Seeing Ifrit's expression change from excitement to a hint of sadness, Kanna roughly guessed the reason.
"Don't worry. Look, your body is much more stable than when you first came to Rhodes Island, isn't it? Remember when we first met, you even had to sneak out to play. Doctor Silence wasn't even at ease with you going to school with Whisperain. Now you can even go out for training. Doesn't that show your body is getting better?
Moreover, Rhodes Island's medical technology is developing rapidly. Maybe by summer, you'll be able to go out and play. And with Ifrit's strength, maybe you'll even get an Elite Operator badge from the Doctor someday and become a captain yourself!"
Kanna remembered that in Ifrit's records, she became a squad leader and even went on missions. So, it was highly likely that Rhodes Island's medical technology would improve later, at least to the point where Ifrit could perform fieldwork.
Hearing Kanna's encouragement, Ifrit, who had only been momentarily disheartened, rekindled her fighting spirit.
"Oh, oh, oh! Kanna, you're right. Since coming to Rhodes Island, I feel like my body is getting better and better. I'm definitely going to recover, and then we can go on missions together!"
"Me too, me too! I want to go too!" Popukar, hearing Ifrit's words, eagerly raised her hand from the side.
Seeing her companions raise their hands, Rosmontis tilted her head as if thinking for a moment, then also raised her hand. "I want to be with everyone too..."
Kanna nodded. "No problem. Once Ifrit's body can handle field missions, we'll take on a mission together and go out."
After playing for a while, there was a knock on the door from outside.
"Ifrit, are you and Rosmontis in there? The instructor said you've rested enough and wants you both on the deck. There are still a few more training items to complete!"
Kanna looked towards the door, feeling like the voice sounded familiar.
At this moment, Ifrit also opened the door, and Kanna saw clearly that standing at the entrance was Zima, whom the Ursus students called the "Winter General."
Zima had asked around, only knowing that Ifrit had come to her good friend's place, but she didn't know who that good friend was. She had only heard that Ifrit's good friend had been on a mission for a long time and had only recently returned to Rhodes Island.
However, upon seeing the petite figure inside the room, her pupils involuntarily constricted.
Although they had only met for a very short time, this figure had appeared in her dreams multiple times. It was she who had saved her and her companions.
"Zima! Long time no see!"
Kanna naturally saw Zima staring at her, frozen in place at the doorway. She waved to her in a friendly manner!
"You two know each other?" Ifrit asked, surprised.
Kanna, holding the report in her hand, tapped Ifrit's head helplessly. "Did you even read my summary seriously? Didn't it say that during the mission in Chernobog, I encountered Ursus students trapped by Reunion Movement and a riot broke out, and then I cleared out the surrounding Reunion Movement forces and rescued the students? It was Zima and her group!"
Saying this, Kanna turned to Zima. "Speaking of which, how did you all get to Rhodes Island?"
While Kanna was speaking, Zima had also come back to her senses.
"Thank you for the communicator you gave us back then. After leaving Chernobog, we got lost in the wilderness."
"Fortunately, Zima managed to contact Doctor Warfarin through the communicator. At that time, they were bringing a group of people who had also escaped from Chernobog to Rhodes Island."
"Upon hearing that we were in danger, they sent people to rescue us. After that, all of us who escaped followed Doctor Warfarin to Rhodes Island."
In response to Kanna's inquiry, Zima very seriously and meticulously recounted her group's experiences after leaving Chernobog.
After listening, Kanna still felt a lingering fear. She had initially thought that these little Ursus students would all come to Rhodes Island anyway, so she hadn't worried about their safety. Fortunately, she had given them a communicator on a whim before leaving, otherwise, they would have been lost in the Ursus tundra by missing Rhodes Island's rescue.
However, the other party did not know Kanna's inner thoughts. Instead, she thanked Kanna very sincerely. In her heart, Kanna was their great benefactor who had saved them. If they hadn't listened to her and avoided the Catastrophe in advance, she couldn't imagine how heavy the losses would have been for her group of students under the Catastrophe.
Later, after hearing that the entirety of Chernobog was almost completely destroyed, everyone discussed it and decided to stay on Rhodes Island.
After all, as children, having lost their parents and home, they had no other reliable relatives to depend on.
Rather than moving to a new city without any means of supporting themselves, facing an unknown future, it was better to join Rhodes Island.
At least on Rhodes Island, there was food and lodging, as well as various knowledgeable experts who could provide them with education.
Given Ursus' harsh climate, without a sufficiently comfortable and warm home, their fate might end up like those displaced people, either freezing to death in some forgotten corner or being sold to a mine for dangerous labor, eventually contracting oripathy and becoming an Infected.
"Then let's reintroduce ourselves! My name is Kanna, controller of thunder, terminator of kitchens, unstoppable, unyielding, I am the Great Glutton!"
Kanna placed her right hand over her left eye, covering it, while her left hand was held like a blade diagonally over her right thigh. Her upper body was slightly tilted, her left foot planted and her right foot on tiptoe, striking a pose she clearly considered very 'cool'.
However, after her introduction, the entire room fell into a silence... "So... so cool!" Popukar clenched her fists, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Kanna, surprised that her friend had learned such a cool pose after going out.
Popukar immediately tried to mimic Kanna's pose, but sadly found that she had covered her only remaining eye, completely unable to see anything outside... "I think you might consider changing direction..." Just as Popukar was fretting about not being able to perfectly replicate Kanna's pose, Ifrit, standing nearby, quipped.
Hearing Ifrit's words, Popukar hastily swapped the positions of her hands and feet, finding it perfectly suitable. She tiptoed over to Kanna, stomping her feet with excitement... Zima, standing at the doorway, watched the incredibly chuunibyou scene inside, feeling her worldview somewhat crumble. The powerful, mysterious figure from her dream seemed to drift further and further away from the girl in front of her, whose intelligence clearly hadn't been fully charged.
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