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During breakfast, Haiya tried many times to persuade Noshiro, who looked serious, to give up this unrealistic idea.
After so many generations of changes, Terra's best amplification medium for warlocks is still Ore Disease... I appreciate her kindness, but there is no need to waste precious time and energy on such things. Wouldn't it be more helpful to go to the ground and train that group of rabble?
But Noshiro was surprisingly stubborn.
"Please let me try. I can learn."
"I have no plans to bring students with me yet, and the amplification power of Originium is not very useful here."
Haiya said calmly: "Everyone's energy is almost not replenished. Even if the source stone energy is increased, it is used little by little. Instead of thinking about how to increase it, it is better to think about how to save it."
"Well."
Haiya directly blocked Noshiro's enthusiasm.
"It's okay, Miss Noda. If you think you owe me a favor, there are other ways to repay it."
The feathered serpent's emotional changes were somewhat lacking in "transition". It only took a second for it to go from being extremely indifferent to being so happy that its tongue was waving everywhere.
Kong, who was rolling the egg into his mouth, saw that she was wasting the enthusiasm of the ship girl in this way, rolled his eyes at Haiya and complained that her bad taste came up again.
Seeing the doctor's blaming expression, Haiya restrained herself a little, thought for a moment, and before Noshiro could think of other ways to repay her, she took out a brooch from her chest:
"…This is my ID as the president of the Astrology Association…Since the starry sky is fake, it lacks its due value…Try to make it commemorative, just consider it as paying me for the design."
"Is that so... Then I'll try to embed the photo of Miss Haiya and the commander, just like I did for Miss March—" Noshiro sat upright and looked at the pink-haired girl who was making juice fiercely.
"...Did March take a photo of me and the Doctor alone together?" Haiya's pupils widened slightly.
"Yes! Yes!" The pink-haired girl shook her hands and pulled out a row of photos of Horhaiya biting her empty earlobe or resting her head on his knees - in a sense, these were all their "crimes" of showing off their affection in the observation car.
"Then please."
From mocking to sincerely accepting the other person's gratitude and gifts...it also doesn't take more than a second of struggle.
Of course, just because she can't speak for herself doesn't mean she can't speak without words:
[As expected of a doctor, it's easy for you to deal with a simple little girl - you deliberately gave her instructions to repay me in order to get her to have a good relationship with us, right? ]
In the private channel, Haiya's voice contained a hint of reluctance as if her preferences had been exposed.
[No, this is entirely her own will, she just wants to get to know you better. ]
The emotions in the private channel are very helpless——
[Don't think so utilitarian, okay? Can I force a girl who is jealous and hostile to you to make a gift for you? ]
[…How cunning! Now I can’t find a reason to mock her, right?] Haiya said unhappily again.
[Who just said that I'm naive?] Quetzalcoatl's outrageous self-persuasion made Sora laugh.
She is obviously not a tsundere woman, but she is sincere and devoted to others with all kinds of twists and turns - the former Holhayya agent was not such an indecisive guy.
It seems that during these days of getting along with Eula and Xiao Sanyue, she has become somewhat passive in accepting and adapting to the kind of friendship that does not require deliberate calculation, but even she herself did not realize that her defenses had loosened - she was just vaguely uneasy.
[The women here are more troublesome than those on Rhodes Island... If this continues, I will become a fool.]
[It’s tiring to wear a mask outside, at least there’s nothing to lose by showing your true self at home.] Sora advised.
[Do you really think this is home? Doctor.]
【With you, it is. 】
A few private messages almost burned Haiya's brain.
As a warm-blooded race, she could vaguely feel her blood flow quickening, and she almost blended into the warm environment of the dining car.
"It should be 'you', right? Doctor? Don't treat me like an easy-to-cheat little girl."
Haiya's incoherent words also attracted a strange look from Lao Yang at the opposite table -
Flirting so early in the morning... Never mind, I'm used to it.
But should I call Xiao Sanyue over and keep her away from that table? I always feel that her "rank" may not be able to keep up with the group of people around the captain.
Kong Ze was very smart to change the subject after Haiya switched to real-life communication: "Aren't you going to the think tank? I'll teleport you to the space station first?"
Through tacit understanding, Kong understood that she had already reluctantly accepted Noshiro's existence - and had tacitly agreed not to cause trouble for the other party. The words just now were like a reassurance to him.
"Well, I need about two days to look up the company's investment and renovation of Yalilo-VI."
"Hmm? Then why not just contact Topa?"
"Topa is 'only' a director. Some of the information he has authority to provide cannot be found. I have already informed your girlfriend and used her authority card to retrieve the fortress structure diagram uploaded to the company's strategic investment department when Beloberg was built. It should come in handy."
"As expected of you, you are so thoughtful."
"Dry compliments won't bring any real benefits, Doctor. At least let me see your sincerity in thanking you."
"…Then give me a kiss?" Kong felt that he was being a little corny.
"No thanks. Wait until I come back with the schematics - in the meantime, think carefully about how to reward me."
Quetzalcoatl's aura made Sanyue, who was standing next to him, shout in her heart that she was invincible.
250. Ulla, Bronya!
"Ah, there's a new face today. Hello, I'm Natasha, the doctor in Rock Town."
"I am Noshiro, please give me your guidance, Miss Natasha."
"What a well-behaved child, Sora. Is she also your student?"
"She is my old subordinate."
"……Eh?"
In Natasha's opinion, Noshiro looked more like a student than Sora and the other two students. Even she misjudged him, let alone others.
“At first glance, Noshiro gives people this impression.”
Paimon, who had been revived with full health, floated above Noshiro's demon horns, not afraid that the ship girl would accidentally raise her head and get her clothes caught -
"I also thought Sora had done something illegal at first... Ugh!"
This clueless little idiot was pulled down from the sky by Kong and had his mouth covered.
Kong was afraid that Natasha really thought that she was a high school student, so he quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, Natasha, Noshiro is already a capable warrior."
"Ah, I don't mean to question you, I'm just a little surprised, Miss Noshiro, I'm very sorry, I rarely see girls as cute and well-maintained as you." Nata hurriedly explained.
"It's okay. I know that even now I still have many immature aspects - which may give people an impression of being unreliable, but I will try my best to change this impression."
Noshiro was not shaken by any comments from the outside world: "Commander, our mission is to help Dihuo find the hiding place and laboratory of the medicine, right?"
"Well, I'll clean up the Rift on the way... But the Rift becomes more dispersed as it reaches the outskirts of the snowfield - as expected, its generation blocks are mainly concentrated in the Beloberg line."
Kong pointed in the direction of the city. In the polar night, the outline of the city was much clearer. This was because its external protective shield and the heat-generating distorted barrier drove away a large circle of wind and snow, which was quite obvious in the starry night.
"This may be enough to prove that the star core is hidden in the city or the Iron Guard defense zone... But the residents of Beloberg have been kept in the dark. After drawing a circle like this, the data should be enough to support us in locating that thing... First, we should draw an arc-like sweep along the radius of the city center and try to find a large-scale boundary rift phenomenon... Tsk, why is it so difficult to get this 2%?"
Everyone else was trying to avoid the rift as much as possible, but Kong and his team members were the only ones chasing after the rift every day, which once again made Natasha feel the disparity in the world.
But she agreed with Kong's judgment of searching in a roundabout way. If the search range was expanded further outward, it would be impossible for her brother to build a laboratory deep in the rift with his ability. It would be a sheer waste of time.
"Huhaha...it's clearly morning, when the sun should be out, but the ground is still pitch black..."
"In fact, in the polar night state, the vision is much clearer."
"I just wanted to say that I didn't get enough sleep, Teacher Danheng—"
"You stayed up late playing games again?"
"No, yesterday, when Sister Noshiro asked for the photos, I thought other sisters might need them too... so I picked out a few good ones and put them up... but there were too many photos from too many angles, so it took me a while to choose. Otherwise, how could I have replied to Sister Haiya so quickly this morning?"
Dan Heng paused for a moment when she heard this - Sanyue's personality was not yet capable of considering others in such a complex way, and even if she wanted to help the passengers, she would not plan ahead.
People always say that she has grown up, but this time she has grown too much, which even Dan Heng was a little shocked.
"I, I admit that I did stay up for a while... maybe my makeup didn't cover up the dark circles under my eyes... woo woo." Sanyue, who was stared at by Danheng and thought he was going to start preaching, shrank back.
"It's alright, little Sanyue. You and Danheng's job is to help out in the camp. Eula, Ying, and Noshiro will continue to follow me to clean up the rifts and conduct teaching. We just need to set up the camp before the sun sets."
"oh oh."
Kong assigned her an easy task, which made Xiao Sanyue feel warm in her heart, but she was also a little afraid that her laziness would cause trouble to everyone.
"Where's Hua Lin? Don't you want us to help?"
"They are very good at reconnaissance. They are just monitoring the movements of other garrisons. They are not going to fight them. There is no need to worry."
Sora shifted his gaze a little further and landed on the Black Tower puppet that followed closely behind him: "With the Black Tower taking care of them, I'm sure nothing will go wrong."
"That's right. I'm afraid that I don't take as much care of Estelle as I do of you, my student."
I don't know how this guy Heita can show such a "glowing" spirit through the doll. In short, she is so radiant that it makes people feel uncomfortable. You can tell at a glance that her nightlife is rich and satisfying.
"Esther will definitely cry when she hears you say that."
"Cry? Even if she cries, I won't lower my standards for reviewing her paper."
"That's not what I meant... Tsk, you're still far from being a good teacher and parent, Heita."
After explaining the work, Kong nodded to Youla from a distance. She kicked Songlai, who was leaning on the ground, and put him on her shoulder. She waved to the new recruits who were squatting in the snow to rest behind her, and asked them to get ready for the march.
This is the third batch of lower-level guards who have received snowfield combat training. The fourth batch is on the way.
In order to ensure that the troops have sufficient supplies and heat sources after arriving at the assembly point, and also so that the new recruits who lack actual combat experience can have basic self-protection capabilities, Seele and Bronya both regretfully gave up following Sora's footsteps at any time and slowed down the progress of their attack on him. Instead, they continued to train the reserves and were only responsible for leading the team here.
They thought that it would only be a day or two of training, so there shouldn't be any major problems... But when they saw Noshiro's long black silk legs in the sailor suit that didn't waver in the wind and snow from a distance, they somewhat regretted being too responsible.
It hasn't even been half a day since he made the choice between work and love, and now another one comes in... If it were an ordinary girl, she would probably want to strangle Kong to death.
"... Never mind. As long as we get the person here, the mission is accomplished."
"Well, we still have to focus on the overall situation. Once Bay City is stable, we will slowly think of a solution."
Although they didn't explicitly state what the goal was beyond the mission, Xier and Banya sighed in unison, understanding each other's thoughts. Then, they simultaneously glanced at Kong from a distance, turned around and left, without even giving him a chance to say hello.
That back view does not look elegant, but desolate.
"…Did I make someone I've never met angry?"
Noshiro was also affected by the gazes of the two girls and felt a little confused.
"It's not directed at you, it's directed at me..."