Chapter 66: Absolute Defensive Operations (3)

On August 15, 2032, on the ULTRA-HIKARI, a fully enclosed ultra-express train bound for Tokyo, Noriko Takayaya and Kasumi Amano sat side by side in car No. 10 of Shuttle 061 as if they were in their original planes.

The two of them don't have much luggage, and their psychological burden is basically equal to nothing, so what awaits them is nothing more than a cable car to Fuji Space Base, and then take a ride to the outer atmosphere in front of GUNBUSTER to meet the modified Exelion.

There are not many passengers in the carriage, and the small advertisements on the walls of the compartment are of a single variety, and they are the kind that even if you let Noriko Takaya look at it, you can tell at a glance that it is the military industrial enterprise behind it. There are also very few small carts selling food and souvenirs along the way, and it is probably only a symbolic walk back and forth before hiding in the crew lounge.

It seems that the cosmic monsters still have a lot of impact on the lives of ordinary people on the earth, at least for the plane heroines, the earth in ten years does not seem to be much more developed than before they set off, but in some inconspicuous places, it may even regress to the level of their childhood......

Or is it because of this that they need to fight hard again and again until the invaders are completely driven away to reassure everyone, right?

At least this time the solar system is absolutely defensive in battle, as Roger said (?) Definitely to win!

On the surface, this "battle in line with the original book" is a process that will not go wrong anyway, but in fact it is more or less the same. In addition to the first self-test of the Noriko Takaya, I was startled by the fake alarm that DG bored came up with.

In another sense, seeing that the DG clones are working normally seems to be a good thing in itself, at least it has reduced a lot of variables for this escort operation.

On my sister's side, because she is usually too serious, even the DG clone on the second machine did not dare to make a joke about her, but in addition to the system self-test, it was accompanied by various parameters after the modification of Exelion.

In order to prevent the cosmic monster from interfering with the long-distance remote control signal, the automatic operating system on the Exelion basically runs according to the established program set in advance, and only Kasumi Amano has some safety devices such as emergency system restart and even the fastest operation after reset. If you add in the DG clones that already exist in large numbers, I believe that even if there are a few cosmic monsters staring at Exelion and attacking, it will not hinder anything.

SOON, THE BUSTER-1 LAUNCHER BEGAN TO BE WITHDRAWN.

Noriko Takaya habitually looked around, but didn't notice anything unusual.

In the so-called original plane book, on the roof of a nearby building, there should be a coach in a hospital gown on crutches, and a Jungian presence standing behind the coach, defined by many new-age audiences as a successful NTR of his sister.

However, in this plane, Roger refused to appear at the launch site on the grounds that "it is too boring to climb the roof of the space base on crutches or in a wheelchair", so naturally Jung would not come alone, so in the eyes of the first heroine of the plane, it seems that there are only two of her and her sister in the entire launch site.

After thinking for a moment, Noriko Takaya pressed the call button in the lower position in front of her, "Sister-sama, after this battle, should we go back to Earth to rest for a while, or will we directly transfer to Eltreum and head towards Silver Heart?" I think the latter seems to be more efficient......"

"I'm sorry, Noriko, but there are some things I haven't told you all along." Contrary to Noriko, or Jung, Kashiwahara and others who were in attendance, Amano's answer, at least in terms of tone, is quite similar to the "dull" paragraph in the original book.

Even if Noriko Takaya is not sensitive, she will notice that the other party's reaction is not quite right, but she is really not good at knocking on the side, so she asked directly without thinking about it: "What is it?" ”

"Actually, there is nothing, but I have decided that I will stay at the Okinawa Girls' High School and teach until the BUSTER No. 3 is completed." My sister's voice is still a little muffled, but it seems that because of the relationship of making up her mind, the tone is solid.

The first heroine of the plane did not continue to ask "for what", etc., the Buster 1 ignited on time, the gradually rising tail flame, and the louder and louder engine roar seemed to cover everything.

It's just, as if.

……

"Don't tell me you won't be able to heal from your injury for fifteen years!" ALMOST AS SOON AS THE BUSTER CREW LIFTED OFF, JUNG RUSHED INTO ROGER'S HOSPITAL ROOM. She could obviously teleport over, but she deliberately wanted to take this kind of aggressive posture, clearly to give someone a dismount that didn't have much practical significance. Of course, there is also a silent Reiko Kashiwahara behind her, which in some ways does add to the deterrent effect of this gesture.

It's a pity that this level of forcing the palace can't shake Roger at all, because DG has been making trouble directly in his mind for a long time.

Of course, what is more critical is that even the coach himself doesn't know what kind of decision his sister would make.

As for Roger, he had already made up his mind to lie down in Hakone for a month or two at most, and then go directly to the Eltreum construction site to keep an eye on, and when the latter was completely completed, he would directly board the ship and be incorporated into the Silver Heart Fleet formation. He didn't have any cosmic ray sickness, so there was no reason to do some time-wasting tricks like "pretending to be dead on Earth and then changing identities to go to the Silver Heart Fleet". Although the fifth-generation battleship is very powerful, even in the original plane book, there are a large number of Exelions serving as escort missions, so it makes no sense that he, who has more combat power than the Exelion class, should sit on the cold bench, right?

There's nothing wrong with the idea itself, and it's even better if it can be used to convince other team members directly......

"So, Amano's decision really has nothing to do with you?"

"You have obviously been tortured for so long, why do you still put on a posture that you are unwilling to admit?"

It was about half an hour later that the investigation against Roger came to an end. And whether it is the intellectual side reincarnation or the undetermined reincarnation in the team, it has to admit that it is indeed a bit difficult to bend a person who really doesn't know anything into a trick.

Anyway, according to the original plot, someone basically can't leave the hospital bed from now on, so on the other hand, Roger theoretically doesn't have any conditions to exert influence on the current plane, so let's let him go for the time being.

Jung, who was already a little absent-minded because of his miscalculation again, didn't notice it at all, and although Kashiwahara had been cooperating with her actions just now, if she had DG mind-reading ability, she would definitely be able to see that this new reincarnation person was actually not very surprised when she heard her sister's decision.

……

Although Noriko Takaya's side is completely unexpected, the current first heroine of the plane has a strong momentum that is not shocked. Before the Buster crew left the atmosphere, although Noriko never understood what her sister's decision meant, she also did not forget to send a text message to Kimiko, "Let Takami get ready to take the Okinawa women's high school exam". (Note 1)

When 27-year-old Kimiko Akai received the text message, she did not stand by the window with her daughter in her arms.

Because three-year-old Takami Akai was sitting on a tatami mat, fiddling with the English literacy card in front of her with a sad face.

"Mom, I still don't understand."

"It's okay, just follow your mother a few more times and remember it."

Xiao Xiaomei continued to bow her head and look sad, until a certain card in her hand was wet with water droplets that quietly fell from nowhere. The girl looked up in confusion and saw her mother's clenched lip and her misty eyes obscured by her glasses.

"Mom, do you have any pain in your body?"

"yes, it hurts...... Tears...... Can't stop......"

……

OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE, FROM THE SIGHT OF THE BUSTER CREW, THE FAMILIAR BLUE ASCENSION GIANT SHIP WAS SLOWLY APPROACHING THEM.

"It's been a long time, Exelion. No, should I say that I will see you again? Noriko Takaya's voice rang out in the communication channel and telepathic link at the same time. Peacefully, as if nothing had happened just now.

My sister, on the other hand, was even more reticent, and after driving the two BUSTER-MACHINES to steer in time and keep up with the Exelion's forward tune, she almost didn't even need to control her hands.

Now the AI intelligence of the BUSTER crew is sufficient, and simple synchronous acceleration and other navigation do not need to be set up by the driver at all. So now my sister even has time to do another temporary self-test of the system.

Noriko Takaya was meticulous and took the lead in opening the time-stream comparator in accordance with the normal operation process.

On the frugal and rudimentary digital display unit, only two lines of effective time are displayed. The first row is the Earth Standard Time, and the second row is the relative subjective time of the machine (Note 2).

"There are still fifteen minutes before the start of the acceleration, so please get to the designated position immediately. Repeat, the system prompt of each BUS unit ......" sounded clearly in the communication channel.

Slowly clenching the joystick in her hand, the first heroine of the plane was in a calm mood at the moment, "Now, we are riding on the body made by the coach, and we are spending time with the coach at the same flow speed......"

"Countdown 10,9...... Accelerate, start. ”

"Quicken, go!"

……

"Speaking of which, have you noticed the color of Noriko's headband today?"

"Blue, what's wrong?"

"That's good."

"Hey, make it clear!"

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Note 1: Kimiko Akai seems to be just an ordinary housewife on the surface, but in fact, in the original book, she seems to have a richer understanding of the intelligence inside the Space Army than the heroine duo. Even if you know the "original purpose" of Eltreum, you can even know when the BUSTER crew will go to the universe to carry out the absolute defense plan, and you can even hold your child and observe the take-off orbit of the two BUSTER-MACHINES with the naked eye...... Eldest sister, why are you so capable and retiring, isn't it good to work directly in the Intelligence Department of the Space Force?

Note 2: In fact, in the TOP1 related screen, the time display should be at least four lines, but the other lines are indeed blank. Personally, I think that the beginning of the third line may be a relatively subjective time for another BUSTER-MACHINE, but anyway, everyone is basically in lockstep, and the blank space in the last two lines is completely useless.