The nth time I met my puppet

Moros seemed a bit furious, slamming the table again. "Why is the elimination system being changed to abyssal trials this year?! They're just new recruits, aren't they just sending them to their deaths?!"

"I'm sorry, but this is the order we received... This training will be led by Master Sanbing. You don't have to worry too much. With Master Sanbing leading the team, casualties shouldn't be too high."

"Bullshit! There's no need to worry too much! Even if Lord Sanbing is so strong, he can't protect everyone in the Abyss! This is clearly sending them to their deaths!! Who came up with this decision, and who agreed to it?"

"Captain Moros, there's no point in getting angry at me. I'm just the one responsible for informing you. Sorry." After saying that, he turned and left. His mission had been completed, and there was no need for him to stay here.

Moros was the only one left in the room. He was silent for a long time and picked up the list of new recruits. Everyone on the list would be sent to this training. He didn't know how many people would die in this training, and he... was powerless to do anything.

Moros's position was neither high nor low, he was just the leader of the recruits, he had no right to change the decision of the upper level, but he knew that there must be the handiwork of other executive officers, perhaps to weaken the power of the skirmishers, perhaps to suppress him, but no matter what the reason was.

In the end, the only people who get hurt in the fights between executives are those at the bottom of the society. They are just pawns in the hands of the executives, who can be consumed and abandoned at will, and no one cares.

Moros looked through the list of new recruits carefully, as if trying to remember the names, but accidentally came across Wan Nan's name.

"Wannan? Didn't Lord Sanbing already take her in as a maid? Why is her name still on this list? Or... Lord Sanbing doesn't care about her life or death at all..."

He was deeply impressed by Wan Nan, but he was also very clear that with Wan Nan's strength, she would definitely be cannon fodder in this training. Wan Nan's physical fitness was far inferior to that of this group of recruits. Due to his busy schedule during Wan Nan's "confinement", he only taught her some basic skills. He originally planned to teach her after she returned to the team, but Wan Nan was ultimately unable to return to the team.

So, in Moros's view, there was only one possibility. That she was merely a pawn. Even if fighting between the officers was inevitable, wouldn't it be easy for a skirmisher to save just one person?

But her name is still on the list, which only means that in Sanbing's eyes, she is also a chess piece that can be abandoned at any time.

Moros clenched his fists, not knowing whether he was regretting that he had not spared more time to train Wan Nan in actual combat, or was angry that the soldiers had taken her away casually without caring about her life or death.

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"This mission...tsk, so troublesome, and I have to bring a bunch of rookies with me." The soldier threw the written task list aside. To be honest, he didn't want to go, but he had to go.

He also didn't understand why the Queen assigned him such a task. He guessed that other executives were making things difficult for him.

Wan Nan stood aside, picked up the dropped list, and asked casually with some confusion. "What mission? Are you going to be away for a while?"

Wan Nan had some expectations. She had been staying with San Bing for the past few days and was almost bored to death. Mainly because when San Bing didn't assign her any tasks, she had to stand aside.

Occasionally, I would try to trip her up, but that was generally unsuccessful. But if the stragglers were to leave for a while, wouldn't there be no one to take care of her? Wouldn't she be able to do whatever she wanted?

"Oh, don't gloat. As a new recruit, you also need to participate in this mission. Little girl, do you want me to protect you?"

San Bing had a smirk on his face, and his voice was a little provocative. Seeing him like this made Wan Nan angry. Every time she failed to trip someone up and ended up shooting herself in the foot, San Bing would mock her in this way.

"Hmph, who needs your protection?" Wan Nan said a little arrogantly. He knew all about Sanbing's strength, so she really wanted Sanbing to protect her a little when the time comes. After all... she was really a wimp.

"What are you thinking about? My mission this time is just to keep an eye on the situation and make sure there aren't any large-scale casualties. You'd better hope for the best."

Wan Nan was so angry at San Bing's behavior that her teeth were itching. San Bing had no intention of protecting her at all. He asked her a question simply to tease her and see how angry she was.

Sanbing looked at Wan Nan and was looking forward to her performance at that time. He could also take this opportunity to observe her carefully. If he was not mistaken, the danger level of this mission was not too high and there was no need for him to protect her.

When Sanbing left to prepare some things for this mission, Wannan finally regained her freedom and no longer had to stand by him all the time.

"Finally we left... My feet are numb..." Wan Nan sat down and pounded his sore and numb legs twice.

"I've been staying in the study for so long... Not only are my legs numb, but the air is also so stuffy. Let's go for a walk in the yard?" Wan Nan said as he walked towards the yard.

"007, why hasn't his favorability increased at all recently? Ever since I fell and lost 2% of his favorability, it hasn't increased at all. Could it be that I've made him stupid?"

"…Is it possible? But I clearly remember the seniors saying that people like the target also like the stupid beauty character. Isn't the host beautiful enough?"

007's sincere question made Wan Nan's mouth twitch. She shouldn't have asked 007 this question. 007's train of thought was unique.

"You're the one who added beauty points to me. You put all your extra skill points into beauty points. If you doubt this, you might as well doubt your own brain circuit."

"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with 007's brain circuits."

“…Okay, go play somewhere else.” Wan Nan didn’t want to continue discussing this topic with 007. 007 would definitely firmly believe that his thought process was normal.

Wan Nan came to the courtyard, and snowflakes began to fall from the sky again. Wan Nan subconsciously raised her hand to catch them.

"It's snowing again... Xue'er loves snow the most."

Snowflakes fell on Wan Nan's eyelashes, blocking her vision a little. There was only a vast expanse of white within her sight. In a trance, she seemed to hear a word that she didn't seem to hear clearly.

"Sister! It's snowing! This is the first time I've seen snow. The snowflakes are so beautiful...Sister, come and help me build a snowman~"

It was as if Frost and Snow were right in front of her, reaching out to her. She smiled and raised her hand to it, but in the blink of an eye, there was nothing.

These were the words Frost said to her when she first saw snow. Unfortunately, the snow didn't fall heavily at that time. Suddenly she realized that she had never built a snowman with Xue'er before.