Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"I'm taking a shortcut; the shortest distance between two points is a straight line!" Qi Yan said disdainfully. "You're terrible with directions, so stop questioning me, okay?"

Arturo: "..."

She admitted that she was slightly less adept at finding her way than the average person.

But... even so, she felt that the two of them were heading in a somewhat wrong direction.

"How about we summon the Witch King to lead the way?" Arturo suggested tentatively.

Qi Yan glared and shouted:

"Are you looking down on me, Qi Xiaobai? As a Luper, how could I possibly get lost?"

Arturo pursed his lips, choosing silence as his only option.

They couldn't win in a fight, and when Qi Yan got really angry... it all came back to the point where they couldn't win in a fight.

The two reached a consensus again, and Qi Yan led the way through the mountains and forests.

Just as Qi Yan was so exhausted that his tongue was sticking out, the two finally reached the ridge.

Qi Yan stood on tiptoe and looked towards the ridge, then suddenly began to wag its tail wildly:

"It's a village, there's a village at the foot of the mountain!"

Arturo was startled, never expecting that Qi Yan had actually found the way.

She also stood on tiptoe and tried her best to look into the distance, but after seeing the style of the houses in that village, she was suddenly doused with cold water.

“Why do I feel like that village style is like… Ursus?” Arturo exclaimed in shock.

"What a joke!"

Qi Yan jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on: "Back then, I found my way from Ursus to Letania, and now you're telling me I found my way from Letania to Ursus?!"

Arturo: "Huh?"

Just as she was stunned by Qi Yan's glorious achievements, a rustling sound came from the woods not far away.

The two of them turned their heads to look at the same time.

A true Ursus hunter emerged from the forest, and upon seeing Qi Yan and his companion, he was somewhat surprised:

"You two young people, what are you doing in this desolate wilderness? This is the border of Ursus. If you go any further, you'll be crossing the border!"

(I'm feeling a bit off, my head is heavy and my feet are light, I'm walking unsteadily, so I'll only be posting two updates today.)

Chapter 327 Where is the road ahead?

"We're from outside, do you believe us?"

Qi Yan looked somewhat embarrassed.

Upon hearing this, the Ursus hunter's eyes widened immediately: "You are Kazimir people?"

Seeing Qi Yan's puzzled expression, the hunter was equally perplexed:

"To the south lies the territory bordering Ursus and Kazimir. Logically, there should be troops stationed there from both sides. How did you manage to get here?"

“Yes, how did we get here?” Qi Yan turned to look at Arturo.

Arturo rubbed his temples and asked another crucial question:

"Kazimir is southwest of Ursus. How did we get here from Letania, which is due south?"

The hunter standing nearby gleaned from their conversation the general origins of the two men, and was immediately awestruck.

"You two are hopelessly directionally challenged, who gave you the courage to travel together?"

Adhering to the Ursus people's fine tradition of being straightforward, the hunter directly asked the question that was on his mind.

Qi Yan and Arturo were immediately left standing there awkwardly.

Arturo looked at Qi Yan, crossed his arms, indicating that he would handle this complicated problem.

Qi Yan scratched his head and chuckled dryly:

"It might be Liang Xiru."

Arturo and the Hunter: ?

Seeing that the two didn't understand, Qi Yan cleared his throat and prepared to sing a song.

Arturo was so frightened that his hair almost stood on end, and he pounced on Qi Yan and covered his mouth with his own.

Qi Yan struggled desperately, but even though Sakta's physique wasn't outstanding, he, a weakling with black eyes, was no match for him.

He only felt two icy little hands tightly covering his mouth and nose, not even giving him a chance to breathe.

Arturo chuckled dryly and explained to the hunter:

"Thank you for your explanation, we'll be leaving now... Ah!"

As they were talking, she suddenly jumped away as if she had been electrocuted, frantically shaking her hands.

Qi Yan took a deep breath of fresh air, then stuck out his tongue to lick his lips, smacked his lips, and commented:

"A little salty."

The hunter instinctively took two steps back, staring in shock at Luper in front of him.

Is this guy a psychopath?

"Uncle, don't misunderstand, I'm not interested in you, don't look at me like that," Qi Yan explained.

After he finished explaining, the hunter's eyes showed shock mixed with fear.

"It's getting late, and I still have the stove on. I have to go now!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the hunter turned and ran.

Qi Yan looked at the hunter's departing figure with a puzzled expression, then turned to look at Arturo, only to find the latter staring at his licked hand with a conflicted expression, seemingly hesitating whether to chop it off.

"Don't be silly. We need to hurry and get to Wolumond before autumn."

Qi Yan pulled Arturo's hand over and casually wiped it twice with his sleeve.

Arturo, looking utterly hopeless, pleaded with his last ounce of strength:

"You should release the Witch King. If you keep going like this, you won't even reach Wolumonde by autumn, let alone by next autumn."

I'm terrified that after walking for a while, a group of people will suddenly appear and say we've entered Sami territory, and if we go any further we'll be facing demons.

Wouldn't that be even better?

Qi Yan grinned: "I'll just capture the Cyclops from Sami's side and send him to Theresis, so he can hear his own death prophecy every day."

Arturo: "..."

"I'm begging you, please summon the Witch King," she said weakly.

"Even if I, Qi Xiaobai, get lost and walk myself to death today, or even dive headfirst into the artificial sea of ​​Dosoles, I will absolutely not ask the Witch King to lead the way for me!"

The Witch King floated beside Qi Yan, looking somewhat bewildered at the snow-covered surroundings.

"I wasn't saying we were going to Wolumonde. Although there is snow in the Winterling Mountains, it shouldn't be this exaggerated... But something seems to be going to me..."

"Don't doubt it, this is Shelag."

Arturo explained expressionlessly from the side.

He looked at Qi Yan, who was looking rather dejected, in shock, and with great willpower, he suppressed the "Holy shit" that was about to come out of his mouth.

After hesitating for a moment, the Witch King asked again:

"By the way, where's your car?"

"...Oh, hehe...Your outfit is quite nice, you have good taste."

"It was given to me by a fellow villager who robbed me on the road."

The illusory image of the Witch King trembled twice, and finally chose to shut up obediently. After floating into the air to determine the direction, it began to act as an emotionless guide.

Meanwhile, in Iberia, at the courthouse office.

Dario, carrying a glass of water, was passing by the courthouse when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Without thinking twice, he walked over and opened the door.

As the door opened, a shadow fell directly over him.

Dario was a little dazed. He strained to look up and finally saw the person's face clearly.

"Wendigo?!" Dario almost reached for his sword at his waist.

However, he ultimately managed to suppress his impulse through sheer willpower, because he discovered that the Wendigo from the Sarkaz before him had no murderous aura and was not as brutal as the legends described.

"Ahem, hello sir, we are a team from Rhodes Island here to bail out our companion."

A soft, girlish voice came from below Dario's line of sight.

Dario lowered his head and finally found the person in question: a girl from Cats with gray rabbit ears.

"Sorry, I was a bit out of line. My name is Dario."

Dario quickly composed himself and politely ushered Amiya into the courtroom.

As Patriot bent down and walked through the doorway, Dario realized there were two other people in the group.

An elderly Liboli man with a tall and straight posture, a long knife hanging at his waist, exuded an aura of majesty and iron-bloodedness in every move he made, even without deliberately putting on any airs.

Dario felt a chill run down his spine.

He could tell that this old man, Liboli, was definitely a seasoned warrior. He appeared calm on the surface, but there was a fierce rage brewing in his heart. He was no ordinary person.

The only thing that made Dario feel somewhat better was the last woman in the team.

He couldn't discern the woman's identity, but she lacked the imposing aura of the previous two. Instead, she resembled an ordinary office worker, her face even bearing a faint smile and curiosity as she constantly surveyed the courtroom.

“Mr. Dario, my name is Amiya. I’m here to take away my companion who is being held captive by your company.”

Amiya followed Dario into a reception room and got straight to the point.

Dario personally poured warm water for the four of them, then sat on the sofa with a somewhat troubled expression:

“I know that you have come from afar and are very worried about your companions’ situation. I can assure you that those three have not been harmed in the slightest in our courtroom.”

But as I said before, that man codenamed Thorn has ties to the Deep Sea Church, and in Iberia, we have absolutely zero tolerance for the Deep Sea Church.

After he finished speaking, he stared at Amiya nervously, afraid that the young girl might not have enough composure and be provoked into anger by his words.

Dario wasn't afraid of the little girl named Amiya or the woman holding the water glass and looking around.

But with those two great gods flanking Amiya, Dario was having a real headache.

Chapter 328 Negotiation

"Mr. Dario, in your investigation, besides the fact that our Thorn Operator has a teacher-student relationship with the Bishop of the Deepsea Church, is there any more concrete evidence to prove that the Thorn Operator has a direct connection with the Deepsea Church?"

Amiya showed no sign of anger; in fact, she even wore a gentle smile.

Dario shook his head, but then added:

"Isn't this level of evidence enough?"

"Could it be that Iberia also had a system of collective punishment and guilt by association?"

Amiya's tone was gentle, but it also revealed her determination: "Just because the Thorn Operator's teacher made a mistake, we can't put the blame on the Thorn Operator herself, right?"

Dario remained silent for a moment.

He actually found Amiya's words to be quite reasonable.

Amiya continued as he pondered:

"I believe that during the time we've been on our way here, the Inquisition has been trying to speak with the Thorn Operator. Have they found anything suspicious?"

Dario paused, then shook his head in denial.

Seeing this, Amiya was not surprised and nodded:

“That’s right. I believe the court will not act in a bullying manner. The principle of ‘innocent until proven guilty’ applies. You will not forcibly detain our Rhodes Island operators because of suspicion.”

"This hat is a bit too big."