Hello, Arknights

"Ling Dengxian, hurry up! Ms. Vaifan in seat 5 has been waiting for ten minutes!"

"That's good!" Ling Dengxian quickly finished the work and put the coffee on the plate, and then immediately started preparing three lattes for table number 4.

After collecting the cutlery from table 7, A'ran quickly took the plate. When she turned around, her white calves accidentally hit the corner of the table, but she swung her arms to steady her center of gravity, and the coffee in her hand was steady without spilling a bit.

Ling Dengxian took a moment to glance at Ah Ran and asked, "Are you okay?"

A'ran nodded without saying anything. There were a lot of customers in the store today, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

Ling Dengxian was quite puzzled. Today A'ran was not as alert as usual, as if his ability to perceive the outside world had weakened.

"Maybe the condition has worsened..." Ling put aside his bad premonition and decided to ask A'ran in the evening.

"Wow, this outfit fits you very well!" Liberi jumped out from the inner room excitedly, wearing a waiter uniform that was much bolder than A'ran's. It was also black and white in color. It gave people the illusion that A'ran was older than her.

"Since you want to help, don't mess around. Go and greet the table of guests that just arrived." Ms. Wison was in charge of the customers' desserts. Lorna volunteered to help. Ms. Wison stared at her expression again and again before agreeing.

"Okay, okay, Aunt, do you really not need my help here?"

"You go over there first." Wesson also knew that Lorna was a professional match here, so he didn't refuse.

The wind chimes at the door rang again. White-haired Liberi walked in, took off his hat, and greeted Ling Dengxian: "Good morning, Ling Dengxian."

"Why does it seem a bit stiff to you when it's such a normal greeting...Good morning, White-faced Owl, would you like anything to drink?" Ling Dengxian handed over the menu, puzzled by the way White-faced Owl spoke.

"System retrieval central command: A cup of hot milk will be fine." White-Faced Owl didn't hesitate, nodded to him and walked towards Table No. 5.

"Joyce, are you familiar with him?" The Vaifan woman took her eyes off the computer screen, took out a blanket from her bag and handed it to White-Faced Owl.

"Thank you. White-Faced Owl has met the other party several times and we had a very pleasant conversation." White-Faced Owl covered his legs with a blanket and answered his friend's question.

Saria glanced at Ling who was busy, and recalled their conversation just now. She was reserved about what White-Faced Owl said about "having a very pleasant conversation".

On the other hand, the three people at table 4 were exhausted. Kilai had not had a good rest in the past few days since he came to Tobrand, but he looked through all the case files for nearly a month and did not find anything suspicious. Tobrand was quite calm.

"Sir, it seems that Tobrand is fine. Maybe the murderer is not in the mobile city at all?"

"Yes, sir. We even checked the cities along the way." Kiley's deputy Deason was a little dissatisfied. "Those guys think we are meddling in their business."

"We have done our best by giving them a warning." Keeley Coren also sighed. He was just a sheriff in a border area where accidents frequently occurred. He had neither power nor strength. Now the motivation supporting him to continue pursuing the case has become "because he does not want the next victim to be his family."

"We'll go back in three days." This was all he could say in the end. "There has been no movement for so long. Maybe that bastard has gone to the wasteland or other countries."

"Hello, here's your latte." Blind Carters brought the hot drink just as he finished speaking. "It's cold, please keep warm."

"...Thank you." Kilai and the other two were stunned. This was the first time they had received concern from others since they started investigating the case.

A'ran shook his head. Others could not see his expression covered by the white cloth. He turned around and walked away quietly.

"Sir, she is blind..." another police officer sighed.

"What we did was probably to protect these people." The expressions of Kilai and the other two finally relaxed a little.

"Gufan, what are you doing?" The Sakta woman looked up at the Agor girl and felt that the other person's eyes were strange.

"I'm looking at a strange person." Norsa's eyes looked as if she wanted to tear off her clothes and study her carefully.

"You bastard who never goes out of the house actually went out on your own initiative today?!" The last time he went out was also inexplicable. Gu Fan found it hard to believe that this bastard would be willing to leave his job for a little food.

"It's nice to have a cup of coffee you buy yourself once in a while."

"You still remember that you used to get my coffee for free!"

"You two, coffee and dessert! Enjoy your meal!" The girl from Liberi was quite enthusiastic, and Gu Fan was in a much better mood: "Thank you."

"Didn't I treat you to a cake?"

"Go away. You're quite proud, aren't you?" Gu Fan said unhappily.

The white-faced owl at table 5 looked at the gray-haired girls from Liberia running around the table for a long time without saying a word. Finally, he took a sip of coffee and said, "Data retrieval..."

Saria also glanced at Lorna, then looked at the white-faced owl: "White-faced owl?"

"White-Faced Owl's program is running normally, don't worry." White-Faced Owl raised his head, "Please pay attention to the boy of unknown race.

"When the white-faced owl approaches him, the mechanical language system tends to weaken. Note: This is just a trend. Due to variables such as contact time and distance, this conclusion is not accurate."

Saria's eyes moved as she looked at Ling who was being scolded by Ms. Wison. She couldn't see anything wrong with the naked eye.

"You make your own judgment. If you want to take any action, you don't need to ask for instructions, but you can refer to our opinions."

"…White-faced Owl understands."

The citizen at table 7 muttered, "Why do I feel like there are so many strange people in the coffee shop today..."

The blue-haired Sakta girl passed by the coffee shop in the distance and took a look inside. "Business is pretty good. Alas, I won't join in the fun today. I have to buy something to apologize to Miss Liberi."

Ling Dengxian was replaced by the energetic Miss Lorna for a half-time break. There was no other reason for this. If he didn't replace Ms. Wisen, her income would be reduced. It would be easy for Ling Dengxian to get confused about the work content when the staff was fully staffed.

"Are you tired?" A'ran pushed open the door of the lounge and fumbled for the tools for sweeping the floor.

"It's mainly because I'm tired - but are you really okay?"

"I'm fine." A'ran paused and nodded, "I'm just a little nervous."

As she was speaking, her shoulders suddenly shook, but the girl quickly stabilized them.

"Girls, don't be so stubborn." Ling Dengxian's heart was pounding after he said this. He didn't know what kind of response he would get.

"...Pfft." A'ran laughed, "I know."

The girl hurried out the door. Ling Dengxian felt a little complicated and didn't know if he had said anything wrong.

"Ling Dengxian, come out and help me! I can't hold on any longer!"

"Okay, okay, here I come."