Poseidon in Arknights

"Someone wants to take advantage of this?" Kal'tsit frowned, then recalled the information she had seen in the documents. "Is that so? Does Ursus intend to deliberately let it go?"

“It seems Dr. Kal’tsit has understood.” Yuuki stepped past Kal’tsit. “I recommend that Dr. Kal’tsit go and find Wei Yanwu; he would be very interested in this matter.”

Kal'tsit turned to look at Yuuki, who was walking out the door: "I know, but Dr. Yuuki, what about you? Where are you going?"

"I just remembered something else. You guys go and carry out your plans. Don't worry about me." Yuuki left Kal'tsit's sight without looking back.

Just as Kal'tsit was about to chase after her, Red stepped forward to stop her, and handed her the golden ice ball.

“This is what my mother asked me to give you.” Red stood in front of Kal'tsit.

"Yuyue, your consultation." Exusiai peeked into the room from the doorway. "Red, Dr. Kal'tsit?"

Texas also came over, looked into the room and frowned: "Red, isn't Yuuki here?"

Red turned to Texas and Exusiai: "Mom just went out; she has other things to do."

"Hey, isn't Yuuki coming with us to rescue people?" Exusiai immediately looked surprised upon hearing this.

Texas frowned: "Where did Yuuki go?"

“She just said she has her own things to do, don’t worry about her.” Kal’tsit sighed and crossed her arms. “Anyway, our plans may have to start earlier, and Penguin Logistics, your commission needs to be changed.”

“If the mandate is changed temporarily, an additional penalty fee will be charged.” Texas looked at Kal'tsit. “Also, please explain the mandate to be changed in advance.”

"The changed mission is to escort me to Lungmen."

—————Chernberg—————

"Get out of my way, you monsters!" A man, wielding a wooden stick, shielded the child behind him. "Look what you monsters have done!!"

Several people wearing crudely made white masks looked at each other and then burst into laughter at the man in front of them.

“What are we doing?” One of them swung the iron bar in his hand and looked at the man in front of him. “Isn’t it obvious? We’re taking revenge.”

Then, he pointed the iron rod at the others who had come with him: "It's our revenge, the revenge of the infected!!!"

The man forced a sneer: "They're just a bunch of bastards!"

"..." The masked thugs suddenly fell silent. One of them ripped off his mask and spat on the ground.

The man then reached into his clothes, let out a muffled groan, and when he pulled his hand out again, he held a blood-stained fragment of Originium: "Then let's all become the bastards you're talking about, just like you!"

"What do you want to do?!" The man looked at the Originium fragment in the other person's hand in horror, and kept retreating with his child.

"Hahaha, scared now?" Another thug wielding a steel knife said, "What are you afraid of? Come on, once you become our ally, we won't hurt you."

The thug holding the Originium crystal kept advancing. Although the thug had nothing else besides the Originium fragment in his hand, the father only cared about leading his child backward.

"No, don't come here!"

"Enough! Stop it!" A voice suddenly rang out from the alley entrance. Several thugs turned around and saw a figure carrying a staff walking into the alley.

"Who are you?!"

“This is a doctor who was passing by.” Xi Yue looked at the group of thugs in front of her, “a doctor who couldn’t stand by and watch any longer.”

"Doctors? A bunch of guys who just sit in clinics!" A thug brandished an iron bar and charged forward, but fell to the ground after taking two steps.

The rioters turned around and found that the ground had somehow become covered with a layer of ice.

"Originium Arts!" The thug struggled to his feet, staring at Yuuki with terror in his eyes. "It's a caster!"

"Run!" The thugs who hadn't had time to make a move scattered like birds when they saw the ice on the ground.

Seeing that Xiyue didn't intend to make a move, the thug who had just attacked quickly retreated and escaped through another entrance of the alley.

"Sigh, they're just a bunch of rabble after all." Yuuki shook her head as she watched the fleeing thugs.

"Are you two alright?" Xi Yue looked at the father and child in front of her and extended her hand, revealing a gentle smile. "Are you hurt anywhere? Do you need any treatment?"

“No, we don’t need it!” The father shook his head, holding his child. “We don’t need anyone’s help.”

With a smile on her face, Xi Yue withdrew her hand and stepped back slightly, noticing the father's wary gaze. "Let's go quickly, there are no more people around."

"Th...thank you." The father forced a stiff smile, picked up his child, and hurried away.

"Sigh." Xi Yue shook her head. She wasn't surprised by the father's attitude. She had already saved quite a few people, and there weren't many who would immediately lower their guard against her.

"It's a really tense situation, but it's a bit strange. Why can't we find it? Logically speaking, that guy's aura should be quite obvious."

"Sigh, I still can't find it." Xi Yue scratched her head. "Well, if all else fails, I can look for those few. There are a few that I can just drag into the medical room."

"Speaking of which, I feel like I've forgotten something?" Xi Yue slung her staff over her shoulder. "Let me think. I feel like I heard someone say before I was reborn that something very sad happened in Chernobog."

Because I only got into this fandom quite late, and it was only because of my roommate's recommendation.

I'm also a bit of a "skip-the-plot" person, and I don't like to catch up on the plot, so I only have a superficial understanding of many things.

To get her hooked, that guy liked to tell her about the lore, like the crisis on Earth. Once, she even mentioned that a collection of stories about Chernobog had been released, and that it was very sad.

"Hmm..." Xi Yue couldn't put her mind at ease whenever she thought about this. "Let's do a wide-ranging search."

As Yuuki walked down the street, she fully unleashed her spiritual power, "Let me see..."

Chapter 74: The Ignition of Fury

"What a mess." In Yuuki's perception, the entire city had basically fallen.

The Reunion Movement was rioting everywhere. The infected people hiding in the city were also swayed by the Reunion Movement and joined the riots by drawing the Reunion Movement's symbol on simple wooden or paper bags.

No member of the Reunion Movement cared about those who joined midway, or even shared their weapons in a friendly manner. In this way, the entire city was engulfed by the flames of hatred.

"Ugh."

Xi Yue could only sigh and shake her head at this, as it was hard to say whose fault it was.

Are they the residents of Chernobog who are being harmed? Their homes are being destroyed, and their lives are being threatened.

However, if Chernobog hadn't persecuted the infected without any limits, they might not have joined the Reunion Movement's uprising so easily and quickly.

Everything in the world has a cause and an effect. The persecution of the infected by the residents was the cause, and now, the riots of the Reunion Movement and the infected who continue to join them are the effect.

However, this incident was not simply a matter of revenge; someone wanted to prematurely ignite this long-buried flame...

"Sigh..." Xi Yue could only shake his head and sigh. This was why he hadn't taken direct action before, but instead had spoken up and intimidated those thugs.

In this incident, perhaps from the very beginning there was no absolute relationship between victim and perpetrator.

"Hmm?" Xi Yue suddenly raised an eyebrow. "Oh, the little rabbits are pretty quick."

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In the alley, Amiya was pulling a person whose face was obscured by a hood. All that could be seen was a wisp of white hair peeking out from the hood and tired white pupils visible through the gaps between the hood and the collar.

"It's safe here, let's rest for a bit." The fully armed guard operative wearing a knitted cap, who was walking at the front, stopped and pointed to the slightly ajar door next to him.

“Hmm.” Amiya nodded, then glanced at the silent hooded figure behind her. “Doctor, be careful.”

"........."

"Something feels off." The Guardian Operator pressed herself against the wall, peering through the broken window at the outside situation. "Are the Ursus military and police so easily repelled?"

“It’s really strange.” Dubin nodded. “This riot is escalating as if the Ursus government doesn’t want it to end.”

“Furthermore, according to the information provided by Rhodes Island, the Ursus troops in the surrounding area do not seem to be advancing this way.” ACE looked at the phone in his hand, “It’s as if they are letting this situation develop unchecked.”

"That's really strange." Amiya nodded, then subconsciously glanced at the mode, only to find the Doctor looking up at the sky through the window. "Doctor, what's wrong?"

"..." The doctor withdrew his gaze. "It seems like someone is... looking at us... but it doesn't seem hostile."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing the Doctor's words, ACE immediately moved to the Doctor's side and looked out the window from the Doctor's perspective. "It seems like no one is here...Does the Doctor still have that feeling?"

"..." The doctor remained silent, only nodding to indicate that he could still sense that someone was watching them.

ACE frowned. Even though he couldn't see anyone, he trusted the doctor's intuition. So he looked up at the others and said, "We can't stay here any longer. Let's move to another location and rendezvous with the reconnaissance team as soon as possible."

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"Oh my." Yuuki stroked her chin. "Can it see me?"

"But, was the Doctor originally a woman?"

Yuzuki hasn't encountered a situation where her senses can't penetrate the sheer thickness, so the Doctor's hood makes no difference whether it's there or not.

This is also because Yuuki usually doesn't freely use her senses, and even suppresses her mental perception, because there are some things she can't see.

"White hair and silver eyes, you look so cute. Hmm... Is it because you've been lying down for too long and can't move around? Your body is a bit dry and needs to rest and recuperate."

"Found it!" A loud shout suddenly rang out from behind.

"Hmm?" Yuuki turned her head to look in the direction the voice came from. "Sarkaz mercenaries?"

"So you're the one who killed our brother?" A burly Sarkaz mercenary stepped out from the crowd.

“We didn’t kill them.” Xi Yue shook her head. “We just trapped them. If you can’t wait, you can use your knives to break the ice. At most, you can only tear off their clothes.”

"Interesting, a meddlesome doctor." The mercenary slammed his broadsword on the ground. "But you're getting closer and closer to the core city."

"Well, after all, one of the people I'm looking for is there." Yuzuki turned around and smiled at the group of mercenaries in front of her.

"Liboli, the blue-eared healer who walks the wilderness." The mercenary scanned Xiyue up and down. "Are you a member of the Faithful Healer Organization, or Faithful Healer himself?"

"Very important?"

"I owe the Trust Medical Organization a favor, which may be very important."

Yuuzuki nodded: "Yeah, that's the Sarkaz mercenary style, but..."

Xi Yue smiled and turned her head, glancing behind her out of the corner of her eye: "Looks like you're not planning to let me go?"

"If the young lady is willing to leave now, we will not make things difficult for you for the sake of the Trust in Medicine organization."

Xi Yue was about to shake her head and refuse, since catching the snake that was entwined with the red dragon was more important, but the mental energy she had just withdrawn discovered something that needed to be paid more attention to at the moment.

"..." As Xiyue frowned, the sky darkened in an instant, with countless dark clouds obscuring the sky and the entire city turning dark. Only the flames that kept burning around could still illuminate something.

"Hmm?" The Sarkaz mercenary looked up, his brow furrowing beneath his mask. "Has the natural disaster begun so soon?"

"Hey, doctor, aren't you leaving yet? Don't try to save people, or you'll get yourself killed! Where is the person?!" The mercenary turned his attention back to the disaster that had arrived ahead of schedule. He was indeed surprised, but it didn't matter; they had already prepared for the disaster.

The mercenaries were initially looking down, hoping to use the natural disaster as an excuse to politely ask Xiyue to leave. After all, mercenaries like them were bound to get injured while traveling in the wilderness, and gaining the favor of a doctor would undoubtedly be a good thing.

Therefore, he did not recommend having any goodwill towards a medical practice that seemed to be a medical organization or even the medical practitioner himself. But at this moment, he discovered that Xi Yue had disappeared from their sight at some point.

"Where is he?!" the mercenary roared at his henchmen. It was one thing for them to let the man go, but it was quite another for the doctor to have disappeared in a direction they were completely unaware of.

"No, we don't know. None of the brothers saw it." The underlings looked at each other and shook their heads, saying they hadn't seen it either.