"I just saw them left by the roadside... Anyway, no one probably wants them now, so I just picked them up to play with..." Outcast looked in the direction Kanna was pointing. It was an optical shop, but now half of the building had collapsed, and the other half was consumed by raging fire, leaving nothing much. The sunglasses Kanna was wearing were probably one of the few remaining possessions from that optical shop... "Never mind, stop messing around... Let's go!"
With Kanna leading the way, Outcast tucked her revolver back into her waistband. For some reason, every time she saw Kanna's small back, she felt incredibly at ease. Even on these dangerous streets, as long as Kanna was there, she had a feeling that she would be safe.
She suddenly shook her head, a smile playing on her lips. "When did I start becoming so weak...?"
"Grandma?" Kanna turned her head, looking at the Sankta who had walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped and shook her head, with a puzzled expression.
"It's nothing. Pay attention to your surroundings and see if there are any enemies!" Outcast quickly walked over and soon reached the woman.
Upon seeing the unconscious woman on the ground, Outcast's eyes narrowed. This was not a Vouivre / Wyvern, as Oliver had said. As an elder, although the other person looked somewhat similar to Kanna, she, to her surprise, recognized this girl and her race. She belonged to the same race as Talulah, who was imprisoned on Rhodes Island—a Draco, who should not be appearing in Victoria at this time, and certainly not in Hillock County.
Upon seeing the other person, a myriad of schemes and plots flashed through her mind, but Outcast still unhesitatingly picked up the other person's fragile body.
She briefly assessed the Draco; the severe abdominal injury made it impossible for Outcast to transfer her over a long distance. After glancing around, she carried the other person into a relatively safe house.
Kanna, standing at a high vantage point, watched until the other person had safely entered before jumping down from the rooftop.
"How is she?"
"She's very seriously injured, her abdomen is almost completely torn open. It's a miracle she's still alive." After examining the other person's injuries, Outcast was also shocked that she had survived.
"Then I'll leave this to you. I'll sweep the surrounding buildings to buy us as much time as possible." Kanna knew that Outcast would then use a series of words to break Reed's not-so-strong psychological defenses. For something she couldn't learn at all, Kanna had no desire to witness it further.
At this moment, she was more interested in the skirmish between the garrison and Dublinn / Deepsea in the city, which she saw through the thunderstorm monitoring.
From the full-map monitoring, she saw people emerging from these residential areas, then frantically searching for something in the surroundings.
As for their target, there was no doubt it was Reed, who had just been rescued by Outcast.
Kanna was actually quite curious about Dublinn / Deepsea's composition. Not to mention Reed being a blood relative of the true leader, even as a Draco, her status among Dublinn / Deepsea's high-ranking members was surprisingly low, so low that not a single high-ranking member, including her sister, respected her. When they heard she was injured, everyone's first thought wasn't worry, but rather a wish for her demise... This seemed quite absurd to Kanna.
Kanna understood the 'one general's success is built upon ten thousand bones' that schemers constantly mumbled about, but wasn't it too wasteful to sacrifice one's own people in a completely unnecessary situation? "Grandma!" Kanna heard from the communication device that Outcast had just spoken to the newly awakened Reed, almost breaking her defenses, and it was now an intermission.
"What's wrong?" Hearing Kanna's voice, Outcast gently pressed her earpiece and asked.
"Quite a few people have appeared around here. It looks like they're coming for a certain big sister. Do we need to clear them out?"
"Have they found our location?" Outcast frowned, not expecting the other party's people to arrive so soon. If she hadn't chosen to enter this house, she would probably have run directly into them.
"Probably not, but someone saw you, Grandma, taking the big sister into the house just now. I think even if we can hide for a while, we can't hide for too long."
After listening to Kanna, Outcast looked at the girl lying on the wooden board, who had just received emergency treatment. Blood was still seeping from the bandages on her abdomen; it seemed she couldn't be moved anytime soon.
"Continue to monitor the surroundings. She's severely injured and not suitable for transfer at the moment," Outcast told Kanna.
"Do you need my support? I'm only two streets away from you!" At this moment, Nian's voice came through the communicator. Previously, she had been assigned by Oliver to rescue work on the other side of the city. It seemed that side had finished, and she was now at a temporary aid station two streets away.
Outcast recalled the city map and shook her head. "The two streets between you and us are among the most fiercely contested streets at the moment. It's too dangerous to go through there. After you finish your work, take a detour to the plaza and meet up with Misery. Kanna and I will wait here a bit longer. Once the injured person's surface wounds start to coagulate and she can be moved, we'll evacuate immediately."
"Understood!" With Kanna there, Nian wasn't worried that this kind Sankta would be in danger. After receiving Outcast's message, she turned to look at the stable aid station nearby, then bid farewell to the people there and headed in the designated direction.
Twenty minutes later, Kanna watched as a small team began searching the surrounding buildings one by one and entered the adjacent house.
"The search party is already next door! They are expected to finish searching that building in five minutes at most, then they will come to the building we are in." Kanna calmly reported the surrounding situation to Outcast.
Outcast squatted down and looked at Reed, who had fallen unconscious again. She gently pressed her hand on the other person's wound. Although the blood on the surface had begun to coagulate, it was clearly not enough time; these areas were still soft. In this situation, the person in front of her still could not be moved.
"You continue to monitor the surroundings, I'll go take care of these people next door!" Outcast picked up a few broken stones from the side and, with an agile leap, jumped directly from this building to the next.
Three minutes later, Outcast jumped out of a first-floor window and gave Kanna an OK gesture.
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