About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"You...Lappland?" "Lappland..."

After helping Orson "out of trouble" in good faith, Lagou heard the quarrel between Texas and Archangel next to them, so he put on a mischievous smile and came over to interrupt the conversation.

"Don't think I won't be angry with you just because you're Texas' friend! After all, it must be you who forced Orson into this situation...!"

Exiah complained to Lappland angrily, but Lapland just smiled and shrugged.

"Look, Exia—the once harmonious friendship between you and Texas has begun to crack. What's the root cause of this situation?"

Lappland tried to approach the Archangel, but was stopped by Texas with a little caution.

"It's because of your existence!"

Exiah frowned and shouted at Lappland.

"It's because you haven't yet experienced the true 'wonder' of it, like a newborn baby. How interesting! Could it be that as a Sakota, you only have the light of the Lord in your head, and have never considered the need to fight for the treasures around you without restraint, with all your might, and without any reason, my lovely angel lady~?"

Exiah originally shouted to Lappland in a firm tone that the root of the problem was you, but then Lappland avoided Texas and gently moved behind Exiah.

She gently put her right hand around the slender waist of the Angel from behind, and at the same time stretched her head out from behind and whispered to the Angel's ear.

"Well……!"

The touch of the body and the breath close to her ear made Archangel let out a short, delicate sound, but Lappland's mischief was not over yet.

"Let go of all your pride as an angel, Archangel. I will help you truly reach the pinnacle of consciousness and let you personally taste the beauty of that boy's forbidden taboo... and after that, you will no longer be jealous of Texas... hehehe."

"Taste, taste or something...that's not what I meant!"

Lappland seemed to have transformed into a devil, gently teasing the already shaky heart of the Archangel.

Although Orson, who was standing by, did not hear the conversation between Lagou and Angel, he could vaguely guess that Lagou seemed to be acting as an "intermediary" again, and this time the client of the pyramid scheme was Angel.

By the way, the product of the pyramid scheme is "Osen".

But at this time, Orson was entangled by Chen, and could only watch Lappland transform into a demon and try to make the Archangel fall.

"You should know this better than anyone, Exia. You were the first person to come into contact with Orson, but somehow you ended up being left behind, hehe. There's nothing to hide. Right now, you just need to pounce on that boy fiercely—Awoo!?"

Lappland was suddenly interrupted when she was halfway through her speech. To be more precise, she was suddenly grabbed by the collar at the back of her neck and forcibly pulled to the side.

"what are you up to--"

"Stop it, Miss Rapp. There's no need to go outside. The police are right here!"

"...?"

Before Lappland could ask any questions, he was pulled aside by Jingzhe from the Dali Temple Supervisory Office, who persuaded him in an extremely serious tone.

"Although Texas and Orson didn't go into too much detail, I already know the situation, Miss Rapp. You were young and ignorant, so you accidentally embarked on a path of crime and committed many crimes. Now, because you feel the love of your friends, you have rediscovered your inner tenderness, but you are being hunted by your former accomplices, and you are forced to return to your old ways. This is wrong!"

"...?"

Lappland tilted her head, her ears and tail swaying slightly in confusion. She glanced at Orson, but Orson just shrugged to indicate that it had nothing to do with her.

Although the result that "Lappland was once a member of the Sicilian Gang" was indeed told to Jingzhe by Orson, the messy plot that was similar to the 8 o'clock drama of Yan Country was deduced by Jingzhe himself through deduction.

"What are you talking about, sister? I am——"

"It's okay, Miss Rapp. You don't have to worry about the people here. They are all kind people who really want to help you. And I will teach you the correct way of thinking and education from the inside out!"

"Tutoring? No, wait...you're not serious, are you? Orson, help me, woof!?"

As the saying goes, "everything conquers everything, and everything conquers the ruler." Lappland, previously stirring up trouble, instantly cooled down after encountering the prim and proper Jingzhe. Without explanation, she was dragged to a conference room cubicle in the Penguin Logistics office and forced to cram in "five years of politics and three years of ideology."

Witnessing all this, Orson could only hold back his tears and bid farewell to Lappland, but in the end he couldn't help laughing.

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After Lappland crawled out of the room trembling, the chaos outside was temporarily calmed down.

Orsen finally told Chen the whole story. Chen understood the actions of Orsen and his group, but also emphasized that if they encountered such a thing next time, they should not be polite and would ask him for help, and he would definitely show up (if Xingxiong heard it, she would probably force her way in).

As for Exia and Texas, after the two of them, or rather Exia unilaterally got angry, the two finally made a new agreement, and temporarily restored their plastic sisterhood.

The agreement was that "next time when Texas plays against Orson Bengbu, the Angels have the right to join in, not just as a nightlight to create atmosphere, but to do something more radical."

Eventually, Archangel Exiah embarked on the path of depravity, and the protest of Orson, the person involved, was rejected by two votes.

After the messy topics were finally discussed, Lappland repeated to Orson and the others the words she had heard from the man at that time, which she was somewhat concerned about.

"Is the god of this world awakening...?"

Everyone who heard this had different reactions.

Jingzhe showed a thoughtful expression. She was studying thunder magic in the Dali Temple and had heard words with similar meanings from her master before.

In the world of Terra, there are "gods," or rather, unspeakable beings that existed before civilization.

They are not true "gods", but they possess terrifying power, and... they don't like Terra's current appearance.

Texas's expression was a little solemn. For the first time, she knew the reason for the destruction of her family. It was all caused by a madman who was talking nonsense and wanted to unify Syracuse.

Exiah's expression was a little subtle. She was thinking about whether she should contact Mostima to learn about "ways to please the opposite sex" during this period. After all, if she thought about it carefully, she could only use overdrive mode, which was obviously not suitable for use in certain situations.

Chen still looked confused. She vaguely suspected that she was not keeping up with the version update. Why was it that in just one or two days, she felt like an NPC wandering outside the main storyline?

…It’s all Orson’s fault!!

As for Orson, he closed his eyes tightly and put one hand on his head, as if trying desperately to recall something from the memories that were blocked deep in his heart.

And he succeeded—he remembered a conversation the Doctor had once said to him in the North.

[Orson...tell me, am I just unlucky? I accidentally arrived early, so it's one thing, but after arriving here, I discovered that every place has mysterious 'gods' bent on destroying the world. How can I possibly handle this?! I initially thought I could just come here and enjoy myself rubbing cute little girls all day long and that would be enough! Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Orson, come let me rub you!]

The memory ended. Although it was just a complaint from the doctor that he could not understand at all, Orson still vaguely recalled some key truths from it.

The doctor...maybe she doesn't belong to this world, and she already knows that there are many "gods" lurking in this land who want to devour and destroy the earth.

This may be the reason why the Doctor desperately walks in every area of Terra. She wants to prevent all this from happening.

If the Sicilian Gang's boss, 'Wolf Hunter', is not a deranged lunatic, then the reason why he came to Longmen is very simple - the local 'gods' of Syracuse have begun to encroach on their territory.

This unrealistic conjecture made Orson feel a chill. If he was the successor of the "Doctor", then he would have to take over the task that the Doctor failed to complete.

Orson quickly calmed down. He knew that he couldn't handle anything with tension and panic.

"Drip drip drip!"

When the text message sounded, Orson opened his phone and received it without thinking.

[Tallulah: Froststar and I have arrived at the outer ring of Dragon Gate]

“Wow wow wow wow!!?”

Orson let out a nervous, panicked cry.

71. Sisterhood is broken!

Orson

"..."

"Orson! What do you think?"

“Wow!?”

Chen Huijie's shouting brought Orson back to his senses from his daze.

"Really... I feel like you've been a little distracted since the beginning. Have you been having trouble getting enough rest recently? If that's the case, find some time to rest up and don't try to be so stubborn."

Chen put his hands on his hips and sighed, then spoke to Orson with concern.

"No... well, I'm fine, Officer Chen. Besides that, what did you just say?"

Orson shook his head to indicate that he just wasn't paying attention, and then asked everyone what the topic was.

The reason why Orson was so "distracted" was actually very simple. It was just a text message from Tallulah, which said that she and Frost Star had arrived near the outer ring of Longmen.

After receiving this text message, Orson immediately felt a little "absent-minded". Although it was a great thing to be able to meet Tallulah Froststar again soon, the "trouble" he had "caused" at Lungmen had not been resolved at all.

No...it's not a problem of 'not being solved', but a problem of 'the hole is getting bigger'!

Because he was quite happy living in the Penguin Logistics office and could help everyone (referring to turning others into useless people), Orson, who didn't have much free time, didn't even look for a separate spare room.

Although I was quite happy living here, things changed after Tallulah and the others came...

Orson briefly imagined the scene of himself and the snow rabbit Tallulah squeezed together in Penguin Logistics. Putting aside whether it would be more appropriate to change Penguin Logistics to "Integrated Logistics", if this were really done, a group of people would probably quarrel from day to night every day.

Secondly, he had clearly promised Tallulah that he would only deal with two matters when he came to Longmen: regarding her sister Chen's "boyfriend" and regarding Wei Yanwu's investigation into the slums. Beyond that, he would absolutely not cause any trouble.

However, looking at it now... it seems that apart from the fact that I did not develop a more subtle relationship with Chen Huijie, a lot of complications have arisen.

There are two Rupert branches and two Sakota branches on the surface, and recently the old Rat King has been promoting his daughter intentionally or unintentionally, which makes Orson vaguely feel that something is wrong.

The only people Orson felt relatively relieved about were Chen and Xingxiong. Orson felt that his relationship with Tallulah's sister, Chen Huijie, had become much closer, and not to the point of wanting to pin him down. As for Xingxiong, she was a "reliable, senior workplace sister," a rare characteristic of Orson.

Once again, Orson is quite reserved when it comes to emotions.

Thinking of this, Orson looked up at Jingzhe who was talking to someone else nearby.

Oh yeah, I even accidentally recognized a "big sister" who seems to be a very powerful official in Yan Country...

This situation couldn't be concealed. The question now was whether he could find a way to die with dignity before officially meeting Tallulah...

"What do you think, Orson?"

"Ideas? What... uh, mine?"

Jingzhe's voice forced Orson to come back to his senses again.

"Yes, what do you think about Miss Laplander's future residence?"

Jingzhe pushed the plain glasses that he wore for some reason, while Lapland suddenly rushed to Orson and hugged him.

"What's there to discuss about this? Isn't it fine for me to just live with Puppy?"

"No!" "I refuse" "Of course not!"

Without even thinking, everyone rejected Lappland's request in unison.

"Given your current situation, you can apply for a witness protection contract with the Royal Guards. The Royal Guards will provide 24-hour protection. I think this is the most appropriate solution at this time."

Chen put forward his own ideas.

"Ha, have you found the mole in the Imperial Guard? I don't mind if you send me to the police station, but I don't want to be eliminated unclearly because of a pest within your system."

Lappland smiled and shrugged, refuting Chen Huijie's point of view.

"Hmm... I will personally find out the traitor in two days."

Chen had no way to refute it and could only hope that he could find clues about the traitors in the Guard Bureau and the Sicilian Gang from the Chief Superintendent during the dinner operation two days later.

By the way, Chen Huijie's original idea was to let Orson blend into the team of servants to help cover for himself. After all, this identity was easy for him to get. The only thing he needed to pay attention to was to make him careful not to anger the other servants so much that they cried and resigned on the spot.

But after the previous maid cafe incident, Chen's thoughts had undergone some subtle changes. She was now thinking about whether there was any way to make up a reason to trick Orson into wearing something different at the dinner party.

Of course, although he failed in the end, Chen Huijie still saw the "other side" of Orson to some extent, but that's a story for later.

"My residence has not been exposed yet. You can come to my place, Lappland."

After Chen's proposal was refuted, Texas coldly put forward his own opinion.

"Are you serious, Texas? I'd love to catch up with you and see for myself if you've grown in any way during this time... but two wolves escaped from Syracuse? Our location will be known to the entire Lungmen in no time."

Lappland gently stroked Texas's ear and said with a smile, while the latter reached out and slapped Lappland's hand away with some disgust.

"Latlan has some neutral gun shops in Longmen. I've always been very familiar with the owners there (referring to the fact that every time I walk in, the owners kneel down and say, 'Forefather, please don't blow up anything again this time'). Can you go there and hide out for a while?"

"Where did you get me out of here? Haha, what a cute idea, Exia. No wonder Texas has become so childish and cute now, it seems like it's all your fault~"

"Hey, thanks for the compliment?"

"...She's mocking you, Exia."

Lappland laughed at the naivety of Angelica's idea, but Angelica mistook it as a compliment.

"Why don't you come to my house? I have no connection with those gangs, and because of my identity, most people won't bother with me. And if there are thieves who really want to make trouble—don't worry, Miss Rapp, I will drive them all away!"

Jingzhe put forward his own suggestion, which also seemed to be the most reliable one at the moment. The only problem was -

"Please allow me to refuse..."

Lappland, who had been mocking everyone with ease before, immediately dropped her tail and ears to the ground when she heard that she could live in Jingzhe's house. She suddenly became like a weak, cute and gluttonous puppy, hiding behind Orson. The evil and crazy aura on her body was instantly blown away by the righteous spirit from Dayan (referring to the high-intensity ideological and political education tutoring).