White petals like goose feathers and snow fell from the sky and landed on all the black-clad send-off personnel - it turned out to be a low-flying drone hovering in mid-air, opening the bottom cabin and throwing petals endlessly down to the crowd.

On November 21, the 15th year of the Chronicle of the United States and Asia, the coalition government arranged a farewell ceremony for the soldiers who died in the "Alliance Day Riots" at Longze Temple, the oldest in the mirage. Longze Temple is built on the mountain, and the mountain gate is guarded by the mechanical heart troops directly under the governor. Early in the morning, the mountain was full of mourning guests and their entourage's cars, all of whom got off the bus here, crossed the single-hole stone arch bridge into the temple, and walked up the stone steps of the main hall filled with wreaths and wreaths along the way to the Daxiong Treasure Hall. The Buddhist monks outside the hall chanted the "Sutra of the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth", and the deceased said goodbye to the world with peace of mind and ascended to the heavenly realm safely.

The master of ceremonies in charge of the guests reads the names of the important people present in turn:

"Viceroy_William_Jones. Lord Governor William Jones."

"Mr. Stevens."

"Lieutenant_Brunhild_Jones. Captain Brunhilde Jones."

"Lieutenant_Colonel_ZhongJiu_Jones. Lieutenant Colonel Nakahisa Jones."

"Senator_Wilson. Mr. Wilson." ……

When the lords entered the main hall, the entourage waited in a neat line outside the hall.

"Hey, who's that?"

When Colonel Colonel_Victor_Jones. Victor Jones was called, the green snake asked Bonnie beside him, and his mouth turned into a white mist in the winter. He was referring to a maiden Medabsoa in Victor's team with her hair tied up high, her hair almost silvery, even her eyebrows, and her eyes sharp. Her outfit is also distinctive, from close-fitting to out, with a short white undergarment, a white tunic, and a wide black jumpsuit called a hakama, tied at the waist with a wide strap to expose her slender waist, accompanied by white flats. The whole person is like a silver fox standing in the crowd, which is very eye-catching.

"She is Victor's personal bodyguard, and it is said that she was specially brought back by Victor from Meda Busoya, and the details of the others are not very clear." Bonnie replied to him.

"Oh, Victor's pomp is so big!"

"Don't underestimate a funeral, on the surface, everyone comes to mourn, but inside it is a competition of strength from all walks of life."

Sure enough, as Bonnie said, the Meda Busoya team led by Victor and the first cadres of Zhongjiu's half-breed were lined up on the east and west sides of the Mahavira Hall. Dotted with a squad of manta rays belonging to Brunhilde.

The top of the heavy eaves of the Daxiong Treasure Hall is trimmed with yellow glazed tiles and green trimming, when you enter the main hall, you can see the word plaque of "the deceased rest in peace" on the eaves, but the middle of the east hall is enshrined in the middle of the statue of the god Meda Busoya, which is tall and straight to the roof, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, solemn and solemn, and the statue of the god is about 3 meters high and the statue of the four heavenly kings of Yaning is about 3 meters high - "instead of destroying the gods of the colony, it is better to submit them to the gods of Meda Busoya", which has always been the principle of Governor William's behavior.

Under the gods, on the farewell stage, there are portraits of fallen soldiers and their families, and under the stage are important guests who came to mourn, singing the hymn of Meda Busoya under the guidance of the host.

"All_people_that_on_earth_do_dwell, (under the whole world, all the peoples)"

“Sing_to_the_Lord_with_cheerful_voice; (Shout and praise to the Lord)"

Brunhilde, whose face was covered with a black veil, sang as he glanced at Nakahisa beside him, who was different from the past in that he really had to come in a formal black suit, but he was still unruly wearing sunglasses.

Although his large sunglasses obscured his expression, Brunhilde noticed that his hands were clenched tightly as his face turned to the picture of "Ajie" from Yaning on the stage and his crying young lady. Fortunately, Kevin, a lawyer who was on his way to the Old City at the time, was successfully rescued by a rescue team that attacked with the Valkyrie, but he was not able to participate in the farewell ceremony because he was seriously injured and has not yet left the ward.

"Him_serve_with_fear, his_praise_forth-tell, (Serve in awe, praise in devotion)"

"Come_ye_before_him_and_rejoice. (Come to the Lord and sing with a loud voice)"

Brunhilde's headset hidden in his inner ear came with a message: "Report, test subject is heading to the back mountain alone. ”

The carol is passed all the way to the back mountain outside the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and from here you can see the temple and the distant mountains in the distance.

Brunhilde, who slipped out of the treasure hall under the pretext of sneaking along the winding path, walked quietly, and sure enough, after walking for a short time, she saw Hong Yuesheng's figure, and she quickly found a corner to hide.

Hong Yuesheng was squatting alone in the back mountain digging a pit with his hands, and then opened the mysterious package he was carrying to bury it, when Brunhilde was curious, suddenly a sound alarmed Hong Yuesheng and her. Hong Yuesheng raised his head, and Brunhilde frowned, ready to improvise. At this time, Hong Yuesheng found that it was a little boy from Yaning, who was only about six or seven years old, who was hiding behind the rocks and watching Hong Yuesheng, and Brunhilde was not exposed.

"Hey." Hong Yuesheng greeted the little boy, but the child was silent and did not dare to lean over.

"Are you here for the funeral too?" Hong Yuesheng asked.

The little one nodded.

"For whom?"

The little one stopped talking, but stared at the package in his hand. Hong Yuesheng looked down at the package, thought about it for a while, and opened it, revealing the contents inside. To Brunhilde's surprise, the package contained a plum blossom, a can of wheat beer, and a messy cloth pigeon.

Hong Yuesheng no longer deliberately accosted him, but turned around, carefully put the beer and plum blossoms into the pit one by one, and when he was about to put the cloth pigeon in, the little boy finally rubbed over cautiously in curiosity. Hong Yuesheng kindly let the little boy touch the pigeon, which he had sewn by hand yesterday with the needle and thread he had borrowed from Emily.

"It's so ugly." The little boy said.

"It's so ugly!" Sister Lingzi's excited scream and the little boy's voice overlapped in Hong Yuesheng's mind,

"Are you sure you don't want to change the gift?" Butterflies laughed so hard that her stomach hurt while she grunted wheat beer.

"I'm not, I'm ugly, but I like it!" Reiko giggled.

The sound that was echoing in my ears a few days ago now feels like a world away.

"This is for my sister and ...... "sister". Hong Yuesheng said to the little boy.

Brunhilde was surprised when she heard this, she didn't know about Hong Yuesheng's relatives before.

"Did your sister and sister go to heaven too?" The little boy points to the chimney of the main venue. The crematorium had just been lit, and white smoke drifted into the sky through the high chimney. "Mom said, dad went to the canopy first......" At this time, Hong Yuesheng understood that the little boy thought that the sky was the canopy on top of his head.

"Is your dad a soldier?"

"My dad is the ambassador's personal bodyguard, oh very handsome."

When he said this, Hong Yuesheng vaguely recognized from the little boy the appearance of the dark-faced, young and strong Yaning guard Ajie who was next to him when he stole Zhongjiu's wallet five days ago: "Yes, your father is very handsome." ”

"But Mother said we couldn't go to the canopy, so we won't see him again......" said the little boy, sniffling, tears beginning to roll in his eyes. Hong Yuesheng reached out and rubbed the little boy's head:

"You know, sometimes, something bad happens,"

Hong Yuesheng hadn't persuaded people before, but Ling Xiaoyue's words yesterday made him very impressed, and he thought in his heart how he would say it if Ling Xiaoyue spoke: "These misfortunes may take away the dearest people around us, and will make us feel that life has become sad, as if the pain of heartbreak." ”

The rotation of the gears of the mechanical heart reminded him that the pain of heartbreak was not just an adjective.

But these pains can bring you things that others don't have, and make you think about things you didn't have to think about before. Maybe one day, when you become better, you can reach the canopy on your own. ”

Hiding in the shadows, Brunhilde looked at Hong Yuesheng's face with wide eyes, never expecting the simple-minded barbarian in her mind to say such a thing.

Hong Yuesheng himself didn't expect how he could say these words, he would never have said them ten days ago. Although the little boy did not fully understand, he was moved by the idea of one day reaching the canopy to see his father. He also squatted down and helped Hong Yuesheng bury the objects commemorating Lingzi and the phoenix butterfly into the soil.

With the sound of the bell, the cremation ceremony at the main venue officially began. Many of the bodies that died or disappeared in the riots were not returned, and only the relics of the dead were burned. Hong Yuesheng, the little boy and Brunhilde all looked at the white smoke and dust that was burning from the chimney, and for the first time experienced the mood of watching the corpse and relics burning, and quietly felt that the deceased was burned inch by inch, as if burning a piece of paper written on a person's life, no matter what had been done before, now it was dust and dust and dust were returned to the earth.

"How did he die?" As Naka-kyu lined up in the hall to mourn in front of the spiritual throne, and as she passed in front of Ajie's wife, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Naka-ku's hand.

"Meiying, the others are gone, does it matter how they die?"

"It's important to me." With tears in her eyes, Miei said stubbornly. She was a bird-like Yaning woman, and the two got married when Applejack had just graduated from military school.

Backstage in the central plaza of the Old Town, the scene of a mutated yaksha biting Applejack's tattooed arm with the sun totem in its mouth swept before Nakaku's eyes.

"He died in front of my eyes, peacefully." Nakahisa replied calmly.

"Thank you......" Miei leaned against Nakahisa's chest and cried, Nakahisa raised his hand to pat Miei's back, his face tilted upwards to avoid tears dripping down.

After the funeral had been given by the monks and the priests for a transcendent and a prayer, most of the day had passed.

The host of Longze Temple said: "Remember_how_fleeting_is_life. Let us remember the transience of life. The ceremony was followed by a press conference for the media.

When Hong Yuesheng walked down the back mountain, he happened to see a group of reporters who were allowed to enter Longze Temple.

"What's going on?" He happened to see Emily and asked.

"Your Excellency the Governor is about to explain the situation in the Old City and its future policy."

Hong Yuesheng also pricked up his ears and listened carefully - he also wanted to know what happened to his former home when he was forced to leave his hometown.

Governor William. Jones stepped up to the podium, cleared his throat, and chose Yanen as the first language he spoke in Mirage, with Meda Busoya as the simultaneous translation:

"Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, we have put down a small number of ultra-nationalist rebellions that took place a few days ago." His voice was as powerful as ever.

"But in order to restore the precious peace in the mirage region, our people, our soldiers and messengers of peace have paid a terrible price. All the fallen soldiers today are examples of this, and one of the few warriors who survived is here, and I would like to introduce you to you: the ambassador of peace in the old city: Nakahisa. Mr. Jones! ”

The spotlight shone on Nakahisa, who took the stage later.

"He's a big boss!" The white tiger excitedly pulled the green snake and shouted.

"No wonder I chose today for the media reception." Zhongjiu whispered to himself, and reluctantly waved to the media and the people gathered outside the mountain gate, and the audience burst into warm applause. But he understands that this is the price of his power - helping his father to gain the support of the mestizos and the Yanin: "As a member of the peace activities of the Allied Day, I deeply regret what happened......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by William, who apparently did not mean to let him speak too much: "Although the conspiracy to assassinate the ambassador has left Mr. Nakahisa scarred, it has not broken his faith. It is because of the tenacity of warriors like him that the people of the mirage can enjoy the peace they have today. ”

The audience burst into warm applause again. William continued:

"The Renaissance and its supporters are to crime what the mafia is to crime. Their goal is not to prosper Yaning, but to reinvent it for their own selfishness, to spread their distorted ultra-nationalist teachings to the people of Yaning, and to use the banned bioweapon "Nakshatra" to enslave the body and mind of their supporters! As he spoke, the holographic screen behind him projected the image of a group of Yaksha pounced on the explosion-proof police on the day of the Alliance, and the media in the audience exclaimed.

Zhong Jiu blocked the strong light of the spotlight with his hand, and when he saw Victor in the audience, he was showing a cold smile, and a feeling of uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Today, I assure you that the remnants of the rebels will be hunted down and eliminated. And, in order to maintain the safety and long-term stability of the mirage in Yaning and its capital, we will reorganize the "Heart of the Machine" security system. ”

William paused and gestured to the audience, and the huge shipping containers arranged on both sides of the podium were immediately opened, revealing the brand-new "Heart of the Machine" new mecha inside, which had been massively strengthened in all aspects. There were constant exclamations from the crowd, including Hong Yuesheng, who had not had a chance to drive the mecha for several days, and from the perspective of the senses alone, he could feel the power of the new mecha.

"These prototypes will soon become standard for our newly established security defense organization, which will consist of two parts:

The first is the Mirage Security Agency, whose duties will include the full range of intelligence gathering, internal review, detention and sentencing of suspected terrorists and their supporters, Victor. Colonel Jones will be the head of the organization, reporting directly to me. ”

When the spotlight shifted to Victor, who was walking up to the stage, Victor's men erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

"Second, we will no longer sit idly by, according to the intelligence of the Security Service, we will take the initiative to fight terrorism in the future, so that they have no place to hide, and this will be done by a special operations team, led by our honorable returned soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Nakahisa!"

The supporters of Green Snake, White Tiger and Zhongjiu also burst into thunderous applause, Zhongjiu turned his head sideways, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the appointment of the so-called half-breed and Yaning affairs officials is to use me to borrow a knife to kill people......"

Victor was also muttering to himself: "One master inside and one outside, power is dispersed, the old man's wishful thinking is good." ”

William took the hands of his two sons on the left and right, and held them up at the same time, and the flashing lights of the media in the audience were like stars.

When Victor and Nakahisa shook hands and took pictures, a stiff smile politely responded: "Happy cooperation in the future, brother." ”

Victor smiled devilishly, "Let's see, Lieutenant Colonel Nakaku." ”

William ended with the words, "All the people of Yanin, you are now at a moment of choice, and you will either stand with us or join in the revival process." Starting today, the US-Asia coalition government will show no mercy to all Renaissance and its supporters!

COTTMITUNS (with God)! ”

William's speech was met with deafening applause.

At some point, the red-haired Arya discovers that Brunhilde has also returned to her.

"The storm is coming." She listened to her father's speech on the stage, frowned tightly and said, "With thunderous applause." ”