Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Chapter 686 Theresis: I feel like I've always lived in Qi Yan's shadow.

"The poet has disappeared?"

Qi Yan raised an eyebrow upon receiving this news.

Amiya had already stopped playing and was also looking at Huang.

Faced with her probing gaze, Huang shrugged and explained:

"According to Kroos's description, the poet encountered two groups of forces, which are speculated to be the Sarkaz and the Deeppool forces who came to trade hostages."

The poet then reunited with his companion in the grey top hat, but a disagreement seemed to arise. Ultimately, the poet went alone to the airship and never returned.

Qi Yan couldn't help but stroke his chin, clicking his tongue in amazement:

"What did this guy do that he killed himself? Even if Jian wanted to catch him, it would be quite a struggle."

Huang couldn't help but ask from the side:

"What is your relationship with that airship? Why did you go and crash into the Twin Queens? Aren't you on good terms with the Twin Queens?"

"It's not that it hits the Twin Queens, it's that it hits the Twin Towers."

Qi Yan corrected him for a moment, then asked, "Besides the two factions mentioned by the poet, have any other factions been discovered?"

"The intelligence officer that Hadley promised to take over has not yet arrived, and it will be difficult for Kroos's drones to gain control of such a large area."

Qi Yan was not surprised to hear Huang's answer.

He turned to Amiya and instructed her:

"Spread the word, and we'll complete the hostage exchange of Manfred and Marna in the square tomorrow."

Knowing those cunning people, they'll definitely crowd around to watch, and then I'll make them obediently hand over their ticket money.

Amiya didn't move, her face tense:

“Mr. Qi Yan, you should rest now. I won’t force you if you don’t want to sleep, but you can’t continue fighting.”

"There are no natural disasters here."

"No, that's just not true!"

Seeing Amiya's insistence, Qi Yan also felt a bit of a headache.

After a moment's hesitation, Qi Yan decided to begin using his specialty: box-punching.

“Rhodes Island chose this plot of land to exchange hostages because I am here, so you can rest assured. Now guess why Theresis also chose this plot of land and even sent an airship here.”

Amiya frowned immediately and guessed:

"He might be worried that Rhodes Island would take all the spoils, so he used the airship as a means of Manfred's retreat?"

"You think a mere airship can snatch people from my hands?"

Qi Yan laughed, shattering Amiya's naive guess: "And if this is the airship's real mission, why did it circle around and destroy one of Duke Windermere's high-speed warships before landing?"

What Theresis wants and what I want are actually the same: we both want to bring all the forces together on this piece of land.

However, we want different results. I want resources, but Theresis wants to take everything.

"One pot at a time?!"

Amiya and Huang were both startled.

Compared to Amiya, Huang reacted much faster, urgently saying:

"I think I understand now. You and Theresis are trying to wipe out all the forces involved!"

You seized all the resources they carried, and then Theresis found a way to kill them all here, thus firing the first shot of the war… As for how he did it… Shard Tower?

"Bingo, all in!" Qi Yan laughed.

Amiya and Huang, however, could not laugh at all at this moment.

Admittedly, with Qi Yan around, Rhodes Island will be well protected, but the fate of other forces is uncertain.

Moreover, they didn't want Qi Yan to continue fighting; what Qi Yan needed right now was rest.

“We must stop Theresis,” Amiya said in a deep voice.

"But how can we stop it?" Huang grabbed Qi Yan's tail and rubbed it angrily. "Not to mention that Qi Yan is showing goodwill here and giving all parties the illusion that they can befriend him, just the airship alone is a weapon that can change the course of the war. It is impossible for all parties not to be tempted."

Qi Yan pulled hard on his tail, only to find that Huang's grip was incredibly strong. Enraged, he grabbed Huang's tail in return.

Unfortunately, Huang's fluffy black tail nimbly dodged, and no matter how hard Qi Yan tried with both hands, he couldn't succeed.

Amiya glanced at the two playfully bickering, but didn't interfere, continuing to ponder the problem at hand:

"We must prevent war from breaking out. The hostage exchange cannot wait until tomorrow. We must complete the transaction in a high-profile manner before everyone reacts and get the airship out of here."

Then we need to stop the various forces from pursuing the airship. We must find a reason to make them abandon it.

After failing to score several times in a row, Qi Yan had no choice but to unleash his ultimate move:

"I have a solution."

Amiya and Huang were both invigorated.

Taking advantage of Huang's momentary lapse in concentration, Qi Yan grabbed hard and successfully caught the fluffy tail in his hand.

Before he could examine it properly, Huang suddenly jolted and instinctively pulled out its tail, sending him flying.

“Mr. Qi Yan!” Amiya exclaimed.

Qi Yan got up from the ground, his face dark, and complained:

"Can't you handle this? And how come you have so much strength with just a tail?"

Huang scratched his head and chuckled dryly:

"I learned this from Gavial, after all, it's really cool to hit people with your tail during battle."

"Stop arguing, you two!" Amiya said angrily, separating the two of them. "Mr. Qi Yan, tell me your plan."

Qi Yan brushed the dust off his clothes and directly revealed the answer:

"The technology of the airship is irreplaceable because its essence is the dead soul of the Sarkaz. Once the dukes know this, they will naturally give up the airship."

As for my deal, it's even simpler for you to interrupt it. Just publicly announce that the Crown Princess I mentioned is Vina, and they will naturally realize that Rhodes Island will not agree to such an impossible deal.

"I'll explain the situation to Dr. Kal'tsit immediately." Amiya took out her communicator and prepared to make a call.

"Wait a moment."

Qi Yan raised his hand to interrupt Amiya's actions and said slowly:

“I don’t mind your interference, because I know that you can’t stop what’s going to happen from continuing to happen.”

Amiya asked, puzzled, "Why?"

“Take this war as an example. Everyone wants to stop the war, so they come here to disrupt Theresis’s plans.” Qi Yan chuckled. “We did succeed. Theresis is so angry lately that she’s probably cursing me even in her sleep.”

But if he wanted to, he could always find a way to escalate the conflict, and even if he failed, war would be inevitable.

Because it wasn't just Theresis who wanted war, but also the dukes.

Amiya's expression darkened.

Qi Yan walked over and ruffled her hair, whispering:

"Actually, as you've realized, these dukes are actually looking forward to war, so even though I've caused so much trouble on the battlefield, they aren't alarmed and just let me cause trouble."

This proves two things: first, the Duke wants things to get chaotic; second, the Duke is not afraid of any so-called deity.

Chapter 00002 Extra: New Clothes

"Mr. Thorns, Happy New Year...?"

"Well, thank you."

Two sets of footsteps met in the corridor of the Rhodes Island ship, then quickly went their separate ways.

Pelo, a girl from the logistics department, twitched her ears and looked at Thorn's departing figure with a puzzled expression.

She sensed that Mr. Thorn seemed a little unhappy today. As she was wondering why, she turned her head and saw a familiar senior colleague from the logistics department.

"Senior, I just encountered Mr. Thorns."

The young girl stepped forward, stopped her senior, and whispered curiously, "He seemed a little unhappy, and was hurrying along with a dark face."

The senior raised a delicate eyebrow, casually ruffled the little girl's fluffy dog ​​ears, and then slowly said:

"When has Thorn's face ever turned pale?"

Her work often involves dealing with the engineering department, so she's quite familiar with thorns and can joke about them without any psychological pressure.

Little girl: "..."

"No!" The little girl stamped her foot and gestured with her hands as she spoke. "It's a description, it means she's in a bad mood and has a sour face."

The senior still didn't react: "Thorns always has a grumpy face. After all, he's a cold and handsome guy. Even when he's causing trouble with Qi Yan and the others, he still has a cool expression."

"Oh, no!"

The young girl became even more anxious when she saw that her senior couldn't understand her at all.

Just as she was itching to grab her senior's hand and let him see Thorn's current state, a mischievous smirk appeared on her senior's lips.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore." The senior patted the little girl again and said with a smile, "Thorn has indeed been in a bad mood these past two days. He got caught up in a strange tale."

"A ghost story?!"

The little girl's eyes widened immediately.

The senior, with a mysterious look on his face, leaned close to the little girl's ear and whispered:

"Be careful when you're operating on the ship by yourself lately. There's a strange tale circulating on Rhodes Island that says if someone lingers alone in a corridor, they'll find their footsteps sounding like two!"

"Footsteps...footsteps, becoming two?"

The little girl's tail bristled slightly in fright: "Is something following behind me?"

"Smart." The senior smoothed the fur on her tail. "If you hear these footsteps, never turn around, even if someone calls you from behind, or even if you feel someone put their hand on your shoulder, never turn around!"

Run, run as far as you can! Otherwise…

The little girl's tail fur stood on end again.

She instinctively snuggled closer to her senior, exclaiming in alarm:

"What else would happen?"

The senior casually pulled the little girl into his arms, enjoying her soft, snuggling embrace, his smile gradually melting:

"Otherwise you'll see a white-haired Lupo, who will grab you and show off his new clothes."

What's so scary about that?

She can't help but show off her new clothes to others... Wait, what does this have to do with Mr. Thorn being in a bad mood?

The slow-witted girl belatedly realized the problem: the hand that was holding her was suddenly becoming restless!

"Senior, you're teasing me again!"

The little girl struggled to escape from her elder's arms, pouting and saying:

"My heart already belongs to handsome guys, you have no chance of winning it over unless you become handsome too!"

The senior sadly touched his face and sighed:

"I did consult them, but unfortunately Warfarin said that digging a hole is easy, but planting a tree is difficult."

Little girl: ? ?

Seeing that the innocent young girl didn't understand, the senior didn't explain. He simply turned his slightly weathered gaze to the corridor window and looked out at the boundless land.

These young people could not possibly understand the bitterness in her heart.

In Rhodes Island, where women outnumber men, there aren't enough guys to go around, so the female comrades are forced to try to find partners internally.

The little girl looked at her senior, who was lost in thought, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere around the silent senior was becoming somewhat terrifying. She quickly and quietly moved back, preparing to slip away.

"I'm really not kidding you anymore."

The senior suddenly looked away and smiled: "The real reason why Thorn is unhappy is Qi Yan. Recently, Qi Yan has been showing off his new clothes to everyone, but he avoids Thorn and even enthusiastically reminds other people with new clothes to stay away from Thorn."