A spacious office, on one side is a landscape, fishing boats singing at night, and on the other side is a wall of books, through the past and the present. At the desk sat a short, fat man in a suit and leather shoes, with a water glass and a thick stack of papers on the table. Across the desk stood the tall Long Ao and Andre with a briefcase in hand. The room is filled with a melodious sandalwood scent, which gives people a very elegant feeling.

"What do you mean," the short and fat man looked ahead, reached out and picked up the water cup, blew the hot tea in the cup unhurriedly, and took a sip slowly, making a "snort" sound, "Is it the people from the Technology Research and Development Bureau who deliberately let the combat mecha malfunction and disrupt the work of the special operations team?"

"I'm just here to report on the recent situation. Long Ao looked at the short and fat man and didn't answer his words.

"Oh?" the short and fat man raised his eyebrows and looked up at Long Ao, "So you don't have enough evidence to prove that someone from the Technology Research and Development Bureau is making trouble?"

"Yes," Long Ao nodded, "but I think the loss of control of the mecha has a lot to do with the mistakes of the Technology Research and Development Bureau. ”

"Hmm......" The chunky man nodded meaningfully.

"Impossible!" Long Ao said in a negative voice. Long Ao turned around, it was the middle-aged man who was the leader of the No. 13 mecha in the training ground that day, and he hurriedly walked in at the moment.

"Professor Qin, why are you here?" the short and fat middle-aged man stretched out his head to look at the middle-aged man behind Long Ao.

"I heard that the batch of No. 13 mechs left in the special operations group last night had a malfunction, this is definitely not a mistake of the Technology Research and Development Bureau!" the middle-aged man looked at Long Ao proudly.

"How is that possible!...... those mechs have been in their hands since then," Andre tried to argue, but Long Ao stretched out his hand to stop him.

"What do you mean, do you blame our special operations team?" Long Ao asked the "Professor Qin" with a smile.

"Hmph," the middle-aged man sneered and helped his glasses, "It's also the No. 13 mecha, which has a malfunction when it is stored in your training ground, and the batch of the Technology Research and Development Bureau has nothing to do, obviously your special operations team has mishandled the operation, and there is no problem with the mecha itself." ”

"Crooked!" Andre turned to himself.

"Really?" Long Ao looked at the middle-aged man, "Then please take a look at this." As he spoke, Long Ao reached out and took out a small instrument from his coat pocket, and with a slight click, two video projections appeared in front of the short and fat man and Professor Qin.

In the picture are the battle videos of Gu Lichuan and the first and thirteenth machines.

"Look at the stabbing action of the thirteenth and the first one in the picture," Long Ao replayed the picture, "Don't you think this action is completely consistent with the first and thirteenth fuselage?"

"What does this mean? I wrote the offensive procedures for both the first and thirteenth planes, and it was only obvious that the movements were the same. The middle-aged man looked at Long Ao.

"But, have you forgotten," Long Ao raised his eyes to look at "Professor Qin", and took a file from Andre's hand, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, "The original setting of the first machine was only simple hand-to-hand combat without any weapon fighting settings, but now it can make a difficult stabbing action that coincides with the thirteenth machine, don't you think it's strange?"

The middle-aged man was stunned, and his throat shook up and down.

"Or is it," Long Ao slowly raised the document in his hand, "Who is manipulating the mecha and looking for trouble in my territory?" Behind Long Ao, Andre looked at the middle-aged man coldly, and his hand began to reach into the briefcase.

"What do you want to do?" the middle-aged man took a step back and looked at Andre, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

"Okay, okay," the short and fat man sitting at the table clapped his hands, "Don't quarrel yet, the Technology Research and Development Bureau and the Special Operations Group are my subordinate departments, and I'm bothered by you fighting like this, anyway, there are no casualties." That's it, Long Ao, I'll send someone to repair it at the training ground, this thing must not have been deliberately done, forget it. ”

Long Ao turned his head, glanced at the short and fat man meaningfully, and smiled: "Since the minister has said so, then I have no objection." ”

Professor Qin looked at Long Ao, frowning, and his bright forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

"Then I'll leave first," Long Ao nodded at the short and fat man, "Minister, take your leave." ”

Andre glanced at Professor Qin, took his hand out of his briefcase, and walked out with Long Ao.

Watching Long Ao and Andre walk out, the short and fat man let out a long sigh of relief and raised his glass to tea.

"Minister. The middle-aged man stepped forward.

"Qin Hong, this matter is over, it is better for you to cause less trouble in the future," the short and fat man glanced at Professor Qin with disgust, "You are only the person in charge of the mecha aspect of the Technology Research and Development Bureau now, and even if I am the top boss of Long Ao's special operations team, I still dare not provoke it, so don't stab me again." ”

"Yes," Qin Hong nodded, his eyes full of hatred, "I'll pay attention." ”

"Long Ao, Long Ao......" Minister Humpty Dumpty shook the teacup in his hand and narrowed his eyes, "You are really unusual." ”

Walking out of the office, Andre followed Long Ao indignantly, on the contrary, Long Ao's pace seemed relaxed.

"Why did you leave?" he was so distracted!" Andre asked as he caught up with Long Ao.

"Can't you see that?" Long Ao lit a cigarette, "My boss is clearly protecting the one surnamed Qin, what else should I do?"

"I should have shot him before you could speak. Andrei pouted.

"Don't be funny, that's the minister's office," Long Ao looked at Andre's angry appearance and laughed, "You think there is no security at all, can you shoot and kill people so recklessly?"

"Then we have to swallow our anger so much in the future, holding back everything?" Andre was even more entangled.

"Let's take one step at a time," Long Ao looked at the faint clouds hanging in the sky outside the glass corridor, "Anyway, he still needs us now." ”

"By the way," Andrei suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of the Technology Research and Development Bureau, the results of their analysis of that stone have come down. With that, Andre took out the documents from his briefcase and handed them to Long Ao.

Long Ao took the document and skimmed through it cursoryly.

"Analysis showed that the energy emitted by the stone was exactly the same as the previously discovered energy pulse, and that the stone must have been the key to open the door. Andrei reported the situation to Long Ao.

"Inform all staff and prepare for action. Long Ao closed the file, returned it to Andre, and turned around and walked towards the office.

"But the stone is still in the hands of the Technology Research and Development Bureau. Andre reminded Long Ao.

"Don't worry, they'll deliver the stones soon," Long Ao looked back at Andre with a confident smile, "Could it be that my boss will let the nerds from the Technology R&D Bureau pick up what he wants?"

......

Gu Lichuan opened his eyes in a daze and sat up.

"How did you sleep?" A familiar voice like a silver bell came from his ears, Gu Lichuan was taken aback, and suddenly he didn't feel sleepy.

Gu Lichuan turned his head and looked at the person sitting on the edge of the bed with an incredible expression.

With the sun on her back, the beautiful silhouette with long blond hair and pale blue eyes can't be wrong.

"Leigh, Rita?!"

"Why? you don't know me after only a few days?" Rita smiled.

"Is it really you?" Gu Lichuan slowly stretched out his hand.

"Of course it's me. Rita said softly, holding Gu Lichuan's hand and putting it on her face.

"This ...... How can this ......" Gu Lichuan wanted to say something, but Rita stretched out her finger and pointed it at his mouth.

"You know what? I've been worrying about what you're going to do when I'm gone," Rita turned her face to look at the bedside, "but my worries seem unnecessary. ”

A trace of confusion flashed in Gu Lichuan's eyes.

Suddenly, Rita pounced on Gu Lichuan.

"Rita?" The startled Gu Lichuan wanted to get up, but found that he had been pressed down. At the same time, Rita's two hands were already digging deep into his throat.

Gu Lichuan watched in horror as Rita's smile distorted a little bit, turning into a hideous laughter.

"Didn't you say that you won't be separated from me for the rest of your life?" Rita asked him with a blank look in her eyes and a trace of blood on her face, "Why did you find a new love so quickly, so quickly?"

Gu Lichuan's eyes stared at Rita deadly, his eyes bloodshot. He couldn't believe that the person in front of him could be the Rita he loved so much and would never doubt him. He wanted to speak, he wanted to justify, but he found that his lips only had the strength to open and close, but there was no room for speech.

"Since you think so much of me, then come and stay with me. Rita's face moved closer to Gu Lichuan little by little, and the breath of death slowly approached.

The scene in front of him was blurring little by little, and Gu Lichuan's mind was blank, was this the feeling of suffocation.

"Silver Pupil...... Save ......"

"Aren't you up yet?" Lingering Lan's voice broke the predicament.

Gu Lichuan opened his eyes suddenly, and found a hand pinching his nose.

Fluttering and taking Ying Lan's hand away, Gu Lichuan sat up and kept panting, cold sweat flowing down like rain.

"Are you alright?" asked Gu Lichuan as she leaned closer.

"How can it be okay," Gu Lichuan clasped his forehead and rubbed his temples vigorously, "I was almost suffocated by you." ”

"I didn't want you to get out of bed," Ying Lan looked at him innocently, "Lunch is ready." ”

"Lunch?" Gu Lichuan looked at Ying Lan in a daze, and then looked up at the watch on the wall - twelve o'clock, thinking about what time he fell asleep, it was not strange to get up at this point.

"What happened to you just now, why did you sweat so much?" Ying Lan looked at Gu Lichuan in confusion.

"It's nothing," Gu Lichuan shook his head with his eyes closed, "I had a nightmare, it wasn't that you pinched my nose and didn't let me breathe." ”

"But you were in a cold sweat when I came into the house...... For the sake of me making lunch, you can forgive me. As she spoke, she got up and walked out of the house.

"Alas. Gu Lichuan sighed and got dressed.

"By the way," Ying Lan entered the house again, holding the liaison in her hand, "We have a mission, that is, your first mission, and we will leave tonight." ”

"Tonight?" Gu Lichuan frowned, "Where are you going?"

"Northwest, desert. ”

On the other side, in the base of the special operations group, the white fox had just gotten up from the bed, and from behind, the lilac tattoos were all over his back, and the ghostly patterns were entangled and extended to his chest, like a demon haunted, and like an ancient totem.

"Damn, I drank too much last night?" Looking at the wall in front of him in a daze, the white fox muttered to himself. It seemed to be a little fragmented, he vaguely remembered that he had a drink with Gu Lichuan last night, and then he went to watch Gu Lichuan fight with the robot, and then he couldn't remember anything clearly.

However, the most impressive thing was that he said the name Jane.

"That kid shouldn't listen to drunken words. The white fox shook his head, his head still buzzing. There was a knock on the door, and the white fox got up and put on his clothes, walked to the door sloppily, and opened the door.

At the door stood the stars.

"That's it," Xingchen raised his wrist and pointed to his watch, "Do you want to die in bed when you don't get up yet?"

"Lao Tzu is willing for you to take care of me?" the white fox pursed his lips and turned to enter the house, and Xingchen followed him into the house and sat on the sofa.

"Looks like you're really not fit in with alcohol. ”

"It's rare to be in a good mood, so what's the harm in having a drink with the newcomer. The white fox muttered and picked up his liaison.

"Uh-huh, I have a new mission?" the white fox smiled and received the message from Andre.

"It's not 'me'," Xingchen looked at the white fox with his back to him, and pulled out his contact, "It's us." ”

"What the hell," the white fox stared at Xingchen's liaison with wide eyes, "What mission do we have to go into battle with?"

"Maybe it has something to do with the key that Lingering retrieved. Xingchen guessed.

"Well, quite possibly. The white fox echoed.

"But!" he stood up, and the white fox looked righteous and awe-inspiring, which was a little unexpected by the stars.

"But what?"

"I haven't had lunch yet. After saying that, the white fox fell headlong on the bed and cast a pitiful look at Xingchen.

"Well deserved. Xingchen got up and walked out of the house.

"Eh, eh, if you don't buy it for me, you might as well show me the way!" the white fox called from behind.

With a thud, the door was slammed shut by the stars, leaving the white fox in the room with a long sigh.

After lunch, Gu Lichuan sat in the living room, and all he could think about was that nightmare.

"Look at you absent-mindedly, what's wrong?" sat on the couch with an apple in her hand.

"It's nothing," Gu Lichuan lowered his head, not wanting to make eye contact with Ying Lan.

"It's not going to be a nightmare. Silver Pupil sneered at Gu Lichuan disdainfully.

"You're thinking about your ex-girlfriend. Ying Lan didn't care and said lightly.

Gu Lichuan and Yintong were taken aback at the same time.

"You, how do you ......"

"I'm a girl, anyway," Ying Lan looked at the apple in her hand, "I can still see through your thoughts." ”

"After all, I have known her for more than five years......" Gu Lichuan looked at the coffee table, the glass table reflected the blurred faces of the characters on the TV.

"I know, it's hard to find a good match. Ying Lan responded, but at this time she was already attracted by the plot on the TV and began to enter the casual truth-telling mode.

"Whether it's when I'm the most depressed or the most proud, she has always been with me, with me who is so bad. Gu Lichuan continued, his eyes flashed with Rita's bits and pieces, as if it was just yesterday, but when he stretched out his hand, he could only get a piece of fragmentation.

"Don't say that," Ying Lan tossed the apple core into the trash can with a gentle throw, and replied absentmindedly, "You don't suck at all, I think you should be very attractive to girls." ”

"Pull down," Gu Lichuan closed his eyes and smiled bitterly, leaned back slightly, and sank into the sofa cushions, showing a hint of decadence, "Who would like me to be sullen." ”

"Me. Without any hesitation, as soon as Gu Lichuan's voice fell, Ying Lan, who was watching the TV, blurted out.

Almost at the same time, Gu Lichuan and Ying Lan were stunned for a moment.

The living room was quiet.

"Say something!" the silver pupil urged Gu Lichuan as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"I, I, I don't know what to say!" Gu Lichuan was a little flustered.

"I'm coming!" said that, Yin Tong couldn't wait to control Gu Lichuan's body.

Reacting to what she said, Ying Lan lowered her head and looked at the sofa, her face a little hot. Pretending nothing had happened, she brushed her tied hair back with some embarrassment.

"You...... What did you just say?" Silver Pupil smiled slightly, raising her eyes to look at Ying Lan.

Standing up, Ying Lan trotted into the bathroom, leaving Silver Hitomi looking at her back with a playful expression.

"I'm going to go on a mission at night, I'm going to take a shower and get ready!"

Shaking his head, Gu Lichuan asked Yintong with some complaint: "What are you doing, making you so embarrassed." ”

"I'm doing this for you, too," Gintomi said with a proud face, "but then again, Lingering Lan is really cute." ”

"Come on," Gu Lichuan also got up and walked towards his house, "I'm also ready to prepare, the first time I carry out the mission, I can't go wrong." ”

Looking up to feel the impact of the water, Ying Lan closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the water, the heat in the bathroom wrapped her tightly and covered the flush on her face.

"I actually said it, it's a shame!" "Complaining that he knew that he was watching TV, he flashed in front of his eyes that rainy night, he was seriously injured, and he felt in a daze that he was being held tightly by someone, even if he was knocked off the thick wall, he didn't let go, and Gu Lichuan-actually Yintong-'s eyes when he protected himself were also deeply imprinted in his mind, it was the last scene before he completely fainted. After that, it was the bits and pieces that lived in Gu Lichuan's house, although it was so calm that it seemed to grow mushrooms, it made her feel very happy. It was Gu Lichuan who gave her a sense of security, gave her a sense of home, and gave her an experience that she had never had before.

"Do I really like him?" muttered to herself, covering her delicate face with her hands.

Outside the window, the sun shines on a leisurely scene, which is a precious time before nightfall.

Mu Yi sat on the bed, looked at the target on the opposite wall, and threw it casually, and the red heart full of darts had another hole.

The white fox was wiping his long and short knives with a lollipop in his mouth.

Xingchen looked out the window, blonde hair glistening.

Andrei sat in the cabin of the plane and checked the instruments.

Long Ao sat at his desk, looking at the capsule-shaped container in front of him, and the stone in the container that glowed.

Everyone, waiting for the night to fall.