Chapter XVII. Reasons for Action

Lloyd didn't know what he had done to get back to the Support Section.

Because everyone was running around, when they came back, there was no human breath in the living room. There is neither a "welcome back" hospitality, nor a "hard work" affirmation.

Although Rui was at home, she also prepared lunch, and from the living room, every corner was cleaned. But she was too autistic to have the guts to say "welcome back" to everyone. All she can do is do everything she can when no one is around.

And Section Chief Sergei lives a two-point and one-line life in his dormitory and the section chief's room. I would just come out of the room during dinner, and occasionally I would receive a meeting notice from above, go to the police headquarters, and I won't see him for a while. He's not the kind of boss who says, "You've worked hard," and Sergei gives the impression of "oh, that's it" more than the kind of warm sentences.

Today, I can feel that he is in the section chief's room, because there is obviously a plate on the table that has completed the "mission" and is waiting to be washed, and there is still a clean red sauce on it, I am afraid that lunch is something like mixed noodles.

Sighing, Lloyd went to the kitchen to warm up the somewhat cold barley noodles and brought them out to the others. With the cold air, several people ate lunch without a word.

"Oh? Isn't this particularly crying and mourning face support section? I came back late today. ”

The voice of lack of energy suddenly came from the direction of the section chief's office, and everyone looked up, only to see Sergei leaning against the door frame and smoking, his crumpled white shirt and a few buttons were buttoned in the wrong place, and his hair was also all kinds of feet, looking like he had just woken up.

If it were usual, I'm afraid Lloyd would have complained a long time ago: "We still have women and children, please set a good example, section chief." Something like that. But today's Lloyd really can't raise this interest, and as for the support department with a sad face, it can't be more appropriate.

Except for Yu, Tatsumi, who still has a calm face, everyone else has a lifeless expression.

"I've received direct orders, and it looks like you're going too far this time. It will actually collide head-on with the Karuman consortium. ”

Sergei said half-seriously, exhaling blue-gray smoke. The dead fish's eyes that were not motivated seemed to be watching the fire from the other side. No, it's not appropriate to say that you are watching the fire from the other side, you should say that you are watching the monkeys from the other side, right? After all, the current situation of the Support Section is too far from the "fire".

"Does the section chief also know about the Karuman Foundation?"

Theo asked with some curiosity. She also thought that Sergei was the type who didn't care about herself, but she didn't expect him to know the name of the Karumen Foundation.

"Ah, of course. After all, it's quite famous as a criminal organization. ”

Sergei did not hesitate to classify the Karumun consortium as a "criminal organization".

"And the order from above has also come down, and now I will officially convey it to you as the section chief. Ahem...... "Sergei cleared his throat with a dry cough, and found that his subordinates didn't buy it at all, and even Lloyd, a serious member, didn't pay more attention to him, and Sergei, who was hurt to the face, didn't take it to heart.

"Anyway, the Special Mission Support Section, give up all missions related to the Karumen Arms Chamber of Commerce. Well, that's it. That's an order. Well, it's an order. ”

Sergei's voice revealed a taste of nostalgia, presumably he hadn't ordered anyone else for too long, and today's long-lost order made him feel special.

Seeing that Lloyd was still a lifeless bear, Sergei sighed and threw out a killer move.

"By the way, section chief, I'll give you a vacation. It's only half a day in the afternoon, so let's be thankful to Dade. ”

"Hey, section chief, is this really good?"

Randy grimaced, barely squeezing out a smile.

"What, that death-defying attitude, I thought Randy was the first person to cheer for a gambling and drinking."

Sergei showed a surprised expression, although his tone was still so lazy, and the facial muscles were only slightly pulled, and he couldn't tell that he was surprised unless he looked closely.

"No, section chief, please let us continue ......"

Lloyd also hastened to take a stand, and if he gave up, it would really be over.

After being questioned by Ellie's heartache, Lloyd decides to continue to intervene in this matter no matter what. Even if you will lose your own ** because of it. If you give up right here, I'm afraid you'll lose something more important than **.

"Forget it. You have that stinky face, let alone save your image, it's good that you didn't smear the police station. In short, let's take a good vacation from the Special Mission Support Division and the police. ”

For some reason, Chief Sergei deliberately focused on "the work of the Special Mission Support Section and the police".

"Anyway, the higher-ups ordered that the 'Special Mission Support Section' is not allowed to get involved in matters related to the Karuman Foundation, right? You can take a vacation with peace of mind. ”

Sergei once again emphasized the identity of the "Special Mission Support Section".

Lloyd's heart froze, could it be that the section chief meant?!

"Section Chief, do you mean ......?"

"Ah...... I didn't say anything. I'm going to take a nap, you little ghosts are going wherever you like. Don't come to make trouble with me, speaking of which, I fell asleep in the section chief's room...... I can't even hear the communicator outside. ”

Sergei muttered something loudly as he turned back to the section chief's room and casually closed the wooden door, which was not soundproof at all. Finally, Lloyd seemed to see the side face of Chief Sergei with a sly smile in the gradually shrinking crack in the door.

I see.

The General Directorate of Police ordered that the Special Mission Support Section could not intervene.

On the other hand, it doesn't matter if Lloyd wasn't a police officer from the Special Mission Support Section, right?

Just like Noelle's previous participation in the operation of the Support Section, this time, in the name of "vacation", he was liberated from his identity.

This feeling seems to be an unreasonable quibble, and it seems to be subtle and has a little bit of truth...... In short, it's such a strange form of method.

It's just that this time it's much harsher than before.

Colonel Sonia II of the garrison is the deputy commander of the garrison, and he has a considerable degree of real power, and that operation was originally a vicious monster infringement case that the garrison was responsible for, although there is a suspicion of fishing law enforcement, but I have to say that most of that operation was just.

On the contrary, this time, Sergei, as the head of the support section, actually has limited power in the police department, and most of the people respect him for his personality and qualifications, not because of the relationship between superiors and subordinates. This shows that Sergei is approachable, but it also reveals that Sergei actually doesn't have many colleagues to rely on. Moreover, this time, the Karumen Consortium is under the banner of "cleaning up the monsters for the autonomous prefecture", and if they are hindered at will, they are afraid that they will be bitten back.

Moreover, even if he could move freely, Lloyd did not know what the Support Section should do.

"Now, swim, what should we do now?"

Lloyd asked, narrowing his eyes. As a police officer, as a search officer, now Lloyd's thinking has reached a dead end. So, he chose to ask others. Lloyd wanted to know what Yuki Tatsumi was thinking now, as a killer, as a former guerrilla.

"Oh, is it seen through?"

A confident smile appeared on You's flat face. After being prompted by Chief Sergei, You had a rough plan.

"I can't see through it, but I always feel like you'll have an idea." Lloyd replied casually, motioning for Yu-Tatsumi to hurry up and explain his plan.

"It's actually quite simple. How about we participate in this Warcraft Sweep event? ”

"I've thought about it too, but we can't do anything if we participate......"

"Isn't it best if you can't do anything?"

Yu-Tatsumi's words made Lloyd stunned, and this serious brunette boy didn't know why "nothing can be done" would be better instead.

"We can't do anything, isn't it because the Karumun consortium hasn't done anything to harm the autonomous state?"

“!”

It has always been a preconceived belief that the Support Section should hinder the propaganda of the Karuman Foundation. And in fact, if this propaganda did not cause trouble to the autonomous prefecture, there was no need to hinder them?

Although there may be civilians who buy those firearms, if you think about it, is the average family can afford a weapon at that price? In the past, the Karumun consortium mainly sold weapons to government troops and large-scale chasers, and most of the merchants who made war money did not care about the small transactions of ordinary customers.

This propaganda is not so much for the general public as for the security guards, the city government, and the dark forces entrenched in Crossbell.

And dealing with the relationship between these big people is really too much for the support department.

"My idea was that we would go to the Guerrilla Association and help them as a 'civil collaborator' of the Association. The Karumun Foundation's propaganda this time allowed civilians to participate, and the guerrillas, whose primary goal was to protect civilians, could certainly participate on the grounds of 'confirming the safety of civilians'. In this way, we are not 'involved in the Karuman Foundation' incident, and even if we are discovered, we will not cause trouble to the section chief, and we can push it to the guerrilla association. ”

Yu Tatsumi almost finished his thoughts in one breath. Randy shook his head exaggeratedly while clapping his hands vigorously: "It's too insidious! But I think it's very emotional. ”

"For now, that's all you can do, right?"

Ellie also cheered up a little. Because she was a little out of control before, she consciously didn't look at Lloyd now, and Yu-Tatsumi's tirade was just the right time for her to look at it without looking stiff.

"I agree." Theo also agreed, saying that it was important to be involved in the incident to ensure the safety of civilians, and there was no reason not to go. And it sounds like he can still get the opportunity to use the weapons of the Karumon Consortium, and Theo is also a little interested in those over-spec weapons, many of which are not available in Epstein, such as the low-loss cluster technology of conductive energy.

"That, Hexu won't go."

He Xu's voice was a little low. Ellie stroked Hexu's short hair comfortingly, Hexu shook his head and said, "Even if Hexu goes, it won't be able to help, so let's stay, I'll try to make it in a hurry when I travel the circuit that my predecessors need." ”

"Well, okay. Don't run out alone. ”

Lloyd breathed a sigh of relief, and he was worried about what would happen if Hoo came with him. Theo's mature personality and the magic wand in his hand barely have a certain combat effectiveness, but He Xu is really not a combatant, if He Xu insists on following, Lloyd will persuade him to stay.

Letting a child like Hexu fight, Lloyd was a little unbearable. Seeing that Hexu was so sensible, Lloyd couldn't help but set his eyes on Theo again. Sensing the meaning in his gaze, Theo rolled his eyes coldly, indicating that he would never stay here.

Lloyd smiled bitterly, forget it, if a child decides not to go, he will feel much more at ease.

"Woolulu......"

Suddenly, a low growl interjected into the conversation. It turned out to be Zeat.

This blue and white "divine wolf" has a big grin in the support department building, although it is a magical beast, but it has a high intelligence, and it is very popular with women. At this time, its whole body was washed clean, and the collar it had just bought around its neck, if it weren't for the big fluffy tail that always habitually slapped the ground, it really looked like a large police dog.

"Looks like there's a consensus. How long do you think you're going to be depressed? ”

Needless to say, Theo took the initiative to act as a translator.

"Woo, woo-lur-(I've heard it too, someone is going to encircle and suppress the monsters, right?) I'm a little worried about my subordinates. )”

"Ahaha...... I've heard of it, how do you know......"

Lloyd smiled awkwardly as he listened to Theo's translation. Cai Te is obviously a highly intelligent monster, and it turns out that he seems to be smarter than humans. But speaking of which, if Zeite is really connected to the fairy tale wolf, then is it acceptable to be so smart?

No, there has to be a connection, otherwise who can stand to be looked down upon by a monster all day long?

"Lulu...... (Anyway, just go for it.) If I had time, I would have helped you out secretly. )”

"What a noble fellow, I say......" Randy muttered, reaching for Zeit's head to mess up the neat fur on it, but Zett saw through it, and his huge body jumped back nimbly, and ran down the stairs with a puff of smoke. I guess I went to the roof to bask in the sun.

After coming to the support department, Zeat's behavior was almost like that of a large, lazy house dog......

Lloyd sighed and dialed the guerrilla association's communication number. Now there is one more reason to act, and that is to confirm the safety of Wolf Zet's men. It didn't entrust Lloyd to them, but after all, it was also a member of the Support Section now, so it couldn't just leave it alone.

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In the Guerrilla Association, five members of the Support Section and five members of the Guerrillas gathered together to discuss the detachment plan.

If you classify the people present a little, it probably looks like this.

Arios, the strongest and most deterrent.

Those who can become the main fighting force: Randy, Lin, Estelle, Joshua

Good at taking a holistic view: Lloyd, Yuu Tatsumi, Joshua

Rear support: Eolia, Theo, Ellie

To make sure nothing went wrong, Arios Marklein was to take charge of the Guerrilla Society. In this way, no matter what happened to that detachment, he could rush over in the shortest possible time.

The division of labor among the other groups is roughly as follows:

Tio and Randy go to the North Gate, and the head of the Carrumon consortium is Arras.

Estelle and Lloyd go to the East Gate, and the head of the Carrumon consortium is Mussel.

Yu, Tatsumi, Rin, and Eoria go to the South Gate, and the head of the Karumon Consortium is Lancet, who is currently the most dangerous character in the Kalomon Consortium. Even the Sword Saint of the Wind gave him a very high evaluation, so 3 people were specially dispatched here.

Joshua and Ellie went to Simon. Compared to the other three gates, I'm afraid Karumun won't be the main target, but there is a police academy and the Belgar border gate, and there is a possibility of a clash between the garrison and the Karumun consortium.

Four groups of personnel will join the Karuman Foundation's "Warcraft Clean-up Campaign" with one goal, which is to "protect civilians". By the way, collect intelligence on the front line and grasp the movements of the Karuman consortium.

Crossbell's forces are already in a delicate balance of walking on thin ice, what will happen to Crossbell with this action of the Carrummen consortium?

That's what Michelle and the others should be thinking about.