Arknights' Lock of Heaven

To make them compromise so quickly... it seems I underestimated Mr. Xia Yu's strength. Could he have kidnapped someone from the Tower Nobles and threatened them to come to the rescue?

If that's the case... should we pack our things and run away immediately?

"No, no, not at all," Xia Yu shook her head modestly in the face of their horrified gazes. "Do I look like such a violent person? It's a joyous occasion, after all. It would be terrible to cause trouble at a wedding."

Hearing this, Anto breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't cause a scene at the wedding.

But she clearly doesn't know Xia Yu well enough.

"It's not good to cause trouble at the wedding, so it must be before the wedding, right?" The doctor sneered, not buying Xia Yu's act. "Tell me, what exactly did you do? How serious is it?"

"I need to decide based on your explanation whether we should just run away with the buckets or continue with the original plan."

"I didn't do anything special. I just met with the newlyweds in a quiet environment before the wedding to discuss the problems Wolumonde is currently facing."

"Then we had a full exchange of opinions with the two patriarchs, and they finally agreed to the rescue of Wolumond, which made everyone happy."

"As for how big the matter is..." Xia Yu stroked her chin, "Even if they recognize me, I can only pretend I don't know them. That's about it."

Hearing this, Anto was stunned. What did he mean by "even if I recognize you, I can only pretend I don't know you"?

Then, based on the context, she seemed to have guessed something.

"You're not going to just smash through the entire tower and use the head of the clan leader to negotiate with them, are you?"

The doctor said quietly.

"What, do you think I'm such a violent person?" Xia Yu glanced at the professor, speaking confidently, "I didn't hurt a single person!"

"Yes, not a single person was hurt!" The doctor gave a helpless, bitter smile. "You didn't hurt a single person, yet you still came running over to help like a puppy. You clearly suffered a loss but didn't dare utter a sound. Even if you saw them in the end, you wouldn't dare admit it..."

That means you must have done something more terrible than murder.

The doctor rubbed his temples, looking troubled.

Although it may seem that I don't need to clean up the mess myself, I should still contact the Mainz family just to be on the safe side.

Why would Rhodes Island send itself to this place thousands of miles away when it is in the midst of a critical moment to rescue the residents of Chernobyl?

It's all because Kal'tsit is afraid that her own Ivan will quietly cause a big stir in Letania.

I'm just here to clean up his mess.

In retrospect, Kal'tsit's concerns were not unfounded. Although it was not the worst-case scenario she had anticipated, and one could even say that the outcome was acceptable, the Doctor had already foreseen what would happen next.

Xia Yu registered as a field operator...

This means he will be traveling a lot in the future.

Does this mean I'll have to follow him around and clean up his messes from now on?

This time it's alright, but what if one day it really can't be contained anymore?

While these efforts are a huge win for Rhodes Island in maintaining a basic strategic deterrent, the cleanup work will ultimately fall on our shoulders!

Thinking of this, the professor slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

No, I need to have a serious talk with Niyan. Since she's the vice-captain, she has to do her job well! She needs to fulfill her duties as vice-captain, and hopefully one day she can persuade Xia Yu from above not to cause too much trouble.

But before he even left the house, he met with Fen, who had come to report.

"Doctor, the city hall wants to see you in a meeting!"

Hearing this, the Doctor sighed resignedly, glanced back at Xia Yu with resentment, and finally walked towards the City Hall in despair, escorted by Fen and her squad.

To be honest, Finn's team came here temporarily seeking help.

Their original mission was not to accompany the Doctor, but they encountered some problems along the way and had to come here to seek help from the nearest Rhodes Island doctor, Anto.

They will leave in a couple of days.

As for what it is...

……

14:51

Anto's camp.

"You're still not full..." Anto pressed down on Miss Perot, whose eyes were wide as she stuffed food into her mouth. "You can't eat anymore!"

Then, turning to the temporary caregiver, he said, "Didn't I tell her not to eat too much or too varied food these days?"

"This..." The caregiver was very embarrassed. In the end, she had disobeyed the doctor's orders, but she still softened when faced with a little girl who was staring at her with innocent big eyes and telling her that she was very hungry.

Since they were hired temporarily from the surrounding residents, there's not much that can be done if their quality isn't up to standard.

“But I’m still hungry,” Miss Perrot said reluctantly, putting down her food. “I’m not full yet.”

"Are you trying to kick me out? Can I have one more bite before I leave?"

“I know you’re still hungry,” Anto sighed, his tone gentle, “but you’ve been starving for too long. Eating so much at once now could make you sick. You need to adjust little by little.”

“We won’t kick you out. I’m a doctor, and you’re my patient.”

“I don’t understand,” Miss Perrot said, her innocent eyes filled with great confusion. “I only know that it’s very uncomfortable to be hungry.”

“Sigh,” Anto said, “I don’t know what to do with this Pelo whose origins are unknown.”

She didn't even know her own name; she was brought here after her team, which attacked Finn because of her stutter, was subdued.

They originally planned to send her to the Letania branch, but seeing that it seemed closer to their own location and that the Doctor also had plans to return, they decided to send her here hoping that Anto could help her recover and then have the Doctor take her back to Rhodes Island.

After all, given the girl's condition, staying in Letania is not a good idea.

But this girl... Anto really couldn't do anything with her. She was like a blank sheet of paper, not even knowing some basic common sense, and had lived in the wilderness for many years.

Unlike many people, she simply didn't have this concept in her mind, so explaining medical advice was completely useless to her.

The only way is to teach her slowly over time.

But the current situation is undoubtedly very distressing.

“Well then,” Mudrock sighed, squatted down and said to Miss Perot on the hospital bed, “Listen to me, do you want to go back? Back to those days when we were eating our next meal in the wilderness.”

Hearing this, Miss Perrot was stunned, her lips trembling. "Are you all kicking me out too?"

Anto became anxious upon hearing this, but was calmed down by Niyan.

“If you promise me you won’t eat too much each day, you can stay,” Mudrock said, taking off his helmet. “If you can do that, I’ll give you a little more food each day.”

"It won't be long before you're full, well, five nights later, I promise you."

“I see…” Miss Perrot’s brows furrowed in worry, and she fidgeted uncomfortably.

In the end, however, she chose the latter over a full meal, reluctantly handing over the remaining food with both hands.

"Big guy, you'd better keep your word!"

Anto put away the bread in her hand and sighed helplessly.

Miss Perot's reluctant gaze made her look like a villain who had stolen the last of the food from an innocent little girl.

But it was all for her health. I had no choice. I couldn't just watch her overeat and die from her body, which was riddled with holes from Oripathy.

After tidying up, Anto and Niyan dragged their exhausted bodies out of the ward.

Miss Perot lay on the bed, clutching the blanket, staring wide-eyed at the top of the tent, lost in thought.

I knew a figure was quietly walking in.

"I heard you didn't eat enough?"

The figure carrying the food looked like a fairy in Miss Perrot's eyes.

"I have lots of food here," the figure said, pulling out a whole, fragrant roast duck from behind her back.

"Want to eat?"

Miss Perot nodded subconsciously, then, recalling what the big guy had said earlier, she immediately shut her mouth and tried to look away.

But no matter how she turned her face, her eyes remained fixed on the delicious-looking roast duck.

Saliva gradually became uncontrollable and slowly overflowed from her tightly closed mouth.

Finally, Miss Perrot simply covered her face with the blanket to resist the temptation of the roast duck.

Looking at Ceobe curled up in a ball on the bed, oh, she doesn't have that name yet. The Vulcan who named her is still forging iron on Rhodes Island.

Xia Yu slowly tore off a duck leg and pretended to smell it.

"Delicious!"

A pair of eyes appeared when the blanket was pulled down, staring intently at the roast duck in his hand.

"Want to eat?"

The little head under the blanket immediately nodded.

"Then eat," Xia Yu said generously, handing over a whole roasted duck.

The silly dog ​​ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food.

He snatched it with a whoosh, covered his head with the blanket, and began to devour it.

It's as if not being caught means you're not stealing food. It's just a pity that while a blanket can block out sight, it can't block out sound.

It feels like burying one's head in the sand.