The shining Shoko Toyokawa

“…You must be kidding…”

Yamato Toyokawa knew that girl, but he didn't know her through TV or self-media.

When she was just learning to speak, when the young Toyokawa Yamato was not named Toyokawa, he knew there was such a child.

Sometimes when Xiangzi's mother visited her, she would bring back some photos for him to look at.

As a man, Toyokawa Yamato's mood was inevitably complicated. More than ten years had passed, and two years had passed since he last saw a photo of the blonde girl.

The last time he saw the girl's photo was when she was dead... Her death was so tragic, like his daughter, she was burned by "flames".

All the objects in the man's hands fell to the ground, but he seemed not to notice at all, walking on the streets of a foreign country like a zombie.

The man imagined what his wife's expression would be if she were still alive.

He... probably couldn't work or leave his rented room before... it snowed in Moscow.

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In the 11th district, Yuezhisen Girls' Academy, Ying Lili learned the news when she was secretly using her cell phone on the rooftop to contact her friends.

Her phone was playing a video of a gloomy-looking pink-haired girl being interviewed.

"May I ask what is your relationship with Xia Isabella?"

"Friends, comrades, and I probably love her deeply..." The pink-haired girl's voice sounded like she might burst into tears at any moment.

"I heard that it was the Penelope you piloted that shot down the White Trojan Horse at the last moment. Is that true?"

"...Yes," the girl nodded with difficulty, "For humanity to fly to the star of hope, I have no choice..."

"!!!"

Ying Lili stared at the screen in disbelief, as if trying to find evidence that the guy claiming to be Aiyin was just an imposter, but unfortunately, she failed.

Whether it was her appearance, her voice, or even her small speaking habits, she was exactly the same as the Aiyin in Ying Lili's memory.

"Why... did it become like this?"

The phone slipped from the girl's hand and fell to the ground. The interface accidentally switched to the screen saver. With a click, the photo of the girl with a high ponytail, along with the phone screen, was instantly filled with cracks, as if it would shatter and dissipate in the next moment.

"Chihaya...Aine..."

Ying Lili didn't even know whether she should hate or sympathize with the pink-haired girl.

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Atlantic Ocean, five days have passed since that hellish night.

"Chihaya Aine!"

On the deck of a temporarily requisitioned container ship,

The black-haired girl swung her fist at Aine's face. Her fist, driven by rage, could not hurt Aine, who was on guard.

Or...Major Chihaya, Captain of the White Trojan MS Unit,

Major Chihaya dodged sideways and easily avoided her punch.

"Why are you saying that nonsense!? What on earth were you thinking?!"

After missing the first punch, Li Xi threw another one, but this time, because the direction of her punch was known, she was grabbed by Major Chihaya's wrist when her old strength had already gone and her new strength had not yet emerged.

Li Xi tried to break free, but Major Chihaya did not stop him, but simply let go of his hand.

The black-haired girl was caught off guard and immediately took several steps back due to the inertia of her own struggle.

"She's obviously... obviously so dazzling! Why are you?!"

"It's because it's too dazzling that it burned itself to ashes, Lixi, why don't you understand?"

Major Chihaya stood straight, forming a sharp contrast with the black-haired girl who was bent like a beast, ready to attack.

"I don't understand!" Li Xi roared, "How could you betray her so calmly?! Why do people always do things I can't understand?!"

Seeing her so excited, Major Chihaya said nothing, but just sighed slightly.

As the first astronaut to board the Aurora and a Gundam pilot, America dreamed of giving her citizenship.

While she was undergoing training in Florida, her instructors and leaders would intentionally or unintentionally persuade her to embrace 'freedom' and 'democracy', but Aiyin was not interested at that time.

But as the saying goes, this time is different from that time.

Now she was wearing the uniform of the American Navy with bronze oak leaves on her shoulders. When those ferocious Navy SEALs saw her, they would salute her and call her Major. She looked so impressive.

Now she has become an authentic American star.

"Calm down, Lixi,"

Su Shi, who looked haggard, forced herself to cheer up and said, "Ain must have her reasons for being like this. Please trust her. Ain, don't provoke Riki, okay?"

"OK,"

Major Chihaya smiled and nodded.

But that smile made Li Xi feel uncomfortable no matter how she looked at it. She simply turned away and left, no longer looking at that pretentious face that she hated.

"Soyo, come with me, I have something to tell you,"

But the words of that annoying pink-haired guy drifted in the wind, causing Li Xi to stop in his tracks.

"Something? What is it?"

With the last glimmer of hope, Riki followed them from a distance and saw Major Chihaya bring Su Shi into his office.

"Aine, do you have something to say to me?"

Because Major Chihaya sent the guards away, Riki was able to get close to the office door.

The cabin is quite grand by the standards of a temporary office.

Major Chihaya smiled and made a cup of black tea for the haggard Su Shi. The flaxen-haired girl looked at the steaming black tea on the table with a dazed look on her face.

Apparently, she was thinking of someone else.

Maybe it was someone I had drunk black tea with before,

So much so that, when Major Chihaya sat down next to her and put his hand on her face, she came back to her senses and turned her head to look at her.

"!!!"

The next moment, Su Shi was stunned, because she felt a warm touch on her cold lips. The pink-haired girl's face was so close that the flaxen-haired girl could count how many eyelashes she had.

Just as her body was stiff from being too surprised, a wet 'little snake' kept licking her teeth, as if looking for a gap to enter.

"do not want!"

Su Shi suddenly remembered the kiss on Lake Vansai and the girl's body temperature, and suddenly pushed the pink-haired girl away.

Before she forgets Xiangzi's warmth, she probably doesn't want to kiss anyone, even if that person is Aine.

"Why are you?"

She looked at Major Chihaya in surprise and bewilderment. Her confused mind couldn't even figure out what had happened.

"Because I want to kiss Suye," Major Chihaya said as a matter of course, "Isn't it natural to kiss someone you like?"

At this moment, Su Shi really began to feel that the pink-haired girl in front of him was a stranger.

Major Chihaya's hair was braided and tied up in a style that young girls don't often use. It wasn't the common pigtails seen in anime, but a more delicate and clever style that is often used by mature women.

Su Shi opened his eyes wide and said in disbelief: "You...you have forgotten her?"

"...I want to forget," Major Chihaya clasped her hands together and said seriously, "Please, Soyo, let me forget her!"

The flaxen-haired girl gritted her teeth, her nails digging into her palms. "The only thing I don't want to hear you say is, Major Chihaya. If everything is alright, then I'll leave!"

The door suddenly opened, startling the dazed Li Xi. She quickly caught up with Su Shi and said cautiously, "She must have been overly stimulated and is talking nonsense. Su Shi, don't blame her."

Listening to Lixi's voice gradually getting smaller and smaller as it faded away,

Aiyin lay on the leather sofa, staring at the ceiling.

"I...what kind of stupid thing am I doing? I'm acting like an idiot..."

Aine recalled that cruel night again——

At the moment of the nuclear explosion, if there were a special camera nearby that could record the explosion and filter out light that is hundreds or thousands of times brighter than natural light, it would capture a scene like this:

The power of the sun exploded, and the super aircraft carrier with a displacement of 11 tons was like a toy in front of it. Amid the wailing sounds of the keel and structural parts, the starboard side was lifted high!

The personnel and equipment on the deck were swept away by the high-temperature shock wave. The entire aircraft carrier tilted nearly 30 degrees, and even the armor plates and decks on the starboard side were stripped off in large quantities by the shock wave.

Combustible components, paint, and oil will spontaneously ignite in the high temperature.

The entire hull even showed visible distortion, as if an invisible giant's hand was destroying this super battleship.

"Rumble"

After waiting for the shock wave to pass, the entire battleship began to fall to the starboard side.

If we look at the entire warship, the falling speed is not fast, but if we take the crew as a reference, it is incredibly fast. The waves caused by the fall alone are dozens of meters high!

At this time, most of the deck of the Reagan was missing, and the skeleton under the armor was twisted. Although it did not sink, even if a god came, it would be impossible to repair it.

In the face of the terrifying power of thermonuclear weapons, even a super-giant ship with a displacement of 11 tons was instantly scrapped.

What's more, the Cauchy weighed dozens of tons. It was instantly pressed into the sea by the shock wave and the air sinking caused by the existence of the Reagan, without even causing a wave.

"no, do not want!"

On Unit 00, more than 30 kilometers away, the girls watched the flash in despair as they were engulfed by thermonuclear weapons.

And they can't do anything...

The agreed band,

A trip to the planetarium and to the colony satellite,

It hasn’t even begun…it’s already over.

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After the Shining Devil was destroyed, America regrouped the remaining troops, centered around the White Trojan, and fought against the underwater MS that had been following the fleet, as well as the small group of troops from Ave Mujica that were harassing them. The battle lasted until dawn.

Finally, the glittering demon was lifted from the sea by a steel cable.

When the flooded hatch was opened and two soldiers carried out the charred body, the last glimmer of hope in the hearts of several people was shattered...

After that, a 'big shot' made an appointment with Aine,

He said that America needs a hero this time, a hero who can save the country from collapse and turn the tide.

Aine had long lost interest in becoming a 'hero', but... this time, she had to become a 'hero'!

Then, for the future of mankind, a 'hero' appeared who shot down his best friend and loved one with his own hands.

It seems that in order to protect her friend, the pink-haired girl showed an unprecedented utilitarianism.

Not only did she accept all the interviews, she also asked for an official position.

Of course, she may also be doing it for herself.

She even hinted to her secretary to find some pretty blonde girls to "chat" with her, or girls with blue hair would be fine.

Today, he couldn't help himself and attacked his best friend. He is worse than an animal!

"Tuk Tuk"

There was a knock on Aine's office.

"Major Chihaya, I'm Naomi Misora, can I come in now?"

Major Chihaya pretended to sit up straight, cleared his throat and said, "Come in."

Naomi Misora ​​pushed the door open but didn't close it. Instead, she waved to the outside.

The next moment, Major Chihaya was stunned, and a girl with blonde high ponytail walked in.

It is said that there are seven people in the world who look exactly like you.

The girl who walked into the office was another 'Xia Ya', or rather, someone who looked like Xia Ya.