The shining Shoko Toyokawa

I found a way to call the police, but they didn't show up until the next day and told them and the clan to handle it themselves.

When I left town, the two families were gathering their relatives and friends. I heard they both prepared homemade cannons..."

"This is really..."

For a moment, Xia Ya didn't know what to say.

"People are used to speaking in terms of power. Whoever is stronger is 'right,' and they tend to overestimate their own power, and then... repeat such tragedies over and over again."

"That's so spicy, Natasha. Do you think I will repeat such a tragedy?"

Natasha looked at the smiling Xia Ya calmly. "In my opinion, Xia Ya, you're really too fast. Just like the time you encountered terrorists on the plane, you weren't prepared. Now, you're not prepared either, right?"

Theoretically, Xia Ya is Natasha's 'superior'.

At this time, you don't need to answer anything and just let her go out.

But Xia Ya didn't want to be such a boring adult,

"Yes," she admitted her weakness, "I'm still not strong enough."

"Stop it, Xia Ya. If you have to do something pathetic to change something, can this world really become a better place?"

"Whether it's destroying the Trojan Horse or fighting imperialism, don't we still have other opportunities?"

"Even in the UC universe, the Earth Federation was founded with America at the helm."

"If the world is beyond saving, and needs a child like you to kill your own friends to be saved, then what does it matter if it is destroyed?"

"Natasha, you misunderstood."

Natasha was surprised to find that even after she said such excessive words, Xia Ya was actually... laughing?

"Why...are you still laughing?"

…………

……

The next day, the captain really invited Xia Ya to dinner.

By the standards of the ship, it was quite rich.

Halfway through the meal, the captain started talking about "business" -

"Ms. Isabella, could you please tell us about your organization's next plan? That way, we can cooperate with you."

Xia Ya did not answer immediately. Instead, she picked up her knife and fork, crossed the various dishes, and suddenly forked a piece of white pastry in the middle of the table.

"Knock down everyone who stands in our way, and then destroy the white wooden horse!"

The captain smiled awkwardly but politely and said, "Although Cosi is now one of the most powerful MS, you are also an excellent pilot.

But America's power cannot be ignored. If pushed to the limit and they use nuclear weapons... it would bring great instability to the world."

Xia Ya nodded, indicating her agreement with his point of view, and motioned for him to continue.

The captain subconsciously supported the armrests with his elbows, crossed his fingers, and rubbed his thumbs back and forth.

"How about forming an alliance with us?" As if afraid that she would refuse or misunderstand, the captain quickly said: "We know Ave Mujica's position and will not interfere with your organization's actions. Instead, we will strongly support you and will not ask you to help us fight.

All we need is for your organization to stand on our side regarding the White Trojan Horse and the ownership and allocation of colony satellites.

With our nuclear power as your backing, your organization can fight with peace of mind, right?

We will take care of all the assistance and logistics, and if necessary, we can even directly send MS support.

If you have any other requests, we can discuss them."

"Is that so..." Xia Ya didn't foolishly think that others would really support her wholeheartedly and fight Amelica to the death. "If I form an alliance with you, you can also get more distribution rights of the White Trojan Horse's transportation capacity from Amelica, right?"

As the saying goes, whoever has the bigger fist has the final say in this world.

Without resorting to nuclear weapons, the major powers are helpless against the white Trojan horse that has set sail.

And now, Cosi is the only weapon that can penetrate Amelica's layers of defense and launch an attack on the White Trojan Horse.

If Cosi stood on their side, he would have the capital to negotiate with America.

"Please tell me honestly, does your country want to destroy the White Trojan Horse?"

The Captain was silent for a while, then looked up at the sky outside the porthole.

"'Boss' hasn't made a clear statement yet, but personally, I still prefer construction. The universe is so vast. Once people reach the Aurora Borealis on a large scale, it means that countless super projects are waiting for us.

This will be an era even greater than the space boom of the last century."

"Of course, if my country is excluded from this great 'era', I would rather it not come."

The captain was smooth and honest, and he explained the position of the great power.

Simply put, they can accept America's leadership, but they also demand corresponding power.

If such a right is also denied, then we will overturn the table and prevent everyone from eating.

Until now, America and several major powers have been fighting openly and secretly, but they have also maintained restraint.

That young fool dared to say that they were at war and that America's enemy was the big country XXX. He would probably not see tomorrow's sunrise.

Xia Ya did not give an answer immediately, but thought carefully.

A good politician will never clamor to fight anyone to the death. This has nothing to do with personal likes and dislikes. Politics is always the art of maximizing interests. Fighting to the death is the last resort.

Of course, we are talking about the politicians of the big countries, not Xia Ya.

"Your comments are very constructive,"

So she finally chose to refuse.

"But right now, America isn't showing any credible goodwill, is she?"

Amelica's current attitude is to take the white horse for herself.

So it’s a little too early to talk about this now.”

"Is that so? Miss Isabella, you are right. Let us look forward to possible cooperation in the future." Although he was rejected, the captain still had a kind expression.

He clapped his hands.

It's not that the "smashing of the cup" was a signal for the 100 hidden swordsmen to rush out and kill Xia Ya.

Instead, he called a waiter and took a wooden tray from him.

On the tray lay a metal fragment, half the size of a fist, framed by a square quartz glass box. It looked gray, as if it had been through a long time.

"We haven't prepared any suitable gifts for Miss Isabella on board. This is the surface skin of the Buran space shuttle. Although it's a bit strange to give this to a lady, please don't mind."

"No, I like it very much," Xia Ya took the tray with a smile, and gently stroked the cold quartz glass with her fingers.

Xia Ya didn't show her love for the fragments out of politeness, but she really liked them—

There was once a country that spent tens of billions of dollars and assembled thousands of engineers and technicians.

They even invited hundreds of scientists and astronauts from America and other countries to participate in a project to fly spacecraft back and forth between the earth and the universe.

The final result of this project was the Buran space shuttle.

After Xia Ya left with the gift,

The 'Second Captain' carried a safe with some difficulty and came to the side of the 'Captain'.

"Old man, why don't you let me give her the gold bars? Maybe she'll change her mind after seeing them. There are people in this world who don't like gold bars."

"Ivan, gold bars are useless to her. Perhaps they are even inferior to that alloy skin."

"Didn't the information say she was quite poor before? I think no matter who you are, once you've been poor, you'll be afraid of it. You'll do anything for money."

"If that were the case, she would have gone to Amelica long ago. They could have given her more." The captain kept looking in the direction Xia left and murmured, "Ivan, doesn't she look familiar to you?"

"Look familiar?" Ivan was shocked. "Could it be that when you were young, you secretly went to District 11?"

"Fuck you," the captain said, feeling a bit awkward and embarrassed. After a while, he calmed down and said, "When I was her age, our country was full of young people like her.

But then everything changed, and that great country is gone..."

"..." Ivan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Old buddy, speaking of the Buran space shuttle, I seem to remember it successfully flew into orbit and returned, right? In the end, did it actually send our astronauts into space?"

"...No," the captain turned his head and looked out the porthole. "Just at the last moment, that great country was gone, and the An-225 used to transport her was also destroyed in the war two years ago."

Ivan said nothing more, but put a record on the gramophone that was gathering dust in the corner of the restaurant.

“There is a voice coming from the most beautiful place~”

Some distorted singing flows out from the machine,

"It contains morning dew at dawn~"

It (the song) is called "The Best Future"

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……

On the USS Ford, after receiving the captain's assurance that Xiao Jin and his men would be approved of their deaths,

The pink-haired girl returned to the room, and the flax-haired girl seemed to be catching up on her sleep, lying quietly on the upper bunk.

Aiyin covered her with the quilt and then lay down on the bed.

Even though she had only slept for less than 3 hours from yesterday till now, Aine still couldn't fall asleep.

'Xiao Deng, Xiao Deng, are you there?'

She tried to call out to the girl who 'broke away gravity', but of course, she received no response.

"It's so noisy,"

The one who finally responded to Aine was Suyo, who she thought was asleep.

"Haha, sorry to bother you," Aiyintang smiled and tried to speak in a hoarse voice like before, but ultimately failed.

The small dormitory slipped into silence.

"Come up and sleep,"

"Huh?" Aine didn't understand what Su Shi meant for a moment.

"I say, come back to sleep. You must have a lot to say to me, right?" Perhaps because he was grumpy after waking up, Su Shi was a little impatient. "Rather than telling those bastards, we should have a more efficient way."

"Whoa whoa…"

Aiyin nodded stupidly, but when she took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"I'm sorry... Xia-san..."

"Don't talk like you're going to cheat on me!" In front of this silly pink-haired girl, Su Shi always couldn't control her emotions, "I know you like your 'Xia Ya-san', but that's not what I meant..."

"Eh? What do you mean? What do you mean?"

Aine thought Suye might be shy, so she teased, "Could it be that Soyorin, you mean that? If Yabai (isn't good) said that, then in a sense, wouldn't I be dangerous?"

Hard, Su Shi's fist hardened,

"Soyorin, give me some blanket, otherwise I feel...ah!"

The pink-haired girl screamed when Su Shi suddenly wrapped her like a dumpling in a blanket. She tossed around on the upper bunk like a caterpillar.

"hey-hey…"

She finally showed her head, but she was smiling foolishly at Su Shi.

Su Shi reluctantly pulled some quilt and lay down, "It's so crowded..."

"No way, the bed is so big,"

The caterpillar Aiyin transformed from a cocoon into a butterfly, but then it was too cold outside and she went back into the cocoon.

'Soyorin, can you hear me?'

"I should be the one asking you this," To be honest, Su Shi was a little nervous.

Although she had communicated with Xiao Deng through brain waves, this was her first time with Aine.

"Of course I can hear it! Soyorin and I are so connected, how could I not hear it!"

"And that child named Alice?"

"Huh?" At this moment, Aiyin looked like a poor guy who went out to find his mistress and got caught by his wife when he got home.