The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"Maya-san, that girl who calls herself Xia Ya is looking for me again! Let me go to her place,"

Before the cab of Likdias was even opened, the girl could not wait to float over.

"I have a lot of questions now, so I want to meet her,"

Maya felt her head hurt again.

"Are you serious, Niina? We could be fighting at any moment! Caius's plan to bring us both together here is to drive the tiger to devour the wolf..."

"That's why we can't let those bastards from Caius get their way, right?!" the girl said loudly. "Why do I get the feeling, Maya-san, that you're a little scared of meeting that guy who calls herself Xia?"

"I'm afraid of her?" Maya was almost amused by her. "I'll go meet her for you. That guy has been trying to drag you into this. It's so despicable!"

Hard, Rencai's fist hardened,

But when she was really angry, her face was expressionless.

"Is it to prevent your tragedy from happening again?"

"Rencai..."

Maya hesitated for a while, and finally chose to open the hatch.

The girl slowly floated into the cockpit and looked at her calmly. "Is it to prevent your tragedy from happening again?"

She asked Maya-san again,

And Maya finally chose to turn her head away and not look at her.

Sometimes, silence is also an answer.

This made the girl explode completely.

"I'm not you! And I'm not anyone you've ever met! Do you understand, Maya-san?!"

"I understand!" The blonde girl held her head in pain, "But people always repeat tragedies over and over again. Why don't you understand, Rencai?!

You are just an ordinary girl. What does it have to do with you what happens to the world?

This is a matter between me and that guy, Rencai doesn't need to get involved!"

"Have you ever considered my feelings?" The girl walked over to the blonde girl and shook her shoulders vigorously. "Hey, Maya-san, have you ever considered my feelings?!"

“I did nothing wrong!”

"After I helped the bullied classmate, that annoying girl kept picking on me, letting people steal my shoes and chairs and graffiti on my desk, so I hit her, and she hit me back!"

"But everyone acts like I've done something wrong!"

Her eyes gradually turned red.

"I absolutely did nothing wrong! If it were the hero in my mind, I would never let anyone be bullied! I would never tolerate bullying or compromise!"

"So I will never give in! I will never give in to the atmosphere or the adults!"

"But now, my hero is capable of involving innocent people and taking civilians hostage?!"

"Do you understand, Maya-san? Understand how I feel?!"

"If she really is Xia... wouldn't I be a fool for refusing to admit defeat?!"

"Rencai..."

Maya didn't know what her expression was at the moment. Her heart was pierced by the crystal droplets floating and swaying in the girl's helmet.

"Nina, stop crying. I'll take you with me. Let's go together, okay?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything, but once she did, the girl couldn't control herself anymore and burst into tears.

So miserable,

So aggrieved,

It was as if he wanted to pour out all the loneliness he had felt along the way.

As an adult, all Maya could do was to close the cockpit again.

It seems that they are the only ones left in the world.

The girl's 'temperature' was so hot and so fresh that even the driving suit could not stop it.

Unconsciously, Maya's eyes gradually became moist.

When she woke up, it was 6 years later. The 18-year-old Maya was faced with a world where everyone had grown up.

She... is a remnant of time...

Chapter 14: I Think I Am Xia (The Girl in the Universe)

"Nina... As expected, you still... No, it's nothing. Be careful. If you can't hold on, retreat. Do you understand?"

Watching the girl board Gundam No. 03, Maya felt like an old father watching his daughter go to school alone for the first time.

"I understand...but their level is just like that. I don't think I will lose."

The girl looked a little unconvinced.

"Space warfare and ground combat are two completely different things," Maya said sternly. "If you're not prepared, you could be killed at any moment."

"Captain Maya, we have confirmed that the suspicious warship has dispatched two mobile suits, and they are heading towards us."

"I understand," Maya nodded to the bridge on the video link. "Likedias is ready and will depart soon."

"Captain Maya,"

Before Likdias ejected, Natasha, who had already boarded the GM-2, waved to Maya from the controls.

"I will help you protect your 'escape route'. Please make sure you return safely."

"Um…"

Maya didn't know what expression she should show at this moment, "Thank you, Nata..."

"Maya, Likdias, attack!"

On the ejection track, an acceleration of more than 5g acts on the body weighing tens of tons. The ejection track of the Agama is much longer than that of the White Trojan, which can provide a higher initial speed for the MS, thereby greatly saving propellant and energy.

The Black Gundam 03, which had finished refueling, followed closely behind.

"Isenai Jinna, Gundam 3, attack!"

Accompanied by a feeling of being pushed back as if hit by a large truck, the scene on the deck below the full-circle screen changed rapidly.

A moment later, all that remained in the girl's vision was the brilliant starry sky and the light emitted from Maya's flight pedal not far ahead.

"They...are approaching,"

Leaving the Argama, she found herself in the boundless universe. The endless space and emptiness pressed down on the girl. She was like a kite with a broken string, as if she was the only one left in the entire universe.

The universe is so huge that it is hard for ordinary people to imagine.

Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, is 547890 astronomical units away from the Earth.

However, the most advanced Jupiter resource collection ship would need 4 years to travel back and forth between the Earth and Jupiter, a distance of 5.2 astronomical units.

If you use such a ship to sail to Sirius, it will take 421453.8 years.

This is more than 200 times the length of human history. It was only 40 years ago that the ancestors of Homo sapiens separated from Neanderthals and became two different species.

But this mere 50 astronomical units and a distance of 8.6 light years is like a grain of sand in the Ganges in the vast universe.

(PS: The average distance from the Earth's orbit to the Sun is one astronomical unit)

"Whoosh..."

The girl took several deep breaths. The sound of her breathing, which was hardly noticeable in the complex environment, seemed unusually harsh at this moment. The central control screen showed that her heart rate was rising.

This is an experience that you will never get no matter how many times you simulate space driving.

Some people who are not as smart as me might think that it is similar to the simulated universe, just very dark.

But for those who are sensitive, it feels like the entire universe is pouring towards them.

Many people who were born on Earth have had some mental problems after coming to the universe.

Some people say they feel the presence of God.

Others said that they saw the boundless and roaring sea with huge waves.

The girl named Jing Qin Renna did not believe in God. She only felt lonely and empty.

It seems as if my existence is slowly fading and disappearing.

She even gradually forgot to breathe.

"Nina, Nina!"

"what?"

The girl suddenly came to her senses and gasped for breath, "Maya-san? I just..."

"The universe will devour people's souls," Maya said in a complex voice, "We in the universe are like victims on the endless ocean.

If you want to "survive", the only hope is to hold on tightly to the "wooden board" engraved with your life, name and dreams, and not let your "existence" sink into the sea.

In this long journey, man’s greatest enemy is often not the universe, but himself.

Especially for a child as sensitive as you, I'm afraid... you have to constantly battle with yourself."

"I won't lose!" The girl's voice was firm. "Who would lose to themselves?!"

"Rencai..."

Maya's emotions were complicated. Once upon a time, she also thought she would not lose.

"If that person claiming to be Xia Ya is an imposter, what will you do, Renai?"

"Of course I'll beat her up!" Nina said without hesitation. "To do something like that using Xia's name is absolutely unforgivable."

"Then..." Maya hesitated, "What if she is the 'real' Xia?"

"Beat her up! And then ask her why she became like this."

"Don't hit me yet, let's talk first," Maya said with a wry smile, "If you want to fight, find another opportunity later..."

…………

After a period of time that was insignificant to the universe, the two sides met in a "building materials belt".

Hundreds of asteroids of various sizes are suspended in this space. These are the asteroids that people transported to the surrounding colony satellite clusters as building materials.

The guy who calls himself Xia Ya and another kidnapped Mark Rabbit No. 02 are waiting here.

The four MSs looked at each other in silence. At this moment, they were like mirror images.

Both sides have a Mark Rabbit and a Likdias.

"Are you the real Xia?!"

The first to speak was the outspoken Renai, "Please don't change the subject, answer me directly!"

"I have no idea,"

"Huh?" Ninai was confused by what the guy opposite her said.

"I have no memories of the past, but everyone calls me Xia Ya, so I guess I am Xia Ya."

Xia Ya said loudly, "I cannot sit idly by and watch the atrocities of the Federation, so I stood up!

Just a few hours ago, the Federation's Kaas special forces attacked a temporary colony satellite near L5, and almost all of the 20 people on it died.

If we continue to let this go, the Federation will definitely continue to commit such atrocities, do you understand, girl?"

"20 people?!" Rencai's mind was shocked.

"So, in order to stop the Federation, young lady, are you willing to lend me your strength? A better tomorrow is created by young people."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Maya interrupted the conversation sharply, "If young people die on the battlefield and their souls are devoured by war, who will create a better future?! Just do what you want to do yourself, don't drag others into it!"

“This feeling…” Xia took a deep breath, turned her gaze to Maya, and murmured to herself: “Is that so, are you the same as me?

You, like me, chose to hide the truth from young people?!"

"Maya-san," Jinna looked at Maya on the communication line seriously, "What's with the 20 people? What she said, it's fake, right? Huh?!"

"Rencai..."