About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

First, I had to sort out Marquis Boris's unfinished business. After that, I had to help my father build a hub town for the residents of the North. Then, I had to find a way to receive the infected without causing dissatisfaction among the other old nobles. At the same time, I had to consider how to arrange the assets of the new nobles...

There are so many things to do, many of which Zao Lu has never encountered before.

This road was not easy to walk on, but Zaolu unexpectedly did not feel fear or pressure.

She knew she wasn't fighting alone. Perhaps tomorrow, or next week, Orson would leave the city, but their battlefield would still be the land beneath this sky.

"Ah, this is—"

While passing through an alley, Zaolu, who was sitting in the car, noticed something.

"See what, Natalia?"

Orson, who was driving, asked Zaolu.

"No, it's nothing."

Zaolu looked at the alley in the distance that had not been renovated and was full of traces of explosions. It was also the alley where she first met Orson.

There is no need to reminisce about the past, we still have plenty of future to write.

70. With the addition of W and Junjun, Sister Tazi takes the initiative to attack

[Dear Shadow Man, please arrive at the location shown in the picture at 12 noon today. If you don't arrive by then, I will personally destroy what you cherish most. - Signed: W]

"...What's going on here?"

At noon, Orson, holding the note that appeared in his room this morning, came to the bottom of a building waiting to be demolished in a daze.

"Hey, Shadow Man, you really came?"

W's voice came from the third floor. Orson raised his head and saw that the mercenary still had that creepy smile on his face.

"To be exact, I was fleeing... Sister Tazi and Shuangxing kept asking me what I did yesterday. Even Alina was staring at me."

Orson rubbed his hair and complained with some fear.

"Who cares? Anyway, you came here so straightforwardly, I'm actually a little surprised - come on, continue~"

W smiled and threw a black object to Orson.

"What is it—"

boom! ! !

A huge explosion swept across the first floor, and the ground was instantly covered with rolling dust.

"Ahem...if you want to fight, just say so, W."

Orson put away his pause and complained as he fanned the dust away from his mouth.

"Sorry, I'm such a shy girl."

W raised the grenade launcher in his hand and pulled the trigger, and the grenade head flew directly towards Orson.

"Really?...W, you're still shy, and the word 'girl' has nothing to do with you."

Orson controlled the rest to cling to the wall, bringing himself directly to the third floor, and the distance between the two was instantly shortened.

"So an idiot like you should be blown away by a bomb!"

Forgetting that Orson didn't understand YYGQ's W, she got into trouble again. With the veins on her forehead, she threw a C4 at Orson, but it didn't explode.

Orson controlled the Rest to take a defensive stance, and when he found that there was no explosion, he put away the Rest. At this moment, W had already run to Orson, hugged Orson and rushed him to the first floor.

"Well--!"

Boom!

At the moment of falling, Orson used Pause to block behind him as a buffer, but at the same time, W took out the controller from his waist.

"BINGO, it's over, Orson."

W gave a wicked smile as if his plan had succeeded, and at the same time lifted up his clothes with the hand that was not holding the detonator.

“You can’t do that, wow…! In broad daylight—”

"I don't have any such thoughts, you idiot!!"

W unexpectedly blushed and complained loudly, and at the same time he lifted up his coat, only to see a row of bombs embedded in W's chest, tightly pressed against Orson.

"Question, that nasty shadow is behind you right now, and in front of you is a row of C4 explosives directed forward. At the same time, I've planted bombs under the entire first floor - in this situation, what are you going to do?"

W asked Orson with a smile, and the latter raised his hands calmly.

"I surrender."

"...Can you resist a little longer?"

W blinked. The victory came too easily to feel real.

"Oh."

Orson nodded.

"Gu... I won't obey you, W, kill me!"

"It's not this resistance!"

W almost accidentally pressed the self-destruct button.

------

“Even though I won, I still feel worse.”

After the two of them had a brief "tatakai" session, W sat on the edge of the dangerous building, swinging his legs back and forth and complaining.

"The amount of preparation required is too much (referring to planting a bomb on the first floor), and you probably didn't even try your best. Aren't you afraid that I'll accidentally kill you?"

"It's okay. I don't feel the murderous intent I felt when we first met, so I'm not too worried. ——Besides that, W, what are your plans for the future?"

Orson responded without much concern, then looked at the mercenary.

"I don't know yet. Mercenaries, you know, just go wherever there's a war and fight until they die."

W shrugged.

"In that case—will you join the Reunion? We're actually short of soldiers who have truly experienced war."

"Ha, aren't you afraid I'll backstab you? Just like I backstabbed that idiot named Baikal?"

W asked Orson with a sneer, but soon W realized that the boy didn't buy his sarcasm at all.

"--Never mind. My mercenaries and I are currently unemployed, so hanging out with you guys should be quite lucrative, right? And idealists like you should be constantly getting into fights~"

"It's better to have fewer fights... The only reason we survived this time is because the Army Group didn't want to start a war. The Reunion Movement is still too weak."

Orson said with some fear.

"You're quite self-aware, aren't you? Anyway, what kind of contract do I need to sign to join you? If not, I'll go to Kazdel tomorrow. We'll fight again next time we meet."

W stood up from the dangerous building and looked at Orson.

"I need to tell Sister Tazi—uh, is it my imagination? I feel like you're about to run away."

While chatting, W was already making a gesture as if he was about to jump off the building.

"I'm making the best use of it. I promised to help tear down this building, so bye~"

W waved to Orson and then jumped off the roof.

boom--! ! !

There was a loud explosion from the abandoned dangerous building. The bombs buried at the bottom successfully destroyed the old building, and the "bomb" on W's chest ejected a small parachute.

"You really hold a grudge..."

Orson ruffled his hair and was swept away by the collapse of the abandoned building.

After the thick smoke and rubble rushed down and settled, Orson walked out of a black sphere in the ruins.

——He controlled the pause to wrap himself up to avoid the collision. This move named [Kenneth Form] helped Orson walk out of the demolition unscathed.

"It's really not a worry."

After reaching a verbal agreement with W, Orson prepared to go back, but for some reason the road was suddenly shrouded in fog.

"I won't lose this time, Orson!"

Junjun's voice came from the fog, and Orson sighed when he heard the other party's voice.

"W just hit me with a building today. Can I come back tomorrow?"

“What the hell is this about being hit by a building… Anyway, anyway, this time I’m completely different from before, I’m invincible—Woo woof!?”

Junjun, who was hiding in the fog, didn't even finish his words when Rest suddenly found his real body, wrapped around him twice and dragged him in front of Orson.

"If you challenge me, then you are mentally prepared, right, Junjun?"

Orson looked at Junjun with a kind expression, while the latter's tail was all hairy.

“Wait, wait a minute—Ooooooooooo!?”

The entire process from Junjun launching the attack to being caught lasted less than 5 seconds.

And then of course, Orson made love to him.

"Ha ha……"

A few minutes later, Junjun lay on the ground with a dazed look in his eyes, transparent liquid dripping from the corner of his mouth, and his body occasionally spasmed due to the overly intense behavior just now.

As for Orson, he sat next to him with an expression of "nothing special", and the only thing missing was a cigarette in his hand.

“Gu…Kill, kill me…!”

"I've just used this line before. Anyway, you're too reliant on the enemy's vision. I observe the enemy not only with my own eyes, but also through frequency refraction and even the more subjective heartbeats. Your vision-obstructing Originium skills are of little use to me, Junjun."

Orson explained to Junjun seriously why it was given away for free. Although the latter was a little dissatisfied, he still listened obediently.

"Can't we rely too much on our own abilities..."

"By the way, Junjun, what are you going to do next?"

After playing around (?), Orson handed Junjun a piece of beef jerky he had bought earlier. The latter took it with a reluctant look on his face, his tail wagging from side to side.

"I... hope to stay. After all, I have nowhere else to go."

Junjun put on a mask and a hood, looking a little lonely.

"Then, from today on, you are no longer alone, Jun-jun. Welcome to the Reunion~"

Orson directly agreed to Junjun's wish to join the Integration Movement, but Junjun looked confused, as if to say, "Is that all that matters?"

"Just tell Sister Tazi. The Reunion Movement was ultimately just a group of infected people banding together for warmth. We don't have any specific requirements for recruiting."

After all, people like me who said during the interview that their special skill was crosstalk were allowed in.

Orson explained to the King Slayer with a smile, while Junjun was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Orson.

His father died of murder and betrayal. He went to Syracuse alone to seek revenge. After going through hardships, he returned to Ursus to seek revenge.

This girl actually experienced a trauma that was difficult to heal, but all her suffering ended there.

"Oh right...um, why do you call me Junjun?"

"Well, I'll tell you about this later."

Orson smiled at Junjun, who pouted angrily at first, but then smiled with relief.

After Junjun also decided to join the Reunion Movement, the only cadre left in the Reunion Movement who had not yet joined was Broken Bone.

But Orson had no intention of inviting him to join the Reunion Movement. According to the intelligence from the nobles, Misha and Alex were currently staying at a boarding house and were neither infected nor Reunion fighters.

In that case, there is no need to disturb them.

Before he knew it, the sun had already set. Orson returned to the Rostov family's temporary base and sat down on the steps in front of the door.

—Che City's goal has been largely accomplished. All that's left is a connection with Rhodes Island. The equipment at Azazel's clinic isn't quite enough for the infected, but will Rhodes Island reach them? Do we have any proactive measures... Hmm?

Orson, who was thinking about his next move, suddenly found a shadow appearing in front of him.

"Be careful not to catch a cold sitting outside, Orson."