Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

"Tell me, what happened?"

Saint Carmen, who was urgently called back from the coast, had a bad feeling in her heart.

A file describing the incident was brought to him. After reading it, he was silent for a while before asking:

"Can you confirm the authenticity of this matter?"

“We asked more than a dozen participants in different locations, and their answers were basically the same.

There shouldn't be any mistakes.

And the last words that woman said were heard by people around besides Judge Fidi.

An elderly inquisitor spoke from a distance.

“This is blasphemy”

'This is a serious crime'

"I suspect it's a conspiracy of the Deep Sea Church"

……

Countless voices rang out around, all blaming the protagonist of this incident.

In a short period of time, he was even almost identified as a high-ranking member of the Deep Sea Church.

"enough!"

As soon as Carmen opened her mouth, everyone fell silent as if they were under a time-stopping spell.

He asked after looking at the place where the accident happened.

"Was the crime committed around 11:37 PM eleven days ago?"

"That's right." An inquisitor in charge of investigating the case said.

"So how many people died?" Carmen continued to ask.

……

After a brief silence, someone answered.

"Three in total. Of those, only one officer from the Penal Corps was confirmed dead at his hands. The other two died accidentally while unconscious."

After he finished speaking, everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that such a big thing would result in only so few deaths.

Recalling the bloody smell that made his heart palpitate, Carmen looked around coldly and sighed inwardly.

Most of the Inquisitors have very tragic pasts, which make them relatively extreme.

He has been directing the judges' extremism towards targeting Hai Si and the Deep Sea Church.

But the coastal inquisitors are fine, they have clear goals.

After the Deep Sea Church in the territory was eradicated, the Inquisitors who were assigned to the inland area would lose their target and turn their attention to other places.

But the Tribunal is so short-staffed that it can't spare any personnel for rotation...

"West? Tell everyone not to act rashly. I want to meet this person in person."

Carmen thought about it and finally decided to go meet the man herself.

After all, most people are not careful, and it would be bad if conflicts arose again.

"report!"

An Inquisitor below raised his hand.

"Speak!" Carmen looked at the other person.

"Inquisitors Trian and Fabre set out to chase after them after receiving the news two days ago!" the man said.

"what!"

Carmen felt bad.

There are few judges to begin with, and losing three of them at once in a matter like this is a huge loss.

On the other hand, after searching for seven or eight days, Suixiang finally found a clue at the third location.

Only then did he look at a damaged wooden pole of the remains.

This wooden pole is usually the handle of a long-handled weapon.

Most hunting teams do not use full metal polearms due to limited resources and personnel levels.

Instead, they used this method of tying an axe or sharp object to a long wooden stick.

This not only reduces weight, but also extends the attack range and reduces the possibility of getting hurt.

The broken wooden stick in front of me was probably broken during a hunting trip.

Suika picked up the stick and observed the broken part. From the appearance of the fractured surface, she deduced that the stick had probably broken within a week.

This means there is a hunting team nearby.

It just so happened that Suika knew that there was such a team of Sarkaz in the Ambrosio Monastery.

However, no trace of the other party was found around. It was obvious that their footprints were completely buried by the wind and sand in a short time.

It is precisely because of this that they have been out of touch for so long.

But this did not pose a problem for Suixiang. She flew into the sky and used her unique flying advantage to observe the situation below from the air.

Soon, she found her target.

In the middle of several mountains, in a not very wide valley, stands a somewhat dilapidated monastery.

Suixiang picked up the map and gestured, and found that the other party had deviated far from the course.

They entered a desolate wilderness, and the nearest place to the waterway was blocked by high mountains, so the monastery was unable to contact the Lateran Church after being out of touch for so long.

As for contacting Iberia?

You should know that during the Great Silence, the Ambrosian Monastery refused the Inquisition's request to go to the coast to serve as a military fortress for defense, and only dropped anchor in the wilderness when retreating to Lateran.

If we ask Iberia for help now, I guess they will just occupy it directly and then pull it to the front line after repairing it.

So they would never ask Iberia for help.

However, Suixiang felt that it was impossible for the Iberians to be completely unaware of such a large church.

It was just that because of the Ambrosian Monastery's previous rejection, Iberia chose to stand idly by and watch their plight.

Perhaps they deliberately blocked any news about the monastery, hoping to trap these people inside and then send someone to take over.

But these were not Suika's concerns. After landing, she walked towards the monastery.

As she walked, she recalled what happened in the church in her memory.

To be precise, it was a doomed tragedy.

When the church's bishop Stefano chose to accept Sarkaz, the seeds of this tragedy were sown.

Here, the Sakota and the Sarkaz do not have to fight each other with swords for the hatred that has lasted for thousands of years.

They can be as close as a family.

It's like a beautiful dream.

But beautiful dreams cannot beat reality.

Faced with increasingly scarce supplies, there are only two options open to everyone.

One is to starve to death here, or abandon the Sarkaz, and the remaining Sakta return to the embrace of Lateran.

As for joining Iberia or Haisi, they both believe that there is no turning back.

The optimal solution's return to Lateran and betrayal of the Sarkaz are bound to cause a fierce backlash.

As a result, Tutu's guidance of their inner thoughts, coupled with the arrival of Lateran's personnel, intensified the conflict, ultimately leading to a tragedy that should not have happened.

Chapter 511 Outside the Church

In Suika's opinion, the root of all these things is simple and unsolvable.

That is the scarcity of resources.

If the monastery could be self-sufficient, I am afraid that the people here would not choose to go to the Lateran in the end.

But as mentioned before, it is becoming increasingly difficult for people here to obtain food. In order to ensure the survival of most people, some choices must be made.

While recalling the incident in the Fantasy Flower Garden that made Suika unhappy, Suika followed the other party to the last hill. Over the hill, she could see the monastery below.

She looked at the hunting team carrying food halfway up the mountain, and could tell from their expressions that they didn't get much this time.

There is absolutely no sign of the joy of having received so much.

Thinking about the surroundings she saw on the way here, Suixiang sighed.

Since the church was anchored, the hunting range of the people here was centered around the church.

Just like the sheep that nomadic people herd, they keep hunting in one area, and eventually the prey will be eaten up.

If the mobile module is good, then a movable church can naturally move to another area after eating one area, just like a herd of sheep.

But they can only stay in one range, so over time the prey here will naturally become less and less.

But in the Iberian environment, if you ask them to breed here, apart from the Originium worms, even the needle fleas are difficult to raise.

After all, Originium Worms eat everything, but Needle Fleas are carnivorous...

"Chief, there seems to be a tail behind us!"

Suixiang did not hide her movements, so she was soon discovered by the hunting team.

"A little kid? Why is he alone in the wilderness?"

The leader of the hunting team, Gerald, looked back in the direction they came from and found Suika walking down the street with a swagger.

He was a little surprised, mainly because the wilderness was too dangerous. Even for mercenaries like them, they had to be careful. However, the girl didn't seem to have any weapons on her and she had a doll on her head.

Only that set of clothes looked like they were prepared for Knives Out.

But this girl with this equipment can actually walk here.

He waved his hand, asking the team members to continue heading to the church, while he stayed there to wait for Suika's arrival.

Suika came to him skipping

"Hello, uncle!"

After entering, Suixiang waved to Gerald in front of her.

"Hello, little girl, can I help you?"

Gerald looked behind her, but there was no one there.

Suika nodded

"Yes, I'm alone!"

"Why are you here alone?" Gerald obviously didn't believe what Suika said.

He tried to tell from Suika's expression that she was lying, but was disappointed.

Since Suika had never lied, she naturally had a clear conscience.

"How did you get here?" Gerald asked curiously as they walked down the mountain.

Thinking back to when he and his men had finally reached this point, they were practically dying.

The little girl looked full of energy, as if she was out for a trip.

"Go out, then find a direction and keep walking, and you will end up here!

By the way, where is this place?

You look like a Sarkaz, and there's a church in front of you.

Do Sarkaz have faith?

Suika asked deliberately as they walked.

……

Hearing Suika's words, Gerald was stunned for a moment, his expression a little unnatural.