The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"The location of your school trip is actually a place to temporarily protect you. After all, there are many people in Tokyo and they are all watching."

"If you're here to protect me, then why did you bring me out, Miss Hachiman?"

Xiangzi's choice of words came from her heart. After all, she was only 155 cm tall and she was not a 155mm cannon. Not to mention that Hailing had a gun, even if she was unarmed, several of her people combined probably could not beat Hailing.

"I received reliable intelligence that your whereabouts have been leaked and someone is trying to harm you. Due to the urgency of the situation, I brought you out without telling you. I'm very sorry."

Hai Ling didn't mention that the girls who went on the school trip with Xiangzi were not students from the so-called Yuezhisen Girls' Academy's affiliated school, but carefully selected federal soldiers.

Because this...will probably destroy Xiangzi's "worldview",

Now that I can't return to the Toyokawa family's 'castle' and rebuild my 'worldview', a lot of unnecessary troubles may arise.

Hai Ling only wanted to send Toyokawa Shoko to a safe place.

As for the task of 'saving the princess' from the castle, it was not suitable for her or anyone else.

In the end...it's up to Captain Maya to solve it herself.

"Then thank you, Miss Hachiman."

Xiangzi quickly accepted this setting and thanked Hailing with a smile.

Hai Ling was speechless. Is it really okay for the 'Princess' to be so defenseless?

But seeing the 'Princess' secretly scanning around, Hai Ling felt that she was not that simple.

If you think about it carefully, even if Toyokawa Shoko has doubts in her heart, if she cannot defeat the kidnapper and the kidnapper has ill intentions towards her,

Shouting in the vast ocean, or struggling hard, greeting the kidnapper's family, is just a waste of energy, and may even lead to a beating.

At this time, the robber happened to show some kindness. Even if she didn't believe it, she had to make the robber believe that she believed it.

It seems that any woman named Toyokawa Shoko is a tough one.

But Chu Hua, the person Hai Ling likes, has a special liking for her.

Hai Ling really didn't know what was so good about this kind of woman.

Why do people stop walking when they see her?

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"Ah sneeze!"

"Ah sneeze!"

On Garuda, Maya, who had just gotten up to take over her shift, sneezed twice, waking up Nina from her sleep.

The girl turned over drowsily, as if she was going to sleep for a while longer, but then she seemed to have thought of something and sat up suddenly.

"Maya-san, I'll go with you."

"No need, Rencai. Don't you have to go on duty after dawn?"

"You are in the period of growth now, so you can't overwork yourself."

Maya also seems to have the potential to become a mother.

He does not mean that,

Rencai subconsciously glanced at her 'promising future' front armor, jumped out of bed, and angrily sorted out her clothes.

Actions are undoubtedly more convincing than words.

Maya was defeated by her again and could only take Renna to work.

It was not yet four in the morning local time, and the two people in their driving suits looked like a mother and daughter going to a sweatshop together in 19th century London (dog head).

Even though he joined such an exciting organization as Thornless, the life of a "soldier", even on the battlefield, was mostly calm and boring.

Patrolling, standing guard, and resting account for more than 95% of the time.

But this kind of 'boring' time is also crucial to the overall battle situation.

If you keep your nerves too tense, you will collapse before the next battle begins.

But being too relaxed is also not a good idea, otherwise you might be ambushed and killed before you even notice the enemy's presence.

And Captain Maya is like a piano tuner.

Those who are too tense need comfort and guidance, while those who are too relaxed need a beating.

This is something that Rencai believes that it will be difficult for her to do in the future.

For example, someone is feeling down and says he misses his mother.

Nina would probably say... well, probably nothing at all.

"I feel like Maya-san is the vice-principal of our school,"

"Vice-Principal?"

Maya was amused by Rencai. "It's like the vice principal, catching students who make mistakes and giving them a lecture, right?"

Renai nodded.

"Maya-san, why are you so strict with some people and so lenient with others?"

Renai hated being treated differently, so she wanted to understand the reason. "Well, if we use the students in school as an analogy, do students with good grades get preferential treatment, while students with poor grades are targeted?"

"Is that how you feel, Niina? Yeah, from a personal perspective, that's probably the case.

But your vice-chancellor and I are not thinking about making one person, or everyone, feel at home."

In front of Rencai, Maya always speaks freely.

"The vice-principal may only be thinking about his own salary 'KPI', but whatever his motivation is, his job is to maintain the overall discipline and atmosphere of the school and improve the overall academic performance."

"I think he (she?) must have done this a lot, lying outside the corridor window, catching students who were absent or chatting."

"Sometimes there may be severe punishment, such as asking students to reflect in public."

"From the perspective of the students who were punished, most of them probably hated the vice-principal,"

"But the most obvious difference between a slacker school and a serious school is whether there is a vice-principal or a strict teacher to maintain basic order."

"And most students probably don't want to go to a reckless school."

"A group needs this most basic order. Without order and organization, no matter how noble the ideals are, nothing can be accomplished in the end."

"People are different. Some people can study independently and do their own things well."

"But some people just need supervision and encouragement from others,"

"As an individual, no matter what kind of person you want to be or what kind of person you want to be, it is your own freedom."

"But groups and organizations have to restrict this freedom in order to survive and operate, so there are many things that may not seem reasonable to individuals."

"...But those who create order and are responsible for maintaining it will eventually be swept up by the order and the collective," Niina recalled her own experience.

There is no doubt that what Rencai did was right.

But for the organizers of the school group, the first thing they have to protect is not correctness, but the reputation and interests of the school.

At first glance, this seems to be no problem. After all, they rely on their work at the school to make a living. Safeguarding the interests of the school is in disguised form safeguarding their own interests.

But school...

Shouldn’t it be a place for teaching and educating people?

Leaders are full of morality, justice, fairness and honesty.

They demand so much from students, but when it comes to upholding fairness and justice for students, they become dishonest in order to maintain the "reputation of the school"...

This leads to a fatal problem in human society:

"In the end, the organizers and leaders of a group often prioritize the survival of the group and the organization rather than the group's goals.

Even if they have to do something that goes against the group's goals, they will do it without hesitation for their own benefit."

Looking back at human history, there are countless such organizations.

If we talk about the largest and most far-reaching impact on the world, besides the Earth Federation Government that passed the Old Age Survivor Act after the Unification War,

Perhaps it is only the Red Empire that was founded in the first half of the 20th century, holding high the red flag, became stronger in the tempering of the world war in the middle of the 20th century, and collapsed in the second half of the 20th century.

The nation's "organizational defenders" were eventually swept up by the existence of the "nation".

The most selfless and iron-blooded founding father, in order to maintain the precarious country, abandoned many of the ideals at the beginning of the founding of the "country".

Revisionism and imperialism, in the eyes of the "organizers and defenders" of this country, are also to make it stronger.

As for ideals?

How can this be achieved without defeating the enemy across the sea?

They think so.

But when this 'country' chooses to abandon its ideals, then it will no longer be possible for her to realize those ideals...

Perhaps the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon,

Or perhaps, this is a curse that all organizations must face.

"So, the present is important, and the future is even more important. Someone has to correct these guys."

In Maya-san's eyes, Niina is reflected.

The two mobile suits that were out on patrol were returning. The rear hatch of Garuda slowly opened, and the bright red sun was breaking free from the gray sea.

The brilliant rays of light reflected in the sky behind the girl, a new sun...

It's going to rise.

Chapter 106: A New Human Being Who Looks Like an Old Friend

Although the Red Sea is not geographically broad, deep, or turbulent,

But there are many ancient civilizations around the park, from the wars between the Roman army and the coastal countries before the park, to the three Red Sea crises in the old times, the Eilstan conflict, the Tel Aviv nuclear incident...

Until now, at the end of April 2002, one year after the end of the Unification War,

True peace has still eluded the Red Sea region.

On this day, a group of guests came to Garuda.

"We can cooperate with you to disrupt Caius's layout, but you must give us two teams of Gozaku!"

"We have more people. We need three squads of Gozaku!"

The adults' 'friendly' discussion was in full swing.

The girl, who had no words to say, turned a blind eye and wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest, or go to the gym to exercise.

But something seemed to be attracting her, and she walked towards the tail cabin of Garuda.

The two patrol mobile suits had just set off not long ago, with the tail compartments tightly closed. The ground crew, having a rare moment of leisure,

But since there were 'guests' coming to Garuda, most people, except those on duty, could only pick up guns and act as temporary guards.

In a corner of the hangar are parked several simple light aircraft, which are the "vehicles" for guests coming here.

"Hey, can you let me out? Don't you think this place is too narrow?"

Almost the moment she entered the hangar, Renai noticed a girl wearing a large leather flight jacket, a local-style headscarf, and flight goggles on top.

Talking to the young temporary guard,

Judging from the guard's tired expression, he must have been harassed for a while.

"Driver over there!"

When Rencai arrived, the girl seemed to have eyes on her back and turned around and ran to her.

"Can you help me open the hatch? I want to get out."

"Go out?" Rencai was stunned for a moment before realizing what she meant. "Do you want to fly out?"

"Yeah, don't you think it's uncomfortable to stay here all the time?"

Combined with what she had just said to the temporary guard, Rencai ruled out the possibility that she was disgusted by the smell of oil in the hangar.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, Garuda's hangar is absolutely not related to words like narrow.

A nearly 20-meter-tall mobile suit could easily fit inside, let alone a human.