Poseidon in Arknights

And why? The leader was with the police? Shattered Bones looked at Talulah, wanting to ask, "Why were you the first to defect?"

Because I've been writing too much lately, I'm having a headache lately, so tomorrow's update might be in the afternoon. I'll try to update in the morning, and I'll let the author get a good night's sleep tonight.

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Chapter 107: Siblings Recognize Each Other

"Leader, no, Talulah, why are you here?!" Shattered Bones looked at Talulah, who had an apologetic expression on her face, and a surge of anger rose up.

Shattered Bones struggled desperately, but the iron chair, firmly welded to the ground, remained unmoved. On the contrary, his hands, which were resting against the back of the chair, were painfully pulled by the handcuffs.

Seeing Broken Bones struggling to get off the chair, Talulah quickly tried to comfort him, saying, "Wait, wait, calm down and let me explain."

"Answer me!" Shattered Bones completely disregarded everything, knowing full well that he was completely bound, yet he still exerted tremendous force, trying to break free.

Broken Bones had completely forgotten about his sister and the search for her; all he wanted to do now was question Talulah about why she was there and why she was with these police officers.

He couldn't understand why Talulah was here now. Shouldn't Talulah be in Chernobog right now, stopping their attack?

Why? Why? He could understand why Talulah would come here, because his sister had something very important to her, but he couldn't understand why Talulah would be with the police, especially a high-ranking superintendent!

Officer Chen, this renowned Senior Superintendent, was, of course, one of the Senior Superintendents in the intelligence they initially gathered.

Even in the initial mission of the leader, it was said that if Officer Chen was in the way, it wouldn't matter if he was killed, since they would be invading Lungmen anyway.

But why? Why does Talutha seem to have such a good relationship with this Officer Chen?

"Calm down and let me explain." Talulah looked at the enraged Bonebreaker, unsure of what to do, realizing that her presence was only provoking him.

However, Talulah also knew of Shattered Bones' stubbornness. What if Shattered Bones realized that he couldn't get out and might even cause trouble for his brothers?

Shattered Bones will very likely use his Originium Arts to self-destruct using the Originium on his body as raw material.

Now that she has provoked his anger here, perhaps it can divert his attention from what he wants to do; that's just what he thinks.

The burly man standing at the door clenched his fist as he looked at the still struggling Broken Bones. He was about to open the interrogation room door when his companion pulled him back.

"Alright, alright, Old Li, take a break."

"Hey, Lao Ye, you used to have an even bigger temper than me. Do you like that kid?"

Old Ye shrugged, pointed to the nameplate on the interrogation room, and tugged at his clothes: "Alright, alright, we've cleared our names. Let's not do things like gangsters sometimes."

"Tch, alright then, what about this kid?" Old Li pointed to Sui Gu, who was still raging in the room. "We can't just let him keep yelling like this, can we?"

"We'll wait until he gets tired of shouting and stops." Old Ye glanced at the interrogation room. "And someone has gone to fetch his sister. We'll deal with that later."

"Alright, I should have followed you earlier. Old Xu went to catch those other rats." Old Li got up with a disgruntled look and walked towards the stairs. "Old Ye, I'm going to have a smoke. Want to come with me?"

"If you don't come, I'll stay here and you can go ahead and hit me."

"Okay, okay."

—————Longmen Slum South City Free Clinic—————

"Good afternoon~" An Suo strolled into the free clinic site slowly, carrying a small bag of steamed buns. "Oh, Xiaomi Sha is here too? Give me two."

"Hey, Little An Suo, you irresponsible senior, you've finally arrived?" A-Quan, who had almost fallen asleep at the table, was suddenly surprised and turned to look at An Suo. "Let me think... you've been absent from work for almost a day and a half, haven't you?"

"Where have you been? Xiaomisha has been covering for you these past two days."

"Hehe, I've just had a couple of days off, haven't I?" Yinsuo waved his hand without a trace of guilt. "Besides, I didn't really skip work, something came up, something came up~"

"What could you possibly want?" Ah Quan rolled his eyes. "You can't possibly want to go back to stealing, can you? You've finally managed to get ashore, you know?"

"Go away, go away." An Suo looked at A Quan speechlessly. "I have food and shelter now, and my salary is fixed. Why would I want to do petty theft?"

"So, what did you go to do?"

"Help me find someone named Broken Bones. I thought it was a good job, since there's someone in the slums I don't know."

Ah Quan looked at An Suo with a mocking smile: "Is your knowledge even legitimate? Are you sure you haven't stolen from every single person in the slums?"

"How could that be? I know who I can steal from and who I can't." An Su patted his chest, seemingly very proud. "As for those who shouldn't be stolen from, I won't even show my face in front of them."

"Hey, you're pretty proud of yourself." A-Quan rolled his eyes at An Suo, who was beaming with pride. "Alright, alright, let's not dig into what actually happened."

"Oh, oh, it's that Brother Ye Chen who suddenly told me last night that he was looking for someone." An Suo took out a meat bun from the bag. "Then I thought it wouldn't be too difficult, so I went to help look for someone."

"But my brother Ye Yong just called me and told me that I don't need to look anymore."

"Oh." A-Quan was about to nod when he suddenly noticed the question in An Suo's words, "Wait! You said Ye Yong only contacted you last night, so what were you doing during the day? And when did you get a cell phone?"

"It's a personal matter, a personal matter~" Realizing that she had let something slip, Suo awkwardly pulled out a very old cell phone from her pocket: "The guy who repairs old things bought it for me cheaply, it wasn't expensive, but the screen is broken, so I can only hear people calling me."

"If you want to call someone else, there's basically no way, but thankfully the redial button still works, so I can still call the person who called me last time."

"Fortunately, it's only the same few people who call me usually, so I'm not worried about not being able to contact them later. I even bought him a phone card because of that."

"Is the phone card you're talking about one of those ten-yuan cards you see in small newspapers?" A-Quan rolled his eyes at An Suo, who looked distressed. "It's amazing you could find that kind of thing that's useless except for making calls in mobile cities."

"If I remember correctly, he only makes phone calls for about 30 minutes at most?"

"Hey, don't underestimate this kind of phone card, okay?" An Su put away his precious phone. "Besides, you know so much about it, you must have used it a lot before, right?"

"Ahem." Ah Quan, who had been exposed, coughed twice and looked away. "Who hasn't been down on their luck before? And it's still pretty useful. You just need to remember to replace it often."

"That's right~" An Suo nodded repeatedly, then his rabbit ears twitched slightly as he turned his head and saw Ye Chen walking over, smoking a cigarette. "Hey, Brother Ye Chen, have you eaten yet?"

"I ate before coming here." Ye Chen stubbed out his cigarette and threw it into the trash can next to him. Then, he looked at Misha and said, "Miss Misha, I have something to ask you."

"What does Brother Ye Chen want to see me about?" Misha, who was busy packing her things, looked up at Ye Chen when she heard someone call her. "Is something wrong?"

"Ah, didn't I tell you a few days ago that someone was looking for you here?" Ye Chen looked at Misha. "We found that person, we found that Li Ren, it's your brother."

"My brother? Alex?!" Hearing Ye Chen's words, You Xia's eyes widened, seemingly in disbelief. "He's still alive? Is he alright?"

"Still alive." Ye Chen nodded. "It's just that it's not too bad, even if it's over..."

Ye Chen looked at Misha, seemingly hesitant about whether he should tell her or not. After all, his younger brother was the culprit who destroyed his hometown, and this might be unacceptable to a little girl.

"Where is he now?" Misha looked at Ye Chen, who seemed hesitant, and a bad feeling began to rise in her heart. "Can I see him?"

"Of course, come with me." Ye Chen nodded, then looked at An Suo beside him, "Work properly, I didn't see you all day yesterday."

"Hehe, it's a bit of a personal matter. Didn't I help Brother Ye Chen out too?" An Suo scratched her head. After all, she had indeed been slacking off all day yesterday and had left the work here to Misha, which was a fact. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to be exposed at this time.

"That's fine then." Ye Chen looked at An Suo helplessly. He knew that this guy was definitely the type who would readily admit his mistakes but would never repent, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Just focus on your work today, even if it's quiet." Ye Chen looked around and saw that compared to the long lines that formed around the free clinic a week ago, there weren't many people there now.

Not so many people get injured every day, and not all injured people have time to come for treatment. It's normal that this kind of thing doesn't last long.

Ye Chen glanced at Misha, who was standing beside him looking at him somewhat uneasily: "Let's go, Misha."

"Okay, sure." Misha nodded. She had just noticed Ye Chen's silence and had a sense of unease about her brother's current situation.

She had a premonition that her younger brother's situation might not be good, or that he might have committed a crime, and that the matter might not be minor. Otherwise, Ye Chen's older brother's silence just now would have seemed very strange.

Even more terrifying thoughts crossed Misha's mind: "Please, Alex, please don't think it's what I'm thinking, please."

—————Longmen Slums, Longmen Guard Bureau Branch—————

Kal'tsit looked up at the Lungmen Guard Bureau sign on the slightly dilapidated house, then glanced at the residents around her who were somewhat avoiding her.

After learning about Broken Bones and Misha's identities yesterday, she asked Officer Chen to contact her once he found them, as she needed to resolve something.

As for the Doctor and Amiya, she sent them to find another Reunion member in Lungmen.

Of course, given his cunning, if he discovers that the situation in the slums of Lungmen's Lower City is not as Talulah described, he might choose to evacuate immediately.

"Hmm?" Ye Chen led Misha to the entrance of the Guard Bureau and looked at Kal'tsit standing there. "What brings you here, ma'am?"

“…” Kal’tsit turned her head, her gaze passing over Ye Chen and Misha, who was following behind him with an uneasy expression. “No, nothing’s wrong for now.”

"Hmm..." Ye Chen looked at Kal'tsit in confusion. Who would stand in the Guard Bureau for no reason, especially here?

Is this guy here to cause trouble? Ye Chen looked at Kal'tsit with suspicion, but looking at Kal'tsit's outfit, he felt that it didn't seem like it.

Ye Chen glanced at Misha, who looked anxious and had become even more uneasy since arriving at the Guard Bureau.

They decided to leave Kal'tsit aside for the time being and take Misha inside first.

—————Interrogation Room—————

"Huff... huff..." Exhausted from shouting, Broken Bones looked at Talulah, who had an apologetic expression. "So, this is what you wanted?"

"How many of us sacrificed our lives to make our plans possible?" Shattered Bones' eyes blazed with fury. "Where do you think you're taking their sacrifices? To our leader?"

“That’s precisely why I can’t continue,” Talulah said, looking at the broken bones. “If we continue according to our original plan, we’ll gain nothing.”

"The situation of those infected will not improve in any way."

"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense!" Shattered Bones stared intently at Talulah. "We've already taken one down, and the situation for the Infected will improve, you said that!"

"Have you thought about how we'll face the retaliation?" Talulah slammed her hand on the table. "Ask yourself honestly, how can we possibly defeat the Ursus army?"

"If we had followed our original plan, what would have happened if we had used Chernobog to ram the goal? Isn't it obvious enough?"

"..." Having vented his anger, Broken Bones finally had the mind to think about Talulah's meaning. Yes, what would happen if they followed their plan?

That's the most obvious answer. They used a mobile city that originally belonged to Ursus to collide with a mobile city belonging to Yan, and the resulting impact should be obvious.

The best-case scenario is that the Reunion Movement is wiped out by either of the two countries' armies alone, the two countries shake hands and make peace, and finally reunite to begin persecuting the infected?

Wait, what's the point of their actions? Alex wants to save the infected, but their actions are making their situation even worse. What exactly are they trying to achieve...?

“Think about it carefully, Alex.” Talulah stepped forward and patted Alex’s head. “We should not be blinded by the rage of revenge. We are the first flame of the Infected. We can be born from anger, but we must never become the new anger.”

“And now…” Talulah looked towards the door. “You two should get along better.”

Talulah beckoned to Chen Huijie, who was sitting to the side. Chen Huijie sighed helplessly and tossed the key to the handcuffs on the chair to Talulah.

Talulah bent down to unlock the handcuffs on Broken Bones. Just then, the door opened, and Misha, standing in the doorway, watched as Broken Bones, whose head was bandaged, murmured softly.

"Alex?"

Chapter 108: "Prank"

“Misha…” Alex looked at his sister and didn’t know what to do.

Misha looked at her brother and was about to approach him when she was startled by the Reunion Movement armband on the table. Her greatest sense of unease suddenly came true.

"Why did you join the Reunion Movement?" Misha questioned the bewildered Alex. "What are you doing? Why are you here?!"