Blue Files, there are 100 days left until Mr. disappears

She really couldn't understand "mission" or "ideal", something that was too nihilistic and grand.

However, since the husband gave her a task, there must be a very deep reason.

In order to complete the mission, it is impossible not to become a weapon.

Abandon pain, return to reason, and become a precision machine that operates accurately.

His eyes are sharper and his mind is colder.

This is the process of transformation that she has been undergoing step by step since she was forced to leave the Abydos school building.

The sweeter the warm life in the past was, the more it hurt.Recalling it is actually a hindrance.

Bai Zi closed his eyes, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom of the sea of ​​consciousness, allowing his senses other than vision to extend further.

Focus your thoughts on your intuition, and make the hairs on your body stand up, intent on capturing the enemy's movements.

"..."

No.

Bai Zi shook his head at Iroha beside him.

Fighting through unreliable 'intuition' is indeed too forced.

Although there were indeed some tribal chiefs in history who predicted the future by observing celestial phenomena and so-called 'psychics', that was completely different from modern warfare.

'Psychic' is essentially the product of sorting out and summarizing a large amount of natural information, and deducing it after completing original chaotic calculations in the brain.

Bai Zi is not proficient in this.

But Iroha's feeling was not wrong.

She could also feel that there was a pair of eyes watching their every move at this moment.

In the empty factory, there is nothing except the mechanical sound of the assembly line processing products.

No matter from the front or the side, there is no reaction at all.

Various sensors did not give any prompts...

wrong.

Iroha remembered.

Trinity does have the technology to become completely invisible.It's just that the cost of that thing is too high and it can't be mass-produced at all. It can only be used on the most advanced commander's aircraft.

In that war, Holy Trinity relied on this complete stealth technology to hide a certain top-notch commander aircraft, and then launched a fatal surprise attack on Hina Sorasaki.

"Boom"

The sound of cold metal hitting came from behind.

The sound was not sharp, but even a little soft, like a girl moving lightly, or like a humble student knocking on the iron door of the office.

Suddenly there was a strange smell in the air.It smells a bit like electroplating, and also smells like mechanically damaged low-quality metal.

Iroha's throat suddenly tightened.

She swallowed hard, and her fingertips to her thighs became cold.

If that kind of terrifying top combat power appears in this small factory, everyone in this team may not be able to return alive...

"Boom"

The sound of metal clashing gradually approached and became distorted.

It was like a metallic wail.

The source of the sound came closer step by step, like a rusty scene in a midnight horror movie.

"!!"

There was no need for so-called intuition, just out of the inner fear that they were about to explode. Baizi and Iroha immediately made tactical rolls and avoided going in different directions.

next moment,

A sharp sword light suddenly shot out from the empty void, as if it was about to cut off Bai Zi's power armor shoulder armor, drawing a smooth arc in the air.

"Stop trying to hide it!"

After adjusting his posture with a roll, Sand Wolf Baizi immediately half-knelt, raised the rifle to the front, and fired without hesitation.

Amidst the explosion of gunfire, the originally transparent air was outlined with a blurry outline by flickering sparks and smoke.

Orange-red light fell like a gauze curtain, and where the light shone, a figure of a power armor appeared.

With the firelight as the background, what should have been a slender and beautiful figure in power armor, full of military design aesthetics, emerged.

however,

When the smoke dissipated, the appearance of the power armor exceeded any of Iroha's expectations.

Dilapidated.

The latest cutting-edge machine that had faced off against Hina Sorasaki on the battlefield was already in disrepair.

The advanced mounting equipment was used up, the streamlined helmet was full of dents, and half of the heat-dissipating wire bundle on the back of the head was missing. No part of the armor on the body was intact, and some connecting pipes were even exposed to sparks. son.

——Now Iroha finally understood where the strange electroplating smell in the air just now came from.

The power armor in front of me was so miserable that it was indescribable. It was obvious that it had never undergone any decent maintenance at all.

It might even be that it hasn't been repaired since the war.

It was dilapidated, severely damaged, and all its reserve ammunition was exhausted. It was only able to hold on until now by relying on its super-standard energy system and the ridiculously strong nerves of its operator.

(It’s like... a zombie that has lost its will...)

Iroha thought subconsciously.

At this moment, the armor's helmet visor opened.

A pair of wild red eyes shining with scarlet light, as if awakened from a deep and distant nightmare of killing, glanced at Iroha and Baizi.

"...Kusaka Wakazao." Iroha whispered the other person's name.

But the other party did not respond.

Her mind seemed to have disappeared into her wild and instinctive desires. There was once a trace of human light shining in her pupils, but now it was completely invisible.

The malice in those eyes was like that of the most ferocious beast, but it also shone with ignorant curiosity, like a newborn baby.

Iroha glanced at Kitsaka Wakazao's face.

Faced with the guy who set up a despicable trap to ambush Hina Sorasaki, Iroha should probably give her an angry reward.

But she didn't pull the trigger.

She could probably guess what happened to Wakazao.

On the day of the war, Mr. drove a transport plane and died together with the steel behemoth that bound Hoshino's soul.

That burst of fire that reached the sky burned more than one person's soul.

Kitsaka Wakazao was at the scene, and she saw with her own eyes the most tragic consequences of her arbitrary actions.

"Do you remember sir?"

Iroha asked in a low voice.

"gentlemen……?"

"gentlemen……"

"gentlemen……!"

Kitsaka Wakazao tilted his head, his body trembled slightly, and a strange laugh came from the corner of his mouth.

She has gone crazy.

My thoughts are all gone, and my obsession has become a demon.

She personally drove her husband to death. This kind of grief that was enough to destroy her mind completely defeated Wakazao.

Backfired by the rampaging mental power system - the lambda drive, the body and mystery became puppets of the power armor. Along the way, the automatic robot and other armor parts were constantly dismantled to repair itself.

The only remaining will was sinking in the abyss of self-blame and grief. Her heart had become a tool of the mental system, which could only produce the desire to destroy and... the appetite to repair herself.

However, this 'appetite' is not aimed at ordinary food.

But power armor.

And in front of her, Shiroko and Iroha were wearing power armor.

"Roar!!!"

With a roar like an apex predator coming from his mouth, Kitsaka Wakazao flew towards the two of them.

Chapter 054: Day 047·Intermission·10 minutes before the start of the mission①

Xiaotiao Yuxingye suddenly felt that incorporating Baizhouzi into the reserve team was not a wise decision.

At the moment, she is doing daily cleaning work of firearms. Although her favorite gun, the Eye of Horus, is reliable, long-term shooting will leave residues such as smoke and dust in the gun chamber.

At least as a former elite, daily cleaning must be done well.

As she was inserting the dry cloth soaked in gun oil into the barrel of the gun, a low laughter came from beside her that made her feel uncomfortable:

"Hey hey hey hey..."

The laughter seemed to be trying its best to suppress itself. I don't know what emotion it was, but the owner of the laughter was obviously in a trance.

Hoshino turned around and looked,

Bai Zhouzi sat on the chair at the forward base, holding the gun tightly with both hands.

Her eyes were a little obsessed, as if the gun in her hand was the only thing that could give meaning to her life.

This angel of death from the Holy Trinity once showed extremely high tactical literacy in the battle of raiding the star field, as well as the courage and determination to give up his life and the entire world.

If Hoshino was asked to evaluate it herself, she would probably say honestly: "Although Azusa is my junior, she must not be underestimated. If I were to face her, I would be a little scared." '

But Bai Zhouzi, who is sitting next to her now, has nothing to do with the angel of death who has abandoned emotions.

She sat steadily by the water, staring at her reflection in the mirror-like water with a pair of cloudy eyes.

The corners of Bai Zhouzi's mouth curled up slightly, as if he was mocking.

Since Shadow didn't respond, she could only mumble something incomprehensible.

The reflection on the water looked at her lips moving, as if she was whispering:

'Stay, teacher, don't leave, I'm sorry, I can't help myself, you understand, stay, please, forgive me, I promise there will be no problem this time...'

Kotori Yu Hoshino suddenly had goosebumps all over his body.

She didn't want to stay with this crazy person who talked to himself all day long.

The sound of the fan spinning in his ears, the sound of water dripping from the cave on the ground, and Bai Zhouzi's unclear words made Hoshino always feel like he was going to have a nervous breakdown.

But frankly speaking, she has no hatred towards the current Bai Zhouzi.

Even though Bai Zhouzi treacherously attacked her and put Hoshino in a life-threatening situation,

Surprisingly, there was no hatred in Hoshino's heart, and very little anger.

More of a fear.

She knew how much mistake Bai Zhouzi had committed and how much sin he had carried to keep his husband alive.

Even though her husband was as gentle as ever to her, there was no joy in her heart, only regret, self-blame, and endless remorse.

But Hoshino didn't want to say anything like "Haha, you really deserve it."

She was just scared and heartbroken.

Because the person standing in Bai Zhouzi's position was almost Hoshino himself.

After her 'date' with her husband at the aquarium, Hoshino suddenly realized how deep her obsession with her husband was, enough to destroy all her sanity.

It was enough to make her fly like a moth to a flame and challenge the entire Holy Trinity on her own.

If she could save her husband by sacrificing some students, she would definitely do it without hesitation.

They face the same dilemma.The same obsession, the same wish, and they have been made impeccable by time.The same pain, the same anger, the same narrow-mindedness, no boundaries can be seen.