Arknights' Lock of Heaven

To this day, those businessmen are still kept in the dark.

Xia Yu knew about Jamie's ordeal.

So he secured medical aid, food aid, military aid, and even a backup plan for Hongsong.

At the Red Pine camp, just to be on the safe side, Xia Yu told Sona that they didn't need to participate in the Special Championship.

Since it's pointless anyway, and we'll be moving away from the Grand Knights' territory from now on.

Sona agreed.

Therefore, Xia Yu felt that the matter had been resolved and the tragedy would not repeat itself.

However, what he didn't know was that Jamie was not an ordinary infected person.

His background is complicated.

And so, by a twist of fate, tragedy still struck.

Fortunately, thanks to the medication from Rhodes Island, Jamie's condition improved, and he managed to survive on the field.

"His name is Jamie. He became a competitive knight first, and then became an infected person due to an accident."

Looking at Jamie, who was lying unconscious on the bed, Sona's voice choked with emotion.

"He's divorced and has a lovely little daughter. He probably concealed his illness so he could continue competing as a knight... He needs the money."

“But in order to conceal his illness… he had to give the Knights Guild even more money,” Grey Hair lowered his head, his voice low. “I found his letters with the guild members in his room; it was a bottomless pit.”

“He is a very optimistic person, so optimistic that we don’t even realize he is carrying such a burden.”

Even after contracting Oripathy and being separated from his wife and children, he still helped others...

Sona took a deep breath. "Do you remember? Every morning he would go to help take care of those children, some of whom were infected, some of whom weren't, but they were all homeless children."

Lack of money—what a realistic reason.

Most of the infected people who competed with Jamie had this same goal in mind.

After all, we're heading to a snowy land, so having money in our pockets will always put us at ease.

Everyone's thoughts are so simple.

It was all for the sake of the entire Knights Order.

Can Xia Yu accuse them of not listening to her? What right does she have? What qualifications does she have?

nothing.

Sona looked up at Xia Yu, who had no expression.

"Without a doubt, he is a good person."

"I also want to thank Rhodes Island. Without your drugs, he wouldn't even be able to leave the court."

"A good man like him shouldn't have died so undignified."

"Such a good person, a person full of enthusiasm for life, revealed a deep-seated hatred in the very end."

Sona lowered her head deeply.

Upon hearing this, Shining, who was examining Jamie's body, looked up and gazed at Xia Yu with a complicated expression.

Others might not know, but how could she not know?

The so-called drugs... Rhodes Island doesn't have them at all!

It was all brought out by the person in front of me.

But these things... cannot be discussed here.

It's not the time either.

"I want revenge!"

Gray Hair raised his small cannon, his eyes flashing with a deep-seated hatred.

"Calm down!" Sona said through gritted teeth; "Little Grey, we now..."

"Little Grey is right, we must take revenge!" Just then, Wildmane, who appeared to be the wildest and most unruly, also spoke up.

"but not now!"

She approached Grey, pressed the cannon barrel she was holding, and said, word by word, "Haven't we already decided to leave the Grand Knight Territory?"

"Wait, when that day comes, I'll go with you."

"Break his limbs, pull out his teeth, smash his fingers, and nail him to the arena wall!"

“Aivona is right,” Sona breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn’t that she wasn’t angry, but that she felt responsible for everyone in the camp.

"When that day comes, I'll be with you all..."

“No need to wait,” Xia Yu sent a message to Miss Two-Five on her phone, then looked up and said, “Go now.”

"What are you planning to do?" Sona's eyes widened when she heard this.

"Jamie, he's a member of Red Pine, right?"

Xia Yu did not answer, but instead asked a question in return.

"Of course……"

"You red pines, you've made a deal with me, haven't you?"

Xia Yu didn't give them time to answer, but muttered to herself, "Then they're mine."

"I'm seeking justice for my people... Ha, what's the problem?"

"Does the Business Federation or the Securities and Futures Commission dare to turn against me at this time?"

"Just them?"

"Is the Grand Knight Commander no longer going to take it, or is the Knights' Tournament no longer going to be held?"

238 nights

In Old Martin's tavern.

The TV was still showing the Major tournament live; well, the people from the Big Knights just love watching that.

"Oh! Oh! This scene doesn't seem to be the first time it's happened!"

Mob's voice, as always, echoed through the arena.

"Can Titus White Poplar, the Left Hand, lead the Helmsman Knights to break through the encirclement and reclaim their place among the Sixteen Heroes this time?!"

"This is a revenge match! Audiences! Get your blood pumping! Can 'Left-Handed' Titus Baiyang, who has been eliminated in the round of 16 multiple times, surpass himself today!?"

"Simply because—his opponent!"

"In the long history of knighthood of the Baiyang family, only that one time! Only that one person! brought him immense shame!"

"Let us welcome! The former champion of the Knights' Tournament, the disgraced wanderer banished from his homeland, the Radiant Knight—Margaret Nearl!"

"..."

"When are you going to hang them from the streetlights?!" In the tavern, listening to Big Mouth Mob's passionate speech, Miss Platinum took a big gulp of wine, her face pouting as she complained to Xia Yu, "I really can't stand it anymore!"

"Who are these people in the Unarmored Alliance?"

"I think I've figured it out. They're definitely planning something big, but they've completely forgotten about me!"

"You never tell me your plans, yet you still expect me to come and monitor you as usual..."

"I've become a pawn, do you even understand what a pawn is?"

"No rush, no rush," Xia Yu could only soothe her, seeing her impatient expression. "The stage is still being set up, the time hasn't come yet..."

Why are you in such a hurry?

"You're risking my life!" Platinum rolled her eyes at him. "Now, just looking at those two Azure Kings gives me the creeps. I have this feeling they're going to kill me right now!"

"Don't worry, they need a scapegoat," Xia Yu comforted her with a smile. "You're the perfect candidate, so they won't kill you, at least not for the time being."

"Unless you squeeze every last drop of your remaining value out of them!"

"Hearing you say that..." Platinum frowned upon hearing this, "Why do I have the feeling that you know what they're up to?"

"Hmm," Xia Yu said with a smile, "Do you think you're the only one who doesn't like being a lackey of the Business Federation?"

Looking at the smile on his face, Bai Jin couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Having some prior knowledge, she was naturally able to grasp the full picture.

One infected person died, at least that's what the news says.

The infected person was from the Red Pine Knights.

Those infected individuals who are closely connected to the person in front of you.

The reason the two of them met today was because he asked him for some information.

Intelligence on the Ingra family.

"You mean..."