【Summer Five】Iron City Wall

After staying at the base for only two days, the team members were told that the exercise was coming, and Ye Xiao was asked to go to the first area to observe the ceremony.

Before leaving the old castle, Kagezaki was quite sad, and he admired the troops' generous spending all day and all night.Fu Hei can only explain that, after all, there is no real aristocratic class in the Iron City Wall, Ye Xiao, who has the highest status in the military, naturally has a halo, no matter facing the parliament or ordinary merchants, he doesn't need to bow his head, on the contrary, he is a bit like a "superior person" Respect means.

On the other hand, Knotweed got along very well with Senior Panda, and was not at all as miserable as the day of the test.Of course, according to the panda, because it was beaten so hard by the knotweed, it wanted to hide from the boy at first sight; it is rare that the boy is enthusiastic and carefree, and the two chatted for a while, and they hit it off quickly.

On the day of departure, the eight resident members of Night Owl-I and an executive officer gathered in the open space behind the base.

The artificial island has excellent greening, and it is covered with lush vegetation wherever you go. Seasonal flowers are embellished with greenery, and they are integrated with towering trees.The air is also exceptionally fresh, and you can relax immediately after walking for a few minutes. It is indeed a good place for soldiers who have been fighting on the battlefield all year round.

They walked down the cobbled path and stopped before a clearing.

The land, the size of a football field, is empty, with traces of weeds trimmed around it.

"What are we waiting for here?" Knotweed asked.

Maki pointed to the top of her head and said, "You'll know right away."

As soon as the words fell, everyone heard the sound of the propeller rotating at high speed from the sky.About 5 minutes later, a military helicopter gunship appeared above the field of vision. The paint on the fuselage was not the usual military camouflage, but chalky bright colors like chalk scribbled by young children.Among them, black and blue are intertwined, as if brocades are intertwined, stretching into a clear "Swift-80".

The newcomers Knotata and Nagasaki were stunned, watching the helicopter descend, the hatch opened, and the blindfolded major general leaned out and waved to them: "This way!"

He was still wearing his private clothes, with a thin windbreaker and a shirt inside, with a delicate collar pin, which looked like a straight compass.

A group of people boarded the helicopter and found that it seemed to have been modified privately, with enough space and load for ten people.

The hatch was closed, the pilot raised the altitude, and the Swift set sail.Fortunately, they experienced "borrowing five planes to go out" in the early days of joining the team, and Kizaki and Nazaki looked out of the porthole. They couldn't believe that someone really took the trouble to travel by helicopter, and even changed the paint in annoyance.

"Major General, the venue has been prepared." In the cab, Qihai looked away from the terminal and reported, "They arranged Ye Xiao-I at the Champs-Elysees Hotel, which is consistent with the distinguished guests who came to watch the ceremony."

Wutiao was chewing a bag of nuts boredly, and after listening to him finish speaking, he said, "After all these years, Champagne still doesn't have a single competitor?"

"First of all, it is a hundred years of accumulation that Champs Fairy named its own hotel after a block, and it is not an ordinary high-end luxury brand that can catch up at will." Qi Hai pushed his glasses, "Furthermore, isn't this your family's business? It's so annoying own monopoly?"

Huiyuan has long been accustomed to the way these two get along, looking out the window with his chin resting on his back, but his ears are pricked up to listen, all relying on his collar to cover up the corners of his mouth that are crazily raised.

"Champions is not the biggest revenue maker." The five upside-down packages were knocked into the palm of his hand, and all the residue that was pressed at the bottom was thrown out, "Only 46% of the shares are in my hands, and the rest will be divided among the old men. I just can’t see them having a better life, and the biggest wish I pray for every year is to pray for this group of people to die as soon as possible—since it’s difficult to achieve it, it’s better to create some competitive pressure for them, and it would be better if a few more oligarchs enter the market.”

He never mentioned these things in a casual way, as if the billions of dollars in assets were just flowing water, slipping away from his fingers without leaving any traces.

Qihai doesn't want to talk to him about what it means to be monopolized by nearly half of the shares. After all, the distinguished major general is not a fool; on the contrary, no matter what he does, he is extremely perfect, and his genius is beyond ordinary.

Saying you don't care...that means you really don't care, and there is absolutely no exaggeration.

The helicopter moved steadily towards the destination, and the five of them stretched out their long legs after eating the melon seeds, taking up most of the aisle.He didn't care whether others were aggrieved or not, he fell asleep with his head on his back, and his posture was very comfortable.Qihai moved half a centimeter to the side of Huiyuan, and within 2 minutes, she heard gentle breathing from Wutiao's side.

The helicopter landed directly on the top-floor apron of the Champs-Elysees Hotel. When the hatch opened, more than a dozen waiters stood in two rows, bowing and saluting in unison, bending so hard that their faces could not be seen.

Wutiao led a group of people into the hotel, and the assigned rooms quickly settled their luggage and went down to the lobby to gather.Knotweed even carried a backpack, fearing that others would not know that he was here for the first time, and wandered around, stopping to observe every novel high-tech gadget, although he would not make a sound, but his eyes were always full of admiration.

"The exercise is the day after tomorrow. Is there anything the lieutenant colonel wants to explain?" Fu Hei asked, "I thought there would be a lengthy training session..."

Hui Yuan said: "We are different from the army and the air force. We are just going through the motions to support the old guys above. Besides, there are the other seven teams of Ye Xiao who are going forward. Our team I will be fine as long as we don't play tricks." .”

Everyone felt relieved for a while, thinking that it would be better not to be as rigid as a military parade.It just so happened that Wutiao came late, and strode down the last few steps, waving to everyone, "Okay, remember to come back to sleep at night! Let's go, let's go—"

On the day of the exercise, Night Owl-I went to the Central Command to report as usual.

The timing was staggered with other troops. When Qihai led a group of people to enter the door, they happened to pass by the second team.The leader of the second team is a slender beauty with slanted eyes and short dark hair. Knotweed always looks familiar to someone.

Behind the beauty came a girl with twin ponytails, holding a broom in her hand, her blond hair stood up, which was quite strange.They quickened their pace and left the headquarters, glanced at Nagizaki with unfriendly eyes, goosebumps all over the latter's body stood up, and immediately stared back.

Ah, she looks a lot like a senior from the Zen Academy.Knotweed thought.

The second floor of the majestic headquarters is a row of offices. Qihai went to report to the admiral on her own, and asked Huiyuan to lead a group of people to the lounge assigned to their troops to prepare.

When the lamp came on, the panda clumsily stuffed its huge body into the door, almost getting its tail stuck.There are all kinds of ordnance facilities inside, most of which are training equipment, and a display screen hangs behind the long desk.Fu Hei flipped over the table with one hand with ease, landed on the swivel chair and sat firmly.The computer turned on, the screen flickered a few times, and a rotating single-wing emblem flashed.

"Hey, I thought the totem of the military department was a thorn bird." Hu Zhang watched curiously as Fu Hei keyed in the key, the military department system popped up, and the complex interface showed completely different functions, and there were even several camera images.

After clicking on the real-time monitoring of the main road section, Fu Hei paused, and said in disbelief, "The Thorn Bird?"

Knotweed: "That's right, when I went to see Lieutenant Colonel Nanami at the Hotel Les Suites, the five instructors wore that style of collar pin. I think the waiter knew his identity when he saw him, and thought it had something to do with the military department .”

The room was eerily quiet, and the remaining five people looked at each other in blank dismay.

It was the panda who finally spoke.It scratched its chin and said, "Well, it's okay to call it a badge... It's just that it's the family crest of a major general."

"The thorn bird - the thorn bird on fire symbolizes 'power and price'. Since the founding of the Wutiao family hundreds of years ago, it has always been a symbol passed down from generation to generation by the head of the family. It is said that this family was quite mysterious ten years ago. Only a few people have heard of their names; part of the reason is that most of their successors are low-key, and even their properties will not be named in the family name, only those who know the inside can understand their power."

"As for why he suddenly appeared in the world now—it is also because the current leader is too high-profile. The three forces inside the iron city wall check and balance each other. No one has tried to control the two in the past, regardless of the fact that the five instructors are at the top of the three powers. He made a big taboo, but Enjoy it, and step by step bring out the family that has always been hidden behind the scenes of history."

The door opened suddenly, and the person who was the focus of the discussion walked in, looked at the dignified eyes focused on him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Knotweed was the first to react, jumping up from the ground, "I'm asking about the order of Fuhei's drill! Everyone thinks I'm slow in responding, so they plan to discuss things secretly later without telling me."

Wu Tiao didn't know if he had heard his clumsy lies, so he entered the room and sat down on the swivel chair that Fu Hei gave up.Xu Shi's ceremony was just around the corner, and the major general who was idyllic finally put on his military uniform, his silver hair was bent by the brim of his hat, and a few locks curled against his forehead.

The solemn and artistic costume was worn by him as an evening dress, with golden tassels hanging down his right shoulder, and boots wrapped around his calves, which could be called a walking hanger when he took a step.

"The order is not important, just show it." Wutiao answered the knotweed seriously, with his legs crossed on the table, and the swivel chair creaking and shaking, "This is the purpose of Hui calling out the monitoring. , we can go out."

The monitoring picture on the screen was further enlarged, and everyone in the room leaned over to watch it.

The scene is the bustling royal square - even if the knotweed asked "Which royal is the royal family?" it only got an answer like "I guess it is a hobby of a certain big man" - the military parade, the surveillance cameras are of extremely high specifications, and the real-time images taken It was so clear that even the naked eyes could see the tens of thousands of guests around the square holding flags and cheering.

It was a gloomy day, and the surroundings were not bright, but it failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the audience.These one-in-a-million people who came from all districts to watch the ceremony filled the square, and every time they passed an army square in front of them, they all stood up and cheered.

Even through the cold digital screen, Polygonum cuspidatum was still completely moved.He was almost lying on his desk, staring at the crowd with joy and joy.They were cheering for honor and dignity, with bright smiles in their eyes and uncontrollable pride on their faces; not the carnage, blood and corruption of the Big Hollow Arena.

——Strictly speaking, Polygonum cuspidatum almost wiped away tears and sighed with Fu Hei, "Is this patriotism?"

"Om-!"

Amidst the excitement, the alarm bell in the preparation room suddenly rang.

The global lights went out with a "snap", the emergency red light flashed rapidly, and the sharp and piercing bell echoed in the air, almost penetrating the eardrums.

The military broadcast resounded through the headquarters, and the female voice was indifferent and flat, piercing panic and unexpected crises into every inch of the air: "Attention all officers, unknown terrorists broke into the exercise venue and attacked the audience indiscriminately from west to east. Casualties occurred. The opponent was armed and had a large number of people, and they took the stands of different buildings as hostages to force the police force back at the scene."

Everyone looked at each other and turned to monitor in unison.The situation facing the east is still the same. Goujuan immediately clicked on the cameras deployed in the west auditorium, only to find that heavily armed terrorists were shooting with guns, threatening the audience to kneel down, and placing explosives everywhere. .

"All the military forces on the scene are now dispatched here to ensure the safety of the people and clean the scene as quickly as possible."

Wutiao stood up at some point, pulled out the insert from his waist, tapped the virtual console with his left hand three or two times, swiped the card in the air, and read the identification information.The terminals of the six team members beeped at the same time, and the logo "Drive Restriction Order Unlocked" popped up in the air, and shattered and disappeared after hovering for three seconds.

"The following are the audience seats assigned to each unit. Please give priority to ensuring the safety of the 'high-value people'."

Gouju, Panda, and Maki immediately put their hands on the badge on the chest of the military uniform.Knotweed took a second to react, and immediately followed suit.

Under the pressure of the fingertips, the golden light gradually spread, covering the body completely from front to back.In the blink of an eye, a layer of silver-gray powered armor appeared on everyone's body. It looked thin, but it could resist the power of three electromagnetic grenades blasting at close range.

Knotweed moved his wrist, and found that this kind of drive armor was tailor-made and adjusted according to each person's abilities and specialties. increased nearly a hundred times.

"The list has been downloaded."

The last sentence, the broadcast was interrupted.Wu Tiao quickly opened the mail bar, and grabbed a "key target list" passed down by Walden Lake to the big screen, enough for everyone to see.

Fu Hei approached and quickly read: "Ye Xiao-I is responsible for guarding the guests of the State University in the second district, a total of 335 people. The list and information of the 'high-value objects' are as follows: Dean of the Comprehensive College Zhang Lin, Arts and Sciences The dean of the college, Kim Ji-hee..."

In the dazzling red light, everyone checked the equipment and adjusted the armor neatly; no one asked why there was a sudden terrorist attack, and no one exchanged a few words; they are an army, and actions are always superior to everything else.

"...Chemistry Chief Arden Black, Biology Professor Kobayashi Hui..."

Along with the name, one photo after another appeared at the same time; the team members memorized quickly without blinking, preparing to match the information on the spot in the shortest possible time.

"Adolf Hein, Dean of the School of Automation, Xia Youjie, Professor of the School of Automation, Associate Professor of the Department of Materials..."

The photo and personal information of the black-haired young man flew by, Fu Hei continued to read, and the others took shorthand tacitly, crushing each name between their teeth, and swallowed it into their throats.

Only Wutiao froze suddenly, his mind went blank.

"Wait!" He heard his hoarse voice, out of tune, every word twisted upwards, "Go back—Automation Academy...who?"