Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

But she still looked a little drunk, just like at the beginning, but she always had that expression and wasn't completely drunk.

"I'm drunk, aren't I?" Suika pointed at herself, took another sip, and said to Alina

"It feels so weird that you're staring at me. It's like I'm eating alone without you. How about you have a bite too?"

"Have some." Alina handed over a cup, and Suika skillfully poured her a small cup.

After drinking a small cup, Alina fell into a deep sleep sitting on the soft sofa.

In response, Suika simply rewarded herself with another bite.

As for Alina, she had been drinking with Suika these days, so she knew her alcohol tolerance very well.

So after seeing her drunk, he picked up a blanket from the side and covered her with it, then continued reading the book in front of him.

"Can you come out for a moment?"

Tallulah walked into the room from outside, looking at Alina sleeping nearby and Suika sitting at the table, and spoke in a low voice.

After following her out, the two of them came to a pavilion outside the door.

"Can you use your Originium technique on me?"

Tallulah asked, pointing at herself.

"Ha!" Suika was a little confused.

"I want to feel it... but we haven't settled down yet...

when!"

After Tallulah finished speaking, she suddenly found a wine glass in her hand, and the spicy feeling in her mouth told her that she must have drunk some wine just now.

Suika raised her glass to her

"Isn't that what you want to feel?"

After hearing this, Tallulah closed her eyes and recalled what she had just done, and couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.

In my memory, while I was talking, Suika poured a glass of wine and pushed it in front of me, and then I picked it up and drank it.

But before I finished drinking it, I didn't realize it at all.

"What a powerful psychological suggestion! I hope it can happen again...hiss!"

Unwilling to give up, Tallulah wanted to see if she could resist this magical trick if she was well prepared. But after she finished speaking, she looked at the empty wine glass in front of her, and felt the knife-like feeling from her mouth to her throat and then to her stomach. She was completely shocked.

Because even though she thought she was fully focused, she didn't react at all until she finished the wine in front of her. Now she almost understood why the encounter Alina described ended in such a strange way.

Even when he was prepared, he was completely unable to resist the wine handed to him by Suika, so it was no surprise that those Ursus soldiers were drunk by her on the battlefield.

"What a powerful and strange Originium technique! Combined with your gourd that can produce wine, anyone who can't drink more than you can is no match for you, right?"

Tallulah looked at me as if to say, "No wonder you drink every day. It turns out you're doing this to improve your alcohol tolerance so you can win the drinking contest."

Suika shrugged, but didn't tell her that she didn't actually need to drink. The only reason she drank was that when she saw others drinking, she would subconsciously want to drink.

After two glasses of wine, Talulah no longer doubted Suika's ability to make those people drink obediently.

Watching the other person stumble back to his room, Suika raised Ibuki Hyō in admiration.

This is also the first person who, after being forced to drink two glasses of wine by herself, can still walk back to the house by herself. This strength is indeed extraordinary.

Time came to winter half a year later.

“I heard that Tallulah recently exiled some infected people?

That's not like her at first, I remember she said she wanted to save all the infected."

Suika came to Alina and told her the news she heard outside.

"I know those people. They stole the little food we had. If we want to survive the winter, I'm afraid we'll have to live frugally."

Alina said as she sorted her things.

"Going out again?" Suika watched her movements and buttoned Ibuki Ryokan.

"Well, my infection is not serious and most people can't see it, so I plan to go to the nearby villages to exchange some fruits and vegetables for everyone.

Otherwise, if you only eat black bread every day, your health will deteriorate."

Alina said as she packed her things and prepared to leave.

"Let me go with you!" Suika said suddenly.

"Hmm?" Alina tilted her head, a little surprised by Suika's suggestion.

"It's so boring to stay in the house every day. I might as well go out for a walk and move my body around.

Besides, if there are too many things, I can help you carry some of them. You know, I am quite strong."

Suika said, raising her arms.

"Okay, let's go!" Alina had no doubts, even though she had been feeling a little depressed recently.

Because the Integration Movement had just experienced a split not long ago, and now someone has made a serious mistake, so she went out not only to help the Integration Movement exchange food, but also to relax.

As the two walked out the door, they met Tallulah.

"You are going out. It's not a peaceful time these days." Tallulah frowned and looked at Alina with some concern.

"But everyone always has to eat, and Suika said she would protect me, right!" Alina said to Suika who was carrying a small bamboo basket on the side.

"Yeah, don't worry, Tallulah. I will protect Alina."

Suika looked at Tallulah, her eyes were unusually firm...

Chapter 64: A Dark and Windy Night

"Oh, I'll wait and see!"

When she heard Suika's words that Tallulah didn't come, she felt panicked, as if something important had slipped away from her.

After calming down, Tallulah looked at Alina

"Then remember not to go west when you go out. According to intelligence, the patrol team is operating there.

Also, when you come back, I want to set up a study group with you as the center. There are more and more children in the integration movement, and we also need to provide everyone with opportunities to learn knowledge."

"No problem. The village to the east should be able to exchange what you need. As for the study session, I've been having very good exchanges and learning with Suika recently, so I should be able to help you in that regard." Alina winked at her playfully.

"Then be careful." Tallulah said and left in a hurry.

After watching the other party leave, Alina took Suika's hand

"Let's go. The village to the east is not that close. If we walk too slowly, it might be night before we make the round trip."

Suika nodded and left with her.

Walking on the road, Suixiang asked

"Have you ever thought about leaving Ursus?"

"Well, Suika, why do you ask that?" Alina asked curiously.

“Before I left, an acquaintance shared intelligence from various countries, including a lot of news about infected people.

She told me that in Victoria and Colombia, there are cities that are attracting infected people in order to develop.

Although the wages that infected people can get are lower than those of ordinary people and their working environment is worse than that of ordinary people, it is still better than Ursus.

After all, at least in these places, the infected are still treated as human beings on the surface.

In Ursus, the infected are merely tools and consumables of the nobles.

And this is difficult to change because most people in this country are so terribly malicious towards those infected.

From top to bottom, the lower class people are brainwashed all the time, telling them how terrible and inferior the infected people are.

On this land of Ursus, unless the infected can completely overthrow the corrupt and stubborn Ursus regime and establish a new order belonging to the infected, I simply cannot imagine how the infected can completely stand up. "

Suika said it sincerely. In fact, every infected person in Ursus and every member of the Reunion Movement understood this.

It is impossible to simply want to make the upper echelons of Ursus hear your voice through shouting, and then hope for their mercy to improve the treatment of the infected.

But where can the infected people go if they leave Ursus without speaking the language? Other countries' attitudes towards the infected may not be better than Ursus's.

Therefore, as long as they can maintain a certain degree of survival, even if they are oppressed to the point of suffocation, the infected people in Ursus rarely choose to flee abroad.

Alina's expression was a little moved after hearing this, but she finally sighed

"Suixiang, your ideas may seem simple, but they are actually difficult to implement.

Even though Ursus treats the infected ruthlessly, this is our home and our country after all. We have lived here for decades. Suddenly we have to leave here and start over in an unknown and unfamiliar place. Believe it or not, if Tallulah makes this choice, many people will leave on the spot.

No one would choose to leave their country unless it was absolutely impossible to survive.”

After hearing what Alina said, Suixiang felt helpless. She was a little helpless just now. As a bystander and a self-proclaimed rational person, she could only come up with a method that seemed relatively friendly to the prospects of the integration movement.

But in fact, as Alina said, even if they become infected, even if they are chased around like jumping beasts by those patrol teams and military personnel on this land, when it comes to leaving the country to find a new way out, most people will subconsciously choose to refuse.

This is human nature.

In response to this, Suika did not say anything else, because she was just a spectator and could not empathize with the infected people of the Reunion Movement, nor could she understand their conflicting feelings towards Ursus.

At noon, the two walked to the edge of the village.

"Suixiang, help me check if the Originium crystals growing outside are hidden well enough." Before entering the village, Alina adjusted her clothes again and hid her Originium crystals under her clothes.

"No problem, it's totally unnoticeable." Suixiang gave her a thumbs up, and then the two walked into the village hand in hand.

Because both of them, one older and one younger, were girls, people's vigilance naturally decreased, so this food exchange operation was very successful.

The two of them pushed a small cart out of the village. Looking at the cart full of vegetables, Alina's expression brightened a lot.

With so many vegetables, if everyone in the integration movement eats sparingly, they can last for at least a week.

This is already a pretty good result.

With the limited supplies Alina brought, it was naturally impossible to buy so many vegetables, but fortunately, Suixiang was there.

She used the fine wine in Ibuki's bowl to exchange with the locals. The Ursus people simply could not refuse the fine wine, so she exchanged it for a small cart full of vegetables. Even this small cart was a friendly gift from the locals after they drank the wine.

"Thank you, Suika, for this time. Otherwise, the little supplies I brought with me wouldn't be able to exchange for so many things." Alina said gratefully on the way.

"Aren't we friends? It's too awkward to thank you.

Besides, I can't finish the wine in my Ibuki gourd, so it's a good thing to exchange it for some food like this, and I didn't pay anything."

Suika held the other end of the handlebar, and she and Alina pushed the cart on the left and right on the way back, taking a sip from time to time.

"With so many vegetables, I wonder how happy everyone will be when we get back." Alina looked at the food on the cart, a light of hope in her eyes.

Because the cart had to be pushed slowly, it was almost dark when they reached the grove not far from the Integration Movement settlement. Coupled with the falling snow and wind, Alina became a little anxious.

"Hoohoo, we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be too dark and snowy, and we might not be able to leave."

Alina looked around and said to Suika

"This place isn't far from the settlement. How about you go get Tallulah to help, and I'll stay here to protect the food?"

"No, it seems someone is coming here."

After saying this, Suixiang hid herself behind the car and looked coldly at several people who came out not far away.

Those people didn't expect to meet anyone here, but when they saw the things in the cart next to Alina, a light of greed flashed in their eyes.

Chapter 65: Murder and Arson

“It’s food, fresh vegetables!

Damn it, Tallulah said there was no food left in Reunion, yet she secretly bought so much!"

The leader said this with a tone of betrayal and gnashing teeth.

"What do you want to do?" Alina looked at them warily.

"What else can we do? All this food is ours!"

The man in the lead saw Alina opening her arms and trying to block him. He thought that they were not far from the camp. If the woman's voice attracted the attention of the camp, there would be no food for them. When he thought of this, a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes, and he swung the weapon in his hand to chop at Alina.

"Dang!" Just as the long sword was about to hit Alina, a chain appeared from the side, blocking the center of the long sword's path, blocking the fatal blow.

"What!" The man didn't expect that his fatal attack would be blocked so abruptly.

Before he could react, the chain turned into a long whip and lashed directly at his body.

Subconsciously, he raised his sword to block the sneak attack, but a terrifying force came from his hand.