Since that day, we haven't seen Instructor Ike again. Although I still have contact with everyone, and the news I heard from Instructor Sarah and Dean Van Dijk also said that Instructor Ike did not leave his post but went to Crossbell temporarily, but judging from the contact information of Arisa's classmates, it seems that a few days after leaving the Tolz Military Academy, Instructor Ike has been staying in the empire, and only recently officially went to Crossbell. Following Instructor Ike's teachings and dedicating ourselves to what we can do now, everyone is working hard, although they are curious about what Instructor Ike did when he went to Crossbell, and what he did in the past few days in the Empire, but no one asked, even Arisa-san. Although with Instructor Ike's personality, Arissa would probably have told her if she asked, but in the end, Arisa didn't do that - until the outbreak of war.

"Arisa, isn't there a club activity today?" After school in the afternoon, after the commission of the student council, Li En, who rarely went back to the dormitory with Arissa, asked.

"Well, the number of students who have come to the club to participate in activities has decreased recently, and everyone seems to have been deliberately reminded by parents to reduce contact." Arissa's voice was a little low, and she replied with a lack of interest.

"Everyone was influenced by their parents, and from that day on." Li En replied helplessly, "By the way, how is Instructor Ike now?" ”

"Huh? He had a communication this morning, saying that the affairs of the Empire had been dealt with today, and now he should have reached Crossbell, right? Arissa replied after a moment's thought.

"Speaking of which, does Alyssa know why Instructor Ike cares so much about Cross Bell?" Li En, who had been putting up with this question, finally couldn't help but ask under the rare opportunity to be alone.

"Well, it's because Ike has a family member working as a cop at Crossbell's side, a very cute little sister." Alyssa replied with a smile.

"Police?" Lane frowned, "I think it's a similar organization to the railway gendarmerie." ”

"That's right, and the department they're in is also quite unique within the police organization - Special Assignment Volunteer Section, Lane you should have heard of it, right?"

"It's the police who successfully protected the hostages in that incident, and I remember that the leader seems to be named Lloyd?"

"Actually, they are to the police organization, just like the relationship between our VIII. class and the academy, I heard Ike say that their superiors are also a new department set up to change the status quo of the police, and Sister Tio is among them."

"So that's how ... Is that girl's name Tio? ”

"That's right, a super sweet child—" Alyssa looked very happy, as if talking about her own sister, who was an only child, and was quite a happy subject for Tio's sister. "But because that time if the train cannon is not stopped in time, Sister Theo is afraid that it will be dangerous, so this time I went back, it should be to prevent this incident from happening again, although he also said that the situation of Crossbell is also quite complicated now, but I think the former is his main purpose. After all, Ike is very 'selfish'. ”

“。。。 Selfish? Ryne was a little puzzled.

"Hmm—it's kind of hard to explain." Alyssa struggled a little with how to describe it in words: "For example, although he has been the instructor of our class, he is not familiar with the students in other classes at all, even the students he meets regularly, and he has no intention of dealing with people who he is not interested in. ”

"This..." Li En was dumbfounded, although he had seen many different characters, and everyone had their own characteristics in dealing with people, but for this type, even Li En, who had been in contact with so many characters, had seen it for the first time. Especially this person is an instructor who has always been by his side, like a person who is very familiar to him, and suddenly finds that he doesn't know anything about him, he can't help but be a little frustrated, and looks at Arisa who is looking at him puzzled, "Arissa, you are really familiar with Instructor Ike." ”

"Huh?! Why、Why do you say that?! Arisa, who was a little panicked by Lien's sudden retort, unconsciously raised her voice.

"Huh? Before you know it. You think, although Instructor Ike and Instructor Sarah have been with us for a few months, the only ones who really know them are Arisa and Faye. Lane replied with some frustration.

"Hmm—after all, he's lived in my house for a year, and Fei's words and Instructor Sarah used to deal with a lot." Alyssa was a little puzzled and comforted, "These things, after a long time of contact, everyone will definitely understand." ”

“。。。 I hope so. ”

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In the distant Nord Plateau, the breeze blows through the grass that spreads across the plateau, setting off layers of green waves. At the top of the wave, in front of the remains of a huge giant statue, two figures stopped in front of an off-road vehicle and discussed.

"Yes, although I have inquired about some situations from all over the place, but things are developing much faster than I expected, I have to say that the thirteenth workshop you said is indeed a strong enemy." Ike's side, Arissa's grandfather, said Luan.

"It's useless to talk about this now, the key is what to do in the future? From the news that Miss Irina got that Ryan Fort's movements are getting bigger and bigger, although she can barely suppress it now, but the secret operation is indeed getting bigger and bigger, and I even heard that there are branches of factories that process military items without the approval of the headquarters, although everything is running in secret, but it can be explained that Miss Irina's control over Ryan Forte is getting weaker and weaker. As a founder, you should know the consequences if you let Ryan Forte go on the scales, right? Ike asked in a deep voice.

"That's why I can't show up." Lune shook his head, "Although there is action now, everyone still recognizes that my stupid daughter is the president of orthodoxy, and if I show up, those guys who act secretly will probably use my banner to make Ryan Fortt fall into chaos again." That would only hasten the further deterioration of the situation. ”

"Then now we can only watch those weapons be delivered to the nobles?" Ike asked, "I've heard that the new weapons are pretty weird, not so much weapons as components. And judging from the specifications and shape, it is definitely not a component of the chariot, but a humanoid weapon that has been mass-produced by the Thirteenth Workshop. ”

"The robot monsters scattered around Regram?"

"No, it's not those simple playthings." Ike's face was solemn, "I also recently discovered that what those guys are building is a more powerful, manned machine. ”

"Manded?" Rune frowned, "Like a chariot." ”

"No, that's probably more advanced than a chariot." Ike pointed to the huge stone statue on top of him, "Like, a humanoid puppet." ”

Subconsciously looked up at the stone statue with a few sub-distances, Lu En swallowed his saliva, his face was a little ugly, "You mean, the manned puppet was researched by them?" ”

"I didn't think so at first, until I went to the ruins of Haidu Ordis." Ike's face was a little grim, "That ruin has traces of destruction, and something seems to have been brought out of it by someone." The Dark Age ruins that are as famous as this ruin here. ”

"Why are you so familiar with this?" Luan stared at Ike, who was just like a few treasures, "There are not many things left for the present in the Dark Ages, even legends are rare. ”

“。。。。。。”

"Are you..." In the face of Ike's silence, Luan suddenly looked up at the remains of the Colossus that had been standing on the Norder Plateau, "You can't have come to find the old man and me because of this matter, are you already!?" ”

"The gears of the times have begun to turn, old man." Ike replied word by word, as soon as the words fell, the earth began to tremble violently, and in front of the ruins, a deep crack appeared in front of the two of them, and the dark underground, the breath of the dark age came to their faces. A small pale blue light, shining brightly in the dark underground.