Arknights' Lock of Heaven

“Kal’tsit, I think you’re hiding something from us,” Ascalon said sternly. “Knowing you as I do, if this were all, you wouldn’t have let him out so easily.”

Upon hearing this, Kroos and the others nearby also perked up their ears.

After all, Kal'tsit is really too abnormal in this regard.

Seeing the crowd staring intently at her, Kal'tsit hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

She was still thinking about what kind of message to release...

"Look, look, you're still the same, still with the same expression."

"I know without even guessing that you're hiding something big from us."

Ascalon crossed her arms and said coldly, "What, do you think we're not qualified to know?"

"If you just say yes, I promise I won't ask any more questions."

"I think I know what she's hiding..."

Just then, the doctor, who was lying dead to the side, suddenly spoke up.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to her.

For the first time, Kal'tsit showed a panicked expression.

Doctor... she never doubted this person's intelligence.

If it were her... she might actually be able to see something.

After all, Xia Yu has stopped hiding herself since Chernobog, and she even had a private meeting with the Doctor in Wolumonde.

Kal'tsit was also certain that the Doctor had managed to extract some information from Xia Yu.

“God-people,” the doctor uttered softly, “and the most elite God-people at that.”

"Although we cannot determine his race, he is definitely not an ordinary person."

"People of the gods?"

Upon hearing this, Kroos immediately spoke up, asking, "I've seen gods before, but this is outrageous..."

“Yes, even as a citizen of the gods, he’s gone a bit too far,” the doctor sighed. “I’ll just tell you one thing and you’ll understand.”

"He can fly."

"What?" Ascaron raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

“I can fly!”

"..."

Is it the 'flying' I understand it to be?

“It’s probably even more outrageous than you think,” the Doctor shrugged. “According to Amiya, even with someone by her side, Xia Yu can still fly more nimbly in the sky than a bird.”

"Amiya?" Warfarin couldn't help but ask, "How is this related to Amiya again?"

"Because on Rhodes Island, the person he was closest to was not even Kal'tsit, with whom he had the most contact, but Amiya."

The doctor replied casually, "He even revealed this secret to Amiya after their first meeting, and I don't know why."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Kal'tsit breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, it wasn't the most critical secret that was exposed.

But... does the Doctor really only know this much?

"It can fly..."

Ascalon's eyes lit up. "It can still fly nimbly!"

“If it were equipped with that kind of cannon…” Kroos added.

"No wonder you dared to let him out, Kal'tsit."

Those who have come down from the battlefield know best what this means.

Absolute air superiority.

If we equip them with the full gear, let alone the nations of Terra, even if we went back to the United States in its previous life, without using any other power, just the ability to fly and the electromagnetic cannon would be enough to give the world police a run for their money.

If he had been involved in the civil war back then, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

“Flight…” Kroos said with a complicated expression, “Such Originium Arts have appeared before, but…”

“But there are too many incredible things about him,” the doctor knew what she wanted to say and picked up the conversation directly, “Based on my judgment, he is a god, and the highest level of god.”

"It's a completely different concept from what we have now."

“Seriously,” the Doctor looked up at the crowd, “tell me, did he really just fall from the sky, or did you dig him out of some grave, Kal'tsit?”

"Really, I can accept it if you tell me which ruin or grave you dug him out of."

“This… it really did fall down on its own,” Kroos said with a complicated expression. “I was the one who led the team to patch up the hole it made.”

“Seriously, I suspect he’s not from this era at all,” the doctor said seriously. “You know I have amnesia.”

"Aside from some basic common sense, I know almost nothing about this world."

"But in my interactions with him, I discovered that his situation was similar to mine."

"Although he claims to be a citizen of Yan, to put it jokingly, he doesn't even know the name of Yan's capital!"

"In such a large area as the two capitals and thirteen circuits, he couldn't even say where his home was. Every time, he would just brush it off with a remote little village."

"We don't understand natural disasters, mobile cities, or many other things that exist today."

"But his way of thinking is clearly not that of someone who came from barbarism. To put it bluntly, I think he even comes from a society completely different from ours."

"Because in some ways I found his performance too naive, while in other ways his insight was remarkably sharp."

"So to be honest, he's not some ancient relic you dug up somewhere. He's just one of those things from the time of the gods that I saw in the documents..."

“I can assure you, no,” Kal’tsit finally spoke, “I had never even seen him before he showed up uninvited.”

"otherwise……"

Otherwise, they would have recruited such a strongman back then during the civil war.

On this point, everyone is quite convinced.

As for whether Xia Yu came for Amiya's Demon King power?

They weren't worried about that at all.

Just kidding, someone who harbors ill will towards the Demon King can deceive him.

Even if Amiya is immature, she can still tell right from wrong.

The fact that she was willing to get close to Xia Yu meant that this person definitely wouldn't be interested in her.

"After all that, we still don't know his background..."

Ascalon sighed and touched his long horns in distress.

"But as long as it's reliable, that's fine."

“And,” she looked at the Doctor and Kal'tsit, “you’re revealing all this, are you two working together to hide something from us?”

“Exactly, exactly,” Kroos said, always eager for drama, “I think so too.”

"Do you think I like him that much?" Upon hearing this, the doctor immediately became agitated.

Do you know what kind of life I've had these past few days?

His tone was almost tearful.

"Thirteen books! Thirteen massive volumes covering all aspects of Kazimierz, along with hundreds of hours of various videos. Do you know how much I sacrificed to study these things?"

That usually soft and gentle voice now sounded like it was about to cry.

You could tell from their voice that they were deeply wronged.

"For Rhodes Island's future cooperation with Kazimierz, for the forces that can be won over by the Business Federation, and for Rhodes Island to gain a foothold in Kazimierz, do you know how much I've sacrificed these past few days???"

"And then? And then?"

The doctor cried out hoarsely, "Because of his actions! All my preparations and plans for allies have been ruined!"

"After he made those remarks on the field, who would still be willing to cooperate with us? Even if there is profit to be made, do you know how much effort I will have to put in to persuade those companies?"

"My entire plan, which I had filled a notebook with, is now ruined..."

"And it seems he's planning something even bigger... Who'll clean up the mess for him then?"

"You?" the doctor asked, pointing to Ascalon.

The latter awkwardly touched the corner and lowered his head guiltily.

"Still you?" The Doctor pointed at Kroos, who was stirring things up.

“I still have engineering work to do…” Kroos turned her head away. “Speaking of which, you and I are both victims. I still have a ton of his orders…”

And you're just stirring things up!

The doctor glared at her fiercely.