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Chapter 20 Infected Patrol

"Guests? They're not the kind to be easily talked to."

The old woman from Ursus raised her voice a few notches higher, and without further ado, she scolded Fan Yu, "Come along too, little Ra. Don't think that Tallulah's recent wanderings aren't being instigated by a wicked kid like you."

“…” Fan Yu’s face froze slightly.

Tallulah watched this scene and couldn't help but smile broadly: "...Grandma is quite good at judging people."

"That's enough! You two think the village is a place for romance now? Our house has been ransacked." The old woman from Ursus couldn't help but glare at the two of them. She dragged them to the warehouse at the entrance of the village, her face filled with sternness. "Hide quickly! The village is in turmoil right now."

Tallulah frowned. "The people coming to the village are those guys from the Empire?"

The old Ursus woman hummed, "Yes, it's the Infected Patrol. After the snowstorm stopped last month, these damn jackals showed up."

Fan Yu asked curiously, "There are no infected people in the village, right?"

The old woman Ursus looked at Fan Yu with a strange look, and Tallulah looked at him the same way.

They were even more surprised by the doubts expressed by Fan Yu. This evil and cruel young man seemed unexpectedly naive in this regard.

Tallulah held her chin in her hand. “The patrol team isn’t just about hunting down the infected.”

The old Ursus woman said: "Well, every time these bastards come to the village, they either steal our money or take our food and drink."

Tallulah opened her mouth, but her chance to speak in front of Fan Yu was snatched away. She looked at the old woman Ursus with a rather depressed look.

However, just as Tallulah was about to say something, a burst of crying suddenly came from the center of the village outside the house, immediately interrupting the conversation between the three.

Fan Yu and Tallulah looked at each other, and then Tallulah said to the old woman Ursus: "Grandma, let's go over there!"

"What did you go there for?"

"Don't worry, we've lived in the village for a long time, so we know where it's hard to be discovered."

Without waiting for the old woman Ursus to say anything, Tallulah gave Fanyu a decisive look, and the two of them went out the back door of the house, went around the front road of the village, and came to the center of the village.

A few minutes later.

They stopped behind a mud and straw house on the left side of the intersection in the center of the village and saw the source of the crying and shouting in the center of the village.

At the gate in the center of the village, soldiers from the Ursus Empire in military uniforms walked out of several houses, holding whips and weapons in their hands.

In their hands were precious beast skins they had looted, antique ornaments, and some exquisite silverware. They ate dried meat, and threw and smashed some fruits, pots, and pans on the ground.

Fan Yu saw his wooden bowl and chopsticks with the word [Ra] engraved on the ground. They were made for him by the old woman Ursus.

"..."

"It's so beautiful that such a small village has such a thing!" A soldier holding a silver plate said jokingly to the middle-aged Ursus who was crying on the ground.

The weeping middle-aged Ursus man said, "Don't take that away. My mother left it to me."

"When was your mother alive?" The Ursus soldier sneered. "This plate is clearly produced in the imperial capital, and only a few nobles could possess it. Could your mother be a thief who sold stolen goods?"

The weeping middle-aged Ursus man's eyes were red as he angrily said, "Don't insult my mother! You bunch of beasts..."

Boom!

Before he could finish his words, a soldier on the side of the road kicked him in the stomach with his hard military boots, causing the middle-aged Ursus man to hold his stomach and wail on the spot.

"Please don't hurt Sasha, we don't want those tableware." The middle-aged woman at the door said crying.

"He's attacking the patrol team. This guy is not only hiding valuable loot, but he might also be harboring an infected person. Take off your clothes, I suspect you are it!"

The middle-aged woman was stunned, and a hint of fear suddenly appeared in her eyes.

The surrounding villagers watched this scene, but dared not speak out.

Tallulah, hiding behind the house, looked furious. "For soldiers of the Empire, they are truly despicable."

Everyone knew that it was a trumped-up charge, but no one in the small village dared to speak out.

The weapons in the opponent's hands, as well as those pitch-black guns, all silently speak of a kind of "power".

The patrol soldier walked forward, a cheerful smile on his face. At that moment, a wooden spoon was thrown from the distance in the crowd, hitting him squarely on the head. Although it barely hurt, it was still a humiliation.

The patrol soldiers' companions even smiled playfully.

"who is it?"

Alina stepped out from the crowd and frowned at everyone present. "You're the patrol team, and you should have some understanding of the Originium infected. If you want to take something, just take it. Why humiliate us like this?"

"An Elafia (deer)...it's rare in Ursus." The patrol team members were surprised when they saw Alina's features.

"But, little deer, how dare you tell us what to do?"

Alina said solemnly, "After the snowstorm stopped, a patrol came to inspect the situation last month, and we paid enough tribute! They weren't as excessive as you."

The patrol captain, who had been silent in the patrol team and wearing a military cap, said jokingly, "Pay, do you know what you are talking about? The patrol team is not the kind of corrupt people."

Alina didn't respond, her eyes clenched around her sleeves, but her gaze was very determined.

Seeing this, the patrol captain snorted, as if he had lost the desire to tease. He said rather dully, "Forget it, you're still a man of integrity. Little Deer, when I get back from patrol, I'll take you to the city. This village isn't for you."

Alina: “…”

"And you guys, we should go."

Several members of the infected patrol team looked hesitant: "But Captain—"

"If you continue to plunder these peasants, they won't be able to survive. Do you still want to come next time?" The patrol captain sneered and patted his subordinate's head.

Several members of the infected patrol team reacted and burst into laughter. They held their precious possessions in their hands, stepped on the broken dishes, and left the village with a full harvest.

Behind the thatched hut, Tallulah clenched her fists and turned around.

"you?"

Fan Yu stared at the broken wooden bowl on the ground in front of him, his eyes grim: "There's no food left..."

Chapter 21 You forgot to take away the broken things

Although her tone was slightly cold, Tallulah felt that the two of them were in a similar mood at the moment.

She took a deep breath and walked out from the back of the cabin.

In front of the square, the middle-aged villager whose mother's silverware was taken away was hugging his wife, both of them crying with tears of surviving the disaster in their eyes.

The surrounding villagers also began to clean up the mess left behind by the infected patrol team in their homes and sort out the losses.

"Thank you, Alina. Without you to tame those jackals, we don't know what we would do." An old Ursus sighed.

Alina forced a smile and said, "I just told them some normal things. The final decision is still theirs."

"Anyway, that hateful patrol almost attacked Sasha's wife. It was you, Alina, who persuaded them to leave. You are worthy of being an educated person." The old Ursus said gratefully.

Alina had no choice but to nod in agreement.

However, among the gathered villagers, a young voice suddenly said, "If the patrol team is searching for the infected, they could hand over Tallulah, right? Every time the Imperial soldiers come, we cover for her..."

Bang!

Before the young man could finish his words, the old mother beside him hit him on the head with a hammer: "You heartless ungrateful bastard. How many times has Tallulah helped the village? And that child hasn't done anything wrong. Did your damn father eat your heart out to let you say such infuriating words?!"

The young man covered his head with his hands, tears welling up in his eyes. He looked at his old mother who looked like a mother bear, and was too upset to say a word.

When his eyes fell on the left side of the village and he saw Tallulah's figure, he suddenly became silent.

Many villagers also noticed Tallulah coming out from behind after the infected patrol team left.

"I'm sorry, everyone." Tallulah walked to the center of the village and said ashamedly as she looked at the mess on the ground.

The middle-aged man named Sasha shook his head. "They're searching for the infected, and they're just taking the opportunity to loot. It has nothing to do with you, Tallulah."

"No, I mean I didn't choose to come out."

His wife also shook her head. "You don't need to go to that lengths for us. We know your identity is definitely not simple, and exposing it would only cause more trouble. You've already helped us a lot during your time here!"

"That's right. Last winter, and the winter before that... I couldn't have survived without the things you brought back from hunting."

"My children also thank you for the gifts you brought back."

"And everyday things."

The villagers spoke one after another, telling Tallulah something to comfort her, all with smiles on their faces.

This scene, combined with the mess left on the ground by the infected patrol team, presents a sharp contrast.

Tallulah opened her mouth, feeling a surge of excitement in her heart, as if something was about to burst out.

Until Alina came to her side, everyone gathered their thoughts. Someone suddenly remembered the words of the departed Infected Patrol Captain and expressed worry: "Alina, that person said he would come back to find you."

Alina hummed bitterly, she didn't know how to solve this problem.

"Don't worry, if those guys really dare to show up, I won't bother to worry about anything." Tallulah said coldly.

However, there was still a hint of worry in her eyes.

It had only been a few months since that night and the incident at the mine. If another group of people disappeared, even a fool would know that something was wrong nearby.

In order not to implicate other people in the village, she might have to leave early.

Alina smiled and did not doubt Tallulah's words.

She glanced behind Tallulah as usual, but the silhouette that was always with Tallulah was gone at this moment.

Alina couldn't help but ask Tallulah curiously, "Where's Mr. Sun?"

Because Fan Yu explained to her that the "Ra" in his name means the sun, and because of the color of the other person's eyes, she sometimes called him that.

Tallulah was stunned for a moment and looked back subconsciously.

Only to see that the guy who had been silently guarding her for the past few months had disappeared?

She suddenly thought of something and immediately looked down at the front about ten meters away. The bowl made by her grandmother was gone.

……

at the same time.

The outskirts of the village.

In the early morning sun, the cedars in the forest are covered with a thick layer of silver.

More than a dozen members of the infected patrol team were holding silverware looted from the village, ancient ornaments, and some cheese and dried meat that were only available in the countryside.

"Bah! The cheese in this village is so disgusting, not as good as the one in the last village." A soldier spat out the dry cheese in his mouth and threw away the piece in his hand.

"Stop complaining. Blame Sergei and his gang last time. They looted too much. We don't have much left this time. What a bunch of poor bastards!"

"But that doesn't necessarily mean they've forgotten the real treasure. Captain Alphonse, look at this silverware!"

A patrol member took out a silver tray that shone brightly in the sun and handed it to the masked captain.

The captain, well-informed, saw the words: "Rostov?"

"This seems to be the crest of a count in Chernobog after the Great Rebellion. However, this is probably a nouveau riche trying to flatter himself. The Rostovs were originally just retainers of a count, but they stole everything from their master."

"Then will this village..."

The captain scoffed and waved his hand. "They're probably members of a family that fled here during the Great Rebellion and lived in seclusion. There's no need to worry about such nobles causing any trouble. After all, even the most distinguished bloodline can't hide the reality of being a peasant in a village like that! Keep yourselves together and go explore the way ahead."

"Then I feel relieved." The soldier holding the silverware and tray put it away happily and walked towards the front of the snow.

From his perspective, he suddenly saw a man in a black coat, brown hair and golden eyes on the road ahead.

The other person was holding a broken bowl in his hand.

"you are?"

Fan Yu broke off a piece of wood from the broken bowl, and a layer of turquoise cyclone covered his black gloves.

"You forgot to take away the broken things."

He threw the wood chip in his hand as if he were throwing a playing card.

call out!

A violent storm arose in the cold atmosphere, and the wood chip turned into a dart, passing directly through the soldier's neck.

Chi la——!

一颗头颅高高飞起。