Arknights' Lock of Heaven

“However, Doctor,” Mudrock reminded her, seeing her smug look, “the Captain’s team doesn’t produce many of this level of magical weaponry.”

"Using it like this is a bit too wasteful."

"Hey, hey, hey, is this the famous Magic Armor?"

Upon hearing this, Red Bean stared wide-eyed at the golden light on the Doctor's body.

"What's the use of this?"

It's normal for her to be curious, after all, there are too many monks and not enough porridge. With so many people on Rhodes Island, Xia Yu couldn't possibly arm everyone all at once.

There's no need for that. It's not a matter of life and death. Kazimir is very safe right now, so we can take it slow.

The first to be deployed are naturally the elite operators and their squads; everyone else has to wait their turn.

"Oh, don't worry," the doctor shook his head upon hearing this. "I'm not a spendthrift. This is just a special effect, meant to fool people. I specifically asked your captain for it."

"How could the real stuff be wasted in a place like this?"

The doctor said without blushing at all.

301 Hermann

"Haha...hahaha...hahahaha!!!"

He jumped from the second floor, looked at the empty street, turned around and jumped into the alley.

Then he started laughing hysterically.

"Haha...hahaha...blanch!!!"

Rhodes Island!!!

His eyes were bloodshot, he was panting heavily, and he muttered through gritted teeth, "Why do you outsiders have to come and ruin my plans!"

"Just you wait and see. Once I get back to the safe house, I'll make the news about the volcano public and see how you'll clean up this mess in Siesta!"

"Hmph! I laugh at that doctor's recklessness and lack of wisdom. Does he think he can capture me like this?"

He encouraged himself and boosted his confidence by talking to himself.

"If it were me, I would surround the entire city hall right now! So that there would be no escape!"

"Heh heh heh... Soon," he said with a ruthless look, "you'll know the price of letting me go!"

"So what?" Just then, a voice came from the alley entrance.

Helag stood at the alley entrance, holding his longsword, and asked with interest, "What is the price you speak of?"

"I'm still quite curious."

"You, you, you..." Kronin couldn't even speak properly when he saw this.

"Last time, the Doctor from Rhodes Island and Miss Ceylon from your city jumped out of that window."

Herag shook his head and said, "The tide has turned. Now it's Mr. Kronin, the messenger of Siesta's calamity, who has jumped out of the window."

"Life may be very unpredictable, sir."

"You...you! Where are my men? Where are my men?!"

Kronin looked utterly incredulous; he had clearly arranged for people to be there!

He screamed hysterically as he slowly backed away.

“Putting it here will affect the tourists’ visit,” Herag shrugged upon hearing this. “By the way, these two ladies have been waiting for you here for a long time.”

Kronin turned around and saw Black standing at the other end of the alley, carrying a heavy crossbow, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

Ceylon stood beside her.

"Black... the two of you standing together means that..."

A flicker of despair crossed Kronin's eyes.

“Your plan has been exposed, Kronin,” Ceylon sneered. “Surrender now.”

"So you all knew?" Kronin's expression changed several times before finally settling on a blank face.

"How long can such a simple deception last?"

Ceylon smiled slightly.

"...Miss Ceylon told me about the volcano."

Hei stepped forward. "So you not only tampered with the volcano monitoring data, but also claimed that Miss was spreading rumors."

"Because we both know. We know everything Herman did!"

Upon hearing this, Kronen's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Otherwise, why would you believe me as soon as I tell you?"

"It's because those things are real!"

"If you know anything, just say it."

Just then, a voice came from behind Ceylon and Black.

“Kronin, go on, but you also have to tell me exactly what you did while I was ‘on a business trip’.”

“Father?” Upon hearing this, Ceylon turned around in astonishment.

"How did you end up here?" Kronin was also very puzzled.

“Surprised, Kronin?” Siesta’s mayor, Herman, nodded toward the black figure and then looked at Kronin.

“Even after I explicitly banned the mining of obsidian from volcanoes, newly mined obsidian is still circulating in the market.”

“The mining team appeared at the crater many times, but no one reported it to me.”

"The final extracted goods have been transferred multiple times and have been sent to the abandoned warehouse of the city hall."

"After I ordered the allocation of funds to provide various forms of assistance to patients with Oripathy in Siesta, rumors of unfair treatment against them emerged in the city."

Herman narrowed his eyes. "Have any of these things surprised you?"

"Tch..." Kronin gritted his teeth upon hearing this.

It seems my plan was exposed too early.

"These things surprised me so much that I was furious and uneasy!"

"What are you angry about?" Kronin sneered. "Are you angry because of your so-called people, or because someone dared to disobey your orders?"

He looked at Hermann, then at Ceylon behind him, his gaze seeming to say, "Speak up!"

Let your innocent daughter see what kind of person you really are?

“Both,” Hermann readily admitted, “I am angry that someone would dare to disregard the safety of citizens, and I am also angry that someone would ignore my words.”

"What's wrong? Do you think I'm a coward who can't even admit to something this small?"

Upon hearing this, Kronin fell silent.

"In order to find out the truth about these things, I spread the word that I was leaving the city and had Hei as my subordinate to investigate the truth in the city for me."

Seeing this, Hermann continued, "It's a pity, Kronin. Originally, I wouldn't have minded sharing some things with you, but you were too impatient."

"I used to think highly of you."

"I even thought about setting you up with Ceylon. After all, you know she can't inherit Siesta. My daughter isn't cut out for it."

Hermann said frankly.

"Father!!!"

The people who find this most unacceptable are Ceylon, who is behind him.

"How can you……"

“I told you, I was just trying to set you up,” she began, but Herman turned to her and shrugged. “After seeing that you weren’t interested, I gave up.”

"This……"

Ceylon was speechless upon hearing this.

But Kronin, standing before him, had much more to say.

"Me? Impatient?"

He sneered and spat at Hermann.

"Pooh!"

"Isn't everything I've done for this city? Isn't it all thanks to you who taught me?"

His face contorted with rage. "The Balu family ten years ago, the TV tower collapse eight years ago, and how do you plan to convince..."

"Oh, perhaps annexation would be a better word? I saw exactly how you annexed the Tarak tribe!"

Cronin screamed hysterically, "Isn't this all what you taught me?"

"Now, you stand before me, dressed in a suit and tie, exuding righteousness. Are you trying to say that everything you did in the past never happened?"

Everything I have is something I learned from you!