“…… This morning, the Coalition's inventory of the victims of the Pittsburgh massacre has been completed, most of the bodies of the dead will be cremated and taken away by their families, and the Confederate Congress has unanimously approved a proposal for a memorial for the victims in Washington and Pittsburgh, presumably the first non-war bill since Congress reinstated. On the other hand, hearings on wartime materiel control will also be held in the afternoon, and we will now relay for you the speech of the President of the League......"

-- Allied Freedom Television

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If the attack on Washington was a shameless declaration of war against the Alliance, then the dehumanizing gas massacre in Pittsburgh was a declaration of war on the entire civilized world and even on the entire human race. I, Steve. Harold, hereby swearing, will lead the soldiers of the alliance to make the ACA pay for the blood debt. To the war criminals who planned this attack, I want to tell you that you can hide, but we will find you, you can escape, but we will catch you, not only the whole earth, but the whole solar system, there will be no place for you anymore......"

After a sound of electricity, the television playing the speech of the President of the League was turned off without warning.

"Yo, Helis?"

Liana, who was sitting on the side, looked up, and Helis didn't answer, but the electric wheelchair turned silently and walked directly to the balcony of the ward.

The rain has been falling for a day and a night, not much, but it has been dripping.

The battle is over, and even if the war has just begun, at least the battle belonging to the Prism squad can be suspended a little.

Because this team is no longer combative.

Ling Yu was seriously injured. relied on his will to persist until the end, and after he fell, all kinds of physiological indices were marked red, and he did not die directly after being rescued for half a day.

Jesse's spine was broken, and it took at least a week to regain her ability to walk.

Logan was out of danger after nerve gas destroyed the central nervous system, which in turn affected the brain. But I don't know when I'll wake up.

Linia's injuries worsened due to strenuous exercise and mental blows, and she was strictly placed in bed to recuperate.

In this way, Herris, who is scheduled to undergo amputated limb regeneration surgery tomorrow, has become the character who may recover the fastest in the group.

"You never speak, but you think more than anyone else, do you?"

Reanna closed the thick book in her hand, placed it on the coffee table next to her, walked behind Herris, and looked up at the rain-washed floor-to-ceiling windows, barely visible outside. sighed.

"Then let me guess what you're thinking, you can't smoke anyway, it's stuffy."

Liana raised her hand and touched her lips as if there was still a cigarette there, and the woman in black folded her hands in front of her chest and took a step back.

"You're thinking, this war, right? You're thinking about a lot of things. You're thinking about the ACA posture, the alliance posture. Speculating on the outcome of this war, just like being on a plane, you actually have fun with it, right? ”

Liana closed her eyes, but didn't stop elaborating.

"But, apart from that. You're still thinking, thinking about us, thinking about everyone in the Prism Squad, thinking about that dispute between Snow White and Cinderella...... Right? ”

I know Ling Yu is right, but ...... There's nothing wrong with Linya, right......

Helis didn't speak. Just leave a sentence on the glass covered with raindrops - the glass has a built-in electronic display function.

"If the world could be simply divided by right and wrong, then many things would not need to be so troublesome." Liana sighed, turned around, walked to the side of the fruit bowl, picked up an apple, put it down, picked up another orange, nodded in satisfaction, and gently peeled off the skin with only half of her stained nails.

"To be honest, I'm too lazy to think about these issues, in my opinion, you are all theoreticians, and you can overthrow a group of old professors in any university, and a bad sister like me, who is a sophomore in the army, can't answer your questions at all."

Liana took the orange, carefully peeled off the skin intact, and then broke it into a tooth and placed it on a disposable plate next to her, and brought it to Helis.

"It's just that, eldest sister, I'm still a little bit accurate in looking at people."

Leianna glanced at Helis, who gently turned the cat's ear, raised her hand to pick up a slice of orange, stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it slowly, and then projected a line of words on the screen.

What does Sister Liana think?

"Poof, I'll take your sister." Liana smiled softly, it is never wrong to praise a woman for being young, she picked up a slice of orange, stuffed it into her mouth, raised her head, looked at the raindrops dripping on the glass, and spoke softly.

"Jeunse. Miele is an idealist, a gift for every extra day she lives, maybe you all see her smile, as warm as the sun, but you don't know that the sun is actually very cold. ”

Liana narrowed her eyes, as if she were about to cut through the thick clouds.

"Because you don't have to think about yourself, and you don't have to think about the future, Jeunse. Miele can make horrible decisions, and she doesn't make a mistake about herself—she doesn't hesitate to sacrifice a few for the benefit of the majority, that's what she believes. ”

"And Linya? She's not a soldier at all, she's not supposed to be on the battlefield at all. ”

Unexpectedly, Riana's evaluation of Linya was more or less mean, which made Helis who was chewing oranges slightly moved.

"What is needed on the battlefield is warriors, not peasants, and peasants may be warriors, but not just a modification operation that can change them." Liana took a deep breath and gave the answer, "The difference between a warrior and a peasant is not in strength, but in heart. ”

"The kind of guy I hate the most is the kind of captain who stands on the battlefield and says, 'I'll bring you all back alive' -- not because of idealism, but because, from the very beginning, the idea was wrong. You are a warrior, and you have to fight bravely to kill the enemy to survive on the battlefield, and you are determined to survive. ”

"You're definitely going to ask. What does this kind of person have to do with Linya, then I tell you, they are actually a kind of person, and they have one thing in common, that is, what they want to protect. The reason to fight for it is 'now' and not 'future'. ”

"Come to think of it, we all say that when the brave and fearless soldiers are fighting on the front lines and the fat-headed politicians are spending their days drinking in the back, we generally hate this kind of behavior, but what if we replace this group of politicians with a group of peasants? If I make this analogy, will you be able to understand it a little? That's just the way it is. You might say that these peasants will also contribute to the war. It's like a worker working overtime, yes, but getting this far, it's not something Linya can tolerate.

Isn't it funny that her hometown, what she ideally wants to protect, a paradise that has not been affected by any war? In fact, her only hope was that the cavalry would never get involved in the war. Otherwise, as soon as a real war breaks out, the people she protects will go to the front on their own. Giving one's life for a 'future' without war. ”

"This is the truth of war, when the contradictions between the people of the two worlds are irreconcilable to the point that they must be resolved by war, then they must be washed away with enough blood, which is not only the blood of the enemy, but also our blood, and evasion cannot solve the problem. No one is immune, and there is no paradise, and all those who think this way will only bring more profound disasters to those around them. ”

"In fact, in my opinion, the only way to end the war is to do everything possible. It is precisely the mobilization of the whole country to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time, once the war starts, one generation will be sacrificed, but if it is fought for 10 years, the second generation will also be sacrificed, and the longer the time, the more people will be sacrificed, and this is what I call 'future'. ”

"This is the most fundamental law of war, and it is not something that TF or some scientific invention can change, TF is not a special existence, and may have strong combat effectiveness, but TF is still a human after all, and war cannot only break out between TFs, and TF cannot protect everyone."

"But unfortunately, many people in the cavalry now think so, and it may not be long before they realize that the war is not what they imagined...... After all, they were just a bunch of farmers who had never seen blood, and even if they put on armor and hold the Molecular Vibrating Sword, they wouldn't change that. ”

"So, it seems, Linya seems to be a qualified soldier, but obviously, she doesn't understand what she is facing at all, this is war, it is the most terrifying monster created by human civilization, once it is born, it needs countless blood and souls to be sealed, an entire generation, or several generations, no one can be spared."

Liana sighed, ended her comment, and added.

"So I actually think that if Linya wants to leave with Logan, it may be a better choice, the two of them are really not warriors - compared to Linya, that playboy doesn't even have a reason to fight...... Thinking about it this way, maybe it's a better choice to leave. ”

The soldiers trust each other and fight for the same purpose, so that we have an army and not a rabble that only shoots indiscriminately - this is what Linya told me.

"That's right, so I hope that the people around Ling Yu at least have the same goals as him, and I can already think of the dangers he will face in the future that even I dare not imagine...... I don't want at that time, no one is watching behind his back. ”

So you sue me for these?

Helis turned her cat's ears and looked up at Rianna.

"You are the most reliable person, because no matter what Ling Yu does, how he does it, what he sacrifices, or what he gives up, you will definitely follow him." Liana turned around, took the empty plate to the side, and shoved it into the trash, "Don't contradict me, because I used to be like you...... The little girl's mind will not change when the sky falls. ”

"Unless they grow up."

Rianna's last sentence is a little melancholy.

There was a complicated glint in Helis's eyes, and it was hard to see what she was trying to do at this point.

"Little Heris~ I'm in!"

With a familiar self-report, the door of the ward suddenly opened, but after three seconds, Jiesi, who was on crutches, appeared at the door with a wall.

“…… I remember you had to stay in bed! Liana greeted her directly, held Jiesi, and then sighed, "Forget it, it is estimated that it is useless for anyone to say except Ling Yu." ”

"Hehe, the replacement spine parts have been replaced, and now it's the healing of some biological parts, and getting out of bed early is beneficial to recovering the feeling of walking."

"Anyway, let's get down first." Liana helped Jeunse in the direction of the bed, but Jeunse shook her head.

"It's okay, I can sit."

Jeunsy sat on the chair next to her with the help of Riana, obviously her back was still a little painful when she sat down, but it didn't affect the girl to take out an electronic board from her pocket and slid it a few times.

"However, I didn't just come to the door, I came to you for something, something very important."

"I guess it's a matter of mechanical transformation of Ling Yu."

Liana subconsciously touched her lips, but she didn't touch the familiar cigarette, which made her a little cramped.

Herris, on the other hand, had completely changed her face. (To be continued......)