the wanderer in the back seat play all kinds of tricks on Long Tao. And Long Tao, who was extremely mentally unstable, also lived up to the expectations of the wanderer, sometimes elated, sometimes angry, and then cried a few times.
[Uncle Long Tao's retribution for his previous mischief...]
[That's right. When I went out, I knew that she was definitely not simply looking for someone to catch up, after all, a black dumpling is a black dumpling. γ
Hideyoshi and Yuyoko looked at Lori, who was being toyed with by the wanderer, and continued to exchange messages.
However, Long Tao is not without gains, and the wanderer threw out a lot of progress in the negotiation of territorial demarcation, after all, it is not necessary to buy a cat teasing stick mixed with some catnip. Even Yuyuko, who has never been very clear about this, pricked up her ears, knowing that the Okinawa Islands are still in the negotiations.
"This is the biggest territorial adjustment since World War II, and there are many complicated aspects, so the negotiations are not going very fast, after all, I don't want to leave hidden dangers."
Even if it is not a world, people are no longer traveling around (becoming a wanderer in the plains), but the wanderer has not forgotten his roots, he came out of the rabbit's nest, and things must be done beautifully.
This time the rabbit can be said to have been forced into an oversized carrot, and there is a possibility that it will be sick, but compared to the benefits, as long as it is not to die, no matter how much raw rice is eaten. The threat of the Decepticons is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, and the rabbit, Eagle Sauce and the woolly bear have to huddle each other to keep warm, and even the Eagle Sauce of the hairy bear who was miserable in the Cold War pit pinched his nose and fed the woolly bear again, so that the already skinny bear could grow back the muscles frozen by the Cold War as soon as possible. It's not unacceptable to be so generous to others and give a rabbit a big carrot, anyway, most of them are unlucky for third countries.
The first to conclude negotiations was the North. Don't look at the Mao Xiong is the only country in the P5 that has paid for territory, but because there is actually only a small point of Zhang Gufeng, he happily agreed after receiving the guarantee of resource tilt, and the rabbit obtained the main outlet to the sea.
Then there's the east side. Yuyuko didn't know until today that the decision on the Okinawa Islands didn't really have a place for Japan to speak. The islands were the United Nations Trusteeship in the Treaty of San Francisco (which Rabbit never recognized), and now Eagle Sauce is in charge of taking back the Trusteeship and then transferring it to Rabbit to live and be. Now the main thing is how long can the rabbit be temporarily turned positive, erase the word trusteeship, and when the US military base in Okinawa will be moved (Eagle sauce will be a nail household, and the rabbit will be resolutely demolished).
The south side is very simple, the people who invade the island are all small countries, and behind them are hairy bears and bald eagles, and now that the boss speaks, he naturally spits it out easily.
The only thing that is a little troublesome is the southwest, although the white elephant has not yet developed, but after all, the physique is placed there, but several families put pressure together, and finally the McMahon line was abolished.
"What about the two pieces in the north and south?"
Long Tao wanted to know what was going on with the two biggest parts.
"At present, there are still pre-negotiations, after all, these two places are more troublesome. But..."
"But what?!"
"Misaka-sensei's messenger has returned from another world and is currently with Xana. We'll be able to meet the new sister Yukikaze when we pick up Xana. She brought Misaka-sensei's latest instructions, and as far as I know, the teacher is still very satisfied with our work during this time, and we will have more resources to push forward the negotiations. β
"So what are you waiting for! Hurry up and pick someone up! β
"Hey! Don't grab the steering wheel! β
On the highway, an official car with a government license plate broke through the intersection in a serpentine shape, and no one could stop the burning deep well ice Lori.
"Warning! Warn! Dangerous driving in non-combat situations! Dangerous driving in non-combat situations! The system forcibly takes over the control system! β