After accepting the mission, Kanna didn't mind. She picked up one captive in each hand and walked out the door, then hopped onto the helicopter still hovering in mid-air in two bounds.
Although Amiya wanted to stay and fight alongside Misery and ACE, she also understood the importance of these two captives to Rhodes Island. She nodded and walked out of the house.
"Hey, Uncle ACE, will you guys be okay dealing with those guys after I leave?" After placing the captives, Kanna jumped down again to meet Amiya, looking at ACE and Misery as they walked out and asking.
ACE waved an Electro Seed, clearly having finished communicating with Misery in that short time and learned of Kanna's new use for her spells.
"Don't worry. If their morale hadn't collapsed or they still had the will to fight, then I definitely wouldn't agree to a head-on confrontation. But now, these are just homeless Pero. Even if a child chased them with a knife, they wouldn't have the courage to turn back. And don't we still have this ultimate weapon!"
Kanna gave a thumbs-up. "Then we'll wait for you to return safely to Rhodes Island."
"Alright, it would be even better if there was a pot of good wine!" After saying that, ACE and Misery led their teams in pursuit of the fleeing enemies.
As they were leaving, Amiya suddenly spoke, "Can we bring back the Operators from Rosmontis's Squad who died in battle? They sacrificed themselves for Rhodes Island, and I hope we can hold a funeral for them on Rhodes Island."
Kanna pointed towards the safe house. "No problem, they're all in the safe house. That location is very open, and the enemies have been cleared out, so the helicopter can land directly."
At Amiya's command, the helicopter landed on a flat area near the safe house. Except for Amiya, who stayed on the helicopter to monitor the two captives, the others split into two teams. One team stood near the helicopter, vigilant of their surroundings.
Although Kanna said it was safe here, it was still a combat zone. It wouldn't be good if a sneaky enemy had been hiding nearby, undetected by Kanna, and then ambushed the helicopter now.
The other team consisted of male Operators who were noticeably stronger. Under Kanna's guidance, they carried the bodies of the fallen Operators from the almost indistinguishable battlefield and silently walked towards the helicopter.
Although Kanna spoke lightly, after observing the battlefield up close, the traces and the bodies scattered everywhere showed how dangerous the battle had been.
Soon, the remains of all the fallen Operators were brought back to the helicopter. After everyone returned to the helicopter, it took off again, heading back towards Rhodes Island.
Sitting in the helicopter, Kanna looked at the body bags. She knew that after an Infected person died, the oripathy content in their body should rapidly increase, eventually turning them into a human bomb.
But Amiya and the other Operators didn't seem worried. Although everyone in the cabin was silent due to the loss of their comrades, they weren't too far from the bodies, and no one showed any fear.
After sitting next to Amiya, Kanna curiously asked about this situation.
"The situation you described usually happens to Infected who die from oripathy. In those cases, because they can't suppress the growth of oripathy concentration in their bodies, the oripathy concentration continues to rise rapidly after death, leading to an explosion when it exceeds the body's capacity.
For those who die from causes other than oripathy, although the oripathy in their bodies will still continue to grow, the speed is much slower, and the time it takes to reach the body's capacity limit is also extended.
If the former explodes within minutes to hours, the latter might take weeks or even months."
Amiya explained softly in response to Kanna's question.
Kanna nodded after hearing this. No wonder, although patients often died from oripathy outbreaks on Rhodes Island, she had never heard of any Doctors or nurses being injured as a result. Besides the deep and meticulous research into the disease and the detailed work of the Medical Department, it was also related to medical personnel's long-term exposure to oripathy and their understanding of all aspects of the disease.
Soon, the helicopter returned to the deck of Rhodes Island. At this time, several teams were fully assembled on the deck, ready to depart. It was clear that Rosmontis's Squad, who had returned earlier, had fully conveyed the intelligence to Kal'tsit, and Kal'tsit had already arranged for subsequent support teams.
Kanna, taking Amiya, jumped directly from the helicopter back to the deck, stopping the helicopter that was full of personnel and ready to leave.
"No need to go, the battle over there is pretty much over!" Hearing Amiya's words, the support team on the helicopter looked a bit bewildered but also quite relieved.
After all, everyone had prepared for not returning before going, because through the explanation of the returning Rosmontis's Squad, Kal'tsit had very confidently told the support team that they were likely facing a regular army from a certain country.
Soon, the helicopter carrying Amiya's Squad landed from the sky.
First, the two still-unconscious captives were carried out by Operators, then several body bags were carried down by the remaining Operators.
Everyone was happy to see the captives, but after seeing the body bags, everyone on the deck fell silent.
At this time, Kal'tsit, who had received Amiya's return notification early, also came out of the door with her people.
She first looked at the carefully placed bodies of the Operators on the ground, then said to Scout beside her,
"Bring the two captives to the Medical Department's isolation room. The rest of the matters up there will be handled by Amiya..."
Scout nodded solemnly, then picked up one captive in each hand and walked into the interior of Rhodes Island.
After speaking, Kal'tsit looked at the Operators who were fully assembled and ready to depart and continued,
"Since the battle is over, there's no need for so many people to go for support. Kanna, make one more trip and take Action Squad A4 to pick up ACE and the others."
After Kal'tsit spoke, the captains of several action teams breathed a sigh of relief, led their subordinates back into the island, leaving only the members of Action Squad A4 fully assembled and ready.
Kanna and Amiya briefly said goodbye before boarding the helicopter again.
"Kanna just returned, and you're sending her off again. Is that really okay?" Looking at the flying helicopter, Amiya felt a bit disheartened, feeling that despite such a difficult battle, she hadn't been able to help at all.
"Rosmontis's mental state isn't very good. Amiya, go assist Perfumer in controlling her." As the 'mother' of the little rabbit, seeing Amiya's ears droop, the experienced Kal'tsit understood that she was starting to overthink again.
Kal'tsit subtly used a simple sentence to make Amiya perk up again.
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