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Sora remembered that the guard had mentioned something about the intelligence officer, but he had focused all his attention on Bronya at the time.
"Intelligence Officer Pella. The person who provided you with the information that my mother arranged for you, but I don't know if she has been implicated by me... If she is unfortunately detained, please find a way to rescue her. I am sure she can provide more help."
"Okay, tell me her characteristics and where she moves, and I'll go look for her with my students."
Kong waved his hand and stood up to look for Haiya, only to see Quetzalcoatl squatting next to the heater, his entire body as stiff as a sculpture.
"…Are you okay, Haiya?"
"I will not participate in the work on the surface of Yalilo, Doctor... What is the temperature underground? If it is also so cold underground, I am sorry, I am afraid I will have to take a leave..."
Miss Poikilotherm was in urgent need of Sora's body temperature, so she pulled him over with her tail, ignoring Jeppard and Bronya's subtle glances, and tied Sora into a Hawaiian bun.
She had never shivered like this before... She even wished she could burn the Originium to increase the temperature.
"...I'll take you back to the car right away..."
……
Slowly approaching the train from the synchronous track, the ship behind the maid floating in the deep space scattered into blue-green spots of light. Then she grabbed the door of the train with one hand, jumped up and landed in front of Jizi.
There is no need for airtight doors - nor is there a need for filtering devices. The train's shields and pioneering power simplify the complex deep space operations to the extreme.
As Belfa landed on the ground, the heavy bridge swayed up and down in front of Himeko due to the pull of gravity - not to mention it was empty, Himeko's "don't look there challenge" failed in seconds.
"It was a beautiful fight, Miss Bepha."
Standing in front of Befa, even a woman who is most confident in her feminine charm will involuntarily fill her lungs with air and try to compete with her, but Jizi is Jizi after all, and she quickly abandoned that useless competitive spirit.
"You're flattering me. I'm not as bad as the dirt in the kitchen."
Befa looked inside the carriage - Lao Yang was still collecting data on the cold wave, trying to prove that the star core was the center of the cold outbreak.
And Haiya... She was sent back by Kong even earlier than Befa, and greeted Befa with lifeless eyes - holding hot milk in both hands, her tail wrapped in the electric blanket that appeared in the room, and even a hot water bottle on her head, she looked like an ordinary woman having her period in winter.
The snake girl, who had a cold expression at that moment, actually had such a "mortal" side, which made Befa's smile, which seemed to be always decent, widen:
"…Is Ms. Eula still down there?"
"After retrieving you, there should be another night operation. I would have followed the team, but the current situation... you can see it."
Haiya muttered with resentment: "If I can become a feathered serpent..."
192.You Will Be Deployed to a Safe Place (4K)
Although Jizi had always been somewhat skeptical about Kong's attitude towards changing the life of the nameless guest and the train, when Haiya, Sanyue and Danheng were brought back from the surface by him with the help of anchor points, and sat down to drink a cup of hot tea leisurely, and had the leisure to complain to Jizi that the great guardian was an untrustworthy old witch, some of her worries were thrown behind her.
In the past, when the passengers landed on the surface, they had no choice but to cry out to the heavens. If the influence range of the star core was larger, the orbital gun support could not keep up at all, and communication was often interrupted. Sometimes, they would be trapped for weeks at a time.
But Kong's ability to move freely between outer space and the train perfectly solved the communication and supply problems. He could even let the train crew take turns to attack instead of constantly squeezing the physical strength and energy of the same group of people.
"Take me down."
"Why are you joining in the fun? Didn't you say you were going to provide remote support in the car?"
"There aren't many opportunities to observe a star's core up close, and this is a planet frozen in its core, so it's very valuable for research."
"I don't believe it. You've been studying this crap every day. You've lost interest in it a long time ago. Tell me, what's your intention?"
Ji Zi was filled with emotion and was about to praise Kong for being considerate and caring about his companions, but she found that after he settled the passengers who were on rest, he started to argue with Heita again.
"I just feel really bad about being excluded by you, Dr. Sora. Our deal is only halfway through, and you're already developing feelings for the natives. But...that little girl named Bronya, Walter said you knew each other before. I'm also curious about what the so-called 'isotope from another world' is."
Heita's eyes rolled and he said with ill intent.
"Then why don't you study Himeko?" Sora rolled his eyes.
"Rather, I'm afraid you'll forget to fulfill your promise because you enjoy it so much. And I've long been tired of studying Jizi."
This guy was as straightforward as ever, causing Ji Zi, who was about to intervene, to stop in her tracks with an expressionless face. She turned back to make tea for Befa and was not prepared to say anything good for Heita anymore.
And Heita didn't care at all whether his unreasonable behavior would tarnish everyone's impression of him. He regarded it as a means to increase the efficiency of communication.
Sora patted his forehead and glanced back at Haiya subtly.
"Someone is about to freeze to death. Don't you understand? We are not going down here for vacation. We may not have time to cover you for your research."
"It doesn't matter. As long as you, Dr. Sora, can hold on, the puppet will definitely be able to hold on too. I'm not picky about the location."
After saying these ferocious words, Kong lifted up the black tower with one hand just like he lifted Paimon.
"…So your goal is that matter…"
"Well, the sooner you solve the problem, the sooner you can get back to testing the simulation."
Heita cleared his throat and found the most common excuse to cover up his dirty goal.
"Okay, you really want to help me, right? Now that you've said that, I will definitely assign you more tasks. If you dare to find an excuse to escape, you will never get another chance -"
"That's right. Unfortunately, Ruan Mei has to go to see a play tonight. I rarely invite her to study the creatures of Yalilo, but she seems to have little interest."
When Heita pinched her waist, her mood instantly became better.
That's because their private life is much richer than yours.
Sora didn't continue to complain about the Black Tower. He greeted Jizi and Beifa and confirmed that Sanyue and Danheng were both in a relatively stable mood.
Especially Xiao Sanyue, while she was telling Jizi how she pretended to be a big-tailed wolf down there and how powerful it was when Befa transformed into a battleship, she picked up her phone and skillfully invited Silver Wolf to go to jail with the messenger.
【Isn't Kong coming tonight? 】
[He is going back to the planet's surface to pick up a batch of goods.]
It seemed that she had already accepted the leisure of "returning to the headquarters to rest immediately after the war". She adjusted her mood so quickly that Silver Wolf did not even feel the post-war fatigue.
It's pretty good. At least I'm not bitter and resentful just because someone tricked me.
Kong had seen too many children who had been betrayed and were obsessed with trivial matters. He asked her to vent her complaints to Himeko and relax so that she wouldn't accumulate stress.
"Befa, Sanyue, Danheng, you all need to wait for 12 hours before you can continue your activities. Have a good rest first. Haiya, I will call you if the temperature underground is above zero degrees."
"Find me an area where the temperature can be kept above 13 degrees, Doctor. I didn't really like this kind of protective clothing with bulky functions before... but now I'm afraid I can't live without it."
Haiya is still recovering her body temperature.
Only Haiya would discuss working conditions with Kong. After all, things are different now than before. Kong is not in great need of a combat operator, but he has always needed smart staff.
"Come here." She tightened the blanket around herself and hooked her finger into the air.
"oh oh."
So, under the dead-eye gaze of Black Tower, Quetzalcoatl rolled up Kong again and absorbed a wave of heat from Kong's body.
"Okay, go ahead. Although you don't have to rest, you still have to follow the rest schedule."
After taking two satisfying sniffs, Haiya pushed Kong away ruthlessly: "Bingliangliang should be cursing her mother now, you have to meet up with her as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, we won't leave any of you out in the cold. Black Tower, come closer. Paimon, stop making pancakes. We are about to start teleporting."
"Wait, let me put some more food in my pocket so you don't have to stuff me in your bag again!"
"Oh, we can set off now? Do we need to make any preparations...?"
Before the black tower could react, the scenery in front of it was instantly replaced by more warm colors.
"There's nothing to prepare. I'll just let the system add you to the team."
Sora ignored Kurita's surprise with a normal expression and greeted Eula who was helping to tidy up the gear-punk-style shop.
"Hey, Eula, I'm here to join the group--Ouch!!"
Then, Eula, with her eyebrows raised, first smeared his face with a rag, and then kicked him hard on the butt.
The force was far greater than the kick he used to send Bronya flying.
"You still remember to reunite?"
The guerrilla knight seemed to feel unsatisfied and kicked Kong in the calf again, causing him to beg for mercy repeatedly and completely lose face in front of the students.
"Sister, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"Who are you calling sister? Huh? I told you not to prepare dinner for us and you really didn't? You took people out to fight and didn't even bother to inform us! The wandering creatures from the Rift Valley almost attacked our store! If we hadn't held back, there would have been a river of blood outside—"
"Eula, Karin, come and try my cooking skills! Hey, who is this?"
The blonde beauty came out of the lounge with a big pot of meat stew in milk sauce. She saw Sora being beaten up by Eula. The corners of her mouth twitched, but she walked over to greet him as if she was familiar with him and put the meat stew on the counter.
"Hello, Miss Landau - I'm Sora, Eula's boyfriend - stop hitting me, stop hitting me!!"
Ah, he was actually just as Eula described, coming and going without a trace, appearing as soon as he appeared.
Shiluwa glanced at the door he had locked - there was no sign of tampering on the lock and the door curtain. Although it sounded ridiculous, he was probably "teleported" into the store.
Although it's magical... the way he's being so easily controlled by Eula doesn't match the iron-blooded, ruthless and vicious fleet leader in the rumors at all.
Even a little cute...if you look closely, he looks a bit like my brother when he was a child.
"You are the famous 'Traveler', right? Nice to meet you!" Shiluwa took a step forward and wanted to shake hands with Kong, but was blocked by another "girl" who was teleported in together.
"It's the 85th 'Traveler', little girl." Heita interrupted.
"...Is this person also...your member?" Xiluwa was stunned for a moment when she saw the black tower.
Obviously, she thought that the expatriates in the train crew were all battle-hardened guys, but Heita's attire and figure did not resemble those of an "elite".
Of course, Kong wasn't quite up to par, but his clothes added a lot of points.
"Girl, is this shop yours? Wow, judging from your designs, you have the potential to be a fine craftsman."
"Oh? You really know what you are talking about. I think my workshop here is the best in all of Beloberg."
Although the other party spoke very rudely, the mechanical eye made Shiluwa's dissatisfaction quickly dissipate.
"Tsk tsk, these exquisite second-hand items, if Ji Zi saw them, she would be so greedy that she would die."
He casually fiddled with the two thermal clocks on the table - these things were useless except for being novel, but for the genius's weird hobby, novelty alone was enough.
"…Why do they suddenly have such a harmonious relationship?"
Kong, whose butt was swollen, glanced silently at the two guys, whose actual ages might be hundreds of years apart, who were discussing among themselves, as if they had forgotten about him, the nominal organizer of the subversive action.
"You also know how unpleasant it is to be left alone, right? Next time we take action, don't let me lead the students alone." Eula glanced at Kong and reached out to rub Kong's swollen butt as a way of comforting him after venting his anger.
"Yes, yes, yes... I'll teach the class with you next time... Ouch!"
The teacher and Eula-senpai are so close——Is this just a joke between adults? When can I…