The shining Shoko Toyokawa

As a leader, she shouldn't have said these unnecessary words to the innocent little one, affecting the mentality of the powerful "subordinates".

Along the way, Rencai went through life and death, and her record was enough for a new lieutenant to be promoted to colonel, and she was rescued several times in time.

If a normal "boss" has such a "subordinate", he would definitely want to worship her.

Maya, on the other hand, actually brought up something that Renai had always been reluctant to face.

"Why does Maya-san have to apologize?"

Hearing the girl's answer, Maya's mood became even more complicated.

"That's my own choice, Maya-san."

Nina's voice was clear. "I don't regret standing up in the classroom that day, and I don't regret standing here now."

"Maya-san has nothing to apologize to me for."

Maya was stunned. She thought Rencai was unwilling to face the fact that her family was affected because of her, but in fact, Rencai had never "escaped".

Regarding this kind of Rencai, Maya has something to say.

"'Char' is Nina's 'idol', but in the end, she didn't accomplish anything. Instead, she made the world even more chaotic. I..."

The rest of the words were too embarrassing for Maya to say for a moment.

"How come nothing was accomplished?"

Jinna placed her right hand on her chest, feeling the beating of her heart, her expression gentle yet serious.

"Maya-san, I'm here, everyone is here now,"

"so…"

"Stop saying you haven't done anything."

"Failure is nothing to be afraid of,"

"Just like me, I believed I was right, but ended up running away from school..."

“Instead of worrying about your own immaturity and things that have passed and can no longer be changed, it is better to do your best to do the things you have now.”

"Then…"

"Let's create that ideal world together with everyone in the future."

"Rencai..."

Maya was persuaded by Rencai, and she gradually gave up her superior way of thinking.

But as the girl said, think more positively,

"I understand. After I go to Australia, I will find a chance to explain everything to Ying Lili in person."

After finishing the 'business', Rencai volunteered to help Maya.

Just as Maya was absorbed in maintaining her MS, Nina suddenly seemed to remember something and asked on a whim, "By the way, Maya-san, how was your relationship with Ms. Spencer in the past?"

For some reason, Maya felt a strong sense of oppression from the girl.

It was as if this ordinary and reasonable question asked by a friend of a friend had become a life-threatening question.

If the person standing in front of her now was Chuhua or Soyo, Maya might feel okay - she was used to it.

But this is Nina, she is 'correct' and refuses to admit defeat.

The painting style suddenly changed, and it suddenly seemed like the world was about to stab the scumbag Cheng Ge to death.

Maya is now panicking.

She felt that it must be Rencai and a bunch of other girls who had learned bad things!

Xiaozhi, who had just returned from patrol, was confused about what these two people were doing.

I just feel... a little angry?

…………

At this moment, Lupa, who was in the asteroid belt, felt happy from the bottom of his heart for the first time since leaving Earth.

"We're rich!"

A mountain is approaching at an astonishing speed in the vast space.

"Don't get too close,"

Lupa, who has a naturally tan skin and is always smiling, is a bit stern when it comes to her.

"Its orbit is unstable, and its relative speed to us is several times faster than the maximum speed of a new warship in space. If its orbit is altered by gravitational oscillations, we'll have nowhere to run."

Their calculations and speculations turned out to be correct. There was a huge asteroid on this orbit.

Although it is impossible to find out that someone has ownership, by verifying and reporting the information, one can still get a sum of money that an ordinary person cannot earn in several lifetimes.

If we can find a way to send this money to Xiaozhi, she will probably be able to live a carefree life.

How could Lupa not be happy about this?

"It's just a rock, right? Look, I'm going to stop it! The mini mining mobile suit is more than just pretty!"

Despite this, Lupa's teammates still carefully controlled their MS to slow down and retreat.

On Earth, seeing an elephant weighing several tons running towards you can scare many people.

Not to mention, what is "rushing" towards them at this moment is a "mountain" that is tens of kilometers high, standing upright on the sea level, and is taller than several Mount Everests combined.

"I think its name should be Axis,"

Lupa's teammate is a young chatterbox. It is said that he used to be a quiet person, but he stayed in the dark deep space for too long and had some mental problems.

"The name Axis..." Lupa's expression was a little subtle, "It's unlucky."

In the world of UC Gundam, the asteroid called Axis is always in conflict, surrounded by the undead, and finally used as a 'mass weapon' and thrown towards the earth.

"Right," my chatty companion said, looking as if he hadn't thought of that. "Then let's call it 2032XL4."

"It's getting closer. We need to observe it more carefully. If we can find a way, it would be great to bring back some samples."

"!!!"

Lupa suddenly had a bad feeling, and the hairs on his body stood up. He subconsciously controlled the front nozzle of the small mobile suit to exert force and retreated.

"Be careful, get out of there!"

It happened in an instant. As soon as Lupa finished speaking,

The mini mobile suit driven by the chatterbox companion suddenly stopped, and the navigation lights in front and behind flashed a few times and then went out.

It seemed to disappear in an instant, blending into the dark background of the universe, which was chilling.

But this is just an illusion after all.

But the reality is also cruel.

The next moment, white atomized fuel and oxidizer suddenly erupted from the mini-MS in a double fan-shaped pattern.

An hourglass-like flame exploded, briefly illuminating the dark, cold universe.

Lupa realized instantly what had happened.

Even though she really didn't see anything, or to be more precise, she didn't feel anything.

too fast!

So fast that people can't react at all.

too small!

Maybe even smaller than a grain of rice,

But this kind of thing, which requires a magnifying glass to see clearly, can easily kill people in space.

Because the relative speed of humans and their objects may be more than ten times faster than that of bullets!

It is a micrometeorite that was captured by the gravity of 2032XL4 or was broken off from it.

Even though they were hundreds of kilometers away, 2032XL4 was still deadly and dangerous.

Lupa suddenly felt as if the machine had hit something. The sound of the collision was faint and short.

This was not her illusion. On the titanium alloy mechanical arm on the right side of the mini MS,

Under the illumination of the navigation light, a small hole suddenly appeared, which was difficult to find without careful observation.

It resembles the scythe swung by the god of death. People in the asteroid belt call it an invitation to Hades, which makes people shudder at the mention of it.

When working in space, the most terrifying thing is not the sudden sound of a short impact, nor the sudden appearance of a hole next to you.

Because you can realize these, it proves that you are probably still alive.

But the scary thing is that in the vast universe, micrometeorites often do not appear alone.

Are you...really sure that the only hole you saw was created during the impact, and there won't be another impact next time?

At this moment, Lupa's blood seemed to freeze, his palms were sweating, and he couldn't breathe, even his heart skipped a beat.

This... is what the 'old folks' here are talking about, the feeling of being watched by the god of death.

It was like receiving an invitation from the underworld.

This kind of reaction has little to do with courage or not.

Humans could bravely throw spears at mammoths weighing more than 10 tons. Even in the primitive era when people ate raw meat and drank blood, they could raise spears and fight prehistoric monsters like saber-toothed tigers when they had to.

But what if it is something so tiny that it is impossible to detect and can kill a person in an instant?

Faced with such an existence, the excellent instincts that humans have evolved over billions of years can only be confused and terrified.

It's like a computer system crashing due to a bug.

When you are prepared, death will not find you.

Prehistoric humans prepared fire, spears, and courage to face wild beasts.

But it is difficult for people in space to prepare.

Equipment failure, getting lost, and many other potential dangers could kill people silently at any time, just like Lupa's companion.

At this moment, Lupa seemed to have returned to the coldest winter in Tokyo.

In a deserted station, a foreign girl who lost her job again and had nowhere to go met an abandoned girl.

She is a small girl, holding the doll tightly in her hand.

It was as if... that was her whole world...

It seems that they didn't expect that there would still be people in the station when the train had stopped running and the administrator had already gone off duty.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, and like a frightened animal, she subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away.

"that!"

Maybe it was because the girl was a homeless child like herself.

Or maybe, it's just because a person's night is really lonely,

Lupa called out to her,

"My name is Lupa, and I'm definitely not a bad person!"

The girl paused, and Lupa felt that she didn't believe his words that he was not a bad person.

But do you think it is impolite not to respond after someone has already said their name?

"My name is Satoshi Ebizuka..."

The girl's voice was as pleasant, distant, and defensive as Lupa had expected.

Logically speaking, if we act according to Lupa's principles of conduct, or the way of survival;

Her relationship with Xiaozhi should end here.

This is also the closest relationship that can be achieved between most strangers——

nodding acquaintance

Tokyo is so big, let alone two people who only know each other's names.

Even people who were once close to each other may get lost in this city, and in the end, they may no longer know each other's current situation.