Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Your understanding of our precious baby is probably on par with Qi Yan's."

It's rare for a bugle call to have a complaint.

A chuckle came from the communication channel, clearly indicating that they weren't worried at all about Qi Yan coming to find them; reporting to the bugle was simply a matter of following military discipline.

Horn didn't waste any words with this guy, hung up the communication, and then looked at ACE:

"If Qi Yan leaves the city at this time, what do you think he will do?"

"There are too many possibilities... Hmm? Qi Yan's communication."

ACE was explaining when he suddenly received a message from Qi Yan. After listening for a while, his expression became somewhat indescribable.

“It’s feasible, it’s not a complicated operation, but are you sure you want to do it?” ACE scratched his head in distress. “If this gets exposed, it will cause a lot of trouble for everyone. Victoria won’t… The dukes don’t have the energy to pay attention to this.”

What news do you have, hello? Hello?

ACE stared at the disconnected call and couldn't help but let out a long sigh:

"Now the only possibility has collapsed: the garrison, Deep Pool, and Little Hill County itself are all going to suffer."

Explosions, screams from the crowd, and threatening shouts from the mob.

The streets of Caraton were in complete chaos.

"Let me go, what are you going to do?"

"Quiet down! Someone, shut them up!"

More than a dozen armed thugs brazenly subdued the infected resident on the street and forcibly dragged him away.

In the center of the chaotic infected line, a brown-haired film girl, dressed in an elegant dress and a pleated skirt, with legs in black stockings that could be admired for a year, frowned.

Compared to the terrified infected residents around him, Tianhuo appeared remarkably calm.

She attended today's event because her teacher suddenly fell ill due to an accident, and she had no choice but to take over her teacher's position.

Now that this misfortune has occurred at the event, Tianhuo feels no panic, only relief.

"These guys are clearly here for the teacher. If I hadn't taken his place today, he would have been in danger."

Tianhuo quickly decided on a response plan: "I want to see what these people are up to."

"Take that little girl over there away too!"

One of the rioters had a clear objective and went straight to Tianhuo in the crowd.

Seeing a group of thugs surrounding him, Tianhuo snorted and stepped forward:

"You don't need to do anything, I can walk by myself."

The thugs were pleased to see Tianhuo cooperating so well, and quickly took him to a fully enclosed van that had been prepared beforehand.

As soon as she got into the car, the door was slammed shut.

Tianhuo mingled among a group of infected residents who had been kidnapped inside the car, offering no resistance and allowing the rioters to start the vehicle and flee the scene by turning left and right.

A 20-minute drive is enough for the small town of Caraton to completely leave the already marginalized infected neighborhood.

When the car door opened, Tianhuo and the others were immediately taken out, their hands were tied with rope, and they were locked in a factory building.

Tianhuo glanced at the hemp rope on his wrist and chuckled to himself.

In her opinion, these thugs were incredibly unprofessional.

Although he took away her staff and even tied her hands up in a seemingly proper manner, he didn't notice the small spellcasting unit ring on her finger that was disguised as an ornament.

Even though its power is not as great as using Originium Arts with a staff, it is still easy to deal with these ordinary minor characters.

The rioters gathered together and openly began to communicate, without any attempt to hide it from Tianhuo and the other hostages.

"Where's that old councilor? Why did they bring in a young girl?"

"It's all the same anyway, are the things ready?"

"We've prepared half of it. There's still some left in that safe house in the abandoned city on the outskirts. We'll deal with it when we prepare things for the Denton brothers to use when they leave the city."

One of the thugs nodded, pointed to the pile of Originium explosives in the corner of the factory, and explained:

"Move quickly and distribute these things evenly throughout the factory. Once the signal comes down from above, we must blow this place up, along with these hostages, to pieces."

Upon hearing this, the hostages immediately began to plead in terror.

Most of these infected residents were just ordinary workers who had never seen such a scene before, and they were all terrified and turned pale.

Some people also noticed that the exposed skin of these thugs was covered with Originium crystal clusters, and they tried to beg for mercy because everyone was infected.

Tianhuo continued to monitor the factory during this period.

"All the valuable equipment in the factory was moved out in advance, the teacher was kidnapped, the factory was blown up... and they even hired a group of infected thugs. What a clever scheme to kill three birds with one stone."

Tianhuo roughly figured out the truth and realized he couldn't wait any longer.

A wisp of fire ignited at her fingertips, and the hemp rope binding her wrists turned to ashes.

Having regained his freedom, Tianhuo walked confidently past the panicked crowd and stood before the mob of thugs.

"What's going on? Who tied the rope?" One of the thugs, unaware of the seriousness of the situation, turned to his companion and questioned him.

Then he turned his head again, his greedy gaze roaming unrestrainedly over Tianhuo's curvaceous body.

"Heh, this little kitten is so clean and fair-skinned, and she dares to run out all by herself." The thug slurped and chuckled, "That waist, heh heh, those legs, if you ask me, if she fell into my hands, I could..."

Tianhuo's fair face immediately darkened:

"You people are really... disgusting!"

Flames ignited from Tianhuo's fingertips, instantly transforming into a raging sea of ​​fire that swept towards the thugs.

Chapter 534: Saving one's life means that as long as one doesn't die, one can survive.

Flames may not purify everything, but they are enough to burn rare species that have strayed from noble tastes.

The fate of the thugs in the face of Tianhuo was a foregone conclusion.

The screams echoed continuously throughout the factory.

Hearing the wails around him, Tianhuo felt an intense loathing for these thugs, but he had no intention of torturing them.

She raised her hand, the ring on her finger gleaming with the light of Originium Arts, ready to intensify the flames and wipe these thugs completely off the land.

The flames surged for a moment, but soon, they suddenly began to weaken uncontrollably.

A shower of golden light streamed through the factory windows and walls, falling into the sight of Tianhuo and the hostages.

Tianhuo's expression changed.

Her flames were extinguished completely and without any suspense under the rain of light.

"This Originium Arts... is yours!"

Skyfire recognized Marna's methods, and then saw the golden pegasus who had recently appeared in Karaton City push open the factory door and walk unhurriedly to the thugs.

“Marna, you claim to be Qi Yan’s friend, so why are you saving these people like this?” Tianhuo questioned.

She was clearly a little nervous.

She had met this golden Pegasus at the Rhodes Island office before, and had even heard of Marna's feat of single-handedly taking down the office.

If the two were to fight in this remote factory, Tianhuo didn't think he could gain any advantage.

Marner did not answer, looking down at the thugs at her feet, their faces burned beyond recognition, without any pity, even with a hint of satisfaction.

With a wave of his hand, dispelling the rain of light within the factory, Marner explained calmly:

“I’ve already dealt with the accomplices of the thugs outside, and you can handle the other thugs here as well, but this person…”

He pointed to the thugs at his feet: "Qi Yan specifically asked me to save his life, so I'm going to send him to the guard unit."

Skyfire frowned but said nothing, which was taken as tacit approval of Marner's behavior.

Although the thug who had made lewd remarks about Skyfire was covered in burns and barely recognizable as a human, he was still alive. When he heard that Marna had come to rescue him, his cloudy eyes suddenly lit up with a will to survive.

But the next second, his eyes widened suddenly, and a beast-like howl came from his already burned throat.

Marna used the iron bar she picked up to pierce the thug's calf, then dragged him away expressionlessly.

A series of gasps of astonishment filled the factory.

Everyone, including Skyfire, realized that the thug Marna had rescued might suffer far more than death.

Tianhuo exhaled a breath of hot air, and the slight disgust he had felt for Marna for protecting such a scoundrel completely vanished.

She stopped paying attention to these things and turned to use flames to help the hostages burn through the ropes.

Once Tianhuo had dealt with the aftermath of the kidnapping, he immediately rushed to Green Spark to find Kugen and prepare to report the situation.

When she pushed the door open and entered, she found that Marna had already returned and was talking to Kugen.

"Skyfire, you're here. Marna has already told me what happened."

Kugen gestured for Tianhuo to sit down and asked, "Speaking of which, I remember today's event was supposed to be hosted by an old councilor who was proposing policies to improve the situation of infected people. Why did you get involved?"

Skyfire glanced at Marna before explaining:

“That old councilor was my teacher. He had been frightened by a burglar breaking into his home and fell ill, so I took his place.”

This was a kidnapping targeting my teacher, and also…

"It's connected."

Kugen punched the palm of his hand.

"Is your teacher alright?" Kugen asked.

Seeing Tianhuo shake his head, Kugen breathed a sigh of relief and then explained:

"Last night, Mr. Marner rescued a girl named Yeyan. According to Yeyan, she was being hunted down because she stumbled upon a kidnapping plot."

Later... during her escape, Yeyan accidentally stumbled upon the residence of an elderly councilor, frightening him, and Yeyan felt guilty about it.

"So it really was a conspiracy against my teacher. By some twist of fate... I should probably thank that friend named Ye Yan on behalf of my teacher." Tianhuo revealed a slight smile.

But the smile quickly vanished.

Skyfire realized that there were many other things involved behind this kidnapping case.

“Don’t worry.” Kugen saw Tianhuo’s anxiety and reassured him, “Mr. Marner has made some progress in his investigation over the past few days and has a better understanding of the truth of the matter.”

Seeing that both Bitter Root and Heavenly Fire were looking at him, Marna remained calm:

“It is not uncommon in this land to be targeted for trying to help those infected.”

The person behind these incidents is someone of high status. In the past few days, I've sent those involved to the police station. If I'm not mistaken, the police station won't punish them; instead, they'll find an opportunity to secretly release them.

“So… as soon as that big shot makes a move, he’ll definitely slip up!” Skyfire followed Marna’s line of thought and immediately became excited.

Ku Gen, however, poured cold water on the situation, saying:

"It's not that simple. Since he's a big shot, his counterattack will be difficult for us to withstand with our manpower in Karaton City, unless..."

"No need to bother."

Marna interrupted Kugen's analysis: "Qi Yan went to great lengths to bring me here, clearly intending for me to handle this matter."

I will take action, in the manner of a wandering knight.

Hillshire, a brightly lit manor.

A special banquet is being held here tonight.

As the owner of the manor and the host of the banquet, Baron Bolton stood beside a black-haired, golden-eyed woman with a fawning expression.

In stark contrast to Baron Bolton's fawning smile, the woman's face was full of impatience and condescension.

Despite being alone in the Victorian military-held hill town, the woman blatantly wore Deeppool-style clothing.

"Dear Ms. Mandela, it is my pleasure to inform you that the dinner is ready."

Baron Bolton bowed and scraped, saying, "I assure you, all the distinguished people in Little Hillshire have been invited to this banquet, including our recently popular great poet, Seamus Williams..."

A shadow of malice flashed in Mandela's eyes as she said with disgust, "What use are those boring fellows to me? What about the nobles and merchants you promised me to find?"

"Of course, of course, I also consulted many well-known celebrities and scholars."

Baron Bolton was a little nervous and hurriedly took out a list from his pocket and handed it to Mandela with both hands.