Hello, Arknights

"So why were the two of us dragged into the car?!" Ling Dengxian supported the driver's seat with one hand and the back seat with the other elbow, trying not to press on Provence.

"Oh, didn't Mr. Is tell you? The boss asked us to take you to familiarize yourself with the work flow on the first day of the month--" The cheerful voice of Angelus was interrupted by the explosion outside the car. The car body tilted, and the inertia caused Ling Dengxian's right elbow to fail to support his body and fell down. Ling Dengxian's eyes flashed, and his knee hit the outside of Provence's thigh under him to maintain his balance again.

But it scared the Rupert girl enough.

"We were just looking for you and happened to meet you." Croissant finished the second half of the sentence for her.

"But, today is the 31st of the month!" Ling Dengxian clearly remembered that Mr. Yis said last night that they could have a day off today.

"Ah?" The Sakota girl was stunned, and turned to look at Lupo who was driving. "Is that so?"

"Well, you remembered it wrong." The answer was very flat, and then the driver swerved the steering wheel to avoid the ground trap in front that was used to puncture tires, and then stepped on the accelerator to rush out of the area.

"But it doesn't matter. It's just a matter of time."

Ling Dengxian looked down at the back seat, where four people were squeezed in: "Why don't you have one person sit in the passenger seat?"

"Take a look," Texas said simply.

Ling Dengxian looked back and saw that the seat was full of arrows: "Gao Fei, what's going on?"

"This is actually the driver's seat. It was damaged by concentrated fire before we got in the car." Exiah was also very frustrated. "My favorite cushion is gone too..."

"Luckily the main engine is fine. Sister Texas is racing against the wind," Croissant added. She didn't mind being squeezed.

Ling Dengxian saw through the rearview mirror that the girl Rupert was wearing a pair of sunglasses and looked calm. Then she stepped on the accelerator and her blue-black hair on both sides of her cheeks flew in a breathtaking manner.

If only we weren't in such a dangerous situation!

"Huh? Newcomer, you seem to be very adaptable to the Texan driving style?" Exiah discovered that although his defense was breached, he was able to withstand the challenge brought by inertia as the direction of the car changed.

"...Not bad." Ling Dengxian uttered these two words with mixed feelings.

If Chi Yu was here, he would be speechless, because this guy has the same driving habits!

But there is a fundamental difference between that and the one in Texas, because they have a driver's license, but he doesn't.

"By the way, you haven't asked the newcomer your name or code name yet?" Croissant asked a question that a certain Sakota had forgotten.

"White Dove." Ling Dengxian's eyes went dark and he bumped into the backrest of the driver's seat, grimacing in pain. The sudden brake caught him off guard. Others were in a worse state than him. The driver said calmly, "The road is blocked, get out."

"I wanted to ask just now, why are we being chased?" Ling Dengxian carefully moved away from Provence's thighs and pulled Provence, who had not yet figured out the situation, out of the car. He held the latter's tail in his arms to relieve the pressure.

"Oh, nothing. It's just that when we were delivering the goods before, we were intercepted by the customer's enemies. They failed but couldn't find trouble with their enemies. So they bullied us because we were outnumbered." Angel Energy was not surprised at all. He must have experienced this many times.

"Longmen doesn't care?" Ling Dengxian looked at those people who looked difficult to talk to who were surrounding him, then he looked down at himself with bare hands and felt helpless.

"Look here." Texas sighed softly.

Ling looked around and found that the buildings were old and out of place in the city. Having read the main storyline, he immediately knew where this place was.

"The slums?"

"Well, it's difficult for the Longmen Guards to trace the source of many activities here. The best they can do is arrest these minions." Texas gripped the hilt of the sword, and the next second a golden-orange lightsaber appeared. The gang members who arrived to complete the encirclement had no intention of talking nonsense and rushed up at the first opportunity.

"Angel of Exorcism, cover me!"

"Okay~ I'll leave the right side of Croissant Sister to you!"

"Okay! Baige, you two can handle it."

The three gangsters who rushed towards Rupert and their accomplices didn't even see the other party's movements clearly before they found that they had already fallen to the ground unconscious. Before they could react, the bullets that followed directly knocked a row of gangsters unconscious.

"...No one will die, right?" Ling Dengxian could see that there was something wrong with the bullet, but he still asked.

"Don't worry. The premise for us to make such a fuss is that no one will be killed. This is the rule of the man from Longmen. Even if someone crosses the line, he has to 'deal with it'." Croissant knocked a person away with his shield and took the time to give him a thumbs up.

"Well, but it seems to me that they are all here to kill you?" When Ling Dengxian discovered that some of the gangsters were coming towards him and Provence, he felt something was wrong.

"They are from other places, so we have to treat the 'guests' well~" Exiah's shooting skills are very high, and she can accurately point out the unlucky guys that Texas deliberately missed.

"... Ling Dengxian, what's going on..." Provence's voice was very low in the chaos, and only he could hear it, but he could only smile bitterly:

"Let's deal with the trouble first."

Facing the enemy who was about to come towards him, Ling Dengxian bent over, sped up, and punched the opponent in the lower abdomen.

Ling Dengxian had to hold back his attack since he couldn't cause any casualties. It happened that he went out without any weapon, and his bare-handed combat ability was not at a high enough level to be just enough to suppress these rats who had never been out of the mobile city.

After knocking down several people quickly, Ling Dengxian looked at the three people who were cooperating well over there and felt that he might have really boarded a pirate ship. The future was full of fog.

"Be careful!" Provence shouted. When Ling Dengxian was distracted, he was attacked from the back. Ling Dengxian had no time to defend himself and had to take the blow. Fortunately, he adjusted his position and was hit on the back instead of the back of the head.

"Dirty thing." Ling Dengxian was very unhappy and turned around to close the distance with the attacker. He returned a knife attack and then a punch to help him sleep.

Under the clothes that others could not see, Ling Dengxian was actually not injured. After discovering the danger, the white flame in his body had been waiting for an opportunity to move, and just now he successfully blocked the blow from the blunt weapon.

Ling Dengxian discovered that this white flame was quite powerful. Although it did not have direct burning combat capabilities, its accompanying toughness allowed him to use many methods, making it an auxiliary ability.

"Come on, host! I'm so happy to see that you have made such great progress!" Xiaoxie cheered in his mind. Ling Dengxian's face turned dark. You really like to watch the fun, you bastard?

When Xiaoxie gave him that power, he warned him that it was a desperate measure and should not be used casually because he could not estimate the extent of his physical overdraft well. Fortunately, he did not need to use it normally.

"Also, it's best not to get infected. If you are infected, this power will only make your infection worse."

"Well, as you can guess, your 'human' physique can heal itself from oripathy—"

"But don't turn into stone by forcibly continuing to use that power before you have fully recovered."

Ling Dengxian asked about the name of the enhanced ability, and Xiaoxie answered "Demon King".

"...Are you serious?" Ling Dengxian said speechlessly. Isn't this Amiya's secret?

"No, no, no, they're not the same. They're just similar in form, but their essential sources are different." Xiaoxie was only willing to tell him this information and pretended not to hear any more questions.

Of course, Ling Dengxian came to his senses and faced with the gangsters who suddenly attacked him, he realized that it was more important to deal with the matter in front of him first.

Confused Provence hid behind, at a loss as to what to do.