Hello, Arknights

Chapter 285 Declaration

"Found him."

"Well, he and I won't be back tonight. We'll send S'Ertel downstairs later, and you guys can pick her up. The sorted information is all with her."

After hanging up the call, Texas changed gears and accelerated. The car made a low roar. Ling Dengxian, who was sitting in the back seat, scratched his head. Sulter beside him touched him with his toes and whispered, "Aren't you going to explain?"

"If she doesn't ask when you're around, then of course I'll answer when you're not around." Ling Dengxian sighed and then smiled.

"Isolate me?!" Surtel's eyes widened, but then he thought again and felt that he had no reason to be angry.

"Why do you say that?" Ling Dengxian glanced at her and said helplessly, "This is a private matter... If you had experienced those things with us, Texas would definitely not avoid you."

Surtel was speechless. She looked at Ling Dengxian, and Ling Dengxian also looked at her strangely. Her breathing stagnated and she looked away. For the first time, she showed a "somewhat sorry" look. At the same time, she seemed to have figured something out and calmed down.

Although Ling Dengxian felt strange, he didn't ask any more questions.

Soon, the car stopped.

"Wait for me in the car."

That being said, Ling Dengxian was still a little nervous when he saw her expression. While waiting, he saw the convenience store downstairs, and a product near the door caught his attention.

After sending Surtel back to the apartment, Texas returned. Ling Dengxian was bored and drew circles on the car window. The driver got into the cab again, paused for a moment, turned on the turn signal, and drove into the depths of the neon night.

"Did you get anything today?" Rupert finally asked, his eyes fixed on the road, showing no sign of anger.

"Ah?" Ling Dengxian didn't react to what she was asking for a moment.

"Xicheng District, didn't you go there today?" Texas said calmly. The light of the night market intermittently swept across her face, and Ling Dengxian discovered that she was really not angry.

"It seems that there was some chaos today. The settlement that was supposed to be inhabited was destroyed by vicious fighting. I didn't see any infected knights except for the few groups that headed to the central area at the beginning. In short, the terrain of this area is very complicated. What I can be sure of at present is that the infected knights here seem to be separated, and they are slow to notify each other when an emergency occurs."

"Do you think it's serious?"

"It's one thing to be serious," Ling Dengxian frowned, "but I'm more concerned about another thing. The chaos there...will not affect the main city at all."

"Are you thinking about the former lower city area of ​​Longmen?" Texas immediately understood what he meant.

"It's almost the same, but Longmen still has Chen. At least the Guard Bureau will come to follow the procedures, but there is no official response from Casimir.

"I observed it from 6pm to nearly 8pm, for almost two hours, and no official person came to deal with or investigate. During this time, I also noticed that someone had discovered me, but they did not come forward."

"What happened here...seems to be condoned."

"...Your guess is correct." Texas pulled out a copy from the side of the car door. Ling Dengxian took it and said, "I also gave a copy to Hei Jiao and Ye Dao. These are some things that Surtel and I found today."

"Mainly?" Ling took a quick glance and was about to say that he couldn't understand Casimir, but he didn't expect that someone had prominently marked the three words "Blood Knight" in Flame Language with a marker.

The status of the infected in Casimir is very delicate. The conflict between them and ordinary people once reached a tit-for-tat point, but the emergence of the Blood Knight made the Chamber of Commerce focus on the profession of "Infected Knight".

The powerful Originium skills brought by the infection overcame many obstacles in people's hearts and were pushed in front of dignitaries by the man with plump hooves in a very realistic way. The infected were weighed on the scale of money, and finally, at the call of the Knight Champion, the Chamber of Commerce revised the rules.

Then, they quickly continue to become the most benefited player under the new rules.

The textual description only briefly touched upon the outline of Texas, but Ling Dengxian saw some of the words he recognized in the original text and a large amount of space, and realized that many things did not need to be stated explicitly.

After a brief exchange of information, Texas threw him a card, which was a brand name of a newspaper or magazine.

"Pay attention to this newspaper, the Red Wine News."

"What's wrong? I don't like their exaggerated style and groundless public opinion, like the red-eyed beast that only searches for rotten bones and then brings them to the dining table. If it were my hometown, I would definitely be labeled as a 'journalism student' in a puppy team." Ling Dengxian was not impressed. After all, the famous Candle Knight could be spread with such obvious gimmicks as "taking a bath filled with red wine" and "three hundred male servants".

"The Fapelo people might have an issue with what you said," Texas warned, tapping the brakes to start slowing down, "But I suggest paying attention for another reason."

“Although the Red Wine News is full of nonsense, it is also true that completely groundless rumors cannot make them the number one newspaper in Casimir.

"In other words, when they report on a certain public figure, the content may be biased or even wrong, but what is certain is that this person must have made some moves recently, just like the rumor about the Candle Knight's 300 male servants. In that case, she is likely to frequently work with different opposite sexes in public or attend events."

Ling Dengxian's brows were still furrowed. "But it's too unreliable. The screening ability is not high. After all, it's possible that trivial matters can be magnified infinitely."

"But it is indeed the top newspaper in the Great Knight Territory right now. The newspapers it publishes have a wide influence. If there is something that the people behind the scenes don't want to see and it is accidentally reported, there is no way to stop it in the first place."

Texas nodded, and Ling immediately understood what he meant.

The car finally stopped. Ling Dengxian got out of the car at Texas's signal and found that they had arrived at the artificial river of the Great Knight's Territory. Compared with the bright lights and nightlife of the downtown area, this place was quiet and secluded.

He was a little confused and looked at Texas in bewilderment, whose amber eyes were staring at him intently. He subconsciously stepped back and found that his back was against the guardrail.

"...Texas, you, you won't want to kill me at this critical moment..." Thinking of Provence, Ling Dengxian asked weakly. Although Texas had not shown any abnormality to him for a long time, and Texas also said that he was "fine", he did not clearly say whether he had let go of his feelings and become close friends or had really gotten rid of the curse.

Seeing his panic, Rupert was stunned at first, then flashed a smile, quickly approached with a cold face, grabbed his collar, and was about to throw him into the river while no one was around.

Ling Dengxian's mind went blank for a moment and he was at a loss, but after a moment, he did not fly into the air. Instead, a soft face pressed against his chest, his collar was loosened, and arms were wrapped around his back.

"Texas? You..."

The girl's voice sounded low: "I just tried the advice of the Angel of Exorcism."

Ling Dengxian was very confused and didn't know how to continue the topic. He just hugged Rupert back under the guidance of a gust of cold wind. After a while, Texas lowered his head and left his side.

"I know that Bagpipe is different from me, and she is very important to you."

“But I don’t plan to do nothing.”

In the night, Rupert's eyes were burning, as if the wind from the tundra was blowing again, but what Ling recalled was not the cold, but the nights when the two men and the wolf cuddled together for warmth.

New troubles have arrived, just like the express delivery that I had ordered long ago, and I had to pay cash on delivery.

This is not a question, because no one is asking for an answer.

——The girl just made a silent and passionate declaration.

Ling Dengxian took out a package of gifts from his pocket.

"When did you buy it?" Texas raised the corner of his lips slightly and took the pocky.

"When you sent Surtel home, you bought it at the convenience store downstairs. Is it considered a Casimir specialty?"

"Thanks, but I tried it on my first day here, and I prefer the flavor I brought with me."

"Hug, sorry..."

"What are you apologizing for?" Texas carefully put away Pocky and gave him a fleeting smile.

"By the way, Red Wine News, there is another point I want you to pay attention to, which is the 'Knight Audition Experience'."

"This may be an opportunity, but whether or not to participate in this high-risk opportunity is probably up to you to decide."

Ling Dengxian pondered for a moment, thought about Prisseth, weighed the possibilities, and the image of the infected knight he saw during the day appeared in his mind again.

Perhaps, he will have to make more decisions than just collecting public opinion intelligence in Rhodes Island.