Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO

Chapter 983 - 668: Loulanel Village [04] April Thomason: Forgot You’re a Slash Youth

"I used a signal jammer."

"..." April paused, "What are you using it for?"

"To create inconvenience and give myself some convenience," Nora turned around, rolled up her sleeping bag, and said casually, "I’m planning to deal with the ’Shadow Soldiers’ of the Sisters’ Squad, and during that time, I can’t let them make contact. I’d also need to guard against Annabelle, she’s definitely in touch with the outside world."

Her reason was compelling enough.

However, April asked, "What’s the range of your jammer?"

"Eight to ten kilometers." Nora paused, "It’s still in the testing stage, no specific numbers yet."

"Where is it?"

"It’s a pretty small thing, in the bag."

April: "..." Where did this high-tech come from? It could practically be used for military purposes.

Whether she guessed April’s thoughts or not, Nora packed up the sleeping bag, dusted off her hands, and explained proactively, "My husband’s company developed it."

"Victor Technology?"

"Yeah."

"Oh."

April suddenly felt that things were making more sense now.

Victor Technology was originally collaborating with the military, and many of its technologies were world-class. Especially recently, when they brought in a drone expert known as ’the best in the country,’ Joseph Sutton, it was like adding wings to a tiger.

Nora walked to the window, pushed open the dusty window, and casually pulled out a stone from somewhere, throwing it with a raise of her hand, hitting the neighboring window with a gentle "thud."

Before long, that window opened, and Jared, drowsy and half-asleep, peeked his head out, squinting outside. Upon seeing Nora, he instinctively wanted to greet her, but after noticing the loud noise outside, he held his words. He closed the window, and seconds later, opened it again, stepping out while putting on a coat.

He exhaled sharply in the cold, breathed into his hands twice, and rubbed them together while asking, "Sis, what’s up?"

Nora glanced outside, "Keep watch."

"How long?" Jared nodded, asking.

"Half an hour."

"Alright."

Jared agreed cheerfully.

He zipped up his coat, then put his hands in his pockets, turned around, and immediately straightened his back, taking on the air of a boss, and leisurely strolled out the door.

Nora, reassured, withdrew her gaze.

She closed the window.

By this time, April had already spread out a paper on the table, moved over the only two benches, placing one on each side. She stood by the table, flicked a lighter, and gathered the flame, lighting up an oil lamp.

"The one who met with Annabelle last night was a young man, about twenty-six or seven, with a crew cut, very tanned, not tall, around 1.7 meters, but well-built, seems to be a martial artist." April succinctly described the young native’s appearance.

"Interesting." Nora walked over, curled her lips casually, "Weren’t they saying all the young people had left?"

"Yeah, so it’s easy to ask around."

"Hmm."

"I suspect that what he gave to Annabelle was the map of Maze Village and the personnel information." After guessing, April made a rather bold suggestion, "Should we go steal it?"

"..." Staring at her silently for two seconds, Nora chuckled lightly, "How are you bolder than me?"

"You’re not curious?"

"I am." Nora rubbed her wrist lazily, and then unhurriedly said, "But, I want to start with the local natives first."

"Alright."

April agreed willingly.

She spent most of her life in a regimented system, some things had long seeped into her bones, as long as the command wasn’t reckless, she generally wouldn’t object.

She continued, "I snuck into his house last night for a look."

"Hmm?"

Nora raised her eyelids in surprise.

"There are two people in his home, just him and an old granny," April said, "He woke the old granny when he returned, and she spoke. The layout of the house is similar to here, so I thought I could sneak in through the back window. Didn’t find much, but got hold of something."

"...You really are something."

Nora smiled with a hint of helplessness, "What?"

"Here." April casually took out two crumpled pieces of paper from her pocket, "Dug them out from the trash bin."

"..."

After hesitating for two seconds, Nora took the crumpled papers.

April added, "It should be blueprints, his desk was full of them, but I couldn’t comprehend them. I wanted to take pictures, but it was too dark, and using flash might have gotten me caught, so I gave up."

"Hmm."

Nora responded absentmindedly, smoothing out the papers and spreading them on the table, pressing them on top of the paper where she recorded routes the previous night.

Both were hand-drawn simple maps, not of Maze Village, but the surrounding large areas. Several points circled in red, with some marked with an X, others with a question mark, or analysis, a few words hinting that he was analyzing entry points.

The first map completely ignored Maze Village.

However, on the second map, there was a circle drawn at Maze Village with a question mark. A sentence was written: "Could it be possible?"

Staring at those words for a moment, Nora squinted her eyes.

"Snap out of it."

April waved her hand twice in front of Nora, pulling back Nora’s attention.

April asked, "What does it mean?"

"Analyze the entrance," Nora said succinctly.

"They can analyze it themselves, why do they need a Living Map?" April asked, puzzled.

Nora: "Because they can’t find it."

Tapping the blueprint, April raised an eyebrow, "Isn’t the analysis supposed to be well-founded?"

Nora said nonchalantly, "Who knows if the direction is right." She casually drew a circle next to another circle, "What if Mechanism City is here, and they completely miss it?"

April: "..." That seems to make sense.

April wasn’t suited for brainstorming, so she stopped thinking and let Nora take charge. "What’s your plan?"

"First, make a map of Maze Village to avoid getting lost later."

"That will take some effort," April frowned.

Nora wasn’t bothered, speaking breezily, "Half an hour will do."

April: ?

The next moment, April saw Nora extend her hand to take a drone from the corner of the table, "Shoot a photo, and I’ll draw it out."

"..."

Not having to walk through it step by step was wonderful.

*

Five minutes later, a drone flew over Maze Village, capturing the entire village’s aerial view. Nora quickly reviewed it and let April take the drone to play.

"That’s it?" April was surprised.

"That’s it," Nora nodded, seeing April’s astonished expression, she assured, "Don’t worry, it’s memorized."

April muttered "Freak," then shook her head and left with the remote control, ready to have fun.

Nora kept her word.

Twenty minutes later, she had drawn a complete map of Maze Village.

She opened the window and called April, who was outside playing drones with Jared, to come in.

"Do you need something from me?"

Leaving the lonely Jared, who was doing nothing, to look at Nora.

"No."

Nora closed the window again.

Jared: "..." He sighed heavily.

At this time, the sun was rising outside, shining brightly, and the temperature was gradually increasing.

April quickly walked in.

"So fast?"

"Yeah."

"You draw so well," April said as she looked around, praising tirelessly, "With these skills, you could be an artist."

With a leisurely glance at her, Nora reminded, "I am a cartoonist."

April: "..." Oh, I forgot you’re a multitalented person.

Nora handed the map to April, "You keep it."

"And you?"

"I remember it."

"Not instant memory?"

"No," Nora replied, "I won’t forget it for a short time."

"Isn’t that photographic memory?"

"...Drawing it reinforced the memory," Nora explained calmly.

"..."

April’s mouth twitched slightly.

That’s still quite amazing.

Actually, Nora’s memory wasn’t that good; she was just sensitive to anything structural. Once she saw it, she could remember it, and after carefully revisiting it in her mind a few times, she wouldn’t forget it for a short period.

Nora was always quick at memorizing topographic maps.

However, memorizing this Maze Village was particularly fast; after one look, she remembered it thoroughly. During the process of drawing, she didn’t even need the photo; her pen was incredibly smooth.

It was as if... she understood the pattern within.

Spreading out the map, April went over it a few times, ensuring she remembered most of it, then folded the paper and kept it safe, asking Nora, "What’s next?"

"Eat."

Nora touched her belly, feeling a bit hungry.

"...Oh."

April nodded, finding it not very interesting.

After a brief pause, Nora added, "Then go to Flathead’s place."

"..."

It took April two seconds to realize what Nora meant by "Flathead’s place."

Then, she thought the upcoming itinerary sounded interesting again and readily agreed.