Just as Paige expected, the reinforcements from the PN had already arrived. They were currently unloading and transferring the supplies into the warehouse.
Paige patiently waited nearby for them to finish moving everything in. Then, while they were busy with the handover, she took the chance to store all the supplies into her space.
When the enemy was ready to gather their troops and launch another attack, they suddenly realized that the supplies they had just delivered were missing again.
"Damn it! This is crazy!" While the transport team hadn't left yet, General Gushu quickly called them back in to be his witnesses.
He really hadn't done anything. The supplies just vanished into thin air.
Losing that much material was more than enough to make him commit suicide multiple times over.
The transport team was also stunned. The supplies were definitely there just a moment ago.
However, one of them quickly tightened his grip on the document General Gushu had just signed.
In any case, the supplies had been handed over to him. How they were lost had nothing to do with the transport team. They didn't disappear on their watch.
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Ino, I only need you to testify for me. These supplies really disappeared without any explanation. As for the consequences, I'll take full responsibility."
General Gushu was furious on the inside but still had to act humble.
Lieutenant Ino was only a lieutenant, and he was a general.
If he didn't need something from him, he would have slapped the guy already.
After hearing General Gushu say that, Lieutenant Ino reluctantly agreed.
"Wait, maybe you should call General Su and ask if his supplies are also…" The rest of the sentence was left unsaid, but the meaning was clear.
If everyone's supplies were missing, then the problem wasn't just his.
At the very least, he'd have someone to share the blame with.
"Alright, you're smart, Ino!" General Gushu immediately dialed General Su's number.
General Su was one of the officers working with him on this siege, but they were attacking different gates of the city.
"Put General Su on the line." Once the call connected, General Gushu couldn't wait to speak to him.
When he found out that General Su's supplies had also disappeared, General Gushu felt relieved.
The two of them cursed the thief together for more than ten minutes.
Meanwhile, Paige, who was sprinting at top speed, sneezed several times. She almost thought she had caught a cold.
Very soon, she had emptied the warehouses in all three locations. She even complained as she worked.
The PN were so stingy. Aside from the first warehouse, which had a decent amount of goods, the others had less and less.
After finishing up, she didn't return to the city right away. Instead, she sneaked back into the first PN camp she had visited.
That was because she realized this camp was the largest and had the most people, so it was likely where the most important leader was stationed.
She also wanted to hear about their next plans.
Paige smoothly made her way to the command center and saw a high-ranking PN officer on the phone, bowing and saying "yes, yes, yes."
She didn't even need to eavesdrop to know that the person on the other end was swearing up a storm.
It made Paige want to listen more closely and learn a few things.
She wanted to compare whether people now swore worse than that annoying guy back in the post-apocalyptic world.
That's right, Paige just happened to know the PN language.
Although the PN no longer existed in the post-apocalyptic era, she was so powerful back then that people who cursed her openly got beaten.
Even people who cursed her behind her back still got beaten if she heard them.
So, someone once went through a lot of trouble to learn a rare language just to curse her in a way she wouldn't understand and avoid a beating.
Paige, being competitive, went through tons of records and eventually found the same language to study.
She mastered it, too.
Next time that person opened his mouth to curse at her, she gave him a serious beating.
At that time, she didn't know what language it was. The information was vague, and there wasn't much content.
But now, it turned out to be PN language.
With her limited knowledge, she half-listened and half-guessed, and finally concluded:
Useless trash (curse words) (curse words) (curse words) tomorrow I'll send you another round of supplies (curse words) (curse words) (curse words)
Tomorrow, I will provide you with air support. You must attack while the enemy is distracted by the plane dropping bombs.
(curse words) (curse words) (curse words)
If you still can't win after that, then come back and admit your failure, useless fool.
Tsk tsk tsk, the ancients really knew how to curse.
If that annoying guy from the apocalypse heard this, he'd probably come ask to be her disciple, after all, she didn't even understand most of the insults.
After the call ended, it was the scene of the big boss yelling at the two underlings.
He vented all his earlier anger on those two, but the last sentence was different.
The big boss said: If you still can't take them down after receiving the weapons tomorrow, then cut open your stomach to atone.
Also, he added that the supplies must not leave their sight. If anything goes missing again, they must also cut open their stomachs.
After getting all the information she needed, Paige started heading back. She had to think carefully about what to do next.
Taking supplies was a small matter. Even if they held onto them, she could still take them.
But if the enemy came to her doorstep and she just let them escape, that wouldn't be her style.
She had always been the type to repay every grudge. Besides, she had a blood feud with the PN.
When she returned to the city, she already had a rough idea in mind.
She knocked on Commander Ye's door, startling the guard outside who immediately raised his gun at her.
"If you ever point a gun at me again, you might not live to see tomorrow's sun," Paige said coldly.
"T-That's not my fault! I didn't know it was you.
This is my job, and I reacted instinctively when I heard a sound," the guard said pitifully.
He didn't want to do it either, but could this lady please stop appearing so suddenly?
"Next time, please show yourself from a distance before approaching. Our instinct is to raise our guns.
Some of the quicker ones might even shoot right away," Commander Ye said as he walked out after hearing the noise.
"Fine," Paige walked closer to Commander Ye's room and went straight to the point:
"The PN will launch an air raid tomorrow evening. During the raid, when visibility is poor at dusk, they'll go all-in with a full attack."
"Aren't you able to secretly remove the enemy's supplies without anyone noticing? Can you do that again?
Without weapons, the PN are like tigers without fangs, nothing to be afraid of," Commander Ye asked cautiously.
"Are you stupid?" Paige looked at Commander Ye with disdain.
"Why would you compare them to tigers? In my opinion, they're just rats in a gutter.
Even if they're holding guns, they're still just rats with guns."
"Yes, yes, you're right, that was a bad analogy," Commander Ye quickly responded.
"Taking their supplies is minor, but I have a much better plan. Listen," Paige said in a low voice.
"They've surrounded our city, right? Since they love surrounding so much, let's give them a big dumpling feast.
Do this… then that… then do this again… and finally that… What do you think?"