"By the way, who is this pretty big sister?"
As Talulah spoke, her gaze unconsciously drifted to Yu Yachen's torso.
So... so big!
No, no! Talulah's face flushed, and she quickly looked away.
"Ah, I forgot to introduce you. Some pursuers did pass through here, but this sister saved me."
Alina grabbed Talulah's wrist, signaling her to take her hands off her shoulders.
"Thank you so much, um..."
Talulah extended a hand to Yu Yachen.
"I'm Yu Yachen. It was nothing."
Yu Yachen took off her black glove and shook Talulah's hand.
Talulah's palm was broad and rough, her knuckles covered in calluses from holding a sword. Compared to her, Yu Yachen's small, warm, jade-like hand seemed like a flower from a greenhouse.
[System Notification: Talulah's favorability +20! Current favorability 20/100 (She thinks you are a good person!)]
"Well, Miss Yu, if there's anything you need, please just ask. As long as it's within my power, I'm happy to help."
"Actually, I'm from a Columbia Rhine Lab research team. My entire team was wiped out in the tundra further north. I'm the only survivor."
Yu Yachen nodded slightly and pointed behind her.
"I was trying to go back, but my compass broke, and I got lost in the snowfield. My camp was to the west, but we underestimated the severity of the weather. A blizzard destroyed all our equipment."
"So, could I possibly stay with you for one night?"
"Of course," Talulah agreed without a second thought.
"I'll take you back to camp. We can arrange a spare tent for you."
"Thank you."
"..."
Yu Yachen had never played Arknights, but she figured that if someone wasn't an important character, the system wouldn't pop up with a favorability window. Therefore, she concluded that Talulah was also a capture target.
She wasn't particularly interested in Talulah at the moment, though. Alina was cuter.
Yu Yachen was not gay.
Following behind the two, Yu Yachen checked the reward the system had just given her for free.
Let's draw a Stand, System.
[Drawing...]
[Congratulations on receiving the Stand: [Sticky Fingers]!]
Yu Yachen's eyes lit up.
Finally, a Stand that can fight.
[Sticky Fingers]. Its ability was to create a usable zipper on the surface of any object it punched.
The user could use the zipper's properties in many ways. Punching a person could forcibly split their body. Punching a wall could create a passage. Not only that, she could use the zippers to move, or even extend her Stand's arm as a zipper to increase its range.
As a manga lover in her past life, the original user, Bucciarati, was one of Yu Yachen's favorite characters.
Most importantly, this Stand was—
A-Rank in Power and Speed!
It was a close-range power type, just like her [Killer Queen]. This meant [Killer Queen] wouldn't have to face enemies alone. The two Stands could protect her like guardian deities, sealing her off completely.
Now she had three Stands.
This system used to be incredibly stingy, but recently it just couldn't hold back, giving her a ton of rewards at once.
Killer Queen. Sticky Fingers. Come out!
Alina and Talulah couldn't see Stands, of course. Unable to contain her excitement, Yu Yachen was eager to summon both Stands at once.
At the white-haired woman's thought, the pale pink cat-man and a blue-and-white humanoid Stand emerged from her body. [Sticky Fingers] was covered in armor and zipper decorations, looking even more robust than Killer Queen.
Yu Yachen smiled faintly.
But just as she was admiring them, she suddenly felt a sharp pain. Veins bulged on her forehead, and a cold sweat broke out. She pressed her hand to her temple, the piercing pain feeling like it was going to tear her brain apart.
"..."
Only when [Sticky Fingers] began to fade away did Yu Yachen feel better.
Her face quickly returned to its blank expression, as if nothing had happened.
Generally, a Stand user could only possess one Stand, and the Stand's strength would increase as the user's "mental strength" increased.
Yu Yachen quickly understood why she couldn't summon both at the same time. Her "mental strength" wasn't high enough to control both.
[Favorability Quest Unlocked: Raise any beautiful girl's favorability to 100% to increase your mental strength limit!]
Yu Yachen recalled the mission the system had issued.
In other words, by 'capturing' one person, I should be able to increase my limit for simultaneously used Stands by one. In the future, I might be able to multi-task and use seven or eight close-range power-type Stands at once. That would be a magnificent sight.
So, in the end, I still have to 'capture' beautiful girls to get stronger...
This went against Yu Yachen's principles. She had no interest in romance. But if it could increase her mental strength, it wouldn't hurt to try. She didn't dislike Alina.
As she was thinking, Alina's voice suddenly reached her.
"Our camp is just ahead."
"Mm."
Yu Yachen returned to her senses.
"Um... I forgot to mention something. Because we are all Infected, the Reunion Movement camp is an Infected camp. Miss Yu... you're not Infected, are you?"
Talulah scratched her head, embarrassed.
"If you mind living with Infected, we can give you a tent and tools, that way—"
"No need. I don't mind."
Yu Yachen waved her hand, adding to her cover story: "As a researcher, I naturally take precautions. Besides, I'm well aware that Oripathy can only be transmitted through bodily fluids."
[System Notification: Talulah's favorability +10! Current favorability 30/100 (She is a little moved)]
Speaking of which, as a total Arknights newbie, Yu Yachen had come into contact with dangerous Originium several times, but not only had she not been infected, she had discovered that her blood seemed to have the effect of purifying Originium.
She hadn't told anyone this. With Oripathy being an incurable disease on this continent, if this ability were discovered by the wrong people...
"I've never met anyone like you before," Talulah said, looking back.
"Someone like me?"
"An ordinary person who doesn't discriminate against the Infected."
"The Infected are just... people who are sick, right? Forgive me for being blunt, but it's a very stupid practice to divide people into different classes based on a single illness."
"Yeah."
Talulah turned back, a trace of emotion in her eyes.
If only everyone in the world thought like Miss Yu.
Stand: Sticky Fingers
Stand User: Yu Yachen (Bruno Bucciarati)
Destructive Power: A
Speed: A
Range: C
Durability: D
Precision: C
Potential: D
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