The hospital's narrow corridors were crowded with busy people, and Jeno Kashleo was one of them. He walked briskly and sullenly, for he had an unpleasant task to complete.

The failure of the march on the Free Nation caused a sensation throughout the Romanian army, but at least it did not confuse them. Naturally, there will be no less complaints from ARPA, Jeno doesn't know what those conceited officials said to General Karl, he was ordered to investigate the Free State Special Forces that directly led to the collapse of the Northeast Front, but fortunately it has nothing to do with him otherwise.

The information he received was not optimistic, and the witness handed over to him was an injured patient who had been transferred from a field hospital and had suffered a certain degree of mental damage.

"Sir, you don't seem to be in a good mood. A tender concern rang in his ears.

It's a pity that it's artificial intelligence, Jeno thought.

"Why do you think I'm so irritable?"

"Is it because the army was defeated?"

"Cut, it's nothing to be defeated, anyway, Nanlian can't touch Jiefuti. He pouted, "The point is that the ARPA idiots, saying that we don't have enough forces to invest, and don't look at how many people in the army are left who can carry guns." ”

"The officers of the ARPA have no ill intentions, lieutenant, they are just in a hurry. The artificial intelligence chose to favor her boss, perhaps it was an illusion, and Jeno felt that she had no respect for a moment.

"It's all guys who can't go to the battlefield...... And that's not the most annoying. ”

"So, do you mean the interrogation of the wounded?"

"This is also a messenger," Jeno said, muttering to himself, "The report says that this injury is not good. It's still you who are annoying, though. ”

"Do you mean that I am specifically assisting you?"

To be more detailed and precise, in addition to handling the original affairs and retaining the original functions, she has now added the duties of assisting Lieutenant Jeno Kashleo.

"I don't have a soft spot for electronic components. ”

"That's a shame, I think I'm pretty cute. The emotional tone may really make the average person laugh.

"The coldest joke I've ever heard since growing up, damn artificial intelligence. ”

"Please at least remember their names, sir," she said with some unpleasantness, "my name is Aixia. ”

Jeno realized that he had said too much to her when he arrived at the single room. When the nurse saw him stop, she hurriedly opened the door for him.

The man on the hospital bed was dressed in a thin garment, his skin was gray, and he was so thin that he was almost out of shape. This is the result of not eating and drinking since the successful rescue - his life is only maintained by hanging bottles.

Jeno walked over, and the wounded didn't respond, just sat there, his bloodshot eyes looking up at a slight angle. He doubted whether the witness had slept.

Tried calling out to the patient a few times, but nothing happened. Jeno grabbed his arms and shook him vigorously.

"Hey, hey, man, you're safe now, you're home, don't sleepwalk in that damn place anymore!" he was shouting to the man at the bottom of the well, "just say something, okay?"

A few shakes finally had an effect, and the wounded's head slowly moved and turned to Jeno, giving him goosebumps.

"Skeletal ......" the word was weakly spat out of the lungs.

“？！”

After saying that, the victim's eyes suddenly widened, and he grabbed his hair while screaming. Jeno quickly retreated, whether it was a mad dog or a madman, it was better to stay away.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"Bastard! Call the doctor!"

In the midst of the chaos, the medical staff who rushed over gave the wounded and sedated, and then calmed down.

Jeno exited the room and looked out the window at the vista, his eyes narrowed in a line. He pondered the words left by the wounded, and there was actually a guess in his mind.

"Aixia, do you know of the criminals who made a name for themselves in Hyperion twenty-three years ago?"

"Of course," said the AI, "the criminals who called themselves Hades, the Greek mythological Hades, gained fame for changing people's perception of self-disciplined humanoids, but the incident quickly subsided. ”

He was only ten years old at the time, so was it really possible? Or was there a successor?

"What are the characteristics of Hades?"

"Said to be the real Grim Reaper, dressed in black with a skeletal face with glowing eyes. ”

Jeno exhaled heavily, and the bustle of Hyperrondo reflected on the glass in front of him.

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"On April 24, 2096, the weather was sunny tonight, and Uncle Goat was here again, which was really happy. We had dinner together and had ......"

Lunicia knelt on the king-size table, her left hand supporting her body, and the tips of her right fingers deftly swiped across the touchscreen, writing down lines of text that seemed to others to be just a bunch of symbols of unknown meaning. Her silver hair was scattered over half of the table and even down to the floor.

She always kills time in her evenings when she is alone in writing in a diary that only her "compatriots" can understand. She didn't really know if anyone would read her diary, and she didn't have the slightest intention of recording it, she just had nothing to do.

It's not boring in this ever-changing cage, but there's only a limit to what she can choose to do, and that's just one of the few. Although she looks like a child, Lunicia is well aware that as a subject, she can be said to be very free at the moment.

However, she didn't know when this day of freedom would end, and she couldn't go on like this forever.

The fingertips continued to dance, and I didn't know how much I had written, but before I could finish it, Steve, the predator ant robot she kept as her pet, suddenly jumped onto the table.

"What's wrong? Steve?"

Steve jumped on the touchscreen and stomped around.

"Wow! What are you doing, Steve!"

Lunicia hurriedly picked it up, and at that moment, she felt something break into her mind.

"First meeting, G-264 Lunicia. ”

The other person also sounded like a child.

"Yes, who is it?!" Lunicia hugged Steve tightly, and she became scared.

"Artificial intelligence, crazy, maybe the only AI in the world with a personality set to be crazy, hahaha!"

The intruder laughed maniacally.

"Whew!"

"Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you...... Didn't mean to scare you, huh...... Well, let's change people. ”

The intruder muttered disorganizedly.

"Are you Lunia?" another voice sounded in Lunia's head.

Although she had never heard it once, it felt very familiar.

"The voice is...... Sister!"

She blurted out, realizing that she had screamed, covering her mouth in panic and looking around.

"It's okay, the madness has hacked the surveillance system. Jeffetti said.

"Good...... It's amazing...... I never dreamed of being able to talk to my sister. ”

"Don't be too happy," Jeffetti laughed, "You've been hiding my whereabouts, haven't you?"

"Ah, uh-huh......," Lunicia whispered, and sure enough, she was aware of it.

"Long story short, I hope you can continue to cover me and then provide us with intelligence on the Antarctic side. ”

For a while, Lunicia was silent. This time she was in trouble.

"What's wrong?"

"That...... Although Southern Union is a terrible place like Luo Lian, the Colonel is a very good man!" Luencia said eagerly, "Thanks to the Colonel, I'm doing pretty well here, so...... So I don't want the Colonel to get hurt!"

"Don't worry, we won't do anything to your 'Colonel', we just need the embankment south, and you know they're not so friendly to us. ”

"One, one word is a certainty!"

"Well, that's a deal. ”