The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"If that happens, Xia-san will have to face everything alone again..."

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Aine has a little secret that she has never told anyone——

In that manor in the suburbs of Sydney, on a moonlit night, she opened her eyes drowsily.

I heard Xia's whispers—

"I'm sorry... because I was too weak and cowardly, I killed your child..."

"Xia Ya was talking in her sleep. Who was she dreaming about?"

Aiyin's head was in a daze. During that time, she, like Ying Lili, used the excuse that her heart was traumatized to live in the same room with Xia Ya.

It was a long time before she realized—

Xia Ya dreamed of the youngest hijacker among the terrorists, the mother of the man who hid behind the seat and was killed by Xia Ya.

Facing the threat of death, he seemed to be calling for his mother all the time.

Aiyin was originally a little afraid of Xia Ya, she was too decisive and too calm,

But even though she is so strong, her heart is so gentle.

After that night, Aine completely let down her guard and became attached to her.

…………

The pink-haired girl took a deep breath and pushed the joystick forward.

Although Xia Ya's hand was covering the back of her hand, it was for protection rather than restraint.

She is just that kind of person, gentle to the point of being a little clumsy.

"I really like Xia Ya-san."

"Ugh?"

Because the pink-haired girl's voice was too soft, Xia Ya, who was preoccupied with her thoughts, did not hear her words that were close to a confession.

"Nothing! I was just thinking that Xia Ya's hands were so gentle, hahaha..."

Listening to her awkward laughter, Xia Ya no longer cared about what she said.

"Aine, what happened to Xia-san?"

As soon as the communication was connected, Li Xi's somewhat nervous voice came from inside. Two Zakus, which had just left the town not far away and were holding the equipment left by the terrorists, turned their bodies and looked towards the church.

"nothing…"

After a long while, Xia Ya's voice was heard from the communication device.

"Xia Ya-san..."

Seeing that the instructions on the central control screen had turned into one-way laser communication, Li Xi glanced cautiously at the distraught gray-haired girl from the corner of his eye.

Comfortingly said: "It's okay, Aiyin and Xia Ya-san, I just have something to say.

Xiao Deng, you guys are so strong. All the Zakus here were defeated by you.

It seems like Aine and I didn't accomplish anything, as all the enemies were dealt with by Xia Ya-san and Su Shi...

It's really hard to accept...haha.

Seriously, what am I saying? I'm acting like an idiot..."

"Fool,"

Su Shi's voice suddenly came from the communication, "Without your cooperation, what can Xia Yasang and I do?

You guys also took care of the two MSs in front, right? So, Li Xi, you are such an idiot."

"No... No way!" Li Xi blushed. She deliberately closed the communication with Lenai temporarily, but forgot to close the communication with Su Shi, who was temporarily blocked by the laser beam when she went to the high ground.

"You're just well-equipped this time. Next time, I'll definitely be better than you!"

"Hey, Lixi, crychic...are you going to start the activities again?"

"Huh?" Li Xi sped up and chased Lenai who was running in front. "What are you talking about? Crychic has already..."

"No," Su Shi interrupted Li Xi, "crychic just stopped its activities temporarily. Xiangzi didn't say to disband...right...now?"

"Let's continue!" Deng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said loudly: "Soyo, Li Xi, Aine, Lenai, Xiaomu, me and... Xia Ya-san, everyone together."

"What is that?" Li Xi laughed dumbly, "In that case, there will be seven people. Most bands nowadays are five-piece bands, right?

For example, the predecessors of Tsuki no Mori Morfonica,

And Roselia...

Well, maybe it’s not bad, although my sister might laugh at me.”

"What an idiot..."

Su Shi put the Zaku that had stepped on the mine at the beginning and then was affected by the explosion of the rice furnace, completely losing its ability to move. The embarrassed Zaku was in the crosshairs, and the sound was so weak that the equipment could not pick it up.

"Your brilliance has clearly surpassed that of Ms. Shiina Maki."

Li Xi is sometimes quite clumsy.

"Lixi, Lenai, be careful. The enemy is a terrorist who will stop at nothing and may very well choose to self-destruct. Resist to the bitter end."

"I understand... Wait, Lenai! It's dangerous!"

Amidst Li Xi's frantic voice, Lenai pulled out the thermal axe and cleanly chopped off the Zaku's limbs and head.

Su Shi wanted to cover her forehead with her hands. It seemed that Li Xi still couldn't tame the cat after all.

The 'Cat' turned the Zaku, which was left with only the torso, over and, like opening a crab shell, used both his hand and axe to open the Zaku's cockpit and, like clawing a doll, grabbed the pilot, whose life or death was unknown, out.

With such a huge commotion, anyone who is not dead will wake up,

That man was no exception. He opened his eyes dazedly and found himself being held in the hand of the one-eyed steel giant.

He immediately widened his eyes in fear and shouted his friend's name.

Due to the language barrier, Li Xi and the others only understood the word he kept repeating as if he had accepted his fate.

It seems like he is calling for mom?

"What should we do? Should we kill him?"

Le Nai's childish voice spoke horrifying words.

"No, don't kill him yet!"

Li Xi spoke very quickly, fearing that Lenai would crush him to death.

"why?"

Le Nai asked doubtfully, "Isn't he a bad guy? Bad guys should die, right?"

For a moment, Li Xi was stuck and didn't know how to explain this complicated world to Lenai.

"We don't know yet how many forces the Alanya Liberation Front has sent this time, so we can't kill him yet."

Su Shi's pragmatic explanation made Li Xi secretly relieved.

Although I seem to be Lenai's owner, Lenai is not a kitten after all.

But she is an ignorant and simple child. Li Xi feels that he will never be able to teach her well.

"Let's first send the rice furnace to the two damaged Zakus, and then hand him over to Char."

She picked up the Zaku's torso and walked towards where Xia Ya and Xiao Deng's car had landed.

Due to the lack of spare parts and the serious damage, the two Zakus could not be repaired in a short time without maintenance personnel and equipment.

Just blow them up.

The reinforced backpack is not heavy and can be disassembled and taken away.

"Don't come over here yet,"

When they first arrived near the damaged Zaku,

Xia Ya then gave an instruction that Li Xi was a little confused about.

"Did something happen over there?"

She shook her head without thinking too much, "Le Nai, let's take off the backpack first."

And turned his attention to the world on the other side of the church,

Through the stained glass window that was shattered by the explosion, I saw a dry dark red.

"Damn terrorists!"

…………

"nothing…"

Although the communication was connected, Xia Ya was unable to let them take Aine away.

Because Aine had already made her choice with her actions, Zaku walked towards the church step by step. Although it was not fast, he had no intention of stopping.

“Aine’s hands have become so stiff…”

“Aine, hell might be ahead.”

The pink-haired girl swallowed nervously and her body trembled a little, but the speed of Zaku's advancement did not slow down because of the hesitation and fear in her heart. Instead, it tended to speed up.

The church on the slope was silent. Although the gorgeous stained glass windows were all damaged, the cross on top of the church was still solemn. I'm afraid that the believers nearby had just repainted it.

It has no fences or walls, and the gate is wide open.

As long as Zaku takes a few more steps forward, he can see the scene behind the church.

"Hey, there's hell ahead!"

Xia Ya increased her strength, causing the pink-haired girl's hand to hurt.

"But Xia Ya-san, you're going there, right?"

Finally, Aine's voice calmed down. "I don't want you to go to a place like that alone, Xia-san!"

"...How about that? That's pretty cool, isn't it? Xia Ya-san's favorability rating must be skyrocketing, right?!"

"If your hands weren't shaking, they would have definitely gone up."

"Hey, why is this happening?!"

Although she pretended to be disappointed, Aine no longer had the time to care about such things.

"Hey, God, this is your territory, right? So...

At least, don't let cruel things happen here!'

Zaku continued forward,

The girl's prayers were in vain.

Is it because she is not pious enough?

Do not!

In the church where blood has already congealed,

The bodies of men, old people and children were piled together haphazardly.

The bodies of the women were lying naked on the ground.

Anyone who sees this scene will only think of one word -

hell!

Many of these victims were thousands of times more pious than Aine.

In despair, they must have prayed to God countless times.

Pray that you can survive,

Pray that my family can survive.

But they are all dead!

Die unwillingly in despair and pain!