Steel steam and flame

Asking Waters to help close the door of the store, the lamps were immediately extinguished, leaving only a warm light overflowing in the lounge. However, as the door to the lounge was closed, Delya made necessary adjustments to the cracks in the door, and the entire store suddenly fell into darkness, with only the light coming from the distance.

In the lounge, Waters sat down at the table. Delya used the hot water in the thermos bottle to brew black tea. He turned his head to look at the cozy lounge cabin.

"Drink it while it's hot. It won't have the aroma when it gets cold." The black tea gave off a faint fragrance, covering up the smell of flowers in the shop.

The two sat opposite each other, and after each took a sip of black tea, Waters looked at Dia's face that was different from before, and sighed silently, as if in response to Dia's relaxed exhalation just now: "Three months ago, He Slie came to me and said that the doctor who performed our facial plastic surgery had been disposed of."

Delya held the black tea cup in both hands and stared at the rising heat: "Did it start three months ago? I always thought that so many things happened recently. How long will it take for the empire borders and small countries to be quiet? This Around this city, I know that nearly two hundred surgical patients have died in the past two weeks. Sometimes when I pour things into the underground sewer, I can smell the smell of spoiled blood."

"It won't be quiet anymore. The Red Star that the regiment leader originally said is not far away." Waters continued, "Quiet will only mean that there will not be continuous major incidents. Small-scale conflicts have long been inevitable." After a few words, Waters's voice was already tired.

"Captain..." Delya suddenly fell into memories, "It's been more than two years, right? It's also been a year since we sealed up the entire cave where the armor was made and sold off all Tusinni's properties. It was a long time ago. It went by so fast. I am here in the flower shop, changing all kinds of bouquets and pruning them. Time has come here without even noticing. "

"How have you been lately?" Delya asked after sighing, "Are you still in the arms business?"

"I bought a piece of land and raised some dogs and cats. But most of my time is spent on training and developing my surgical abilities. I am also connected to the dark world, and I often buy some corresponding medicines to use. It can be regarded as working hard to enhance my strength. Waters concluded for himself, "The arms business must not be done. Losing the advantage of the factory will not work just in terms of cost. Although I have a lot of technical information in my hand, deputy commander, you know that in a small country, you can't do it." There should be the high-quality ammunition we produced back then. Just like firearms, with Webley's production line technology, the cost has been controlled, and the corresponding quality has also declined, but it is not a problem to surpass most arms dealers in small countries."

"It's a good thing not to be in the arms business." Delya nodded, and the black tea was over. In the year just after the Southern Forest Incident, both were very cautious. The factories in the Tushini area and the Chil Kingdom have stopped operating, but traces of the ammunition and firearms sold in the past are still found.

Consistent with what Waters said, very high-quality ammunition and firearms should not appear in small countries because the specifications have exceeded the imperial standard. Those batches of ammunition and firearms were very small and were produced solely to serve premium customers. But due to many reasons, they have been scattered all over the small country. It is only a matter of time that they are discovered and their traces are traced.

However, not only Cassia, who went to the southern forest, but also Delia and Hessler had a premonition of this, but it was not exposed in the subsequent thorough search. It's just that all the weapons factories were destroyed - it's not really destroyed. The enemies who were searching were crazy. It was probably that anything remotely related to the name "Cassia", no matter what it was, was moved away.

These searchers are composed of various forces, like unscrupulous robbers, everything that enters their eyes sparkles.

Cut off the connection with these things very decisively and early. And based on the original structure of the Knights, although some members failed to successfully hide in small countries or various parts of the empire, most members were eliminated very well and lived everywhere with new identities.

Nothing was left behind, except for large sums of money in various banks such as the Golden Bank, and several concealed warehouses of weapons and ammunition. Various technical documents have also been retained, including the technology on kinetic energy armor that was still being studied. In addition, all traces of the Steam Knights in the empire and small countries quickly disappeared during Cassia's original plan and the execution of Delya and others.

"It is indeed a good thing, but it is too leisurely." Waters continued, "I always want to find something to do. You know, a few months ago I went to the dark world to look for sellers and wanted to buy some raw materials and second-hand machines. , set up a small workshop by yourself and hire two or three people to produce ammunition. It is the most common cheap stuff in the black market."

"It's a good way to spend time." Delya affirmed and agreed.

"That's not the point. I found the seller, and he actually had an integrated workshop vehicle that we originally produced. It is the kind of modular vehicle that can be moved, ensure the supply of raw materials and energy, and can produce higher-quality ammunition at any time and anywhere. It was developed by technicians from the Tushini region. The seller showed me photos and it was 80% new, which is really nostalgic. But I didn’t buy it, and there was no need for it.”

"The seller said that they were the best thing he had, and there were only two of them. But the price he sold for it was three times what we originally sold it for..." Waters couldn't help but raise his voice, "They made a lot of money." gone."

Delia laughed: "It seems that to some extent, we have indeed changed something, although it is very small."

"I really want to catch up with this change and then change more." Waters said this with longing and yearning. But immediately, his face returned to seriousness, "When I came here to find you, I actually went to the meeting point mentioned by the group leader."

"It's not time yet? Is there any change?"

"It's not a matter of time anymore, it's just that I suddenly want to go there and have a look. The head of the group said it would be in half a year or a year, but now it's been more than two years..." Waters didn't answer, "The deputy group leader said Chief, you are actually the most concerned about this matter. There are changes there."

"Don't think about it. Hessler definitely doesn't follow the time. I thought like you and went over to have a look." They were the only three who knew the location. This simple question can be answered easily, "What did the Knight Commander leave behind?" Already?"

Seeing Waters finish the black tea in the cup, Delya asked and stood up to take the small pot and fill it up for him and herself.

Waters shrugged with helplessness: "He is the happiest person now. The network originally established to protect the black market arms business was in its early stages and was not integrated into the arms trafficking network at all. Come in. There are no traces of us or the leader, but it has been developing steadily in the past two years. He likes the life of fighting, he is very free."

"Tell me and you not to worry. He said that we should take a good rest for a while and leave the rest to him. The network has developed very well. The team leader wrote down a lot of development materials for surgical projects. Coupled with the money earned from our arms business, the development has exceeded the expected value of this network. The Knight Commander is a very positive person, and he also asked us to wait patiently. It is only two years, which is a very short period. time."

Delia said "Yeah" with a smile on her face.

The fact that Waters could come to her was enough to make her happy. Good news also came from Hessler. As the deputy leader who handles various affairs, smooth development would have made her happy.

"You set up an ammunition workshop, and Hessler developed that power network. It seems that I am the only one who took my time and opened a flower shop. I trim bouquets and spray water on the flowers every day."

"You can't be idle, otherwise you will never know that so many surgeons have died in this city."

After drinking the black tea, Waters poured himself another cup. After praising that it tasted better than wine, he continued his words: "Deputy Commander, you must have collected intelligence about the empire's borders and small countries. What I know is that, except for the empire, In addition, two other large countries have also brought in a large number of teams, and they have been sending personnel recently. The point is, Miss Ye Jielin’s team is fighting against them in the chaos, and I recognize some inconspicuous features.”

"You want to get involved?"

"It's not me. The knight commander should be here." Waters shook his head quickly, "I know my own strength. I'm fine in business, but not in battle."

Delya knocked on the table and stared at it: "Miss Ye Jielin is different from us, she has the strength to fight. As for us,..., in the dark world, the bounty hunters have rewards of more than 100 million holy coins, take the initiative To be exposed is to seek death. Moreover, what caused this commotion was most likely the things left behind by the group leader. After the Southern Forest Incident, some of the small batch of goods that the group leader asked me to send out in the plan did not reach their destination. Ground."