Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

Suixiang shook her head and said, "No, I just happened to walk here and was planning to buy some vegetables. After all, I don't know many vegetables that can be eaten in the wild, so it's safer to buy them."

"No, you are a messenger of disaster wandering in the wilderness and you don't even know what is edible and what is not edible in the wild?" George started criticizing again after hearing what Suika said.

"Of course I know, anything that can run can be eaten after being roasted...

But I can’t run…

I don’t recognize many…”

Suixiang put her hands on her hips and said confidently.

"Who taught you? I'm going to find him. How can someone like you who knows nothing take on the responsibility of a messenger of natural disasters?"

George slammed the table and stood up.

Suika ignored him and looked at the village chief

"Can I go shopping then?"

The village chief looked at her and was silent for a moment. He really didn't expect that the other party could be so indifferent after learning about the natural disaster here.

"You really won't persuade me?

After all, as an outsider, if you are truly the messenger of the natural disaster, then we will still carefully consider your statement."

After looking around the room, Suika said

"I am different from this old man. I only save people who want to survive.

The old man said it very clearly, there is a high probability of natural disasters occurring here at any time.

But you still choose to stay, which in my opinion means you want to die.

Since you choose to face death, I will admire your courage, and then record this incident and tell future generations that death caused by insisting on wrong ideas is not worthy of being saved.

Can I go buy some vegetables now?

Don't worry, I'll leave after I buy it. After all, it would be too dangerous to stay here if a natural disaster happens.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Although I am not a gentleman, I will not choose to stay in a place where danger may occur at any time. "

Although Suika's words did not contain any advice, they actually made the village chief waver.

Indeed, he chose to stay here out of spite, but more importantly, the crops outside would be ripe in half a month. If he left now, the village's work for the year would be in vain.

Moreover, people living outside the mobile city already have less capital. If they lose this year's harvest, most people may not even be able to raise enough food for next year.

Therefore, even if he was the village chief, he could not let the villagers abandon their hometown and all their assets to flee because of an uncertain disaster at this time.

After hearing what Suika said, most of the other people in the room fell silent and thought. Only George's eyes were full of anger, and he looked at Suika as if he wanted to eat her.

"You, how did someone like you become a messenger of natural disasters?

I will definitely report it and revoke your qualifications.

You don’t deserve…”

Before he could finish scolding her, Suika turned around and walked out of the hall.

Walking on the muddy country road, Suika couldn't help but sigh as she watched the children running and playing happily beside her.

She looked towards the north, where she felt a faint sense of unease.

Although we don't know the source, it may be the natural disaster that George mentioned that has not yet taken shape.

In Suika's perception, the heart-pounding aura from the north was like a tiger ready to pounce, and when its power was fully accumulated, it would ruthlessly destroy everything around it.

But from the conversation between the messenger of natural disasters and the village chief, it can be heard that the village chief is not willing to listen to ordinary advice at all.

After all, everything other people have is here. Without any concrete evidence, how can she possibly persuade the people here to abandon everything and move away?

That's why she said those words which seemed irresponsible but kept reminding the village chief.

After all, he is just an outsider and cannot make decisions for the village. However, as the head of the village, if he allows his temper and personality to decide something that may endanger the lives and property of everyone in the village, he cannot blame others for not helping if something goes wrong.

On the other side, George saw that he couldn't persuade his old friend, and after thinking about what Suika had just said, he finally realized what was going on and sighed, and chased after him.

"Let everyone in the village pack up..." Village Chief Andrew spoke after the two messengers of natural disasters left.

"Village chief..." The people around looked at the village chief in surprise, wondering why he had changed his mind.

Chapter 113: Dark Clouds Press Down on the City, About to Destroy it

"Like the lady said, I can't let my emotions put people in danger.

Even though George is a worthless person and killed my sister, your aunt, he is still capable as a messenger of natural disasters.

Fifty percent chance, I can take the gamble after all, I don’t have much time left to live at my age, but what about the children in the village? Your child is only six years old?

If that really happens, should we let them continue to live in pain as infected people?"

The old man's words left the man next to him speechless.

When he was a child, he watched his beloved aunt leave with that man and die in a foreign land. From that time on, he hated George and vowed not to believe anything he said. Therefore, as the captain of the village militia, he was the one who most resolutely opposed Andrew's plan.

But just like his father said, even if George had a ton of hatred towards him, he couldn't act on impulse against the village or his own children.

The man thought about it and walked out.

"What are you going to do?"

"Find that girl!"

Before the old man could continue asking questions, the gloomy man had already disappeared at the door.

Cuixiang on this side quickly found a traveling merchant's shop that she had spotted on the way here.

After entering, she went straight to the vegetable stall

"Boss, give me a few carrots, a large white radish, and two handfuls of these leafy vegetables, thank you.

By the way, do you accept credit cards here?"

Looking at the businessman who was following closely, Suixiang took out her bank card and asked.

"It would be best if you have cash, because we charge a 15% fee for credit cards...

After all, you should know that few people use this in places like this, the equipment is expensive, and I have to go to the city to withdraw cash."

When the businessman saw Suixiang take out the bank card, a flash of surprise appeared in his eyes, and then he answered seriously.

After all, in Victoria, anyone who can carry a bank card with him when he goes out is never a poor person.

"It's okay, just swipe the card..." Suixiang touched her backpack, which contained a reserve of Victoria gold coins with a total face value of about 100,000 Lungmen coins. This was the money she was going to use to change her fate when she encountered trouble, and she couldn't spend it casually.

"Okay, that's eleven pounds in total, plus a 15% handling fee, so it's twelve point seven pounds in total." The businessman said after scanning the price list.

"Ah, 11 plus 15 percent handling fee shouldn't be 12.65?"

Although Suixiang's math level is not high, she has no problem with basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. She can quickly get the answer even if it is just mental arithmetic. She looked at the businessman suspiciously, thinking that this guy was trying to cheat her.

“…Since there’s no such thing as tenths of a pound, any excess will be rounded up to the next number.” The businessman was sincere and his words were well-reasoned.

Suika wasn't sure whether what he said was true or not, but she converted the expression of a few tenths of a pound into RMB. Generally speaking, no one uses cents to count these days, so it made sense when she thought about it.

After packing all the vegetables, she prepared to leave.

As for the next destination, she was not in a hurry. She planned to go to the north to see the specific situation. If a natural disaster really happened, she could at least rush back to report it.

Just as she was about to leave the village, the man who had originally taken her to see the village chief ran up to her quickly.

"Ma'am, wait!"

Originally thinking that the other party was looking for trouble, Suika was ready to punch him if he started to touch her to let him know what it meant to punch you in the chest. However, the other party's tone of voice was obviously not looking for trouble.

"Can I take up a few minutes of your time?"

The man looked at Suika and said.

"Okay, how about we go under the tree over there? The sun is quite strong after all." Suixiang pointed to a big tree not far away, and the two walked under the tree.

“First of all, I apologize for being rude to you earlier.

Then I would like to ask, as the Messenger of the Scourge, have you noticed anything unusual here?

I heard that you Scourge Messengers all have your own methods of judging the weather. Although you don't have any of those fancy equipment, since you're one of them, you must have your own methods."

The man spoke very politely, and Suixiang nodded without hiding anything.

"That old man named Andrew is right. There's a terrifying aura gathering to the north. I'm not sure if it will eventually become a natural disaster, but if it does, this village will probably be affected."

After hearing what Suika said, the man nodded and said, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome. This is what I should do. Since you're quite polite, I'll remind you again. If you make a choice, do it as soon as possible.

After all, natural disasters come at any time and won't wait for you to be prepared."

After saying this, Suixiang said goodbye to the man and walked towards the direction where the natural disaster was gathering.

At night, Suixiang sat on the hillside and looked at the sky in the distance.

In the fire in front of him was roasting an unlucky cloud beast that had knocked itself unconscious after crashing into a tree while escaping and was just discovered by Suixiang.

In front of her, the clouds and mist shrouded the place, and Suixiang could clearly feel the increasingly heavy atmosphere.

“Ahhh…”

She sighed inwardly. She hadn't felt optimistic when she came up here. After all, the surrounding birds and beasts had already started to move away, and even the Originium insects were trying to stay away from here. Everything indicated that something big was about to happen here.

But she didn't expect the situation to be so dangerous.

Even though she had never experienced a natural disaster, she could feel that the situation ahead was almost like a balloon filled with water, just one tiny needle away from puncturing it and causing the liquid inside to burst out.

At this moment, she could only hope that the man had listened to her and had begun to arrange for people to evacuate. Otherwise, if the natural disaster broke out at night, in the village so close, in the dark, no one would have a chance to escape.

"Damn it, who taught you this? How dare you stay here when it's so dangerous!" A familiar voice came. Suika turned her head and saw the disaster messenger named George, who had made her very angry at noon, walking towards her with a pile of equipment on his back.

"You also know that it's dangerous here, so why don't you leave?"

Suika turned to look at him and said calmly.

"Leave! There's a natural disaster coming here, and the villagers don't want to leave. How can I leave...

At least if I'm here, if a natural disaster strikes at night, I'll still have a chance to remind everyone...

At least, I can’t lose my loved ones twice.”

The old man turned his head and looked at the village at the foot of the mountain not far behind him and said with gritted teeth.

Chapter 114: Countdown to Natural Disaster

"uh-huh…"

Suika didn't want to get involved in the old man's family drama, so she just shrugged and pointed to the remaining leg that hadn't been eaten.

"Come and eat something!"

The old man sat next to her and was shocked when he smelled the alcohol on her.

"you've been drinking?"

"I drank a little..." Suika made a gesture of the universe between her fingers.

"Damn it, it's so dangerous here, and you still dare to drink..." The old man was so angry that his beard was almost standing up.

Cuixiang directly stuffed the roasted cloud beast leg into the other party's mouth

"Where do you get so angry today... Eat some meat to cool down.

Then you have the energy to be angry at me, so you might as well save it for running away later."

After Cuixiang finished speaking, the old man looked solemnly at the sky in front of him, which was so calm that even the wind seemed to have no trace.

"what have you found?"

“Is this something that needs to be discovered?

Look around here, not to mention birds and animals, even the insects are almost running away.

Now use the instruments behind you to take a look at this side, the data that comes out will scare you to death.

Let alone a few days, this is a bomb that has already entered the countdown.

Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.

You never know when it will explode with a 'BOOM' sound."

After hearing what Suika said, the old man was no longer in the mood to continue enjoying the barbecue in his mouth.