Chapter 18. Trust (3)
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The research center is visible.
Seeing the familiar scenery made me feel at ease. It seems like he has some affection for it. I just thought it was a town I had to leave soon.
Well, it was the first place where I lived stably with Camilla and Cassandra. There were a lot of absurd things, but it was the first time I felt at ease in a home that truly felt like home.
It is quite disappointing. I thought it would last a long time, so I made a small plantation on the rooftop.
“One. Two. Three… “
I’m reminiscing about old times, but Leticia seems very nervous. I was counting the remaining bullets while muttering in a low voice. There were 10 rounds left in the submachine gun and 8 rounds left in the pistol.
“I told you there’s nothing to worry about.”
Even though she told him not to worry, Leticia only responded after she had finished inspecting and bonding.
“It’s not worry, it’s preparation. “You never know what’s going to happen or where.”
It’s good to work hard, but I think you might be too nervous.
“I talked to Camilla and Cassandra, so the preparations should have been completed by now. “You’re not planning on shooting those two, are you?”
Although she said it as a joke, there was a certain determination in Leticia’s eyes.
“If those two don’t shoot me first. Just in case, I’m also pretty good at quick draws.”
Leticia held on tightly to my windbreaker. She is a military officer wearing only emerald underwear under a windbreaker and quickly pulling a pistol from her waist. She was truly avant-garde.
“It’s a zombie. There are a lot of them. “They seem to be concentrated around residential areas.”
Leticia lowered her head like a hunting dog. No way she’s going to roll down her window and spray her bullets. I honk the horn! Bread! It rang twice.
“What are you doing! “You were surprised!”
Leticia looked at me in astonishment. She was holding the gun handle, but her finger was not on the trigger. It seemed like she was trying to avoid a misfire.
Zombies sneakily approached me. These are familiar faces. Leticia tried to open her window, but she had locked it beforehand.
“John, did you summon the zombies on purpose?”
“Yes. I’m getting along pretty well with those guys. “There’s a nice guy over there.”
The military police zombie approached with his usual appearance. The chains on both his arms were still the same.
“… National Military Police.”
Leticia closed her eyes tightly. She wasn’t a member of her unit, but she still didn’t think she would feel comfortable seeing someone in uniform approaching as a zombie.
“Leticia. I’ll go in there and explain. The story is a bit long and complicated. So please refrain from shooting for a moment.”
“… “It has to be a compelling story.”
I honked my horn and turned on my high beam lights to draw out the zombies. It slowly guided it towards the field, then made a sharp turn near the intersection and increased its speed. It’s impossible to catch up with a car at the speed of a running zombie.
They seemed excited, perhaps because they realized they had been tricked. But Camilla had already left the fence gate open. She quickly parked her car in the yard. She heard Camilla close the door behind her.
“Ha.”
Leticia leaned her body against the back of her chair and sighed. She slowly looks up at the four-story building in front of her.
“Here…” “
“It’s one of Cybele’s secret laboratories. “I planned to stay there for a long time because there is a generator and the facilities are good, but I think I will have to leave soon.”
Leticia looked at the building and then at me.
“… “Have the Minsk mercenaries infiltrated this far?”
“How did you know?”
“It’s the intelligence department.”
Knock knock.
Camilla, wearing dark sunglasses, knocked on her window. She smiled broadly at me, then twitched her cheek when she saw Leticia next to me.
“Look down.”
As soon as I got off, Camilla hugged me tightly. No, it wasn’t enough that she hugged him and held it up like a trophy.
“Hey, I can’t breathe!”
“John! “You know I missed you!”
Anyone can see that it looks like Leticia is doing this with her mind in mind. As soon as she got off, she immediately crossed her arms.
“I was wondering where I saw it, and it was in the Hamptons… Was he the one who was walking around with half of her ass exposed? But why is she wearing John’s clothes…? “Ahh?”
Camilla pinched my side. Leticia leisurely unbuttoned her windbreaker, exposing the inside of her, wearing only her underwear.
“Okay. Why? Ms. Camilia of the Liberation Corps’ Eastern Group Army. “Even her wanted poster looked like a propaganda model.”
“What are you?”
Of course, I didn’t ask politely. Camilla also had her revolver strapped to her waist. When she unbuckled her holster device, she placed her hand lightly on the handle. Leticia is also holding an automatic pistol in her windbreaker pocket.
“John. Who is that girl? “What does he do?”
Camilla did not hide her hostility, and Leticia seemed to do the same. At that time, a low scream was heard.
“… You?”
Entrance. It was Cassandra. Because she had been inside the building for so long, her skin had become whiter, and the area under her eyes had become darker. For some reason, she was wearing a t-shirt, but her body was tight, as if she was testing the limits of the fabric.
“Why are you here?”
Cassandra waved her hand and pointed at Leticia. Leticia sighed, and slowly took out her gun, placing it on the floor and putting her hands up.
“It’s been a while. Ms. Cassandra. This is Leticia, Chief of the Intelligence Staff of the 8th National Military Police Special Mission Team. That’s the official position, the temporary position is much longer, but I don’t want to say it. Because she put it aside for a while and came out.”
“Oh, I see you are on active duty?”
Camilla’s hand twitched. No matter how I looked at her, it seemed like she wanted to pull out her gun and shoot him. She held the back of her hand quietly. Reluctantly, Camilla blushes.
“… Leticia also decided to join us. Conditions are the same for all of us. “If you want to go, go, and if you want to stay, stay.”
“Hey, John. “What are you going to do if that person calls the National Military Police Department here?”
Cassandra even shakes her body. She gave Camilla’s the back of her hand a firm squeeze and then she walked up to Cassandra’s side. Then, like a surprised rabbit, it hid behind me. Just stick out her head slightly and stand.
On the other hand, Leticia is still calm.
“Well. Are you telling me to turn myself in? She’s sorry, but she doesn’t like it. This is not the jurisdiction of the 8th National Military Police, and is a non-protected area. Now that I think about it, is that really why I’ve been feeling so hungry since earlier?”
“Embroidery?”
Camilla asked me without letting her guard down. I guess it’s a little… I think she needs to put on that nice-sounding embellishment.
“Leticia is out of her wanted list right now. “Virginia said she would tear her limb from limb.”
“Heeek!”
Cassandra slapped me on the back, her zombie jaw cracking. Ah, it’s been a while. No, that’s not important now.
“Hah? Why? Did you commit embezzlement, Chief of Staff? “How needy must she be that she has no top to wear, so she wears a decent man’s coat?”
But Leticia is still shameless. It looks like she’s trying to play with Camilla.
“I read in the dictionary that she really doesn’t like it when you call her Camilia. So I’ll call you Camilla. “Just like your precious ‘comrades’ call you.”
“I hit him.”
Camilla growled. Leticia fit, she sneered.
“Why? “He acted like he was going to take out everything, including the liver and gallbladder, and offer it up.”
“Because I didn’t think it was the path for Erza. You’re like Römer’s stooge! When I think about what your National Military Police did to me and my friends… !”
Camilla’s condition was a little strange. Her eyes widened and her whole body trembled. Leticia’s reaction was also a little different. Because there was something like bitterness and self-deprecation on her face.
“Stop it.”
I couldn’t do it easily with Cassandra clinging to me like a cicada. Instead she looked back and forth between the two women.
“Camilla. At my request, Leticia prepared her reagents, medicine, and even laboratory equipment. It’s true that her country’s military police came to get her. That’s why we escaped together.”
Good. If I do this, Leticia will think she was caught because of me.
“And Leticia. Camilla really quit too. She felt a lot of skepticism and was very disappointed, so now she has completely changed her mind from there. “I think this guy named Hans did quite a bit of tricking and instigation.”
Leticia showed no signs of loosening up yet. It seemed like she too had a lot to say.
“… Many people died in the Liberation Corps bombing. Among them were fellow military academy classmates. Okay. That’s the Liberation Corps’ motto, right? The Elsa Liberation War is not over yet, and it is natural for soldiers to die on the battlefield. “What kind of liberation corps in the world is causing a civil war?”
“Camila didn’t do that.”
Hmm, maybe not?
“… I didn’t do it. I said I don’t want to do that. “I didn’t want to do anything that would cause harm to civilians.”
Camilla answered in a downcast voice. Leticia also smiled bitterly and answered.
“… Camilla. I know what you went through as a college student. I saw it in the records. But I wasn’t there. And speaking of active duty… “
Suddenly, Leticia took off her outer clothes and threw them away. She was so embarrassed that Cassandra behind her let out a loud scream. Camilla completely turned her head.
“W-what are you doing!”
But Leticia did not stop any further. This time she undid her belt and pulled down her pants. Leticia proudly stood in her sunshine as if she were an underwear model.
“This is me.”
“What?”
“This is what I am, a woman. She is a woman who has lived her whole life wrapped in military uniform. But she hates it now. Life is long and you never know what will happen in the future, but she doesn’t plan on wearing it again just yet.
The reason I said I was on active duty was because Yohan was considerate of me. “If something really goes wrong, it would be somewhat forgiving if Yohan says he ‘kidnapped me under threat.'”
Leticia placed her hands on her pelvis. Her slightly big breasts and a very big ass with a slim waist. Underwear tailored in emerald color. Brilliant blonde hair under the summer sun.
“… But do you really have to say that in your underwear?”
As expected, the doctor named Cassandra is correct.
It was truly avant-garde.