Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Is this the problem?

It seems that his previously overly imposing image has now become a burden, and instead a predicament for him.

But that's okay! Difficulties are meant to be overcome!

Just as the Doctor was pondering, Amiya looked up at the time and exclaimed, "Ah, it's already past eleven o'clock!" Then she picked up her notebook and said goodbye to the Doctor.

"That's enough for tonight, Doctor. I'm sorry, I got too engrossed. We'll continue tomorrow..."

"No!" Upon hearing this, the doctor's eyes widened in fury. Continue tomorrow? Spare me! My vacation is over!

“I still think you should go to Xia Yuxue,” she said, pressing down hard on Amiya’s shoulder. “You don’t need to come here and listen to secondhand information.”

"But didn't you say you'd help me understand properly so I wouldn't be speechless later?" Amiya said, sounding aggrieved.

"No, I..." Upon hearing this, the doctor was stunned.

My mouth...

Why is it so annoying?

Upon seeing this, a sly glint appeared in Amiya's eyes.

It seems that the doctor has been completely under her control.

Our little bunny, the future leader of Rhodes Island, is not ignorant!

She was fully aware of the doctor's little schemes.

“Doctor,” she looked at the speechless doctor and asked softly, “why are you and Mr. Xia Yu always at odds?”

“No… this is… sigh,” the doctor sighed upon hearing this, “it’s not that we have a bad relationship…”

“I know,” Amiya nodded upon hearing this, “You two have a good relationship, but why express it this way…?”

Amiya was very curious.

There are many examples of couples with good relationships, such as Nightingale and Shining and Margaret, and Anto and Aya.

But the Doctor and Xia Yu are truly peculiar.

“Just think of me as… well, out of curiosity,” the doctor sighed. “If he weren’t so special, I wouldn’t be doing this.”

“I’m curious,” Amiya said thoughtfully upon hearing this. “Alright, that’s all for tonight, goodnight Doctor.”

Then she skipped and hopped out of the doctor's room, her high ponytail swinging back and forth, showing that she was in a very happy mood.

"Ugh……"

Seeing this, the doctor sighed, turned around, and plopped down on the bed.

"Pureseth..."

who are you?

Why did it appear in my memory fragments?

Why... does Amiya find your name familiar?

-

"Have all the people been brought under control?" In the stillness of the night, the Siesta City Hall was still bustling with activity.

"There's also a deputy director of the publicity department..."

"Find him quickly!" Hearing this, Hei frowned and ordered, "We must apprehend him before he spreads rumors!"

"Yes!"

The subordinate trembled upon hearing this, then loudly assured him, "We've found a clue, we'll be there soon..."

“I don’t want it immediately,” Hei said coldly, looking at him. “I want it now! Right now!”

"You know how well Siesta treats you. If they really succeed, you want to find a new employer like that... Ha."

"Yes!"

The subordinate loudly assured him again, then hurriedly left.

Judging from his clenched teeth, he'll probably have a lot to say to that well-hidden deputy director of the propaganda department later.

"Sigh..." Seeing this, Hei sat back in his chair and rubbed his temples.

It would be far too difficult for her, an assassin, to train a qualified security force sufficient to serve the entire city.

If it were just about protecting the master's family, she was confident she could train a top-notch team of bodyguards.

However, when the scope of her work was expanded to the entire city, her experience became inappropriate.

Ultimately, this wasn't the kind of work a hitman should be doing, but the master was truly too kind to her...

She felt ashamed of her subordinates' behavior this time.

It's absolutely awful.

The mayor had been keeping an eye on Kronin and his confidants, but even after the order to take them down was issued, so many problems still arose.

Lack of experience is one problem, and incorrect training direction is another.

I am not qualified for this position.

“Sir,” she turned to look at Herman, who was deep in thought, staring at a stack of documents, “after this incident, I will resign…”

“…Okay,” Herman replied helplessly.

The reason Hei was given this position was partly because there weren't any suitable candidates available, and partly because the people recruited by headhunters couldn't be fully trusted immediately.

The city's violent institutions are not something that can be entrusted to just anyone.

The original leader was ousted due to disagreements, but he didn't have a suitable replacement, so he set his sights on the vengeful Black.

Thinking that a tourist city like this wouldn't be in war, at most it would just have some security issues, I left it to Hei.

What? You're asking what to do in war?

Ha, with Siesta's size, it's useless to invite anyone when a war breaks out. When it's time to get involved in the war, it will definitely get caught up in it.

As for Black, well, although she was nominally a servant, Herman had long since treated her like another daughter.

As for why he continued his career as an assassin, it was at his own request.

Yes, she wasn't trained as an assassin by Herman; she was already an assassin before she was adopted by Herman.

Black was born into a Rembiton merchant family; both his parents were businessmen.

When she was 6 years old, they were cheated in a business deal and received a batch of Originium disguised as ordinary gems. She contracted Oripathy when she secretly took them out to play with.

Her parents went to confront her after discovering the crime, but were ambushed and killed on their way back. She was also sold into slavery. Eventually, Black was chosen by a mercenary group and became their new member.

Besides engaging in acts of war, this mercenary group is more often responsible for taking on commissions from important figures and doing dirty work that can't be done in the open.

After being trained by them, Hei became a child killer. After several missions, her organization received a mission to cause some "accidents" in a certain city.

Here, her fate was changed.

After a series of bloody and unknown cleanups, she became Ceylon's nanny and bodyguard.

That year, Ceylon was 3 years old and Black was 12 years old.

Days passed by, and Ceylon grew up and went to university in Victoria.

One day, she received a letter from Herman.

Tell Black that her enemy has been found.

From that moment on, Black was determined to take revenge.

Before she left, Herman asked her, “Are you sure you want to go, Black? You can live very well here.”

She eventually went, but not entirely for revenge; she also wanted to make peace with the past.

After destroying a family, killing the human traffickers involved, the robbers who intercepted his parents years ago, and making a name for himself, Hei resolutely returned to Siesta.

No longer bound by the past, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to the city and to Hermann and his daughter.

Looking at the somewhat gloomy black, Herman sighed.

He admitted that being dark-skinned was not really suitable for this kind of work.

“So what are you going to do next?” Herman asked Blackie. “Whatever you do, I will…”

"Come help me!" Before Black could even speak, Ceylon couldn't hold back any longer. She went up to Herman and said loudly, "Black... I won't let her leave me again."

"Miss, please don't do this," Hei said helplessly, taking her hand. "We..."

“I’m not being willful,” Ceylon said stubbornly, “I’ve made up my mind, I’m going to Rhodes Island for further studies!”

“My current abilities are far from sufficient; I still need to learn. And Rhodes Island… their medicine can alleviate Black’s condition.”

Ceylon stared at her father and said, "I'm taking her to Rhodes Island!"

327 Amiya really works hard

Boom boom boom!

A knock sounded on the door, and Xia Yu half-opened her eyes, then closed them again.