About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

On the way to the Guard Bureau's testing area, the unlucky chicken walked in front excitedly, leading the way, and jumping and talking to Orson.

"Just tell me about this kind of thing. Even though I'm always being arrested, Officer Chen, Shi Huaiya, and Xingxiong are actually my friends. Borrowing the test area is a piece of cake!"

When Orson heard Xuezhi's small request, he immediately patted his chest and assured the other party that he could use the back door, just like a parent who worried about nothing and ended up doing something bad.

"No need, Orson... Officer Chen and everyone else have helped me a lot. I don't want to break everyone's rules because of something like this, huhuhuhu?"

Before Xuezhi could finish his words, Orson rubbed him again.

"But speaking of which, Snow Pheasant, helping me repair my weapons shouldn't be within the scope of the Imperial Guards, right? Does that count as a legitimate reason?"

"—"

Orson mentioned it casually, and the snow pheasant suddenly stopped moving as if the brakes were pulled.

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm actually a special agent under Officer Chen now, and also Ghost Sister's younger brother. So my business is the business of the Royal Guards. Xuezhi, there's definitely nothing wrong with your behavior!"

Realizing that he seemed to have said something wrong, Orson quickly coaxed and deceived the snow pheasant to calm it down.

The Longmen Guard Bureau is actually not just a simple building, or the building that is regarded as a landmark is actually just the "office area" of the Guard Bureau. Outside the office area, there are places such as the Longmen Command Center where Wei Yanwu is located, and the training and experimental area where Xuezhi and Orsen are currently going, which is located next to the Guard Bureau office building.

"So this is what it's like inside... Although the equipment inside isn't as advanced as the one in Columbia, it's well maintained!"

The snow pheasant who came to the complex activity area looked around, just like the first time Orson and Zaolu went to the supermarket in Qicheng.

However, after the initial novelty wore off, Snow Pheasant had no choice but to go to the security room to apply for permission to use the device.

"Um... I'm Xuezhi from the Mechanical Technology Department. I'm applying for permission to use the Guards Bureau's testing area..."

"Got it. Remember not to mess around and come out and tell me."

"This is my ID...eh?"

Snow Pheasant was stunned for a moment as she took out her ID tremblingly. She had thought that applying for permission would require many steps, but the guard at the gate just took a look and let Snow Pheasant in.

"Is this really okay?"

"Ah, I'd have to register the others, but I'm quite confident in you, Xuezhi. Everyone knows your work attitude and personality."

The guard smiled at Xuezhi, and Xuezhi, who was actually recognized, blushed, lowered her head, and whispered thank you.

——This is what you, Snow Pheasant, have earned by doing your duty every day. It is a precious wealth that cannot be measured by money!

Seeing this scene, Orson on the side smiled like an old father.

"Wait a minute, your smile is so weird, come with me."

“Uh huh!?”

Orson and Snow Pheasant were both startled.

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"There's so much equipment... Anyway, let's try out the full-strength output mode first, Orson!"

After finally sneaking into the Guard Bureau's testing area without any trouble, Xuezhi spoke to Orson with shining eyes.

The Lungmen Guards' training and testing area is more extensive and systematic than Rhodes Island's, but it lacks the strange test items (referring to the laser cutting room for testing battlefield maneuvers) found in Rhodes Island. It looks a bit like a gymnasium with a lot of equipment.

"All-out output, huh?...Okay."

Orson nodded, raised his knight sword and slowly walked to the center of the venue designated by Xuezhi. Not far away, a small black man statue with the face of the national unified criminal suspect in Conan slowly stood up.

"This little black guy looks a little familiar..."

Orson muttered to himself that perhaps the Death God Elementary School Student had already infiltrated the Guards Bureau, while Snow Pheasant shook his head with some curiosity.

"Orson, do you think there's something wrong with this test target? This is already the strongest target in the Guards' lab. Or, Orson, do you think we should start with a simpler test target?"

Snow Pheasant pressed the button while asking, and suddenly several targets of different shapes popped out on the open space where there was only the little black man.

"This is the most basic target, with a wooden structure. It's usually used by veteran police officers to scare new recruits. I've been scared before... Anyway, considering their rank, they chose an image of an old man who looks powerless."

Xuezhi pointed at the first target, a middle-aged man with a bald head, red gloves and a tasteless yellow jumpsuit.

"This is a medium-sized target, made of brittle metal. It's usually used for testing new weaponry and for sword practice. Officer Chen often damages it, which is an additional expense... Anyway, since it's a mid-level target, I chose one that looks like a somewhat capable soldier."

Snow Pheasant pointed at the second skeleton monster wearing a black and purple robe, holding an unknown source stone staff in his hand, and with cool horns on both sides of his head.

"This is a high-end target, constructed from a D32 steel alloy. It's typically used to test the destructive effects of powerful attacks using Originium techniques. Because it's high-end, it's designed to look intimidating and oppressive."

Xuezhi finally pointed at the criminal suspect Xiao Hei in front of Orson and said.

"I'm getting the feeling that the combat power and quality are reversed here...and why does this sense of déjà vu seem so strong?"

Orson looked at the "big guys" in front of him whom he couldn't afford to offend and complained quietly.

"I'm not sure about that either. I heard it was a standard set a long time ago by someone who called themselves Dr."

—Doctor? Come to think of it, I did find some evidence that the Doctor had been to Longmen before when I was at Penguin Logistics.

Orson was thinking about how to track the doctor's whereabouts in Longmen, and decided to focus on the weapon test that Snow Pheasant had worked hard to upgrade for him.

Orson placed his palm on the sword used to transmit energy. Because he was an infected person, Orson did not need a staff and could lightly and silently activate the source stone skills in his body.

"Ah-"

The ear-deafening sound of rushing heat was continuously transmitted from Orson's palm to the sword body it touched through his "tuning". The originally silver-white sword body was slowly covered with a layer of red hot coating.

“Buzz buzz buzz!!!”

After the heat flow accumulates to a certain level, the internal combustion engine placed in the handle of the knight's sword begins to start slowly. The internal emission process gradually accumulates over time and becomes ready to go.

"It can hold more energy than before...!"

Originally, the knight sword could only accommodate the full-strength "crescendo" for less than 20 seconds, but after being modified by Snow Pheasant, it was close to 40 seconds. Orson could still sense that the inside of the knight sword was madly devouring the energy converted from the plunderer's own Originium skills.

Orson tightly gripped the knight's sword in his hand, which seemed to be about to break free at any time, while Snow Pheasant beside him took out a video recorder and recorded it while scribbling frantically on a notebook he got from somewhere.

"When the metal block at the top of the longsword's handle turns white-hot, it means it has reached critical mass, Orson! Now is the time. Press the latch on the handle and strike!"

Xuezhi was giving instructions from the side, and Orson, who received the order, immediately inserted his index finger into the slot, twisted his waist to move his arms, followed the method of force taught by Casimir and Lin Guang, and swung the sword with all his strength.

The Knight Sword sensed the centrifugal force of being swung, and the shielding fuse inside that was used to block the heat flow circuit was pressed down. The Originium Engine, which had absorbed high temperatures for a long time, catalyzed the Originium energy under the catalysis of "thermal energy".

"Crack——!"

The knight's long sword hit the black steel shell of the human-shaped target, and the scorching hot sword blade directly embedded into the interior of the D32 steel target in front of it.

However, this is just the 'opening' -

With a loud bang, the energy stored inside the Knight Sword finally found a way to vent after it came into contact with the target. The engine at the hilt started critical operation at this moment, and a violent roar instantly erupted from inside the Knight Sword.

boom--! ! !

A dazzling red wave was released from the incision to the outside without reservation, and the D32 steel that could block heavy crossbows and Lateran guns was almost melted into two halves instantly.

Not only that, this full-strength slash still failed to quell the anger after melting and cutting the target. This roaring composite catalytic energy spread outward along the trajectory of the slash like "sword energy".

Click! !

Finally, this violent and furious energy collided with the outer wall of the Guard Bureau's testing area, leaving a crack scar about 2 meters long and 10 centimeters deep before it finally subsided.

“Hmm…” “Uh…”

After a full-strength blow, Orson and Snow Pheasant fell silent at the same time, staring at the glaring gap in the distant wall and blinking.

After a moment of silence—

"Amazing Snow Pheasant!!"

Orson shouted in surprise and admiration.

"Wei, how much is the repair cost...!"

The snow pheasant cried out in despair and pain.

"I'll cover the repair costs later. This is seriously powerful, Snow Pheasant! It's not as good as Patriot-senpai's serious basic attack, but it's enough to force Patriot to use Originium techniques to block the attack without activating [FEVER Armor]!"

"A serious basic attack? Patriot? Wow wow wow... Anyway, if we're just considering the output, there's actually a MELTDOWN mode based on this, which can completely remove all the limitations of this knight's sword. The only trade-off is that it will cause a blockage in the energy flow, turning it into a somewhat dull knight's sword that can be used everywhere..."

Snow Pheasant naturally didn't know who the Patriot was. When she heard Orson say that his strength was still not enough, she instinctively told Orson the 'emergency mode' of the Knight Sword.

"As long as it's not one of those 'I've come to this point and have no choice but to self-destruct' types..."

After listening to the works of the inventor master Angelica during his college days this morning, Orson, who was still frightened, complained in a low voice.

"What then? Anyway, the output is pretty close to what I calculated. This, this is a good sign, Orson! Next, let's test this sword's 'passive kinetic energy absorption' mode!"

Both Knight Sword and Snow Pheasant seemed in high spirits. After the first indicator met the calculations perfectly, the unlucky little chicken even lost her usual pitiful demeanor. She wore a bright, innocent smile, holding a golden Buffett sniper with .60mm special high-explosive Originium bullets from Rutland, aiming directly at Orson.

"Wow!? Xuexueji, what are you doing? I was just joking before. I never intended to trick you into a small dark room and feed you to gain 30 pounds!"

The last time Orson had a cannon pointed at his head was during the war with the Third Army. When Snow Pheasant suddenly pointed at him like this, Orson surrendered in a French style without thinking, while at the same time wondering what he had done to force Snow Pheasant to this point.

"Little dark room, hey, Fatty...? Although, I'm not quite sure what you're talking about, Orson, but I just want to test the next function... There must be many times in battle where it's impossible to properly preheat the weapon's engine, right? So I designed a system for this knight's sword that can absorb some of the kinetic energy or other energy of the attack, and convert it to a certain extent into internal energy - let's try to see if the conversion rate is the same as I calculated! Without MeltDown activated, it's 43%, and with it activated, it's 100% - Orson, just block the sword in front of you and let me fire!"

"Even though you're saying this with a smile on your face, Xuezhi, it still sounds terrifying...!"

Orson wiped the sweat off his forehead and complained. He originally thought that Snow Pheasant was just a little too timid, but who knew that this science and engineering chick would be even more outrageous than Maria when it came to research and development. I guess even Kalshiel would call her an expert after seeing this.

"It's okay, it's okay, Orson, please believe me!"

"Haha, I get it. I believe in your ability, Snow Pheasant."

Seeing Snow Pheasant so confident, Orson sighed slightly, then smiled at Snow Pheasant.

"Well……!"

Faced with Orsen's actions, Snow Pheasant was slightly stunned, his expression showing a bit of panic and a bit of surprise.

She once said "Please believe me" to many people, but those people always treated her as a joke.

My own promises, my own research results, the lifestyle I learned from my family - those people would only deny all of this and would not even give me a chance to explain.

Yet, right before her, there was a young man who not only believed in her, but also gave her the utmost trust. This was something Xuezhi had never dared to imagine before.

"But I have a request after the test, Snow Pheasant—if the results are as you predicted, then you will be more confident in your life from now on, okay?"

Orson held the knight's sword in front of him and suddenly spoke to Xue Ji.

"More confident... Uh-huh, I get it, Orson!"

Snow Pheasant nodded seriously and hard to Orson, while pointing the gun at Orson with his finger on the trigger.

Just when the two were ready for the next experiment—

"What happened just now? There was a super loud noise coming from here. Who is doing what in the testing area?"

Wearing only a tight vest and tight shorts, with a towel hanging around his neck and a standard long sword of the Guard Bureau on his waist, and with beads of sweat all over his body, Senior Superintendent Chen Huijie of the Longmen Guard Bureau pushed open the door of the test area and asked while sipping a sports drink.

“Hey, Officer Chen?” “Chen, Officer Chen—Wow!?”

Both of them were stunned by Chen's sudden intrusion, but Xuezhi's fingers were out of control and he pulled the trigger without any preparation.

boom! ! !

A loud bang and an air wave instantly filled the test area.

“What’s going on? What’s going on?!” “What the hell!?” “Who the hell is making popcorn here?!”

The noise was even louder than before, instantly attracting a group of Guards officers.

When everyone arrived at the scene, this is what they saw:

"@w@ Success, it worked..."

Snow Pheasant, the famous unlucky child of the Guards, was lying on the ground with her arms and legs spread out, with feathers all over the floor. Not far away from her was a Lateran high-powered Originium gun.

"@A@ The energy isn't full yet... Don't stop..."

This even more heavyweight, well-known person with multiple titles, Orson, also lay on the ground, holding a knight sword in his hand and posing like Yamcha, and he and the unlucky chicken formed a double team in the middle of the laboratory.

"Uh... From what I observed, Snow Pheasant was confronting Orson before."

"Then, the snow pheasant was blown away, and Orson was blown away too."

Officer Chen, the only one who witnessed the entire process, stared at the test area and spoke word by word.

--robbery?

This thought came to everyone's mind the moment they heard it.

But because Orsen had been arrested today, he couldn't continue to improve his performance, so he finally gave up. Everyone just moved the two of them to the lounge and took the opportunity to rub it hard. (Chen worked the hardest)

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