Lin Ye did not expect that Lungmen would send someone that he knew. He hasn't met Swire for a long. time now. He realized instantly it was her from the sound of her voice alone.
When Swire entered the house, she saw Lin Ye. her eyes widened in surprise.
Lin Ye was no different, when their eyes meet, a shocked expression is the only thing on his face.
Lin Ye is left a bit speechless by this. Nonetheless, he is glad that there is a person that he knows personally that will help him. This will make his job a bit easier. So, he smiled at her and waved his hand.
However, before Lin Ye had time to say hello to Swire, a soldier spoke again.
"LGD is here. So that means that everyone is present," The soldier said lightly, "However, Lungmen, you are a bit late."
"Hey." Swire put her hands on her waist, "I can't help it. I've just explained it. There is a traffic jam on Panshan Highway. It seems that there is a festival in the next city, and a bunch of people are going. We tried our best, and we're not late. Isn't the agreed time all day today?"
The soldier shook his head and didn't say anything more about them being late. After a long time of gathering his thoughts, he said, "Come in, now that we are all here, the meeting can begin."
About ten people had come from Lungmen. Lin Ye takes a look and finds a few familiar faces, all of them seemed to be from the LGD.
Swire walks to Lin Ye's side and nudges his elbow with hers.
"What are you looking at?" She smirked at him, "This time it's me who's leading the team, not the dragon, are you a little disappointed?"
"You think so?" Lin Ye just smiled at her, "Why should I be disappointed?"
"Who knows why, but if I had known that Rhodes Island would send you out, I would have to pull that street dragon over here," Swire said in a low voice, "You don't know after you pulled out her sword, that dragon seems to have some doubts about her life. It's so interesting to see. You should see her yourself."
Lin Ye looked at her blankly.
The soldier coughs twice and says with a little displeasure in his tone.
"Okay, Lungmen please be quiet."
Swire shrugged her shoulders and stopped talking. She still gave Lin Ye a side smirk.
Lin Ye just sighed but a smile was still present on his face.
The soldier scans the people in the room again and sees that everyone is paying attention to him. He took off his helmet showing a man with gray hair. He looks about the same age as him. On his head, Lin Ye can see two bear-like ears.
I believe he is an Ursa. And what's with people in this world having white hair. Are they getting old faster? Is white hair a common thing?
He nods in satisfaction, and then slowly says, "If everyone is ready, then let us start our meeting. First of all, I will introduce myself, my codename is SilverSword."
Lin Ye immediately covers his mouth.
... Did he really just make a dick joke?
Swire looks at him with some doubts, "What are you doing?"
Lin Ye shook his head. He did not speak because he had bitten his tongue to stop himself from laughing.
SilverSword did not notice Lin Ye's strangeness continued.
"My subordinates and I came here a day early. During that time, we did some simple investigations to understand the situation."
The assistant standing beside him steps forward and then spreads a map on the floor.
"This is the map of Harlan Town," SilverSword steps on the map, using his sword to explain, "About a week ago. To be more precise, eight days ago, Harlan Town was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami. I hadn't seen it before I came here. The whole town of Harlan, except for this house, has been destroyed. All the other houses have collapsed. This is enough to show that the level of this disaster is not low. There is no denying that. There is also a small village about ten kilometers away from Harlan, but the people in that village felt nothing, no earthquake, no tsunami. For them, that night was just an ordinary thunderstorm."
Lin Ye slowly lowered his hand from his mouth. This was quite surprising for him to hear.
"And the strangest thing is that the townspeople in Harlan Town all disappeared that night," He explained, "None of them were found, not even a corpse. There was nothing."
Someone in the group asked, "Could it be that they were carried away by the waves?"
"I have never heard of any type of waves that can quietly sweep away the residents of a small town," SilverSword continues, "And it was a tsunami that hit. Logically speaking, the probability of finding bodies on land is definitely much greater than finding them in the sea."
The man seems to be satisfied by this explanation.
"Furthermore, the residents living by the sea have an extraordinary sense of smell to deal with disasters like the tsunami. Before the tsunami happened, the people in Harlan town should do something. They wouldn't do absolutely nothing when this happened.
So that how they deal with disaster? By smell. Seem useful to have that. While I have nothing special.
Lin Ye sighed at this thought.
SilverSword looks at the amp again, "You can look at the map. The traffic in Harlan is designed to help the residents deal with this type of situation. There are two main roads to leave the town, and there are five or six small roads. And these roads show no signs of being blocked, that is to say. When Harlan was still intact, the people in the town did not notice anything wrong. When the tsunami came, they did not evacuate but disappeared without a trace overnight."
"Disappear?" The rich woman beside Lin Ye said to herself, "This sounds weird. Couldn't something take away the people in this small town?"
" We do not know," SilverSword looks at Swire and says slowly, "This is also the reason why we are gathered here. Although I know that you all want the treasure of the deep sea. I think we can start from this first. One thing to say is that Ursus is not very good at this type of mission, so I hope the experts in this area will speak."
Then someone asks, "Who is an expert in this area?"
SilverSword turns his gaze to the people of Rhodes Island, "I heard the general say before I came, the legendary strongest Abyssal Hunter is also on this team. I believe her name is Skadi?"
Seeing SilverSword asked about Skadi, Lin Ye's heart was tense. But he still doesn't change his expression. He needs to control his emotions. Then he speaks accordingly to the situation, as bland and polite as he can do.
"Skadi is not here."
"She is not here?" SilverSword frown, "What do you mean?"
"Exactly what I said," Lin Ye spreads his hands, pretending to be relaxed, and said, "As you know, Skadi is a very individual operator in Rhodes Island. She is a maverick and doesn't need teammates no matter what tasks she performs. She has an odd style of doing things and doesn't get along well with many people. So, after discussing with ourselves, I decided to let Skadi investigate the coastline alone, and when she found any clues, she would report to us."
"Why don't you discuss this kind of thing with us in advance?"
"This should be our internal affairs at Rhodes Island."
"Do you really think this is your internal affairs?" SilverSword interrupted Lin Ye's words directly, look. It can be concluded that he was very dissatisfied with Rhodes Island's self-assertion action, and his words became seriously stiff, "Rhode Island, I think you should be clear. The reason why we let you join this project is that you have the most powerful Abyssal Hunter today."
Before Lin Ye came here, he had already thought about some ways if anyone asks where Skadi is. The best solution is one that he did not want to do, however, he didn't have the privilege to pick anything else.
So, Lin Ye took a deep breath and got ready to bite the bullet.
Slowly he says, "I understand that, but we all are the same. It is clear, for Operator Skadi, this kind of combat method is most suitable for her. In the camp against the deep sea, she is the strongest. No one can come even close. "
SilverSword says impatiently, "What are you trying to say?"
"What I want to say is, in this aspect, we only would be a hindrance to Skadi, so it's better to let her act on her own."
Lin Ye's words made SilverSword even more unhappy, and his brows were locked tightly, "You mean, we're not as good as her?"
"This isn't what I meant, it is what she meant," Lin Ye throws the pot to Skadi, "You know, Skadi once said when she was in Rhodes Island, in terms of fighting the deep sea, everyone in this room is rubbish compared to her."
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
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