About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

—As much as I want to see Tallulah again right now, as much as I want to drop everything and rush to Casimir, I must be responsible for the Lungmen Guards ID card on my chest. Lungmen is under threat, and if Tallulah arrives at this moment, her identity will only further confuse the situation. I can't let my sister fall into danger... huh?

Chen, who was thinking carefully about his next move, suddenly discovered that Orson, who had received his message, did not leave. Instead, he took out his phone, charged it in his office socket, and then dialed a number.

"Ding ding ding—Hello, is that Tallulah? I saw Officer Chen. Um, well, she said she doesn't want you to come over."

“Eh hey hey!?” “Eh hey hey!?”

The two sisters exclaimed in amazement on the phone and in person respectively.

"What's going on with this call? Aren't you a messenger?"

Chen pointed at the phone in Orson's hand and asked in surprise.

In the world of Terra, "cross-country" communication can only be achieved through buildings like the "broadcast signal tower" in Che City. Obviously, according to common sense, the mobile phone in Orson's hand cannot have the ability to communicate with Casimir in real time.

"A messenger? No, we in the Reunion Movement don't need a messenger. My current tuning abilities allow different devices to communicate in real time regardless of distance."

Orson said something that Chen didn't understand in a serious manner. In fact, Orson's ability to control the "tuning frequency" was getting stronger and stronger. When they first went to the North, they used special walkie-talkies, but now they only need to use mobile phones to achieve the same effect.

If Orson is willing, he can use this ability to become the only big player in the communications industry in Terra.

Of course, the result of this would be that Reunion and Rhodes Island would lose their ability to communicate covertly, so Orson never thought about it in this regard.

It’s definitely not because I’m too stupid.

"What are you talking about...wait, is that Tallulah on the other end of the line now?"

Chen pointed to the phone in Orson's hand and asked uncertainly.

Orson didn't say anything and just handed the phone over.

"Tallulah...sister?"

Chen's tone was initially a little incredulous, but soon her voice became trembling.

Through the picture on the mobile phone, Chen finally saw his sister's face after many years.

“Tallulah…!”

"Hui Jie!"

The two of them told each other their names across the screen, and Orson was moved when he saw this scene.

This pair of sisters, separated by fate, by the times, and by people with ulterior motives, finally meet again - there is no sacrifice, no betrayal, and no swords drawn, just an extremely ordinary and natural reunion.

Chen and Tallulah looked at each other. Although the scene of their meeting was not romantic, at least at that moment, the two of them put everything aside and returned to their childhood that had long been forgotten.

After five minutes of being moved:

"So you're now a superintendent of the Longmen Guards? Haha, that suits you very well, my sister."

"It's okay... I'm no longer your little follower."

After fifteen minutes of being moved:

"So why did you tell Orson all those things?!"

"Isn't this how I love and miss you?"

"Then it's okay for me to tell him about that time you played with fire and burned your skirt!"

"Dangdangdang, of course not!? And don't listen, Black Snake!"

After thirty minutes of touching:

"You don't want me to go there because Longmen is not peaceful? Huijie, you are not the only one who has grown up. I am now stronger and more powerful than before. I don't think anything in Longmen can threaten me."

"So it's not just Longmen's problem. Your bloodline and identity are also a problem, sister...!"

After forty-five minutes of emotion:

"Stupid Tallulah! There's no such thing as a 'scumbag'! And in the final analysis, you don't have to care about my emotional problems!"

"You're the idiot, Huijie! What if you get kidnapped by some weird guy? You've always been prone to being kidnapped since you were a child!"

"Weren't you the one who was abducted by Cosice?"

"A-choo—this is not right, Huijie. My daughter is in pain...it hurts!"

"?"

After an hour of touching:

"Bai, you idiot! [Afraid your sister would be kidnapped by a scumbag, so you asked someone to come over and have a relationship]? Did your brain freeze in the North?"

"...Anyway, you are not allowed to attack Orsen, Huijie! Not even if you are his younger sister!"

"Don't regret it after sending everyone here!!"

Chen and Tallulah started arguing with each other over the video call, and the touching atmosphere from an hour ago was thrown into the trash can and shattered with a single click.

finally--

"Orson, give me some justice!"

"Orson, is my sister going too far?"

The two looked towards the office entrance together, but the seat that was originally occupied by Orson was already empty.

"Huh? Old Chen, are you calling that guy from before? He ran off twenty minutes ago, saying, 'When you're done arguing, just leave your phone in the mail room. I'll pick it up tonight.'"

"..." "..."

Orson learned his lesson this time and escaped one step ahead. Disaster always comes one step behind me.

11. Learn from your mistakes

After escaping from the Guards Bureau, Orson was sighing about the deep sisterly love while thinking about what to do next.

When the two of them were talking about "I asked Orson to conquer you to prevent you from being taken away by a scumbag, but you are not allowed to conquer Orson!" and "Who understands what you are saying?", Orson, who realized that something was wrong, ran away early.

If I look at it from a purely passerby's perspective, the best thing for me is to put on a mask and sneak back to Qie City. At least this way I won't be in danger of my life (? ), and I haven't seen Zaolu, Junjun and the others for a long time.

But from a practical point of view, if there was no one like himself to act as a buffer, Orson was almost certain that the touching sisterly embrace between Chen Huijie and Tallulah would not last more than 10 minutes, and would turn into the two of them shouting each other's names while using Rasengan against Chidori.

In fact, it is easy to understand. When they were children, Chen was the weaker one. She would always follow behind Tallulah and let her "sister" protect her.

After the two separated, Tallulah still treated Chen Huijie as a "sister who needed protection" as usual. However, Chen had become a "Longmen police officer who protected others" over the years.

This change in personality and career made it impossible for the two to get along with each other in the same way as before, and naturally they started arguing during the call.

Talulah would definitely not listen to Chen's instructions and stay in Casimir obediently, and when she arrived, the two would definitely start arguing again, and then it would be her turn to step in and mediate.

Of course, judging from past experience, the chances of not being able to get a word in and having to sit in the corner and grow mushrooms are much higher.

All in all... Tallulah and Officer Chen were still close, even if their expressions were a bit off. This also gave Orson some relief; he no longer had to worry about them being speechless.

Of course, what I should worry about now is how I can stay alive and stop the fight after the two of them start.

"Haha... Now let's just wander around and avoid the spotlight."

Now that the sisters have met again, it’s better for me not to be a light bulb that may taunt or attack the followers at any time.

There was at least one good thing about being thrown into the police station by Chen again. When he encountered An Suo again, he successfully got his wallet back. Now he is no longer a "penniless idler in society", but a "social idler".

Although [Longmen] is the most important stage in the plot of Arknights, Orson does not know much about this city, or in other words, he cannot piece together how the city works with his fragmented memories.

——First, let’s go to the slums. Although Archangel has warned me not to touch that place, another goal of this trip to Longmen is to deal with the problem of infected people in the slums, so I will have to face this problem sooner or later.

After determining his target, Orson took a step forward, but after taking just two steps, he froze in place.

How to get around the slums?

Orson, who was unfamiliar with Longmen for the first time, had a question mark in his head. Moreover, a place with such a strange nature as the slum did not allow him to stop anyone on the street and ask questions.

...Forget it, let’s talk about the slums later. It’s better to walk around the area and get familiar with the environment.

Orson didn't think that a war would break out in Longmen like it did in Qiecheng, but coming to a new city and getting familiar with the surrounding environment was a habit that was already ingrained in Orson's DNA.

It was afternoon, and Orson didn't think much about it. He just found a park nearby and started strolling around.

I don’t know if it’s because it’s a weekday, but most of the people in the park are elderly people exercising and taking walks, and there are very few young people.

Not even a few steps into the park did Orson meet an elderly man who was stretching his legs. He was wearing a suit with a long scarf hanging from it, and an orange-red robe underneath, which had a strong Yan Country style. On his head was a pair of red dragon horns that looked a bit like chicken claws.

"—!"

Orson's eyes narrowed immediately, and he was frightened by the person he was looking at.

This kind of dress, this kind of clothing...

"This old man is really free, wearing this outfit to go out for a walk."

Orson shook his head and whispered that this gorgeously dressed old dragon man might be mentally unstable.

Orson walked a few more steps in the park and then met another elderly man who was exercising on the horizontal bar. The other person was wearing a pure white mink coat, a black robe underneath, and a long blue scarf similar to the one worn by the old man who was stretching his legs.

"—!"

Orson's eyes narrowed again, and this time he was really shocked by the person he was looking at.

This outfit, this attire, and that face...

"Dashmitch has become a spirit, and he even went to Northeast China to buy a mink coat. What's the point of wearing such luxurious clothes to exercise?"

Orson shook his head again, thinking to himself, "Why are all the old men these days dressed so flamboyantly?" as he walked out of the park.

"…Something seems to be wrong?"

After leaving the park, Orson thought for a few seconds and felt that there was something strange about the two old men he had just met.

Although he also saw some old men along the way, such as 'an old man with a white beard that grew up on a crescent moon, who asked everyone if they were his sons', 'an old man wearing a pure white suit and black-framed glasses, who ate fried chicken while exercising', and 'an old man wearing sunglasses and a tortoise shell on his back, who looked skinny when wearing clothes but turned into a muscular man in seconds when he took off his clothes', etc....but Orson still felt that the two gorgeously dressed old men he saw at first were not right.

Dressed like that, he must be someone of status and position, perhaps even a prominent figure in Longmen.

Thinking of this, Orson finally remembered who the two people he had just seen were - Wei Lao Er and the Rat Man... No, it was Wei Yanwu, the supreme commander of the Lungmen Guard Bureau, and the Skaven Horned Rat, the leader of the slums.

Why did these two people appear at the same time? Orson knew without hesitation that it must be related to the slums.

——Why can’t I remember such an important thing at the first time?

Orson immediately stopped, turned around and headed back towards the park.

His own 'memory' seemed to be really fading. Not only was his life before 'travelling' vague, but Orson could now intuitively feel that his 'memory' of this Terra world was also slowly dissipating.

What is this, amnesia? Or is it a side effect of using the "tuner"?

Orson frowned as he pondered what exactly happened to him. At the same time, he returned to the fitness equipment area where he first met the two of them.

It was obvious that he was late. The two old men in gorgeous clothes had disappeared long ago. They had either finished discussing the topic or went to another place more suitable for conversation after meeting.

Although Orson had not originally expected to be able to collect intelligence by this "walking on the street" method, he was still a little unhappy because he lost the opportunity to obtain intelligence because of his stupidity this time.

"What are you doing here?"

Just when Orson was thinking about whether he should ask Kal'tsit to test him to see if he had Alzheimer's disease, a familiar voice came from behind him.

“Texas?”

Orson looked behind him and saw Texas, wearing a Penguin Logistics uniform, leaning against a car. She was holding a Pocky in her mouth and looking at her phone, not knowing what she was looking at.

“Do you want to exercise in the park?”

"No... just wandering around. Why are you here, Texas?"

Orson was a little surprised. He originally thought that he and Texas didn't get along very well and that the other party would ignore him, but Texas greeted him very casually.

It seems that just as Exia said, Texas doesn't hate herself, but her usual way of getting along with others makes people feel uninspired.

"There's an escort mission—the target is late."

Texas glanced at his phone and frowned slightly. It seemed that even if this Lupo girl was really unhappy, she would only express it to this extent.

This kind of character that is always calm and composed is quite rare. Orson thought about it carefully and found that only the Patriot meets a similar requirement.

The Spear of Ursus would always tie Orson to a spear with an expressionless face and play a game of single-handedly breaking through the atmosphere. The only way for Orson to judge how angry the old stubborn man was was to look at the brightness of the other's pupils.

Generally, when the brightness exceeds the small flashing light on Ultraman's chest, Orson knows that he is about to turn into light.

"Escort... Then Texas, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll go around and look around—"