Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

“It’s no big deal.

I said, I'm better at drinking than fighting."

Suixiang patted her chest to show that she was fine.

By the time the market was over, Suixiang had a lot more gadgets.

These things may not be very valuable, but most of them are interesting and cannot be bought outside.

Thinking of Hoshiguma and her friends in Rhodes Island, Suixiang felt that these would be perfect to take back as souvenirs.

"Suika, what are your plans next?"

Hearing Tomimi's question, Suixiang thought about it and realized that it was only mid-May and it was too early to go to Xiosta at this time.

She initially thought that time would be tight, but in fact, because her walking speed was much faster than that of a normal person, and Carmen was with her for most of the time in Iberia, she had much more time than planned.

After all, Xiosta's music festival is in the summer, which means the earliest is early July, which is still a whole month and a half away.

She couldn't waste this much time.

After thinking about it, Suixiang felt that she could spend some time strolling around Acahula, and then go to the desert to experience the exotic customs or go north to Colombia.

After telling her plan, Inam said that Suika could go with her.

Because the next place she was going to was northwest.

"I knew a few beautiful places along the way, and I was thinking about developing them into tourism...

But in the end, I just let it go.

But, you're just playing around anyway, so it's a good opportunity to see for yourself."

Inam paused. With her current status, she could not develop the Akahura area.

After all, those places are the territories of other tribes.

We are all tribal chiefs, and no one is superior to others.

The position of King and Chief of Akahura is currently vacant.

And her other identity is also very sensitive.

There is no fool who can become a tribal chief, and they will not agree to their own plans.

After listening to what Inam said, Suixiang thought about it and realized that she was walking aimlessly anyway, and now she had plenty of time, so it would be fun to follow Inam and take a look.

So I agreed.

The next day, after packing her luggage early, Suixiang set off with Inam's caravan towards the next territory with the farewell of Tomimi and Zumama.

"Oh right, let me tell you something.

Although the tribes of Akahula do not have any deep hatred for each other, there are also cases where they dislike each other.

For example, the tribe we are visiting now does not have a good relationship with Gavial's will.

When you get there, be careful not to mention your relationship with Tomimi and the others.

I will package you as a businessman who came to the rainforest with me, so that we can avoid some trouble."

On the way, Inam remembered that Suika was not familiar with the relationship between the tribes in Akahura, so she reminded her specifically.

At this, Suika nodded, not being surprised.

Where there are people, there will naturally be conflicts. Even though Akahula is rich in resources and the territory of a normal tribe is more than enough to support its own people, who would complain that their territory is too big?

In addition, having Akahura fighting each other would be more in the interests of Sargon and the countries in the surrounding areas.

After all, unless it was in his own hands, even Sargon would not be willing to see the people of Akahura, a region far away from the political center, fully united.

It’s just that these struggles are all controlled within a relatively reasonable range.

It will not have much impact on the situation in Akahura.

Because Sargon would not allow too much unrest to occur here.

You know, the Adakles people here are very high-quality source of soldiers for Sargon.

"Okay, you tell me when the time comes.

If necessary, I can pretend not to understand Sargon."

Suika winked playfully.

After two days of walking, the caravan arrived at another tribe.

The people in the tribe were not as enthusiastic about the arrival of the Inam caravan as the people in the Gavial Will and the Anaconda Tribe.

"The chief of the Firestone tribe is a rather stubborn old man. He has always believed that the Akahula people should completely maintain their past traditions and refuse to accept new things from the outside world.

If this tribe wasn't on the caravan route, I wouldn't want to come here.

Every time I come here, I get lectured by that old man."

Inamu complained to Suika in a low voice.

Chapter 547: Wine Relieves All Troubles

After arriving at the tribe, I soon saw an old man with a skinny face walking towards me with a cane.

When he saw Suika, his face darkened.

"What's going on, Inam...

It's fine if you sell those evil things to the villagers, but why do you even bring outsiders into the tribe? "

Inam gave a flattering smile

“Don’t be angry, old chief. Although this person is not from Akahura, he is just a child.

She just came here with me to see the world. We Akahula people can’t even tolerate a child!"

Hearing Inam's somewhat derogatory words, the old chief's face turned dark, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

Just as Inam said, the person who came was just an underage child, and he was a respected chief after all. Whether he won or lost in the fight with the other party, it would be his face that would be lost.

He snorted coldly

“Take your men and go to the clearing to the west.

Also, before I die, I don't want to see anything from your merchant group appear in my tribe...

If you can’t do that, don’t pass by me anymore.”

After saying that, the other party turned around and left without listening to Inam's explanation.

"Tsk..." Inam curled her lips.

Then she looked at Suika and whispered

"That was a close call, I thought he wouldn't let us stay here overnight.

Cuixiang, don't be angry with the old chief. He has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

He was so xenophobic because his brother, son and grandson all died under Victoria's naval guns.

So he hates everything related to technology.

Just remember not to mention anything about Victoria in front of him, and he won't make things too difficult for you."

Originally, Suixiang thought that this old man was too stubborn. After all, he didn't leave a good impression on her when they first met. But what could she say after hearing what Inam said?

Others are so miserable, they are just a little xenophobic and confine themselves to a small circle.

Even though he was very unhappy, he did not do anything more outrageous and even allowed the people from the Inam caravan to stay overnight.

She really lived up to Inam's saying of having a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

Suixiang is indeed a fun-loving person, and she also likes to watch fun and find fun.

But she would not deliberately seek out other people's pain and take pleasure from seeing others in pain.

"Okay, I'll stay in the camp."

Suika checked the time and it was already past four in the afternoon.

After everyone prepared a place to rest, Suixiang called out and a group of people quickly gathered around, looking at Suixiang eagerly.

"Just drink carefully and don't get drunk."

Inam on the side shook his hands, then walked towards the village without worrying about it.

Just as Inam was communicating with the locals and buying things here, she glanced and found that many people were walking towards her camp.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel panicked.

After all, one's own family knows one's own business. Judging from the force that Suika had shown before, if there was a conflict between the two sides, she was afraid that the other side would kill all the people here.

She quickly ran back to the base, and then she saw a shocking scene.

The old chief, who had previously looked rejecting and had no desire to communicate with them, was now sitting next to Suixiang crying heartbrokenly.

He took a wine bowl, took a sip, howled, then took another sip, and continued to howl.

Suixiang sat next to him and waited for him to finish drinking before refilling his drink.

After drinking two bowls of wine, he closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

Several young men who had been prepared on the side quickly carried him back home.

The others only came over after the old chief was taken away.

Inam finally squeezed into the crowd

"What's the matter?"

Inam said her CPU seemed to be burned, causing her brain to not work properly and she had no idea what was happening.

Suika shrugged

"Didn't you say before that the old man was quite pitiful?

Just after you left, he brought people over to inspect. We happened to be drinking, so we treated him to a couple of drinks.

Not to mention that the old man is a pretty good drinker. Apart from making a little noise, there wasn't much else going on.

When I was in Rhode Island, I was drinking once and a colleague of mine was drunk. He suddenly ran wildly in the corridor. The key point was that he was taking off his clothes while running, saying that he wanted to return to nature. When my colleagues and I caught up with him, he was only left with his underwear...

Suika babbled on and on.

Inam asked the others and got similar results, but Suika actually lied a little.

After all, the old chief was so resistant to her, how could he be willing to drink with her?

So Suixiang used her ability a little bit.

However, after drinking two cups, Suixiang felt that the old chief had almost released his abilities, and he became more energetic.

I don’t know if it was the alcohol that reminded him of the past, but even though there were people sitting around him, he became more and more sad the more he drank, and then he burst into tears.

Faced with this situation, Cuixiang didn't dare to interrupt and could only silently add more wine to him, hoping that the old man would get drunk quickly.

But unexpectedly, although the old chief was old, his alcohol tolerance was better than anyone he had met during this period, and he was even catching up with the group of drunkards in Ursus.

He drank seven or eight bowls of wine before he was completely drunk.

Fortunately, after this contact, the people here saw that the relationship between the old chief and Suixiang was not so tense, so they came over to ask for wine. As a result, the relationship between the two sides became much closer.

"By the way, what did you do in the village?" Suika asked as she poured a glass of fruit wine for Inam.

“Although the old chief didn’t allow me to sell things to them, he didn’t say that I can’t buy goods here. I have a few acquaintances here, and I just went to them to buy some local specialties.

I didn't expect that you would capture the old chief in less than half an hour."

Inam also realized that the old chief's sudden visit to the camp was definitely to cause trouble.

But I didn't expect why it would turn out like this in the end.

But it's a good thing for both parties.

The old chief drank so much that he won’t wake up today at least.

If we leave early tomorrow, the old man might not be sober yet.

This avoids conflict, which is a good thing.

Moreover, after the old chief got drunk, the relationship between the locals and his side eased.