I saw a building. A narrow door in front was wide open. There was a dark, thick fog inside the door. Outside the high threshold stood a girl...... A Russian girl.

The wind blew in the thick fog, and a chill came from the depths of the building, and a slow, deep voice asked, "Ah, what do you want to do by stepping over this threshold?" Do you know what's waiting for you inside? ”

"I know." The girl replied.

"Cold, hunger, hatred, ridicule, contempt, insult, prison, sickness, even death?"

"I know."

"Alienated from people, completely lonely?"

"I know, I'm ready, I'm willing to endure all the pain, all the blows."

"Not only your enemies, but also your relatives, but also your friends will give you these pains, these blows."

"Yes...... Even if they give me these things, I will endure them. ”

"Good. Are you ready to sacrifice too? ”

"Yes."

"This is a nameless sacrifice! You will perish without even one ...... No one knows, and no one reverently honors you. ”

"I don't want people to remember, I don't want people to have mercy. I don't want to be famous. ”

"Are you willing to sin?"

The girl buried her head.

"I'm willing...... Go to sin. ”

The voice inside paused for a moment, and then said something like this:

"Do you know that in the future in the midst of hardship you will deny your present faith, and you will think that you have wasted your youth in vain?"

"I know that on this level, too. All I beg you to let me in. ”

"Come in."

The girl stepped over the threshold. A thick curtain was immediately lowered.

"Fool!" Someone taunted in the back.

"A saint." I don't know where this answer came from.

- "Threshold" Turgenev

-- Dividing line --

"Calm down, let me come." Flanda gently pressed Flynn's hand and motioned for him to calm down.

"Don't clash with the Federation Army until you have to," Flanda said, "We are no match for the regular army. ”

After saying that, she knocked a few times on the baffle of the rear cargo compartment in a specific rhythm, alerting Ed and Hachihara in the back that something was wrong.

"I see, please be careful." Flynn swallowed, but his throat was still dry.

"Get off!!" The tall African American Federalists tapped the door and motioned for Flynn and Flanda to get out of the car.

Flynn obediently got out of the car, and the older of the two Federation Army asked, "This area is under martial law, what are you doing?" ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, we're from the Colonial Satellite Commune," Flanda said with a smile, her face showing no unnaturalness: "There seems to be a problem with the sewage system, and it may overflow on the road, so the superiors ordered us to come and check it quickly, so as not to affect the delegates, we can't afford it." ”

As the name suggests, the Colonial Satellite Commune is a contractor for the construction and maintenance of colonial satellites under the federal semi-national system (although there are also colonial satellite communes responsible for the maintenance of privately contracted colonial satellites, but the specific personnel appointments are actually the responsibility of the funders themselves), although they are called colonial satellite communes, in fact, the mining asteroid base and lunar cities such as von Brown, Mars exploration sites, etc. are all operated by the colonial satellite commune, it is not only the largest enterprise in the universe century, members are all over the world, At the same time, it is also the only legal contractor for space operations in the cosmic century, just like the state-owned railway companies of the old Western calendar.

So there's nothing wrong with Flanda's excuse, they do wear the uniforms of the colonial satellite communes, and the maintenance of von Brown's drainage system is indeed their business.

And if there is a situation where sewage rushes into the streets during this entrance ceremony, which is widely watched by the whole of the earth, then the whole of von Brown will be disgraced.

It makes sense that Flynn admires Flanda more and more in his heart, and in the face of the sudden situation, he finds a suitable reason in one fell swoop.

"People from the colonized satellite communes?" The older Federation frowned, glanced at Flanda and Flynn, and then suddenly said, "Forget it, this person doesn't look like a member of the Colonial Satellite Commune." ”

Flynn felt a chuckle in his heart, and suddenly became nervous.

Indeed, Flanda's complexion and hands knew at a glance that she was indeed doing space work, but Flynn's thin skin and tender little white face did not look like a person doing manual labor.

"He, he's a newcomer to the company," Flanda pretended to have a headache, "It's true, and he found me a job with a newcomer as if he was not busy enough." ”

As she spoke, she gave Flynn a covert look.

Flynn tried to recall what he looked like when he first entered the hospital, but fortunately it was not long, he still remembered it relatively clearly, he stammered, and said nervously: "Yes, I'm sorry, senior!" I'll try! ”

He wants his acting skills to be good enough.

The old Federalist looked at Flynn suspiciously, and didn't say anything more, but he immediately asked another question: "What's in your car?" ”

Bomb 。。。。。。, of course! Flynn's heart had never beaten so fast, and no matter how plausible the excuses they had made, no amount of excuses would be useful if they were found to be in possession of a powerful bomb.

"Ah, sorry, it's the repair tool, and my two colleagues," Flanda said loudly, "Hey, you all come down." ”

What the? What's to be done? Flynn looked at Flanda in surprise, and Flanda looked at her with reassurance.

Ed and Yahara got out of the car, and Flynn seemed to understand something when he saw Hachihara's arms in his pockets, which were tensed as he was holding something hard.

I see, if there is no problem with himself and the others, and they are indeed just employees of the colonial satellite commune, then there is no reason to refuse the inspection of the federal army, so instead of forcibly refusing to make the other party suspicious, it is better to bet that they will not open the box and check it carefully, and even if it is really exposed, it will be more convenient to let Ed and Hachihara get out of the car at the necessary moment.

What Flynn didn't know was that Flanda was eighty percent sure that the two Union soldiers wouldn't scrutinize it, and that she was born on the moon and knew better about the laziness of the Lunar garrison than Flynn, who had never been to the moon.

The older Federal Army soldier stood outside the cabin and looked inside, except for the bomb in the box, there was really nothing suspicious about anything else, this car was originally a bus of the Colonial Satellite Commune, provided by Hachihara, if it wasn't for a bomb in it, it was just an ordinary Satellite Commune work car, and it was indeed filled with some ordinary maintenance tools, of course, these tools can be repaired, and they can also be used to install bombs for destruction.

He looked inside the cabin, and then at Ed and Yahara, the two of them were originally workers in the Satellite Commune, and the typical brown skin produced by long-term exposure to cosmic rays is proof, and Ed is also a laborer, and the traces of laborers on his body cannot be washed off.

As long as the Union soldier didn't open the box, there was nothing suspicious.

Still, Flynn felt as if his heart had been lifted, as if he was in a gravity-free space, and the not-so-warm sunlight made him a little dizzy.

"It doesn't seem like there's a problem," the older Union soldier nodded, "but I can't let you go, and I can't disobey the instructions of my superiors." ”

"Go back quickly." As he spoke, he waved his hand impatiently.

"Please don't say that, sir," Flanda said with a smile, "and we have an urgent job on our side, and if something goes wrong, we can't afford it." ”

"If you think about it, if there is a real problem with the sewage system, then the Prime Minister and the federal representatives of Zeon will have to wade through the smelly water to the venue, and we can't afford to be responsible for such a major problem."

"That's none of my business, anyway, I've been ordered not to let anyone pass through here," the older Union soldier said impatiently, "If you have any opinions, just talk to my superiors." ”

"Really? So I'll just say it? Flanda said, with a hint of threat in her tone: "You are the soldiers of the Lunar Garrison, right?" ”

"If the worst happens, I'm going to tell your superiors that it's all because you don't want us to make repairs."

"If there is such an accident, the media will definitely look for the cause, and we will definitely be sad at that time, but we will also explain the actual situation to the media, because you stopped our work that led to such consequences!"

"Is that okay?" Flanda said in a tougher tone, and Flynn couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat.

Because they are not actually employees of the Colonial Satellite Commune, and there is no problem with the maintenance of the sewage system, if the other party does not give in, or even has to contact the Colonial Satellite Commune to confirm, then Flynn and the others will have no choice but to kill them.

Although it is very noisy now, it is difficult to guarantee that the gunfire will not be heard, and if more Federation troops are brought in, the situation will be out of control.

It's too adventurous, Sister Fran!

That being said, Flynn also knew that Flanda had made the right decision, that they had to get through and plant the bomb as soon as possible, that Darcia's car was already on its way, and that there was no time for them to take a step back and rethink their countermeasures.

Fortunately, it seems that because of Flanda's threat to contact their superiors, the soldiers of the Federation Army began to retreat, and the older soldier led by him said with a gloomy face, "Are you going to go over anyway?" ”

"Yes, it's our job!" Flanda saw that there was a play and hurriedly said.

“。。。。。。” The soldier's face turned pale for a while, and after a moment he sighed and said, "Okay, there's no way. ”

He glanced at the tall African-American soldier, then turned to Flanda and said, "That's it." ”

That's great! Finally passed! Flynn almost wanted to laugh out loud, and Flanda seemed relieved, and she smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you for your understanding, we will solve the problem soon, and it will not make it difficult for you." ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Hachihara: "Hey, move the tools out-"

The older Union soldier suddenly pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the back of Flanda's head, while the black-cut soldier raised his assault rifle.

Huh?

Flynn paused for a moment, not realizing what was going on.

"I'm sorry." The Union soldier said lightly, and there was no hatred in his words, only sympathy and apology.

"Bang ——!"

Gunshots rang out.