Hitzfeld was startled and quickly turned around to cover his body, but found that Xia Yibing had turned her back and was not looking at him as usual.
Her clothes were what she was used to wearing, a muslin shirt and a long skirt with a waist, and a pair of white silk stockings.
The collar of the shirt is relatively high, and I have to say that he was quite considerate, knowing that there were quite a few marks under her neck that needed to be covered.
After putting on his clothes and finally tightening the heels of his socks around his thighs, there was a crisp "snap" sound. Hitzfeld suddenly turned around and, as expected, caught Xia Yibing staring at him.
Xia Yibing was also frightened by her turning back, so she quickly turned around and stood up, saying stiffly: "Well - if you don't agree in the future, I won't do those things to you."
Her whole body was tense, her fingers were clenched, and she was so nervous that she even closed her eyes, as if she was waiting for some kind of judgment.
Hitzfeld walked slowly around to the woman.
Xia Yibing returned to her normal outfit today, which is shorts, windbreaker and long ponytail. The only difference from when she was in Wayne was that the peaked cap was replaced with a black beret.
Her eyelashes were extremely long, and her eyelids and sexy lips were tightly pursed, trembling slightly from time to time with her breathing.
Suddenly, she felt a warm touch on her lips.
It was brief and fleeting, like a peck from a canary.
She opened her eyes in surprise and found that her angel, Aisuen Hitzfeld, was standing in front of her and looking at her with a smile.
"Silly."
She heard her give her assessment in a low voice.
"If I didn't like you, how could I allow you to keep messing around like this..."
"..."
To be fair, if today wasn't a special day, Xia Yibing really wasn't sure if she could resist asking the other person to change into another set of clothes.
About two hours later, the two came to the ground via the elevator.
An outpost has been built here.
A simple but comprehensive camp was surrounded here. Soldiers patrolled nearby from time to time, and they would nod and greet them when they saw them.
The applications that have been submitted have been reviewed, and today is the day to meet the review team.
The other party has arrived, and the two groups met at the innermost door of the camp.
Hitzfeld looked at them silently.
There are a total of eighteen people in the team, both men and women.
She noticed that among them was a very tall man wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
He was directing the soldiers to place some large iron cages.
The cages were filled with dark hounds.
Vicious.
Has been barking non-stop to the outside world.
Chapter 6: Dog Shadow
"Hitzfeld!"
With a call, Smail took off his helmet and walked over with a clatter in his heavy power armor. He looked at the two men and then at the opposite side: "Do you... have guests?"
The threat from the Worm Plains has been basically eliminated. Although there are still many worm colonies active in the red soil, on the one hand, they are deep in the red soil, and on the other hand, they are no longer organized and will not have nothing better to do than attack the settlements.
Therefore, Ongsain's defense mission was reduced a lot. The reason why a large number of soldiers have not been transferred yet is purely because they are worried about Hitzfeld, fearing that her eyes will get out of control and cause disasters again.
Smail did have a chance to be transferred - he had served in Red Earth for too long, and his superiors originally wanted to transfer him to Wayne to live a better life, but he refused and insisted on staying here to guard the outpost.
He felt he had to repay the favor.
He would not leave until Aisun-Hitsfeld could return to her normal life.
"You are Knight Smail of the Plains Parish, right? Nice to meet you!"
A man and a woman immediately came up from the team. The man had a pointed head like a pebble, and looked about 4 or 50 years old. The woman was tall and slender, in her 30s, with her hair in a bun. Both of them were wearing long trousers, vests and long boots, probably considering the possibility of riding horses.
"I'm Reese Javier, and this is Laura Judith. We are the 'Inspection Guard' directly under His Majesty. I came here for no other reason than to find Miss Hitzfeld to learn about the recent situation."
The man was very enthusiastic and good at talking. He introduced his identity and purpose in two simple sentences, and also hinted that they were not here to cause trouble.
This was not in line with Hitzfeld's psychological expectations. She had been bombarded with warnings by Sixus and Xia Yibing, and she thought the newcomer would appear... more ferocious.
Or at least it would be cooler! In the end, it was not the case. It looked like Mr. Javi was just going through the motions.
"It's you!" Smail understood immediately. "Today? I thought we had to wait another two days."
"Haha! Because we didn't take a carriage." Javi smiled and pointed to the back, "See those big guys in the back? Thanks to them! It's no different here than in the city!"
Looking in that direction, Smail saw behind him - six trucks parked outside the door.
The tire alone reached his chest; it was indeed a big one.
I feel a little envious because for the Plain Parish, which has a high degree of economic autonomy, cars are considered a luxury.
There is no need for cars to guard the fortress. The airship's carrying capacity is already limited. It can transport food, ammunition and artillery, but transporting cars is a fantasy.
As for buying one from the mainland and driving it here... this is no easier than air transport. Don't forget that Onsayin is the western end of the Bro Canyon. The terrain of the canyon is tortuous and complex. You have to climb over mountains and cross ridges to go up, and many waterways are too narrow to go down. Few people would do such a losing business.
The few vehicles were the treasures of the parish. They could even be said to be things that could be used to save lives in emergencies and they could not be used under normal circumstances.
"Did you airlift it here first?" Xia Yibing's face changed.
It is almost impossible for such a large vehicle to travel to the plains by land, and it will basically break down and be scrapped on the way.
"Yes!" Javi touched his boiled egg-like forehead and smiled naively: "His Majesty said that he would try his best to meet our requirements. Then I learned about the situation here and thought of getting some good things... It can also be regarded as a contribution to the remote parish."
"Wait!" Smail was shocked when he heard this. He pointed at the big guys and stammered, "You...you mean these things are..."
"They are for you." Javi nodded with a smile. "You don't think we have to ask the airship to take them with us when we go back? That would be such a waste. They were originally meant for you!"
This was definitely an unexpected surprise, especially when Javi told him that the carriage was full of fuel. Even someone as calm as Smail couldn't help but smile.
Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing looked at each other and felt that something was wrong.
Although the other party doesn't seem to be lying and should just be going through the motions, but this attitude and communication skills... are they what an inspection team should have?
The review team, the review team, does the job of offending people. The more people you offend, the faster you will be promoted, because they know that you can only rely on the royal family, so they will trust you and dare to use you.
But this Javi... he has a smooth and versatile personality and speaks more pleasantly than anyone else. He can even make Smail smile.
Why would the royal family appoint such a person as the head of the review team?
"What do you think Alvin means?" Hitzfeld asked the woman in a low voice.
"Maybe, showing goodwill? Or appeasing?" Xia Yibing was not sure, "It should be appeasing... With this person coming forward, those who want to control you will definitely not dare to move."
She never returned to Wayne, but she could roughly guess what was going on over there.
She was very confident that the secrets Hitzfeld was carrying were definitely kept secret. But they had built a large outpost and underground base on the plains, and it was impossible for many people to be unaware of such a big thing.
There was a secret in Aisun Hitzfell that was enough to warrant such a large military presence - at least that was the extent of the speculation.
Therefore, there must be many people who have feelings for the girl. At this juncture, Alwin chose to appoint Javi as the head of the review team, probably to discourage these people.
"You know what to do..." Hitzfeld gave her a neutral look.
It seems like someone is the one who controls me the most.
Javi didn't just greet Smail, but immediately walked up to Xia Yibing, the new director, and tried to get close to him.
A woman would not be easily pleased by a few nice words, but since the other party came with good intentions, she would feel embarrassed to show disgrace to him.
"Mr. Javi." Hitzfeld suddenly spoke, drawing the attention of these people to himself.
"That guy." The girl pointed at the man with glasses in the distance, "What's going on with him and those cages?"
"That's Russell."
The woman with the bun-haired look, Laura Judith, suddenly spoke.
"Russell Igor, just an ordinary member of the group."
"Igor." Xia Yibing frowned, "Igor family?"
The Igor family is the absolute core of the Thorn Birds Business Alliance. Fran Igor, who was the first to die in the deadly football ticket case, was a member of this family. He was a count, and even if he was not there, the Igor family still operated several shipping companies, and the title of "Shipping King" was still secure.
This family was later implicated in the Silent Woods case, and was found to be secretly colluding with the old royal party. The royal family publicly hanged some of their leading members and confiscated almost all of the Igor family's assets, leaving only a few people alive.
Nowadays, we can still see members of the Igor family holding high-level positions.
Although he was just an ordinary member, the review team was not an ordinary platform at all. Xia Yibing was a little surprised by this.
Hitzfeld pressed on: "What about the dogs?"
"It's a Dandy Hound." Judith said in a cold voice. "It has a slender body and moves agilely. The most rare thing is that it is very strong. It was specially transferred here to assist in the work."
Hitzfeld raised his eyebrows.
The Dandy Hound is indeed good, with a high IQ. It can be trained as a police dog and is very useful for both patrolling and reconnaissance.
She thought of Lily.
Lily was taken to the old house in Hitzfell Manor and now lives with Ashley and Walnut.
I don't know what happened to them.
The group got to know each other and, led by Smail, took the elevator to the underground city together.
Hitzfeld had been observing the reactions of these people and discovered that there were quite a few young people in the review team. After seeing the underground scenery, they all showed expressions of amazement, and some even took out their cameras to take pictures.
The reception team had something to eat and the review officially began.
The specific process was very brief - Javi questioned Sixus, Hitzfeld, Xia Yibing, and Smail individually, and no third party was allowed to be present during the process.
After finishing the record, Javi happily announced that the review process was over. He and his team will stay on the red soil for three more days, and after three days they plan to return to Wien.
“It always feels so weird.”
Riding the elevator up again, Hitzfeld was still thinking about the review process.
Indeed... she just asked some questions individually. They were all discussed between her and Sixus, so it made no difference who she asked.
Is it necessary to send so many people?
And Javi was the only one involved in the whole process.
It was as if he was...guarding against those teammates.
With a "clang", the elevator arrived.
When the gate opened, Hitzfeld's brows jumped, and his emotions and nerves suddenly tensed up.
She came up because the messenger found her and said that there were a lot of backlogs of letters for her to collect.
The other party reported several names, including Zafira, Ethan and others. She knew that these friends must have learned about what happened here and wrote letters to express their condolences.
She came up alone because the defenses on the ground were even stricter than underground, with patrolling knights and sentinels everywhere. Plus, it was still daytime, so she was not worried about encountering any danger at all.
But now the situation outside is different from what she expected.
It's dark.
There was no one between the tents and the houses.
Silence and silence.
There is no breath of life.
Hitzfeld didn't take any unnecessary risks, she chose to press the button and go back down.
But the elevator was unresponsive, as if it was broken.
She thought about it, took out the white whale and stepped onto the ground.
I walked around the elevator, but still couldn't see any soldiers.
Suddenly, a shadow quietly emerged at the end of the road she was looking at.
The body is slender and the ears are high.
This is a Dandy Hound.
Its appearance seemed to be a signal, and soon more hounds began to emerge from the ends of the surrounding roads.
The big dog's shadow dragged more than thirty meters on the ground, extending from there to the girl's feet.
