Episode 454 Operation to Infiltrate the Water Source Zone (1)
“Water shortage.”
Xindi Wendy’s words made everyone in the conference room look serious.
Tochka. heavenly fortress. A perfect fortress that even one soldier can stop a hundred enemy soldiers.
However, the fatal flaw of this fort is that there is no place to get drinking water right around.
Sindi Wendy spoke again.
“The number of refugees flocking from all over the empire is staggering. Even if we have plenty of food, it seems like there won’t be enough to distribute drinking water.”
“Can’t you buy it even if you pay more?”
“If it’s money, I still have it. I’ve spent most of my property, but there’s an amount that the bourgeois helped me with. But right now, I don’t have anything for sale.”
At Camu’s question, Xindi Wendy shook her head.
Dolores opened her mouth in a worried tone.
“Drinking water isn’t arriving because the Leviathan’s poisons keep cutting off the supply routes. If we keep going like this, we’ll die of starvation before the war even starts.”
80% of human beings are made up of water.
The amount of water built into the human body is about 50L.
Even without doing anything, the body breaks down fat and creates about 0.25L of water.
In this way, the time that humans can endure without drinking water is approximately 3 days. After that time, due to dehydration, ascites fills the stomach and threatens life.
“I wonder if all the people of the empire have gathered. A lot of people have come.”
“It’s all because we spread the ark story so well… But did we do too well?”
Everyone nodded at Bianca and Tudor’s words.
‘Fire and water will only escape here, and true salvation will only come true here.’
The place where the land of salvation exists in the New Revelation.
Dolores, the ‘Saint of the Night’, created a new oracle at the church level and spread it among the people.
Refugees who abandoned their homes according to these words gathered inside the Tochka Fort and became a huge group.
Of course, those who disregarded the oracles and those who did not believe did not come.
The night walkers had made every effort to send them to the nearby highlands.
“Thankfully, support has been coming in from various places, so I’ve managed to hold on until now… but it’s impossible anymore.”
Even Xindi Wendy of the world raised both hands and feet.
Until now, countless people other than the Night Walkers had been sending support without knowing it.
Colosseo’s graduates such as Gordon and Underdog, the ‘Bissamo’ led by Lovegood of Themiscyra, Banshee’s headmaster, and all the Colosseo’s faculty members, the Balak clan of the Western Jungle, Mosgus of the Quo Vadis family, Adolph Bourgeois of the Morgue family, Isabella of the Damian Baskerville family, and others. Because the guardians of each floor sent provisions, water supplies, and other personnel, the refugees of Tochka have been able to live a better life than before despite the inconvenience.
But now things have changed.
As the civil war in the empire gradually intensified and the Leviathan family gained power, the supply of drinking water was disrupted.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to handle all the refugees filling the vast Tochka Highlands.
“Today, there was a fight between the refugees over the distribution of drinking water. The vigilantes are maintaining order, but I don’t know how long it will last.”
Camu’s voice was serious.
Dolores also opened her mouth with a serious expression.
“Judging by the remaining drinking water, I think it would be about four days if I cherished and cherished it. After that, it really is the end.”
After all, there is only four days’ worth of water.
Considering the amount of time humans can endure without water, the amount of time that humans can endure is about a week.
Everyone in Tochka only had about a week left to live.
In the end, everyone’s gaze goes to the most prestigious seat in the conference room.
Xindi Wendy Camu Dolores, the top leader of the Night Walkers, also paid attention to a higher place than that.
Bikir.
There was a man who was always expressionless, so I couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
Before long, Bikir’s mouth opened.
“Hold on.”
People reacted differently to that statement.
Camus just nodded knowingly, Dolores pondered how to persuade others, and Sinclair tilted her head thinking about how to hold on.
Xindi Wendy just sighs with an expression of ‘It’s started again’.
At that time, Piggy, who was next to him, asked cautiously.
“Vikir. We all believe in you. But many of the refugees who have gathered don’t. I don’t know what to say to them. We can’t just tell them to hold on, can we?”
“But all I can say is hold on.”
Bikir opened his mouth.
It was an assertive tone that still contained certainty.
“I was able to gather a lot of people because you guys did a much better job than I expected. It’s my mistake that my expectations were a little off because of that. But if you wait a little bit, everything will be resolved naturally. I can promise you. .”
“…Wouldn’t it be because waiting that little bit seems impossible?”
It was the Chihuahua who jumped in from the side.
Having become Bikir’s faithful aide, he spoke bitterly to Bikir.
“In the first place, since only you know the plan, aren’t the people around you feeling frustrated? You should share it with the people around you. No, I mean, there’s only four days’ worth of water left, but if you’re just waiting recklessly, who will know?”
The Chihuahua’s outspoken words made some of the people around them inwardly delighted.
But Bikir’s attitude did not change.
“I can’t help it. If I talk about the plan hastily, information may leak into the enemy. Also, even if I say it, the allies may be shaken because it is something they won’t believe.
“Eh, no matter how old you get, you’re still stubborn. Even though you’re young on the outside, you’re just like an old man on the inside. So, what are you going to do with your marriage later on!”
As the Chihuahua grumbled, several women around her flinched.
On the other hand, Bikir had no choice but to dampen his momentum a little at the continued nagging of the Chihuahua.
“……Is the drinking water situation so poor? Enough to last for a week?”
“You’ve seen and heard it. The number of refugees still coming in continues to increase. I was optimistic about four days. After about a week, there will really be people who died of dehydration here in Tochka!”
There is also a limit to collecting dew or extracting plant juice.
Perhaps something terrible could have happened before the solution Vikir had in mind was revealed.
“…But it is true that there is no other way than to wait.”
Everyone who heard Bikir’s words was troubled.
Right then.
Minpin, who was in the corner of the meeting room, carefully raised her hand.
“That boss… No Senator. I have something to tell you.”
When Bikir’s eyes met him, he pulled something out of his pocket and placed it on the desk.
It was a small cage, inside which something with blue wings was flapping its wings.
The eyes of Sinclair, who was next to Bikir, are young.
“Is that a nymph?”
“That’s right. I just picked it up the other day.”
Minpin nodded.
He is the foremost expert on the ecliptic who established the ecology of numerous monsters who were once seekers.
“Nymphs are monsters that live only where there is water.”
Everyone’s eyes lit up at Minpin’s words.
Bikir, too, gave Minipin a look as if to continue.
Minpin said as best he could.
“I found this nymph on a mountain peak not far from Tochka. It’s a high, steep bedrock, and it’s overgrown with bushes, so if you look up from below, you can’t see what’s above it. I thought it died several times in the process of gathering it.”
“Why do nymphs live there?”
“Isn’t it because there is water there, of course?”
Minpin continued with almost certainty.
“It looks like there’s a volcanic lake on that peak. It’s at the bottom of the crater.”
Suwon area. There might be a lake hidden on the low mountain peak on the other side of Tochka.
“There’s a 99.9% chance there’s a lake there. It’s a clear, pristine freshwater lake.”
“…Hmm. Then why hasn’t it been discovered?”
“I also saw the traces of nymphs and tracked them for days and days before finally collecting them. I risked falling to my death dozens of times. ”
Hearing Minipin’s answer, Bikir put his chin on his chin and struggled.
The existence of a water source area near Fort Tochika was a fact that had not been revealed before returning.
It is probably a butterfly effect that occurred when the mini pin was taken under his subordinate.
‘If this is true, it’s great information.’
Bikir also acknowledged the value of this information.
Camu, who was examining the map, said with a serious face.
“It’s not too far away. Judging from the topography, if you blow up the bedrock well, you might be able to make a waterway toward Tochika?”
“Looking at the size of the crater, it looks pretty big and wide if there is a water source. I think there will be plenty of water.”
“Nymphs only live in large lakes with plenty of water. There are plenty of possibilities.”
Dolores and Sinclair were of the same opinion.
Vikir also nodded.
As Minipin is a talented person who was selected and selected while in the ecliptic in the past, Vikir also trusts him.
After thinking for a while, Bikir nodded.
“Okay. I’ll change the plan a little. First of all, I’ll get this point’s water source.”
Vikir, extremely conservative when it comes to changing plans, made an unusual decision this time.
temporary expedient. Drinking water to last a week, no more, no less, is sufficient.
When Bikir’s decision was made, Sindi Wendy smiled broadly with a relieved expression on her face.
“Finally, I can see some way out! I’ll support you with all my might!”
The others also show determination and enthusiasm for the journey to find drinking water.
Right then.
“Emergency! Emergency! Emergency!”
An urgent message came in from the sentry on the watchtower outside the window.
“Leviathan’s poisonous people are attacking ahead! Unknown number!”
It was a report that instantly overturned the atmosphere of excitement due to the discovery of Suwon.
