“…… At present, the human resources of the three Nordic countries are close to a critical value, and at this rate of loss, the social order of the privy cavalry will collapse within a year, so the Reykjavik side has already begun to consider withdrawing from the war, and we should perhaps slow down this pace to avoid the cavalry leaving the war prematurely, on the other hand, we must also consider secretly increasing troops in the northwest of Russia in order to deal with a possible collapse of the social order......"

-- Director of the Special Investigation Bureau of Military Intelligence of the Allied Department of Defense, Carter. Kirkland's secret message to President Francis.

***

A day later.

With cat ears, Herris stood on the windowsill of the apartment, just draped in a white shirt and standing barefoot on the cold floor, looking at the brightly lit academy in the distance.

It was the real yàn area, and although it was already late at night, there were still a large number of students who were fighting with the real yàn and the thesis without sleep.

It was also her goal in a few days.

The night breeze gently blew Helis's short white hair, and she reached out and subconsciously pulled the unbuttoned white shirt, then held on to the railing, blinked, and took a deep breath.

She turned back into the room, where in the middle of the room was a silver metal box.

Helis walked over to the table and opened the box, where a metallic pistol lay silently.

The girl stretched out her finger and gently ran it over an inscription on the body of the gun, which was the deceased Jeunse. Miele carved it with her own hands.

Enigma, enigma.

Ling Yu had already packed and sent the mystery pistol and all the necessary parts to the Kronos underground intelligence station in Cairo before going to Madrid, although Cairo was the traditional territory of the ACA, but when Spain was about to be liberated and Italy was unable to support itself, the tentacles of Kronos's intelligence network also took advantage of this chaos to extend into Egypt.

Herris, who had received the parts, naturally knew the importance of this gun to Ling Yu. The transformation was completed in the first place, but some parts still needed to be tested and run in repeatedly, so the girl didn't finish the last line of code until two hours ago.

And this gun will be her best opportunity to convince Ling Yu, or rather, the opening remarks.

Took a deep breath. As if empowered by the nick, the girl with short white hair raised her head and reached out to scratch a holographic screen in the air.

It's just that just as she completed this action and didn't have time to give the command to call Ling Yu, the entire screen suddenly turned green.

In the center of the screen is a black lightning bolt symbol representing Ling Yu.

Helis almost subconsciously took over the communication, and there was silence on the other side, but the girl's familiar voice was still heard.

"So late. Excuse me. ”

You don't have to see it that way.

Helis suddenly grinned, a smile inexplicably appeared, and the girl reached out and pawed in the air, and the mystery pistol was projected onto the screen.

It just so happens that I want to contact you too, and tell you that the mystery is ready.

"Oh? Was the retrofit successful? ”

Ling Yu raised his voice slightly, obviously in a better mood, and asked.

It was even better than expected. A standard fourth-generation fusion battery can now fire twelve times, twice as many as before. The range has also reached almost 100 meters, but there is no way to solve the problem of killing effectiveness, I have tried some methods, and I can't do anything about the original parts of the prehistoric civilization.

"Enough, as expected, better than expected."

Ling Yu's voice seemed very satisfied. Herris was pre-designed to expand the ammunition capacity to 10 rounds.

In addition, the multi-function slot has also been modified, in addition to seamlessly connecting with all the standard components of the Alliance and ACA, it can also be connected to a "hollow" sonar scanning system and can be remotely launched.

"Understood."

Ling Yu took a deep breath. Then I changed the subject.

"But actually, I'm not coming to you tonight because of the mystery pistol."

Well?

Herris was a little surprised, and subconsciously asked.

"You've been ...... lately Is it okay over there? ”

Okay, there's nothing big going on my side...... By the way, I forgot to tell you that the project I worked on with Professor Boken is nearing completion, and this big cake will definitely bring out our goals, and that's when I close the net.

"You're still chasing that ...... Signal? ”

Ling Yu's voice was a little tangled, obviously not wanting to mention this matter.

I'm not trying to prove right or wrong, Ling Yu, I'm just trying to deny a possibility, even if it's a small possibility, I'm going to make sure I get an answer.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood," Ling Yu eagerly denied, "I don't want to emphasize right and wrong, I just think ...... Rather than continuing to fight life and death, you may have a more comfortable experience in that environment. ”

But I'm a member of the Prism Squad, and that doesn't change at any time or what happens.

Herris replied in bold font.

“…… Prism...... Is it? Ling Yu muttered in a low voice, his voice mixed with the sea breeze, it should be on the deck, and he didn't continue.

In fact, Ling Yu.

"Herris, I-"

At the moment when Ling Yu spoke, Helis also typed out a line of words, and the non-delay of the quantum communication device allowed the two people to receive each other's messages almost simultaneously.

You say.

"Hmm...... Actually, it's nothing, it's just that because they mentioned it, I wanted to ask you...... Is there anything I can help with? ”

"Well, I'm not saying you have to know anything, I'm not your parent, am I...... It's just a casual question from a distant friend, if it's me who is amorous, please don't laugh...... In short......"

"Is there anything I can help with?"

Ling Yu's voice was mixed with strange pauses, meaningless dry laughter, and strange humble, inexplicable honorifics, which made Helis not react at once, and did not give an immediate answer.

"Well, please don't mind if it bothers you, I'm not really going to do it, I'm just saying ...... That's—"

Yes!!!

Helis, who had already reacted, directly typed three exclamation points, and then enlarged the font almost filled the entire screen to reflect her eagerness.

"What? What's wrong? ”

Ling Yu's reply seemed eager. Herris immediately realized what he had misunderstood and responded.

No, not to say anything dangerous.

Only, I want you to come to my prom.

I need a dance partner, I hope it's you.

Or rather, it's just you.

Helis closed her eyes. Putting her hand on her heart, in fact, she didn't type out the last sentence, even though it had been typed on her screen, she slowly deleted the six words.

“…… Is it important? ”

Ling Yu's voice didn't seem surprised, and Helis instantly understood that Vivien wasn't a spur of the moment, so she didn't hesitate and nodded heavily.

Very important.

I hope you can come.

Hopefully.

"Although my current identity is a bit troublesome." Ling Yu was silent for three seconds, but he didn't hesitate too much and gave an answer, "But I'll be there." ”

Although he knew that Ling Yu should not refuse, Helis still clearly heard his heart beating violently.

"However, I'm afraid I'm not alone," Ling Yu continued to add. "I need some help, and I also have to deal with possible emergencies. I think you might need that too. ”

I understand, it doesn't matter.

Helis thought of Vivien for a moment, but was immediately relieved - she had to thank Vivien for this opportunity.

However, Ling Yu's next words made Helis a little unhappy.

"By the way, I'd like to meet your professor. By the way, there's also the liaison officer of the cavalry, Ethan, I might have something to do with him. ”

Obviously, Ling Yu didn't attend his own dance party entirely for himself. The young man who had no clue had now set his sights on the line of Herris.

What a dull idiot.

Helis mentally silently deducted points for Ling Yu's watch, but the girl immediately smiled bitterly to herself - what position did she have to let Ling Yu just do it for herself, like a male animal with excessive hormones in his brain, drop Qiē and run to the place where he wanted it?

Everyone is not a child anymore, Ling Yu ...... to himself It's just the attitude of elders and friends.

"Herris? What's wrong? ”

Nothing, I'm glad you came.

Helis took a deep breath to calm herself, self-inflicted affection is not her characteristic, the girl thought to herself, and then gave a positive reply.

"Then I won't bother you, time is pressing, and I still have to go through a lot of formalities." Ling Yu smiled lightly, "See you then, don't step on my feet." ”

You are, practice well, guy with zero emotional intelligence.

Without dwelling on the relationship between emotional intelligence and dance, Ling Yu just smiled, and then said goodbye to Helis and interrupted the communication.

It turns out that it is not as difficult as I imagined.

Helis looked at the screen that ended the communication, then smiled wryly, raised his left hand, and sent emails to Professor Boken and Ethan, respectively.

Evening dresses, dances, necessary etiquette, it seems that I have not prepared anything.

But it's not too late.

Jeunse, I'll take care of him.

Let's start now.

***

Ethan, or rather, where he works, is called Morris. When Ethan's boy got home, it was already three o'clock in the middle of the night.

Ethan, who is only 13 years old, is 16 years old on his ID card, which is the age at which the League works legally, and although the boy does not look like he is sixteen, the pizzeria is a point of contact for the Privy Cavalry, and the owner naturally does not have to worry about being troubled by the labor inspection department for child labor.

As a matter of fact, the labor inspection department of the League is no longer in charge of these matters, because the General Administration of Industry and Commerce is not manpower enough to be responsible for the quality inspection of a large number of military products -- from weapons and ammunition to toothbrushes and toothpaste, as long as they are related to the front line, they have to carry out inspections, so the labor inspection department has basically been working 24 hours a day, three shifts, and living in factories for more than a year.

On the other hand, due to the high number of casualties caused by the war, there are many examples of children, especially male children between the ages of 12 and 15, who are involved in domestic work, and the League is unable to raise these widows' families, so naturally there is no position to combat children's work.

However, the league basically does not have the problem of labor shortage, the league's military personnel ratio is only 5 per 1,000, and the ACA is relatively high, but in any case it cannot be compared with the 14% of the cavalry, so child labor is a very normal thing in the three Nordic countries controlled by the cavalry.

In fact, the military population of Nazi Germany was only about 10%-12% (note 1).

Fortunately, the cavalry team is not in the front line, and the TF survivability is very strong, while the other personnel are generally used as technical troops, and the alliance provides protection, so the death rate is relatively low.

Otherwise the cavalry would have collapsed long ago.

In any case, the sheer size of the population has made the cavalry almost all the troops in the army, but the rear of the alliance is still quiet and peaceful, and even the rise in prices has quickly subsided, and a large number of surplus labor that had previously accumulated in luxury goods and services have been released, and there is no shortage of daily necessities and daily necessities.

In fact, the war had no effect on Ethan's pizzeria, as if it had taken place in another dimension at all.

Ethan parked the car and walked to the door of his house.

Note 1: There are various methods of counting the war population in Nazi Germany, ranging from eight million to twelve million, and the total population of Germany was estimated at around 90 million in 1941. (To be continued......)