Léon: The Cat Killer

The sudden interruption left the little one speechless, but she immediately added in a serious tone: n

"Infected guerrilla groups... Apart from the Reunion group with former Ursus military elite Shield Guard members, the other guerrilla groups are just thugs; they wouldn't raise children..."

"...Aren't we just raising them?"

As she spoke, Nana patted the boy soldier's head... Although Susuro had already told Nana that some Volpo soldiers just looked like they never grew up even after they became adults... this dusty little fox in front of her was clearly a genuine child...

Sending such young children to the battlefield, and then selling them to a neighboring country afterward... Nana noted it down, and Agent 77 would investigate the whole story.

Just as the little fox was blushing as she was patted on the head, the wound on her thigh was treated, and the nun who had previously been injected with the Originium Disease inhibitor finally woke up from her coma...

"……here it is……"

P.S.: Although I'm still vomiting, the fever has subsided... so I mustered my strength and made up for it temporarily...

PS2: You might recognize the boy soldier, but the nun... she's definitely a cameo character dragged from next door... but BA's popularity isn't small either, and speaking of Mary... well, that's definitely her...

PSS: Finally, woof woof cat

(Wait, this doesn't look like a cat.)

4th Crimson Warm Winter: 095 I will attack in saint form

"Sister Mary!"

"……frost……"

"It's me! It's Frostleaf!"

Hearing this code name rather than a name, Nana didn't disturb the scene of the sisters embracing and crying after escaping death. Despite being an assassin, she walked out of her own camp with the effect of being the center of attention... Accompanied by the sobs of Shuangye and Mary, Nana bent down and pulled out a device that looked like a communication terminal from the external fuel tank of vehicle number two.

"...My lord...what is this?"

"The villagers installed it while things were in chaos. Do you think it was done by the village chief's side?"

He shook his head decisively. Although Afu was still not used to the almost complete separation and even mutual hostility between the people and leaders of Ursus, he was still able to draw a conclusion from their previous conversation.

As the head of a sizable village, the village chief bears a series of important responsibilities, including representing the village in communication with the Ursus government, paying taxes, and exchanging information on natural disasters... It is impossible for him to support any group outside of the Ursus government.

But poverty and mineral disease forced him to find his own way out... allowing various guerrilla groups to develop their networks in the village, whether forced or voluntary... Nana commented that this was a self-destructive act.

Whether it's the infected patrol or the guerrilla group whose modus operandi resembles that of bandits and thugs, they are both violent organizations. They can afford to be lenient for a time because of financial and manpower support...

However, when these organizations' activities overlap and conflicts arise, the losing side, in order to stabilize its internal situation, will inevitably attribute its defeat to the village's lack of support... To put it more directly, viewing that operation as a betrayal by the village can directly shift all the pressure on the team afterward into hostility towards the village.

Whether the group that crashed into Nana and was smashed to pieces today will cause trouble for the village depends entirely on whether the infected patrol team has finished arresting people today.

Regardless of the village chief's reasons for making his village's factional pie chart as fragmented and complex as a Columbia Corporation exhibition, how long can their current situation of being able to please everyone and not offend anyone around them last... Nana feels it all depends on the infected patrol team's KPIs and work enthusiasm.

Nana clearly saw the chaos and helplessness of the so-called 'guerrillas' when facing the infected patrol.

While the fact that Nana's attack shattered morale and caused them to collapse was likely a contributing factor, it would be quite absurd if the infected guerrillas were all of this caliber, as it would be incomprehensible that the Emperor's blade was circling around them.

“Kate…”

Kate went to the kittens' place, so I'm here with you now.

As she spoke, to the butler's eerie, almost ghostly gaze, a white figure appeared and embraced Nana from behind.

[Everything's normal on the kitten's side for now... Jessica seems to be having a tough time, but she's definitely fulfilling her duties as 'captain'... As for your investigation target, the village's attitude towards the Infected is very official and formulaic from Rhodes Island's perspective... They explicitly reject the Infected and prohibit Rhodes Island personnel from entering. The only recourse was to conduct public awareness campaigns outside the village via broadcast. The Oripathy medication was secretly given to villagers with Oripathy during subsequent free medical checkups... because we happened to distribute a whole box, I remember that very clearly.]

Cole's words made Nana tilt her head, then the assassin looked at the butler beside her, who had regained his composure:

"...Afu, the total amount of medicine we collected is..."

"A total of forty-six tubes, three of which have already been used... including the one you are using."

Nana nodded at the butler's words. Rhodes Island's medicine package contained two hundred vials per box. The good news was that there were at least a hundred more vials of Oripathy blocking medicine left in that village. The bad news was that they were raided by the Infected Patrol today.

The evidence is right in their own home. Whether it will cause chaos depends entirely on how strong the relationship is between the village chief and the police.

To be honest, if all the villages in Ursus were like this, then Nana would never be able to come up with anything useful from her analysis...

Both the rule and the punishment were completely humanized, and there was also corruption among government officials, administrative orders issued by the old and new nobles for their own interests, and the military's alignment in the noble council... The complex and intertwined clues of Ursus have become a complicated network. This level of consultation and analysis has exceeded the analytical ability of Nana acting alone.

The thought of having to uncover the cause of the internal security's unusual actions amidst such a complex web of interactions and multiple parties... sent chills down the girl's spine, and she couldn't help but miss her manager...

If it were in a large mobile city with an intercity network, Nana could try to contact Colombia for intelligence support... However, this operation is on the fringes, so Nana has to find a way on her own.

Is there anything strange about the kitten's side?

[...If I had to say...the kitten seemed to have seen something following them from a distance during their flights these past two days...it wasn't large, but it moved very cautiously...the mind-tracking system couldn't detect anything either. The kitten just felt that they were very disciplined and definitely military.]

"...A surveillance team from the Ursus nobles..."

[Perhaps, after all, judging from the timeline, those people appeared after leaving the village from Rhodes Island... and the only thing that brushed past the exploration vehicle before was the Ursus supply ship... Of course, considering the information from Nana's side, there's another unsettling possibility.]

"...The Sarkaz Royal Court..."

……

Seeing the 'owner' muttering to himself while staring at the strange device in his hand, Eileen couldn't help but shudder...

From the very beginning, she felt that the temperature around her seemed to have dropped a bit. Although she wore a small hooded cloak over her maid outfit to hide the horns on her head, it was still a bit thin compared to the clothes made of Ursus cold-proof fabric that everyone else wore. The maid outfit was still a bit thin for working in the warm environment of Babel.

But would simply being cold really affect Sarkaz?

Eileen suddenly felt that perhaps it was the strange, almost demented behavior of the person her teacher was following that made her so uneasy.

Just as Eileen was about to step forward, unable to contain herself any longer, her mentor, who is now also her 'housekeeper,' pulled her back:

"The adult is talking to her companion; please do not be impolite."

"……what?"

“That was… a dead soul… Eileen, have you forgotten all the spells and knowledge I taught you in just ten years?”

"...No, I'm just...wait, a dead soul? Could it be from the committee..."

“No, the undead beside you is very young… and doesn’t seem to be a natural Sarkaz…”

"...She's a dead soul, but not a Sarkaz? I don't understand... No... that's not the point... What exactly is her 'master'? A dead soul is..."

"The Demon King's close attendant, the royal court's advisor, and the very consciousness of the legendary Sarkaz Crown..."

After muttering in Sarkaz for a while, the butler sighed and came to a conclusion:

"She might also be a candidate for the throne... As for whether she is a Sarkaz or a Sakota, and why she has never appeared in our sights... that's beyond my comprehension..."

"...You, I can hear you..."

Seeing the fallen angel, whose wings were shrouded in a thick crimson mist and whose expression was fixed on them, the butler and maid quickly regained their composure, with Eileen even becoming more respectful than before.

"My lord, I will obey your orders!"

"Qi'er Shanling Qishan... what are your instructions? Is the camp setup complete?"

Seeing the maid nodding nervously, Nana and Cole exchanged a puzzled glance.

Sarkaz could sense, and even see, that Korne was mentally prepared for this... After all, he was using Tikhonz magic, and the butler and Irene had just said in their conversation that Korne was now a type of 'Sarkaz,' so Nena wasn't surprised.

However, the dead souls also have other symbolic meanings... This is something that Nana, the Colombian city cat, has no idea about.

Nana wasn't really interested in this, since it was just another thing related to her chimera constitution... but the problem was that she had absolutely no recollection of the person who had transformed her into this form.

As for the Sarkaz Demon King's throne... she had even less interest in it...

Think about the miserable state of these people a few days ago; that was the fate of the previous Demon King's followers... As for the Demon King herself... Nana and she are not familiar with her.

"...It's suspected that members of the Royal Court Army are tracking Rhodes Island. They might be attracted by the sorcery I resonated with on the kitten and Jessica...or they might suspect that Rhodes Island VII, with its unclear past relationship with the White Emperor, took in remnants of the former..."

"Tikaz witchcraft rituals are currently scattered all over the world. You can just say that they are supporters of the White Emperor's blood demons... Anyway, with me here as the target, it's still possible to explain it if you want."

"Cole, after the next shift change, let the kittens spot them. Allow them to display their war sorcerer abilities, and warn them not to approach. If they explicitly say they're here to search for remnants, use the excuse of Kazdel's plans to let their officer representatives board the vehicle for a search. Just show them the surveillance footage... Anyway, there aren't any White Emperor remnants in that vehicle right now..."

"During that time, I will raise the 'Resonance' level. Once the other side starts to show hostility, show no mercy. I will allow Rosemary and Jessica to activate 'Angel' mode... and then annihilate them all..."

Unlike Ursus, which still has international public opinion to consider, the Sarkaz of the Royal Court... it's perfectly normal for them to disappear in a foreign land... and wouldn't doing so anger the committee... wouldn't it be even better if they were angry? Nana knows that there are internal guards roaming around the route she set.

There's a possibility that Ursus could be directly blamed for this... Although Nana doesn't know the details, Rhodes Island is a pro-White Emperor faction, and right now, even without considering Columbia, Nana's stance is on the White Emperor's side...

Even if the White Emperor were to fail and disappear now, there's no reason for him to switch sides and support the committee.

However, after assigning this clearly hostile mission, Nana fell silent again regarding her mission objective... The device in her hand was a high-tech product equipped with synthetic jade electronic components, but its rough design and limited functionality clearly indicated that it originated from Ursus military industry.

A special Originium radiation, imperceptible unless held in hand, was being generated regularly every three seconds. However, without a specific receiving device, Nana was unable to follow this Originium signal to locate the target who was plotting against her.

Clearly, even tracing back to the source, the only place to go after that village... While the village chief was using various guerrilla groups as cover, those guys were also using the village as a transit point... And this place just so happens to be within the sphere of influence of the military police. If you didn't know that they had actually fought a real battle during the day, you might even think that it was a channel deliberately left by the Ursus authorities to communicate with the guerrillas...

However, who can say whether the team that was eliminated during the day was connected to the Ursus government?

After all, Nana had already concluded that Ursus was forcing the infected to join the guerrillas... They were urging the infected to resist, otherwise why would they set up a special guerrilla unit instead of a regular army group... In Nana's opinion, this act of severing ties was too obvious.

So the question is, who owns the transmitter Nana is currently holding? The infected guerrillas? Or the Ursus government?

First, let's rule out the unlucky guys who got wiped out by the patrol team during the day... After all, their ambush... looked like they were rushing to a market, afraid their convoy would run too fast and they wouldn't be able to catch up... That doesn't seem like something a marked team would do.

As for the Ursus officials… First of all, the Emperor's people wouldn't touch them, since he issued the contract and permit, and Rhodes Island's navigation settings were communicated to the new noble faction… Rhodes Island's arrival this time is clearly intended to cause trouble for the old nobles. Even if the spheres of influence of those merchants and factory-based new nobles are along this route, they should have been instructed not to get involved.

So... who would randomly add a marker to what appears to be a Sarkaz Delphirin refugee convoy led by Sakorta, but is actually a Sarkaz infected convoy?

After much deliberation, Nana decided to exclude Ursus's extensive and interconnected network of corruption and then think from the perspective of a pure beneficiary.

Marking a convoy of refugees suggests either a large guerrilla group driven by greed... or... a mastermind with a strange need for the infected, forcing them to rebel... perhaps intending to capture these people and gather them at the mine for an uprising... j

Could it be related to the interior defense?

Thinking of this, Cat shook her head. So far, most of her conclusions were still based on speculation combined with intelligence regarding the current situation in Ursus… Even an agent couldn't write a report filled with 'I think' and 'I believe' that would satisfy the higher-ups.

So the next step is simple... verify your guess. (Abandon)

First, is there any deliberate attempt by Ursus to alienate the status of the infected, separating them from ordinary people and forcing them into a class independence...? Given that this was primarily driven by the old aristocracy's laws against the infected, Nana's primary suspect is naturally the old aristocracy faction. Three

This operation would normally force the infected population to relocate... but the Internal Security Department deliberately halted the outflow of infected people from the northwestern snowfields... What was their purpose in doing this?

After all, mobilizing the Imperial Guard is no small matter. If the emperor wanted to prevent the outflow of national power, then merely stopping the snowfield would be too petty. Based on the intelligence analysis provided by the ICA, Nana is more inclined to believe that this was a private action by the Imperial Guard. At present, it is impossible to determine whether their actions are related to the old noble factions that deliberately isolate the infected.

But Nana felt she could find the answer in the mines where these people were housed, and in the guerrilla groups that had been forced to form.

...So, Nana's top priority right now is...

Wang Tingjun in pursuit, and their rendezvous with the exploration vehicle.

Thinking of Little Felin, whom she hadn't seen for two days, who was as ethereal as a cloud... Nana played with the silvery-white hair behind her that ordinary people couldn't see or touch, and her gaze gradually turned to the new team member who best fit the element of 'guerrilla'.

“…Cole, go to Kitty’s place tomorrow, and don’t let Kate come back for now…she might need your help more…”

"Hmm, okay... but your thinking seems a bit muddled, and you don't seem to have a very good understanding of the situation in Ursus... Is it really alright to just go straight to the mine and the guerrillas who might be the mastermind behind it all?"

As Cole questioned, Nana's aura... the red and black mist flashed like lightning through a bright crack, as if it were a natural disaster cloud:

“No problem... If necessary, I will join the exploration vehicle and launch an attack in 'Saint' form.”

P.S.: ...I only found out after going to the hospital that my fever, dizziness, and half-body pain weren't signs of hepatitis B...it was a rove beetle bite, which almost turned into sepsis...my real hepatitis B symptoms were actually just vomiting after eating...I'm speechless...

I was wondering why everyone said the symptoms of hepatitis B would be much milder, but mine were milder... I almost died laughing!

PS2: Waaaa, cat...mouse?

4th Blood-Red Warm Winter: 096 A Signal

The fact that the Rosemary operator has a special connection with the Medic operator is no longer a secret within the team.

Although after someone left, everyone discussed it and Yato, who was the only one qualified to be the captain, decided that this news should not be leaked as a 'secret', through these days of observation, everyone already knew what Nana's reaction was when she received the news... especially Rosemary's reaction.

After all, a kitten that's usually lazy and listless except when flying and eating, suddenly having its eyes wide open, ears perked up, and even its tail wagging slightly nervously from side to side, means that Nana has sent another message...

What people don't know is that the reason the kitten is behaving so strangely is actually because its mother, the head of the household, has suddenly appeared beside it.

Even though her own mother is dead, she still has a powerful charm that attracts Nana... This is the kind of 'charm' that even though the kitten envies it, her sister teases her that she will have to wait another ten years to accumulate.

Leaving aside the fact that the kitten was taking her sister's joke seriously while rubbing her flat board, she solemnly and meticulously recounted to the others Nana's investigation and orders, which involved her hanging dozens of kilometers behind the car.

……

"So, Medic has now gathered up the remnants of that His Majesty... the White King, and disguised them as Lateran personnel to lead a convoy, preparing to investigate the abnormalities of the infected through guerrilla tactics... And if the investigation of the mine turns into a frontal attack..."

"That was done by the infected guerrillas!"

Yato was speechless for a moment at Franka's cheerful reply. Was this something a Rhodes Island employee should say?

Huh? Franka is essentially a member of the Black Steel faction?