Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

At this moment, a pair of hands grabbed Suika and Klucel.

The two turned around and found that it was Warfarin.

"You, sister?" Before Suixiang could speak, Lucille cast a contemptuous look at Warfarin.

"What's the matter? I'm so young and beautiful, can't I be your elder sister?" Huafalin was not right but very angry.

"Pfft~" Everyone around who knew this person couldn't help but laugh.

Amidst the laughter and chatter, the girl raised her head, and when she saw that everyone's attention was not on her, she ran out of the bathroom in a panic, not even daring to touch her favorite doll.

When she felt the doll returning to her head, Suixiang remembered that she had been researching the fox carrot. She turned around and found that the others had already slipped away.

She sighed regretfully. It seemed that she would have to wait until next time to study the structure of the nine-tailed fox's tail.

Since Little Lisa had already left, and Korciel and Warfarin were still mocking each other, and the farce here was almost the same, Suika didn't plan to stay any longer. She also remembered that she had to go drink with the old seniors from Rhodes Island in the evening.

Not long after returning to the house, Scout's message came to her personal terminal.

"I sent you the location, remember to come when you get the message!"

Not long after walking out the door, Suixiang scratched her head.

This was her first time wandering around Rhode Island alone, and she quickly lost her way as she was unfamiliar with the road.

Just as she was about to call Scout for help, she saw a gray-haired Sarkaz man passing by not far away.

"Hey, that Sarkaz brother, wait a minute!"

The man on the road stopped and looked over after hearing what Suika said. He nodded after seeing the ID hanging on her waist.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

“Oh, that’s right, I wanted to go to this place, but I got lost, hahaha…

Could I trouble you..."

Suika reported the location to the other party.

After reading the address, the man looked at Suika with a strange look on his face.

"You must be Miss Ibuki Suika, right? My name is Misery, and I'm going there too, so let's go together!"

"Have you heard of me?"

After the other party announced his name, Suika quickly remembered his identity: Outcast's friend, a magic master from Rhodes Island, a man who was very active in the Battle of Londinium and participated in many key plots.

“Of course, although I didn’t personally witness your heroic feat of single-handedly entering a dangerous mine and rescuing over twenty people, I have watched it repeatedly from the subsequent video footage.

Amiya and Logos think highly of you.

When I learned that you went to Londinium to track down Viscount Scott for the sake of those miners, I believed that you must be very consistent with Rhodes Island's ideals."

Misery kept calling Suika a respectful name, which made Suika feel a little embarrassed.

"Stop the you, you, you, you. I'm an operator, and you're an operator too. Just call me Suika! Is it okay if I call you misery?"

"Of course, sure." Misery nodded and continued walking towards the bar.

Under the guidance of Misery, Suika quickly arrived at the bar.

Although it is called a bar, it is actually a small office that was temporarily converted.

At the bar not far away, a man who looked like a gigolo was mixing juice for the ladies sitting next to him.

He glanced at ACE and the others who were sitting together not far away and looking at the door from time to time.

Although Rhodes Island is called a bar because of Kal'tsit's prohibition on alcohol, the drinks served are alcoholic drinks like "kvass".

But to satisfy their cravings, these guys will still order a cup.

But today, after these people came in, they sat restlessly on the sofa, looking at the door from time to time, as if they were waiting for someone, which aroused his curiosity.

Who on earth has such magical power that makes several veterans of Rhodes Island so nervous?

As the door opened again, several people on the sofa stood up and rushed to the door.

"Oh my god, you're finally here... I was so anxious..."

"Come, come, sit here..."

I saw a group of old men bringing in a young girl from outside, and she sat in the middle of the sofa.

The way they gathered around made the bar boy Yue Jianye think for a moment that Rhodes Island was remaking the classic movie - "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily".

Chapter 182: Where is the road? The road is under our feet!

After sitting down, feeling the eager gazes behind her, Suika nodded slightly with satisfaction.

"Give me the cup...but I have to remind you first, don't get drunk!"

When I heard what Suika said, I saw a group of people taking out a tray of wine glasses that had been prepared long ago from the back.

"What would you like to drink?" Suika tilted her head and looked at the people.

"Whatever, whatever. We'll drink whatever you give us, Cuixiang. It's fine as long as we have it. We're not picky."

Seeing that several people wanted to drink but didn't dare to say it out loud, Suixiang gave these cowards a middle finger as a symbol of friendship.

Then he opened the Ibuki ladle and poured a thin layer of shochu into each glass (the glasses these guys took out were large beer glasses for drinking draft beer).

"That's all? Not even enough to rinse your mouth..."

Seeing the layer of wine floating at the bottom of the glass, some people complained that it was too little.

"Don't be impatient. It's not even nine o'clock yet. We have plenty of time... Let's take our time... Let's first feel it and see if we can handle the burning knife from Dayan."

Glancing at the impatient man, Suika chuckled and told him not to back down.

Everyone picked up their wine glasses and drank the Shaodaozi, which seemed to be only a thin layer but was almost two taels in one gulp.

Then everyone heard coughing violently.

Suixiang picked up the last remaining wine glass and looked at everyone's embarrassing look after being choked by the Shaodaozi with a mischievous look, while smiling and sipping the wine in the glass.

"Oh my god, what a refreshing drink... This stuff is even stronger than vodka! Ms. Suika, could you tell me more about this drink?"

The first to come to their senses were the two Ursus operators.

As lovers of strong liquor, the Ursus people immediately fell in love with this kind of wine that was aggressive from the moment it entered their mouth, spicy all the way from their mouth to their stomach and then ignited their internal organs.

The others also gradually came to their senses. Many of them had their faces turned red after taking that one bite. It was not known whether they were drunk or because of the spicy taste of the burnt knife.

"The first sip of Shaodaozi was too strong, so let's take it slow with the second one. This is rice wine from Dayan..."

The alcohol content is not high, but the aftertaste is long.

Just in time to rinse your mouth..."

As Suixiang spoke, she poured one-fifth of rice wine into everyone's glasses.

……

Half an hour later

Only Suixiang was left, still drinking her drink without changing her expression. Under the admiring gaze of the bartender Yue Jianye, a bunch of operators were lying around her.

Suika looked at the drunken ACE and grabbed his collar

"You can't even finish half a glass of beer, and you're just feeding fish? Open your mouth...

Useless scum...

You can only drink this much. Next time you eat, remember to go to the children’s table.”

To be honest, it’s not that the operators can’t drink, but even the best drinkers can’t stand the way Suika drinks each glass of alcohol differently.

From white to red.

From low-alcohol to high-alcohol wine.

Plus a variety of cocktails and sparkling wine.

In just half an hour, everyone drank at least twenty different kinds of drinks.

Not to mention ACE, even the two Ursus strongmen who usually boasted that they were invincible in the bar and that one of them could get an entire division drunk were lying on the ground motionless.

If it weren't for the loud snoring and heaving chests, I would have thought the two men had drunk themselves to death.

After getting ACE and his group drunk, Suika turned her attention to the women sitting at the bar.

Especially the two handsome grandmas.

Suika picked up Ibuki Hyō and walked over

"Good evening, Ms. Outcast and this..."

"Just call her Mantra. She has vocal cord problems and it's difficult for her to speak...

Suika, you got ACE drunk and then bullied us old guys?"

Outcast said with a smile.

"Of course not. I see you're all drinking beverages...would you like a glass of wine?"

Outcast looked at Mantra, and when he nodded, she said

"Okay, have a glass of wine, and tell us if there were any interesting things that happened during your trip to Londinium!"

"no problem!

Speaking of which, after going to Londinium this time, I separated from Scout and Klothir before entering the city..."

Suika recounted what happened in Londinium.

"Honestly, I really don't understand. If the butler wants to stay in Londinium, he can just terminate the contract with the owner!

It's not a lifetime job, and the emotional bond between the two parties is money.

In that case, can't we just replace him with another noble to serve?

Why does it have to be so extreme?

Moreover, killing people just for the so-called identity of a Londinium person...I really can't understand it."

After finishing the story, Suika concluded with emotion.

"Child, you have to understand that humans are very complex creatures.

That butler must have worked for a long time in the noble family you mentioned.

Even if it is a financial relationship, I believe I have feelings for every brick and tile of that house.

Suddenly, the owner sold the place he was familiar with, and the psychological gap at that time made it difficult for an old man to react for a while.

His anger stemmed from what he saw as a betrayal by his master.

Anger can blind a person and prevent him from seeing the right direction..."

Outcast took a sip of red wine and expressed his opinion.

"You said you saw a large number of Sarkaz soldiers in Londinium?" Mantra was concerned about something that Suika mentioned casually during the story.

Suika nodded

"The people of Londinium said that the nobles invited Sarkaz mercenaries to help with the factory's security.

But I think those Sarkaz are not mercenaries, but more like a group of elite soldiers."

Suika naturally knew what those were, but she couldn't say it directly because she couldn't prove the source of the information.

But that didn't stop her from using hypothetical words like "perhaps" to guide Rhodes Island to discover the Sarkaz in Londinium in advance.

“Plus, we unexpectedly encountered the Blood Demon Prince Dukare, one of the Ten Kings of the Sarkaz, in Victoria.

I think the Sarkaz infiltration into Victoria may be more serious than imagined.

By the way, as the Lord of the Royal Court, he appeared in the territory of another country, but Victoria didn't make any move at all?"

After Suika finished speaking, the two old men looked at her in surprise.

"It's great that you can think of so much. You have the potential to do intelligence work.

Do you want to be transferred to Mantra?

She is our Rhodes Island intelligence master!"

Outcast raised an eyebrow.