The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"We're swaying?

“To drum beats?

She clearly believed it, but...why couldn't she put the stamp on her hand?

“My patience”

“Controlling?

Is it because a year ago, when she wanted to study in the UK, her parents said at an emergency family meeting that she couldn't touch any random medicines?

Or maybe, even at this point, when the glitter has faded, she still has hope for this world?

“The question?”

“I won’t speak?”

Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya suddenly seemed to come back to life and threw away the stamp in her hand. Her face was pale and sweat was on her forehead, as if what she had just thrown out was a poisonous snake.

A strong feeling of nausea swept over her head. She was not even sure whether she had lost the 'stamp', or whether this was just a dream woven by the 'stamp'. Had she made an irreparable mistake?

She couldn't trust herself anymore.

I can't believe that I am rushing along the road of decline.

If you can't even trust yourself, who should you trust? And what should you trust?

Her confused expression finally...turned into calmness.

“Before I’m alone?

Before I was alone

How it feels to rest?

Resting at the corner of your gentle lips

On your patient lips?

What would it feel like?

To eternal bliss?

It will be eternal ecstasy

I'm so glad to know?

Let me pursue it happily.”

The melody of "After Dark" has ended, but time still moves forward.

The pink-haired girl tore up all the stamps and flushed them down the drain.

Back in the bedroom, she lay on her back on the large white velvet bed, took out the card that allowed almost unlimited overdrafts, and tears...slowly fell from the corners of her eyes.

Outside the huge French windows, the bustling city had a freezing temperature below zero.

The temperature in the luxury suite is maintained at a comfortable range with the silent operation of the central air-conditioning system.

The girl closed one eye and used the card to block out the light from the chandelier on the other side.

But even if the light was blocked by the black card, her eyes would not be completely dark.

Because the light is there, even if it is blocked by an insurmountable fate, but the light is born to illuminate everything.

When most people grow up, they will not be so foolish as to look directly at the sun with their naked eyes, especially the midday sun.

But whether you see it or not, it is lighting up the world for you.

"If we all die,"

"Then what's the point of living?"

Aine recalled that day again, the day when the flash disappeared in the thermonuclear weapon.

"Xia Ya-san... Xiangzi, can I... really do this?"

'And if it does, will it really make sense?'

No matter what Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya said or what she thought in her heart, it was natural that no one would respond.

But no matter what, she had already made a decision, although she didn't know where this decision would lead her.

Chapter 182: Strange New Human (Inescapable Cage)

On Christmas Day, it snowed heavily in Virginia.

In the hotel's living room, Lenai leaned on Lixi's shoulder and had been asleep for a long time.

They appealed many times, wanting to return to District 11 for a while, but in the end... they were not granted permission.

The snow was getting heavier, as if it would not stop until the end of the world. The volume of the TV was turned down to the minimum. The flaxen-haired girl and Li Xi did not pay attention to the news that Donald had won the American presidential election.

Instead, they were staring at the scenery outside the window, completely unaware that their friend was in the hotel opposite yesterday.

"Knock knock,"

The silence was broken by a knock on the door.

Su Shi subconsciously touched her waist, but of course she touched nothing. In America's eyes, they were now hostages and destabilizing elements.

Of course, they would not be allowed to carry weapons. There was not even a fruit knife or fork in the entire suite.

"Please come in,"

Su Shi sighed, without even getting up, but just moved his gaze from the floor-to-ceiling window to the entrance.

But to Su Shi's surprise, the person who came to visit this time was not the "enthusiastic big sister" who often came and said she would take them to travel around Virginia.

It was a doll-like blonde girl who looked younger than Su Shi and the others.

"Are you...Alice?"

The moment Suyo saw her, she guessed her identity, even though she had only heard of this girl from Aine.

"That's right," the blonde girl smiled and showed her two cute little fangs, "Alice, it's Alice~~"

She is used to referring to herself in the third person.

"In the words of District 11, it should be: Please take care of me."

Su Shi and Li Xi were both a little surprised. Although they knew from Aine's few words that Alice was a new human,

But suddenly a "voice" came from my mind, which was quite a "surprise".

"Please take a seat, Miss Alice,"

Su Shi quickly asked the blonde girl to sit down and asked, "Would you like black tea or coffee?"

"Hey, hey, Coke please!"

She raised her hand like a primary school student and jumped onto the sofa.

If Lenai is a lazy cat, then this child named Alice is the chirping little canary.

Su Shi quietly went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of Coke and two bags of potato chips for her.

Alice took it and ate it happily.

Seeing this, the two of them didn't dare to ask immediately why she came.

"Um, my name is Nagasaki Suyo,"

Now that things have come to this, let me introduce myself first. "I'm a friend of Aine..."

"This white-haired child is called Kaname Lenai,"

"Shiina, Shiina Riki," Riki said tentatively, "Excuse me, Miss Alice..., have you seen that guy recently?"

"Hmm," Alice licked the potato chip residue on her fingers and said a little depressedly, "Dori won't let me meet her. She said that Aine will eat her up. Is Aine cursed by something strange?"

"I can feel that Dolly is not lying. Will Aine really eat people now?"

Looking at her clear eyes, Li Xi nodded, "Yes, now she has to 'eat' several beautiful girls a day."

"Well, in a sense it is true,"

Su Shi's expression was subtle. "By the way, Miss Alice, is there anything that brings you here to see us?"

"Hmm..." Alice looked conflicted.

"Do you want some more potato chips?" Su Shi understood something, but did not choose to ask further questions. Instead, he changed the subject.

"Yes, yes!"

Looking at Alice who was like a little child, Su Shi felt helpless.

Big shots can really do anything.

'Alice has a friend who wants me to ask you something,'

Listening to the "voice" in her head, Su Shi was unsure whether the friend Alice was talking about was a tool used by America to test them, or whether there really was such a friend.

The reason why she allowed a 'child' like Alice to talk to them was probably because America's policy towards Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya had reached the next stage.

Facing America, even brain wave communication between new humans is not necessarily safe.

"Her father served on the USS Ronald Reagan, and she wanted me to ask if it was true, as they said on TV, that during the battle with the Shining Demon, the Shining Demon used nuclear weapons, which is why the Lincoln and other ships suffered such tragic losses?"

This is a question that many survivors of the Battle of Gibraltar know the truth about, just as many people know that America, under the pretext of freedom and democracy and protecting herself, has done unjust things.

But what's the point of knowing? Humans are creatures that are easily influenced by the outside world.

Under the influence of media and propaganda hegemony, the real truth has become a so-called "conspiracy theory".

Su Shi didn't know how to answer Alice for a moment.

If this question is a test, then shouldn't Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya be the one to test it?

Since the fall of Flash, they have never cooperated with America.

So, what's the harm in telling the answer to that question?

"The pilot of the Cauchy Gundam never used nuclear weapons. It seems the Abraham Lincoln was nearly sunk by the nuclear weapons of the America..."

"Now America, the information released is full of lies."

Finally, Su Shi advised: "If your friend is also a new human, it's best to ask her to hide her brain waves."

'I'm right here,'

"!!!"

Su Shi was shocked. A stranger appeared.

"Alice, I'm terribly sorry. I'm not a friend of Joshi. I already know the truth. I asked you to ask the Gundam pilot because I wanted to know if the pilots who once fought alongside the shining Gundam pilots were as corrupt as that fake hero."

"Then what?" Su Shi quickly regained his composure. "After we know what's going on, what do you want us to do?"

"You're really on guard. I don't think you'd believe me if I said I had no ulterior motives."

The new humans are not omnipotent enough to know the identity of others without even meeting them, at least Su Shi cannot do that.

Only after meeting each other and remembering each other's brain waves can she know who is communicating with her.

"Alice, I'm so sorry, could you please leave this hotel first?"

Alice wanted to say something but stopped herself in the end. She waved to a few people and left the living room in confusion.

"We want the world, and the families of those soldiers who died or are 'missing', to know the truth—"

"I guess you won't believe me if I say this."

"If that's the case, then let's talk it out!"

This guy was talking nonsense in a mysterious way, which made Li Xi's fists hard.

'…' The voice was silent for a moment, then continued: 'I'm very sorry, I will explain it clearly.'

"Now, that damned pedophile pervert, although he lost the election, is too attached to his position. So a certain important figure suddenly wants to seek justice for those soldiers who died in vain. It would be even better if the soldiers who knew the truth could rise up in protest."

'Clam?'

Li Xi was confused by what he heard.

But Su Shi had already understood the general idea, 'So that big shot wanted to use the exposure of this incident to attack his political opponents?'

'That's essentially it, and more importantly, he has to distance himself from this matter.'