Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

She also connected to her communicator, trying to contact Ines.

But there was no response from the other end of the communicator.

"That damned woman, where has she hidden now!"

W muttered a curse under his breath.

She felt inexplicably flustered.

It wasn't before that Ines had gone missing, but this time was different. Ever since that white dog man met Ines, she had been acting very strangely.

Scout's voice came from behind the cover not far away:

"I think you seem to be in some trouble. How about we compromise? I'll take the brothers and leave, and you go and deal with your own problems. What do you say?"

"Shut your dog mouth and stop bothering me!"

Without hesitation, W raised the grenade launcher, pulled the trigger, and flames shot from the muzzle.

Scout's figure had silently crept up in front of her without her noticing, his massive sniper rifle almost pressed against her face.

Two people who were handling guns chose the simplest and most brutal close-quarters attack.

W could have dodged, but she didn't.

Her inner turmoil made her want to end this battle as soon as possible, regardless of the outcome.

The muzzle flashes of gunfire erupted in front of the two men.

But no one was hurt.

W's grenade launcher silently broke into two ends, the cut surfaces smooth and clean. The discarded ammunition looked like fireworks played with by children, leaving her face blackened with soot.

"If I'm not mistaken, you two are both skilled in long-range attacks."

An old voice came from beside the two of them, with a mocking tone.

Scout looked at his broken gun barrel, a pang of pain shooting through him, before turning to look at the tall, imposing figure that had suddenly appeared.

"Who the hell are you?" W cursed.

"A mere soldier, an ordinary old man."

Hellagur sheathed his longsword and explained, "I was entrusted to protect the Rhodes Island operators. The crisis for the other twelve warriors has been resolved."

He was speaking to Scout in the second half of his speech.

Upon hearing this news, Scout was somewhat surprised, and at the same time, felt a bit confused.

If it was Amiya's request that the whereabouts of such a powerful person not be concealed from him, then there is only one possibility left: that seemingly omniscient woman.

Scout tentatively asked, "Is it Dr. Kal'tsit?"

"That sounds like a lady's name, but unfortunately the person who made the request was a teenager."

Herag shook his head, only then realizing that he hadn't asked the boy's name.

However, none of that matters. Once he saves the last Sarkaz in front of him, he can head to Rhodes Island, where they will meet again.

W, who was standing to the side, raised his hand and wiped his face, making the tan more even.

She felt her emotions were spiraling out of control:

"So, why don't you just kill me with a single blow, you old bastard?"

Hrag turned his gaze away and said regretfully:

"I did have that idea, but unfortunately I didn't have time to make a second move before someone's aura locked onto me."

W didn't understand what he meant at first, until she heard footsteps behind her.

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

The newcomer was a somewhat unkempt, burly man, whose thick horns on his head testified to his Sarkaz identity.

“Hedley?” W’s face lit up with joy. “Have you seen Ines? That damned woman has disappeared again.”

“This time, Ines deserves more than just death,” Hedley said with a regretful shake of his head.

Hedley continued, "She really is dead. She saw some of Talulah's secrets and died silently. Even I almost couldn't find her."

"Are you talking utter nonsense?!"

W instantly flew into a rage, rushed forward, and grabbed Hedley by the collar.

However, the significant height difference between the two made it seem as if she was hanging on Hedley's body.

Hedley gently pushed W away and said slowly:

"The Reunion Movement is no longer suitable for cooperation. I am preparing to leave and go to Londinium to report back."

"You're just leaving?"

W's eyes widened, looking utterly incredulous.

Hadley's expression remained calm, revealing neither joy nor anger.

This calm, almost indifferent attitude caused W's emotions to completely erupt.

She wanted to raise the grenade launcher in her hand and fire a shot at Hedley, but the grenade launcher, now only half-broken, seemed like a humorous lame joke.

W gritted his teeth, threw the broken grenade launcher at Hedley's chest, and turned to run deeper into Chern.

After a moment of silence, Hadley looked at Scout and nodded in greeting.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

“It has been a while, indeed. We haven’t seen each other since that incident.” Scout hesitated for a moment, then asked again to confirm, “Is Ines really dead?”

Hedley's tone was full of regret:

"Yes, she told me herself."

"...You two shouldn't go too far, W is so pitiful."

Upon hearing Scout's words, Hedley couldn't help but chuckle.

He shook his head and said, "Compared to her, I'm the one who's going back to Lentinium. She's here with that guy Qi Yan protecting her. Ines said that the relationship between the two of them will become very interesting, but unfortunately I won't have the chance to witness it."

"Oh right, Qi Yan is the powerful figure currently fighting Talulah."

Scout and Helag were startled.

Herag subconsciously touched the sword at his waist, then looked at Hadley's figure and couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

If this demon hadn't arrived in time, he might have had another catastrophic enemy in the future.

Whether this old body can withstand it is uncertain.

Hedley seemed to have lost interest in small talk, turned to leave, and waved goodbye:

"That man has been rescued. If chaos returns, may you die a worthy death."

Scout chuckled softly, "Thank you."

Once Hadley's figure had completely disappeared, Herag couldn't contain himself and asked:

"Are all Sarkaz blessings this strange?"

“True Sarkaz never fear death; they only fear that their death will be meaningless. But in fact, death is always meaningless, so the Sarkaz are destined to be a pitiful race.”

Scout talked and laughed, clearly enjoying himself.

He turned and walked south towards Chernobog, waving as he did so:

"Old man, thank you for saving my life. May I invite you to come back to Rhodes Island with me for a visit?"

"With great pleasure."

I haven't beaten Chapter 037.

When Scout found his twelve teammates and left Chernobog together, Amiya and the others were already waiting outside Chernobog.

Amiya's face lit up with joy upon seeing the entire Scout squad return safely:

“Mr. Scout, I’m so glad you’re alright.”

Scout smiled and bumped fists with ACE, explaining:

"Thanks to this old man, Mr. Helag, if it weren't for him, our team would have been killed by some crazy woman."

Amiya was somewhat surprised to hear Helag's name.

She carefully observed the tall, upright old man beside Scout and tentatively asked:

"May I ask if you are the legend of Ursus?"

Hrag smiled, quite fond of the adorable little girl in front of him:

"I am just an ordinary old man who was asked by a young man from Rhodes Island to do something in exchange for the opportunity to treat my daughter's illness... But why don't I see him in your team?"

Herag's gaze swept across the group, pausing briefly on Qilin.

He felt that the girl in front of him was very similar to the boy who had entrusted him with the task, as if they were made from the same mold.

Qi Lin noticed Herag's gaze and asked:

"Is he a really annoying white-haired Luper boy?"

"……Yes."

"That must be Qi Yan. He's currently fighting that dragon girl in Chern City."

Hearing this answer, Hrag looked somewhat taken aback.

Amiya and the others were equally taken aback.

Amiya hesitated for a moment, then explained in a low voice:

"Um... Mr. Qi Yan is not an operator of Rhodes Island yet."

Herag was taken aback, immediately forgetting his shock at Qi Yan's strength, and said with slight nervousness:

"Then my daughter..."

“No problem at all,” Amiya quickly replied. “Rhodes Island never refuses any patient, especially since you saved Mr. Scout and the others.”

Herag breathed a slight sigh of relief, but then couldn't help but laugh and cry at Qi Yan's actions.

This was the first time he had ever seen such an operation.

They haven't even joined themselves, but they've already brought others in.

While the group was talking, the battle within the city gradually came to an end, eventually fading into silence.

Everyone immediately stopped talking and stared nervously at the dilapidated city gate of Chernobog.

Qi Lin tensed up instinctively.

Until that familiar figure, draped in a tattered cloth torn from somewhere, jogged towards the Rhodes Island team.

Qi Yan approached Amiya and the others, his face showing undisguised weariness, and grinned as he said:

"Never fought."

After saying that, he collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness.

Inside the command tower of the core city of Chernobog, W was fiddling with a detonator, tapping it repeatedly with his toes.

A series of unsteady footsteps came from outside, and W immediately looked up:

"Talulah, you... um?"

Before he could utter a word of provocation, W was so shocked by Talulah's appearance that he was speechless.

Talulah, who always maintained an elegant and dignified demeanor, was now bent over, one hand clutching her stomach, the other dragging a slightly bent longsword with nicks all over its blade.

Talulah's exquisite dress was already tattered, her face was covered in bruises, and there was still blood on the corner of her mouth.

"My God, you've been violated?" W exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, Talulah nearly coughed up blood, her eyes blazing with fury:

"Why aren't you outside stopping the Rhodes Island people? What are you doing here?"

W suppressed a laugh and tried to make his tone serious: