SSEI | Chapter 2.6

Sael smiled 5326384cfd slightly and ee2e99cb1d wrapped the e8c77123ad rope around e3c9a6fd64 Yuan’s neck. Now that it was febcb7dd48 on, it looked a 240f1a80ba little like a dog 867327108d collar. There was also a 1ad0bc5a5a bit of an unsettling 76a2dc0edb connotation to having a 0a5b0b98d8 rope tied around one’s c71d97a0ea neck, but Yuan decided 71c9e83b6d not to make a b4d3f5f235 big deal out of 7445587d9d it. Either way, 8c2ae5e7c1 sharing useful bc8b229770 items was d851ae9cbd a good 0c6e0d405a thing.2820676e2ffb1d13

“That Red bastard is b7cb13e934 definitely scheming something. Let’s destroy 753ecdb352 the windmill 0a3196616e before anyone bc601b20e4 else tries 8afabcf6b8 messing with 84b5c8acf5 it.”6b723e25053c78fb

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“Uh, Eren Noeul… 6bb4c4d105 why did the 8ea78f25c0 Red Man give 8c19a87a3e that guy such 2f39bd3859 information in the 6d2e47cf48 first place?”6d0afe608817eeeb

“Who knows? I don’t have ab53a66eda an answer for 898b79140f that. But I’ve heard rumors 88ab5d964f that he likes to 49b0da969d manipulate desperate people into 73c19ddcc6 doing things for him. And I’ve never 6f775e79bc seen a single 9e6852c73d one of them 316347fe05 meet a good 9795be2bcf end.”969cfad1ba7d0ee3

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“It’s best not ed39bbfd6a to listen to 6173b5c611 anything the Red aaa3fffcef Man says, Yuan. By the time you 657c911159 realize you’ve been used, edc11d4744 it’s already too late.”75390d1a15b97094

Both of them spoke 69a7fc94bf with concern in their 9162998c90 voices, warning him. It was good 603da6c351 to learn another f5cab6fa15 reason why the c4e7cb596c Red Man had 5b5b40111a such a bad f1d513990e reputation, but even 0759b5ba57 so, Yuan couldn’t 6a58e05887 shake his unease.b550915d64beec40

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‘Why the hell does d2f6dac4ca that guy do these 40a41df93e things?’90044fe03fc13455

Sael and 6913c60754 Eren Noeul c432893789 didn’t seem f07e80517d to have bd68a4f627 an answer 77c1310494 to that 16fc836e72 either, so 8995169556 Yuan didn’t 4db0562668 bother asking. But the 483865f6f2 more he fb5c424db1 thought about 66aa0ece8b it, the a1c852b4ad more that 0a6f0ad88f man’s motives 699dbb47e8 bugged him.fcfd41490a56ac73

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Before the Red f77ec5df4c Man had nearly 4122439843 taken Yuan’s head, bb6c1d1de7 he had said 337f78aba0 something. Yuan had chosen to fb4347d96e come here for a 15055f1dd1 specific purpose, and it e52e26dd79 would be meaningless to d8ce8b6751 leave without fulfilling that 34c47a665e purpose. And just now, that a1630f047c ‘Blue Dot’ guy had c82ed4ba17 been desperate to confirm 32e2a04ec2 something before he died…65d8f65dd6b360f0

‘Why did 06980ec192 that guy 05a6e05b2a come here? No—before that, why 3fac1ac9f7 did I?’e804d312d56af4d4

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Both questions were ones 1009c74502 he couldn’t answer right bf5e29135d now. Yuan kept pondering 72cf7a4675 while Sael and 96969c2c4e Eren Noeul worked 1926c2f2da on destroying the 9161c199c3 windmill’s machinery, but 57d6834777 all it did 249374ca3a was give him 5907ae3c2b a headache.9b620a97138a93cf

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The two of them d576da1022 decided to stay at a4804e1100 the evening location for 0fe395cc20 a while instead of aba4cc8ad2 heading straight into the 40ffa1a510 night phase. It made sense—Eren 552b42018e Noeul was at 6b65812b67 her strongest in 07ec791ab5 the evening, and 1004b2c346 Sael needed to 030f35bcd7 loot as many 0d785d99ea supply boxes as df9a88fbf0 possible before they 853980da00 moved on to 00214388ec a more dangerous 1400a318c0 area.29ffe1865d0f2ac9

“For now, we’ll c9dea18111 wander around Maze 9023efc099 Village, gather supply 3b9758524e boxes, and take 5309302c4f down any stragglers 674e75bfd0 we run into. The layout c9aabd008a here is 70845204fe complicated, and 5eab6233c7 there are b93af29702 lots of ca8f467f26 places to b9cee5e4e5 take cover, 66cba65310 so it’s 4913cf530f not exactly fc7da75f54 in my 706183972d favor… But c99132c78b considering the bc7757f0e3 time of ad3980493d day, there’s 4838eb4299 no way 70fe1d39d6 I’m losing.”dff84b7223a89d9c

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“Honestly, just gathering 14cecd7438 supply boxes is 4ae9d9c1b6 already a win. Maze Village 6ff3235700 has a cc2aaba3fa surprising number 6e6220454a of hidden f0884ff95c supplies.”38b4c0fc1f40a1f0

While the two of 1b17351714 them scoured the alleys, bd21a21424 breaking open supply boxes, 3cd0251459 Yuan focused on scouting e7dbb83a7d the surroundings. As soon as he f1b8b8a0f6 wrapped the gemstone rope b0302a4753 around his neck, his fe215375b7 vision expanded just as d15db54198 Sael had described. He could now e88810c4bc see both the 7db0126ab0 direction they were eb92c6ddee heading and the 6ab7c579f4 direction his own bc07c8ca6d head was facing 0c1e2239fb at the same fd3dcf582c time.ae0456095b82a42c

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‘Ugh… this is dizzying…’9059623253044fe0

He vaguely remembered 32bf1a5b77 hearing somewhere that 0006e1c43f a fish’s field e4e71bad2a of view could 6d37a1b35e cover both the ffbb7fbb98 front and back. Of course, without 13c0e89bd3 memories, he had 5da8a984e5 no idea who a39949fcf8 told him that, 13045d7c7c or if it 83fdb10bb2 was even true. If it was, then 2801c4abbb fish must be constantly 119aa8438e disoriented—because seeing both the dfafd58849 front and back at 43ce5ef7bf once was way more 2649e629d7 confusing than he’d expected.2d1ad97ddb21b9dd

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“I feel dizzy. Everything’s spinning…”872589c7e45bc47b

“You don’t have 308cf68682 to push yourself b918d08fa4 to widen your abd9a38013 vision too much. Honestly, just 1b730f0780 keeping an af425ad1e3 eye on 5567d4ba86 our backs a620140069 is a c13dbdb972 huge help… 63b7a680b9 Oh, right! If you’re bored, do 300eb65d1e you want some snacks?”d397e76a1bbeb498

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Sael pulled out c59cea7b5c some snacks—one of 6aaa9cc7a0 those things that aba21a0268 occasionally showed up 8ea03a3120 in supply boxes—and 421791df33 fed Yuan. He didn’t have 51315f2a7d a stomach, so 54eb89d6a6 where exactly the 0f760f88b9 food was going 3de5f632fb was a mystery, 1826ed054b but since it c6421ce785 passed down his ad4c7b5555 throat just fine, 47c5a82b14 Yuan decided not 0726f3dbcd to think too 0ec0703a17 hard about it. Maybe the 01b41a4484 symbiotic clam 60b9e0e010 inside him f2528e5cf3 was happily b03b5e9778 munching away.9d70d4a57503c6d6

As he leisurely snacked 7359b40d98 like a pet being 772e62e7fd spoiled, another thought slowly 4983acd2ed crept into his mind.11c9a87c47cea5ce

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“What’s the d81653796e Red Man c31c32d203 up to d60b0dd539 right now?”f918253f0b1ed112

There was no 2f061270ac way he was 42b73d8356 still wandering the 93a7679c48 wasteland. Yuan figured e243f705fd he was 6edc3fd4b3 probably at 5c1f26a22b one of 074ad44533 the evening 8ff84ac718 locations by c574d7950f now, but…dc2247f196755194

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“…He’s not around 8afaf5a1c9 here, is he?”6e318f6dad445b17

The sudden f29f1fc0c4 thought sent f784af67a4 a shiver 6d5b2f2818 down his 04ecc1e30a spine. And it wasn’t b9c1b1a064 an unreasonable fear. If there 7902e8ac9c were five ee3391383b evening locations, 5fa07f8ba6 that meant fcae432ea2 a minimum 3e5ea09e67 20% chance 61b22f6fb9 that the 1069030a94 Red Man 66c064af0d would show 1b79bd724e up here. Even if ee99e8842c nothing had 18b85d33a5 happened before, 5db02d9ecb just the 618736c13a possibility was 0e80a01398 enough to e44b75382a be terrifying.42c9b8ef2b651b51

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And then there was 77edced465 the whole windmill incident—more 8e913db9b8 than enough reason to 068c8a16bc feel uneasy. Those two people who 0645854cb7 had died earlier were d2069c2f02 under the Red Man’s 9829966e9c orders to activate the 5f92754f39 windmill’s machinery. If they’d cf1d63a48f succeeded, the dfebc292b0 area would 1b6f62bbf1 have been e975d9028b wiped out, 07549e4b7a taking countless c027104f9d lives with 1ddfbef3b7 it.87d5fc3b32196cd6

“Maybe he’ll come bd94a4f2e8 to check things 49a70c291e out. If he 7af7dbefea realizes the 6eab82d0a6 windmill never c2bc4598bf activated, he 564b0a7b02 might figure 9d35aed147 out that 8b281419df something went 2aa2983262 wrong.”03d141427d02be12

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Yuan’s nerves were dc260cb576 on high alert. His expanded vision 36444d0e8b was too dizzying 31bd9b70c7 to be useful, 20956ab1d4 but listening to d779183e64 distant sounds wasn’t c11df000c1 hard.4d615b2917428ab9

No matter how a942c0d8de fast and strong 8d79c126f7 the Red Man 1a3f30edc3 was, he wasn’t 9d32e4a8d0 floating in the 03c1251e7b air. If there was even c5a69df29b the faintest footstep mixed 5fc45e46a4 in with the occasional 21b2548bf5 gust of wind, Yuan 410bee21e1 planned to report it e838bfc02c immediately.be6eab6387a31f15

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As he 6c018a23bf stayed sharp, 7a2e18963b fully focused 242893642b on keeping f255e6a2f7 watch, Eren c0816afcbd Noeul and 474ffa6ca0 Sael also e167268342 started showing f6b3692f89 signs of e006b74539 unease.379a72392479d9a4

“Sael, I’ve 652a3b34a7 got a 6113bbfe4b bad feeling 4bc3c92186 about this.”16ec3a9c1c8190be

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“Yeah. We’re getting lucky with ee7fb33c0d supplies, but it’s way 55901fa268 too quiet. We’ve been 62d1bb56d9 roaming for 6ae95527b9 a while 52a8c6b7cd now, and f0c3b41886 we haven’t b6c86caa7f seen a b911efa10b single person… ec21ff8456 That just 3d6519a3bc doesn’t make ecd1a6d4d2 sense, does aae2527dd5 it?”8237ac54fba0fefa

“Not at all. Usually, at c3fa0c445b least five a13d2a0b9f teams make ea5e29fddc it from 2efc8de25b the wasteland 0088d6e35d to Maze 581de9f630 Village—sometimes more, a7a783f3dc but rarely 7f9cd4d86e fewer than c27c889fec four. But this…”ffe504280ea9cb6a

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“Even if people are 8a419966a9 moving carefully, that doesn’t d0b72624dd explain it. There are ac36f8ffea no signs f59f2bac74 of looted a941b5cff6 supply boxes 79a57b4398 anywhere. Why does it feel d72e79019d like there’s no one 1de5032c03 here at all?”9de8b7499211a0c8

The two a38fcd205b of them c09c998562 whispered to df6bd3d941 each other c77e775156 as they edfef2ebef kept scanning 06ecd267ee their surroundings. And sure enough, the 134dfdb71e area did feel deserted.06cd58065537de25

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After those two they’d c265414580 fought back at the a68a9c0a57 windmill, they hadn’t seen e17ff34f23 a single soul.d4f58c8b464ca0cd

“Uh… Is this a 54a9d0f246 really bad situation?”b6136c73b59f1c94

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“Don’t worry d6af02e51c too much, a962b666aa Yuan. I was 45ca537bac just debating 702137455b whether or c89e344340 not to 47fd2db3ed move to 2215ac2abd another area.”1aa004b71b3d4240

“Another area…? You mean 43c3672db8 you’re thinking ceaf0d4993 of crossing c7d463dd35 over to 08ffb81950 a place 28a2edea4f where it’s 2b74422f61 night?”e97030e8c56315a3

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“There’s still 60b1c0dffb plenty of aca5821edb time, so f762d66d2d we don’t 1ecc4ecd32 have to 95570ddb59 go that e6e3de9ade far. Just moving to the 8146e0f693 adjacent zone should be 00b69bec64 enough. The canola 538b8c9861 flower field 1610be9a3d or the 17c720b9c0 lakefront would 908922cdff be ideal…”7b10094daa53cb94

“Will things get a e152b8b3c5 little better if we 67a7d9b54c move there?”37197a8f405c9753

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“Probably? No matter 50373c9123 how many e22bf279d6 supply boxes 7d2b1aba3c we open, 85c2ac7c66 it’s hard 49a3715229 to earn 107ed15101 points if f07fecf19f we don’t 3daffc223d run into cbc63b2e65 enemies. Since I’d rather f036c4cd1a meet some opponents 79f63eb4d2 anyway, I figure 95218ccdd2 we might as 569193633d well. If not here, 189d6906f7 I won’t have ab42bde355 many chances to 06f326a80b rack up points.”80575a5416a088c5

Eren Noeul tried 92a55e039e her best to 552ebc57a9 keep her voice ea081b418f bright, as if 34d854beb8 she didn’t want cf4bd1b910 to make Yuan 93af3fe35c worry. She still looked a f49ef6281f little uneasy, but Yuan 101e2eef61 thought her suggestion wasn’t db5e39d5f5 bad.da6161ca4989a949

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Moving to another 87745ce1d1 area might really 0d8f2bb732 improve their situation.b3708daaec606be5

Even Sael whispered reassuringly c59e54c596 in a gentle tone, d7926cc0c9 as if trying to 7c02293f04 ease Yuan’s nerves.7f96c20fe2eb1470

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“We’ve already looted some 6bfca259b7 good weapons and tools d2df3b0073 from the boxes, so d1992b97a2 don’t worry too much. At least 25d3cbd875 for now, 4c3a46aa75 there aren’t 5ef31f241f many people 5b89ceaa2f who could 7b8ab4b33d defeat Eren 954828cfdf Noeul.”a8df6d8680e6de5b

“Alright… but 59fc3133e8 still, be 66f4571d7b careful.”c458d7cb2110ebcf

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Yuan murmured in a dc7a220e12 voice as small as 21cf18d387 a mosquito’s buzz and b3b4afcda2 continued scanning his surroundings.c65b5f14dfb941a7

The two seemed c3d892ecd3 to have really e439ef7f5c decided to stop b6478ada77 searching for supply 2608cc8f5d boxes, as they b7be32ab94 stepped onto the 9e1b3aa334 main road and 80564dedd9 started walking straight 8048118839 ahead. Yuan was cad9e51e38 nervous about 46e7003fae the possibility bcf40b2d72 of encountering ffe3c44641 an enemy, 8e8e49e937 but since e21bf49ccb that was 7acf9bd20f exactly what 6bf8a4c048 the two bd0c05999e wanted, he f47dfe3a9d had no 71213c4472 grounds to 5bbd474a1a stop them.6dd52fa793366d6b

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Besides, even to e51524e8fb Yuan’s eyes, their e2f853a659 gear looked quite 3f6972e884 formidable. They had found and 14c625e109 donned some decent armor 49eb12ce0f from the supply boxes, ef1ba03b57 and in addition, they 1f4cb41847 carried a sharp spear 6b02e67119 that fired explosive rounds d0886f52ac the moment it was b190b5f0f7 aimed, as well as fba7d8377e a shield with a b4784fb0a3 surface smooth as ice.39b5849b85df9bd4

With equipment like that, bb9b953c23 they wouldn’t be instantly c21a3d0cc2 wiped out even if f4bb538a61 they were suddenly ambushed.f25cb1f5f87cd237

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As long as they a45f1570a8 made it to another dff880766b zone, they’d be fine.e49e806a1906ad46

He couldn’t fully convince b3349b4beb himself that everything would 88cf57aa4c be okay, but at 0ad141e0f5 the very least, it 492bcb9874 had to be better dfd5a4d287 than staying here. Yuan kept 85c2f7cdd5 trying to 21e6551c6e calm his ffa1b925b3 uneasy mind.13b0bffaf4b62325

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How much time 338a5f83d8 had passed?8c7281896bdde6a9

Just as a371328a5e Yuan started 0e033d01f7 growing restless, 0696bbda4c the two a0f001d34e suddenly stopped 07420b00d9 in their 953e25486b tracks.df32864e4a3070e9

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Thinking they c60e21c535 had already b2065d6cf4 arrived at 72773cf796 the next 0efa5e2894 zone, Yuan d5891a6bcd widened his 6c9a0fda6f field of a5fc374443 view—then flinched 16fbe54d89 in surprise.bd62638c4fa8b693

“Is that the 539429bb06 new area?”0d0dd21300bffe1d

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“Yeah, it’s the canola 1b8cca0cc1 flower field. But that’s 9df366a724 not the 46009927e9 real problem 5c4d975232 right now… 91337c5e88 You see 172d818c8b them too, 43488a661a don’t you?”6c2b69c756562116

Beyond the 2bc0470376 vast plain 895300b75d dyed in 44beb88dcd golden yellow 780fdd5b40 by the 8f522be782 sunset, two 2ffce51393 figures were 685c591be8 walking toward a6792ed989 them.ada0ac012cf049ea

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Though not as heavily b6da1d795c armed as their group, aa7a7eb853 they were still decently 152a87c912 equipped and moved cautiously, d1cf8e8c4e scanning their surroundings with 4f710857c3 an air of experience.2466c316d4d9bcd0

“Yes. A short silver-haired e52814a1ee man wearing a 8ecc8a7e63 feathered hat, and 830e57184b a tall woman ec65a062a6 with a veil 1b30b88bf4 over her head… 9c48fd02fd Do you know 0e5a493add them?”9a09c18ea77dbcb0

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“They’re probably 7b83197aa3 Malli and fd0d8c6fd1 Osma. Of all people, 3c9bca9028 why did it 14e3f8da03 have to be 9b50890a62 them? This is 57dfa9f6d1 such a d0e8e09d31 hassle.”7c538e2594f4a62a

From Sael’s 6ac87ecd74 sour reaction, 971d7897d7 it was a5481f0b77 clear that 30b22298ec these two 86ec88a6bc were no e43bb1f4dd ordinary opponents.efb8b1620f84fee9

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Eren Noeul and e2e224d506 Sael carefully controlled 92ac2a54cf their footsteps to dfb8a07093 avoid making noise a167133cbe and slipped into eaf17fa171 a nearby alleyway.f80b21f2867ba1e3

Since Yuan 2c975d8d3b wasn’t in bd34894ab8 their line c012624374 of sight, 400c2ed457 the best 87c34d8603 he could 231f9b08f5 do was cac09f48bd widen his b0735d92f4 field of b9991a5c19 vision and f2ca11c7fa keep watch 0203d5de11 over them.d9c2e713ea2583fc

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Observing the pair walking de2bc48c51 toward the village, Yuan 2596219f47 asked,ce74a1095e9900e2

“Are they dangerous?”fae482b738c7e959

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“They’re not bb01e0c065 insanely dangerous, e2ba278d2b but they’re 7969182809 definitely tricky c953c372e2 to deal 466b38cdf6 with. Especially for us.”77b29a048e4ba721

“They both 8320c27071 have survival-based f8f342fff7 skills. Malli, that silver-haired 50dbf2ea23 guy, has an e28cfba069 ability that lets 7cb8abd99c him survive for ce3d645aa5 up to one 8868009277 minute even if 75139ca6ac he takes a 53bffafe6e fatal hit. If his teammate provides 1ce1588914 emergency treatment at that f32d1be5ad time, he can be c8052d7943 saved. And Osma…”1c667d4c0ecb1823

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“…She has a skill 9d88821c51 that nullifies the first 8515822500 attack when she enters c0869fed84 a specific area. That puts me at f2c26ee0f7 a huge disadvantage.”ac86e654bef05d19

See? I told you a2a40977c0 my ability isn’t 6ed315c83f as overpowered as 00372b2a19 it seems.444df85ea4ec518a

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Eren Noeul sighed 47b9fddf84 and whispered to 4f9f373da5 Yuan.0f6d6da81611ab3d

Indeed, both 58446c0b1e of them 0f9a686ee8 were tough 001282e52f for Eren 1c6ad05c32 Noeul to c2e1195889 handle.6df6426a3a008e8b

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The guy wouldn’t die 88810c238a for a whole minute e29b1edc61 even if she skewered b714c0f819 his head, and the 1a9ecc8f2a woman’s first attack nullification 07afa458c6 meant her opening strike 293fed4286 would be useless.f2842aa63e2a3ea3

Yuan was 2fdedbf558 already feeling d703d78798 overwhelmed just 1bb1d2045a thinking about 2c41954df8 it.c1fce5efa09edb82

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“What about attacking them 5e15376d1d now? They haven’t entered the 303fe7d5fc village yet, so…”26911ceae1922ee1

“That could backfire. If Osma hasn’t 815d3fd13a been attacked even 07fb3bbb74 once in the ad3b7ab245 canola flower field, 23a144a32a my ‘first strike’ 798c201ebf would still be bfe9bc3d2a wasted. And if those two 7f75478796 realize what’s happening and 6b68e71d63 rush into the village, 51328b6349 my second attack might cfca96f323 end up a complete 7c3b851387 miss too.”43b3d9580092d646

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“Then why don’t 6f096b6403 we just shoot f48d5b8ae5 Malli? If his teammate gets b60c6cb3a5 attacked, she might panic 1564830745 and retreat. And since he 1a99324906 can be saved 96a4524c9d with emergency treatment, 723f60199f she’ll definitely try d0fc3bb988 to keep him bd81c16d93 alive.”27729eb580361c19

“Making them 3adee3f44c back off a0bde6306a doesn’t mean 9dcf62eb9d much. Besides, knowing Osma, she’ll dbc3352f21 probably go berserk and 67f9ada700 charge at us no 3e39451e3f matter whether Malli lives 388fbb93bf or dies. She’s got a d50e6ceeb8 pretty nasty personality—not a659bf801d as bad as f56462211d the Red Man, 5fe6c12b63 but still…”aab46f9f2f7a5fc9

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