Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

"What?" The other party's words were vague and he couldn't understand what he was saying. Hiiragi subconsciously took a few steps closer.

"There's a spider! Idiot!!!" The broken-hearted Poluk shouted this out loud in embarrassment and then left quickly as if running away. Hiiragi, who was shocked and had some tinnitus, stayed on the spot... That's it?After getting used to Poluk's foul language, the offensiveness of this 'idiot' word seemed minimal.

"Alas! Poluke, don't run around and pay attention to your safety."

Castor quickly caught up with Poluk after Hiiragi apologized again. Hiiragi rubbed her ears awkwardly and looked at Irene. "Follow me..."

Irene stopped her smile in time, put on a straight face and walked towards the direction where Poluk escaped with Custer.

As an important facility, the power supply room is located on the periphery of the prison and is separated from the main body of the prison by several walls and strict security measures. However, today, the defense of the power supply room, which has long been unattended, is ineffective. As Poluk said, there is no danger here. , some are just a large number of spiders that build webs in electrical boxes, corners and other places, and they are not mutant spiders that have become larger and more ferocious due to the influence of pollution, but very ordinary ordinary species.

Facing everyone's gaze, Poluk could only angrily issue a warning, "If you look again, I'll dig out your eyes."In short, the power supply problem was solved extremely smoothly. The lights above the head came on, confirming that the system was still working normally, and the plan to search for information on the terminal had a basis for realization.

"This is the security office, there is one in every prison building, hum..." As expected of a local who has been wandering around this prison for many years, Poluk's impression of Hiiragi Jing and others has been reduced to the lowest after being offended several times, but He quickly led everyone to the location of the first terminal. There was a thick layer of dust accumulated everywhere in the room, but the various furnishings were placed fairly neatly, and there were no signs of violence. .

Hiiragi hurried to the terminal, and after a general inspection, no obvious signs of damage were found. This made her slightly relieved, as it was still intact.

This most basic model of terminal before the war is basically the same as the mainstream terminal in the wasteland world. Press the switch button and the dust-covered fan will spin with difficulty. The display screen gradually lights up with fluorescent light amid the low humming. Everyone's mood was lifted, and the sound of electricity that sounded from time to time was harmless.

Finally, after a short but unbearable wait, the screen finally displayed the content on the terminal. A column of tables on the left side of the screen was all the content it carried.

'List of prisoners in Building C', 'Instructions for custody staff', 'Duty schedule', 'Registration log'...

After carefully checking the information in the terminal, there was only information about the prison and no information about the witch. However, as everyone expected, how could a terminal in a security office not even have a login password be like this? As for the important information, this time it is just a step to verify that the terminal can be used normally.

A terminal that can be used normally - if any scavenger picked it up, it would be a huge fortune, but to everyone, the witch is just scrap metal.

"Where is the warden's office? Take us there quickly."

The terminals in other places can be ignored. Hiiragi Jing plans to go straight to the topic and go to the highest level place in the prison for information. Poluk immediately starts to lead the way without much information. Not only Hiiragi Jing, this is also the most unanimous idea of ​​​​everyone at this time.

The office building that Hiiragi thought was meaningless to explore at first became the most important place in her eyes at this time. Returning to the square in front of the prison gate again, the white thick fog that originally blocked the place had completely dissipated with Custer's awakening. , the prison under the sky was as peaceful as before they arrived.

Compared to other prison buildings, the office building, which is only three stories high, is not too big, and it looks unremarkable from the outside. Only flower beds and low railings are used to distinguish the space. The defensive strength is not even as good as that of the power supply room. Those walls.

However, when several people approached, Hiiragi discovered that the glass door at the entrance of the office building was intact. This was the first time Hiiragi had seen such complete glass since entering this prison.

"Strange, the door was always open when I came here before?" The changes here made Poluk a little confused. She walked slowly to the door, and suddenly an emotionless mechanical synthesized sound came from the broadcast above the entrance. : "Please align your face with the scanning area."

"Identity verification failed, please scan again..."

"What?" Before Poluk could react, Irene suddenly pushed her aside from behind. The scythe fell and the glass door blocking everyone in front of them was instantly destroyed. Even the alarm that kept sending out noisy alarms was also destroyed by her. Cut off together.

It seems that the defense of this building is not as simple as it seems on the surface...

Poluk felt very unhappy that he was suddenly upstaged by Irene. She walked into the lobby of the office building ahead of Irene. She wanted to continue to observe Hiiragi and could only follow the large group into it. However, when she just stepped in Among them, the reinforced rolling shutter door behind him suddenly fell. Not only behind him, but also all the exits in the lobby were blocked by rolling shutter doors that fell together. The alarm bell rang loudly in the entire room again.

"careful!"

The originally smooth walls on the left and right sides and above the ceiling opened cracks, and a mechanical arm equipped with a machine gun and an identification camera poked out, aiming straight at everyone entering the hall.

For a moment, fire light shot out, and metal storms shot towards everyone from all directions.

"Snapped!"

Poluk pulled off the glass bottle and threw it on the ground at his feet. The blood contained in it quickly formed an eggshell-like shield around everyone, blocking the bullets one by one. Irene immediately turned into black smoke and shot towards He rushed towards those mechanical arms that kept shooting.

It seemed that she didn't want to be upstaged by Irene anymore and wanted to show off in front of her sister. After confirming that the remaining blood was enough to protect her sister and Hiiragi Jing's comfort, she also raised her long knife and stared at the blood shield before rushing out.

This method may be used to deal with ordinary intruders or rioting prisoners to achieve good results, but it is not enough for the joint strangulation of two witches. In just a few minutes, the last mechanical arm Being chopped down by Poluk's long knife, the crisis in the hall was immediately resolved.

So this is Poluk’s ability?

I have been listening to Irene's oral description of Poluk's ability before, and now I see with my own eyes that Hiiragi's understanding of the ability to 'control blood' has improved to a higher level. It seems that the usage is very similar to her black liquid. After all, blood also belongs to Fluids can also control shapes, but Poluk is obviously more skillful in using his abilities.

"What's going on with these mechanisms? I've obviously never seen them before." Poluk kicked away the remains of the mechanical arm and strangely recalled his past experience here.

"You didn't forget that we just turned on the backup power."

"I...of course I didn't forget it, I just didn't think of it for a while."

"Okay, okay, just be careful next, Poluk's performance is very good."

Custer's praise made Pollock immediately put aside the upcoming dispute with Irene, and also avoided the possible rift that this crisis, which was not a crisis, would cause to the harmony within the team beyond its function. It also cheered up a few people, and the impulse caused by the excitement was somewhat restrained.

Chapter 14 Forgotten Identity

The office building located in the prison really exceeded their expectations.

Automatic machine guns hidden inside the walls form a fire network that has no blind spots against intruders. Electrified nets and isolation walls are set up on every road that must be passed. There are endless defense mechanisms that even Eileen and Bo Luke and the two witches inevitably showed signs of boredom and fatigue.

Custer's abilities are obviously not effective in the current battle scene. Hiiragi really wants to help share some of the pressure, but she is also powerless. If she could intuitively and clearly feel the presence of the black liquid in her body before, So now since she woke up from Castle's lap pillow, she has completely lost contact with the black liquid. At this moment, she seems to have completely become an ordinary person. Of course, she also knows that this girl's body is doomed for her. No ordinary fate is possible.

It's just an office building for a prisoner of war camp, right?The place where the two witches of Poluk and the others are placed is obviously so crude... Although the existence of these defense mechanisms is annoying, it will not really cause them any substantial harm. The witch is a witch after all. The team is still making steady progress.

Finally, with the slashes of the sickle and the long knife, the iron fence that suddenly lowered to block the passage was cut into a gap, and they officially arrived in front of the double solid wooden door with the door plate that read 'Warden's Office'.

Irene tentatively stretched out her hand that was wrapped in black smoke and touched it - there was no electric attack.

Holding a scythe and slowly pushing the door open, the imaginary metal storm did not come. Instead, the lights in the room suddenly turned on and illuminated the entire spacious office. This change shocked several people.

The warm light seems to simulate natural light, without the dazzling feeling that ordinary lights often have. Under such a light environment, everything in the field of vision feels more comfortable. Even the dust is pitiful compared to the previous rooms. , the extremely spacious office has no other large furnishings except desks, chairs and a few sofas for receiving outsiders. It is so empty that one can't help but wonder if it is necessary to build such a large space here?

After observing for a while, Irene opened the door and took the first step. As soon as she stepped on the thick carpet, a gentle girl suddenly appeared in the office: "We have detected the arrival of an outsider and are turning on the air purification circulation system for you. Turn on the indoor constant temperature system for you..."

"Who are you?" Erin held up the scythe and looked around cautiously. In fact, the moment the sound appeared, she had already wanted to swing the scythe and attack. However, the sound seemed to come from all directions in the room. She couldn't tell where the speaker was at all.

just like……

"Pfft... Hahahaha..." Poluk behind her suddenly laughed wildly, and the exaggerated laughter was obviously [-]% or even [-]% deliberate, "Idiot! Idiot! Bastard! That's obviously Can't you even distinguish the sound of the machine? It's so funny! Hahaha..."

Poluk, who had been frustrated by Irene, finally found this opportunity to fight back, and of course he would not let it go easily. Even Custer couldn't hold back his wanton taunting.

Irene did not speak but looked at Poluk silently. Poluk stopped smiling and looked at her unceremoniously: "What do you want me to do? Do you want to fight?"

Irene shook her head expressionlessly, showing no fighting intention at Poluk's provocation, and then suddenly raised her hand and pointed at Poluk's feet: "Spider..."

"Yeah-!!!" Before Irene could finish her words, Poluk had already screamed. The girl who was still screaming just now was closing her eyes tightly and shivering in Custer's arms. While stamping his feet violently, he didn't know whether he was afraid that the non-existent spider would crawl up his feet or whether he wanted to trample it to death and eliminate it completely.

Castor quickly hugged Poluk and patted her back while trying his best to comfort her. Seeing that the effect he wanted was achieved, Irene nodded slightly and continued to pay attention to the office.

Hiiragi Jing on the side was dumbfounded as he took in all this, looking at Irene as if he was getting to know him all over again... No, just getting to know him all over again!Although she verbally changed her name to 'Irene', there is no doubt that the title 'Tyrant' is the title that impressed her most.

When Irene looked at Poluk just now, her breathing was slow for a moment. She was deeply afraid that the two most powerful witches in the team would suddenly make a move. She did not expect that the situation would develop like this.

Is the person in front of me really the witch tyrant who killed everyone in the abandoned city of JD?

"Coffee brewing system loading... Sorry, the loading failed. We are checking the cause of the failure for you... The water reservoir has insufficient storage. The current results have been communicated to the logistics department through internal communications. Maintenance personnel will arrive soon. Please be patient. Waiting for the processing results..." The gentle female voice continued, and Irene had already stepped into the office.

Poluk, who realized that he had been tricked, looked at the opponent's back fiercely, then glared at Hiiragi before walking into the room with Custer.

Hiiragi Jing, who had come back to her senses, could only smile bitterly in her heart. She was innocently implicated, but she also knew that now was not the time to dwell on such issues, so she focused her attention on the warden's office again.

It's simple and clean, but I don't see any exaggerated and exquisite decorations. It's just that this cleanness makes everyone disappointed.

On the most eye-catching desk in the office, there was only a pen with long-dried ink and a few scattered document bags. There was not even a shadow of the terminal equipment they were looking forward to.

How could this be?

Could it be that the warden here doesn’t use a terminal for his office?Or is it that the warden is just a freeloader who doesn't need to do anything, and someone else is actually responsible for the affairs?

Everyone's heart froze. Hiei Jing hurried forward and opened the files on the table one by one. There were only some simple lists about the prison administrators, and some diaries written in a few short sentences. , what is disappointing is that there is no mention of witch in the content.

Is it true that the warden doesn't care?Were all the endless defense mechanisms that appeared in the past just a cover-up to confuse the enemy?

"Huh? Why? Why are there no machines here?"

The pile of documents that Hiiragi had just put down was grabbed by Poluk and threw on the table in an angry manner. The solid wood desk suddenly glowed with light blue fluorescence like a light bulb, and a row of buttons was projected on the screen. on the desktop.

What made everyone even more incredible was that the large display screen appeared out of thin air on the desk. It seemed to be made entirely of light. Pollock couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and his hand actually penetrated the whole process. Nothing stands in the way.

"What... is this?" Poluk muttered to himself subconsciously, but she felt like she had never seen the world before. She quickly looked at the others and saw everyone's equally surprised expressions. Quietly relieved.

Incredible...what an incredible technology...

This kind of holographic projection technology that can produce images in the air is no different from myths and legends in today's era. She once heard that some cults in the former Southern Commonwealth were established out of a certain incomprehensible pre-war high technology. In terms of worship, at that time she only felt that those people were ignorant and ridiculous, but after witnessing such a scene with her own eyes, she suddenly understood the mentality of those believers.

If the place where you live is not the Newborn City, which has a strong academic atmosphere and is located in the Institute, one of the two major scientific research bases of the Southern Federation, if you are not forced to receive education by Han Nianling, but if you have lived in a human stronghold in the corner of the corner. If you live a closed, backward or even primitive life, after seeing this, you will probably regard it as some kind of miracle.

This gave Hiroyuki another reason to yearn for the highly developed technology of the pre-war era. After sighing with emotion, Hiroyuki immediately reached out and pressed the 'Login' button on the holographic screen. The female voice in the office sounded again: "Dear Warden, Your Excellency." Please verify your iris information."

After finally discovering the mystery of this desk by accident, Poluke accidentally bumped into it, but he was stopped here again. The ups and downs were quite uncomfortable.

Iris information?Aren't those just eyes?Let’s not talk about whether the warden’s body is still in the education. Even if the body is found after hundreds of years, only the bones will be left. Where can I get the iris information?

"Let me try, I may have a way..."

"?"

At this moment, Custer suddenly said, and Hiei Jing and Poluk, who were confused, got out of the way. They thought that Custer knew some special cracking method, but they didn't expect that Custer would actually pick up The hair on her forehead really pointed her pupils at the verification area indicated in front of the screen.

"elder sister?"

"What are you doing……"

Hiiragi Jing's words of inquiry were stuck in her throat as the machine-synthesized girl sent a message that shocked everyone: "Welcome to your post, Your Excellency, Warden Castle Windsor. "

Custer turned out to be... turned out to be the warden here? !As a witch, serving as the warden of a facility like a pre-war prisoner of war camp?

Not to mention outsiders, even Poluk, who had been with her for many years, including her sister, showed extremely shocked expressions. Irene couldn't help but frown. Castor looked at the screen interface where he was logging in. She then looked at the other three people who were staring at her closely. She knew what Hiiragi and the others were looking forward to now, but... "I'm sorry, I didn't think of the memories before waking up. I just felt that this place gave me a kind of It feels familiar, you need to do this if you want to open this terminal..."

Seeing the disappointment on Hiiragi Jing's face, Custer quickly said: "But believe me, there are indeed clues about the witch on this terminal. It's not just a feeling..."

Chapter 15 The sister who has no leakage

The Southern Atonement Warden's appointment contract... Oath: I will carry out the monarch's will, teach the erring herds, guard the glory of the kingdom, and offer loyalty to the great Majesty...

The prompt for successful login sounded, and then an oath interface popped up. The content of the long speech was completely nutritious, and it was just filled with gorgeous rhetoric around the theme of 'loyalty to the monarch'. The only thing worthy of Hiiragi's attention was the one located on the interface. The bottom string of elegant handwritten fonts - Castle Windsor.

Custer, who also saw this signature, stretched out his hand and drew a pen in the void, as if he was regaining the feeling of writing that he had been away from for a long time. However, he nodded affirmatively, "Yes, it's me." It was a further confirmation. Knowing the fact that Custer was the warden here, Hiiragi closed the oath interface and began to confirm the content of the main interface of this high-tech terminal.

Compared with the terminal in the ordinary guard room, the content on this terminal is much more complete, including a more complete list of inmates and a more detailed prison management directory. Information (to be verified)' option.

Name: Caster Windsor, the eldest daughter (adopted daughter) of the Earl of Windsor. After confirming the identity of the witch in the year 1021 of the Kingdom Calendar and officially entering service, the Kingdom's code name: Trickster, a graduate of the 17th class of the Kingdom's Royal Cavalry Academy, a second-class pilot, the [-]th class The freestyle racing champion of the Kingdom Youth Games, an outstanding painter in the art exhibition... Evaluation level: excellent, witch ability: field shielding...

Hiroyuki was dazzled by the long list of honorary titles. Although he couldn't understand the various title activities, it still made Hiiragi feel extremely powerful. The descriptions of abilities were basically consistent with Custer's description, and the differences in small details were innocuous. , after all, Custer has not actively used his abilities once since he woke up. Even Poluk herself said that it took her many years to figure out a complete and rough idea of ​​how to use abilities.

What worries Hiiragi the most is the sentence 'The identity of the witch was confirmed and officially entered service in the year 1021 of the Kingdom Calendar'. Is the identity of the witch confirmed?Why confirm?Isn't the witch a weapon created by humans in the pre-war era?

Moreover, the sisters Custer and Pollock actually have a noble family with the surname of Earl of Windsor. They actually have the identity of a noble lady. If the weapons are really created by humans, how can they have an adoptive family? What about the existence of?Hiiragi Jing, who originally thought that the origin of the witch was gradually becoming clearer, became even more confused.

There is no doubt about the credibility of this information clearly recorded on the highest-level terminal before the war, but the more credible it is, the more uncomfortable it is for Hiiragi, because it is irrefutable and there is no angle that can be overturned, not even a little bit of luck. Nothing was left, and what I thought was the truth turned out to be wrong.

Suddenly a soft hand stretched out and covered the back of Hiiragi Jing's hand. Hiiragi Jing turned her head and saw the gentle smile on Custer's face.Feeling the warmth conveyed on the back of her hand, Hiiragi's originally irritable heart gradually calmed down.At the same time, I couldn’t help but think: Such a gentle and considerate person is actually a sister to Poluk...

"I... thank you." The other party obviously noticed his emotional changes and gave him comfort. Hieragi Jing felt warm in his heart and whispered his thanks. He had just begun to explore the content on this terminal. How could he get ahead of the curve? Woolen cloth?When a conjecture is overturned, it does not mean starting over, but eliminating errors and moving closer to the truth.

There was nothing interesting about this chapter. Hiiragi hesitated for a moment and then opened the prisoner list.

In fact, she wanted to skip this item, but after thinking about it calmly, she suddenly discovered something unusual.

The prisoners of war guarded in this prison are senior officers and nobles. Their special status is important, but it still seems a waste to let the witch sit behind the country and guard it as the warden, even if Custer's ability cannot be directly used. combat effectiveness, but creating an area that cannot be detected is still an important support that can change the form of the battlefield.

So why is there a witch here?

The first thing that catches the eye in the list is the densely packed rows of military ranks and titles: Chief of Staff of a certain major-general-level corps, first heir to the Grand Duke's throne. Of course, there are only a few such important figures, and most of them are school-level officers and Honorary nobles, but these are not what Hiiragi is looking for. Jump directly to the last page. A list highlighted in red fonts is extremely eye-catching on the light blue fluorescent screen.

[Prisoner No.: 0716] [Name: Unknown] [Gender: Female]... (Note: Dark energy band detection reaction is strong, suspected to be a witch left behind by the First Empire, focus on custody...)

Witch?This prison once held witches? !And what is the First Empire?Why have I never read about the existence of a country in books?

Hiiragi quickly clicked on the prisoner's details, but all she got was a brief statement - the prisoner had been transferred to the custody of the Airspace Model Fortress on December 1026, 12 in the Kingdom Calendar.

Airspace model fortress?Hiiragi, who couldn't get any more information, couldn't help but feel disappointed again. However, she suddenly remembered something and rummaged around in her pocket for a while. She quickly found the hand-drawn map that Buton had given her. After coming out, Hiiragi Jing, who had briefly browsed the map, remembered that there was a similar name written on it.

"Airspace ruins..."

The location representing this name is marked in the north of Ofantor. To get there, they must cross the entire actual controlled territory of Ofantor from south to north. This road must be dangerous even for the witch, but only How can the coincidence of the two words prove that they represent the same place?Is it really worth paying so much for a guess in the end?

Let’s ask Man again when we get back...

Secretly keeping this location in mind, Hiiragi searched for it on the terminal again... Maybe it was because the previous records had been deleted, maybe there was only so much information about the witch, and the subsequent search did not find much that was valuable. Information, in addition to confirming that the prisoner suspected of being a witch was transferred to the model castle fortress, the same was true for the general chief of staff seen before,

Just when Hiiragi thought that all the content on the terminal ended here, she suddenly noticed that there was a folder titled "Unnamed" in the lower right corner of the interface. Because the holographic screen was transparent, this folder was actually related to the one being used. A piece of wood grain on the tabletop was cleverly concealed, which immediately made Hiiragi's heart become hot again.

A folder that deliberately needs to be hidden in this way?This is a treatment that is not even available to those who record information about witches!What exactly is hidden here?The body that had already wanted to leave the chair returned to the desk again, and with trembling fingers driven by extremely exciting emotions, he opened the unnamed folder...

"Ugh?"

A picture suddenly popped up on the high-resolution holographic screen. The pink and white bodies were intertwined. The messy clothes were only half-covered in key positions, adhering to the final bottom line. The eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, filled with emotion. Looking at each other, a silver thread between the red lips of the two embracing girls tells a charming story...