Chapter 22: Fully Prepared for War
baby-5 looked at the apple core in his hand and then at the handcuff key dangling in Lin Nuo's hand. After struggling for a long time, he was finally defeated by his own desire.
After swallowing the apple in his mouth, baby-5 said with some difficulty:
"I, I won't use my powers randomly anymore, please pick this damn thing off."
After staring into baby-5's eyes for a moment and making sure that her eyes were not as cunning as before, Lin Nuo took out the key from his waist and helped baby-5 remove the handcuffs.
Seeing that baby-5 did not act rashly, Lin Nuo showed a satisfied smile:
"Let's go, I'll take you to dinner first, and then I'll take you to your new residence after dinner."
After dinner, Lin Nuo took baby-5 and moved into Orlando's yard. Orlando had already given him the key before, so he didn't need to bother him when he went in and out.
Each chose a side-sleeping room to live in. After tidying up the room, Lin Nuo ignored baby-5 and went to the small courtyard alone to continue practicing shaving.
Now he is only one final step away from mastering shaving perfectly. Lin Nuo estimates that he should be able to master shaving completely before advancing to the bronze level.
After practicing shaving for about two hours, Lin Nuo was about to rest for a while before doing other exercises, when he saw Orlando coming over from a distance with a face full of joy.
Seeing Orlando back, Lin Nuo subconsciously asked:
"Is the baby-5 matter settled?"
Orlando sat opposite Lin Nuo and said excitedly:
"Just as I expected, after hearing about baby-5, Teacher Zefa, although he did not agree to accept her as an adopted daughter, he has made it clear that he will take over the responsibility for baby-5.
It just so happens that the Peiyou Dabi will be in two months, and he said that when the time comes, he can just let Baby-5 take the troop ship directly to Marinevando."
While the two were talking, a voice suddenly came from above:
"I won't go to Malinfando with you. I am the young master's servant, and the young master will definitely take me back!"
Orlando and Lin Nuo raised their heads and looked at Baby-5 upstairs, who was about to speak, but Baby-5 closed the window with a bang, blocking the opportunity for the two of them to speak.
What Lin Nuo and Orlando didn't know was that Baby-5 immediately squatted on the ground after closing the window, and tears began to fall down uncontrollably.
Despite the harshness of her words, she actually had no confidence at all.
She has also been in the family for many years and knows very well the young master's attitude towards family members like them.
The young master was indeed very kind to them on weekdays, but this "goodness" was conditional.
Only those who are unconditionally loyal to the young master and are willing to sacrifice their lives for the young master can be favored by the young master.
On the contrary, those who have deceived or betrayed the young master, whether it is Mr. Clason or Luo, their fate will be...
With the lessons learned from these two people, is it really possible for me, who was coaxed and lied to the young master by Buffalo, to return to the family?
Baby-5 didn't dare to think about it further. She was afraid that she wouldn't get the answer she wanted. So she could only force herself to believe that the young master would take her back. After all... this was her hope in this desperate situation.
The last glimmer of hope.
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Seeing that Baby-5 was not going to give them a chance to communicate, Orlando and Lin Nuo looked at each other and gave up on changing each other's minds.
The days ahead are still very long, so there is no need to feel entangled by the other party's obsession for a while.
Orlando patted Lin Nuo on the shoulder and said: "I know very well what Mr. Zefa is like. Now that he has said that he will be responsible for this matter, there is no way that Doflamingo will take Baby-5 again."
Brought it back.
There is no need to worry about baby-5 anymore. Next, our focus should be on the training conference in two months.
Are you ready? The next special training is not going to be easy."
Hearing this, Lin Nuo didn't waste any time and asked directly: "Tell me, what are the special training items?"
Orlando stood up, lifted up his navy cloak, and hung an unedged long sword on his waist:
"It's very simple. In the next two months, I will arrange for you to go to various gang strongholds during the day to clean up gangs and eliminate evil.
At night, I will be responsible for training your dodge skills. I will suppress my strength to a level similar to yours and attack you. During this period, you cannot fight back and can only avoid my attacks until you go to Malevando."
At this point, Orlando drew out the unedited long sword from his waist and said:
"Don't think that since this is a sparring match, you won't be seriously injured. Although this is just an unedged standard long sword, if you don't treat it carefully, you may lose your hands and feet."
While speaking, Orlando "inadvertently" waved the knife, and Lin Nuo felt a strong wind blow by his ears, and then heard a crisp sound behind him.
When he turned around to look, he realized that the big tree behind him had been cut into two ends with a knife.
Looking at the neat and smooth cuts on the tree, Lin Nuo's pupils shrank suddenly.
This is... a flying slash!
To be able to use such an unedged standard long sword to deliver such a sharp flying slash, it is obvious that Orlando is also a highly accomplished swordsman.
After calming down the shock in his heart, Lin Nuo turned back to Orlando with a smile and said, "I understand."
"Then it begins."
As he spoke, Orlando stepped heavily on his feet and rushed towards Lin Nuo like a cannonball. The sword in his hand pierced Lin Nuo's ribs.
Lin Nuo was so frightened by this sword that he broke into cold sweat. Fortunately, while he was practicing shaving during this period, he also improved his dynamic vision. Otherwise, he might be able to knock him down with just this sword.
Lin Nuo was secretly frightened, but Orlando's hand moved again. The long sword in his hand turned from stabbing to cutting, and slashed horizontally towards Lin Nuo's chest.
Orlando's movements were so fast that Lin Nuo couldn't react at all this time, and the sword slashed across his chest.
Lin Nuo took two steps back and touched his chest, only to realize that his chest was already dripping with blood.
"I've said it before, if you don't treat it with caution, it's possible to lose your hands and feet."
Orlando's tone was not as lazy as usual, cold as if there was no warmth:
"If I were your enemy, you would be dead by now."
At the same time, Orlando also sighed secretly in his heart. Sure enough, it was still the same problem as before, he still lacked combat experience when dealing with enemies who used swords.
Feeling the stinging pain in his chest, Lin Nuo squinted his eyes:
"I see."
As he spoke, Lin Nuo called up the King of Fighters system and replaced the originally equipped [Genji Takiya] card in the card slot with [Noxus Veteran].
The battle with Orlando was a good opportunity to digest the talent [Veteran’s Wisdom]. Lin Nuo also needed this talent to help him adapt more quickly to fighting against sword-type enemies.
"Come again!"
Chapter completed!