Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

As for the bounty hunter thing, you don't need to worry about it at all. No matter how much Marna hates the Business Federation, he won't hold a grudge against a little girl like you. He'll definitely meekly handle it for you, and then arrogantly tell you afterwards that the danger has passed.

"Oh! So this is Mr. Marner's personality?" Destreet exclaimed excitedly, as if she had discovered a new continent.

"We've arrived at Leishi Village. How long are you going to keep chatting?"

Marna, who was walking ahead, interrupted their gossip.

Destreet perked up, cheered, and quickened her pace, only to miss her footing again a second later, screaming as she fell forward.

Qi Yan's eyes lit up with excitement, and he rushed over without hesitation.

Unfortunately, this time Marna's figure cut in between the two, pressing down on Qi Yan's forehead with one hand and grabbing Destle by the back of her collar with the other.

"Let's go quickly, I'm tired."

Marna let out the N+1th sigh of the journey.

With Marna's intervention, Qi Yan was able to avoid causing any more trouble, and Destle became more careful with her footing. The group finally entered Leishi Village smoothly.

As soon as we entered the village, a man in a suit who had clearly been waiting for a long time came up to us.

"Excuse me, are you Attorney Destiny?" the man in the suit asked.

"It's me, it's me. You must be the lawyer Ham who contacted me before."

Destle struck up a conversation with great enthusiasm, as if she had no idea that Leishi Village was planning to get rid of her.

Marna seemed not to recognize Destreet, coldly ignoring the two who were chatting, and continued straight into the depths of Leishi Village.

Qi Yan took two steps and turned back to greet Daisy:

"We're going to find a place to rest now. You can focus on your work. See you later."

"Ah...ok."

Destle waved goodbye, but when she looked at Ham again, she suddenly felt less confident.

Mr. Marner and Mr. Qi Yan will definitely help me, right?

Surely those two important figures wouldn't make fun of a little girl like me?

That must be it, right?

"Miss Destreet, may we begin our work now?" Ham asked, somewhat puzzled, looking at Destreet who had suddenly become less enthusiastic.

"Of course!" Descartes quickly composed herself. "Let's begin now!"

"Okay, please follow me."

Ham politely led the way, his gaze unconsciously sweeping over Qi Yan and the other person who were leaving.

He secretly admired her, thinking to himself that she was indeed a renowned lawyer, as she always traveled with two assistants.

Unfortunately, Destle, who couldn't read minds, saw Ham's subtle movements and her heart skipped a beat.

Is he planning to kill me without even talking to me, just taking advantage of the fact that I'm alone?

Should I run away?

Mr. Marner, Mr. Qi Yan, help!

Why should we help her?

Marna stood on the street, gazing at the setting sun.

"Me? Help her?" Qi Yan pointed at himself with a surprised look. "Wasn't it you who helped her? When you were picking up things just now, you secretly took away Destle's work badge that had been marked."

“I didn’t know she was with the Business Federation at the time.” Marner pulled out her work badge from her pocket and clutched it tightly in her palm.

“But now that you know, you haven’t thrown away your work badge or casually stuffed it back into Destreet’s backpack.”

Qi Yan spread his hands and said sarcastically, "Uncle, stop being so arrogant. Arrogance has become obsolete!"

"Ridiculous."

Marna snorted and turned to look ahead.

A furtive dark figure was peeking out from behind a trash can on the street corner, taking advantage of the darkening sky.

Marner took a deep breath, making no attempt to hide her disdain:

"Do you have some kind of peculiar fetish for trash cans, Toran?"

Chapter 514 Doctor: You feared me when I was here; you should tremble even more after I'm gone.

Tolan's dark face flushed red, and he jumped out from behind the trash can:

"What are you saying? What kind of talk is that?"

I'm just using this to conceal my whereabouts.

"It really works, it's completely integrated," Qi Yan complained.

Toran: "..."

He glanced at Qi Yan's golden eyes and didn't dare to do anything reckless at this moment.

Then Toran straightened his expression and said with emotion:

Has the chivalrous knight-errant returned?

He actually offered to help a guy from a business association avoid trouble. Of course, I didn't really intend to do anything to that girl; she was just a poor working-class person. I just wanted to get some leverage from her.

“These things are none of my business,” Marna said coldly.

"Fine, fine, it's none of your business."

Toran shrugged and turned to look at Qi Yan: "Speaking of which, Rhodes Island has been making some pretty big moves lately."

"That little rabbit, after obtaining official cooperation status with Casimir personally authorized by Russell, the first thing he did was to coordinate military and civilian efforts and interfere in the mission of escorting Letanian tourists back home. This is a hot potato; aren't you going back to help oversee things?"

"Do you need me?" Qi Yan asked in return.

Toran choked for a moment, then forced a dry laugh:

"That's true. Your doctor didn't hide his whereabouts at all, he practically announced it with a press conference and entered Sherag in a big way."

Everyone is wondering whether Sherag will join the fray next.

"What's Kjerag doing getting involved?" Qi Yan grinned as if he'd heard a joke, "A bunch of people carrying Originium furnaces, running to the border and then throwing snowballs at people?"

Toran: "..."

Marner frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized:

"This is a deterrent. Sherag may not be powerful enough, but it borders Colombia to the west. It doesn't need to get involved directly. Simply opening a passage for Colombia in the border region would be a devastating blow to Casimir."

That's why people are wary of the Doctor's actions, and consequently, dare not provoke Rhodes Island.

Toran objected: "Doctor's move does increase Rhodes Island's leverage, but if someone wants to start a war, the target will become clearer."

“That will no longer be a war, but the end of Kazimierz,” Marner retorted. “Those people you’re talking about aren’t crazy either. They started the war for their own gain, not to die.”

"Indeed, but... there are always some people who are driven to despair and will not consider these consequences."

The conversation fell silent for a moment.

After a long pause, Marna stared at Tolan and said, word by word, "What did you discover?"

Toran didn't meet Marna's gaze; he simply looked into the distance.

“I ran into Chesper a couple of days ago, and we chatted for a while.”

Marna's expression immediately darkened.

Without saying a word, he turned and walked out of the village.

"Where are you going?" Toran asked.

"Tsvonek".

Toran pursed his lips, not asking any further questions, but simply turning to look at Qi Yan, who was standing still.

"Aren't you going to follow?"

"He'll be back soon. There was an accident on the road outside the village, and it's been blocked off."

Qi Yan turned his head and made a gesture towards the shadow behind him, and a streak of red light flew over and entered his body.

After finishing all this, Qi Yan stretched and invited:

"Want to grab a drink?"

"your treat?"

Marna was in a bad mood and hurried along the way, but after realizing that Qi Yan had not followed, he roughly understood what was going on.

I'm afraid I won't be able to leave Leishi Village tonight.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the village entrance leading to Tswonek, he found a group of people walking towards him.

The crowd looked somewhat frightened, and their clothes were covered in dust.

To Marna's surprise, Sommer and Eva were also in the team.

"What happened?" Marna stepped forward to stop the two.

Sommer was somewhat dazed until Marna stopped him, bringing him back to his senses.

“It’s you, Mr. Marner…” Sommer’s wrinkles trembled slightly. “I was taking little Eva to Tsvonek by car, but we were attacked by infected people on the way. The car was destroyed and the road was damaged.”

Marner frowned: "With your experience, you shouldn't be so terrified by an attack."

Sommer said in a trembling voice, "I... I still couldn't escape the king's spell."

I saw it. I couldn't be mistaken. It was him, that king. He actually... he actually appeared in Kazimierz.

Marna: "...He came to save you."

Marna had a vague idea of ​​a shocking truth.

It may seem absurd, but it becomes reasonable when it happens to Qi Yan.

Sommer's eyes widened: "He came to save me... Yes, he actually saved me. Am I still his subject?"

He actually regarded me as one of his subjects, that king…

Marna patted Sommer on the shoulder and gestured with his chin toward Aiva.

Sommer understood what Marner meant.

As an elder, he couldn't continue to wallow in fear and confusion, otherwise Aiva beside him would only be affected by his emotions.

“Thank you, Mr. Marner.” Sommer tried to control his emotions and thanked Marner while holding Eva’s hand.

Marna did not respond, but simply turned and returned to the village.

He felt he needed to find Qi Yan and get to the bottom of things. If what Tolan said was true, he had to stop it all!

When they were halfway there, Marna saw a figure walking with his head held high.

Destreet had clearly had some wine; her cheeks were flushed as she walked, gazing up at the starry sky she never saw when living in the city.

It was just after nightfall, and the stars were still faint, but Destle gazed at them with utmost concentration.

"Watch your step," Marna warned.

As he warned her, Desmond stepped into a pothole again with her high heels, screaming and falling to the ground.

Marna sighed and helped the other person up, while at the same time noticing a corner of the contract sticking out of Destle's backpack, on which was the signature of Leishi Village agreeing to the contract.

“You look very happy; I suppose you managed to secure a good price for Gale Industries,” Marner said.

Destreet stuffed the contract back into her bag, her face, slightly flushed with alcohol, revealing neither joy nor disappointment.

"It's alright, haha."

Marner had no desire to continue the conversation and prepared to walk past Destle and move on.

"Mr. Marner, thank you and Mr. Qi Yan for helping me this time. I heard that Leishi Village has a special hop and brewing technique. Would you like a drink?"

Desty tilted her head and invited, "If this cooperation is successful, Leishi Village will cease to exist, and these special beers will also disappear from this land."

“I don’t like drinking.” Marna refused coldly, quickening her pace as she left.

“Mr. Marner, you’re actually very angry, aren’t you?”