"No, I'm different from Gaia. I don't want you to compare me to it! ”

Maybe it's because she's been suppressed for too long, and when facing her 'father', Leona raises her head for the first time and looks Martin squarely? Hervey's eyes: "You've been hiding something from me, right?" Tell me, how did I come to be? Am I your daughter? ”

“……”

Martin? Hervey didn't expect that his daughter, who had always been extremely docile in front of him, would ask such a question to him, and couldn't help but look at Leona in shock.

"Tell me! ~What do you think of me? ”

Invisible waves of wind spilled over with Leona's roar, but the stormy power was in Martin? Hervey's face was still, and not far away, a figure appeared like a ghost, and stared coldly at the pale Leona.

He waved his hand at the figure, Martin? Hervey sighed, as if he was ten years old, and asked weakly, "Are you...... Already found? ”

"Yes, I knew three years ago that I was different from everyone else. But even if I was really made by you, I don't care. All I care about is if you really think of me as a human being? In your eyes, is my existence just a tool? ”

"So you already knew...... "Martin? Hervey shook his head with a wry smile and muttered to himself, "That's right, you are now the best biologist in the Republic, I should have known that this would be the result." ”

"Dad! ~”

See Martin? Hervey was reluctant to answer his question head-on, and Leona anxiously grabbed his thin arm.

"The real result is not what you think, and that's what I can say to you right now. As for...... As for you...... "Martin?" Hervey looked at Leona with a wistful gaze, "You are not my tool, you are the one who inherited everything from me. I can't see you as my daughter, that's because I see you as an extension of my life. ”

“……”

Feel Martin? The sincerity of Hervey's words, Leona couldn't help but be stunned. She could sense that her father wasn't lying to her, but there were so many meanings in his words that she couldn't understand that she was even more confused than before.

And Martin? Hervy seemed to see Leona's confusion and shook his head, "If you really want to find answers, then go to the Hoffman Empire." That's where it all began, where you'll find all the answers to your questions. But before that, I want you to do one last thing for me. ”

"...... you perceive Martin?" There was a strange look in Hervey's tone, and Leona looked up in shock.

"Do you know the Tiger Battalion?" Ignoring the shock in Leona's eyes, Martin? In a nostalgic tone, Hervey referred to the Tiger Battalion he had single-handedly built four years earlier.

When it comes to Camp Tigers, Leona can't help but think of Robin and that brief time.

"300 Tiger Battalion, 300 young people with amazing potential......"

Martin? Hervey looked at the sea with empty eyes: "Two years ago, they left my training camp and stepped onto the battlefield. And now, there are only seven people left......"

Leona, who has been obsessed with research by the "...... of Seven", is unaware of what is happening in the outside world, let alone that the current republic is once again facing a large-scale invasion by the Federation Army. Hearing such bad news at this moment, she almost blurted out a question: "Then Robin......"

"Robin?" Martin? Hervey looked at Leona curiously, "You know him?" ”

"......" recalled Robin's hatred for herself, and Leona could only reply ambiguously: "Sort of......"

"Robin, Luo Cheng's child......"

Remembering that young geology graduate student, Martin? Hervey smiled a little reminiscingly. He pulled out seven documents from the low table next to the beach chair and displayed them in front of Leona.

"Robin, Zolo, Shazo, Michelle, Dante, Carmen, Claude, ......"

Read the names of these seven, Martin? Hervey's eyes seemed to show the young faces of the seven of them one by one.

"Claude is currently serving in the Special Operations Battalion of the 3rd Integrated Fleet, and Xia Zuo and Michelle are strategic agents under the command of the Military Police Discipline Force, and all three of them are currently fighting in the Pluto system." Aside from the trio's profiles, Martin? Hervey picked up the other two documents with an extremely tangled gaze: "Danding, my best student. He is the most likely person in my eyes to touch the Holy Order, but...... But in his heart dwells a beast. I thought Carmen would be able to restrain him, but unfortunately I was wrong......"

From Martin? In Hervey's tone, Leona sensed something and asked tentatively, "...... they?"

"They mutinied, and at seven o'clock this morning, Xia Zuo personally conveyed the news to me." Close your eyes silently, Martin? Hervey collapsed in his chair as if he had lost all his strength: "As for Robin and Drow...... They disappeared six months ago during a rare matter gathering mission in the Kuiper Ring. Before their disappearance, they sent back a message to the Marseille Space Fortress about the invasion of the Federation Army, and then lost contact with ......"

“……”

Forcibly restraining the shock in her heart, Leona asked in a trembling voice, "He's dead?" ”

"Not confirmed yet." Gave Leona a thoughtful look, Martin? Hervey shook his head with a smile and said, "The military department has put them on the list of dead, but I don't think they are dead yet." Robin's kid had limited talent, but he was always able to come up with something unique. Therefore, he can always find a way to survive in desperate situations, which is his unique talent. ”

Pause, Martin? Hervey pushed the four documents containing Dante and Robin to Leona: "Dante and Carmen will go to the Raymond Federation, as for Robin and Zolo...... I have a hunch that I feel like they're there too. So, I want you to find them. ”

Silently putting away the four documents on the table, Leona asked softly, "After you find them, do you need me to bring them back?" ”

"What to do with it can be decided by yourself, and your life ...... From now on, it's all yours ......"

Staring blankly at the sea, Martin? Hervey slowly closed his eyes, and his indomitable flame of life was finally extinguished as the sun set.

On the horizon, a meteor streaked across the sky.

Looking at the fleeting meteor, Leona gently covered her father's cold body with a blanket. Tears flowed silently...... At the same time, the distant Proxima Centauri.

Robin gently picked up the teacup, but with a crisp cracking sound, the cup in his hand suddenly cracked, and suddenly, the fragrant black tea spilled out of it, and the 'tick-tock' splashed on the table.

“……”

Silently looking at the broken cup in his hand, Robin raised his head as if he realized something, and looked at the starry sky where the solar system was located. And in my heart, there was a sudden surge of indescribable heartache and loss.

"Boss?" Nishizawa, who was beside him, saw Robin stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but nudge him gently.

Awakened by Nishizawa's movements, Robin hurriedly wiped off the tea stains on his clothes with a napkin, and Nishizawa also took the opportunity to dry the table for Robin and put on a new tea set.

Taking a deep breath, Robin put aside the jumbled speculation in his head and once again focused his attention on the man across from him with a somewhat uncertain expression.

This man was introduced by Nishizawa, and according to Nishizawa's description, the man named Gna had been smuggled into the Raymond Federation six years earlier. Prior to smuggling, he was part of the border guards of the Marseille Space Fortress, and upon arriving at the Raymond Federation, he found work on a cargo ship and had children. It wasn't until after this massive pirate attack that he was fired by his cargo ship employer as a freedman.

"What position do you hold in the border guards of the Nine-Star Republic?" Filtering the other party's information in his mind, Robin asked coldly.

Because the other party was a deserter, the disgust in his heart made Robin's tone unfriendly, and the sense of oppression that Robin naturally exuded, made the man named Gna sweat profusely after only sitting in front of Robin for a moment.

"Logistics Department...... Mechanic ......," replied Gnaw, looking down humbly.

"You have children?"

"Yes...... Yes......" Gnar looked up as if he was on pins and needles, "I have a son, who is only three years old, and he lives with my wife in the Hermes spaceport. Before giving birth to my baby, my wife was a wandering warbler, so we didn't go through any formalities......"

Freeman unions are often unstable, and with the exception of a few freemen who marry in accordance with federal law, most freeman families are largely temporary. So, this situation of Gna is quite common among free people.

"Do you know the route into the Ultra Nebula mine?" After a slight pause, Robin began to cut to the chase.

"Yes, before I was hired by a cargo ship, I traveled with a freeman spaceship to the capital of chaos in the Ultra Nebula mines. After being hired by a cargo ship, I also find some free time to follow the Freeman spaceship to the mines to earn some extra money. In the Northern Star Field, people like me who know how to repair ships are very popular. ”

"I've heard that you're influential among the stowaways in the Nine-Star Republic?"

"This ...... I've helped some Republic smugglers who have just arrived here, so they usually take some advice from me......"

"I see." Robin interrupted Gna's words and pointed to Nishizawa beside him, "I'm willing to see you because of Nishizawa, and to be honest, I can't fully trust someone I meet for the first time." ”

"Sir! ~I swear I'll keep it a secret, as long as you can help us with our living materials, you can do whatever you ask me to do. Seeing that Robin seemed to refuse to talk any further, Gna hurriedly looked at Nishizawa with a pleading gaze.

And when he touched Gna's eager gaze, Nishizawa's heart softened, so he tried to persuade: "Boss...... Gerner is someone you can trust, I can vouch for that. ”

"You?" Robin squinted at Nishizawa and said to Gna with a pretended embarrassment, "You should know who I am and what I'm going to do." And Bloody Harry ......"

"I hate Bloody Harry more than anyone else, I have started to have a peaceful, good life, but he ruined everything. If it weren't for Mr. Nishizawa and Miss Martina, my wife and children would have starved to death, as would the rest of my companions. So, I swear to you, you can trust me completely. ”

Staring into Gnar's eyes, confirming the firmness in his eyes, Robin finally smiled kindly.

"Well, I choose to trust you. Now, I need you to travel to the City of Chaos in the Ultra Nebula as a Freeman Mechanic, and I need you to keep in touch with me throughout the process. Also, I need someone else who is familiar with the Ultra Nebula's shipping path. In the meantime, I will ensure that you and your companions' families have enough supplies to live on, and that the space police will never disturb them......"

(To be continued)