"Then do you need my help…?" After hearing Oliver's words, Saileach, though her eyes showed concern, still eagerly asked if they needed her assistance.
Outcast looked up at her a few times, then smiled. "Miss Jane's style and personality are quite suited to our Rhodes Island. If you're interested in joining us, I can be your recommender and guarantor."
"Jane is the sunshine of our office! If anyone's recommending her, it should be our office, don't you agree!" After making the decision, Oliver also seemed much more relaxed. With the burden off his mind, he was in the mood to joke.
Kanna, with her arms crossed, nudged Nian's waist beside her with her shoulder. "See? This is called rallying people." Towards the end, she even drew a large circle with her hand.
Nian looked down at herself, then at Jane's 'popularity,' and couldn't help but sigh, "I've long heard that Victoria women develop quite terrifyingly. I've witnessed it now… Impressive, impressive…"
It wasn't until noon that the documents were sorted. Shredder, who was nearby, asked, "We still have a lot of medical supplies here, and there's no way we can use all of them with just us. How should we handle these things?"
Outcast considered for a moment, then said, "Distribute them to the hospitals in the city. No matter who these hospitals serve, try to get them there as much as possible. Oh, and don't forget the clinics tucked away in the alleyways; most of them don't have signs, but many of the Infected locals rely on them for treatment..."
"But wouldn't that be inappropriate? Rhodes Island usually doesn't bypass local pharmaceutical companies to directly provide medicines to medical institutions and individuals." Oliver was worried that this approach might cause resentment and resistance from the pharmaceutical industry.
"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Besides, would any hospital refuse an 'anonymous donation' from a concerned citizen?" Outcast wasn't worried at all about Oliver's concerns. After all, Rhodes Island had secretly provided effective oripathy Block agents to residents in various places more than once or twice, and everyone was well aware of the ins and outs.
Oliver rarely smiled, "That's a good idea, but who should we send? Everyone nearby knows we're from Rhodes Island."
"I'll go. I'll help Brother Shredder pack the medicine, and then I'll deliver it."
"Jane, are your injuries better?"
Kanna heard their conversation and sniffed, indeed catching a scent of blood from Jane.
"When I went out this morning, I met this little girl standing at a crossroads in life. I couldn't bear to see her go astray, so I brought her back," Outcast explained, seeing Kanna's puzzled expression.
"Then why are you moving around so much? Come sit here!" Kanna hopped off the stool and pulled Saileach over to sit down.
"Hmm, is it raining?" Kanna, passing the window, looked up and out.
Outside the window, dark clouds gathered, looking as if the sky was about to collapse. It was clearly midday, but it was pitch black outside, as if it were already midnight.
"Looks like it's going to be quite a downpour!" Year, who had also peered out the window, made her assessment of the scene.
Just as everyone was busily packing things up, they suddenly heard a dull roar from outside. The low, deep sounds struck their hearts like impacts, making them tense up.
"Is that... thunder?" Saileach, who was sitting there awkwardly, not knowing what to do with her hands and feet, took this opportunity to stand up and also wanted to go to the window to look.
Unexpectedly, Year, who was beside her, suddenly grabbed her hand. At this moment, Year looked out the window with a serious expression.
"It's not thunder!" Year, who had somehow already raised her shield, coldly uttered a few words.
"It's definitely not thunder, and have you heard the screaming in this heavy rain? It's getting closer!"
Kanna, who had long recalled what would happen in Hillock County, naturally knew the source of this sound.
"Artillery fire! No, Kanna said the screaming is getting closer, so the target is the city. Everyone quickly get away from the doors and windows, hide in corners or behind seats, and prepare for the shelling!"
After Kanna denied the sound was from thunder and gave a warning, Misery immediately recognized the familiar source of the sound.
In that instant, he understood that the screaming Kanna mentioned could only be from those high-speed incoming shells.
Less than two seconds after Misery finished speaking, a huge explosion echoed from outside.
Because they were prepared, no one from the Rhodes Island group was injured.
Outcast was now looking seriously at the black fragments scattered by the explosion.
"Everyone put on your gas masks and be ready to inject the early-stage oripathy Block agent for acute infection at any moment."
Following Outcast's gaze, the outside was now ignited by the high temperature from the explosion. Under the heavy rain, incomplete combustion formed huge Originium crystal clusters, densely condensed in the wounds of streets and buildings, like pure black flowers rapidly blooming in the muddy rain.
"Oh my god, this, this must be active Originium..." Noticing Outcast's gaze, Oliver stared at the black crystals not far away and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Active Originium? You mean those black things outside are active Originium?"
"I'm afraid so." Even Outcast hadn't expected someone to be so deranged as to throw dirty bombs filled with active Originium into the city.
"I... how is this possible..." Jane's face was pale as she looked outside. She knew very well the consequences of such a quantity of active Originium bombs exploding in a city, and it was precisely because she knew that she found it even more unbelievable.
"This, oh my god, wouldn't the entire city be exposed to the huge risk of contracting oripathy!" At this moment, Will felt a surge of relief, glad that his family had left quickly, otherwise, facing such a situation, he couldn't even imagine his feelings.
"Damn it, listen up everyone, we must conduct emergency rescue for the nearby people! Save as many as we can!" As an old man who had lived here for many years, Oliver couldn't bear to see his neighbors suffering from oripathy.
"Of course, as the local Operator captain, you have the right to issue reasonable orders." Misery was already packed and ready to go.
Oliver unfolded the city map of Hillock County and then assigned tasks to everyone.
"Leave District Ten to me!" Outcast said, pointing to the central area of the map.
"That's the bombing center, too dangerous..." Oliver hesitated.
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