"How was I just now?" After two sips of water, Folinic recovered from the excited soreness.
"Not bad, you had a tiny bit of Dr. Kaltsit's demeanor," Anto praised.
"You... this..." At this moment, Tatyana saw Folinic's current appearance and realized that she was not as strong as she had appeared just now. More accurately, Folinic had purely been putting on a brave front.
"You've seen me make a fool of myself. As I told you, we are medical Operators who received orders from Rhodes Island to patrol Wolumonde and assist with post-Catastrophe relief work. To be honest, fighting isn't really our forte."
Anto and Tatyana had talked about many things along the way, and she had always emphasized their identity as personnel coming to participate in relief efforts.
"Your leaders are too irresponsible, sending a group of girls to such a dangerous place. What if something happens?" After believing Anto's words, Tatyana couldn't help but complain about Rhodes Island's command. After all, sending a group of defenseless girls with so many valuable medicines into a place where a Catastrophe was likely to occur seemed like leading lambs to the slaughter.
"Kanna-chan's strength isn't just her power! Honestly, I don't wish to see Kanna take action." Anto said, suddenly recalling the people who had just left. If she and her companions had encountered them, they might have been able to persuade them to retreat with words. But if they had run into Kanna, given Kanna's temper, it would truly be a miracle if they left alive.
On the other side, the people who had left stopped, and someone said, "Did you see that? Those Infected, calling themselves Rhodes Island, actually dared to attack us. We can't let this go. Let's go find Captain Sefrin; they must give us an explanation."
Before he could take a few steps, the rich representative next to him grabbed him and slapped him hard.
"Are you f*cking stupid? The Catastrophe hasn't stopped yet. Captain Sefrin's main energy is focused on avoiding the Catastrophe. At a time like this, he absolutely won't allow any trouble. If you go to complain now, do you think he won't guess that we tried to snatch things from others and failed?!"
"Then what do we do? Why is it that our things didn't even make it into the safe passage, but those Rho... Rhodes Island people could? That's not fair!" Hearing the leader's words, the people next to him became agitated.
"Hmph, we definitely can't go find Captain Sefrin now. But once the Catastrophe passes, won't it be fine to go find him then? After all, we're all Wolumondeans. I think even if Captain Sefrin isn't very smart, he wouldn't help outsiders deal with his own people, right? Hmph! If he really dares to turn his elbow outwards, he probably won't be able to keep his position as Captain of the Guard."
The rich man wasn't at all flustered about how to snatch these two carts of mysterious supplies from Rhodes Island, which was full of girls. In his opinion, Wolumonde was his own territory. It would be simple to snatch a cake from a group of brats. Besides, even if he didn't make a move, others would, so why not take it for himself?
"Right! Then, we'll have Captain Sefrin order these two large carts of goods to be impounded, and then we'll slowly distribute them." Hearing the leader's words, everyone immediately beamed with joy, as if they had seen themselves acquiring new wealth from Rhodes Island to compensate for the losses suffered during the Catastrophe.
As the sky gradually brightened, Wolumonde successfully escaped the Catastrophe after more than two hours. However, to escape the Catastrophe, Sephyrin heavily drained the core's power. Therefore, for the next few days, Wolumonde would temporarily be in a state of stagnation, needing some time to recover. Moreover, the entire mobile module was severely damaged, and Wolumonde's current moving speed was less than one-third of its normal speed.
Fortunately, Wolumonde was temporarily safe. Everyone cheered after confirming their escape from the Catastrophe. However, given the many active Originium found in the city's street corners and alleys outside, Captain Sefrin suggested that ordinary people not leave the safe zone immediately. Instead, the Infected would act as a vanguard to exit the cave and clear the streets outside.
By the time dusk fell, Wolumonde's main roads had been cleared, and Rhodes Island's convoy returned from the safe passage to the hotel on Twelfth Note Street.
Twelfth Note Street was also in a terrible state at this time. At the other end of the street, an active Originium explosion had occurred not long ago. Because there were many active Originium on the street, this explosion almost tore apart the entire district. The hotel was only spared thanks to the protection of Nian. Even so, many items inside the hotel were severely damaged.
Once the vehicles stopped, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mousse! Sis! Sis! I'm hungry!" Kanna's voice came from inside the door.
"Alright, alright, everyone's had a long day, let's eat something first!" Hearing Kanna's words, Anto clapped her hands. After everyone's attention was on her, she said with a tired smile.
"Oh!" With cheers, everyone entered the hotel.
"You guys didn't have any problems down there, did you?" Since the Electro Seed she had distributed hadn't been activated, and everyone had returned safely, Kanna only asked casually.
But hearing her words, everyone paused.
Noticing that everyone's expressions were a bit off, Kanna was puzzled. After all, if they had truly encountered danger, she believed her teammates would have used the Electro Seed immediately. But currently, everyone had no injuries and hadn't used the Electro Seed, which proved they hadn't encountered danger. Yet, everyone's unusual expressions after hearing her words couldn't be faked.
"Uh, you guys go in first, I'll explain." Folinic took Kanna's hand and then let the others go inside first.
At the entrance, Folinic recounted what her group had encountered in the safe passage, then said, "They didn't come to trouble us afterward. Perhaps I was too impulsive."
Kanna shook her head. "You did very well. As the saying goes, good people are easily bullied. If you weren't tough, those people would probably have directly snatched all these disaster relief supplies."
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