Armor Guardians

Chapter 128 Come and steal it!

Within a week, Xia Qianxue's injuries had almost healed, and she was at least able to get out of bed and live on her own.

Moreover, the Dragon Group obtained her approximate recovery time from the hospital before setting the meeting time; otherwise, they would have started the meeting much earlier.

Therefore, Xia Qianxue must also be present at this accountability meeting as an injured witness in the pursuit of accountability for the film crew.

And so, when Xia Qianxue went to the Dragon Group headquarters for a meeting, Xia Qianmeng picked her up. After spending so much time together, Xia Qianxue and Xia Qianmeng's relationship had improved considerably, at least... they weren't as cold towards each other as before.

Xia Qianxue knew the general content of the meeting; it was about holding Xia Qianmeng accountable. However, she still chose to stand on Xia Qianmeng's side, since the Dragon Group was an outsider to both of them.

As for how they will help, we'll only know when we get there.

Upon arriving at the Dragon Group headquarters, whether it was because of Xia Qianxue, the armor summoner, or Xia Qianmeng, the Dragon Group personnel guarding the entrance opened the doors to them with great respect.

As for where the meeting was to be held, Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue had no idea. However, just as they were wondering whether they should go find it themselves, a female member of the Dragon Group in a suit came over: "Are you Miss Xia Qianmeng?"

For some reason, Xia Qianmeng felt very uncomfortable and even ashamed whenever she heard the word "Miss," fearing that her younger sister would make fun of her.

However, she really didn't know where the meeting was, so she still responded to the Dragon Group staff member: "Hmm."

"Alright, I'm the person specifically assigned to receive you. Please follow me, I'll take you to the conference room."

After saying that, the Dragon Group member in charge of receiving them took the lead and left.

Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue exchanged a glance and then followed closely behind.

A short while later, the staff member led Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue to a mechanical door. It's unclear which buttons she pressed, but the mechanical door opened just like that.

Then, the Dragon Group staff member didn't go in. Instead, he made a gesture of invitation from outside the door, clearly indicating that he wanted Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue to come in together.

Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue did not hesitate at all, and they walked through the mechanical-looking door and entered the conference room.

As expected, upon entering the conference room, they saw everyone sitting inside waiting for the meeting to begin, and two chairs were empty, presumably reserved for Xia Qianmeng and Xia Qianxue.

Moreover, the two empty chairs were on opposite sides of the long table, one for the Dragon Group members and the other for the Shadow Group members. Helpless, Xia Qianxue had no choice but to leave Xia Qianmeng and sit on the Dragon Group side, while Xia Qianmeng sat on the Shadow Group side.

The meeting can begin once all attendees are present.

The first to speak was Dr. R from the Dragon Group. As the highest-ranking person in charge of the Dragon Group regarding the Armor Summoners, he had the right to demand an explanation from the Shadow Group on behalf of his Armor Summoners: "Xia Qianmeng, as the person in charge of this operation for the Shadow Group, and now that all the assistants have been injured, are you willing to take responsibility?"

"What responsibility? Haven't you already completed your mission? And if anyone bears responsibility, it's you too. The enemy's strength differed greatly from what was written in the intelligence. You sent us on these missions without investigating properly; weren't you afraid we wouldn't make it back?" Xia Qianmeng retorted directly. Indeed, after so many days of sorting out her thoughts, Xia Qianmeng was slowly recovering. This Shadow Group mission failure wasn't just her fault; the Dragon Group also made mistakes. Therefore, in pursuing accountability this time, she might not necessarily lose.

Moreover, seeing Dr. R, this old man, made Xia Qianmeng's already bad mood even worse, so her tone wasn't very friendly either.

Seemingly anticipating Xia Qianmeng's response, Dr. R's lips curled into a smirk, and he shamelessly continued, "I don't care about that. Why are you abandoning perfectly healthy people to kill some alien beasts? Is that your mission? If you hadn't gone to kill the alien beasts, how could the armored summoners have gotten injured?"

"Then we'll have to see who your Dragon Group team's temporary leader is. If he hadn't sent me to help you clear out those mutant beasts, do you think my mission would have failed?"

As they spoke, not only Xia Qianmeng, but everyone present looked at Long Linghuai, hoping he would say something.

However, Long Linghuai's next words stunned the Shadow Group: "I didn't ask Xia Qianmeng to wipe out those alien beasts. She went on her own. It has nothing to do with me."

That's right. Apart from Xia Qianxue, who was closest to Xia Qianmeng, Dr. R had spoken to the other Dragon Group armor summoners and asked them to turn white into black. After all, there were many of them, and Xia Qianmeng was too young to have any evidence.

Skin thick? Can you eat skin thick? Of course not!

Unsurprisingly, the two burly men from the Shadow Group who were involved in the operation immediately flew into a rage: "Damn it, you despicable people! Qianmeng helped you complete the mission and saved your lives, and now you're framing us!"

Perhaps because the two burly men from the Shadow Group had touched a nerve, Long Linghuai couldn't help but turn his face away guiltily. Living under someone else's roof, he was quite helpless.

However, Long Linghuai's role had been fulfilled, and then Dr. R continued to try to secure benefits for his Dragon Group: "Alright, now it's time to talk about how your Shadow Group is training the Dragon Group, as compensation for your mission failure."

"So what do you want?"

Xia Qianmeng already knew Dr. R's attitude, so she didn't bother trying to reason with him, because it was pointless; it was better to be straightforward.

Upon hearing Xia Qianmeng's words, Dr. R perked up and said with a smile, "I want the armor summoner in your hand, and then I'll leave you alone."

"The summoner is right here. If you still have the guts, come and snatch it."

At this moment, Xia Qianmeng, who had stood up, also had a smile on her face, but the meaning of that smile was unknown.

In perfect unison, everyone in the meeting stood up at that moment, and... their fighting spirit was at its peak.

However, at that moment, apart from Xia Qianxue, the summoning devices of the five Dragon Group armor summoners who participated in the mission instantly transformed into colorful orbs of light and flew away...

(End of this chapter)