I became a heart-stealing thief in Azure Files

[Note: Heju Fenglanwu has accepted your friend request.]

You have received a message.

[Lanwu: Sensei, I think we can discuss the "resort battle" in more detail.]

[Lanwu: [Coordinates] Sensei, please come to the nearby shore.]

[Lanwu: The 'helping hand' we requested has arrived.]

Amamiya: "..."

He glanced at the message Lan Wu had sent, then looked at the albatrosses in the distant sky that were still destroying anti-aircraft fire.

Is the person you called really a helper?

After a brief silence, Amamiya finally sent a message to Yuriko first.

Anyway... let's go take a look first.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Episode with the Most Misunderstandings

When Amamiya, along with the girls from the Countermeasures Committee and Wakasa, headed to the beach... as expected, there were already very obvious signs of damage on the beach.

The sandpit contains the remains of burning fires, or even the wreckage of air defense equipment that has already exploded;

The seascape, composed of natural features such as reefs and palm trees, looks exactly like a scene of 'war' at this moment.

Both the 155mm and 57mm guns were very accurate in short bursts—but even so, the surrounding environment still looked ravaged.

"A gunship with this level of heavy firepower..."

Hoshino tilted his head back, shading his eyes with his hand as he squinted at the "Albatross" flying towards another anti-aircraft artillery position not far away.

While feeling overwhelmed, her primary emotion was envy.

—If only Abydos could also possess such strategic-level heavy firepower…

Perhaps, things would be much simpler then?

From afar, Amamiya spotted the Helmet Regiment's armed hovercraft, intact amidst a trail of destruction, in the distance near the sea.

Led by Lan Wu, several members of the helmeted group are standing on the shore.

Upon seeing Amamiya and her group arrive, Lanwu waved to Amamiya cheerfully and confidently, saying, "Yo, you're here. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

He showed no signs of the frustration of his previous defeat, nor did he display the hostility and arrogance he had shown before.

As Amamiya led the way closer, Ranma eagerly pointed to the gunship heading towards its target in the distance: "Did you see that 'aerial behemoth'?"

Pointing to the albatross in the distance, she hummed twice, closed her eyes, and tapped her chest with her thumb: "My good friend drove it here."

Amamiya: "..."

Abydos's group: "..."

Wakazam: "?"

This sounds like the boastful tone and behavior of someone introducing a successful "good buddy (good friend)," which is really quite problematic.

After a moment of complicated expression, Amamiya hesitated, as if she wanted to say something. Then, Ranmai approached Amamiya, tugged at her arm, and said confidently, "Sensei... are you worried about the 'Fox of Calamity'?"

The Abydos group, including Ruozao, were all focused on the aerial gunship that seemed to have turned a corner and flown back in the distance, and had no time to pay attention to Lanwu's strange sudden communication.

As for Amamiya... he really didn't know what expression to use when facing Ranma.

In a way, that's true.

He was indeed worried about Wakazama's situation...

Given Wakazama's "possessiveness," if she continued to stay at the resort, Amamiya felt that... this big fox's next move would be to stick to him all the time.

And once such a thing happens... the probability of such a 'battleground' event occurring increases dramatically.

Seeing Amamiya's complicated expression of wanting to say something but holding back, Lanwu knew that she had probably guessed correctly.

After gently nudging Amamiya with her elbow while bending her arm, Ranma lowered her voice further and said mysteriously, "Sensei... don't worry. This good friend I called here can definitely help you solve the 'Cataclysmic Fox' problem."

The firepower of the albatross was indeed not something that Wakazama, alone, could easily handle...

Amamiya inexplicably felt as if she was 'laughing in exasperation'.

"Oh, I see..." he asked, somewhat annoyed. "Then why is this 'good friend' you invited currently sabotaging the resort's defense system?"

Lan Wu was slightly taken aback by the question. She opened her mouth slightly in confusion and surprise, and after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a "Huh?"

Under Amamiya's gaze, Ranma's eyes gradually cleared.

After blinking in confusion, she reviewed her previous conversation with her "good friend" before summarizing and explaining.

"But the AI ​​on my best friend's computer told me that these 'defense systems' seem to be high-risk targets that have been taken over by some kind of virus. She tried to establish communication but couldn't get through, so she's planning to destroy these high-risk targets."

Amamiya: "..."

I don't think I've ever been as speechless as I am today.

Feeling this way, Amamiya pinched her temples with slightly painful hands.

Albatross's claims of "inability to access communication bands" and "being taken over by a virus"... since they were said by Ranmai, Amamiya didn't expect them to be very professional.

Even so, Amamiya quickly understood the whole story and definitively concluded that it was a complete misunderstanding.

Why is Albatross unable to access the communication frequency band and able to realize that the "central control system" has been taken over by a virus?

Because that's exactly what Amamiya did back then.

When activating the resort's security defenses, to avoid the scenario where "the protagonist in a science fiction movie accidentally triggers the defense system by activating a large mechanism," Amamiya chose a simple and direct method of "bypassing permissions" for activation.

He used the virus package that Futaba had stored on his phone, along with Chihiro's "Hacker's Sense of Smell" bond skill, to directly obtain illegal top-level administrator privileges in a very special way.

Furthermore, the account with these permissions was placed into the phone that Sophia had created.

—And Sofia, strictly speaking, is a kind of 'black technology' similar to Albatross.

Her aggression wasn't particularly strong, but to say it was 'unauthorized access without Sofia's permission'...

Absolutely impossible!

no way!

From the albatross's perspective, the entire central control system is being controlled by an abnormal virus.

She tried to obtain it through hacking, but to no avail—the 'enemy's' defenses were so high that even this 'nameless legacy' found it extremely troublesome.

I tried to trace the source... but I didn't find any useful information.

After all, the 'source' is currently in Amamiya's hands, on the phone that Sophia conjured up—and this phone is an impenetrable fortress and an invisible barrier that is impossible to find for any other access target besides Amamiya.

You have to find it first.

Once we find it, we can then consider whether we can break through it.

Even for Himari, who calls herself a "genius-type sickly hacker beauty," the step of 'finding' is already quite difficult.

Albatross was the one who first noticed the anomaly, and then when it tried to find the source of the anomaly, it inadvertently ran into a wall with Sofia.

Given the various unusual circumstances... based on the current situation, she certainly has reason to believe that the entire "Resort Island Defense System" is currently occupied by a "powerful enemy whose true form is currently unknown".

Since these facilities have already been occupied by the enemy... it's only natural to destroy them first in order to prevent them from becoming even more dangerous, right?

After clarifying the cause and effect of the matter, Amamiya took a deep breath.

What is this? A colossal misunderstanding woven from a series of coincidences?

What is this thing called...

Are you still in contact with her?

Lan Wu nodded matter-of-factly: "Of course, without real-time communication, there's no way to report the whereabouts of the 'Cataclysmic Fox' in real time."

Seeing that Amamiya's expression was becoming increasingly strange, she asked with some confusion, "What's wrong, Sensei? Why are you making that face?"

Amamiya: "..."

Alright, we've found out why we couldn't get in touch with Yuriko.

The communication frequency bands have all been occupied by Lanwu.

Amamiya just tried to send a message to Yuriko, and the reason why Yuriko didn't respond is most likely because she "didn't receive it".

Amamiya's understanding of communications wasn't very deep, but he knew that if multiple communications occupied the same channel at the same time, it could cause something like 'frequency band jamming'.

In the movie "Air Crash Investigation," which I watched before, there was a record of an incident where different flights collided in the air because they were using the same control tower frequency. Because they were using the same frequency, they interfered with the tower's instructions, resulting in the destruction of the planes and the loss of life.

Of course, it's also possible that Yuriko was focused on searching for her target and concentrating on the 'island defense system,' which is why she didn't see the message.

—In any case, it was also quite "coincidental" that Yuriko didn't see the news immediately.

This is truly... such a coincidence that I don't know what to say.

"...Sensei?"

Lanwu called out again.

With his call, the Abydos girls, who had been focusing their attention on the albatross, and Wakazama, all snapped out of their daze and became alert.

"Getting closer and closer..."

"This is a tricky target, everyone be careful...!"

"Ruozao will protect my darling... I will not let my darling get hurt, and I will not allow my darling to be taken away by others!"

Compared to the somber atmosphere on Abydos' side, Lanwu was not afraid at all.

After all, it was she who called for the support.

Excitedly looking up at the gunboats getting closer and closer in the air, she also began to explain the upcoming 'battle plan' on the communication frequency.

'Yes, yes, yes... The "Fox of Calamity" is right next to me now.'

'Hmm...the main task is to get rid of her.'

'Be careful not to accidentally hurt anyone...'

The boss battle is about to begin...

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Momoi, you're a robot!

Has the boss battle been triggered?

As for hair.

As the albatross began to approach and hover at low altitude, Amamiya and his group simultaneously heard a gentle, reliable, and perhaps slightly embarrassed older sister's voice.

Oh...this is...Mr. Phantom Thief. And...

I never expected to meet you here.

As the sound was transmitted through the speaker, all the girls on the Countermeasures Committee felt as if they were being 'scanned'.

Led by Hoshino, the five-member countermeasures team stood ready, cautiously and carefully forming their formation, watching the albatross hovering in mid-air from afar.

As for Ruozao... although she was somewhat confused about the current situation, she knew very well what she needed to do right now.

She stood resolutely in front of Amamiya, practically ready to hug her and reenact a famous scene from "Titanic".

“My dear, Wakazama will protect you.”

【Protect?】

Oh... I think you might have misunderstood.

After scanning the area, Albatross immediately understood what was going on.

Or rather... this whole farce was just a misunderstanding.

Abydos's five-person group: "..."

They turned their gaze to the burning wreckage of an anti-aircraft gun not far away, and the charred marks left by large-caliber artillery.

The meaning was quite clear: 'You call this a misunderstanding?'

After all, good communication is fundamental to resolving conflicts...

The albatross seemed to let out a soft sigh.