Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

At this moment, Bronya opened her eyes hesitantly.

"Ah, are you awake? How did you sleep, Bronya~"

Hearing the voice from Alicia, Bronya subconsciously raised her head on Long's shoulder, looked around, and said without blinking: "Siberia, it's so cold."

Then Bronya's eyes became clear, she straightened her body completely from behind Long, carefully observed her surroundings, understood her situation, and quickly patted Long's shoulder, and spoke nervously and shyly into Long's ear. To: "What!? Let me get down quickly."

She asked him to loosen the arm holding her leg so that she could get down. She didn't want to be treated so childishly in front of this group of peers.

"Good afternoon, Bronya, how do you understand?" Long said and put her down.

After Bronya slowed down, she quickened her pace and came to stay parallel to Long. She turned her head and stared at Long and said, "Are those all true? Are they really true?" She had tried very hard to cover up. Complex emotions still showed up.

Long nodded: "I don't need to lie to you."

"This..."

Bronya stopped, staring blankly at the ground and thinking about something. Even when the children passed by her and looked at her with doubtful eyes, Bronya did not react and was still thinking.

"That..." A gentle voice sounded next to her.

"It was actually a trap from the beginning, you damn guy!" Bronya suddenly clenched her fists as she stood on the spot, her anger flowed out from her shrugged shoulders together with her words, and was picked up by the people around her, even Interrupting the words of the girl who called her as she passed by.

But the girl did not leave, because she was much older than Bronya, and naturally much taller, so she leaned slightly beside Bronya and looked at Bronya curiously. Her face asked gently: "Well... I remember, oh yes, Bronya! Well, Bronya, what happened?"

Bronya reacted and looked sideways. The girl's long purple fluffy hair was very conspicuous. The outline of her face, which was facing the setting sun and asking her with concern, was a bit blurry in the backlight, and the horizon was also there. The sun behind her made it difficult to see clearly.

Bronya shook her head...

The purple-haired girl named Sirin in front of me had just been seen in his mind for a long time...for a long time.

For a long time, the happy life of Siren and her mother was shattered by Honkai, until they entered the sinful Tower of Babel, and ended with the outbreak of Honkai and the arrival of Long...

Long enough to accompany her through all her life until February 2000...

In comparison, the few words exchanged with Siren during the previous lunch were nothing but insignificant dust, completely unworthy of mention in the huge torrent of memories.

But that's it, Bronya remembers it so clearly at this moment.

...

"My name is, Xilin. Well, overall it is Xilin. Although I don't know what my father's last name is, but don't worry about it~ What about you, handsome sister?"

"..."

"Bronya, Bronya Zajcek."

"Wow! What a nice name."

...

In such a short conversation, the spirit and character that Siren displayed in front of Bronya were completely different from the Siren that he had seen for a long time.

This kind of comparison allows Bronya to completely remember it even after being with her for a long time during the memory playback.

More importantly, Bronya found that she was completely unable to feel angry towards Sirin...

During that long period of observation, she seemed to have felt the same as Sirin and experienced Sirin's pain.

Just like before, I experienced the friendship between Walter and his anti-entropy partners who worked together to move forward.

"I'm fine... I'm just a little angry thinking about being tricked before." Bronya responded to Sirin in this way. There was no strangeness at all, and the tone was full of familiarity, which made Sirin feel a little confused.

So did Ai and the others who stopped, and so did Cocolia behind Bronya.

They don't mention it for now.

Lawyer...

This word already has another meaning in Bronya's heart, although it cannot conceal the fact of large-scale destruction caused by the birth of Herrscher.

But it does allow Bronya to choose to believe in another "possibility"

Why does Long let himself "see" instead of telling himself directly...

Bronya already understood.

If she were Long, she would also choose to do this. It is very difficult to convince someone just by talking. Most of them are forced to compromise on the surface of the situation, but they are still dissatisfied in their hearts. In that case, it is better to let people experience it directly. It comes directly.

However, after all, those memories are not composed from the main perspective of Long, but from the main perspective of Siren, Walter, Joachim and others, so there are still many things about Long, Otto of Destiny, Bronya I only understood a corner.

It is still a shrouded in mystery within the scope of her knowledge.

But she at least understood a few things...

The God Long mentioned should exist.

The 5 years ago he said...should also have existed.

He has no ill intentions towards the world, otherwise the power that is enough to destroy mankind would be an absolute nightmare, a nightmare that cannot be escaped or avoided.

Fortunately...he has a lot of love for the world.

And all of this seems to be related to that woman...

Bronya thought, looking past the sisters of the Long family who were curiously surrounding her, and looked at the pink-haired woman at the front of the group.

Up, down, deep: 203. Trading

"Kid, you've been in a daze for a long time."

The sound of a mature woman's voice behind Bronya brought her back to reality from her meditation.

Bronya doesn't know who it is... huh?

[This voice... sounds so familiar]

【Could it be——】

"Haha!" Bronya inhaled sharply and ran forward a few steps, then turned around and looked at the mature woman behind her with caution... Sure enough, it was Cocolia.

"You..." Bronya stopped as soon as she made her voice. She was really not qualified to question this woman... after all, she was the target that she had just failed to assassinate.

Or was he an innocent person who was deceived into assassinating him...

Well... although he is not completely innocent, he was indeed deceived and used as a gun in the political struggle.

For the first time, Bronya felt that her immaturity was so obvious.

Looking back, I can fall into such a simple trap...

Why are you looking for yourself, why are you killing yourself, why are you checking such important things so sloppily, why are the orders written so vaguely, and all kinds of why... Why didn't you find out?

Still too young.

...

Cocolia touched Yu's head next to her, and then gave a slight signal to Xilin and the others, asking them to follow the children in front and leave first.

The five sisters received the signal, nodded and told Cocolia and Bronya to go back and follow the pace of the large army.

...

"Huh? Kid, don't you have nothing to say to me? It's not a good habit to only care about your own obsession in front of everyone." Cocolia put her hands on her waist and gave Bronya a faint smile as if she was in control of everything. Said forcefully.

At first glance, she does seem to be as strong as the rumors say.

But once you take a closer look, you will find that Cocolia's golden ponytail tied behind her head and her relatively youthful beauty, under her black office clothes, make her look more mature and powerful as she should be. Women's sense of power has quietly disappeared a lot.

Coupled with her smile, it gave her a kind feeling, and her strong akimbo gesture seemed to have a friendly "intimidating" feeling of a big sister towards a child.

But Bronya knows that these are all appearances, and Cocolia's tough tactics need no introduction in Russia.

Such a contradictory woman...

Bronya had nothing to say, but she couldn't do it now.

It seemed that Cocolia noticed her hesitation, waved her hand and narrowed her eyes slightly: "I know what you did Bronya. Well, don't say anything about apologizing, it's meaningless. I'm not a big deal. A woman who loves me, as the old Chinese saying goes, if he respects me a foot, I will give him a foot in return."

"Meaning?" Bronya captured what Cocolia meant: "You mean...let me go..."

The smile on Cocolia's face became dangerous: "Yes, you should pay the price if you do something wrong."

Bronya couldn't tell for a moment whether she was talking about herself or the extremist organization politician.

Cocolia took out her pendant and held it with the index finger, middle finger and thumb of one hand to admire it. The pendant was made of translucent material, with a strange substance flowing in it, as if there was a golden fluid in it, and the whole thing was shining. Fluorescence is slightly emitted and invisible to the naked eye, but generally "seen" fluctuations can be detected.

Bronya could see clearly that it was a fluctuation similar to all her strange powers...maybe it was what Long gave her?

The barrier that appeared previously to block sniper bullets should have been created by this pendant.

Cocolia said to herself: Trying to control or use forces beyond their control is their biggest fault.Bronya, people must be self-aware and cannot blindly regard themselves as the highest. "

"The country is big, the world is bigger, and the universe is infinite."

"Mortal people don't understand the consequences of what they want to use, what kind of power they shouldn't be involved in, but they still do it."

"Bronya...you have to remember that people are complex intelligent creatures. Therefore, they can achieve all kinds of great things and often do all kinds of incredible things."

"So, sometimes it needs to be stopped and punished."

Cocolia's tone became more and more earnest, and she gradually changed from pronouncing their verdict to preaching to Bronya.

Faced with Cocolia's preaching, Bronya responded with silence.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with what she said, she’s right.It's just that I have no room for refutation or acceptance... everything is just a transaction, or repayment, there is no need to receive more.

Cocolia suddenly lifted her weight and said easily: "I won't go into detail about these preachings. Bronya Zaicek or the Ural Silver Wolf is a very smart free mercenary. She will understand this sooner or later. everything."

"So, Ural Silver Wolf, do you agree to this deal?"

Cocolia's meaning was obvious... After thinking about it, Ural Silver Wolf looked at his hands and made up his mind.

[Since I have decided to get my hands bloody before, why not do it again? 】

[Not for anything, just for myself, the slogans shouted by those guys...]

[After all, I don’t have such lofty ideals, and I can’t support the functions required for work at that level. I just have to dedicate people to special tasks~]

[I will be my free mercenary, explore the unknown, fight against evil, and earn extra money. 】

[Occasionally, it’s okay to be a chivalrous hacker and look for dirt on those politicians. 】

The corners of Bronya's mouth turned up for a long time, and her voice became louder again: "Deal."

"But..." Bronya crossed her arms and patted her arms and said, "There is something I still want to ask."

"Huh? Yes."

"You should know the data on salary standards and labor hours conducted by A·L Agency on industrial construction and employees in Russia... Why?"

"...Humph~" Cocolia's face became calm, and after thinking for a moment, she smiled evilly: "First of all, I am the CEO of a company, and my first priority is naturally to serve the interests of the company. For your own sake.”

"It's a lie. If it were other companies, I would completely believe it, but A.L. is different. You can't hide this from me. I got a lot of information and knowledge from him. Although I haven't read more, that's all. Part of it is enough for me to understand something.”

Cocolia was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect this girl to reach this point: "I think you don't need to care about this. I do only pay them basic salary, and the working hours are more than 1.3 times the average, but ...Kid, your investigation is not detailed enough."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Haha, A·L Company's industrial park has all their food and lodging included. The meals are free, nutritious and of a wide variety. Employees and their families can also enter. The accommodation area is high-end and equipped, completely clean and safe. There are family suites for two people to share. Mainly, there are huge discounts on water, electricity, internet, etc. It’s almost free.”

"In this way, the money they get is actually completely disposable, and there are no other bells and whistles."

"The length of working hours is only in one day. After excluding the time for commuting, working, eating, resting, and sleeping, there are still nearly three hours of discretionary time every day. Weekends are fully guaranteed, as well as annual leave and quarterly leave. It’s also in place.”

"What, kid, do you think this kind of treatment is not good?"

"Then you can think about why there are so many people trying to work in A·L corporate industrial parks everywhere."

"Isn't this kind of stable job and income considered a golden rice bowl in Russia, which has suffered a second collapse after the turmoil, and the social order is extremely chaotic?"

"Similarly, A·L Company also needs a long-term and stable social environment and resource production in Russia. At the same time, it also satisfies the boss's wish and brings peace and stability to Russia."

"Once these energetic young people and middle-aged people working in industrial parks lose their jobs, they will be the real force that can shake the entire country."

"People need stability more than treatment."

"at the same time..."

"The establishment of A·L's various industrial parks has greatly promoted other surrounding industries, providing a large number of jobs and tax revenue. Russia's resources have also been unearthed and sold or made into products to countries around the world. Or the resources needed by other companies in A·L Company, these things are only needed within the companies of A·L Company to complete a good cycle, not to mention the surplus sold to other countries.”

"These things have brought huge income to Russia. Do you think all politicians can be controlled by bribery? No, no, no, Bronya, maybe ordinary small characters can, but those in the Duma Man, what they need is for people in the districts to actually remember his achievements."

"Bronya, you must remember to believe in one truth. Ordinary people are not stupid, they just have different cognitive scopes."

"It was never the A·L Agency that controlled the entire Russia, but Russia had urgent needs and therefore chose to attach itself to the A·L Agency. The entire Russia chose to sell the country to me from top to bottom. Do you understand, Bronya? .Don’t look at the problem too one-sidedly, you still have a lot to learn.”