About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

This made it difficult for Frost Star to feel guilty about herself, which was very embarrassing.

24. Miss Tallulah wants to date me! The Reunion Movement leaders' love battle (?

After the plan to head to the southern city of Chernobyl was tentatively finalized, the news was also spread on a small scale through the intelligence network, and as a result, everyone really got an unexpected gain.

In one of the villages, a villager named Isaac said that he used to be a member of the engineering team of the propulsion equipment in Checheng. Later, due to the misoperation of his colleagues, he was infected with mineral disease and was exiled to this marginal village.

Isaac told Tallulah and the others that he knew of a maintenance tunnel in Che City that could bypass over 8% of security checkpoints and lead directly to Grand Central Station. However, this tunnel could only be opened once every 30 days, and tomorrow was his team's maintenance day.

After receiving the news, everyone held another meeting, and this time the content was to consider whether to start action tomorrow.

3% of the people said that the opportunity cannot be missed. No matter how much intelligence the Integration Movement collected about the South, it was only marginal information. It was necessary to expand into the city before starting the next step.

3% of the people said that they needed to continue waiting for the opportunity. After all, the situation in the south was completely different from that in the north. There were intertwined forces of new and old nobles. If they were not careful, the integration movement would be easily blown out like a flame in winter.

The rest did not comment.

"In short, we don't need to, nor can we, rush in all at once. Right now, we shouldn't discuss how to infiltrate Chernobog. All we need to do is treat Chernobog as a larger village. The first step is the same as always: send a few people to scout out the situation and build an intelligence network."

Tallulah stopped the discussion and put forward her own idea - to send advance personnel to explore.

"I me me!"

As soon as he heard that someone was going to be selected to go to the city, Orson stood up and raised his hand. How quick!

——The Ursus Bears! The illegal queen is exposed early, the frustrated Junjun, Misha and Rexxar (?), here I come!

"Okay, then let's rule out Orson first."

"why!?"

Tallulah directly vetoed Orson, who immediately vomited three pounds of blood.

"You are a core member of the Reunion Movement. The risk of infiltrating into Kirei City is too great. We cannot afford you to act as dangerously as you did during the Battle of Silence."

Tallulah looked at Orson seriously, while Froststar looked away dejectedly.

"There's no risk. That was an exception. Sister Tazi, you understand me. When someone like me encounters difficulties, the first thing I will do is—"

"Rush to help?"

Tallulah interrupted Orson, and the others nodded to show that Tallulah was right.

"Ah this..."

Orson moved his mouth, but was speechless.

After sinking Orson, Tallulah thought of something and continued:

"Then the best candidates to infiltrate Qie City are Froststar, Alina, and a few others."

"Your purpose and direction are too obvious, Tallulah!"

Frost Star directly pointed out that the composition of Tallulah's personnel was exactly what Sima Guang was thinking.

"Hmm? This is just a reasonable tactical allocation."

Tallulah spoke nonsense in a serious tone without blushing or getting nervous.

"Tallulah is finally starting to deceive her comrades..."

Alina spoke in a lonely tone, just like a parent who found out that her child had skipped school to go to the Internet cafe.

"I get it...! Then let's think about it another way. Is there anyone here who can't participate in this mission?"

It seemed a little too obvious, and Tallulah had to choose a new person under pressure from those around her.

"First, myself. Because of my identity as the daughter of Koschei, I will be unwantedly targeted. Then there's Frost Star. You've participated in armed mine liberation operations many times, and perhaps that's been recorded by the Ursus military. Then there's the old Patriot—don't even consider him. As for Orson... if you put aside the danger, Orson is indeed a very suitable candidate. Then there's Alina. Alina doesn't seem to be a big deal—Okay, then let's try another plan!"

After reasoning to the end, Tallulah was only one step away from getting the correct answer, but she suddenly turned off at the speed of light.

"...???"

Orson was confused. Although he didn't understand Tallulah's speeches of justice most of the time, this time he still didn't know where the error occurred in the inference that just sounded so reasonable.

"You kid, wow, you're really enviable."

The big bear from the Snow Monster Team patted Orson on the shoulder, which made Orson even more confused.

After the meeting lasted for a while, it was unclear what they were discussing, and the conclusion they finally reached was not much different from the conclusion that Tallulah had reached before.

Orson, Alina, and the engineer Isaac. These three will serve as the advance team to Chernobyl to gather intelligence.

Orson is the team's communications and protection expert. Unless these three people go to Che City and happen to run into more than 20 emperor's inner guards holding a If You Are the One, no one can threaten the lives of Alina and the engineer from Orson.

Alina is the team's political commissar (crossed out) and a communication expert. No one can resist Alina's gentle voice! If there is, then that bastard is no longer a human being.jpg.

The engineer who calls himself Isaac, literally means engineer, but he also serves as a guide to half of the city.

"Can I resign from my position as leader of the Reunion Movement now..."

Tallulah looked awkward, while Alina hugged Tallulah and stroked her hair to show that everything was fine.

"Orson is actually much more dull than you think, Tallulah. You don't have to worry too much."

"I'm not upset about this kind of thing..."

Tallulah tilted her head and complained quietly.

"Wait a minute—I think there's room for further discussion. Alina can't participate in this operation either."

Frost Star's words made everyone nervous again.

"The children in the settlement can't be without a teacher for too long. Besides, Alina's hand injury will not only draw unnecessary attention, but as a guide without combat abilities, she might be in danger. This has nothing to do with Orson's protection. You can't always protect Miss Alina. Even a warrior like me has had my life hanging by a thread. We can't take such a risk...!"

I thought the personnel selection had been finalized, but Frost Star didn't seem to agree with it ending like this.

While her words were purposeful, they were also sincere. Yukito was genuinely concerned about the safety of Alina, a non-combatant.

Everyone in the Reunion Movement knows that the deer's weapon against the world is her soul, but sometimes, the land of Ursus devours everything indiscriminately.

"Frost Star is right. Although I can protect Alina, I can't always maintain this vigilance. Sister Tallulah, Alina, please reconsider this."

"...Well, I understand that my own weakness can sometimes become your weakness."

Alina nodded in understanding. She looked at her slender arms and secretly set a goal.

"Then as an alternative, I will—"

"No, Miss Froststar, it's over. I've already taken emergency measures to prevent this possibility."

"Emergency measures...?"

Although she was also excluded from the list, Alina looked at Frost Star firmly with an expression that showed that everything was under control.

"I'm sorry, Orson."

"what?"

Alina looked at Orson apologetically. At the same time, an Integration Movement cadre who had been unable to participate in the discussion due to something else appeared on the scene - the Patriot.

"Mr. Patriot, I'm sorry to have you rushing here, but I have something I must tell you—Orson wants to go on a date with Froststar in Qie City!"

“Eh!?” “Ugh—!”

Frost Star was shocked by Alina's words, and Orson finally understood the current situation - he seemed to be going to die here.

"Very well, Orson. Then challenge me to a wendigo duel, a duel of strength and of life and death."

The Patriot calmly activated the overload mode and directly weighed anchor in the second stage.

"Don't fight to the death!?"

Orson was in tears.

"It's okay, Tallulah, don't worry."

And the instigator of all this, Alina, leaned against Tallulah, smiled and spoke softly.

——How terrifying…!

Tallulah looked at her best friend in front of her and once again realized that the political commissar was not a good person either.

Finally, due to various reasons, the results of the discussion are:

Orson and Isaac, the former engineer of Checheng, are in a sweet duo.

Although Talulah, Alina, Froststar and the others said they could accept this arrangement, Orson, the person involved, seriously suspected that something was wrong with this development.

"Mr. Orson? What happened?"

Sasha, who was practicing crossbow shooting outside the settlement, saw Orson from a distance, with a bump on his head and walking unsteadily.

"Nothing much... I got beaten up by the old Patriot. No, I can't say I got beaten up. It's a 50-50 match. I often kill him alone."

Orson tried to rub the bump on his head back while trying to be tough.

Opponents like Patriot are the type that Orson is least good at dealing with. After all, the premise of using a little force to defeat a great force is that the opponent really only weighs a thousand pounds. Patriot is an old monster who can become a near-Earth satellite if he accidentally throws a spear too hard. It is obvious that he has exceeded the level of a thousand pounds.

And in the final analysis, it was just a competition between the cadres of the Integration Movement, and Orson couldn't really use all his martial arts. As a result, Orson, whose basic stats were crushed, got beaten up.

Regarding Patriot, a warrior who has lived for hundreds of years, there is not much Orson can do to change him. Patriot has his own firm beliefs and goals, and his values have long been unique.

If there is anything about the Patriot that was indeed changed by Orson, it is probably that the spread of the Originium infection was slowed down.

After all, the Integration Movement now has an elite soldier named "Orson", so the burden on Big Daddy is naturally lightened accordingly.

In fact, [The Silence of the North], like [The Patriots], has become the top combat force in the emerging camp of the Integration Movement.

"Teacher Orson, are you disturbing Frost Star again?"

"No, but it seems about the same. We are discussing it. Uh... Anyway, nothing much."

Orson was halfway through his speech when he recalled that it would be better not to discuss the matter of Checheng with Sashaino.

They were children who escaped from Che City because of abuse. Mentioning Che City at this time might touch upon the scars deep in their hearts.

"Is it Chernobog?"

"—Yeah, you heard it, Sasha."

"My hearing and vision are surprisingly useful."

Although Orson wanted to hide the matter of Qicheng, Sasha took the initiative to say that he had heard the content of the previous meeting.

"Teacher Orson, you don't have to worry too much about our past. Perhaps our memories of Qicheng are only of tragedy. That time once tormented us, but... now it's different."

Sasha put down the crossbow in his hand, and looked at Orson with his snake-like eyes, which were not mature enough for his age but still clear.

"The new picture gradually replaced the traces of the past. Life here is much better for me than it was then. Ino, Tallulah, Teacher Orson, Teacher Alina, Frost Star - I like everyone here, and Ino likes you too."

"Ah this..."

Orson's face was filled with black lines when he heard this, and he almost had PTSD again. Sasha noticed Orson's embarrassment, glanced at Orson, and then added an explanation.

"Ino... is a very introverted person who rarely has his own opinions, but he is gradually changing. Perhaps he just doesn't know the correct way to express gratitude. But he is indeed opening up little by little. Thank you, Mr. Orson."

Sasha expressed her sincere and unpretentious gratitude to Orson, not only for their care, but also for Orson's constant care for his best friend in a plain and gentle manner.

"It's just that Teacher Alina taught him well. Besides, he's lucky to have you as a friend."

Orson rubbed Sasha's seaweed hair. The boy had lost the violent and immature look he had when they first met, and had become gradually calm and steady. He believed that in a while, he would really become the low-key and serious "Faust" in the story who led the crossbow troop.

But this time, his ending will no longer be a lonely death in the alleys of Longmen.

Maybe he would become a crossbowman in Mingzhen, maybe he would become a writer, maybe he would become the agent of Ino who has switched to being an idol.

The conversation with Sasha was an unexpected encounter. After hearing the boy's recognition of his efforts, Orson happily came to the room where the leader of the Reunion Movement, Tallulah, was.

"Sister Tallulah?"

"Hold on--"

Orson knocked on the door, and heard Tallulah's slightly panicked voice from inside the room, followed by a series of unknown sounds.

"Come in, Orson."

After a few minutes, Tallulah opened the door with a slight breath, and the room behind the door was extremely clean and tidy.