The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"It's so dark, so dark! Is it dark already?"

"Hey, hey! Can anyone hear me? I'm here, I'm here!"

Chapter 195: Xiangzi, please take me away!

"Drip drip..."

The bell of "k-ringtrain" rang, and the pink-haired girl slowly opened her eyes.

"Kang Dang"

"Kang Dang"

The train whizzed by, and the whistling wind lifted the girl's hair.

"Where is this?"

"who am I?"

She started by asking three philosophical questions, not because she liked to think, but because she really couldn't remember.

"Are you awake?"

"!!!"

She looked in the direction of the voice, and what caught her eye was a girl with aqua blue eyes and golden eyes smiling at her. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and looked at the pink-haired girl tenderly.

"Xia... Xiangzi?"

Even though she couldn't remember her own name, she called out the girl's name in an incredible instant.

"Al?"

Her eyes were sore and tears kept flowing. "I'm sorry, I...ah, I'm really sorry!"

She rubbed her eyes, but the tears could not be stopped, and she even wanted to cry out loud.

"What's wrong with me?!"

"Maybe it's because I want to be loved," the girl gently touched her face. "Many times, no matter how sad people are, they won't cry, because crying is meaningless and only wastes energy."

"But if people want to be loved and have someone who loves them around them, they will cry out loud,"

After saying this, she opened her arms slightly.

The pink-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then threw herself into her arms.

then…

"woo woo woo woo!"

Cry loudly,

"Sorry, sorry!"

She said sorry, but hugged the girl with blue hair tightly.

The girl stopped talking and just patted her back gently.

After a long time, she finally stopped crying, but refused to leave the girl's arms, as if she wanted to turn into a sloth and hold her for the rest of her life.

“Xiangzi…Xiangzi,” she sobbed, “Please take me away. I seem…I seem to be lost!”

"That's not possible," the azure-haired girl said in a gentle yet stern voice, "Everyone is still waiting for you to come back."

"But I'm so tired and sad! Now, take me away, now!"

"Come with me, are you really okay?" The girl held her shoulders, distanced herself from her, and looked into her eyes seriously. "Do you really think this is okay?"

At this moment, she really wanted to say loudly: "Yes, this is good! This is good! This way there will be no pain!"

But... she couldn't say it.

Because she didn't want to disappoint the girl in front of her,

Because, that is just willful evasion of responsibility,

Because...it seems like she still has something she needs to do.

"Clang, clang,"

Another train whizzed by, and she stared blankly at the girl in front of her, as if she wanted to freeze the moment.

"Anon-chan!"

"Anon-chan!"

Someone was calling her name, and she looked in the direction of the voice.

On the opposite platform, a gray-haired girl was looking at her timidly.

"Little lamp?"

“Aine, Aine!”

And everyone's call also came over the obstacles,

"Xiangzi, I'm sorry, I may have to leave..."

She wanted to say goodbye to the girl with azure hair, but when she turned around, she was nowhere to be found.

Finally, what echoed in her ears was a gentle and fatal word:

"Bon Voyage"

"Yeah," she nodded heavily, "I'm going out!"

…………

The pink-haired girl opened her eyes, and the first thing that caught her eye was the leaden sky.

The snow stopped.

Today is the first day of 2025, and it is also a day destined to be recorded in the history books of future generations.

"Aine, Aine! Wait a minute, we'll be right there with you!"

"Soyo, what are you talking about? Aren't you all always by my side? Right... Xiao Deng?"

Aiyin turned her head and saw the gray-haired girl standing next to her.

"Sorry... Anon-chan, I seem to have been lost for a long time and seem to have forgotten a lot of things..."

Deng was in a low mood, "I'm sorry, Anon-chan, for making you go through so much alone,"

Aiyin wanted to comfort Xiaodeng with a smile, but she found that she couldn't smile at all.

"Warning, warning, White Horse and Penelope, please land immediately for inspection, otherwise you will be considered suspected of treason! I repeat, please land immediately for inspection!"

A team of Anxias were approaching rapidly. Due to the friendly machine identification code, Penelope's computer automatically identified these machines as teammates, so no alarm was issued.

"What should we... do?"

The people on the White Trojan's bridge looked at each other in bewilderment. They had essentially betrayed America, and some of their families were still in the hands of the Gian people.

They no longer knew what to do.

"I repeat, please land immediately for inspection!"

"Shut up!" Aiyin manually deleted their identification code from the computer. The Anxia team, which had been flying smoothly, immediately dispersed and formed an attack formation because of the warning of being locked, but they did not dare to get too close.

"Soyo, Riki," Aine called out her companions' names, "Runa, Xiao Deng, I'm sorry... I'm going to do something very willful next!"

"Aine, you're not going to..."

"Yes! Lixi, it's just what you think!"

The Iron Dragon raised its beam rifle and aimed it in the direction of the Anxia team.

Pull the trigger!

"I've hijacked the White Trojan Horse! Our next destination is across the Bering Strait!"

"This journey is nearly 5000 kilometers," Naomi Misora ​​reminded, "and the entire route is within America's sphere of influence."

Flora was stunned. Didn’t she come here to quell the rebellion? How did she suddenly become a traitor?

She lowered her voice and said to Misora ​​Naomi, "Why don't you try to persuade her? If she wants to run, run somewhere else. You're just dancing in America's face!"

"I'm trying to persuade you,"

Naomi Misora ​​blinked. Although she still had that expressionless look on her face, Flora always felt that she seemed a little happy?

"It takes about ten hours to fly such a long distance in the upper atmosphere."

"???"

Wow, Flora, wow!

Misora ​​Naomi, you still say you don't want to rebel?!

"What's coming next won't be that easy," Flora glanced at the Gundam pilots, "Let's put that bastard pervert aside, their families are still in America's care, right?

The White Trojan Horse is now filled with either Ji'an's traitors or American people. It wouldn't be surprising if another riot broke out at any time."

"Lieutenant Colonel Chihaya, are you crazy?!"

On the bridge of the White Trojan Horse, Commodore John, who had been lying on the deck pretending to be dead, finally couldn't pretend anymore.

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have an advanced mobile suit. Have you forgotten what happened to the Shining Devil?!"

"Even if Penelope is strong, can she withstand a nuclear weapon?"

"Even if it's a nuclear weapon, I'll block it for you! Penelope is more than just pretty!"

"Now, immediately! Set off immediately!"

Chapter 196: The Biggest Enemy

In the end, Aiyin also embarked on the same path as Xiangzi.

100 kilometers above Alaska, Penelope took advantage of the Trojan's slightly changed shooting angle and fired several beams of light, hitting the missiles fired from the Trojan's lower 6 points.

Of course, these scattered missiles can't play any key role, but after a little thought, it's not difficult to guess America's intention, which is to consume the pilots' physical and mental strength.

She also used practical actions to show that America would not let this matter pass.

"Switch, Aine, we'll be on guard from now on."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, Sushi."

Penelope retracted to the middle of the deck, used its mechanical arm to hold the temporary mooring cable, and lowered the fuselage as much as possible.

The continuous alerts and interceptions made Aiyin physically and mentally exhausted. In such a high-altitude space, for example, going out for a walk or eating, even if there was any physical inconvenience, she had to hold it in.

It's obviously going to be the final battle in a while, so I should take the time to rest.

But once she was free, Aine's thoughts ran wild like a wild horse. In the end, she couldn't hold it back and said some dejected words.

"If we fail..."

"We will not fail," Li Xi interrupted Aine, "Now according to the intelligence sent back by other major countries, many people know the truth of the matter. The fact that America was the first to use nuclear weapons was originally kept secret only from most people in the Western world.

Now we have exposed the ugly fact that America used our relatives to force everyone to fight.

Most public opinion will be on our side, even if it is based on interests, the big countries will stand on our side.

Of course, the premise of all this is that we ourselves will not admit defeat..."

"Aine..." Riki hesitated in the team's communication channel, "You insisted on landing in the Bering Strait instead of directly on the land of Omo. What is your real purpose?"

"Having a pre-set stance and joining any party is too limiting, Riki." Aine said with a wry smile, "Isn't that what countries, armies, and organizations are all about?"

"Even if they dislike America, these organizations have to consider the economy, employment, and the possibility of a nuclear war."

"That's probably why Xiangzi didn't choose to form an alliance with anyone."

"The larger the organization, the more difficult it is to avoid being shackled by various parties..."

"And if we just leave, what will happen to Xiao Deng, my uncle and aunt?"

Aiyin's answer was the same as Li Xi expected, which was also what made her feel complicated. Although she knew that she had to take this step for the sake of the future, Li Xi still had doubts.

I wonder if I will back down if America threatens my family's lives.

"Look forward, Lixi," Su Shi reminded him, perhaps having seen through Lixi's thoughts, "We... can only look forward, right?"

'Su Shi...you are really not suitable to say such things...' Li Xi couldn't help feeling sad. She knew that Su Shi probably missed the past more than anyone else, and also cared about her family immensely.