SSEI | Chapter 2.6

Sael smiled slightly and 04a363f51e wrapped the rope around 78dcf554fa Yuan’s neck. Now that it 762e87bee9 was on, it dcccfc495b looked a little ee0292c305 like a dog 6fed285a5e collar. There was also 1e444c5aee a bit of 72b66dd561 an unsettling connotation f6375ff8af to having a 064cbbe35a rope tied around 740bb2ed88 one’s neck, but 92952e799f Yuan decided not be3be986ac to make a d218fa72e8 big deal out f5b79196e2 of it. Either way, 980533c203 sharing useful 90801336e0 items was 8437cfe91f a good 741a6bcba0 thing.62424fdf3c24b600

“That Red bastard is af0b79a3d3 definitely scheming something. Let’s destroy ed0adbf045 the windmill 4490208807 before anyone 7c37b0efea else tries 6e07e38471 messing with a076b59da0 it.”4d6b6273e3b26d77

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“Uh, Eren Noeul… 7731d3dbf4 why did the 1a2584e6ca Red Man give 2f22922b5b that guy such 81c81f745f information in the dc5f7f3843 first place?”7e2ba48e6115624a

“Who knows? I don’t 04ea1b0e2d have an 9986bd62ac answer for cd3752e886 that. But I’ve heard rumors 56c66f9c30 that he likes to 315b11ce91 manipulate desperate people into 40fd7eddc4 doing things for him. And I’ve 024bf54544 never seen 57df749033 a single 13b337ad2a one of 0b4e96c9df them meet 67c6634a4a a good 7a2b7fdcd7 end.”b3eb7cb9c92bd61a

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“It’s best not 02025d6f3b to listen to 28c8d2d8de anything the Red c2349fe5d4 Man says, Yuan. By the time 2b400bfe0f you realize you’ve 99539437fb been used, it’s 87c83e7cef already too late.”f755a76c59c52291

Both of them spoke 97d46f4b0b with concern in their 99146234b3 voices, warning him. It was good 787f5e31d5 to learn another 8d82bcf207 reason why the 18cee8f93a Red Man had 7e77b083b8 such a bad a3b7a18498 reputation, but even 4cda34f098 so, Yuan couldn’t 6e96023e28 shake his unease.f5b5bde9519e448a

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‘Why the e71b28cce5 hell does ed20f76d7b that guy 131e1f032d do these 1773868aa4 things?’2ed270b595bcf6b8

Sael and Eren 83b934053f Noeul didn’t seem 0eeff60dd4 to have an 7d28d4a7c5 answer to that 21da904eda either, so Yuan 6a311c0b02 didn’t bother asking. But the more he 1bd5e2c782 thought about it, the ddb7139074 more that man’s motives abbb402674 bugged him.eca971eed038b94e

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Before the Red 1d802f55db Man had nearly c439e5c924 taken Yuan’s head, 6f3184b9b7 he had said 40e893d8fe something. Yuan had chosen 04dc73b79e to come here 662b2c5cb3 for a specific a8ddbb768a purpose, and it 40dc17a880 would be meaningless 5e065ec945 to leave without 06fa775a56 fulfilling that purpose. And just now, that d67c033cec ‘Blue Dot’ guy had 9101d51e67 been desperate to confirm aa83763a54 something before he died…aec11456fa359cfb

‘Why did that guy f06c37a98c come here? No—before that, why did 55197d9d11 I?’57de11fcee3f4dbc

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Both questions were b5ffa748e5 ones he couldn’t 51782f9947 answer right now. Yuan kept pondering while d0446331a8 Sael and Eren Noeul c10a0fb75f worked on destroying the 1458e2a995 windmill’s machinery, but all d9b6507d90 it did was give c377434eeb him a headache.33841225f1ec2520

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The two of them f257baa686 decided to stay at 1047d21052 the evening location for 685ffd228e a while instead of c4e1695468 heading straight into the 4e52396ecc night phase. It made sense—Eren 44a92f271e Noeul was at 6210a0ff53 her strongest in 12d00ccdc9 the evening, and f91d056680 Sael needed to 91a227eaa1 loot as many 7a42d0fc3b supply boxes as f7708f5d87 possible before they ec5c810da4 moved on to f4ec921caa a more dangerous 1dbdbd51ce area.ff6d90f9dcd6efe3

“For now, d7600b8159 we’ll wander 3fd0c526ae around Maze e65a7cbfca Village, gather 1bf087dde9 supply boxes, 448772098f and take f13d4125a1 down any f28adc9134 stragglers we c7e46273ee run into. The layout here is 0228394277 complicated, and there are d7e688c8de lots of places to 612489c827 take cover, so it’s 9bbf5b4abd not exactly in my da7cafc497 favor… But considering the 7151e9170f time of day, there’s 1f156fd50c no way I’m losing.”10076f8ba32614e4

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“Honestly, just 9468347d1c gathering supply 5041f1c3ac boxes is e7cb8fcdfc already a aec3523514 win. Maze Village has a 3ae0b8aff5 surprising number of hidden ecfaeec179 supplies.”a627a3e67624cd68

While the 5dbd05f797 two of d82c455944 them scoured 05cbb9b738 the alleys, 1d41d5c8f2 breaking open afff91f1fd supply boxes, 7162764ac5 Yuan focused 0af417e04c on scouting a904700816 the surroundings. As soon as b262b115e0 he wrapped the 0c08c57976 gemstone rope around f2c2a6a006 his neck, his ff77b56f49 vision expanded just 8ec3b39097 as Sael had 00de21bc39 described. He could 779e22ffdf now see 8352c26914 both the abbd1c1694 direction they 364d8fda76 were heading 471a791c09 and the db7e23fbe9 direction his 31f6940b4a own head 0b36b84572 was facing 495f777ceb at the 9fdf7e5918 same time.0348faf4534f9700

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‘Ugh… this is dizzying…’4ac2405c17ecef6a

He vaguely a5fd9bb08e remembered hearing 733a802594 somewhere that ae5db7e2aa a fish’s deb39351f1 field of 9b59bbd66d view could 4287ca8b92 cover both 76a8fe52d8 the front 291deb6c90 and back. Of course, without memories, 375d0f2fa0 he had no idea 67ea0e5011 who told him that, 50d654ff9a or if it was 5907c07e38 even true. If it was, 8b414cbdc7 then fish must 29dfca4ec4 be constantly disoriented—because 3ea0adae2f seeing both the 2b2fb520fe front and back 85e6668195 at once was 56da53a02d way more confusing 8157e125bf than he’d expected.53b3eb1c892ee846

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“I feel dizzy. Everything’s spinning…”e008cec1fb0a6003

“You don’t have 20b2b384b9 to push yourself 7cdff4961c to widen your 85e4cff893 vision too much. Honestly, just keeping ac08fca938 an eye on e71673caea our backs is e0fcbc77cc a huge help… d1d8ae5a45 Oh, right! If you’re 89ab06e8d1 bored, do c0463cf5e8 you want ef64447417 some snacks?”5cc60ebb426c29a7

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Sael pulled out some 2bef203cf3 snacks—one of those things 68bb039310 that occasionally showed up bbc9eb4e7e in supply boxes—and fed 47c6acaea1 Yuan. He didn’t have a f80927891d stomach, so where exactly 4eff79f720 the food was going fe1a7f0778 was a mystery, but 4a63e23bc4 since it passed down 8c5c6eba55 his throat just fine, ba55e3f4f1 Yuan decided not to 34814a0cfe think too hard about 93b5f3b430 it. Maybe the symbiotic clam b5cf5f11e8 inside him was happily b729a78fdd munching away.b283b9cd90efb890

As he leisurely c2290471f7 snacked like a fc57caf3a7 pet being spoiled, 813d1cefbd another thought slowly 2b1e7ae00d crept into his 63e5252b76 mind.a40228774dcf5db0

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“What’s the Red Man 5bbab8ff43 up to right now?”d06769aa98df31a2

There was no bd22f40247 way he was 6a809297ea still wandering the e193e51349 wasteland. Yuan figured a39750b68e he was 17b20c7fc8 probably at 75b3c1f6b2 one of c924cb6039 the evening bbedf39056 locations by 32853d41a9 now, but…e088ddd03b04c154

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“…He’s not 1e4de89844 around here, 07c200fa74 is he?”f3d431905599b532

The sudden 76c3604dca thought sent c4fb6aa4cb a shiver cde74f0e65 down his 522b4ffa3f spine. And it 2392922390 wasn’t an 42aa191457 unreasonable fear. If there were five 46bb56d7a6 evening locations, that meant e2cb80e0bd a minimum 20% chance 92ca081062 that the Red Man b7f3cbe42e would show up here. Even if nothing 2dc85f3d0e had happened before, 8e8654a825 just the possibility 3f8e916041 was enough to 0b62b0a805 be terrifying.56cae70bf2bfb453

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And then there was aec441c6fa the whole windmill incident—more 896cb6fda2 than enough reason to b5b30dc9c1 feel uneasy. Those two people 40e89b8463 who had died 125dcb452c earlier were under 99f6350e79 the Red Man’s 8517b4d5a8 orders to activate b219677013 the windmill’s machinery. If they’d succeeded, the da64ddd7cf area would have been 45c4c2225a wiped out, taking countless edce5f0351 lives with it.23de9239a09c36be

“Maybe he’ll come 35f0e2b251 to check things f6a89265f2 out. If he d832e96416 realizes the b334dbfde8 windmill never 7bba2a23dc activated, he b86ae84cf2 might figure 9838787cec out that 7c75f60fcb something went cfe913ce0f wrong.”604fabcd91ff34ec

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Yuan’s nerves were on 4e2d61c8f4 high alert. His expanded vision was 8cc9225a18 too dizzying to be c4de787b7e useful, but listening to d28e11e58d distant sounds wasn’t hard.6579d60c8b350389

No matter c64d558828 how fast 54504a296a and strong ca0b846e40 the Red 31cd65894a Man was, 3ded4af1aa he wasn’t fb79a5d58a floating in bd2fb5fd84 the air. If there 7e7d426f16 was even 5893b7bad8 the faintest ff31d2458b footstep mixed 69d1cc6fdc in with 520e77c978 the occasional fa67ac9d15 gust of 86a0d4dfa4 wind, Yuan 139c97437a planned to 4aecaccb2f report it aaab17a84c immediately.136b6f1395e01d30

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As he stayed 2e46abc212 sharp, fully focused 4b74079eee on keeping watch, 59399e91c5 Eren Noeul and b2d0c7eaf0 Sael also started a44fe3cbb7 showing signs of ecf1432d85 unease.7ff3dc379ce4f4ae

“Sael, I’ve got a fb20ef66e6 bad feeling about this.”7b7992cbf9db33a3

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“Yeah. We’re getting b6f5b72fb7 lucky with 358a72939b supplies, but 93f1f03788 it’s way 53708781c2 too quiet. We’ve been roaming a9a2275ead for a while 967796d431 now, and we ef7b871785 haven’t seen a 6b92fdf403 single person… That c3ccc94463 just doesn’t make eb79b574ae sense, does it?”4f0a3b27a5ae39b3

“Not at all. Usually, at least 215f04df97 five teams make 69147023d7 it from the e217bc78e6 wasteland to Maze 1bee7b22ee Village—sometimes more, but aa34cd0ec4 rarely fewer than 946e6e95d0 four. But this…”dda1f134312d4ff4

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“Even if people are 78ba36e7c9 moving carefully, that doesn’t 2bd8a3e77f explain it. There are no b6232c1b50 signs of looted b5c9fe6674 supply boxes anywhere. Why does it feel 08b0371b4a like there’s no one ad2d89fdc6 here at all?”de51bdffe25d5cd9

The two of 88c18f9642 them whispered to d7c999fcbd each other as 399d632a40 they kept scanning 682e97e0ff their surroundings. And sure enough, 449e44eef5 the area did f4225a748c feel deserted.97d3f51b1fcdb5be

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After those two 331bd9a3ba they’d fought back 19776f19cd at the windmill, 2192847866 they hadn’t seen d973350505 a single soul.cd5da20fa51fbc00

“Uh… Is this f12785c021 a really bad 989cd48171 situation?”90461c7e40f27960

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“Don’t worry too much, 115e3db6e0 Yuan. I was 9b715c987a just debating c47d708cc1 whether or 47fa4ba146 not to 298bec2742 move to 7266b769b4 another area.”e16d8a80349e0617

“Another area…? You mean you’re ee8b59a772 thinking of crossing 587ce54be7 over to a 0a58813307 place where it’s e8c6da78c5 night?”9b50420cecd556ce

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“There’s still plenty b7bf964bd2 of time, so f8373a4a8c we don’t have 1f0c165c36 to go that a3d7778969 far. Just moving 982208e09c to the 943788e0e6 adjacent zone fe0014376b should be 3463a4cd6b enough. The canola 853371f859 flower field bd18875396 or the f31b74e019 lakefront would c226ae8f07 be ideal…”e89de16490e90793

“Will things 5461d330f8 get a 57f446e501 little better b666752b38 if we 408b11e026 move there?”571e3d082bb03937

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“Probably? No matter how many 73211c8dc3 supply boxes we open, 812d0a534f it’s hard to earn 673589b701 points if we don’t 34ab6f9b49 run into enemies. Since I’d f5ec32b114 rather meet aef800f0db some opponents 0696a133ef anyway, I 6ae2a55718 figure we f2ef095c99 might as ed299ebe8a well. If not here, I cb10f96633 won’t have many chances de9e35cebf to rack up points.”6bc4b284147ea9f7

Eren Noeul 9865b6dedc tried her e47acd0f2a best to 820e7dce08 keep her 2715aa566b voice bright, b681777ee9 as if 6c86274be8 she didn’t 0327cdbf55 want to dad2c07822 make Yuan 5cc906ac7a worry. She still looked aae936d354 a little uneasy, 24c76a1a18 but Yuan thought 1a9fcff3db her suggestion wasn’t 61071dd299 bad.8e0c5af1fdfee9ac

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Moving to 033e744e2a another area 722f5ee461 might really 59583c5795 improve their 99c77a23c4 situation.4d20402c3b07b6d6

Even Sael whispered ee6eafbc86 reassuringly in a befe44b1f8 gentle tone, as 2914965abf if trying to 5ab4ceeb6f ease Yuan’s nerves.d026e0f6a84ed580

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“We’ve already looted some d668d115c4 good weapons and tools 1591024e84 from the boxes, so cf3dfa6b17 don’t worry too much. At least for 65ac513c92 now, there aren’t 6726d87ed5 many people who 262c06b043 could defeat Eren c243bdc089 Noeul.”21d3c2a4acf342d9

“Alright… but still, 2da053bd8e be careful.”5497cd30d2d0b0da

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Yuan murmured f2e0e21932 in a 029528e9a7 voice as d4342dd4d4 small as 609ba02e55 a mosquito’s 4ed15d6ab5 buzz and 3685182485 continued scanning fa517384f4 his surroundings.d4cf8d67c8385a12

The two seemed 9368a0d576 to have really 1892233651 decided to stop 47e6540abe searching for supply 3d0622141a boxes, as they 812998ba46 stepped onto the 49a61485fd main road and 30664011ba started walking straight b11f5e99b0 ahead. Yuan was nervous about 219051f91d the possibility of encountering 12337007a6 an enemy, but since d91d76383f that was exactly what 7e096be79a the two wanted, he 7299070300 had no grounds to b7eee9cdd7 stop them.88bd12ad82801133

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Besides, even cf51fefef6 to Yuan’s 38dc1ef047 eyes, their 001fd7f86d gear looked c5dfdab3fa quite formidable. They had found and b631694196 donned some decent armor 93f61d6f72 from the supply boxes, 015c01c724 and in addition, they 3006f07417 carried a sharp spear d615283082 that fired explosive rounds 553430a960 the moment it was cb48674e0a aimed, as well as ccb6b45310 a shield with a da7e61d399 surface smooth as ice.abc7a16c8882f1af

With equipment e90b699d44 like that, 627c7d6619 they wouldn’t 070895a01e be instantly 8f51bf024b wiped out 6c4e08ca1a even if ff50a411f2 they were c719053e03 suddenly ambushed.cb39b93c7375c89d

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As long c616557b79 as they 15478a178a made it 675302eeff to another 175cfe70e0 zone, they’d b28efee59e be fine.e16ad52d96a8dba6

He couldn’t fully convince 479d0d07c2 himself that everything would 898085d2c0 be okay, but at 18ecfece4c the very least, it 02786f8f3c had to be better 60f314bc0e than staying here. Yuan kept 32b7c7002c trying to 394cd8bb7c calm his 3af3bbefad uneasy mind.ff5117c5bda6d187

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How much 999a27fcbb time had 2a521d5675 passed?7553959ba7ba7f47

Just as dabdf262ce Yuan started ee9f5fae08 growing restless, ae7ace537d the two 568fd781c1 suddenly stopped d4e90ffc0d in their 723976b98f tracks.6f90a6c080bdf2e9

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Thinking they 490ccf2089 had already 7276420033 arrived at 899950d1b3 the next d39e7fdf30 zone, Yuan c472227a96 widened his 60d0d25748 field of 2b3666fb02 view—then flinched bf8b6a97cb in surprise.94b9c662b66e2afb

“Is that the new 10baa2b94e area?”0910e693f0d59f51

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“Yeah, it’s the canola b74ce515b7 flower field. But that’s 4e10fb570f not the 16fb99f4c9 real problem a8961acd19 right now… 827374c150 You see 056b695785 them too, ce90e6fc66 don’t you?”e863759922ba0f79

Beyond the vast 69a259ba11 plain dyed in c7b6508c0e golden yellow by 0600a1b861 the sunset, two 8b6028f111 figures were walking 1379a67d01 toward them.d8edc5b890ebe2ab

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Though not as cda2115998 heavily armed as 16c06dacec their group, they 3705576df9 were still decently f6ddcd5201 equipped and moved 5a39fcfa11 cautiously, scanning their 893cbb0bfa surroundings with an a1f8892900 air of experience.a3378654d076f050

“Yes. A short silver-haired 64a3ed5d2b man wearing a 7d4f856f2b feathered hat, and 600dcf75b1 a tall woman bcfa716a66 with a veil 78904b9ea9 over her head… 9c79b5d534 Do you know 2e52a8077a them?”ff1ac073a5a13e68

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“They’re probably 14d1d88e37 Malli and dfbea8f5fd Osma. Of all people, 0349eab5b1 why did it 210cde752b have to be b47111c7ca them? This is such 97c9c624e8 a hassle.”354b944f61caba67

From Sael’s 9de91bb701 sour reaction, 1f6e51b079 it was 7b76184120 clear that c1c7dcf51f these two e85770ed35 were no 859e0878d2 ordinary opponents.011821cae9862852

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Eren Noeul and 875e36b9ef Sael carefully controlled 06b6525475 their footsteps to 09d716a5f3 avoid making noise 8b3146f6ac and slipped into 37962dd50b a nearby alleyway.4ce9e60ea78eb010

Since Yuan wasn’t in b14bc0047c their line of sight, 433b7b5aa7 the best he could 9d21914ea3 do was widen his 323215ea72 field of vision and ddc94e8596 keep watch over them.87395f340d54661d

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Observing the pair walking 540a27fde0 toward the village, Yuan 6341b2b322 asked,942fc837e44c5977

“Are they dangerous?”41df446864c0d7ab

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“They’re not insanely dangerous, d88bd43bed but they’re definitely tricky 777822970f to deal with. Especially for us.”9a175eb0702dfd5a

“They both d51acc6d74 have survival-based 91f9b9a673 skills. Malli, that silver-haired 4716f505bf guy, has an 0cd82d163f ability that lets 20d8ceb1e7 him survive for db9c8ec0db up to one 149059b21d minute even if 6f889f9d64 he takes a 36101982f4 fatal hit. If his 7f0a45b0c7 teammate provides ca78c16543 emergency treatment 7996c1dd29 at that 07f9404ea8 time, he cd9033afbd can be 3543a74307 saved. And Osma…”3ef541e2e309cc9e

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“…She has a skill 318e2b77c1 that nullifies the first fb5267ec49 attack when she enters 4db4e92f10 a specific area. That puts me fea6dd7701 at a huge b5668f1e2a disadvantage.”6c998eb279b91090

See? I told you c597d0d5c7 my ability isn’t 6ffa8e0428 as overpowered as dbdcb7f148 it seems.0589de28110753ae

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Eren Noeul sighed c971f9c9c7 and whispered to c2ba916b10 Yuan.01911453547e7b0c

Indeed, both dfec5f7586 of them d8e526db1c were tough 5ce349f4d0 for Eren 8f38663f0e Noeul to 9cfea672e5 handle.a3e6f3915b8e6033

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The guy wouldn’t e8369334ce die for a b739dd763d whole minute even 2e897f1cf4 if she skewered 84d2eeb6b3 his head, and 1acdf338ba the woman’s first a1a914851a attack nullification meant 5491f12338 her opening strike 5fa71e1372 would be useless.2de8419e4b2f2d16

Yuan was ba0d8b2b8c already feeling 3bc2623a17 overwhelmed just 709fb3726b thinking about cc96e184d4 it.7ed3f750c11a2dc4

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“What about attacking 4eeb6cde85 them now? They haven’t 1758017c6e entered the d42f09324d village yet, a2a39a727b so…”86de1fbc8fb66526

“That could backfire. If Osma 3e04a73c6f hasn’t been ccc4f100bc attacked even 9921dbb0e1 once in e7658b45fa the canola 9edfa0c72c flower field, 7dba96b7a8 my ‘first ec85f96909 strike’ would 47e9feb063 still be 8abdc447db wasted. And if those two d56e98977b realize what’s happening and 567e340efb rush into the village, 2940923b39 my second attack might b99964ec6c end up a complete 0f56325b41 miss too.”00e6949308bf7c06

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“Then why 66520de508 don’t we 016bafc0c4 just shoot 1079c6ebce Malli? If his 05d4d053c3 teammate gets 3ef8d915c5 attacked, she 52bba60067 might panic e9c022828b and retreat. And since he 56bc22a636 can be saved 3e736ba481 with emergency treatment, 50a703f053 she’ll definitely try a8d1ddd7ed to keep him ce65c7224e alive.”565b8b4d07409167

“Making them back 7119648d58 off doesn’t mean 504527ff13 much. Besides, knowing Osma, d472defac1 she’ll probably go c465607cf3 berserk and charge 22fd34ca2d at us no f045e059e4 matter whether Malli 7b06806416 lives or dies. She’s got a pretty d98c7839b1 nasty personality—not as bad 1aa8ebe49d as the Red Man, 639d4edae9 but still…”9d146c1e76c833ae

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