Arknights: Iron-Blooded Savior

Time goes back a bit.

One hour before the arrival of Rankopel and the others in Chernoberg, standard time: 10:23:53am.

In the central control room of the conning tower of the core city of Chernoberg, a figure stood there.

That's Tallula.

Ash gently lifted the hem of her skirt, and the flames gently brushed the ends of her hair.

She is the second sun on the ground, and her flames burn everything.

Young and noble, Draco was gazing through the transparent glass window at the condensed storm in the sky, howling winds and piercing lightning intertwined in her ears.

She is the conductor who plays this grand chapter, wielding the clouds, lightning, meteorites, and flames in the sky.

"Good, it's almost there..."

she stared, holding a key in her hand, which had been sacrificed to integrate the broken bones of the cadres of the movement, and after several twists and turns, it arrived in her hands more than a month later than expected.

This is the key that can open the core city to the dragon gate and set off the switch of the storm of destruction.

Just insert it into the key slot in the central control room, and Chernoberg will start and drive towards the gantry.

The time is almost ripe.

"Huh?" At

this moment, Talullah suddenly frowned.

She heard some noise behind her.

Crackling ~ crackling ~

And soon there were crisp footsteps in the distance, well, the heavy field boots of the Sakaz mercenaries, it will not be wrong, and the people who walk seem to be a little jumpy, like children.

Tallulah didn't even move her body, allowing the sound of footsteps to gradually amplify until she stopped behind her.

"W, you didn't report your visit to anyone.

Tallulah turned and looked at the uninvited Sakaz in front of her.

"Ah, you were willing to turn to look at me, Tallula, what a surprise to me, I thought you had already indulged in the plan to destroy the dragon gate.

W squinted his eyes and grinned

, "I'm really sorry Leader, I've been a mercenary for too long,

I have forgotten to report my life status to Leader."

"But leader, you also know that I can't go up to the top of the conning tower, so I can only ask you to condescend a few floors."

Tallulah didn't seem to care about W's yin and yang weirdness, she said:

"W, your swear words will not bring us any good, the integration movement needs the power of your Sakaz, and there should be no more unnecessary personal conflicts between the two of us."

W smiled this time with her fangs exposed, and she said:

"Hahaha, just call us the demon race, the so-called big people with soft hearts and self-proclaimed kindness call us Sakaz, but we mercenaries know very well what kind of virtue we really are."

Talullah seemed a little puzzled when she heard this, and said,

"Strange... The Demon Race...'The Expelled Inferior Race'... You Sakaz mercenaries cannot accept this insulting definition, and you will never be proud of it.

W looked directly at Tallulah and said

, "Of course, but you call Sakaz 'Demons,

' and you don't call it that out of contempt or goodness." "

'Demon Clan', haha! 'Demon Clan'...!! The name Demon Race is out of [fear], and it is this most primitive emotion that prompts you to call our race that.

"So, we mercenaries are happy to be called 'demons' simply because we know what it really means, and we will also plant this meaning fiercely in the hearts of all those who are enemies of Sakaz."

W suddenly remembered something, and his tone suddenly began to become a little pitiful:

"Oh - sorry, leader, I'm sorry, discussing this in front of you is simply showing off your pitiful skills in front of experts, right?"

"Once our mercenary squad known for its cruelty is compared to you, it is as ridiculous as a little reptile on the ground against a crab.

"Leader, you're the one who is best at bringing fear to others.

Tallula's face returned to calm, and she said:

"Bringing fear to the enemy and hope to fellow countrymen is the way the integration movement has always done.

W immediately said

, "Then, driving this abandoned city of Usas into the dragon gate is also in line with the ardent hopes of a certain compatriot?"

Tallula's

answer dripped with leakage:

"Our fighters of the integration movement are still fighting in the dragon gate, and they need our reinforcements,

so we must go."

"The mutants in Dragon Gate City need hope, especially the mutants in the slums, who will even be alive mixed with the mud of the sewers and drown in the stench and filth.

And the mutant warriors stationed in Chernoberg also strongly wanted to pass hope to them in the distance, like a torch in the dark night, a sweet spring in the desert.

"All people's wishes are aligned with each other, and the way to fulfill them is created by our integration movement."

"It will also bring you Sakaz benefits, clean water, bread without mold, better tactical equipment, and even a respectable gaze."

"You Sakaz don't need hope, hope is just a bubble about to burst in your eyes, so the fact that I bring you benefits is beyond doubt." "

Isn't it one of your Sakaz desires that the Sakaz mercenaries scattered in the city-states like you can draw nourishment from the boundless chaos?"

said Tallulah in one breath, and she finally said:

"After the dragon gate, there will be no more city-states that can be called 'safe', the space of the demon race will expand, and your race will become more and more prosperous."

W pursed his lips and replied

, "Well, there is some truth in it, for the sake of interests,

I can agree with your strategy."

Tallula's gaze fell on W's eyes, and she said

, "So,

do you still have any doubts?

W closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked a heart-shaking arc, and said:

"No, leader, you said well, can I applaud you?"

W even really applauded her.

"Then, I talked about my mission, and unfortunately, I failed, I didn't get it back, and she wouldn't give me anything.

Tallulah replied

, "It's not your fault, the blood relationship between W,

Misha and Broken Bones can cause all kinds of accidents." W's

standing body suddenly paused.

"Then why did you send me to get that scientist's daughter?"

W seemed a little puzzled, and asked Tallula:

"It seems that without her and her secrets, you can go smoothly, attack the dragon gate, and activate the core city and there is no place to use her."

"The

authenticity of the key needs to be verified.

"I can verify the activation of the core city function, but the way it is stopped must also be fully controlled by the integration movement, and this is exactly what the key does."

W replied

, "Mephistopheles told me that what the old man of the patriot found in the ruined city was the real thing..."

Tallulah

interrupted W and said, "No,

W,

Mephistopheles will not say that to you." It will only be you, telling the rumors to Mephistopheles, thinking of extracting the information you want from him. Hearing

Tallulah say this about herself, W didn't seem to care about Tallula's slightly prickly words, and asked directly:

"So is this news true or false?"

Tallulah said

, "You don't mean to hear me defend myself,

but you don't want to defend yourself.

W squinted and smiled and replied

, "I have my own channels,

and I may be a little more straightforward." Leader, who doesn't have a secret, especially if we are mercenaries, maybe one day the head will leave the neck, and then it will turn into a lot of money and the laughter of some rich people.

Tallulah didn't care about W's seemingly divergent words, and said very sincerely:

"W, if you need me to be more sincere, I can clearly tell you all the arrangements. All. "

Broken Bones and your first operation successfully tested the reaction speed of the Dragon Gate Guards Bureau, allowing us to adjust our tactics and refine the plan for attacking the Dragon Gate.

Talullah said in a very determined tone:

"Without your actions, we would not have succeeded. "

The key was real, but disappeared with it because of Misha's sudden death. The keys that the patriots are looking for are merely a backup for this situation.

"In addition, I will not force you to say where your news came from, and I apologize for some of my previous excesses, but my explanation should also convince you."

W was already nodding like a chicken pecking at rice:

"Okay, okay, leader, I want to know how many keys there are, and at this time I have one last question, I won't ask any more, huh."

Tallulah immediately replied,

"Two." Sergei, the royal scientist of Chernoberg, held one of them, and by a special way, he delivered the key to Misha.

"The other is held by the former Marquis Boris, the mayor of Chernoborg, who escaped from Chernoberg by calling the city-state plot when we captured the city, but he did not escape the natural disaster. "

[Here is fake news, Marquis Boris is still in Chernoberg City, this news and planned action is a smoke bomb released by the main war faction, giving people the illusion that Marquis Boris is dead, of course, the current Boris is basically no different from dead, even more uncomfortable than death. "

Obtaining the key to open the core city was finally handled by myself [Speaking of which, Tallulah dangled the key in front of W's eyes], and now it is already with me."

"W, we already have the ability to take a storm.

Tallulah finally said

, "Well, if there are any questions, w, please call me,

and I will answer them for you."

W immediately replied

, "You made it clear,

leader. There is nothing more to ask.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and said in a somewhat exaggerated tone:

"Wow, but did I ask a little too much? "