Chapter 12: Gathering Strength V.
A withered hand shaped like a dried corpse clenched into a fist and slammed into the armrest of the stone chair, and the owner of this hand, one of the core leaders of the organization, suddenly stood up from his seat, pointed at the person under the steps with the other hand and shouted, "Lu Lu! The warriors you manage do this kind of thing! How are you responsible!! β
Lu Lu shrugged his shoulders as if he had no face and no skin, indicating that he had nothing to say.
"Enough. Now is not the time to hold accountable. Lemoto couldn't stand it, and raised his hand to press the cadre, motioning for him to sit down and calm down first. Because in this matter, Lu Lu is indeed very wronged, and he has raised his concerns more than once beforehand, but everyone didn't take it seriously, yes, who would have thought that for a long time, the "defective test products" that have been at the mercy of the will, would dare to form a party...... In short, this time it can be regarded as Lu Lu's bad luck, originally relying on his backstage background, it will not take a few years to get mixed into the cadre level, but now it is so big, and it is so deeply involved, unless it is transferred out of this island in the future, I am afraid that I will have to run "business" at the "grassroots level" until death.
"Let's talk about what to do first." Lemoto said in a flat tone, but the nails of his hands and ten fingers had already picked up the armrests of the stone chair, speaking of which, in the 'organization', no one was under more pressure than him, this time the warriors conspiracy civil strife, if it developed to the worst result...... Others may be able to escape back to the 'mainland' to make meritorious contributions, but he, the person in charge of the special project, will definitely not escape the death penalty.
"We must immediately gather the warriors who are still loyal to us back to Stuff to defend us! Defend the organization! The cadre on the edge said eagerly, and as if he suddenly thought of something, his voice was a little sharper, "And!" Give those trainees a sword right away! In addition, the ...... of the laboratory in the north side of the mountain area was released.
"Shut up, idiot." Lemoto's forehead, which already had some protruding blood vessels, swelled even more at the moment, "There are no more fighters loyal to us, not from the beginning to be exact." Even the separately trained NO.10 rebelled, and you expect the rest of the fighters to be on our side? When the time comes, they will turn against each other, or simply join forces with each other, and we will only die faster. β
Lemoto squinted at the cadre who had shrunk his neck after a general training, "Armed trainee? Unleash those monsters that aren't even 'failures'? Do you think there aren't enough rebellions? β
After Lemoto finished speaking, he leaned his head back against the back of the stone chair, his eyes slightly tired, "The more critical the moment, the more faint the moves." Is this what the Council does? β
"......" The old cadre sitting on Lemoto's right side, in order to ease the embarrassing atmosphere, glanced at Lu Lu, who was standing below as if he was in space, and changed the topic and shouted, "Lu Lu! Don't be like nobody! In the final analysis, you also have an unshirkable responsibility! What do you say?! β
"Why are we so nervous?" As if unable to comprehend their current state, Lu Lu asked, "Didn't those warriors come at us?" β
"Huh?! Just not now! The old cadre was troubled by Lu Lu's naΓ―ve remarks, and sighed, "After they kill the awakened one, do you think they will be tied up and obediently accept the organization's punishment?" Or are we going to compromise with them? When this never happened? β
"They won't come back." Lu Lu raised his hand and straightened the brim of his hat.
"What do you mean?" The cadre sitting on Lemoto's left hand frowned, "Do you think they will all be killed by that Awakened One?" It's simply not possible! Based on the evaluation of combat power, the Awakened has no ...... And even if this happens, I'm afraid the situation will be even more out of control, and the awakened one will be unstoppable......"
"Why should there be a winner between them?" Lu Lu tilted his head slightly, and his gaze swept over the various cadres of Lemoto in turn, "If there is a winner in this war, it will only be us." β
"What a joke! Do you think the war will end with them together?! How can there be such a good thing!! β
"Of course there won't be such a good thing." Lu Lu put one hand in his trouser pocket and spread out the other, "Therefore, the 'regulation' in this is indispensable." β
"We don't have NO.10 anymore! What are you going to do to 'control' the battle? RESERVE NO.10? And even if there is a NO.10, it can't control such a complicated -"
"You don't need NO.10, just those ...... in the North District Laboratory" Lu Lu hooked the corner of his mouth, "While they are in the middle of a fierce battle, there will be multiple awakened gods descending from the sky to carry out indiscriminate attacks." β
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"What's wrong, Gross?"
Among the five people in the group, Lucila suddenly found that someone had deliberately fallen behind, so she looked back at NO.10 who suddenly stopped.
"I ......" Ge Lisi, who is habitually slightly hunched back, looked at the gentle slope on the grassland in front of her through the gap in her long bangs, and stammered a little, "I... I still don't want to ......."
Lucira shook her head and smiled, turned around and walked towards NO.10, who intended to 'escape', "Gris, this will be your first step towards a new life." With that, he walked up to Gross, grabbed her slightly trembling hand, and asked gently, "Are you going to give up?" β
Gross wanted to shake her head very slightly, but her head moved a little and froze, as if she didn't know what to do. Seeing this, Lucilla took Gross's hand with little force.
When the two of them reached the top of the slope, they saw more than a dozen warriors sitting or standing on the other side of the gentle slope. When these warriors saw them, they also got up to greet them.
"You're finally here! I thought something was wrong. No.4 Penelope, who was at the forefront, opened his arms and wanted to give a bear hug, but when he noticed that Lucila was still holding a small 'drag oil bottle', he had to put down his arms and pretend to be jealous and asked, "This is the one?" Didn't you say don't want 'recruits'? β
"She's not a recruit." Lucilla felt Gross hold her hand tightly, shook it back gently to reassure, and then stepped forward, revealing Gros, who was almost shrunk behind her, and introduced, "This is No.10 Gross." β
The soldiers who have gathered over all had wrong expressions after learning that this is the NO.10 who has always 'only heard his name but not seen his person'. NO.5 Elizabeth did not hide it at all, looked at Gross with wary and suspicious eyes, and said to Lucila dissatisfied, "Lucila, you pull a ...... Joining, what does it mean. But she still didn't say the word "spy" directly after all.
Penelope was also solemn at first, but after making eye contact with Luciera, he instantly reverted to his previous 'informal' rough face, "Oh, you guys, what a fuss." Is it not forbidden for anyone to abandon the darkness and turn to the light? But Lucyla, you're so charming......"
"Alright." As if after revealing the matter, Lucilla announced with a full expression, "Time is pressing, although everyone already has a rough idea of what we are aiming for this time, but now that we have all done it, we still need to have another combat meeting." β
"Okay. No problem. Penelope responded very cheerfully, then looked at the sky and seemed to think of something, and smashed the palm of his left hand with a fist with his right hand, "That's right!" It's getting dark, so why don't you go to a nearby town to buy some wine and meat, and everyone can eat and talk happily. β
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ββ¦β¦ I've only watched the Awakened from a distance, so that's all I know. β
On the prairie at night, Leto, who was sitting around the campfire, got up from the ground and left the campfire and walked to the edge of the campfire, which was made by warriors.
"So, that awakened person can still disturb the demonic energy perception?" Penelope touched his chin and muttered to himself, but before he could get serious, he saw Leto get up to leave, so he pointed to the barrel next to him and said, "Hey, this is leaving?" Don't drink together anymore? Seeing that Leto ignored himself, Penelope shrugged helplessly, picked up the clay pot of wine and filled the cup in the hand of Grense beside him.
"Ahh No, thanks. Grenzie, who was holding the glass tightly with both hands, immediately wanted to get up and thank her after finding that Penelope had added wine to herself, and the wine in her glass was only a little lower, which directly caused the wine to splash her own leg, and then she apologized at a loss, "Ah... I'm sorry. β
"It's all your own people, what's polite." Penelope's cheeks were red from drinking, and the drunken pretense of helping Gross wipe the wine stains on her legs was actually pinching and rubbing the oil, and he touched her chest with his elbow as if he had inadvertently said casually, "Leto said just now that she only watched one crusade, but I remember that there seems to be another crusade against it, right?" Did you spy on it this time? Let's share it with you......"
"Ahh If, if you say Sistina, it was indeed me watching......" Gross recounted everything in Penelope's harassment. However, as soon as she heard her say the beginning, Penelope's small movements stopped, and the drunkenness on his face disappeared completely, and he subconsciously looked at Canaan opposite......
And Canaan had already stood up with the wind at this time, looking down at Gross with murderous golden eyes, "So, you also have a share in Sistina's death?" β
"......" Gross silently put the cup in her hand aside, stood up calmly, faced Canaan across the bonfire, and said in a gesture of bowing her head and confessing her sins, "Yes......"
'Sure enough, that's the case' Penelope cried out bitterly in his heart, and he also got up with Grius, desperately thinking of a way to defuse Canaan's killing intent. As soon as she heard Griss speak just now, she realized that Sistina's death was absolutely inseparable from this NO.10...... But now that he is dying, the source of this collective rebellion is precisely someone's determination to avenge Sistina......
"She died in such a despicable ...... as you" The veins between Canaan's foreheads were like earthworms, and his right hand was on the hilt of his sword. At this time, the warriors around the campfire also stood up, and looked at Lucira in unison, as if asking her whether she should stop Canaan or let him kill this strange NO.10.
"Canaan, I'm not going to say those high-sounding and self-righteous pretty things to you. It's all up to you. Luhira turned to Canaan and said, "I want you to pour out your anger on those who deserve it." β
"......" Canaan closed his eyes, his face was cloudy, even more hideous in the light of the campfire, and the hilt of his sword trembled slightly from excessive force, and the other warriors also waited with bated breath after Lucilla's words. The passage of time seemed to be slowed down indefinitely, until Canaan's hand holding the sword stopped trembling. The hearts of the warriors were ready to be put down, but the sudden sound of drawing their swords made everyone's hearts throb, and the cold light flashed, and Canaan had already put away the swords.
'Alas, it's a pity' Penelope sighed and looked sideways at Gruns, but the imaginary scene of the separation of heads and blood did not appear, instead Grenos's covered bangs fell into the fire.
"I'll slaughter the Awoken! I won't let go of those people who organized it! Canaan sat back on the ground, picked up the jug beside him, and poured it into it.
"Hehe, count me in, I've long wanted to kick that Lemoto's lifeline." Penelope smiled strangely, reached out to hold Grus's chin again, looked at Gruns's beautiful face under her bangs, and sighed sincerely, "Anyway, I didn't expect you to be so beautiful." With that, he kissed her, and Gross reacted, and hurriedly pushed her away with a flushed face, while Penelope returned to his drunken state, and laughed triumphantly.
"Don't worry, no one will ever force you to do that kind of damn bastard thing again. I should say we'll all protect you. β