Arknights, but the family has fallen again

"Why are you asking so many questions!?"

She reached out and pushed the subdued Sarkaz.

W had carried out Ott's orders well. The traces she left behind for the army to follow were neither too numerous to arouse suspicion nor too few to confuse the Ursus.

However, this made the mercenaries feel that their journey was completely in vain, and they accumulated a lot of anger. Although she or few of them dared to lose their temper, this evil fire would eventually explode at some point.

The uniformed Sarkaz exposed his breasts, the collar stained white, and the neatly-made Rhodes Island uniform gave him a rugged look. He seemed oblivious to everything, dodging the mercenary's shove with a single, "just the right" step. He said, "Say hello, welcome home. I'm working in the boiler room. You guys can come for a drink sometime."

After saying that, the boilerman patted the mercenary on the shoulder and walked towards a window. He greeted other people with a relaxed expression along the way, and his back looked so free and easy.

"Home? That's inexplicable." The mercenary muttered, but she saw some qualities in the boilerman that she extremely envied.

But... she was tongue-tied, her thoughts were muddled, and she didn't even know what she was envious of.

She shook her head, but caught a glimpse in her peripheral vision of her own head shouting with joy.

Although the lunch boxes on the construction site and the meals served on board were basically prepared by the same people, there was a natural difference between the two. Influenced by Ott's influence, W unconsciously brought his team members to the ship for a "special meal."

“…Stinky otter!”

The Sarkaz girl's sharp eyes accurately caught the young man who looked like Liberi in the crowd.

She quickened her pace and felt the urge to jump up.

But this sense of dynamism was soon interrupted - a little black rabbit hugged Otto's arm and excitedly introduced the cafeteria of Rhodes Island to him; the old woman crossed her arms, with a little resistance on her face; on the other side, the new guard was still wearing the shameless nun's uniform, serving on his left.

"..."

It's exactly the same as before.

Anticipation and bitterness surged into W's heart.

If the Agor guard was replaced by the Sarkaz guard, the scene would be extremely similar to what she had witnessed countless times before...

However, those completely different details kept reminding W.

After losing his memory, the Mind Flayer seemed to be completely unaware that his own people were the most shameful of the shameless. He just inserted two bird feathers to completely expose his arrogant handsome face.

Not only has the little black rabbit grown bigger, but there is also a strange emotion flowing in its eyes.

The old woman's face became more and more ugly.

Not to mention the shark that served as the new guard, which popped out from a crack in the rock.

There's just one character missing.

Only one character is missing.

W's footsteps may be stopped, but her voice cannot be reversed.

Ott turned his head.

The pretentious ear feathers on the Mind Flayer's ears were almost shaken off to the ground.

W said dryly, "My mission is accomplished."

So lame.

She screamed in her heart.

Otto nodded, stretched out the hand that had been in his pocket, and waved to the Sarkaz girl.

W walked towards him subconsciously.

She felt a little embarrassed and annoyed: This must be the witchcraft of the Mind Flayer!

As she walked closer, a few strands of hair emerged from Ott's neck. They were pale in color and were obviously stuck to the lining, and were pressed down halfway by the coat that followed.

The Sarkaz girl looked around vigilantly and saw that Kal'tsit's clothes had unnatural wrinkles.

Damn it! I’m out there fighting and dying, and you’re in here living a life of drunkenness and debauchery! ?

The process is wrong, the result is right.

The wrinkles on Maomao's clothes were just the result of her snuggling into Otto's arms with her clothes on to catch up on some sleep.

"A certain... stinky otter really enjoyed himself." She narrowed her eyes, put her hands behind her back and leaned forward.

She was so angry that she wanted to use the more offensive and racist word "mollusk", but in the end she subconsciously protected the "secret" for Otto.

Ott was surprisingly slow: "It hasn't started yet, W, what do you want to eat?"

Amiya also said, "Miss W, everyone is still thinking about what to eat for lunch today. Would you like to come together?"

Seeing the little rabbit's expectant eyes, W clicked his tongue.

Kel'tsit seemed to realize something. She turned her head away and said with a deliberately distant tone, "Dr. Ott, you still have a lot of work to do. I suggest you complete the feeding process as soon as possible."

It's a bit too deliberate.

This remark actually resonated with Ott. He agreed, "Although it's not a tough battle, retreats are inherently prone to unexpected events. It's best to prepare early."

This suddenly woke W up from his subtle and sour mood.

She quickly jumped in front of Otto, tiptoed and shook his shoulder: "Retreat!? What retreat!?"

It seems that she is quite aware that her mercenary team is just "cannon fodder".

But this time, she was indeed overthinking it: the Winter Soldiers were more numerous than the Sarkaz mercenary cannon fodder.

Although these battle-hardened Sarkaz mercenaries who obey W are not rare, they are enough to serve as leverage to pry open Kazdel's "mercenary talent market".

If this wave is over, Otto will have to find a new one.

But the winter soldiers are different: the Ursus people, full of hatred and ill-fated, are like weeds in the ground, emerging in waves every winter.

Ott's voice rang directly in her heart: "I will tell you the military details later, but you'd better look back now."

The ghost shark's scarlet eyes were fixed on W's hand that had physical contact with Otto, and her pale hand had already reached out towards the circular saw.

If you really think of me as an enemy, why would you let me get close to you?

W, who had fought alongside the Ghost Shark in Hamlet, understood that at this distance, she had no power to fight back against the shark.

W said angrily, "I'll find you after we finish eating."

Chapter 175: Otter Fishing for a Lin, Those Who Will Take the Bait

In an office temporarily requisitioned by the Suzhengyuan, three people were gathered around a desk. The cold morning light shone through the window, smearing the ground.

"Young Master Lin, this is martial law, there is nothing wrong with it." Looking at Lin Qingyan's expression, Jie Zhen predicted.

These three gentlemen happened to be in Longmen at this critical juncture due to other matters, and were appointed to serve as Wei Yanwu's military supervisors.

"Why do you say that? It's just a matter of executing the law on the spot."

Lin Qingyan did not make as much of a fuss as Jie Zhen had expected about Wei Yanwu's move to use martial law to clean up the Chamber of Commerce.

Has this Lintouqing from the Dali Temple changed his personality?

Jie Zhen and Tai He were both a little surprised.

No matter how they look at it, Lin Qingyan does have his own opinion on all this.

Once his military power was restored, he would immediately seize the opportunity to take action against the troublemakers in the city. The Duke of Wei was even more cunning than expected.

She carefully and repeatedly reviewed the documents that piled up like an iron tower in front of her.

Here is the evidence Wei Yanwu used to "prosecute" the merchants from last night. Most of it is true, but in order to protect the Shi Huaiya family, Wei Yanwu deliberately reduced some of their guilt.

Sure enough, the criminal methods used by the tycoons in border trade cities are still nothing new.

Just as Lin Qingyan was frowning and reviewing, the report side of a document caught her attention.

In addition to the Imperial Guard, Rhodes Island also co-authored this document. Together, they accused a salt company of taking advantage of the situation and selling illegal salt to Ursus border cities.

Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals?

She felt a sense of destiny.

The past was like a thorn in her throat, forcing her to misinterpret this "coincidence" as God's will.

Lin Qingyan suddenly looked up and said, "My Lords, these documents still require your signatures. There are some suspicious points in this document. I will go... talk to Duke Wei."

Jie Zhen and Tai He looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Lin Qingyan had no intention of deceiving them, but Jie Zhen and Tai He mistakenly thought that Wei Yanwu had revealed his true colors when he was "cleansing the group of ugly people".

"Young Master Lin, please be patient for the sake of the country." Taihe advised kindly.

"……Know."

If you really know what it means to tolerate each other for the sake of the country, then why would you end up in Longmen?

Jie Zhen and Tai He shook their heads helplessly.

Lin Qingyan was the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. Soon after she came to power, she "dug up old accounts", saying that she was "more treacherous than corrupt officials" and fabricated evidence to deal with the corrupt old leader Yu Cheng and recalled him to the capital to be punished.

Yu Cheng, the old leader, nominally retired, was actually ordered to conceal his identity and investigate an unsolved case. However, shortly after Yu Cheng was imprisoned, the Dali Temple's archives "accidentally caught fire," and a large number of files were reduced to ashes.

Four bloody murders in four eras, three children with three clues, two major families with two factions, one time with one mastermind, but no follow-up and no results.

This is a case that cannot be investigated as long as he remains the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

The only remaining clues led Lin Qingyan to Longmen, to Rhodes Island, and to...Huang.

"Look at these, I look at that..." Taihe was about to assign the work, but saw that Jie Zhen had already started stamping.

"At this critical juncture, if something is discovered, what will happen to the front line?"

Although there was no sign of war, both of them had already decided in their hearts that war was imminent.

Taihe glared at Li Zhen and said, "Then you can at least have an idea of what's going on!"

"If we know what's going on, then we won't be able to get the materials stamped before Lin Qingyan returns." Jie Zhen said without even looking up: "If there's no problem, then of course there's no problem."

If there is a big problem and Lin Qingyan finds out...if she gets angry and stomps her feet, and gets on the scale stubbornly, then she won't be able to stop herself no matter how many pounds she weighs!

If the governor on the front line is dragged into an incident of abuse of power and exclusion of dissidents by the military supervisor, how can the war still be fought?

Never mind, I’m just a businessman.

Taihe sighed, but did not listen to Jie Zhen's nonsense. He took the document with Jie Zhen's stamp - two stamps were needed anyway, so he would just look over the content that Jie Zhen had read with his eyes closed.

"Hey, Taihe, you have to look faster." Jie Zhen suddenly stopped again and glanced at Taihe: "Or, should we ask her to go slower?"

"Don't mess around."

Jie Zhen pushed the document in front of him to Tai He and said, "This mistake is neither big nor small, it's just right."

Just enough to waste Lin Qingyan's time.

Here's another document pointing to Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals.

However, unlike the previous document in which Rhodes Island participated in writing, this one included Rhodes Island's "guilt."

Basically, it was accusing Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals of secretly manufacturing weapons in Lungmen and having ulterior motives.

However, the order for "police weapons" parts from the Longmen Office was actually quite legitimate.

The truly sneaky batch of "water pipes" were not included in the documents.

Taihe felt something was wrong and looked at the timestamp.

"Today's?" He asked doubtfully, "We should have finished it last night."

"Someone must be trying to exploit the situation for personal gain." Jie Zhen jokingly said, "I saw this Rhodes Island last time. They were quite close to Duke Wei. Even if what they said is true, it's just a veneer of truth."

"That's not surprising." Taihe nodded.

Someone wants to seek personal gain, referring to Ott.

Of course, strictly speaking, Otto only slightly added fuel to the fire... As a fierce dragon that took control of the slums, even with the dual support of the Guard Bureau and the Rat King, there were still many people who were jealous of him.

With just a slight push and a hint of the interests involved last night, someone would naturally realize that this might be a great opportunity - even if they failed, due to the seriousness of this document, it would be difficult to trace it back to them.

But the target that Otto intended to deal with was all of them.

Wait until noon.

"Stinky otter?" W poked at the mashed potatoes in the bowl and waved his hand in front of Ott's eyes. "What are you thinking about? Eat quickly!"