Chapter 173 Suspicion
【Haven't you found the person I asked you to look for yet? 】
Will had just laid down when he saw this sentence. A violent emotion suddenly rose up in his mind. His veins popped out and he wanted to tell the person on the other side of the computer to try it himself.
"Why am I the only one looking for it? Are the others incompetent?"
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. They had been living in peace for so many years, and suddenly a woman appeared and asked him to do his best to find her without alerting her.
But his fear of the upper class still made him suppress his displeasure and carefully responded.
[I'm sorry, it's my fault, but every time I track someone deep into the contaminated area, they disappear. There's something wrong with the locator, and it can't lock onto the target directly. Is there any other solution?]
There was no reply from the other side for a long time. Just when Will was about to close his eyes due to sleepiness, Arnold brought up another matter.
How many people are there at the base now?
Could it be that the Federation is finally no longer silent and is planning to directly break off relations?
Will was both excited and uneasy. He was excited because if the war started in the contaminated area, then as the federalist who was most familiar with this place, he would definitely be able to make the greatest contribution.
If he succeeds, he might be rewarded. After the federal marshal fell, the old generals also chose to retire, leaving only a few generals to govern each other and divide the political regions.
But fighting in a contaminated area was still too uncertain. Thinking of the monsters that appeared in the thick fog, he shuddered again.
"But I didn't seem to encounter anything strange when I went out these past two nights."
He muttered to himself and told Arnold what he knew. After a while, the other party issued a strange order.
[Find a way to help the exploration team enter the deep contaminated area. The R you mentioned is definitely Lilith. Don't stop her. If she wants to die, don't stop her.]
【yes. 】
Will ended the call, but his sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden. He couldn't figure out what Arnold was thinking, just like he didn't understand what was so coveted about Lilith.
For a moment, he even felt that Arnold was not surprised at all by Lilith entering the contaminated area.
"Forget it, it's daybreak now, let's have breakfast and go find the guide for treatment."
On his way out, he glanced at the direction of the cube. The exploration team finally ended their short vacation and went out again. This time, the troublesome new recruit was also there.
His eyes passed over the silver-haired boy and he turned around without any hesitation.
…
Lilith finally slept peacefully without being disturbed. She slept from before dawn until the sun was about to set. When she opened her eyes and looked at the computer, she found that it was already dinner time.
"Have you slept for that long?"
Lilith was a little surprised. Every time she got enough sleep, there seemed to be a big battle or a boost in strength.
It seemed like she had a very long dream, but now that she had woken up, she didn't remember anything.
She clenched her palms, trying to exert force, but the elderberry branches playfully escaped from her sleeves and clung to her wrists.
Lilith stretched out her fingertips, and the small flower automatically wrapped around it. Even without her mental control, it felt like her spirit body seemed to become a little more "agile".
Although most of the sentinels' spirits have their own personalities, similar plant spirits can only act according to the will of the host and can rarely be separated.
This is also the reason why some guides lack attack power.
But plants, which are not supposed to have self-awareness, are gradually showing their friendly side. Is this a good change or a bad one?
Lilith didn't sense any malicious intent for the time being. At least her spirit had saved her countless times, so she had to believe it.
After stretching, Lilith decided to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything delicious. By the way, she had something to ask someone.
The base under the setting sun seemed more peaceful and tranquil than ever before. At this time, the sentries who were out on missions had not yet returned, and the guide in the treatment room had already left work.
There is only dust raised by the wind on the road.
Unfortunately, Lilith didn't like any of the food in the cafeteria today. She reluctantly chose a tube of passion fruit flavored nutritional supplement and drank it. Then she walked to the vine-covered hut.
On the nameplate next to it, the words "Alice" were almost covered by the overgrown vines.
"Dongdongdong~"
She knocked three times gently, and then waited patiently. A gentle voice came from the hut.
"Please wait a moment."
“Squeak…”
Alice's door was made of real wood, and as it opened, it made a sound of being overwhelmed by the weight.
The black-haired, black-eyed girl looked up and saw Lilith wearing a butterfly mask. She was surprised for a moment, then she let go of her grip on the door and asked nervously,
"Ah, you're R, right? What's going on?"
"Can we go in and talk?"
Lilith took off her mask, and her azure eyes appeared before the other person without reservation. The girl, who was slightly shorter than her, immediately walked around her, looked around cautiously, and then pushed Alice into the house.
"How could you expose yourself like this? You've already escaped death, haven't you? What if you attract danger again?"
Lilith looked at the heroine. Oh, no, Alice was chattering in front of her. She had once judged the heroine who appeared in the story with a one-sided understanding.
She is gentle and considerate, cares about the sentinels, is kind and generous, and no one dislikes her.
Even Lilith thought so. She stubbornly pushed all the plot points towards Alice and pushed everyone around her towards her, but she didn't think about whether Alice herself was willing or not.
She herself is an outsider who has strayed into the story. She is unwilling to endure her predetermined fate and tries her best to resist. Then Alice, the heroine of the story, may also think the same way.
She just noticed that when Alice saw her take off the mask, there was no surprise in her eyes, which meant that she had already known that R's identity was Lilith, the one who died in the explosion.
"Lilith!"
The black-haired girl's eyes were filled with unconcealable worry and anger. In some cases, Lilith felt that she did have a little resemblance to herself.
She suddenly reached out and grasped the other's dangling fingertips, and then both of them stopped talking for a moment.
The air circulation system in the guide's cabin was always on, and Lilith smelled a familiar scent, like that on Will.
He had been here before? Shortly before Lilith came.
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