"This heart leaf, I hope you remember our deal, open that box. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Kokonoha's eyes were a little blinded by the light of the lighthouse, and she sat on the boat, with her cloak in front of her, and two women, one older and one younger, said to her. She complied, opening the box that the two had handed her, which contained a ledger and an M9 pistol with visible scars on the gun. The photo shows a lively and lovely girl with beautiful long black hair and an innocent smile.

"Who is she?" Kokonoha narrowed her eyes and looked at the back of the photo, which read "Krana".

"You don't have to worry about that, this heart leaf, in short, just bring her over." The taller woman said in a deep voice.

"To put it simply, it's the person you need to save, and the relationship between you and her is inextricably linked and cannot be investigated."

The boat finally docked on the shore, and after Xinye got off the boat, two women, one tall and one short, laboriously dragged the boat ashore, and then the tall woman came to her, nodded to her, and said:

"Okay, we know you have that ability, go ahead, right above here, the exhilarating sky city, the beautiful scenery, the desirable outdoor peach orchard, but they imprisoned a girl there, where she doesn't belong to her, she has a lot of communication with us, find her, and you will understand."

"It's easy to say..."

Kokoba shrugged, pinned M9 to her waist, and with a wave of her hand, opened a gap, and the pitch-black crack led to the city in the sky that the two women had said, and she took one last look at the two women and stepped into the gap.

Through the information provided by these two people, Kokoba was able to learn about the existence of Sky City. She didn't know that there was such a place in the world she lived in, and the light in front of her was like a lighthouse, so that she couldn't open her eyes, and after stepping out of the gap, she got used to it for a long time before she put her hand down.

“... Is... Beautiful view. Kokoba gasped and looked at the landscape.

As the two women said, this is a city in the clouds. The retro British architecture makes Xinye seem to have come to the United Kingdom in the 80s of the last century, and the pedestrians in formal dresses are leisurely, or chatting with friends, or enjoying the beautiful scenery, and the clouds are in the distance, and above the clouds, there is an unimaginably huge statue, but the appearance of the statue makes Xinye stunned in place.

It was exactly the same as the little girl in the photo. Kokoro took out a picture of "Krana" from his pocket and compared it to confirm that it was not his own delusion. But... What the hell is this place? Castle in the sky? After touching the gun on his waist and making sure that there was no problem, Kokoba took a step to walk in this wonderful city connected by countless machines and empty ships.

'Good afternoon, miss', 'Good afternoon, beautiful lady', 'Good afternoon, distant traveler'. The pedestrians on the road also greeted her very politely, and the heart leaf was just a mechanical return gift. Only then did she remember the information that the two women had told her, that the statue was her destination, that it seemed to be a statue, but in fact it was a complex structure inside.

I've got to find a way to get there... At least not yet, no one has discovered her identity as an outsider, and despite the strange trench coat, no one has any doubts. It's like a paradise where anyone can have a place... Is it?

"Are you going to take an airboat? Beautiful lady. The service staff served her with a smile.

"yes, uh, I'd like to get a closer look at the statue." Kokoba gestured to the statue in the distance.

"Of course, this is the ticket in 5 minutes, the airboat is on standby, and if there is anything else, I am here for you, dear lady."

Don't want money? Xin Ye was flustered for a moment, but she didn't think much about it, she came to the airboat instructed by the waiter, there were already many people on it, and the fluttering airboat made her a little uncomfortable. She calmed down and looked around at the people around her. In addition to her, there are also some tourists who are very curious about everything around them, and there are also residents of the town who have just met each other to introduce them to the beauty of the castle in the sky.

"Welcome to Colombia, dear lady, are you here for the first time?" The noble lady sitting next to Xinye accosted Xinye.

"Yes, it's my first time here, it's an amazing place, more beautiful than I've seen anywhere else in the world." Heart leaves praise this place without reservation.

"Hahaha, as residents of Sky City, we are also very proud that Lord Astra has built this Sky City, there are no wars, no strife, no boring party disputes, this is undoubtedly a paradise. So, once again, welcome to Castle in the Sky. ”

"Welcome to the City in the Sky!" The inhabitants of the surrounding Sky City responded at the same time.

What an unexpected place... Kokoba couldn't help but wonder what the two women had come here to save the girl for. Could it be that she just wanted to kidnap that 'Krana'? No, if she really wanted to do that, she wouldn't let herself do it alone, and although she shouldn't have asked about it, she still had some doubts.

She disembarked from the airboat where the statue had been erected, and from a close quarter, the statue was more shocking than any building she had ever seen, and with modern technology, it would have been impossible to build such a huge structure. The statue that permeates the clouds makes people feel like they are in a fairyland, and below the statue, there are many things at the entrance that make Kokoba feel out of place.

Soldier.

It was said that there was no war, no strife, but these soldiers in military uniforms were neatly guarding the statue, and Kokoba also saw the entrance inside the statue and the 'No Entry' sign. It's ridiculous, if it's really a place without disputes, then what's the point of these soldiers? To put it bluntly, it is also necessary to deter other countries in the world so that they do not dare to invade here. The absence of internal strife means that there is enough external strife for everyone to be on the same page.

All right... What's next? After loading the M9, she checked the remaining bullets by removing the magazine, only to find that the magazine was connected to the whole gun and could not be disassembled.

This gun can continue to shoot tens of thousands of rounds.

When everything was ready, Kokoba opened the gap again and dived into the statue in one go. Inside there is no such 'beautiful' spectacle, everything is extremely mechanical, it looks cold, unforgiving, and there is nothing special about it. The lowest floor marks the floor, roughly at the waist of the humanoid statue, where the girl named Krana is being held.

So... Let's go up a bit. The heart leaf opened the gap again and came to the middle position. The continuous use interval made her body a little overwhelmed, and with a breath, she held the gun and continued to move forward. When I turned on the switch of the next door and waited for the air pressure to equalize, I saw an iron door open on one side of the room, and through the glass, I could see the messy room with a large number of books piled up on the other side.

"This is..."

Kokoba touched the glass, a technique common to the interrogation room of the police station, where the interrogator and the prisoner were on the other side of the glass, and in order not to increase the pressure on the prisoner, a similar glass would be made next to the interrogation room so that others could watch the prisoner's behavior. By optical deception, that is, leaving an observation room without light, the interrogation room makes the interrogation room look at the glass as if it were a mirror.

Soon, Kokonoha sees Clarna. A beautiful girl with black hair hanging down to her waist, who looked sixteen or seventeen years old, brought a large stack of books from outside the room, placed them in the room, and then flipped through them quickly—and looked at them quickly, each page only stayed in her eyes for a moment, one after another... Is she really reading a book? Heartleaf couldn't help but ask, and just as Heartleaf was about to move on, Clarna suddenly raised her head and looked at the mirror.

"There you are."

Xin Ye was suddenly shocked, how did this little girl notice her? She frowned, there was no medium to communicate with the inside, and the glass should be completely soundproof.

"You can't talk to me, can you?" From the surveillance system, Clarna's voice was heard, "Okay, I don't care who you are, get me out of here, I've had enough." ”

The little princess, who didn't seem to be ignorant of her situation, whistled and then opened the gap behind her and walked in.

"As you wish, little princess."

Kokoro said behind her.

"Huh? How did you get in? Clarna looked surprised, but she immediately happily shook Konoha's hand and said with a beaming look, "You... It's a real person, right? Not a hallucination? Isn't it some superpower-created phantom? ”

"Really, my superpower is the ability to move long distances," Kokoba breathed a sigh of relief, "Come on, I'm here to get you out..."

Just as Kokonoha said this, a roar spread throughout Sky City.

"You betrayed me! Hemanes Mora, you will pay the price for your actions! I, Astra, will drive you into the rift of time and space forever! ”