Lloyd said: "I'm very sorry because I still have some work on hand. How is the situation?"
"As mentioned before, there is no one in this building." Dudley said; "There were nearly a hundred people there before, but now everyone has left the underground space and their whereabouts are unknown."
"Passing through the underground space?" Ellie asked doubtfully.
"But, there is no road leading to the underground space here, right?" Tio said.
"Judging from the situation at the scene, they used violence to directly open a road."
"We have found a passage inside to area B of the underground space." Emma said.
"He actually did such a thing." El said.
Vaggie: "Oh, what a group of extremely dangerous people."
"Not only that, the warehouse used by Lubache has also been extensively renovated by them, turning it into a place where training and preparation can be carried out.
Dudley said.
Randy: "This kind of thing is not surprising to uncle and the others. They are a group of fighting fanatics. In order to ensure that they can deal with actual combat at any time, they have always maintained a keen sense of combat through training."
"Is that so, Randy, I won't mince words." Dudley said: "Is their target the Black Moon? Or is there some other operation?"
"I don't know about this, but if the target is the Black Moon, they probably won't hide their traces in this way." Randy said.
"As for other operations, if they want to occupy certain places, it is simply a trivial matter." Randy said: "So those guys are probably planning a very dangerous thing."
Tio: "That is to say?"
Ellie: "Is it the Orchid Tower?"
"It's possible, but it doesn't seem to be to their liking," Randy said.
Vaggie: "What do you mean by preference?"
"For mercenaries, they like fighting and the outdoors, so they generally like to fight in complex terrain suitable for surprise attacks."
"Although the number of people is small, every one of them is experienced in many battles. For example, they are particularly good at urban neighborhoods or mountainous areas."
Lloyd: "As expected of the Red Constellation."
El: "It does make sense. In that kind of place, movement will be restricted."
"That is?" said Dudley.
At this time the communicator rang.
"I'm Dudley from the Search Section 1. Thank you for your hard work, Section Chief.'
"What!" Dudley was shocked.
"What happened?" Lloyd said.
"Sonia came with news that a group of unknown origin appeared in the Mayinci Mountain Road area, and the patrolling guards were defeated by them."
...
an hour ago.
Guard patrols were dispatched.
"The circumstances of the group that suddenly appeared are unknown. It is very likely that it is the Red Constellation that has been lurking."
"Please do your best to keep those nearby safe," Sonia said.
‘Received, start combat immediately”
At this moment, he was attacked instantly.
In an instant, he was beaten by the red constellation and was unable to move.
"Hahaha, what a good reaction." Haha, it seems that there has been no actual combat for three months.
"I'm finally satisfied."
Guard: "You are the red constellation!"
Shelly: "Start fighting. If anyone resists, kill them all."
"Understood!" the mercenaries responded.
Soon all the defenses were defeated.
....
After that, the Mayinci Mountain Road was blocked, and the red constellation guarded the key points of the mountain road.
Orchidata Nedit and McDowell gathered everyone together.
Mike said: "A mere mercenary group can actually cause such a serious incident."
"There must be someone behind them, just like before."
Section Chief: "The Empire's side...but if we want to lock it down, it should be Lecter and the others."
It is indeed very possible, after all, Rector also had frequent contact with the Red Constellation in Crossbell.
Dudley said.
"At this point, we can only ask Empire or Smith for help, right?" Pierre said.
"No, I've already contacted them during the day," Dieter said, "and of course their answer was that they didn't know anything."
"Now that we have declared independence, we can no longer seek original works from them. This is all my responsibility."
"How could it be?" said Pierre; "No, this is definitely not our responsibility."
"Anyway, if this continues, we can only formally protest." McDow said, "But compared to the residents of Mayinci."
"We have sent a request to the Guerrilla Association, and they finally confirmed the situation over there by flying an airship." Sonia said, "So far they have not done anything bad."
"Having said that, there is no change in the situation. Mayinci's people are still their hostages." Douglas said: "I wonder if they have enough food?"
"Of course, as a countermeasure, we are now thinking about what kind of injuries the defense team suffered."
"Both manpower and materials are seriously injured." Sonia said: "At present, I have transferred all combat forces to the mountain road area."
"That's right." Dieter: 'The opponent is an expert in fighting, but after all, he is also paid to do things. If the negotiation is done properly, it may be avoided.'
"I hope you can arrange this matter while appeasing me."
Dudley: "I understand."
"We have also contacted the Guerrilla Association, and now we can only do our best," the section chief said.
Crossbell, Support Section Office Building.
Lloyd and others were worried.
I was eating hot pot with Qia, but the section chief said he had gone to a meeting and hadn't come back yet.
Lloyd was worried: "The section chief is so slow, the matter is already very serious."
El; "Yes."
Ellie: “It’s tricky in every way.”
"It's the same situation in Walut. This kind of thing happens in difficult times," Vaji said.
"Well everyone, if the section chief doesn't come back, we can't have hot pot," Kia said.
"No, he said at that time that if he comes back late, let us eat it. Xiaoqi finally made it, so let's think about using it first." Randy said.
"But." Kia said.
"Leave aside the hot pot, Randy, aren't you trying to hold on?" Lloyd said: 'It is at times like this that you have to rely on us even more.'
"Of course I will rely on you. As I said before, my uncle and I have nothing to do with each other. As of now, no matter what they do, I will not be in pain because of them."
Randy said: "Rather than this, the most important thing now is to fill your stomach, have a good rest, and be ready for tomorrow, right?"
"This." Lloyd said.
El; "Say, you're right, there is a saying that if you are not full, you can't fight alone."
"That's right. We encountered a huge phantom beast over there today. We fought very hard. For tomorrow's work, we'd better eat early and have a good rest." Waji said.
"That's right," said Lloyd.
"Okay, let's start eating hot pot. Qia has prepared meat, fish and vegetables for us. It's very rich."
"Eat more and rest early to prepare for tomorrow."
"Yeah," Randy said.
El; "I'm starting."
Ellie: "Yeah, it looks super delicious."
Tio: "Chait, I've prepared it for you too."
night.
After everyone fell asleep, Randy packed his things and secretly left the support department building.
When walking out the door.
Waji: "Are you leaving?"
"It's you." Randy said, "You really didn't sleep in the middle of the night?"
Waji: "Haha, I just came back from the bar. Based on my personality, I don't care about your behavior, but they will definitely be angry, right?"
"Probably." Randy said: "But this is my personal problem and has nothing to do with Uncle Shelly. I decided to leave here in order to make a break for myself."
Waji said: "Huh, okay, you and Walut are both stupid. Why do you have to live so tiringly?"
"It's none of your business." Randy said, 'By the way, I've always wanted to ask you a question, which side are you on?'
Waji said: "Haha, I don't understand what you are talking about at all, but your other guess is completely correct."
"As expected, the aura you exude is similar to that of the guys I have fought against several times in the past. Did you and that girl deliberately pretend that you didn't know each other?"
"Haha, that's right." Waji said: "In order to thank you for hiding it for me, I won't tell you about this matter until the next day. Just go and make a big fuss."
Randy said, "Well, thank you very much."
After saying that, Randy left.
Waji looked at his back: "Without him, the combat effectiveness will be insufficient. If the situation requires it, Abbas may be asked to support him."
the next day.
Support Section.
"hateful!"
In Randy's room, Lloyd, Tio, and Ellie all saw the letter he left.
Randy: "I'm going to make a break, that's it, goodbye."
"How could this happen?" Tio said.
Ellie: "Just leave this note."
Lloyd: "I was completely fooled by what he said yesterday. Damn it, he even left the communicator behind."
Kia: "Randy..."
Waji and El also came in at this time.
El said: "I've never seen anyone around here who hasn't seen him."
Waji said: "He probably got stuck late at night."
Ellie: "Where did he go?"
"Since we said we should end things, we should go to Mayinci's side." Tio said.
Lloyd: "Yeah, it's very possible."
"In this case, the people stationed over there may know something." El said.
"I'm afraid there's no hope.," the section chief walked in.
"Section Chief!" Lloyd said.
"I always make this place a mess, but I made it so neat before I left," the section chief said.
"I've already asked, and no one saw Randy there. Even if he did go to Mayinci, he probably wouldn't take the main road."
"After all, he used to be a mercenary, so it's easy to hide it from the public."
Ellie: "I thought he was already relying on us to some extent."
Waji: "Forget it. Let's wait and see for the time being. Action in mountains is what they are good at."
"Even if we have to chase him, we still have no clue."
Lloyd; "No."
"Huh?" Vaggie said.
"I don't think Randy rushed to Mayinci overnight, maybe he's still in Crossbell now," Lloyd said.
"Huh?" Ellie said.
"How did you know?" El said.
"It's very simple." Lloyd said: "If Randy really wants to fight against the Red Constellation, what can he do alone."
"Ah." El said.
"That's true. No matter how you think about it, it's impossible." Tio said.
The section chief said: "In other words, he may be going to retrieve some powerful equipment from the past."
Lloyd: "Yes, considering his past, it is not surprising that he is proficient in equipment with powerful firepower."
"Although it is impossible to buy it in the city, he may have put the things somewhere for safekeeping."
Section Chief: "That's it."
"In this case, we only need to search and explore in the city, maybe we can find traces of Randy?" Tio said.
"It seems that there is indeed value for investigation." El.
"Well, that's what I thought." Lloyd said.
"Waji, why don't you speak? Is my guess wrong?"
Waji said: "No, it's just beyond my expectation. Your guess is very good, but where could he go back?"
Lloyd: "In this case, the most likely possibility is that Ms. Ash, who works at the exchange shop in the old city, is a black man, right? She has been doing business secretly."
"Maybe they know each other, Randy often hangs out there." Tio said.
"That's right, let's go there quickly." Ellie said.
"That guy is really unlucky. He thought he could fly away, but you two caught him by the tail," the section chief said.
"Of course." Lloyd said: "As the captain, I will never allow him to act without authorization."
"Of course." Tio said, "We must do it even if we catch him back."
Kia: "It's okay Randy."
"Well, we will definitely bring him back." Lloyd said.
Ellie: "Don't worry."
Tio: "Qia and Caite, let's take good care of the house together."
"Yeah." Kia said; "Lloyd, you should be more careful."
Waji: "The places we want to go are Happy Street and the old city."
Lloyd: "Well, although there may be some clues in other places, we don't have time to investigate elsewhere now."
Tio: "Fortunately, we didn't receive any new requests for support this morning."
Ellie: "Affected by yesterday's incident, the headquarters is probably in chaos now.
The defense team also seems to be seriously injured."
Ellie: Sorry, I didn’t consider Ellie’s mood.”
"It is the duty of the garrison not to bear that kind of danger, and now I am only a member of the Special Agent Support Section," El said.
"Let's go and capture Senior Randy!"
Lloyd thought to himself, Randy, there must be nothing wrong with you.
We are all partners and we have to deal with it together at all times.
Sharing burdens and facing hardships together is definitely much better than being alone. (To be continued)