tokyo creator

230 Caesar
After repelling the Headless Horseman and the Flame Knight, Arthur, who lost the entire rear team, gave the order to speed up.

He has sent a detailed report to the rear, and the rear will send another rescue team to the scene to rescue and treat the wounded after being destroyed by the fire thallium heroes.

For Arthur, his initial task is still the highest priority - that is, to deliver the escort object to the transit point one hundred kilometers ahead.

Fortunately, the rest of the journey was smooth and quiet. More than an hour later, the remaining convoy finally drove into a medium-sized base hidden in a mountain col.

After completing a series of handover, verification, and elimination processes, Arthur finally walked out of the buffer zone easily, and then found that Liangli had already been waiting for him.

Ling Li took Arthur to the commander's office of the base without saying a word... Naturally, the person waiting here to see him at this time will definitely not be the original commander of the base.

The girl sitting on the leather chair behind the heavy desk is naturally Oro Aoi.

Although the relationship between the two is subtle, it has not reached the point of incompatibility, and they have always maintained the most basic indifferent etiquette between them.

This time, it was Zhe Lukui who nodded to him with her usual expression and said, "Long time no see."

"A long time? Just a few days." Arthur shrugged and answered the nonsense, and then sat on the sofa in the reception area in front of the desk without waiting for Orukui's instructions.

"Counting from the time you disappeared during the Battle of Dongju until you suddenly regained contact with the group yesterday, you were missing for three full days..." Zhe Lukui smiled and seemed to say meaningfully.

Arthur also smiled, silent, waiting in a defensive posture as steadily as a knight holding a shield.

But Zhe Lukui didn't go deep into this, but naturally changed the direction of the topic: "I'm sorry, because the situation is urgent, I can't give you time to recover and recuperate.

"You should have seen the briefing on what happened in the past few days when you were missing. In short, I temporarily took charge of your STF and missions, and also conducted one or two operations, but they did not go well. , but caused serious injuries to the snake..."

“To save the life of this disgusting reptile, I needed to transport the snake from Tokyo to Osaka for treatment.

"And just at this time, you restored communication, and it seemed to be nothing serious...

"So I asked Rei Li to ask you to be the temporary commander of the escort convoy. In this way, you can leave Tokyo with the car as soon as possible to join me."

Arthur nodded to express understanding, and then said: "So, can you now transfer the command of the mission and STF back to me?"

"The command of the STF has been returned to you, but the mission..." Aoi Oro smiled, "During your absence, the two missions have been merged into one instance, and as usual, I will serve as the instance commander. .”

She seemed to look at Arthur very sincerely and said, "Actually, nothing has changed. Just like in previous instances, you continue to cooperate with me as the STF commander. Right?"

"I have no objection." Arthur seemed to have been prepared for it, and did not show any surprise at all. He quickly shrugged and replied, "Anyway, it is exactly as you said, the same as before."

"Very good." Zhe Lukui nodded, and then her expression became visibly cold, "Then let's talk about the mission itself."

She pressed the button to display some surveillance footage from the mission on the screen on the wall.

After quickly shooting several live pictures of the Flame Knight and the Headless Horseman, Oriuru Aoi finally stopped.

——That was a picture taken by Car No. [-]: In front of the convoy, a group of flesh and blood monster cavalry maintained a dense formation and were rushing towards the convoy.

"What do you think this is?" Zorukui asked.

Arthur thought for a while, and replied: "Is it the 'Forgotten Knight'? One of Aldabado's servants. In the scriptures and records, the existence that best matches this form is the 'Forgotten Knight'."

"Then what about this?" Zhe Lukui pointed to the middle part of the screen with a laser pointer again - the monster cavalry surrounded by the headless horseman who seemed to be their leader.

"Hasn't this been discussed before? Headless, and able to use some of Atalabadu's powers, it can only be the maid that Adabadu loves, the 'Sleeping Girl'." Arthur touched his chin, and then He added, "Although its current form cannot be called 'girly'... but since it has the power of flesh and blood, it is natural to change its form according to the needs of the battlefield situation."

Zhe Lukui hugged her shoulders, lowered her eyelids slightly and chuckled, as if she was very disdainful.

Then she said: "What we know about Adabadu's attendants comes from two sources."

"About their own forms and characteristics, they are all the research results of...well, 'a certain agreement'."

"It is too far to discuss the relationship between different servants, so we can only refer to the descriptions in some church scriptures."

"——"Markian Gospel", this scripture records some content related to the war between Athabado and the first messenger."

"In this war in the age of mythology, Artabaduo gave his favored maids part of his power, and asked the maids to use their power as proof to convey his will to other servants on his behalf...that is to say, 'Sleep' Although the girl is a maid, she also plays a role similar to a herald."

"...But regardless of whether they are maids or heralds, it is impossible for them to actually command Adababa's army, that is, the 'Forgotten Knights'."

"So..." Oroku Aoi used the laser pointer to circle around the Headless Horseman, "I'm thinking, is this really a 'sleeping girl'?"

Arthur thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know."

"Let the scholars study this kind of thing." He added, "Anyway, I just need to know what I need to deal with in the action - an opponent with flesh and blood power." Oro Aoi also Without asking further questions, he changed the subject: "This kind of opponent... Didn't you miss any of the elimination procedures after you came back?"

Arthur replied steadily: "Of course. After all, it is this type of opponent. It may be troublesome to bring back even one cell. Therefore, before entering the base, all vehicles have been inactivated, and all the clothing of the combatants have also been inactivated. It was directly destroyed, surface disinfection was carried out, and isolation procedures were immediately entered."

"——Of course, because I can't be invaded by any malicious intent, I skipped the isolation step and came to see you directly."

"But actually, I don't think it's a big problem. After all... the entire front team has been baptized by the singing of the P device at that time. It's impossible for any flesh and blood to remain active."

Oruru Aoi seemed to agree: "So, if you want to fight against an A2-level opponent, the P device is indeed an indispensable trump card, right?"

"Indeed." Arthur nodded.

Then the two looked at each other for a moment, then Zhe Lukui tilted her head and asked: "—then since the P device is so important, how could you overload the P device on the car without foresight?"

"You know that this is the last P device in the entire Kanto, so I asked you to transport it together... But just now the technical officer told me that it is basically scrapped."

Her expression cooled down, her fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and she stared at Arthur sideways: "I told you, the 'protection and transportation of the P device' is also one of your tasks."

"Of course I know, but there are always priorities between different tasks, right?" Arthur said without fear, spreading his hands, "Under the circumstances, I had no other choice. Do you want the snake to fall on the spot?" Into the hands of the fire thallium hero?"

"The first task you told me was not to let the fire thallium hero, so I arranged the priorities in this way... As for the second task target P device, I can only express regret. At any rate, it still held it for me before it was scrapped. The snakes played a role.”

Zhe Lukui stared at Arthur coldly.

After a moment, she said softly: "You must know that the snake is not in the car at all... The convoy you are escorting is a trap, but it is just a trap."

"Oh, really? Snake wasn't in the car at all at that time? He had actually been sent to the base by you a long time ago. So the escort mission was actually just a cover, and the only one who was really sent here was the P device?" Arthur has already connected He was too lazy to act surprised, "——Should I know? You didn't tell me."

"...Of course you know. If you really think that the snake is in the medical cabin, then this medical cabin cannot be sent here safely. As for the P device...it was indeed your second goal from the beginning—— However, your second goal is to 'destroy the P device'."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Arthur's smile remained unchanged, "I'm just an operator. I can't understand the too complicated tactical planning."

Zhe Lukui chuckled and said: "...Actually, it's nothing, I'm just suddenly curious about what happened to you these past few days after you disappeared... Can we talk about where you have been these past few days?"

Arthur scratched his head: "If possible, I don't want to mention it..."

"Of course I have to mention it." Zhe Lukui paused and finally showed a sarcastic expression, "——Do you think I care about you? This is an order as the instance commander. Now tell me your recent whereabouts. "

Arthur did show a thoughtful and hesitant expression.

Finally, he spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'm in Shinjuku Kabukicho."

Zhe Lukui raised his eyebrows, seeming to show contempt.

But before she could ask further questions, Arthur had already added: "——Being a Cowherd."

"..."

In an instant, even Oroku Aoi showed an expression as if she had been shocked.

Arthur scratched his head and continued: "How should I put it... It's probably because of the brain injury. In fact, after I woke up from the injury and coma, I lost my memory for a long time. I didn't know who I was, and I didn't know where I was going. do what."

"It was in this state that I was picked up by a cowherd store manager and brought back to Kabukicho."

"So in those days, because I didn't know what to do, I simply worked in the store manager's store for a while, and was given a stage name of 'Caesar'..." Arthur hugged his shoulders, showing his perfect Smiling, "Oh, but thanks to this name, I recovered my memory faster."

"After all, Roma and I have a very bad compatibility, so my dislike of Roma is probably deeply rooted in my subconscious, right? So, even if I have lost my memory, once I am called 'Caesar, Caesar' by the guests, I can't help but feel disgusted." The ground welled up in my heart.

"Finally, just when this feeling of self-loathing reached its peak...suddenly, the memory came back. Then I immediately contacted the group again, and you will know what happened next."

Finally, Arthur nodded vigorously as if confirming himself.

Zhe Lukui finally came to his senses and sneered: "...That's enough, I even made up such a story."

"No matter how you want to explain it, you are actually not talking to me." She lowered her head and pressed the call button on the table and said, "——Come in."

Soon, several men and women wearing black suits entered the office.

Judging from the look in their eyes, this group of people seems to be very accustomed to treating others with arrogance.And the leading man stood in front of Arthur with his hands in his pockets, looked down at Arthur condescendingly, and snorted through his nostrils: "Employee number O6-32, belongs to the reserve management, and the common name is 'Arthur', right? "

Without waiting for Arthur to speak, the arrogant man straightened his suit and continued to himself: "We are the internal audit specialists of the inspection department. Due to suspected violations of multiple safety regulations, the inspection department has activated Investigation work on you. According to the internal review agreement 'Egil', all authority you have will be temporarily suspended from this moment until the investigation on you is completed."

(End of this chapter)