Rescue (First Update)

Although Sun Lin’s Squad had only just joined up, they were immediately entrusted with an important task alongside Schneizel’s ragtag guerrilla unit!

It couldn’t be helped. In their entire resistance squad, only Kallen could really fight; everyone else was cannon fodder.

As an elite rookie squad, every member of Sun Lin’s Squad possessed quite outstanding abilities.

Especially since most of them were built around technological weapons.

Even the radio transmitter they carried, which Xu Yue found utterly ridiculous, was something this guerrilla group—the predecessor of the equally low-budget Black Knights—had been using all along.

In fact, the reason they had managed to join them was that Zhou Qiang, the squad’s second-in-command and a resolute soldier, had used his technical skills to crack their radio frequency and establish initial contact.

This time, after meeting the man who called himself Zero on the train and recognizing his abilities, they had begun actively cooperating in preparations to rescue Suzaku.

"Hey, newbie. You’ve been useless this whole time. Don’t you dare hold us back on a mission this important! I advise you to withdraw voluntarily and stop dragging us down."

Wu Mo adjusted his assault rifle, wiped down his tactical dagger, and shot Xu Yue a disdainful look.

Though he had only been recruited into the legion during the last mission, he already possessed three core skills: Intermediate Rifle Mastery, Intermediate Pistol Mastery, and Intermediate Combat Mastery!

Even within this squad, his strength ranked around the middle. He was the kind of adaptable person who could fill any role and patch any gaps.

He was extremely displeased with someone like Xu Yue, who had joined the legion on his very first mission but wasted two mission opportunities flying solo, only to shamelessly come crawling back to join them.

What annoyed him even more was that they were risking their lives here while Xu Yue had clearly done nothing. He had merely coasted along, yet he had somehow gotten into this potentially B-rank, extremely difficult, highly rewarding mission.

Why should I work my ass off only to help you farm a mission? I don’t want to carry you!

"Just give up. At this difficulty, you can’t keep up with our pace. Do you really think your throwing skill can compare to my firearms in the slightest?"

After organizing all his equipment, Wu Mo struck several special-forces gun poses in succession, then quickly rolled across the ground to show off.

"Xu Yue, come over here. There’s a wounded man who needs treatment."

But just then, Schneizel, the guerrillas’ nominal leader for the moment, called Xu Yue over.

Wu Mo, still sprawled on the ground in his rolling pose, felt rather awkward and unable to save face.

"I’m not even a combatant. What the hell."

As he got up, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone muttered to himself—just loudly enough for the other man to hear.

"Damn it, this newbie is really arrogant!"

Watching Xu Yue leave, Wu Mo could no longer keep his expression under control and kept complaining to several other members of his own squad.

The others actually didn’t bear Xu Yue much ill will. He was a medic, after all. Who could guarantee they wouldn’t get injured during a mission?

They had heard that the Mystical Palm Technique was a B-rank skill!

Though it was a support healing skill and could only serve others, that was more than enough to demonstrate his value.

Of course, they weren’t about to offend Wu Mo either, so they simply echoed him a few times.

Meanwhile, Xu Yue was stitching up the wound of a guerrilla member when a cold voice sounded beside him.

"Why are you pretending to use your brother’s name?"

"Huh? Have you met him? Who said he was my brother? Who knows whether we were mixed up at birth?"

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone possessed the same thought patterns as the original. Though he had no idea what had happened on the original’s side, he still chose the best response, then turned back to look at Kallen.

"You clearly have a respectable identity, yet you mingle with guerrillas. You’re strange too."

Kallen’s next words made Xu Yue’s Wood Clone suddenly understand. So it had struck a chord with her.

His stitching hand never stopped, while Xu Yue’s Wood Clone maintained a calm expression.

"A respectable identity? Living like a walking corpse? Sorry, that’s not the life I want. As for you, judging by your hair color, you could easily blend in among the Britannians, yet you haven’t. I believe you can understand how I feel."

"We are the same kind…"

Having keenly caught the crack in Kallen’s conflicted heart, Xu Yue naturally had no reason to let it pass. Out of habit, he casually followed up with another push.

Bond formed: "Recognition"

10/10

Under normal plot progression, rescuing Suzaku should have been a very smooth mission.

But…

This was Sun Lin’s Squad’s Promotion Mission!

It was a mission where Reincarnators slaughtered one another!

There would definitely be Reincarnators on Britannia’s side as well!

As the group followed Zero’s interview vehicle and slowly moved toward the execution ground beneath the gaze of countless onlookers, Xu Yue spotted several figures who differed slightly from Britannia’s regular army.

Though their uniforms were identical, their varied weapons and equipment all marked them as Reincarnators!

Their numbers far exceeded the Beiyang Army’s squad. He just didn’t know how many were legion members and how many were independents…

But even the Beiyang Army’s people had been unable to infiltrate Britannia’s camp, so the possibility that those Reincarnators were independents was minuscule.

The most likely explanation was that they belonged to the agent legions of several major European powers!

When the time came, Lelouch could use his absolute-control Geass to deal with the Purebloods and use Mr. Orange’s orders to restrain the other native inhabitants of this world.

But clearly, lawless people like Reincarnators would not be bound by mere orders!

Still…

"They’re all squads on their first Promotion Mission. At least last time, there was someone like Chu Yingxiong, a ‘strongman,’ leading the team. This time, it’s completely a fight between rookies…"

As the army doctor, Xu Yue was also in the vehicle in case of emergencies. He could not help yawning as he wondered whether the involvement and numbers of the enemy Reincarnators might raise the mission rewards a little…

It was a mission he had picked up for free, anyway. He might as well earn whatever he could.

Just after Lelouch used the inexplicable word "Orange" to distract them, then used an absolute-control command to make Jeremiah help them escape with all his strength, Xu Yue secretly formed hand seals.

Water Style: Mist Technique!

With Xu Yue’s current standard jonin-level Chakra, the Mist Technique he cast was no weaker than Zabuza’s in the original story.

Just as the Reincarnators in Britannia’s camp were baffled by Jeremiah’s controlled blunder of an order—"Let them leave. Do not stop them"—and began preparing to disobey it, thick fog swiftly engulfed the entire scene.

They could not see their hands before their faces!

He had not used the Clever Mist Technique, but the Mist Technique. Be grateful and remember my mercy.

A faint smile curled at Xu Yue’s lips. The next moment, he entered the retreat formation alongside the rescue team…

First update, in return for everyone’s support. An extra chapter for reaching an average subscription count of 3,000! Thank you, everyone~

I’ve really been sitting for too long every day. On top of exercising less because of my knee injury, I feel completely drained~

I checked the author’s group and found that many authors had all sorts of problems like this. That boil from last time too—it happened during the New Year, and even now the wound hasn’t fully healed. Tearful eyes~