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【Social Section】Postscript to the Wolf-shaped Warcraft Incident

Last month, there were attacks of wolf-shaped monsters in various parts of the city, and the city government decided to pay some compensation. Through the investigation of the garrison and several police officers, it was determined that the incident was artificially planned. For the affected areas, there is no doubt that these violent incidents came very suddenly. At the reception, the delay in the decision and the lack of transparency about the source of the compensation were questioned, but how did the parties in the affected areas react - "I am glad that the town has completely returned to its original state and can resume work" (injured male miner)

In addition, the two suspects who drove the monster to launch this incident and were prosecuted on charges of intimidation, injury, damage to public property, and violent resistance to arrest have been released a few days ago, and the specific reason is still unknown.

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"Well, I didn't expect it to be really fast."

A dark-haired man in a white tracksuit leaned back in his chair, enjoying the warmth of the sun. He had a copy of Crossbell Times in his hand, and he was flipping through it casually, and he was not interested in anything other than the one mentioned above.

"This also shows that Lubacher's manpower has also reached a point of shortage."

The woman with beautiful long dove gray hair and a delicate face sat down in a dignified manner across from him, and listening to his emotion, she expressed her opinion.

"But it's a bit of a loss...... After all, we arrested it with our own hands, and we were released so lightly......"

The young man with broken brown hair held his chin in his hands and sighed with an indescribable expression of loss.

"Hey, what's fine, let's eat first! Speaking of which, why didn't I have breakfast this morning? ”

The tall red-haired man frowned unpleasantly, and the empty table made him very uncomfortable.

By the way, these people are currently sitting around a long table in the living room, the long wooden table is long enough to support ten people to eat at the same time, and if you put a clean white tablecloth and two silver candlesticks, it can be matched with aristocratic luxury.

It's just that there is no food on this rare long table, not even a fruit bowl for garnishing......

"Isn't it Randy's turn to make an early ...... today?"

The blue-haired girl with a cold expression asked a little unhappily.

This rhetorical question suddenly made the red-haired man's heart weak, and he laughed ahaha, scratching his hair with his big hands, not knowing what to say.

After the previous night, or the early hours of yesterday morning, the life of the Support Section finally returned to peace. Yesterday, no one in the tired Support Division wanted to move, and Yuki Tatsumi, who was the butler of the Support Division and [Action Guide], entrusted yesterday's support by himself.

When he returned, Lloyd, who was guilty, finally began to realize that it was not possible to continue like this. Thereupon......

The breakfast of the Support Division was decided to be on a rotational basis, and each person was responsible for one day. It just so happens that with the addition of Rui and Hexu, there are seven people in the support department, which can make up enough for a week's schedule. As for Chief Sergei? No longer in scope.

And today, it's time for Randy to cook.

All of you in the Support Division have mastered the art of cooking to a greater or lesser extent. It's just a difference in strength.

If you have to rank it, it's Yuu Tatsumi, Lloyd Bannings, Rui, Ellie, Theo, and Randy. He Xu hasn't cooked yet, and a few people don't know how good her cooking skills are.

If she doesn't know how to cook or has a hard time eating, the others will have to reschedule.

Randy glanced at his teammates' unpleasant eyes, and didn't say much, after all, it was his own problem. The tall, red-haired man reluctantly walked to the kitchen while chanting, "Why don't you just throw it to You, Lloyd, or something?"

After a while, I heard the sound of boiling oil sizzling and frying, as if it was frying eggs or something.

In the face of his partner's broken thoughts, Lloyd could only smile helplessly. After all, we are a collective, and we can't always trouble one or two people, in case we develop a dependency mentality, it will not be good.

"Speaking of which, what about Hexu?" Ellie suddenly noticed that the little girl with glasses with pale blond hair was not here.

Originally, I thought that staying up late caused her to lack sleep, but she hasn't gotten up yet. But if you think about it, even if it's a bed, it's a little too late. Moreover, for a small child, the roar of the heavy machine gun that night was too exciting - after all, the life of a child at this age should be the cherry red color of holding a stuffed animal and looking forward to the elegant life of a princess.

Ellie was a little worried about her, could it be that she was frightened? She couldn't help but look at Theo, and was thinking about whether to open her mouth and let Theo take a look. After all, the two of them have a good relationship, and if Theo goes, she will open her heart to some extent, right?

Without waiting for Elido to say, Theo originally meant the same, and his small body jumped out of the chair, leaving a sentence: "I'll go see Hexu." "Straight upstairs.

Let's hope it doesn't leave a psychological shadow. Ellie was looking forward to it in her heart, and she couldn't help but complain in her heart: why leave such a young child in such a dangerous department?

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Hexu's room is next to Theo's room, and children always like to play with their good friends, so she chose the one closest to Theo's room anyway, so she chose the one closest to Theo's room.

Theo knocked on the door. No response.

Tio thought about it, wondering if his voice was too quiet, and knocked twice vigorously, but there was still no response.

Theo couldn't help but frown.

She didn't think that Hexu would be sleeping inside. After all, she and Hexu are both official researchers of the Epstein Foundation, and staying up late can't affect their spirits much at all. Maybe you will be a little sleepy on the day of staying up late, but it will be good to get some sleep.

If it weren't for this kind of body that wouldn't have an accident if you tossed it casually, you wouldn't be able to become a researcher.

He Xu must be awake. As for her not opening the door, there must be other reasons. Theo was also a little worried, this friend was different from Theo. Both of them are geniuses, but Hexu is a real genius "girl", likes childish lace clothes, likes to buy and collect them whether they are worn or not, likes fluffy toys, likes pink, and looks forward to the romantic encounter between the princess and the prince. Dio doesn't think about that, and in comparison, Dio thinks more like an adult researcher.

To silence the noisy girl, Tio also felt a little difficult.

She wasn't Lloyd, Yu, Tatsumi, Ellie, these eloquent people, and she didn't know what to say to persuade Hexu to open the door. However, it is not possible to meet each other without opening the door.

Tio was distressed for a moment, but decided to do it his own way.

I saw her pick up her own anigema, and there was a slight ice blue light on it.

"Ice Blade, Low Power ......"

As she voiced emotionlessly, tiny droplets of water in the air froze into a fingernail-sized blade. Theo consciously reduced the power output of the magic, and the blade that was originally the thickness of his forearm became the size of a fingernail.

"Launch."

The skate blade rushed towards the keyhole at high speed, although it looked small, but it was full of momentum, and with a click, there was a clear dent in the lock surface. Theo nodded, muttering to himself, "It's a little small. ”

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Inside the room, Lotus was naked, curled up on the bed, holding the huge Missy pillow, rolling up the sheets and quilts all over her body, trying her best to curl herself up in a ball and hide in the corner of the bed.

The dazzling dolls in the room have also become hideous and terrifying in the eyes of Hexu......

Now, as soon as she closed her eyes, it was as if she saw the red tongue of fire tearing through the sky, her nose smelling the unpleasant smell of earth ash and gunsmoke, the sound of gunfire that could shatter her eardrums and heart at the same time, and the horror of not knowing when bad luck would befall her.

Because of the unknown, it is terrifying. He Xu didn't know, didn't understand, didn't understand and didn't want to understand, didn't know anything, and made He Xu extremely frightened. If she is a heavy machine gun, she is likely to be indifferent, or if she is a battle-hardened warrior, then she can turn a blind eye.

But she's not, she's just an ordinary teenage girl. Although she is talented, no matter how talented she is, she can't hide the fact that she is underage.

She heard the knock on the door before, but she didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that the person who came knocking on the door was carrying a heavy machine gun, the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at herself, the heart or the head, and the person who came had a cruel smile on his face, like an evil ghost in a comic book picture book.

Although she repeatedly told herself that this was impossible, the scene was unassumingly emerging in front of her, and a voice in her subconscious kept telling her about this fear, making her dare not act.

Suddenly, there was a click in the doorway, what seemed to be the sound of something hitting metal.

What the? Here it is! Is it a knife to pry the door? Terrible...... It's scary, am I going to die? Will they die here? Lotus thought wildly, curling himself up as much as he could.

Suddenly, there was a click, followed by the strange sound of metal and stone crashing together. Presumably, the door lock had been knocked off entirely, and the unreliable piece of metal had fallen on the stone floor, making such a strange noise.

"Hexu?"

The man called out his name. He Xu's heart trembled, and he quickly shrunk himself even more behind the giant Mixi doll.

Footsteps approached, and the soles of shoes and the ground crackled. Lotus Xu's eyes gradually moistened, and tears of horror slid down her cheeks.

The footsteps of the person who came stopped, and he should have come to Hexu.

"Hexu?"

The person came and said, going to pull the quilt on Hexu's body. He Xu dragged it tightly, but she had to hold the toy again, and she was in a panic all the time, her strength had almost disappeared, and she was easily ripped off by someone who came.

"Hexu!"

The cold face was attached to He Xu, the aqua blue hair and bright yellow eyes were so familiar, and He Xu read out the person's name in a daze: "Tio? ”

Then, fear and joy came together, and Hor burst into tears, hugging Theo tightly.

"Theo...... Tio ...... Tio, Hexu is so scared......"

Hexu's sudden bear hug made Theo lose her opinion for a while, she thought that Hexu would be very scared, but she didn't expect it to be so serious. It would be correct to say that Theo behaved too calmly, as if the horror was just a piece of cake.

Theo was a little scrambled to learn from the adults, and gently patted Lotus on the back. It's just that her experience is really insufficient, although she wants to show the image of a gentle and kind big sister in front of Hexu, or the image of a mature and reliable big sister, but a thousand words are blocked in her heart, and only one sentence is said in the end.

"It's okay...... I'm right here. ”

"Hexu is so scared......" Hexu buried his head in Tio's shoulder socket, and the bare skin exposed from the quilt trembled slightly due to the contrast in temperature.

"If you're afraid, go back to the consortium."

Tio coaxed her in the warmest tone possible. Literally, a suspicious person might analyze the deeper meaning of "you're in the way", but Tio doesn't mean to blame her in the slightest. For a small child, Hexu has done a good job. If Hoo could resist his fear and pretend to be fine, Theo would be even more worried.

"Theo, have you been working in such a horrible place?" Lotus snorted sharply, and although her purple eyes were full of fear, she still looked at Theo steadfastly.

Tio was silent, she didn't know whether to tell Ha Xu, the situation that night was just a special case, and the daily work of the support department was just running around the city, going to the police headquarters to do chores. Speaking out can appease Hexu's emotions, but what if she continues to stay here in the future, if there is an "exception" like today's again? If you don't say it, I don't know how long Hexu will have to be afraid.

Tio had always felt that she was a mature, independent, and assertive person, until just now, when the rainy face of Lotus Pear made it impossible for her to make rational judgments.

In the end, she chose to remain silent. Seeing her silence, from Hoo's point of view, there was no way for Theo to refute - that is, to admit that the work of the Support Section was terrible and dangerous.

He Xu shook Theo's thin shoulders vigorously, and said seriously, "Now, Theo, let's go back...... You can ask someone else for the actual combat of the magic wand, you see, the Storega company also commissioned guerrillas to test new products, which is too dangerous......"

Her voice trembled with fear, hoarse with nervousness, and her small palms gripped her shoulders as if she was afraid that Tio would fly away. Tio felt a pain in her shoulder, and she suddenly began to rejoice that she had a friend.

"I'm sorry, Hexu, I can't get out of here."

Theo faintly refused.

He Xu is completely right, whether it is for efficiency or security, it should be to make a commission to the guerrillas, and the researchers honestly stay behind and wait for the research data, and the layman does not interfere with the insider's affairs.

The premise is that Theo really joined the Support Section for the purpose of "testing the magic wand".

"So......" Hexu snorted heavily, and wiped away the tears with the back of his hand. There was a resolute glint in his purple eyes.

"Hexu, I, too, want to stay."

In order to strengthen the categorical meaning of his words, He Xu nodded vigorously, his pale golden hair was already untaken because he had just gotten up, and there were a lot of strands of hair, which had been shaken like this, and it had been completely messed up.

"Huh?"

Theo was a little surprised, seeing that she was so scared, she thought she would choose to go back.

After a pause, Theo was still curious and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because, Theo will be scared too, right? If Hexu is not around, Tio is too pitiful alone! Hexu wants to accompany Tio, so if the two of them are together, they won't be afraid! ”

If it were that simple, I'm afraid you wouldn't be so scared by now. I was with you at the time, huh? And with Ellie's senior, an adult, the fear should only be one-third.

Theo mentally corrects his companion's mistaken thinking - it would be too bad to say it. Theo was also a little touched, and although Lotus was squeaking very noisy, his concern for Theo was sincere.

"Then don't tremble."

Tio could see at a glance that Hexu was just pretending to be calm and half-jokingly teasing her.

"It's not shivering, it's just cold."

He Xu quickly pulled up the quilt, Tio smiled rarely, she stretched out her hand and pulled the quilt down at once, went to the closet and got her a dress and threw it on her.

"Breakfast is ready."

Theo told Hoo what she should do in the simplest of words, then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, Tio."

With a slight stroke of her long ice-blue hair, Theo turned her head with a curious look in her bright yellow pupils. Although Hexu's body still couldn't suppress the fear and tremble, there was a mischievous smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Comb Hexu's hair!"

"Don't ...... It's troublesome. ”

"Help Hexu comb her hair! I can't do it alone~"

“…… Okay, okay, I'll do it......"