“…… From this point of view, it is true that under the circumstances at that time, we had no way to send reinforcements in, and the success or failure of a qiē was pressed on the shoulders of Major Ling Yu, if it weren't for the fact that he was seriously injured, he still didn't give up, maybe we could only face an ending that none of us wanted to face, from this point of view, he was indeed the savior of Paris, there is no doubt about it. ”

"Without him there would be no Paris today, Paris would only be a second Chernobyl."

"You shouldn't have come to interview me, really, I had the opportunity to rush in and open the water supply device, all thanks to Major Ling Yu's hard work, I just picked up a credit for nothing."

“…… ACA's TF is very strong, I couldn't support it for a long time and was injured, Major Ling Yu was almost as seriously injured as me, but he kept insisting on containing the other party, basically we all felt hopeless at that time, but he never gave up, so he created a miracle. ”

-- Allied Liberty Television, to the four parties involved in the operation of the Nojean nuclear power plant, Secret Service Anderson. Interviews with Deputy Director Li, a nuclear power expert, a firefighter, and a TF who was paralyzed from injuries sustained in a fight with Marshall.

***

"First of all, let us observe a three-minute silence for the 7,233 victims of this disaster, as well as all the injured."

Growing so big, it was the first time that Ling Yu found that there was one thing he didn't like, in addition to the salty and cold seawater.

That's a densely flickering flash.

In fact, perhaps because of the recent period of incidents that have become a soup chicken, he is not too afraid of the sea now. But the dense flashing lights still reminded him of the dense strobe lights that day more than a decade ago, when the search and rescue fleet arrived in Anchorage Harbor.

Therefore, in the entire two-hour awarding ceremony, only the initial silent mourning activity, Ling Yu was fully engaged, with TF's super eyesight, he clearly saw in the dense flow of people in front of the Arc de Triomphe, those people holding the remains of their relatives.

When the president's speech began, Ling Yu was unconsciously distracted. He gazed at the people below the ceremonial stage. Those faces made his heart very complicated, and he felt a kind of emotion, which was made up of many different, and some even diametrically opposed.

This is the love of Paris.

Pain. Wrath. Joy. Happiness, helplessness, confusion. Oppugn. It was difficult for Ling Yu to sum up this feeling in one word, but he clearly felt that these people exuded a kind of anger hidden under excitement and gratitude.

If the war was the purpose of the ACA, then in any case, they won.

As you can see from the long queues at the recruiting stations on the streets, this undefended city is no longer irrelevant to the war.

Ling Yu didn't move, but turned his eyes and glanced at Jiesi standing beside him with his peripheral vision, not knowing what Jiesi would think.

"Next, I have the President of the League, Steve Brown. Harold, for the heroes who saved Paris, honoured! ”

With the mayor's shout, cheers once again filled the square, and although the president's and the mayor's speeches brought tears to the eyes of countless people, this kind of encouragement to cheer up with some pain was not what the citizens of Paris wanted.

Heroes are.

The president received the medal from the honor guard wearing a women's military uniform, and personally awarded the medals to these meritorious heroes from the far right, I don't know if it was deliberate, Ling Yu stood on the far left of the stage, that is, the last place to be awarded.

Each medal was accompanied by a burst of violent applause and cheers, and in the midst of this applause and cheers, the president walked up to Ling Yu's side and took out one of the only two medals of freedom and glory, and hung it on Jiesi's chest.

After the knightly salute, the middle-aged man finally walked in front of Ling Yu.

And in the same way, at this moment, I don't know why, the square where tens of thousands of people gathered suddenly became silent, and the applause for Jiesi seemed to be suddenly cut off, silently.

"Major Ling Yu, the Alliance thanks you for your great contribution and hopes that you will continue to fight for the survival of human civilization."

The president's voice echoed through the square through a microphone.

"It's an honor, sir."

Ling Yu licked his dry lips, followed the movements in his distant memory, raised his right hand, and saluted a standard allied army salute.

"Salute to Ling Yu!!"

Suddenly, at the moment when Ling Yu's voice fell, a shout rang out from the entire square.

Ling Yu subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and a group of alliance soldiers with bandages under their big caps and arms hanging from their chests suddenly raised their right hands in unison.

Immediately afterwards, the whole square seemed to be ignited by this action, with the group of soldiers as the center, and the people around them unanimously raised their right hands!

The obviously non-standard posture could not hide the reverence and gratitude behind it, people of all colors, all ages, and all professions, from homeless people to elite white-collar workers, from wounded soldiers to waitresses in coffee shops, from childish children to gray-haired old men......

Everyone raised their right hands and saluted the hero who saved Paris!

Ling Yu could read a flood of gratitude, excitement, and respect in the eyes of each of them.

Under the entire Arc de Triomphe, there is just an action, and only one emotion is expressed!

"What you protect, you will never let down."

The president hung up the medal and gently patted Ling Yu's shoulder, and it was only then that Ling Yu reacted from shock and saluted again.

Ling Yu's name still echoed throughout the square, so much so that even Han Fei, who was the last to receive the medal, became a supporting role.

Ling Yu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then, gently hooked the corners of his mouth.

That's probably what I call arrogance.

The young man with his eyes closed felt the overwhelming shouts, but he didn't notice that Han Fei, who was standing beside him, also slowly closed his eyes.

***

"That's a good feeling, isn't it?"

There isn't much to be complicated about the ceremony. It didn't last long before it ended, and while people were happy that they had been spared a greater catastrophe, it was far from the time to celebrate with singing and dancing.

When Ling Yu and the others returned to the car, Han Fei, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Not bad, indeed."

Ling Yu, who was leaning against the window with his chin in one hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the people who were still waving the national flag along the street, shouting their names, and frankly admitted.

"But when you stop, these people will not hesitate to betray you, and when you can no longer protect them, you will become worthless. and even completely knocked down. Step on 10,000 feet. ”

Just as everyone was silently listening to the cheers coming into the car through the shell, Han Fei suddenly spoke coldly, "Man is such a creature, or rather. No different from other creatures. They adore you because you are valuable to them. When you have no value, you will be abandoned or even spurned. ”

"You can't protect them forever. Are you mentally prepared for this? ”

Han Fei's words caused the temperature in the entire carriage to drop by a few degrees, and Ling Yu turned his head and looked at the young man in the blue uniform of the Air Force opposite him, and suddenly felt a trace of incongruity.

Han Fei would never show such aggressive feelings, although sometimes he would be too cold with reason, but he would not have such a clear tendentious emotion.

"It is never necessary for the protector to have any real connection with the person being protected."

Just as Ling Yu was squinting her eyes, thinking about what Han Fei was trying to imply and how to answer this question, Jiesi suddenly spoke.

"There is a kind of protection, which is out of the protection of one's own interests, such as for one's own family, one's own property." Jesse slowly closed her eyes, her hands interlocked, "And the other kind of protection is because some people want to do it." ”

"Even if you are betrayed? Abandoned? Or even those who are protected by themselves turn against each other? Han Fei raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Even if that day comes, it's probably my own choice." Ling Yu, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, "No one can be forced to be a hero, can they?" ”

"I kind of understand what you're talking about arrogance." Han Fei suddenly laughed, "But it's really like you." ”

"Bruno was burned to death, which was also seen by the people of the time as a kind of arrogance." Ling Yu turned his gaze back to the bustling streets, "Even if he told the truth, no one would have put him down from the stake. ”

We will.

Suddenly, the electronic board in Helis's hand made a crisp prompt sound, and it was such a line of words that greeted the three eyes.

***

"Tsk, the Medal of Freedom and Glory, it's amazing."

Night soon fell, the whole city returned to tranquility, the curfew continued, the bodies of the victims had not yet been buried, and the hospital was still filled with the groans of the wounded, which doomed the madness and excitement of the day to be only a fleeting moment, and the various government departments were still busy with the aftermath, and even had to be vigilant against the possible secondary destruction carried out by the fleeing terrorists.

After all, the president had just handed out the medal in the morning, and there was an explosion in the evening, and the security bureau and the Paris police, who were already strictly derelict in their duties, would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

However, in the VIP suite of the Clion Hotel next to the Place de la Concorde, Ling Yu and Logan, the second heroes who saved Paris, were staring at a table of French dinner, waiting for the others to arrive.

Han Fei had to explain his work to the Academy of Sciences, and Jeuny and Linya naturally had to deal with the officials of the Order led by Servette's assistant, but it was Helis, the white kitten who didn't know where to go.

Anyway, it's TF, and I'm not afraid of being abducted by Blame Shu, but it's not as worry-free as a loyal dog like Jiesi.

Besides, Ling Yu felt that she would never miss dinner.

Rogan sat in a wheelchair, stretched out his hand and pulled the medal hanging on Ling Yu's chest, then let go and shook his hand, "But such an unlucky medal, I don't want to give it to me." ”

"How?" I don't know why, Ling Yu seemed a little absent-minded from the moment he entered the house and answered the phone, but he quickly recovered, turned around, and kicked Logan's wheelchair, "When are you kid going to regenerate a severed limb?" Or are you going to pretend to be lame for the rest of your life? ”

"Don't you know," Luo Gen obviously lowered Ling Yu's IQ rating again, "The twenty-three medals that have been awarded so far are all posthumously, including the four TFs, and you are the first living person to receive this medal." ”

"Good people, don't be superstitious." Ling Yu kicked Logan's wheelchair again, "When will I go to regenerate, I'm your chief now, hurry up and get me back, we still have a task." ”

"Why are you so confused?" Rogan waved his hand and glanced at Ling Yu, "I'm the hero who saved Paris now, those little nurses in the hospital have to line up to get a number if they want to sleep with me, how can this kind of happy day end me so quickly." ”

"Then I'll tell Sù Linya that you want to sleep with your sister and not participate in the next action." Ling Yu lightly moved his gaze to the side, looking compassionate.

"You!!"

Logan was choked by Ling Yu's words!

"Perhaps, the knight isn't what you think." Ling Yu showed a conspiracy and a successful smile, and gently patted Luo Gan's shoulder, "Think about it, if you bully her, don't talk about me, be prepared to bear the wrath of the Knights." ”

"Aha, ahahaha." Logan laughed stiffly, then changed the subject even more stiffly, "By the way, where did Helis go?" ”

"How do I know that kitten." Ling Yu shrugged her shoulders indifferently, walked to the dining table, opened the thermal insulation lid and looked at it, "But she will definitely come back for dinner." ”

"Her identity isn't an issue." Logan cupped his chin and put away his flirtatious tone, "If you know that one of the heroes who saved Paris was the former executive of Unity, then it would be troublesome." ”

"The eyes of unity don't be so stupid." Ling Yu looked up at the wall clock on the wall, resisted the urge to eat it first, and closed the thermal lid, "The fifth of the seven TFs, a major general defected, such a morale-hurting thing would be said by a fool." ”

"Well, I hope so." After a conversation that was clearly meant to divert the subject, Logan finally took a deep breath, "I'm going to regrow my severed limbs tomorrow." ”

"Hmm...... The next step is to get serious. Ling Yu still had a rare unfathomable smile, but he didn't seem to have the habit of chasing and fighting, and when he walked to the window, Ling Yu looked at the Concorde Square outside the window, and took a deep breath, "But at least, we can continue to have combat meetings at the dinner table." (To be continued......)