"Then I'll wait here!" Quercus said and sat down beside them.
"Quercus, how was your trip this time?" After resting for a while, Kugen asked.
Quercus shook her head, "Carlton City is alright, but the Infected's lives outside the city are getting worse and worse. And due to the lack of sufficient medicine and Doctors, once oripathy acutely flares up, it's basically a death sentence."
"There's nothing we can do. After all, we're short-staffed, so it all depends on you to run around outside more." Kugen felt a bit apologetic about Quercus constantly helping the Infected alone in the wasteland outside the city, as due to staffing issues, they could only trouble her.
"Misery, are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Yes, going to Hillock County."
"Hillock County? I heard from the Infected in the wilderness that things seem a bit unstable there recently. Many Infected have mysteriously disappeared in the wasteland, so you must be careful when you go."
"Don't worry, I originally had other missions this time, but Kanna insisted on coming here, so Amiya had Scout do my mission. As a driver, I'm responsible for safely transporting Kanna to her destination and safely bringing her back.
Moreover, Rhodes Island has also noticed the situation in Hillock County, otherwise, they wouldn't have arranged for Outcast, an Elite Operator, to travel so far just to retrieve a few documents."
"Then, speaking of which, this time in Hillock County, won't there be two Elite Operators, you and Outcast?" Quercus was a bit surprised, after all, Rhodes Island's Elite Operators have the ability to single-handedly influence the outcome of a small battle. Now, with two Elite Operators going to Hillock County, it proves that the situation there is indeed as she suspected, not optimistic.
"You're wrong, it's not two, but four. Kanna and Nian are also Elite Operators recognized and registered in the terminal by Amiya, Kaltsit, and Doctor." Misery said, holding up four fingers after hearing Quercus's words.
"Hiss!" Kugen first gasped, then, after calming down, shook his head. "Actually, it shouldn't be strange, after all, with Kanna's legendary deeds in Victoria, it's impossible for a normal Operator to achieve them. But such a young Elite Operator… I feel like I've lived most of my life for nothing…"
"Aren't those legends fake?" Quercus thought of the "legends" about Kanna circulating among Rhodes Island Operators in Victoria, which she could only describe as obviously false.
How could one person summon a natural disaster to halt pursuing troops? That's impossible… Not to mention, she was also aware of the retreat plan for the death of that Duke.
"While the latter half is fake, the former half was indeed Kanna's doing…" Misery felt that if he weren't an insider, he probably would have found Kanna's "achievements" too outrageous. The most outrageous part was that among these seemingly unbelievable achievements, there were actually real ones mixed in.
"Well, putting other things aside, Kanna single-handedly wiping out the entire private army of the Glamorgan nobility and then using Originium Arts in the Grand Canyon to block Victoria's official reinforcements is indeed true."
After hearing Misery's words, both of them were truly dumbfounded. They had heard about this before and marveled at Outcast's audacity to assemble a team and ambush the noble private army. As for the latter, they only thought Kanna and her group were lucky, that a sudden natural disaster happened there, allowing Kanna to escape a calamity.
But now they were being told that these "stories" were not false, and were genuinely Kanna's achievements.
Thinking of that seemingly harmless little girl, and then recalling these achievements, the two couldn't help but wonder if they had left a bad impression on her when they first met her.
Seeing the room fall silent, Misery probably guessed what the two were thinking. He spoke, "You don't need to worry. While Kanna can be ruthless towards enemies, she is always very approachable with friends and people from Rhodes Island. I remember that Victor guy at Rhodes Island often lured Kanna with snacks to help him with experiments."
Upon hearing Misery's reassurance, the two gradually relaxed. After all, a strong person isn't frightening, but a young, strong person without their own values and bottom line is terrifying. From Misery, they could tell that although Kanna was young, at least in her eyes, everyone at Rhodes Island was a "good person." So, there was no need to worry that she would act against them over small misunderstandings.
"Yo, what are you guys talking about?" Just then, Red pushed open the door and walked in.
"Speaking of which, Red has fought Kanna and traveled with her for a long time. If you want to know about Kanna, you can ask him; he should know." Seeing Red, Misery recalled that he must have had contact with Kanna when he was part of Reunion Movement, and as a newly transferred Operator, having a topic would be beneficial for him to integrate into the Carlton City office.
"Kanna? Fighting her is too much to say, that's giving me too much credit. But I did have a brief playful encounter on the way south with Lord Patriot…" Red recalled back when they were heading south, during a rest day, Patriot called him over. Only then did he realize that because they had recently encountered the King of the Carrion Eaters, and were worried about meeting other enemies in Kazdel, Kanna had asked everyone to warm up.
At that time, Kanna was on one side, and Rhodes Island and Reunion Movement were united on the other.
And the result… if not for Patriot's strong power, coupled with the airtight defense of Rhodes Island's Vouivre / Wyvern dragon girl, and Kanna only "playing" the entire time, he and his group would have probably lost terribly.
It was that battle that almost broke everyone's spirit. After all, a group of grown men being pummeled by a little girl to the point of being unable to fight back was too embarrassing. However, after that match, the lingering hint of estrangement between Rhodes Island and Reunion Movement completely vanished.
After listening to Red's account, everyone fell silent once more. The name of Patriot, Buldrokkas'tee, was known even to them, far away in Victoria. Even such a warrior, who had fought for decades in the Ursus ice fields, was no match for Kanna. Looking at it this way, Kanna's stories truly weren't fabricated. Even if some were false, if she herself were to act, they might even become true.
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"Wow! You guys are in the room with the lights off and not talking, are you trying to scare us by pretending to be ghosts!" Just as everyone was quietly savoring the series of impactful revelations, Kanna's voice came from outside the nearby window.
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