On the other side, Os and others also met Black Moon's people, and they defeated a group of them.
Black Moon was also employed by Smith.
In the conference room.
Dieter received exercises from Royd et al.
"Yes, I understand."
His expression was solemn: "It's safe here, don't worry."
"How's it going?" McDow said.
"That group of people were caught by people from Black Moon and Red Constellation." Dieter said: "Black Moon and Red Constellation both have letters of attorney for assistance."
Smith said: "Well, Crayola is my friend, I can guarantee their identity, please don't worry."
Tie Xue said: "Yes, the Red Constellation is also employed by me."
"Your Majesty Iron Blood, why did you hire that kind of hunting group?" Olivier said.
"Yes, this is just in case. My safety is not of concern, but they actually want to murder His Royal Highness. They really deserve death." Lord Ironblood said.
"It's also a good warning to the stupid people behind them."
"But this approach is a bit contrary to morality."
"This is just an accident. Having said that, you might as well think about it. This seems to be evidence of an accident, right?"
"It turned out that Crossbell didn't even have the time to do it on his own," Smith said.
Mike said: "This."
"That's right, not only let them approach the venue in a big way, but also let them escape."
Tie Xue said: "In the end, it was all due to our prior arrangements that the problem was solved. This is indeed evidence for the safety proposal just now."
Smith said: 'Yes, forgive me for being rude, but just now your lives have been substantially threatened.'
"It seems like, no matter what, it's time to seriously consider which proposal you just made, right?"
McDow said: "You..."
"This is too overbearing."
The princess whispered: "Could it be..."
"Wait a minute, the matters proposed by Mr. Ironblood and Mr. Smith are worthy of our deep thought, but before that, please allow me to continue to publish the proposal that was just interrupted." Dieter said.
"Oh?" Tie Xue said.
"Please tell me."
"It shouldn't be said to be a statement. Although I have hesitated, I have made up my mind. Now please allow me to make a suggestion."
"What?" Smith said.
"We can no longer be influenced by other forces, for the sake of Crossbell and the surrounding areas, no, for the long-term peace and development of the entire continent.
I hereby propose the independence of Crossbell to all citizens and the countries of Sesim Continent." Difu's explosive speech.
Everyone was shocked.
the other side.
Black Moon's Yinhe branch president and Sig and the others met.
"Oh, what an adventure."
"He is a person with the red zodiac sign."
"The war ghost and his daughter."
The mercenary said: "We are ready to fight at any time."
"Don't say that. Both of us have just completed the work assigned by our employer."
"It would be unreasonable to start an indifferent conflict here," said Siegel.
"Haha, I feel the same way." The branch manager said, "By the way, I forgot to greet you at the opening of your company. It's really rude."
"It's us who are rude. It's not like we don't know each other but haven't visited yet. Speaking of which, are those old immortal guys okay?"
Sig said.
"Haha, everything is fine, but some people still have nightmares thanks to you."
"Ah haha, because we once attacked the meeting and took some elders as hostages."
Yin said: "Huh, I was not present because of a commission. I'm very lucky."
"Could it be that your Excellency is Yin, the legendary assassin."
"It seems that you are Shelly. You are already the captain of the Red Constellation at the age of 16."
"Uh-huh, but I still feel more comfortable walking alone."
"Speaking of which, although you are very powerful with the mask on, is it even more powerful when you take it off?"
Silver said: "What?
"Your muscles are somewhat abnormal. They should be stronger under normal circumstances. Isn't it a pity that they are like this?"
"Oh haha, I love children more, and she has good taste. If what she said makes you unhappy, then I am willing to apologize on your behalf."
"Don't worry about it." Yin said: "If the branch manager continues to say these boring words, then I will leave."
"Ahaha, sorry, sorry," the branch manager said.
"Then let's say goodbye and see you next time."
"Haha, goodbye. I look forward to seeing you next time."
The two major forces parted ways.
.....
Interlude: Weeks after the meeting, Crossbell was enveloped in a quiet atmosphere of enthusiasm.
Other small cities have been recognized by Qiyao and have sovereignty.
As a buffer zone, Crossbell has never been effective.
In addition, large sums of money were paid as tribute to the empire and the East.
As a trading center, Crossbell has been prospering and developing, but its internal basis is in sharp contrast and appears extremely fragile.
As a result, various underground forces within the company continued to grow, and the Empire and Smith continued to interfere.
In order to break this distorted situation, Dieter boldly proposed an independent matter.
Many citizens also deeply resonate with this.
But I am worried about the opposition from other forces, so now there are discussions everywhere.
On the open deck of the waterboat heading to Mithulam, Lloyd was sighing as he talked to Chait.
"It still doesn't work, even though half a month has passed since then."
"Randy is not getting better at all. What should I do as the captain? Not to mention Randy, Ellie and El also seem to be worried all the time."
"It seems that Chia is worried too."
"Ouch, oh, oh, oh," Caite replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you don't understand what I'm saying."
"Don't think about it from a theoretical standpoint, that's what it says."
Tio came over.
"Tio, you are here."
"It's such a cool wind. It's so nice to have such sunny weather during this rare vacation," Tio said.
"Yes." Lloyd said: "When I received Miss Maria's invitation, I was still thinking about what would happen?"
"Hehe, I thought it was a trap or something. She seems to be hostile to you until now."
"Haha, this idea did occur to me," Lloyd said.
"I'm sorry, Tio." Lloyd said, "You just came back and I showed you how useless I am."
"It's no wonder." Tio said.
"After all, so many things happened that day, there must be something."
"No, I have chosen the path of an investigator, so I should have the corresponding awareness." Lloyd said.
"I have experienced what happened with Achim before. I thought I had adapted to it, but I didn't expect that whether as an investigator or a captain, my awareness was far from enough."
"Huh, being able to get used to it has nothing to do with awareness. Otherwise, I should have gotten used to it. After all, my familiarity with this kind of thing should be second only to Randy-senior." Tio said.
"Really?" Lloyd said.
"But I don't think I'm more suitable to be an investigator than Lloyd, and of course I don't have the ambition to become a captain," Tio said.
"I think everyone's expectations for you, Lloyd, are not that."
"This." Lloyd said, "Yes, I regard these troublesome things as my own lack of awareness, which is why I stopped moving forward."
"In this case, let's move forward. It's rare for everyone to take a vacation to play. It's the captain's responsibility to try to make everyone have fun, right?" Tio said.
"Well, you're right." Lloyd said, "Thank you, Tio, now I'm going to go talk to everyone."
"Yeah, okay."
"Haha, thank you so much." Lloyd said.
"Then you go and talk to everyone quickly."
"Enjoy the long-lost vacation. The last time we came here was to investigate the auction, there was almost no time for entertainment." Tio said.
"Indeed, this is my first time visiting Mishulam. Tio, what you care about most is the theme park."
"Well, of course I'm really looking forward to meeting Missy."
"Tio, do you know clearly about theme parks? Can you tell me more information about theme parks?"
"OK."
"Then tell Senior Lloyd the secret of Missy's birth and the details of the family's composition."
"No, it doesn't have to be that exaggerated."
"Ouch, ouch," said Chait.
"It says what an immature captain."
"Ah, it's really embarrassing for Cait to say that."
"It also said that you are too slow, you should learn to be more clever."
"Haha, it seems you have some intention in it."
"What's the matter?" Tio said.
"Okay, I'm going to go talk to other people."
Lloyd first met Vaggie in the open-air seats.
"Hey, Royd." Vaggie said: "You seem to have regained your energy after being encouraged."
Lloyd said: "Haha, that's right."
"Waji, you are still the same, as calm as usual."
Waji said: "Haha, this is exactly my advantage, and I have never seen big scenes before."
"But that was a long time ago."
"Really, this seems to be the first time we talk about the past. You are not born in Crossbell, right?"
"Haha, these are all secrets." Waji said: "But I can tell you that I used to live in a slum, which means a garbage dump in a small strip that is far more impoverished than the old city."
"Is that so?" Lloyd said; "Speaking of which, Ang Trust of the Rainbow Theater Company was also born in a slum in the border area."
"Well, that kid, that place is quite poor. He has to work in the aggregation industry outside the country and his relatives send money back, so he can barely make ends meet." Waji said.
"Well, I've heard a lot of rumors, so it seems like you have a story too."
"Haha, really." Waji said.
"Although you deliberately pretend not to care, is there something wrong with you?" Lloyd said.
"I don't, but a lot of things have happened to the Sword Snake Gang recently," Waji said.
"Valut and the others?"
"It's really sad to say goodbye in such a way, even for such a cold and beautiful girl who is famous for her mysterious temperament."
"How can you praise yourself like this? But as you said, I'm also worried about Valut and the others. Let's go over and see them when we have time."
"Haha, it would be great if you were willing to do it for me," Waji said.
Later, I met El and Ellie in the inner lounge of the airship.
"Oh, Lloyd," El said.
"Did you go to the deck just now?" Ellie said.
"Well, I went to blow the wind for a while. Am I disturbing you?" Lloyd said.
Ellie: "Nothing."
"We were discussing what happened at the meeting and Dieter's proposal," El said.
"That's what you're talking about."
"Well, after all, this is closely related to us." Ellie: "I didn't expect that I would have such an idea."
"I also have no choice but to stay out of it. Where will the Guard go from now on?" El said.
"Speaking of which, they want to replace their troops with guarding the Belgard Gate and Tanggula Gate."
Ellie; "Well, no matter how you think about it, they just want more collusion from Crossbell."
"If there is an opportunity in the future to seize the other party's flaws and annex the other party's power, we can monopolize it."
"Their intentions are too obvious."
Lloyd: 'Indeed, that means this is a shocking proposal to counter their attempts.'
"Well, once it succeeds, the guard pair that has been suppressed so far can be expanded and strengthened," El said.
"But I kind of hate myself for thinking like this."
"El?"
"When it comes to that proposal, both Smith and Tie Xue immediately issued statements of opposition," Ellie said.
"However, Liber, Remifilia and Qiyao all issued well-intentioned statements of support."
"To be honest, the current situation is very worrying."
Lloyd said: "Indeed."
"What is Miss Maria who entertained us today doing?" El said.
"Her main responsibility now is to concentrate on running IBC, and this matter has nothing to do with him."
"This is a rare opportunity, so I wanted to hear her opinion." El said.
Ellie: "Yes, I also have a lot to ask."
Lloyd said: "Okay, the more you two are like this, the more you need to have fun, right?"
"Huh?" El said.
Lloyd said: "If we have a chance to go on vacation, we should stay in a hotel and go to a theme park to enjoy ourselves. This will definitely relax us completely."
Ellie: "But."
|"After all, so many things have just happened." El said.
"It is precisely because something like that just happened that we need to relax even more." Lloyd said: "No one can predict the future development now, and we are likely to face quite severe tasks in the future."
Lloyd said: "So what can I say I hope to leave precious memories behind."
"What do you mean?" El said.
"Okay I was too embarrassed to say that?"
"Well, Lloyd, is there any definite target in your little recollection?"
"No, we are all together. Haha, I just feel a little sorry for the section chief." Lloyd said.
"Oh." Ellie said.
"Yes, this is like Lloyd."
"What's wrong? After all, I just think everyone is depressed and I want to encourage everyone."
"Okay, you clumsy guy." Ellie said. (To be continued)