Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

In the blink of an eye, the Reunion member's voice turned into an unconscious roar. The mask slipped off his face, revealing a face full of pain. A hard object quickly protruded from under his skin, eventually piercing through it, and a huge black rock grew out.

"Roar! Roar!"

A wild, beast-like roar came from the mouth of the Reunion member.

The other Reunion members around them, who had witnessed everything, could barely contain their fear.

But no one dared to raise any questions.

Otherwise, they too will become the next monsters in the Mephistopheles herd.

Mephistopheles, who had already walked out of the school gate, gave the order without turning his head:

"Go, carry out your goal."

The Reunion members, transformed into infected monsters, even turned and walked towards the cafeteria like puppets.

A moment later, flames shot into the sky from the direction of the cafeteria.

Inside the teaching building, the students were summoned by Qi Yan to a huge conference room, where they silently gazed at the cafeteria engulfed in flames.

Everyone was silent.

Because of their limited visibility, they did not see who set fire to the cafeteria.

But since all the surviving students of Peterheim High School were here, the suspects for the arson naturally fell to the newly formed Reunion Movement.

"Those bastards want us to kill each other; they're using our deaths for their own amusement."

"It was that gray-haired leader of the Reunion Movement who caused all of this, including his claim that we have his eyes in us, which was all intentional."

It was as if a fire had been ignited in the students' hearts, and the flames of hatred burned fiercely within them.

Natalia listened to the students' discussion, her eyes slightly lowered.

She looked at Qi Yan and asked, "Your act of moving the food is tantamount to betraying the Reunion Movement. Aren't you afraid of being hunted down as a traitor by the Reunion Movement?"

Natalia still believes that Qi Yan is a member of the Reunion Movement.

For some reason, they chose to stand on the side of protecting students.

"The Reunion Movement doesn't have many days left to operate; that man is about to be exposed."

Qi Yan shook his head and turned to leave the conference room.

The spectacle is over, the seeds of hatred have been sown, and life must go on as usual.

Seeing Qi Yan leave, the students gradually suppressed their hatred and dispersed in twos and threes back to their own territory.

Vika mingled in the crowd, head down, seemingly lost in thought.

Before long, she ended up at the very back of the crowd.

After hesitating for a moment, Vika turned around, preparing to slip away quietly when no one was paying attention.

"Vika, what are you going to do?"

Rosalyn's voice suddenly came through.

Immediately afterwards, the outgoing girl put her hand on Vika's shoulder.

Vika suddenly felt guilty, and a layer of fine sweat broke out on her forehead.

"I... have a stomachache, I need to go to the toilet," Vika made up an excuse.

Rosalyn, seeing Vika's anxious expression, asked with concern, "Are you alright? Did you eat something bad?"

"Maybe, I'm leaving now, don't follow me!"

Vika shook off Rosalyn's hand and ran quickly out of the latter's sight.

"That's strange. Didn't Vika always like to drag other people to the toilet, saying it was a symbol of sisterly friendship?"

Rosalyn scratched her head, somewhat puzzled.

However, she didn't think much of it and quickly put her doubts aside, instead focusing on other things.

Back in the classroom where they were, Rosalind found Anna and suggested:

"I think we need to make changes to breakfast in the future. People have been hungry for too long, and suddenly going back to normal and having meat at every meal is too much for their stomachs to handle."

Vika just had an upset stomach and ran faster than a rabbit.

Anna paused for a moment, then realized the suggestion was quite reasonable. She quickly took out her notebook and carefully wrote it down.

Unbeknownst to them, their conversation had already aroused suspicion among a brother and sister in the classroom.

On the other side, Vika shook off Rosalyn and sneaked out of the teaching building, avoiding other students along the way.

She didn't dare approach the school gate, because she knew she would be seen by the people inside the school building.

After walking around the school wall, Vika found a suitable spot to use as leverage and laboriously climbed over.

She had barely landed when two members of the Reunion Movement appeared in front of her.

"Little girl, you're really brave. You dare to rummage around in broad daylight. Do you think we're blind?"

For a moment, the two Reunion Movement members found it more amusing than angry.

Vika did not resist; to be precise, her blatant act of turning the tables was a prelude to being captured by the Reunion Movement.

“I need to see your leader; I have something very important to report,” Vika said in a deep voice.

Unfortunately, her quietly clenched fist betrayed her true feelings at that moment.

The two Reunion Movement members exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.

Even they, his own people, were terrified of Mephistopheles, yet this little girl in front of them actually took the initiative to ask to meet him.

Could it be that the person we're supposed to meet isn't Mephistopheles?

One of them confirmed, "You should first make it clear which leader you want to see and what you want to report."

Vika took a deep breath and explained in detail:

"It's that guy who just entered the school. I want to report the true situation in the school. I want to be his eyes!"

Chapter 021 Betrayal

The two integration members exchanged a glance but said nothing more.

Under their guidance, Vika left the Peterheim High School grounds for the first time in many days.

The streets outside were devastated.

The once familiar shop is now deserted. Through the broken doors and windows, you can see the messy shelves inside, leaning precariously.

At the end of the street, a pile of ashes from a fire was taller than Vika herself.

Hidden within are suspicious charred meat.

A breeze blew by, and Vika smelled the aroma of meat.

She suddenly experienced an uncontrollable abdominal spasm and almost vomited.

One of the Reunion Movement members who was leading the way turned around and chuckled inexplicably.

Vika's expression, which she was trying hard to maintain, was on the verge of collapse, but she still forced herself to follow behind them.

As she passed the pile of ashes, her body trembled slightly.

The three of them passed through one Reunion Movement squad after another until they arrived at the door of a bookstore that had been temporarily occupied.

"The leader you're looking for is inside. Go in yourself."

The two Reunion Movement members said something and turned to leave, as if something bad would happen if they stayed outside the bookstore for even half a minute longer.

Vika, whose features were still quite delicate, trembled slightly as she gritted her teeth and pushed open the door to go inside.

Inside the bookstore, besides a few Reunion Movement members on duty, there were two teenagers.

One of them was Mephisto, the leader of the Reunion Movement whom Vika knew, and the other was a gloomy-looking boy wearing a dark combat suit with small scales on his cheeks. He seemed to be talking to Mephisto.

Vika's intrusion caused the two to stop talking.

"A student?" The boy with scales on his face asked, puzzled. "Why are you here?"

"I...I have something very important to report to Leader Mephisto. Something has happened at the school."

Vika tried her best to remain calm and not let her voice tremble.

Unfortunately, her disguise failed to escape the eyes of the two boys.

"Sasha, you should go back first. I will take your advice."

Mephistopheles' tone was calmer than ever before.

It seems that the last bit of tenderness in his life was given to the boy in front of him.

The boy gave Mephistopheles a deep look, then silently turned and left.

As he passed by Vika, he seemed to want to say something.

Despite noticing the barely concealed fear in Vika's eyes when she looked at him, the boy still chose not to linger and left the bookstore directly.

Vika withdrew her gaze and looked back at Mephisto, then her body trembled slightly.

The moment the boy left, an exaggerated smile returned to Mephisto's face.

Vika was very familiar with that smile.

Not long ago, Mephisto had this smile at school, and then their cafeteria was reduced to ruins in a fire.

"Don't hurt me. I'm willing to be your eyes and report on what's happening at school."

Vika tried hard not to let her voice tremble.

Mephistopheles remained unmoved and said regretfully:

"Unfortunately, I don't need a second pair of eyes."

Vika clenched her fists slightly, mustered all her courage, and said urgently:

"Your plan has been exposed. The school knows that your so-called eyes are fake. They even know that you burned down the cafeteria. The students are united now, and it's hard for them to fight amongst themselves anymore."

Mephistopheles' smile gradually faded.

He asked, "I don't believe that those nobles would be willing to unite with the common people."

Vika shook her head vigorously:

"All the noble students are dead. It's all because of a student named Qi Yan. He united all the students, seized the food, and won people's hearts with a seemingly fair distribution method. Now all the students are revolving around him."

Mephistopheles fell silent.

He didn't know who Qi Yan was, but a murderous intent stirred within him.

This person broke the rules of the game.

Mephistopheles asked again:

"Then why did you choose to betray me and tell me this information?"

When Vika saw Mephistopheles ask a question, she was not surprised but rather pleased, and quickly replied:

"Because I am different from those short-sighted fools, I know that it is impossible for a group of students to resist the integration movement."

When food runs out, true despair begins. I want to live, I... I want to join Reunion.

Mephistopheles gazed at the frail girl before him, and a smile returned to his face.

"I like you very much, welcome to the Reunion Movement."

"Thank you. I will be loyal to the Reunification Movement. I am willing to do anything you ask."

Vika's heart suddenly raced.

She hadn't expected her plan to go so smoothly.

Mephistopheles suddenly started coughing.

Vika had a sudden thought and wanted to step forward to show her concern, but Mephisto suddenly grabbed her wrist.

“Don’t rush. Joining Reunion requires an identity.” Mephisto’s smile gradually turned sinister. “An identity as an Infected.”

Vika's pupils suddenly shrank to a tiny dot.