The city of Crossbell is ideally located between the Republic of Calvard and the Erebonian Empire. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The two powers, which have always had a bad relationship, despise each other and cannot be completely severed. Therefore, the Duchy of Crossbell, located in the "buffer zone", has been a bridge between the two powers since ancient times.

Here, you can easily buy the famous handicraft products of the East, and you can also see the simple and pragmatic industrial products that Xifeng is proud of. Convenient transportation brings an incomparably prosperous life.

There was plenty of smile on everyone's face, and there was a happy peace.

Here, the people live a life of abundance.

There are no ruined urban areas, no people lost to war......

Noelle? Shika took a day off and wandered through the thriving streets of Crossbell, sighing. It was as if the terrifying scenery in my previous memories was completely a dream.

But......

She looked at her hands, which were soft and powerful warrior hands, clean and unstained with blood.

She looked at the sky, and it was blue, a pleasant feeling of joy and a sense of hopeful future. There was no flame to dye it bright red......

Yes...... That's what it is...... The Crossbell of my dreams......

But......

Noelle raised her hand and wiped the tears from her cheeks......

Why, why do you feel sad?

Or are they tears of happiness?

Noelle didn't know......

He tried to convince himself that all the previous grief was a dream......

However, Yu Chensi's heart was seriously injured, and in order to seal his true knowledge power, the blade was not removed, but broken in his body. That is, there was a blade buried in his heart, and the severe pain caused him to fall into shock and not wake up to this day.

And...... Instead of being taken to a hospital room, he was kept in Tanggulamen, which was once the border of the Republic of Calvard. There was an area under the jurisdiction of the Wehrmacht's premier fighter, Deputy Commander Douglas.

Lloyd? Bannings was secretly sent to the police academy's detention center, where he was held with the Mafia of Rubacher and guarded at the highest level.

Theo? Prato, Lotus? Heather and Vincent? Campbell was being monitored at the Medical University of Santa Ullsla, where Vincent was seriously injured and bleeding and has not yet recovered. Theo uses his water magic to help the hospital treat patients.

Ellie? McDowell was sent to the Mishuram retreat, and now she lives in the mansion of Speaker Harman, assisting her grandfather, Vice Speaker McDowell, in his official duties.

Randy? Orlando was held at Belgard Gate, under close supervision.

Joshua and Estelle are nowhere to be found, and Mr. Arios quits his job as a guerrilla and is now Miss Mariabell's bodyguard.

Chief Sergei is nowhere to be found, and Dudley Investigator is disheartened, but in the end he forms a partner with a newcomer......

"Yo, this isn't Noelle? Lieutenant Shika! Hats off. ”

Suddenly, a warm and energetic voice rang out.

The visitor had the same brown hair as Lloyd, but a little more unkempt. He was taller than Lloyd, wearing a brown and white bulletproof jacket with an insignia of the Inquisitor on his chest, which, oddly enough, had a long, narrow wound on it.

Although he was a search officer and the Wehrmacht did not belong to the same system, he still gave a military salute to Noelle cheerfully and energetically, but he didn't see much respect, but he could feel the meaning of joking.

Seeing him like this, Noelle smiled bitterly and hurriedly returned the salute:

"Guy? Investigator Bannings, you've done a great job. ”

"Where, where, I'm busy - by the way, don't tell Dudley!"

"I don't need her to tell me, I've found out."

At some point, the investigator in a dark blue suit appeared behind Guy Investigator with an unhappy expression, he stretched out his index finger and pushed his glasses, and said with an iron-colored face: "You guy, is it too undesirable to slip the number when you are on duty!" ”

"I'm sorry, partner, I can't help but see an acquaintance, I can't help it~"

"Love your head, didn't you see her after you slipped away?"

"Oops......"

Looking at the intimate and pleasant relationship between the two, Noelle suddenly thought of the support department......

No, there is no such thing as a support section......

That's just a "delusion".

Noelle was so sure that her heart tingled, and she quickly apologized and left the place as if she had fled. She was afraid that continuing to get along with the two would only exacerbate her feelings for the Support Division.

There is no support department, there is now, just a wonderful Cross Bell.

She admonished herself.

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"About your brother...... Don't take Lloyd's affairs too seriously. We all believed he was a good boy. ”

Seeing Noelle flee, Dudley sighed and said this to him.

He understands that although Guy is an unreliable investigator, he is definitely not the kind of character who will slip around on patrol. He would do it, only because of his brother.

Lloyd? Bannings is suspected of committing a crime and is being detained in the detention center of the police academy, as long as it is his brother's, he will eagerly help his brother find evidence of innocence, right?

"Ah...... Well, Lloyd's affair doesn't matter......"

Investigator Guy smiled.

"That boy, I wish he was naughty, and being locked up is also a valuable experience - just like when we were kids, we were locked up by our father!"

"I didn't have that experience!"

"Oops?! Is it just me?! ”

Guy had a big word of disbelief written on his face, Dudley pursed his lips and said coldly, "Of course it's just you." I have been a good law-abiding citizen since I was a child. ”

"That's not super boring!"

"I think there's something wrong with what you're saying! Guy? Bannings Searcher! Come to my office after the patrol is over! I have something to tell you about the external image of the investigator! ”

"Haha, be merciful—Na, Dudley, seriously, you're probably the most rigid person in our police department, right?"

"Are you asking me to deduct your salary?"

"Wow wow, don't be like this, I'm short of money this month! - Well, no kidding, Dudley, I want to say, can you tell me the truth? ”

Guy's eyes suddenly became serious. He pressed Dudley's shoulder, the noisy, puppy-like man, serious like a search officer.

"I ...... Is there really no problem? The more you investigate, the more problematic it is. It's not Lloyd, it's me...... I have no trace of living in this city. Dudley, who the hell am I? ”

“……”

Unexpectedly, Dudley, the most upright and rigid of all, turned his gaze and did not answer his question.

This evasion is an answer in itself.

Guy smiled and said to himself: The intuition of his own investigator is still so accurate.

It's weird.

If there really wasn't anything sad about Crossbell, then why was there such an organization as the Special Mission Support Section? The police are trusted by the people to ensure the safety of the citizens, so what is the purpose of this organization called the Special Mission Support Section?

What's even stranger is that no matter who they ask, once they learn that they are Lloyd's brother, they will say, "Please thank the Lloyd investigator of the Support Section on my behalf!" ”

Lloyd Investigator?

That's right.

Lloyd had never qualified as a police officer, let alone a search officer.

Moreover, the statement of the Support Section of the Special Mission Support Section is also very strange, and it cannot be found in any document, neither the police department, nor the Wehrmacht, nor the guerrillas......

So, what kind of mysterious organization is this?

And yourself.

Guy distinctly remembers the incomparable wavering and consternation in his eyes when he went to visit Lloyd. When she visited Cecil, she fainted directly. Arios hugged himself and cried bitterly, tears wetting his shoulders and making him feel extremely uncomfortable. Dudley, too, seems to have been accommodating himself......

What's going on?

It's like I'm a person who shouldn't exist.

I have to say that Guy is more like You Tatsumi than Lloyd, not deducing conclusions based on clues, but the other way around, drawing conclusions in his mind now, and then deducing the process and looking for clues in reverse.

There are too many doubts, and they all point to themselves......

Tsk tsk.

Guy smiled, sure enough, he had to draw his own conclusions.

It's like, once investigated Rubacher...... Ay?

When did Rubacher finish?

Guy fell into deep thought.

Dudley silently patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, it's just that you have rested for a while and are restless." If you don't pay attention, you will feel better in the future. ”

"Wow, I've said that my subordinates are merciful, Dudley!"

"It's Deputy Director Dudley! Give me honorifics! ”

"Yes, yes! Deputy Director Dudley! ”

Guy made a light-hearted quip, hiding his doubts in his heart, ready to continue his investigation next time.

His "abrupt life", the "Special Mission Support Section" that should not have existed, the attitude of his friends, and the children who were being watched on trumped-up charges......

Guy quickly understood that there was some maelstrom of conspiracy that was rolled up in Crossbell.

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The orchid tower is clean at the top, and three huge robots fall on it, each of which is comparable to Patil Matil. Since Joshua and Estelle were rescued by Patil Martiel, these three mechs have suddenly appeared on the top floor of the Orchid Tower, like three guardians, and as if they are the symbol of Crossbell.

Standing at the top of the tower, there was a little girl dressed in thin clothes, as soft as leather, on which countless devices of unknown purpose were pasted. The little girl with clean white hair did not feel that it would be cold at all, and stood at the top of the tower, overlooking the earth.

Such...... Everybody will be happy, right?

She thinks so, she thinks so...... But the tears couldn't stop falling. The pale and bloodless skin, combined with the tears that she can't stop rolling down, makes people fall in love. A gust of wind passed and she coughed violently, blood running down the corners of his mouth, as if that gust of wind alone was enough to kill her.

"Kia."

Behind the white-haired little girl is a man with a rock-like resolute expression, Arios.

"For your safety, you can't understand the 'throne' for too long now, it's better to hurry back."

"I see, Mr. Arios...... I'll go back. ”

"Hmm."

Goodbye, Lloyd.

She said goodbye to the man she had once loved in her heart.

That's it. Crossbell will be happy, and everyone will be happy......

That's it, that's it.

The girl, once again, shed tears of determination.

[Kia's choice? end] (To be continued.) )