The shining Shoko Toyokawa

There are remnants, officers of the old anti-unification army, as well as active soldiers and officers of the unified army and even the federal government.

It's a miracle that this group of people stayed together without fighting each other to the death.

Soon the tour guide took them to a remote base not far from the launch site.

He told them to be careful and then found the person in charge of the station and left.

The person in charge of the station knew even less than the tour guide, and all he talked to them about were trivial matters.

It was not until later that the person they were waiting for came.

"Zero, One, Two! You're finally here!"

She was a strong female officer who looked like she could kill a lion with one punch. Her naturally curly hair was cut very short. Judging from her skin color, she must be a local.

The flaxen-haired girl took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of eyes that looked like the first clear day after snowfall. She smiled and said, "Major Yimi, long time no see."

The female officer bared her white teeth and couldn't wait to gossip, "Zero, are you and An married?"

"Uh..." Being asked this by an acquaintance, Zero felt a little embarrassed.

I could only change the subject, "Let's not talk about this for now. What's the situation in space now?"

When talking about business, Major Yimi's expression immediately became more serious.

"The situation in Earth's orbit is not optimistic, so we temporarily asked you to divert to Gabon."

"Just now, the 'tour guide' asked us if we were acclimated to fighting in a zero-gravity environment. Does that mean we should support the Thornless in space?"

'Zero' easily guessed his mission.

"That's right,"

Yimi picked up a piece of whitewashing lime from the corner of the wall and squatted on the ground. He first drew a big circle on the ground to represent the earth.

A little further away from the big circle, a small circle was drawn to represent the moon.

She drew a small cylinder to represent the Aurora satellite colony between the two celestial bodies.

"Caias's Earth fleet is currently in high orbit."

She drew a larger circle around the Earth, representing the orbit of Caius's fleet.

"Their positions are roughly synchronized with the direction of the Aurora Colony satellite cluster. This way, even if the Thornless troops can't intercept them when they descend, they can at least force them to change their trajectory, preventing them from landing directly on Singapore Harbor."

"Should we join forces with Wu Ci and attack them from both sides? The question is, can we get a warship that can directly reach space?"

When mentioning this, Yimi's face showed some embarrassment, "We have obtained a transport rocket from the Unified War period, which is guaranteed to allow us to go up, but returning will depend on luck.

Once you reach space, you'll probably be forced to join forces with the Stingless warships, turning your assault into a protracted war."

The thornless warships, including the Agama, do not have the ability to break out of the atmosphere after entering it.

The Magellan and Salamis classes are pure space battleships and do not have the ability to fight in atmospheric space.

This means that the raid on Caius's headquarters can probably only be accomplished by the MS troops.

"Our original goal was to seize the Garuda giant transport aircraft that had just completed its test flight, right?"

Although he didn't know it beforehand, Su Shi could easily guess this based on the information he had. "Have you given up on seizing Garuda now?"

"I don't know the specific details, but it seems that someone else has gone there, and now supporting Wu Ci is more urgent, so I asked you to rush over."

Yimi knew everything and said, "If we capture Garuda, then Wuci will probably change his strategy and launch the Agama directly into Singapore Harbor."

"Why is Wu Ci so determined to land on Earth?" Number Two asked, puzzled. "I originally thought there were few on Earth who would fight alongside Wu Ci, but now everyone has time to split up. Couldn't we just raid Caius's headquarters?"

The black-haired girl asked this, and Yimi found it difficult to answer for a moment. To be more precise, it was difficult to answer from her perspective.

She subconsciously glanced around, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, she lowered her voice and said, "Wu Ci is also a branch of the Earth Federation Army..."

When she said this, No. 2 immediately understood.

On Earth now, the armed forces fighting against Caius are of complex composition.

If they were to attack Caius's headquarters alone, let alone whether they could win,

Even if we win, if the Federation makes trouble, the consequences will be too great.

The financial backers behind these armed forces will definitely not agree.

To use an ancient analogy, the Federation at this time is like the imperial court, and Caius and Wu Ci are both princes vying for the throne.

The 'unofficial' armed forces on Earth are like officials and generals from all over the world.

You can choose your own hero... Ugh,

You can choose which "prince" to support, but you cannot say "I want to kill the prince".

"By the way," after finishing the business, Yimi started gossiping again, "Ave Mujica 'Xia Ya', do you think she is the real Xia Ya? And the thornless 'Captain Maya', I think she looks a lot like Xia Ya too... uh... sorry."

Before Yimi finished asking the gossip, she noticed that the temperature in the air seemed to have dropped by several degrees.

Although the three of them didn't have any special expressions, they still revealed a sense of 'low pressure'.

The sky that had just cleared up after the snow seemed to be filled with sad snowflakes again.

“…she’s gone.”

After a long time, the flaxen-haired girl's words, which seemed to be spoken to herself, finally... broke free from the restraint of her lips.

…………

……

"Is there anything else you want to do, or somewhere you want to go? We still have time."

Aurora, on the bus to the spaceport,

Maya asked the girls again,

"Captain Maya, please don't act like you're giving someone on death row their last meal, okay?"

Subaru made a joke, but once he finished, not only other people but even she herself couldn't laugh.

Because essentially, that's what it is.

If you still have any regrets or unfulfilled wishes,

Then it is very likely to become an eternal regret.

Now, do I really have no regrets?

Subaru asked himself,

The answer is obvious, of course.

Subaru is a greedy girl. Even in Aurora, she still has many places she wants to take photos and check in, and many things she wants to do.

But she didn't want to do it this time.

Because no one would be happy to eat the "last meal" after execution.

She wouldn't be happy if she did what she wanted to do with this kind of mood...

"Captain Maya, I..."

"Are you really ready?" Maya interrupted her, as if she knew what Aoi would say. "Support Wu Ci and make the world a better place. There are more ways than just fighting in battle."

She said this to both Aoi and Renai.

"Don't feel guilty. The path you take and the kind of adult you become all depends on your own choices."

The expression on Maya's face was so gentle that it made people feel ashamed.

"But I can't do anything right. I'm mean and willful. Do people like me really have any choice?"

Time waits for no one. While the girl was at a loss and confused, the elevator arrived at the transfer station.

"Aoi Ya, see you next time,"

Subaru was the first to say goodbye to the confused girl.

Xiaozhi didn't say anything, just waved his hand.

Maya smiled encouragingly at her.

"You should go to school,"

Renai looked at Aoi with a stern look.

"I've asked Uncle Cage, and you're clearly not at fault. The ones who are wrong are those who spoke ill of Xia Ya. If you run away like this, wouldn't it be like you're admitting defeat?!"

"Don't give up!"

She swung her fist and shouted, "Beat them up!"

"Uh, Maya-san, why don't you try to persuade that idiot? He's corrupting the children..."

"Isn't this good?" Maya patted Xiaozhi's head. "When necessary, just use your fists," she said, imitating Rencai's tone: "Beat them up!"

Xiaozhi covered his forehead helplessly, but the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.

"Goodbye, Aoi-ya!"

Subaru turned around and waved to the girl in the car.

The thornless men strode towards their battlefield. Aoi-ya, sitting in the car, didn't know where to tell the driver to go...

Chapter 68: A duel between masters, and their eventual reunion

At the L1 Lagrange point, the 'gravity' habitation area of ​​the Agama rotated silently.

The repair of the nearby damaged warships is in full swing.

The small manned transport boat, under the guidance of the navigator, slowly landed on the Agama.

"Wow, so big!"

Miao Meng 'refreshed' in the spaceport and came to the Agama with Maya and the others.

"Can I take a picture?"

Maya glared at her eagerly, "What do you think?"

If she hadn't come here through the relationship of the big money sponsor, 'Triangle President', Maya would never have let her come here.

"Then recording should be okay, right?"

Miao Meng acted pitifully and cutely,

If Maya remembered correctly, this thing should be bigger than herself,

At such an old age, he still acts cute, which really makes people speechless.

"Yes, but the materials you take away and the content you want to publish in the future must be submitted to us for review."

"Ah~~~"

Miao Meng cheered softly and immediately started to work.

"Hello everyone, I'm Meow Mundus,"

"I'm going to show you the Thornless flagship... well, due to the Thornless regulations, there will only be sound from now on."

"This is a place where the strong are respected. If you don't have superb driving skills, you will become a victim here!"

"The weak ones here can't even last a day,"

"Haha, the above are just rumors."

Miao Meng cleared his throat, and the expression on his face instantly became professional and serious.

"I'm Miao Meng, Xia Ya's best friend. I've been arrested and imprisoned several times for openly supporting Ave Mujica."

"After Xia's true identity was revealed, he was taken hostage by Amelica and witnessed the entire Battle of Gibraltar, where Cosi's flash of light clashed with the power of the sun."

"I have also felt the bitter cold of the Bering Strait winter and witnessed the iron dragon Penelope soaring onto the white wooden horse, determined to become the enemy of the superpower."

"Now, I have arrived on the Thornless's flagship, the Agama. I will show you what kind of people the Thornless are, who defeated Caius despite being completely outnumbered."

Maya always felt that this opening line seemed very familiar. It seemed that in some very old documentaries, a man at the top of the food chain often said this.

"Looking at the gravity-driven rotating living quarters on the deck of the Argama is a bit like standing in front of a large wind turbine, but the rotating living quarters, supported by two robotic arms, are much larger than the turbine blades.

If you just look at them, you might even have the illusion that you are spinning at high speed.

This is an amazing technology, not because its principles are mysterious, but because it is incredibly large..."