Steel steam and flame

"You are looking for the wrong place. This is not Li Suman's home." Li Suman sat on the edge of the bed and put down the wine she picked up.

"Did you find the wrong one? I'm really sorry." Perkins outside the door was very cooperative in his words, but the door lock had evaporated and the door was pushed open at the end of the words. He walked in, followed by Hilary Lee, carrying two of Li Suman's unconscious lieutenants.

"It's just a coma, there won't be any sequelae. They want to send a signal immediately. Doing so will cause us trouble, so we temporarily help them enter a real sleep state." See Hilary Riley putting the two adjutants on the wall On the other hand, Perkinz naturally explained, "I wanted to use the communicator to contact you, Miss Lisuman. But it seems that you have changed the composite radio frequency again. Ask Miss Hongmang for help, she said that she has not been able to contact you recently, so In the end I can only come and see you in person."

"Of course, originally we just wanted to see if our luck was good enough." Peckins continued, "Ms. Hilary and I both thought that you would never be here, but unexpectedly, I did a little exploration. ,,”

"It can be said that this was an accident, Miss Lisuman."

Lisa Man looked at Perkinz: "I think I can only temporarily believe that this was an accident."

"It's not important. In addition to coming here to see you as a friend, there are other things." Perkinz smiled, "I think you should know what it is. After all, the purpose of my coming to the empire is not Not much, at least for now. And you also know the significance of me and Miss Hilary Riley being able to take action again. Miss Lisa Man, you are also a part of the plan. The two super countries have already taken action, even in the forest We inside also knew it through the will of the New World Tree. We had to speed up the progress, so we advanced this planned step."

"I can only help you contact Macquarie. As for the person you want to find...you know I don't really want to see you."

"There are never many people who want to see me, especially those from the Theocracy. I have thought about their expressions at that time from time to time. But they are all people with the strength of the Knight King class. In terms of muscle control, There won’t be any expression of surprise unless it’s intentional.”

"In addition, we are all friends, Miss Lisuman. We will see each other often in the future. You probably need to get used to it. It is enough for one of Macquarie and Hilda to contact them. I just need to tell them Place and time. If I go directly outside the Qilaandi family's residence now, regardless of whether there is hostility or not, approaching rashly will not be a good choice."

Li Suman rummaged under the pile of scattered magazines on the bed, found the communicator, and contacted Macquarie. Perkinz was waiting quietly. He saw that Hillary had picked up a fashion magazine placed on the table in the room and looked at it. He shook his head helplessly.

"Buying and watching are also hobbies. As for whether to wear them...since you already have them, why do you have to do such a troublesome thing?" Hillary was keenly aware of it and said.

Perkinz pursed his lips and made no further movements, just waiting quietly for the communication to be connected. In less than half a minute, the communicator allowed Macquarie's voice to reach the ears of the three people clearly.

"Originally, a few days later, I had something that needed your help, but I didn't expect that you would contact me in advance." Macquarie didn't know the situation on this side. "However, can I think that every time you take the initiative to contact me?" Does coming here mean something abnormal? In my memory, nothing pleasant has ever happened?"

"It won't happen this time. I'm the only one who won't be happy." Li Suman simply explained her current situation. She looked at Perkinz and threw the communicator over, "You can speak for yourself, it will be easier to handle."

Pekinz nodded after receiving the communicator, and after thinking very quickly, he came up with a good way to speak: "Hello, Mr. Macquarie, I am a friend of Miss Lissoman, and I have something to tell you, because Entrusted by others. The specifics are as follows..."

"Well, hello, Mr. Li Suman's friend." Macquarie was a little confused, but still greeted politely.

"I am a ranger in the southern forest. Not long ago, about half a month ago, I accidentally met a man who called himself 'Cassia' in the forest. He asked me to go to Imperial Manoma to find him. ,,”

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As a necessary temporary base transfer, an operation will be carried out after a certain period of time to ensure safety. Zero will always spare a little time after the temporary base change to prepare and organize the books that will be read in the next time. , or various types of historical information that need to be understood.

The books in several boxes were moved to the custom-made bookshelf. Zero was tidying up the room, and the knock on the door sounded exactly as he predicted.

"Miss Ovelia, please come in." He said, continuing his cleaning work of dismantling and folding empty cardboard boxes.

In less than two minutes, after the adjutant left the room with a stack of cardboard and packed garbage and closed the door, Ovelia said: "Mr. Zero, I came here this time to ask about something."

"If I know, I will definitely tell you." Zero poured Ovelia a glass of warm water and sat across from him. "Recently, there seems to be no important news. Maybe you will be disappointed."

"Mr. Zero, you should be aware of the cleanup operation that took place in a small country bordering a giant country, right? It is a joint operation, and the team is also composed of various forces and countries, each responsible for different corresponding areas. A week or two ago , in a small country on the border of the Flame Alliance, the third action group of the joint team is in trouble. The news I received is that they encountered a powerful enemy, and the captain and several teams were annihilated."

"Just a few days ago, in the joint action team, Mr. Kebro, one of the two captains of the Nature Association, is the captain who will come here to meet you, Mr. Ling, tomorrow afternoon. His adjutant informed me, I told you that after your meeting with Mr. Zero, I will explain something about the enemy in the Third Action Group."

"Not just my side, but also the elite members of the Flame Alliance,..., the elite members after the sacrificial ceremony, several top figures from the Far Sea Commonwealth, Miss Hippo from the Theocracy who came to the continent, and Mr. Kobro's people , will all participate in the investigation of this troublesome enemy. Because I arrived here early, I want to ask Mr. Zero..."

Zero understood what Ovelia wanted to know, and nodded as if thinking about information that might be related to it.

Ovelia quickly added the unfinished words: "It is said to be related to an escort team and the people escorting it. Regarding the escort team, I only know that it comes from a security company in a small country. I heard that it is very common, behind the scenes. Companies whose bosses are surgeons specialize in protecting officials, wealthy businessmen, and celebrities in the ordinary world."

"Security company?" No. 0 looked over and asked in a casual tone with doubts, "It's on the edge of the territory of the Flame Alliance..." He immediately had an almost certain guess.

"Perhaps Mr. Kebro made a mistake, or maybe the escort team happened to be nearby when the incident happened? And was mistakenly thought to be related to it?" Ovelia didn't listen at all to Zero's inquiry. He took out something and headed in the direction Zero wanted, "Mr. Zero, you can probably feel the atmosphere in a small country. Recently, in various small countries, especially in the seven major coordinating countries, there have been a lot more such security companies. , almost all are opened by surgeons.”

"Although there is not much information coming to me now, due to an intuition, I always feel that there is something uncomfortable in this matter." Ovelia continued to add, "Because Mr. Zero, you are here I have been in a small country for a long time recently, so before I officially meet with Mr. Kobro..."

Ovelia smiled and looked at Zero, who was sitting upright in front of her. At this moment, she could no longer feel anything from No. 0, only her eyes could actually see the image.

"By the way, Miss Ovelia, it's summer now, I remember whether it's July or August..."

"It's almost October, Mr. Zero," Ovelia answered.

"It's almost October." Zero said, with emotion on his face as time flies by so fast. "It's been a few months since the beginning of summer. Summer is about to end, and there won't be much more time." .”

Ovelia didn't understand the meaning of Zero's words, and nodded to indicate that in terms of time, summer was indeed almost over. She tried very hard to think about the possible hidden meanings in words such as "months" and "summer", but in the end nothing was extended.

"It's just a sudden emotion." Zero noticed the change in Ovelia and said apologetically, "Miss Ovelia, you probably want to ask if there are any teams or strong ones in the small country recently. Did the surgeon go to the border area of ​​the Flame Alliance?" Zero asked with a thoughtful look on his face, and then gave the answer, "No. It has been quiet for several months, Miss Ovelia."

"Thank you, Mr. Zero." Ovelia thanked her. After a brief hesitation, she looked at Zero and confirmed tactfully, "Mr. Zero, will you form an alliance with the two flames who died a few months ago?" The ritual elite has connections.”

"Probably...no." No. 0 did not reveal what Ovelia said, "Ms. Ovelia, but Mr. Burrow said that he would discuss this matter with you after meeting with me. There is a high probability that he wants to We need to select members from the joint operations team and form a special operations team to investigate this matter? And to have such people participate shows that the cleanup operation team has indeed encountered a difficult problem, and it is not as easy as in our conversation. .”

"The enemy is not easy to deal with." He added, "Miss Ovelia, do you want to deepen the cooperative relationship with Mr. Kebro and Miss Shibo in this joint operation? "

Ovelia nodded naturally and admitted: "I have no ability to change many of the family's decisions now. So I can only find a reasonable and suitable position for myself."

"If this is the case, I personally think..." Zero thought a lot at once, "This may be something worth doing. It can work together with Mr. Kebro, Miss Shippo, the Flame Alliance, and Yuanhai Cooperating with people from other countries can expand your network of relationships. At least in the future, the scope of the joint team's tasks will not be limited to clean-up operations."

"It's just that right now, I really don't have much information here to help you analyze this matter. When I have the opportunity, I will try to ask for more information when I meet with Mr. Kebro. If you meet and discuss with him, It can tell me more information, but I can’t say what I can think of from it. Right now, the information does seem insufficient.”

"You have stayed in the small country for a long time. Before you have any new important tasks, if you need help, you can actually come here. While you are one of the thirty-six knight attendants, you are also part of the king's family. The person in charge of the experimental team in Astusri, isn't he?"

"Thank you very much, Mr. Zero."

Zero shook his head: "It has only been a few months, and maybe the silence will be slowly broken again. The level of chaos in the small countries is far deeper than that in the empire. When performing tasks, please pay attention to your own safety, Miss Ovelia .”

When Ovelia was perceived to be leaving, he was far away from the room, and Zero took off the serious look on his face.

"Mr. Cassia, I'll see you again soon. Miss Ciccia, you should be on your way back to the Flame Alliance, right? This time... you probably won't need my help."

After thinking about it, maybe it was the quiet months that made him feel bored. He took out the communicator hidden in a book and pressed the contact button. Delya's voice soon sounded from the other side.

"Mr. Zero? Is there something wrong with the list not long ago?"

"No. Because of personal matters, I want to get some information from you, Miss Delya, about the recent escort teams of the Steel Security Company..."

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"Teacher Defoni, there is news from the Kinetic Steel Manufacturing Headquarters that all the documents, tools and equipment you requested were completely moved out not long ago. But it will take some time to reach the locations mentioned by the teacher. "

"It's not too late." Defoni Phoenix was in a good mood. "Have you prepared all the preparations? There are also those mechanics and engineers. Their placement is very important. That will determine the quality and strength of logistics in the future. One of the important factors is that no one dislikes good-quality weapons and equipment. Under heavy rain, the test is not just for people."

"Everything is progressing steadily, but because of the arrival of people from the Holy See of the Theocracy and the addition of titled knights from the three major knight orders, it has become very difficult to speed up the process."

"If you have a problem, you need to solve it. You think of a solution. In three or four days, I will help you solve a bigger problem. This problem is just a small problem."

Defoni knew that his students would look at him: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, there will be notifications from members of Theocratic State to visit and inspect several places, and the Kinetic Energy Steel Factory is ranked first. But it is said to be an inspection, but in fact it is I just want to collect clues and find an explanation for why several fifth-stage surgery patients died in Xiaoguo a few months ago. It’s always okay to be careful.”

"By the way, the young saint from the Holy See will also participate. Needless to say, I will definitely be one of the reception members. Just remember to find a few outstanding young people to follow you. But don't bother, just Just pretend to be a young man who can take the initiative to talk. Don't think about aligning with that saint." Speaking of this, Defoni's face overflowed with a smile, "In some things, that is really true. Of course, after hearing this sentence, you will completely forget it when you walk out of this room. As for whether you can understand it, it will not have any impact on you. "

"I understand..." Seeing that Defoni had no intention of explaining, the student stopped asking.