K424 of the Collapse World

(Could it be...?!)

With a nervous mood, Shilis put away the old terminal again, lowered her body, and walked towards the only building with lights on in the distance...

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In front of the office desk, a white man in a shirt sat on a chair, calmly reading a book in his hand. A black security uniform was hanging on the hanger next to him, but the man's sturdy figure and the pistol next to him clearly showed that he was not an ordinary orphanage security guard.

However, in the old Cocolia orphanage, people like this were common. As a warlord, Cocolia would give other jobs to his retired soldiers, and some of the trustworthy soldiers entered Cocolia's orphanage and became cleaners, gardeners, and security guards...

After the original orphanage was abandoned, it is understandable that someone would be left to look after this owned land.

412 Easier Way >>

"Ok?"

The middle-aged man suddenly frowned, and saw the door of the office suddenly opened slightly, making a creaking sound, as if it was blown open by the wind. But the middle-aged man remembered clearly that he would lock the door every time he entered the room...

He slowly put down the book and went to check, but when he saw the door lock, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The door lock that was supposed to be located above the handle has disappeared, leaving only the unpainted wooden board!

"What the hell! What's going on...?!"

The man's pupils shrank slightly, and as the terrible guesses flashed through his mind, goose bumps appeared all over his body. The next moment, he was about to turn around to take the pistol he had placed on the table, but with a sudden voice, the man's movements suddenly froze...

"Sorry to bother you at night..."

A gentle girl's voice sounded from behind, but the girl's voice seemed extremely strange in the silent room. The man was startled, and then he instinctively clenched his fist and leaned over, throwing a fierce backswing punch behind him!

——Bang!

However, the fleeting silver shadow and the fist crossed each other, and the man's attack unexpectedly missed, and he couldn't stop his fist and smashed it on the wooden cabinet behind him! As wood chips flew, blood oozed from his fist, splashing in the air with delayed pain...

"Please don't be nervous, I just want to ask a few questions."

The girl's voice came from behind again, with the same tone. The man did not act rashly this time. Cold sweat had already seeped out of his forehead, but he forced himself to calm down, exhaled calmly, and then raised his hands to show surrender.

"Who are you? A Valkyrie?"

"I'm not a Valkyrie, my name is Shilis, and I used to be a member of this orphanage..."

"Siris?"

Hearing this, the man was slightly startled, and tried to turn his head slowly. Seeing that the girl did not stop him, he turned around completely. It was only at this moment that he fully witnessed the true appearance of the silver-haired girl.

"Although your hair color is different... you are indeed Miss Shilis."

"Huh? You know me?"

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of her, the girl tilted her head and asked with a little curiosity. She had no weapons in her hands, and her loose and casual posture seemed full of loopholes. But thinking of the rumors about the girl and the strange way the other party moved just now, he had no intention of continuing to fight...

"I used to be a security guard here. There aren't many children in the orphanage, so I can basically recognize them all... But, Ms. Shilis, although a nobody like me is not qualified to access deep intelligence, I heard that you have betrayed Lady Cocolia?"

The man said calmly, his eyes sharpening. Even though he was at a disadvantage, he did not lose the slightest bit of momentum. But in Shiris's eyes, his nervousness was completely exposed.

(Not qualified to access deep intelligence? In other words... he probably doesn't know about my subsequent invasion of the laboratory. It seems that he can use this to his advantage... But, what is his understanding of me? Am I an ordinary girl? Or a young soldier? A Honkai creature?)

Shirley's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked at him seriously and nodded slightly.

In the man's eyes, the silver-haired girl who was biting her lips seemed to have a hint of sadness on her face.

"I guess so... After all, I was ignorant at that time and broke Cocolia's mother's heart. It's my own fault to be considered a betrayer... But now I just want to see my mother and everyone... Uncle, since you think I am

Traitor, why didn't you catch me right away?"

"Haha... Stop kidding. I don't dare to attack the top special forces. When you defected six years ago, the regular special forces couldn't stop you, let alone a retired soldier like me who has not been trained..."

After hearing his words, the girl smiled. As if she was proud of her own strength being recognized, she showed a proud but slightly bitter smile. At least in the man's eyes, the girl's tearful smile could only be explained in this way.

"I see... I've been completely exposed. This is really a headache. Forget it. Uncle, can you tell me where the orphanage has moved to?"

The girl's voice was a little trembling, and tears seemed to be flashing in her eyes. The middle-aged man saw it, but was completely unmoved. Feeling that the girl had lost her will to fight, he slowly put down his hands and pretended to be unconscious.

"Although Lady Cocolia has not issued a wanted notice for you, you are no longer a child in an orphanage. I will not tell important information to an irrelevant person. Miss Shilis, if there is nothing else, please leave."

"No! At least tell me how to find Cocolia's mother!"

"..."

"Please... I just want to see my mom now, even if you can just contact her for me..."

As the girl spoke, she raised her hands to cover her eyes, her trembling voice taking on a hint of crying, but the man just looked at her, a flash of pity in his eyes, and remained silent.

He couldn't tell if what the girl said was true. If she approached Cocolia with a special purpose, she must not easily reveal the location of the new orphanage...

Thinking of this, the man exhaled, put on an attitude of an elder, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Please go back, Miss Hillis. With your skills, it would be easy for you to find a place to stay in the warlord war zone in Siberia. Why do you have to go back to this orphanage?"

"...I see, no matter what I say, you won't tell me, right?"

The girl suddenly responded, lowering her head slightly and weakly dropping her hands that were covering her eyes.

(Tsk... such a difficult guy, if that's the case...)

So, if I find the laboratory in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, I can find Mother Cocolia, right?"

"...!"

Hearing this, the man's expression suddenly became tense.

"Lady Cocolia is not in the lab! It would be useless even if you went there!"

"But there must be clues to her there! I just want to find my mom...no matter what the cost."

Shilis pretended to be impulsive, turned around and walked towards the door...

"stop!"

As the man shouted, the sound of a bullet being loaded was heard. The girl turned her head and looked at the muzzle of the gun pointed at her with tearful eyes, sneering.

"Are you trying to stop me, Mr. Security?"

"...As a soldier, I cannot allow you to invade important military facilities, Miss Shilis, I have changed my mind. I will contact Lady Cocolia for you later, but in return, you cannot leave this room before receiving orders!"

Hearing this, the girl was slightly stunned and lowered her head so that her expression could not be seen clearly.

"What if I don't want to?"

"Even if you're a kid, I won't show mercy...! No matter how powerful you are, you can't dodge a bullet!"

"..."

Shirley was slightly stunned, a smile of victory flashed across her face, and then she made her choice with action.

——She raised her hands obediently.

413 Daily Life in the Orphanage

The soldier's efficiency did not disappoint Hillary. After she sat down in the chair obediently, the man walked to the other end of the room, took out something that looked like a communicator from his pocket, and began to communicate in a low voice with someone on the other end of the communication.

During this process, the pistol in his right hand never left Shirley's body. However, the girl could easily see that the man's gun was pointing at her shoulder...

(What an unnecessary kindness. But perhaps that’s why Cocolia chose this soldier as the security guard of the orphanage…)

Putting her hands on her thighs, Shirley did not do anything extra to test the man's bottom line, nor did she step forward to grab the communicator. Because she could clearly hear the voice on the other side of the terminal. It was not Cocolia's voice, but a man's voice, who should be the superior officer of this soldier. The man was also seriously reporting what he should explain. After the report here was finished, the news about his here would be reported to Cocolia...

"I have informed the head of the intelligence department of the situation. The information about you is actually the top priority set by Lady Cocolia. Wait a moment. I should be able to get a response soon."

"Thank you, uncle."

She nodded to the man and thanked him.

Shirley fell silent and continued to sit in the same position as before, without moving.

"Don't be so nervous, little girl. This gun has never killed a child. As long as you don't do anything reckless, I will definitely not break this precedent."

"Hey...uncle, with your principles, you are destined not to live long in Russia, where there are many young soldiers..."

"Haha... Come to think of it, my comrade-in-arms also said the same thing, but don't worry, I'm already fifty years old this year, and if that comrade-in-arms who advised me to change my principles has a grave, the grass on his grave should be three feet high..."

"..."

"Being mentally resolute and ruthless can't make up for all weaknesses. If you are not strong enough, even if you are cautious, you will still die in dangers you are not aware of."

"It sounds like you are an extremely experienced veteran, right?"

"I've retired. Don't take what I said just now seriously. It's not life experience, it's just a useless obsession. If my daughter hadn't died in that war, maybe I wouldn't have such an obsession... Never mind. A girl of your age wouldn't understand this feeling."

"......"

The man shook his head and the muzzle of the gun pointed at the girl's body slowly moved down again, from her shoulder to her thigh, and finally landed on the ground under the girl's feet.

Shirley remained silent and did not respond.

Rather than revealing unnecessary information and causing suspicion, it is better to just remain silent at this time.

"Hmm? It's so fast... The response from the headquarters has arrived. Lady Cocolia has sent someone to pick you up. They will arrive at this abandoned orphanage within three minutes. Get ready to go, Miss Shilis."

"Isn't Mama Cocolia going to talk to me?"

“I received no such instruction.”

"Okay... I get it."

Shilis slowly stood up and bowed slightly to the man. At this time, the man had put away his pistol and no longer pointed it at the girl.

"Oh, by the way, there is something I must tell you in advance. Remember to cooperate with the requirements of the contact party. As long as you can be well-behaved and sensible like you are now, they should not make things difficult for you. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen."

The man added as Shilis walked by.

"them?"

"Lord Cocolia has issued a special order. The troops dispatched from the headquarters to support you are a whole mixed armored squadron. Haha... Miss Shilis, it seems that Lord Cocolia still cares about your safety... With such an armed configuration, even if you are attacked by Honkai beasts, nothing will happen..."

"Hmm...Mother is still as considerate as before."

Out of sight of the man, the girl couldn't help but roll her eyes. She herself knew what the mother was on guard against...

(I wonder how big a show it will be... But, other than making you feel a little more at ease, it has no meaning to me...)

In a small city on the East Siberian Plain, a group of buildings that look like a private school is located on the edge of the city. In this area far away from the city center, there are no crowded traffic and roaring whistles, and everything seems extremely quiet.

This place was originally an abandoned park. This building was suddenly built here a few years ago. Many residents don’t know what it is. However, ordinary people don’t have much interest in such a remote and unknown building. What’s more, there are not many residential communities nearby, and only a few people in the entire city know about the existence of this building.

The "school" is tightly enclosed by high walls, and there are security guards standing guard at the front and back doors. Even if curious children want to sneak in, they will be scared away by the burly security guards with fierce looks.

There is no doubt that this large building complex must be a legal building, but in this situation where no one cares, what is inside this inconspicuous "primary school"? Even after a long time, few people know...

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In the large room that looked like a restaurant, all the chairs beside the dining table were moved to an open space. The young children sat on the chairs, forming a circle, and stared intently at the two figures in the middle of the open space...

There were about a dozen children in total, the oldest of whom looked only about 14 or 15 years old, and the youngest was only 6 or 7 years old. For a school that occupies a large area, this number was obviously too small. However, in this place where no visitors were allowed to enter, the environment here was destined not to be seen by irrelevant passers-by.

"Ah, I finally meet you, Sister Shilis."

"Yeah~! I missed you too, Xing!"

The tape recorder on the dining table not far away was playing low and sad music.

Under the gaze of the children, the two girls standing in the middle hugged each other tightly, like lovers, calling each other's names tenderly and affectionately.

"apricot......"

"Sister Shilis..."

"I won't leave you again, Xing! I've decided that you are my only sister!"

"Sister Shirley, I'm really touched..."

"..."

"Xing, I really miss you after not seeing you for such a long time! Come, let me see if you are developing normally~!"

"Ah... Sister Shilis, please don't do that."

"Listen, let me see!"

"Well... since Sissy wants to see it anyway, that's fine... Anyway, everything about Xing belongs to Sissy~?"

At this point, the blue-haired girl tried her best to make her expression less stiff. Although she still looked sleepy, she took a few deep breaths, threw her coat on the ground, took a step forward, and let the red-haired girl in front of her hold her cheek, staring into her eyes...

The children sitting around exclaimed as they looked at this scene they had never seen before. The older girl covered her eyes with her cheeks slightly twitched, and through the gaps between her fingers, she looked at this unexpected "stage play" with a slightly strange look in her eyes.

"Xing! From today on, you are mine!"

"Sister Shilis, Xing is willing to marry you..."