【07:10】

An unexpected coincidence.

Yu Tatsumi, who was far away in the garrison, and Lloyd, who was staying in the support department, finished their speculations at the same time.

It is unclear how long-term Joachim's plan was.

But there is no doubt that this doctor must be planning something. And the key to this conspiracy is the little girl that the support department inadvertently saved, Kia.

Lloyd's reasoning was that she was the only one who seemed to have nothing to do with all the events and the whole of Crossbell. So it's suspicious.

Yu Tatsumi heard Joachim refer to Kia as Lord Kia.

"So, shouldn't you contact Officer Lloyd right now?"

In the garrison, Noelle, who listened to You Chensi's story, was surprised.

"Hehe, it's useless. Noelle. Try. ”

Noelle strangely pulled out her anigema and gave Sonia a permission-seeking look, and after receiving permission, she quickly and skillfully dialed Lloyd's number.

In the communicator, there was just a beep-to-beep busy sound. The meaning of this voice is that where Noelle is now, there is no way to communicate.

"Huh? Why? ”

"It's simple. Enemy...... Don't want us to communicate. I know better than anyone else the activity of the Seven Veins in the earth. The current Qiyao vein is about three times more active than normal. The principle of communication is to emit a guided wave, which is then received by a machine at a distance. However, in the process of propagation, the Qiyao veins that move in the earth will form a powerful interference. ”

You Chensi said, smiled bitterly, and shrugged.

"W-How is this possible?!"

This kind of unconventional behavior made Noelle, a man who barely understood conductivity, feel terrifying.

"Of course not. It is probably that devices that can promote activity have been installed in various places, or it is possible that it is a large-scale abuse and killing of Warcraft, and the Seven Jewels of Warcraft have returned to the earth at the same time, remember the giant griffin attacking Crossbell? That is because the Karumon Consortium wiped out the surrounding demonic beasts, so it caused the Qiyao vein to be disordered and gave birth to a super huge demonic beast. ”

Yuki's personal speculation is closer to the latter. Because Joachim, in his autobiography, clearly states that he is an alchemist and not a magician. It is hard to imagine that a person who specializes in alchemy would care about the Seven Jewels in the earth. Therefore, it is probably because the demonic beast was cleared and the Qiyao pulse moved, resulting in the temporary inability to accept the signal.

"Wait a minute, what's the point of doing that?"

Noelle was angry and anxious, probably thinking that neither the police department nor the garrison could achieve effective action without communication.

Seeing through the reason for her anxiety, Deputy Commander Sonia suddenly smiled. She is such a beauty with a straight face on weekdays, and suddenly she laughs, and the destructive power is simply amazing.

"The enemy, presumably, is trying to paralyze our chain of command."

"If I'm not mistaken. It should be the hospital's security team and the city's mafia that will carry out this task. ”

You Chensi rationally said his reasoning. From Joachim's words and Rui's unreasonable actions, it is not difficult to conclude that he really knows that this drug has the function of manipulating people's hearts.

Probably in the form of nutrients or distributed meals, let the garrison eat. True knowledge of the great power, with the number of people and armored vehicles as a fast-moving tool, then 3 hours should be enough to create a demonic beast clearing activity that moves the earth.

"And, in order for us not to know the news...... So, they took the initiative to cut off communications. ”

"So, indeed, the scheduled communication that was supposed to come at 6 o'clock did not come. At the time, I thought it was a broken machine. Because it is said that you can't get in touch anywhere. Maybe these machines are aging and can't be used. ”

Deputy Commander Sonia said weakly. Most of the equipment of the garrison was brought over by the commander of the Imperial Empire. But as long as there is no problem with the brain, the highest technology will not be delivered to neighboring countries. So all the equipment used by the garrison - including this communicator - was made in the Empire, and the former model or even several previous models were decommissioned. Even if it was suddenly scrapped, Sonia didn't notice anything wrong.

"Damn...... That doctor! ”

Noelle spat hard.

"I thought he was a good guy, I heard he also protected a child."

"If that kid's name is Evan, then it should be true. For Evan was Joachim's co-ordinator. It's also the guy who completely scrapped my lungs. ”

“…… Damn it...... Crossbell, what will happen......"

Noelle held his head in his hands and squatted weakly on the ground.

"No, Noelle. The current situation is more favorable to us, isn't it? ”

You Chen said secretly, and at the same time cast a meaningful look at Sonya. And the latter was looking at him in the same light.

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【07:15】

Lloyd's words also caused surprise among all the staff.

Although Joachim looks strange, he is not suspicious, but he didn't expect such a person to be the mastermind behind the scenes?!

It was unexpected.

No, it should be said, terrible.

The question, however, is what to do now.

Bewildered.

"Anyway, talk to the upper echelons of the police department first...... No, anyway, contact Dudley Investigator and the Guerrilla Guild first, right? ”

Halfway through her words, Ellie immediately changed her words. Because Dudley Investigator had just vented his bitterness to them, saying that he was being tied up by the upper echelons of the police department. I guess it's useless to tell them.

So it's better to do so.

Lloyd nodded, and with Ellie, took out Anigma. Very tacitly, Lloyd went to contact Dudley, and Ellie went to contact the Guerrilla Society.

Then, very tacitly......

"No, it can't get through." X2

"Hey, this kind of joke isn't funny at all......"

Randy let out a big sigh.

"No, I didn't say any more jokes......" X2

"No, no, I'm not going to say two of you...... Get the hell out of here! ”

With a bang, Randy pulled out the huge rifle [Berserker] on his back, aimed the caliber of the gun at the wall, and fired without hesitation.

After a heavy muffled sound, the smell of gunpowder was so strong that it made people want to vomit, and the bullet casings hit the ground, followed by the sound of bullets snorting through the walls.

Randy had sensed that the atmosphere was wrong since yesterday, and he replaced the bullets with armor-piercing bullets that were originally used for tanks. The bullet pierced the wall, presumably hitting the target outside.

"Yikes!"

Ellie and Theo reflexively shrank back at the sudden loud noise, and Lloyd immediately pounced on them and took out their bulletproof jackets and whirlsticks.

"Randy?!"

Lloyd called out his companion's name to ask why.

Soon it won't be needed, though.

Because in the next instant, the window and doorway fired bullets at the same time.

Enemy attack.

A blatant defiance of Cross Bell's enforcement powers.

Before he had time to think about it, Randy kicked down the support section's extended dining table as a cover.

"Quick! Evacuate to the second floor! There are a lot of people, there are already twelve enemies, and it is estimated that they will increase! ”

Calmly commanding, Randy looked serious.

The blood of the battle is boiling.

Chanting.

They rejoiced in the slaughter that was coming.

As if to get this mood out with the bullet, Randy kept pulling the trigger all the time.