Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Currently, the vast majority of the Royal Guard officers are outside maintaining order, while the Special Inspectorate and Chen's squad have appeared outside the city.

The Rhodes Island team is here too.

Swire was still on other missions.

The Imperial Guard headquarters is not just poorly defended.

Don't forget, there's still a group of infected people who were supposed to attack the Guard Bureau convoy and take Misha, but they're being hidden in the city by some ambitious individuals.

Kosiché knew that news of his appearance would definitely attract Xia Yu.

He's gambling.

Bet your life on it!

He won the bet.

The key stored in the Guard Bureau was his prize.

Just then, all the communicators of the Guard Bureau members rang.

A unified message was sent to them.

'Headquarters under attack!'

53 Wei Yanwu's Wishful Thinking

Chaos.

The plot has gone awry.

In the original storyline, the Reunion Movement shouldn't have attacked the Guard Bureau headquarters so early; they should have launched the attack after exploring District 59.

But all of this was expected.

Xia Yu knew that her powerful appearance would inevitably bring about some changes, and Kosichek's move was indeed brilliant.

He used himself as bait to lure Rhodes Island and Lungmen into a siege, and then retreated before the two sides arrived.

Now that the headquarters of the Royal Guard has been attacked, some things are destined to be lost.

For example, the key that was obtained from Misha.

Chen and Hoshiguma won't be able to get back in time. By the time they arrive, the poorly defended headquarters will probably have already been captured.

At that time, with those who dream of overthrowing Lungmen backing them, the Reunion Movement will have countless ways to send the key out of the city.

As for the Imperial Guard Bureau?

It's best to leave most of the people to hold the headquarters we just captured; they'll definitely be preoccupied with this place.

The arrival of the Reunion Movement has caused widespread panic in Lungmen. If the citizens were to learn that the Royal Guard building had been captured and was still unable to be retaken...

This will severely damage the reputation of both the Royal Guard and Lungmen.

If the headquarters is captured by the Reunion Movement today and cannot be retaken, the Guard Bureau will be labeled with a lot of negative tags tomorrow.

Chen's face looked very pale.

Clearly, she also realized the seriousness of the situation.

That key was destined to be lost. Since those who helped the Reunification Movement were able to hide so many people in the city without being discovered, they must have even more ways to send the key out of the city.

The Guard Bureau no longer has the resources to deal with the keys.

Furthermore, headquarters must be retaken as soon as possible, the number of armed rioters outside the city is increasing and needs to be eliminated, and order needs to be maintained inside the city...

We simply don't have enough manpower right now.

Moreover, it's too fast... even though it's not time yet.

Therefore, even knowing the importance of the key, it can only be temporarily abandoned.

There's simply not enough capacity to manage it all.

There's no way around it; the Guard Bureau is just part of the police force, and it's more than capable of handling tasks like suppressing riots and maintaining order.

However, they were somewhat overwhelmed when facing organized rioters from the Integration Movement.

Otherwise, Chen wouldn't have agreed to Wei Yanwu's request to bring in Rhodes Island for defense.

"Amiya," Chen took a deep breath and said to Amiya, "Can the area outside the city be handed over to Rhodes Island?"

“Don’t worry,” Amiya wasn’t completely clueless, “we will protect this place.”

“How reliable!” Hoshiguma exclaimed in amazement. “Such a young leader.”

“Hoshiguma, you take the special inspection team and me back to the city to retake headquarters. Swire… she’s in charge of clearing out those roaming squads. I’ll let her know.”

“This place,” she nodded to Amiya, “is now in your hands.”

-

There are ten things in this world that don't go as planned.

For example, the special inspection teams at the headquarters.

The integration movement surged forth like a tide from the dark alleys, from the damp sewers, and from every corner of the city.

Despite being outsiders, they were incredibly familiar with the city's layout, knew where to hide, and had people willing to hide for them.

Now, they've appeared in broad daylight.

The special inspection team was caught off guard and defeated, retreating to its home ship on Rhodes Island in the Land of the Rhodes Islands for repairs.

Chen was hit by a warlock's attack and was still unconscious. If Swire hadn't risked her life to rescue her, she would probably be covered with a white sheet by now.

Amiya and the others are also in a bad situation, as their escape route has been cut off by the suddenly emerging Reunion Movement.

"Why is this happening..." Amiya said, frowning. "The situation was so much better before..."

In just a few hours, the offensive and defensive positions were reversed.

Xia Yu glanced at the doctor thoughtfully, her expression hidden behind the mask.

But she probably already anticipated this, just like Kal'tsit.

Wei Yanwu's years of management in Longmen have not been in vain. If Longmen could be so easily infiltrated, he would be unworthy of the title of governor.

However... if these infected people were deliberately let in, then that's a different story.

Xia Yu still remembers that in the original story, the infected occupied Dagu Square, only to find that there was no one around. The entire Lungmen, except for the slums, was like a ghost town, and even the luxury goods in the shops had been hidden away.

Add to that the appearance of the three from the Inspection Department, and the hidden black cloak...

The answer is already there.

Wei Yanwu never intended to wage a protracted war against the Integration Movement.

Don't forget, Lungmen is currently located on the border between Yan and Ursus.

How could the Yan Kingdom sit idly by while such an important trading city as Longmen is threatened by thugs?

Sending troops to encircle and suppress them would be the best course of action at this point.

However, the arrival of the army is a good thing for Lungmen, as it will no longer be threatened by the Integration Movement. It is also a good thing for Yan, as it can strengthen its voice in Lungmen.

But for Wei Yanwu, this was not a good thing.

If a local tyrant is living comfortably, who would want others to interfere?

You should know that if he asks Lungmen for help, there are plenty of people who will respond.

Who wouldn't want a piece of the pie that is Longmen?

Therefore, Wei Yanwu preferred to cooperate with Rhodes Island rather than ask the military for help.

But if things deteriorate rapidly, no matter how much he doesn't want to, the army will still come, after all, this is also a city of Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, he cannot wage a protracted war against the Reunion Movement, nor can he give others the opportunity to intervene.

So how can we defeat the Reunion Movement as quickly as possible and demonstrate that Lungmen can handle things on its own?

If they were in the wilderness, even if the Reunion Movement couldn't win, they could simply scatter and flee. After a few days, they would regroup and become a major threat again. The thugs also had their own fighting style.

So first, they feigned weakness, making the Imperial Guard appear powerless, and then allowed the Reunion Movement to infiltrate through various checkpoints, while inland they implemented a scorched-earth policy and withdrew all assets.

Then, they allowed the Guard Bureau to be lured away from the city, concentrating almost all their forces outside the city, giving the Reunion Movement the illusion that they had an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Finally, they closed the door and beat the dog, using both the Guard Bureau and the Black Cloak forces to clean up the Reunion Movement, which had been surrounded and trapped, in an overt and covert manner.

They're just a bunch of thugs. In the wilderness, an equal number of regular troops might not be able to wipe them out because they would scatter and flee. But in urban warfare, with the Guard Bureau being the most familiar with this tactic, these invading Reunion Movement groups would likely be wiped out very quickly.

The Inspectorate will soon report this incident. With his strong methods, who can use the excuse of helping Lungmen to interfere?

What will Lungmen lose in this process? A few buildings? Some basic infrastructure?

Compared to this crisis, all of this is insignificant.

As for Rhodes Island?

A chess piece, a bargaining chip—the Tower of Babel, its predecessor, might be a worthwhile investment, and Wei Yanwu hasn't given up on the idea of ​​winning it over.

He believed that Kal'tsit could see through many of his actions, and that these methods might fool those disorganized and undisciplined thugs, but not Kal'tsit.

But he seemed to have forgotten that the leader of Rhodes Island was named Amiya.