Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

In her memory, this old man has always been calm, steady, far-sighted, and a representative of the saying "an old man in the family is like a treasure."

But now all these beautiful filters have been broken by the old man himself.

Soon salt scale soup and bread crumbs were served on the table.

Carmen took a bowl, poured herself a portion, soaked the bread crumbs in it, and ate it with relish.

When Cuixiang smelled the soup, she felt uncomfortable all over, as if thousands of ants were crawling on her body.

She pushed the soup in front of Carmen with great disgust, then opened the Ibuki ladle and poured a full bowl of mulled wine into it.

Throw the bread crumbs into the red wine and eat it.

Although it is a bit sour, this sourness just neutralizes the fishy smell of the past few days. Cuixiang feels refreshed after eating it.

"Is it delicious?" Carmen asked, staring at the unfinished red wine in front of her.

……

"Forget it, it's just a bowl of red wine, I'll pour it for you if you want.

If others saw it, they would think I was bullying an old man."

While cursing, Suixiang took a bowl from the side, poured a full bowl and pushed it in front of Carmen.

Looking at the mulled wine in front of her, the wrinkles on Carmen's brow seemed to fade a little.

He smiled and grabbed a handful of bread crumbs and threw them into the red wine, then picked up the bowl and gulped it down in a few mouthfuls.

"It's really an interesting way to eat it. Although it tastes weird, the flavor of the red wine completely dispels the fishy smell...

I'll tell my boss later and consider importing some red wine for sale in the country. This stuff really pairs well with salt scales."

Just as Suika was about to complain, an old woman in inquisitor's attire and the Sister Avina from before walked in from outside.

At this time, there were only Suika and Carmen in the restaurant, and they naturally locked onto the seat at first sight.

When she got closer and saw that it was indeed Saint Carmen, the old woman bowed respectfully to him.

"Good day, Your Majesty the Saint."

"No need to be so polite, Judge Irene... I remember you were a disciple of old Brona."

After wiping the wine stains from the corners of her mouth with a napkin, Carmen turned around and looked at the source.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I used to be a member of the Inquisitor Corps under Grand Inquisitor Bro. After the Grand Inquisitor passed away, I was assigned to guard this town."

"Bro's been dead for almost twenty years now... Left alone in this outback, wouldn't he feel the Inquisition is being unfair?"

Carmen sighed before asking.

"Of course not, Your Majesty.

I know that even in the original Inquisition, my abilities were among the worst. If it weren't for Grand Inquisitor Bro, I might still be an ordinary Inquisition Sister.

Being able to become an inquisitor and being assigned here to protect the people here is also the protection given to me by the Tribunal.

After all, my strength isn't that great. Over the years, I've heard from travelers about the Inquisition. The strongest members of the group were decimated by the repeated battles with those creatures in the sea. If I hadn't been left here, I'm afraid I would have already followed Grand Inquisitor Bro."

The old woman's eyes were very bright. Although her face was old, she gave people a very energetic feeling.

Hearing the old woman's words, Carmen nodded slightly.

“It’s good that you think so.

Our situation is quite bad.

Great Tranquility has lost too much national strength, and the surrounding countries are unwilling to provide assistance for fear that we will recover again.

As for the Deep Sea Church...

You don't have to worry too much.

Those guys from the Deep Sea Church can't reach here yet."

After hearing Carmen's words, before Irene and Avina could say anything, Suika beside them suddenly laughed.

"Ok?"

Carmen looked at Suika

Suixiang took out a few photos from her pocket and threw them over. These were taken in the small mountain village when she first came to Iberia.

The photographer was naturally Shanghai.

When they saw the appearance of Haisi and the villagers above, their pupils shrank at the same time.

“I came across this when I first came to Iberia.

But don't worry, this village is gone.

Including those ugly creatures in the water, I killed them all."

After hearing Suika's nonchalant words, Irene and the others noticed the seemingly insignificant girl next to them.

To be precise, Suika's appearance is actually quite attractive. After all, her pair of big horns are something that Iberia can't see at all.

However, Irene and the other person's attention was on Carmen, so they naturally ignored Suika who was standing beside them.

Carmen did not doubt Suika's words. From the photos, it could be seen that there were only about a hundred people in this village. If you include the Kaisi in the lake, there would be no more than two hundred at most.

Suika has the power to kill an entire team of Inquisitors in an instant. Once these Haisi in the picture and the infected ordinary people are discovered, they can be easily strangled by the Inquisition and naturally will not pose any threat to Suika.

"Are you sure there are no survivors?" But out of caution, he still asked.

"Don't worry, I have basically filled up this lake. Not to mention the low-level sea urchins, even two jellyfish would be killed completely." Suixiang said it was a pity.

Chapter 530: The Inland Is Not Safe

If it were a jellyfish, maybe she would choose to taste it.

However, the creatures that appeared were either murlocs or murlocs (?), and the only advanced life form was the corrupted sea creature.

Each one of them looks weird and doesn't seem to arouse any appetite.

"So you went to town to deliver this news?"

Thinking back to Suika's journey after entering Iberia, if this incident happened after the first time entering the city, such a big commotion would definitely be discovered by the people on his side.

The only possibility is that it happened before, and according to intelligence, there was indeed a small earthquake there.

However, since it was far away from the town and close to an uninhabited area, we didn't bother with it.

"Yeah, I was planning to get your bonus for killing a bunch of those things.

Just like those bounty hunters.

But wouldn't this mean dying before achieving any success?

In the end it ended up like this..."

Suika said to Carmen in a tone that said it was all your fault.

"Why didn't you take it out before?" Carmen grinned, feeling a little stomachache.

"You didn't ask." Suixiang gave people a taste of their own medicine.

"Then why are you taking it out now?"

"Because you said the inland is safe!" Suixiang gave a wicked smile, with an expression that said, "I wasn't going to say anything, but since you said it, I have to slap you in the face."

After saying that, Suika suddenly looked outside

"Besides, how do you know there are no people from the Deep Sea Church here?"

"What did you find?" Carmen looked outside the door after hearing Suika's words, but didn't find anything unusual.

"You can't see with your eyes, you have to smell...

Once you’ve eaten Haisi, the smell on your body cannot be concealed.”

Suika said as she suddenly rushed out of the house.

More than ten seconds later, she walked in dragging a person as if dragging a dead dog.

Several people saw her actions. This guy didn't care about the many ordinary people around him at all. He rushed into the crowd, pressed one of them to the ground, knocked him unconscious, and dragged him into the house.

The skilled look on his face showed that he was a veteran who had been killing and robbing people for many years.

The people around who knew him wanted to stop Suika's actions, but when they saw Judge Irene in the room and another old judge who looked very majestic sitting next to her, they decisively backed off.

After all, in Iberia, if you provoke bandits, you still have a chance to survive, but if you provoke the Inquisition, a wanted order will be issued and there will be no place for survival in this country.

What's more, Irene has lived in this place for decades. People here may not know Carmen, but they definitely know the town's judge.

Since she didn't stop it, the person who was arrested must have made a big mistake.

"Isn't he a guard of the trading company?"

As the chief, Irene couldn't possibly know everyone, but Avina, who was in charge of import and export, recognized at a glance that this person was a guard from the small town trading company.

"Are you sure there's something wrong with him?" Irene looked at Suika. Since all communications in Iberia were cut off after the Great Silence and they could only rely on their feet to carry on, she didn't know the deeds of the girl in front of her.

"I don't know, but he smells like the sea... just like the people in that village."

Suika didn't know how to explain how she discovered the other person.

To be precise, even though these people of Terra look strange, they are still "people" in her eyes.

But the life polluted by Hai Si is different. In her opinion, it is more like a "monster".

Of course, they are not the big monsters with names and surnames in Gensokyo, nor do they have any powerful demonic powers, but are simply "non-human" beings.

Just when Irene was about to ask something, Carmen took off the lantern from her waist.

The lantern, which was clearly extinguished, emitted a bluish-white light when he picked it up.

When the light shone on the man, it made a crackling sound, and then everyone saw tiny scales appearing on the man's neck.

Now no one would doubt the identity of the person lying unconscious on the ground.

"Avina, immediately lead the judicial team to surround the business and take away all the people closely associated with this person for questioning."

Without Carmen saying anything, Irene immediately said to her daughter beside her.

"Yes!"

Knowing that something serious had happened, Avina didn't stay for long and quickly rushed out the door to the church. After arriving in this town, the trial team that Irene assembled was almost all stationed near the church except for the guards at the door.

"Can others learn your skill?" Carmen became curious after being surprised.

Suika shook her head. She didn't know how she could tell the difference between the two. She could only attribute it to the ghost's talent.

"That's such a pity." Carmen felt a little regretful. If this skill could be learned, it would be so easy for them to deal with the scum of the Deep Sea Church hiding in the crowd.

You know, before using magic to detect the difference in this person, even he couldn't detect anything wrong with the other person with his naked eyes.

However, Suixiang can accurately spot someone contaminated by Kaiji in a crowd with just a glance when the other person is just passing by.

"Why don't you stay and help me?" Even though the two sides still had some opposing positions, Carmen thought these were minor issues.

Because he knew very well that as long as Suika was willing to help, it would deal a serious blow to the Deep Sea Church in Iberia.

Perhaps those "bishops" who have been hunted but never caught can be finally brought to light.

"That won't do... I'm an official of Da Yan." Suixiang shook her head.

Later, when Blade Master comes to Iberia, she can come and get involved.

After all, we really can't make Didi become Hongdi.

But forget about staying in Iberia.

This place is too desolate and not fun at all.

"An official from Dayan? Aren't you from Rhodes Island?" Carmen asked doubtfully.

"These identities don't conflict, and even though I haven't taken office yet, the environment there is much better than Iberia." Suixiang pointed to the wasteland on the way here.

Carmen had nothing to say about this.

If it were the Iberia of the past, he could proudly say that it was rich in resources, had a beautiful environment, and was unparalleled in Terra.

But now Iberia is full of salt marshes.

Desolation, poverty, and disease plagued the Iberians and indeed had little appeal to outsiders.

"Don't be discouraged, old man. Those people in the Deep Sea Church are so treacherous that they don't want to be good people. Instead, they insist on becoming monsters and joining some big group.