It is impossible to be immersed in sorrow all day long, just as it is impossible to laugh all the time in life. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn other words, sadness is an emotion, while depression is a state. People can be depressed for a long time, but it is absolutely impossible to be sad for a long time.

Sanae hated this definition.

She thought she should be sad forever. I've been sad all the time. Depression is a state that Ge Yiwei hates, so he must not be depressed, and it is even more impossible to end his life without authorization, Ge Yiwei has repeatedly shown a similar "mockery" attitude towards himself who wanted to commit suicide at that time in front of Sanae, so suicide is also something he doesn't like. Sanae has to live, at least not to take the initiative to end her own life.

That's why Sanae Toshiya wants to be sad forever. But no one can give her the conditions to continue to grieve forever. Like a small boat caught in a huge maelstrom, she couldn't decide what she was going to do, she could only go with the flow. After all, the helmsman who could have led her was no longer there.

"Our exoskeleton looks a lot lighter than theirs...... Is this really an exoskeleton?" Putting on some of the parts that looked like ancient soldiers' armor—neck pads, hand pads, shoulder pads, waist pads, knee pads, and foot pads—all of them, Marisa looked at them with some concern, "It really doesn't affect her movements...... This thing called a 'neck guard' is like a collar. I remember the grenade collar that Xiaowei gave me in Gensokyo......"

"It's all about your mana or magic or — that's what it is. That is, as time goes on, you will feel more and more tired, until finally the mass conversion system has drained the last gram of spare mass and has to begin to erode the body, causing irreversible damage and death. Expertly donning the same thing to herself, Mizuki explained, "Unlike those people carry, it uses everything in your body, except for oxygen. In other words, when your mana is depleted, you have to pay the cost of your body to ensure that you do not die immediately because of the temperature, radiation and pressure on the surface of the moon. ”

"In other words," Reimu nodded thoughtfully, and Reimu helped Marisa put on the compressed oxygen tank that should be on the back of her belt, "Actually, these months of the device have managed to adjust our 'shield' to achieve the protective effect of the exoskeleton that covers the whole body over there?"

"That's it. Nodding, Mianyue Yiji glanced at Reimu with some disgust, "...... Why are you still carrying my knife now? It should be Ge Yiwei's tombstone. ”

"Xiaowei is not dead yet, so naturally he doesn't need any tombstones. Her expression suddenly became sinister, and Reimu retorted without showing weakness, "It just so happens that I still lack a weapon, so this thing will be kept and used by me for the time being." What, do you want to get it back?"

“…… Anyway, you dug up all the ashes. I don't know how long you've been trying to indulge in this kind of fantasy you've made up. What a boring guy. At some point, the scalpel that had been used appeared in his hand, and Mianyue Yiji wiped the blade carefully with a cloth, and then raised the knife to the light, squinting her eyes seriously. At this time, Sanae, who had been in a daze, suddenly discovered something new: "The people of SJZ City ...... Hospital?"

That's right, the handle of the knife that Mianyue Yiji often uses does have such eight words on it. Although it was small, Sanae really saw it. After Sanae slowly pronounced out these eight words, Mianyue Yiji suddenly had an extremely violent reaction: she put the knife away immediately, and she threw down the sentence "Meet at Ge Chengzhi's house in two hours" and hurriedly ran out, it was like running away.

"SJZ City People's Hospital ......"

Repeating those eight words as if chewing, Sanae felt a dull pain in her heart again. It was in Shijiazhuang that she completely liberated her feelings for the first time, and made a move to give up her life in order to save Ge Yiwei. Of course, that emotional liberation also brought some trouble to everyone......

"Sanae?" Sanae was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by Marisa, Sanae looked up and saw Marisa's concerned expression, "Are you okay......?" Don't overthink it, the next battle may be very taxing on your body, so be careful. ”

Marisa ......

Sanae suddenly figured out something. She understood why the first and only one of the three to confess to Ge Yiwei would be Marisa. Only Marisa has the courage to do this: not only the courage to confess, but also the courage to work hard even if she is rejected. This is where Marisa's strength lies in the matter of love.

"Well, I'm fine. Standing up, Sanae put on the last device, "I think I'm pretty much ready." Thank you for your concern, Marisa. ”

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Every time he faced the Four Seasons Yingji, Zhu Erliu always had a feeling that he couldn't let go. Five years ago, when he had just become the Grim Reaper in the field and was also a subordinate of Shiki Yingji, he had heard a lot of rumors about this adult, and based on these, he also had an impression of his new leader: poisonous tongue, like to preach, and pick bones in eggs...... In short, it is obviously not a good word.

However, there is a difference between these rumors and the actual situation he has actually come into contact with. At least, in his cognition, the poisonous tongue should refer to deliberately sarcastic sarcasm on someone's shortcomings, liking to preach should mean a long speech, and picking bones in the egg should obviously be deliberately finding fault, but at present, the small leader points out that his mistakes in work are often with "stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness". As for picking bones in eggs, she does have strict requirements for her work, but basically there is no deliberate fault-finding. No, even if it's a deliberate fault......

Seeing the mountains of piles of documents in front of him, and then looking at the recently replaced brush in the hand of Siji Yingji, Zhu Erliu felt that this kind of behavior was not incomprehensible. Under such a big work pressure, normal people should have gone crazy a long time ago, so what can they do if they are angry?

"You're here?"

"Yes, I'm here. Looking at the little head in the pile of documents, Zhu Erliu leaned closer, and then nodded, "Are you busy?"

"Hmm. But since you're here, let's settle your side first. Putting the brush in his hand on the pen stand next to him, Shiki Yingji stood up from the chair and frowned dissatisfiedly when she felt the sight of the other side, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking,...... Zhu Erliu!"

"Now that you know it, I'll be blunt: you still like a stool that is so high, standing lower than sitting. Seeing the appearance of his leader, Zhu Erliu shrugged, "Also, you almost called my wrong name again just now, right? I will be called Zhu Erliu now, and there is no other name." ”

"I've never heard of such a simple pseudonym. There seemed to be some resentment at Zhu Erliu's remarks just now, and Siji Yingji moved a chair from the side—of course, it was still the kind of chair that would make her sit taller than standing—and her eyebrows were still furrowed, "When you first became the Grim Reaper in the field, I thought I had gained a reliable and trustworthy subordinate, but it didn't take long for you to be revealed. You've disappointed me. ”

"I thought I had at least made it a little easier for you, at least mentally. Shrugging his shoulders, Zhu Erliu retorted slightly, "I may indeed be too independent in some things, but I haven't messed up any of the missions." ”

"Of course, you didn't mess up a single mission. This time it was the same - the Nazis were still at a stalemate with China and the Lunar Alliance, and the rest of the Moon had entered into a brief peace negotiated in private. This information is very useful to the underworld. ”

"Is the underworld really going to intervene in this war?"

“…… We're just evaluating the month's ability to protect the 'time machine'. If they do lose this ability completely, the Underworld will have to take their place. That's where we play. ”

“…… Do you mean that you want to enter into a cooperative relationship with Russia?"

This speculation is obvious. The Nazis, who had cooperated with the underworld several times, knew the secret of the "time machine" and had been trying to get it; China had formed an alliance with the moon capital; the United States, since the failure of Okazaki Sakura's operation five years ago, President Fiedler had been sparing no effort to clear the underworld latent forces within government agencies; Europe, which had traditionally been in the underworld's dominant region, was faced with a two-front attack on the planet by Russia and the Nazis, resulting in a long-term conservative defense on the moon. Therefore, the only ally that can choose to have a strong offensive capability is Russia.

…… However, the situation with the infiltration of the underworld into Russia ......

"It's not something you should think about. Suddenly stood up and slapped a stack of documents directly on Zhu Erliu's stomach (Zhu Erliu estimated that she actually wanted to shoot her chest, but gave up after flipping her toes and finding that the height was not enough), Shiji Yingji said, "This is your next task." It's urgent. There are other people who work with you on missions. Come with me. ”

Not...... A new mission. Really, with the expansion of involvement in the war, the Grim Reaper in the field is really running out of manpower.

Let me see...... Project 0001, hmm......

Squinting his eyes at the documents, and then raising his head to look at the small back of Siji Yingji gradually moving away, Zhu Erliu once again thought of the information he had obtained in Yuedu, and the crucial information lingered in his mind. After five years of work, he also had some knowledge of some of the necessary information. Other words......

“…… Shiki-eihime...... person"

"What are you doing? Hurry up and don't waste my time!"

Zhu Erliu can be sure that his self-talk is not heard by the other party, because that kind of anger is still in the normal category. Following her footsteps to a room, and raising his head, Zhu Erliu was about to confirm his teammates this time, but the face that greeted him surprised him: "...... Komachi!?What are you doing here in the field?"

"Yo, long time no see. Compared to Zhu Erliu's nervous words, Onozuka Komachi on the opposite side only showed a smirk and stretched out his hand to say hello, "You don't usually say where you work when you chat, but I didn't expect to be doing field work under Lord Shijieihime." Eihime-sama often criticizes me for the ability of a certain 'new subordinate', so you must be talking about you, right? became a confidant so quickly~~~~ You are the only two people who passed the test in my hands~~~~"

"Ahem, Komachi, don't say something you shouldn't say. Holding the stick of repentance in his hand, Shiki-eihime coughed and interrupted Komachi's words, but his face flushed slightly, "In addition to the two of you, there will be a few people on this mission." However, the two of you form an action team to operate. Next, let me introduce the entire mission plan. Your task is simple:"

"Ruined China's 0001 project. Once they complete this project, it means that humanity may be given the key to the outer solar system. And the underworld will never allow anyone to leave the solar system. ”

Zhu Erliu's gaze met the determined eyes of Siji Yingji. He suddenly noticed that at the moment of eye contact, something gentle seemed to appear in the latter's eyes: this made him panic a little, but he quickly recovered. The phrase that had just been talking to himself came back to his mind.

It's going to be a tricky enemy, Shikihime......

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"Before you act, finalize the action plan. Soon, Miss Mizuki will open a passage to the surface of the moon, from which we can leave. One row at the top, we protected them, and then three rows at the bottom, each accompanied by a Z-50. We had to get through the hilly area quickly, get to the target location, and then burrow underground again to escort the four men back to base from the adjacent waypoint. Do you get it?"

"Understood!"

Everyone in Class 3 wore exoskeletons around Ge Chengzhi and listened to his mission briefing. Their faces were all covered by a one-sided transparent mask, and Ouyang Pingshui had no way to see the expressions of his comrades, but he could see the expressions of the goddess he had been worried about. Deputy Squad Leader Ge's methods seemed to have worked, and the sadness on her face had faded a lot. Beside her, the blonde-haired Marisa was trying to drip eye drops, her technique was obviously still a little rusty, and it seemed that she had dropped the potion on her face, looking like she was shedding tears.

As soon as he thought of the previous conversation, Ouyang Pingshui felt heartache. He didn't say anything wrong, did he? But why did the three of them look like they were watching a child be reckless? Could it be that I can't protect anything?

…… Probably, it won't be like that.

The passage was slowly opened. After taking his gun and getting used to the operation of the exoskeleton again, Ouyang Pingshui closed his eyes, relaxed, and prepared to continue the battle.

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"Please, keep an eye on them, Wang Zhang. ”

After sending Zhu Erliu and Komachi away, Shiki Yingji suddenly said this to the empty room. She received no response. After a while, she heard herself sigh.

"Zhu Erliu, Zhu Erliu...... He must have been exposed to something and started to change his opinion, right? Really, I still think this is a seedling that can be cultivated and I want to take care of it myself......

In the future, I am afraid that there will be no such easy time at work. Recalling the exchange between the two of them over the past five years, Shikihime sighed once again, saddening the short, comfortable, and pleasant time she might have been about to lose. Then, with her head up, she headed towards the office, intending to continue the heavy work.