High School Soldier
94. Budet farsh3

23 October 2321, 18:10 WIB/1914 Luan Empire, at night.

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The activity of the representatives in the Imperial capital was almost at its peak. To facilitate relations between the two countries in the future, some explorer squads try to attract the sympathy of citizens, especially groups of citizens who look potentially can be invited to work together, the Demihuman race for example. They were quite a large group of citizens in this place, as well as an oppressed group.

Technically, several roaming squads were still in the territory of the capital, and there were almost all different types of races in this location. Ordinary citizens would not approach this place, as it was inhabited by races that were often used as slaves.

There are hardly any habitable buildings in this suburban location. There are hardly any decent shops. They sold medicines, and slaves obtained from the Empire's conquered territories.

What is sold in this place is also no less strange, of course there are some shops that sell clothes and food. Clothing sold may be stained with blood or decorated with rips, some shops even sell grass obtained from the roadside. As for butchers, people should be wary of their merchandise, lest the buyer instead buy human meat.

The members of the rover squad began to be vigilant, when there were tens to hundreds of troops in several corners of this place. After all, the peace agreement had not been signed and they were still hostile.

Many women looked pervertedly at the male members of the Cruiser Squad in charge of attracting the sympathies of the suburban residents. Some of them may show a glare. None of these women had decent jobs, and most of them were prostitutes.

The Demihuman breeds found in this place are cat-eared humans, rabbits, some races that have horns on their foreheads, and winged races. The members of the Cruiser Squad glanced at them excitedly, while the women responded with bewitching smiles, and bashful offers, “Want to play?”

The rover squad chose this place because of its inhabitants being eliminated, and almost ignored by the Imperial government. Perhaps that way, the residents of this suburb will be easy to be persuaded and sympathetic by the members of the Cruiser Squad.

In this place, the strong feed the weak, aka the strong oppress the weak. Do not be surprised there are some bodies lying in dirty sewers, for the residents it is one of the everyday sights. No one cares about it, because this is the way these people live.

By accident, the ‘ explorers accidentally’ saw the rotten side of the Empire.

The explorers were much more polite than the people on the streets. When the central headquarters recruited the citizens of the Empire as informants, they paid these people twice as much as the one given by ‘mafia’ this place.

These TNI men came to a group of Demihumans, took sympathy and fed them, then bought their homes to serve as a small headquarters. If the plan goes smoothly, the base will be built in secret on the outskirts of the capital. The members of the Cruiser Squad didn't even know they had to greet the boss properly.

Some brothel businessmen who hated the Emperor, approached the members of the Cruiser Squad. Although these forces were notorious for their atrocities against the joint forces of five countries, these illicit businessmen chose to cooperate with the TNI.

The TNI wanted information, and they got informants from the Empire who came from various circles. The rover squad manages to attract the sympathy of several suburban crime bosses. Then the outlaw bosses gathered their pickpockets and thieves to spy on the nobles.

Simply put, the TNI looks to have been treated like a conqueror. The criminals and slaves praised the green soldiers. In the clean hearts of these filthy people, they cursed the Empire if they challenged this army to battle once again with the green troops.

“People who challenge the green troops will not live long.”

Moreover, if the criminals approached the TNI with malicious intent, these green soldiers would politely ask them to stop.

However, as the roaming squads carried out their illegal activities, the soldiers saw the frustrated faces of the Demihuman slaves and other suburban residents. That is why, their sympathy is easy to take.

As a result, some of the inhabitants of the outskirts of the Imperial capital feared and chose to respect the TNI.

Instead, the women had mixed feelings towards this green troop man. To put it simply, these soldiers could not like them.

No matter what kind of temptation they use, TNI men will not be tempted. Since they had a lot of money, what was wrong with spending money on these women? But no matter they wagged their eyelashes and soft tails, or what seductive words they used, the TNI men did not respond.

But even as they shouted, “Are you really a man? You impotent bastard!” all the men of the Cruiser Squad simply shrugged their shoulders and resolutely refused to take the bait.

Even contraceptives do not yet exist in this world, which is worrying if the working women for striped men suffer from sexual diseases.

When a poor beautiful woman does not have an ideal to think about, they prefer to think about food and life. And selling bodies is the way they take to get money and food.

Trying everything to survive is a great option, but these women should also consider the situation if they work like this. Given the medical technology in this world, and the creation of contraceptives that allow unintentional pregnancy. Abortions performed in this world make it possible to cause death, so the risk to their health is very high.

The reason why the female members of the rover team are for this is to take the sympathy of prostitutes, such as introducing rubber contraceptives and distributing them for free, in exchange for information regarding the nobles and military of the Empire.

While the men introduce cigarettes and items that may be liked by the men here. Men say the tobacco the TNI carries is the best. Because in other worlds there are also objects such as cigarettes, but tobacco has been mixed with strange materials that have a much worse impact than these Indonesian-made cigarettes.

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There was something strange about some humans of the Demihuman race, but the members of the Cruiser Squad on duty could not answer it. They have no knowledge of the behavior of the Demihumans.

Since they had been helped a lot by the green troops, some residents explained about some things that caused the anxiety of the Demihumans.

The senses of the Demihumans were much sharper than humans. If Nio's antics are correct, the Demihumans' behavior is almost the same as the animals if something happens, such as an earthquake. Especially the birds, this species is able to feel the earthquake and will fly high in the air when the earthquake occurs.

“If my guess is wrong, just think of this as a joke.”

“No, maybe this is true. Connect communication to the entire Explorers Squad!”

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Preparation is not a big deal for soldiers growing up in disaster-prone areas, especially earthquakes. They have learned to deal with this disaster, even from the age of toddlers. They use wireless communication to communicate with each other.

All the rover squads in the suburbs asked the residents who trusted them to head to the field while carrying food and making sure they had put out the fire before.

Evacuating during an earthquake is easy, but for people who have never experienced an earthquake before, they will be very difficult.

The Imperial soldiers could not hide their fear as the ground swayed. Even if they could not imagine if the earth continued to tremble, they thought that the earth would soon collapse.

Because before a big earthquake occurs, there will definitely be a small earthquake to start a big earthquake.

“It looks like a big earthquake is going to happen soon.”

“True, General. Soon a big earthquake may be coming.”

There is a correlation between the initial shaking range and the epicenter distance. This means that if one calculates the distance to the epicenter, the stronger the initial vibration, the stronger the earthquake will be.

After this, the real shaking will begin.

The earth shook as if it wanted to sway as hard as it could. That's about 30 seconds until the vibrations get stronger. However, for the people in the Imperial capital who experienced an earthquake for the first time, this tremor they felt would happen forever.

The Imperial soldiers and military nobles saw the representatives standing quietly, as if nothing had happened. Though their eyes were filled with fear of the earthquake and determined not to be defeated by this green army.

The women and children cried and shouted, while the soldiers shouted in response to this shock. It made the female officers hold back a laugh.

The soldiers looked at this green army in awe, as if they were the ones who made this earthquake.it made them hesitate to fight against this army.

The vibration stopped after a while.

Sheyn followed the representative with her horse, she was grateful that the green troops were not injured and the Imperial troops showed no threat.

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On the outskirts of the Imperial capital, in the corner of the place came the sound of frightening cries and shouts. Because the streets on the outskirts of the city were narrow, all sorts of things fell from the roof.

The entire Commander of the Cruiser Squad shouted, ordering everyone to gather in the middle of the road. The women obediently gathered in the middle of the road, grabbed their hair and stared in despair while kneeling.

The male Squad members laughed as the women clung to them. Some people were seen hugging their legs while saying something, like begging a god to stop the earth shaking.

From Sheyn's point of view, Nio and the others were troops from the enemy country. Bringing them to face the Emperor when a situation like this was checkmate for the country.

However, the fact was that if these troops were the representatives of their country to make a peace treaty, so something like pointing a gun at the Emperor's head was a prohibition.

The stage that was set up almost collapsed, and would not be able to be used as per the function of this stage was built. It irritated the military nobles, and cursed the green troops that had made the earth tremble.

The military royals asked representatives to sit on the seats provided as facilities to watch the performance on stage. They ordered the soldiers to clear this place up, and asked for ‘show’ to begin immediately.

By the time the representatives sat on the seats, this was an opportunity for them to have dinner before watching the intended show of the nobles.

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This chapter is inspired by the earthquake that I felt yesterday and this morning, fortunately still given life....T_T