"America?"

Manami Mizuhara's pupils instantly constricted.

It was only then that she noticed a slight tremor from under her feet.

She thought it was because of some instrument, or the influence of experiments.

But after receiving information from Lieutenant Colonel Darcy, she realized that it was because the place at her feet was inside a ship that was sailing on a vast ocean.

Manami Mizuhara's gaze cautiously scanned left and right in this seamless cabin, and the shock of hearing the news at first calmed down in an instant.

Maybe it's because ...... You've been through so much in the past, right?

"America — I don't remember when I changed my nationality."

"Miss Manami, you'd better accept reality. Nearly half a million Dragon students in the United States draw lots every year, competing for H1B with a probability of close to 5%, and this is just a visa. As for green cards, immigration, etc., the difficulty is even higher. At least 500 million people around the world want to squeeze into this lighthouse, and you should feel lucky to be able to step into it without breaking a sweat.

“…… And the matter has come to this point, and I can't help myself. I advise you to be sober, the United States may still have some mercy for its own citizens, but we have many ways to deal with uncooperative foreigners. For example, your parents ......"

Lieutenant Colonel Darcy's arrogant voice echoed through the loudspeaker throughout the ship's room, and just as he had finished speaking, the maiden bowed her head, as if in deep thought at his words.

Just when Lieutenant Colonel Darcy wanted to attack further. Fongos tugged at his sleeve and turned off the megaphone.

"Lieutenant Colonel - this is the most precious experiment in human history, and he may be more valuable than the small batch of enriched uranium extracted during the Manhattan Project, can you respect him a little?"

Fangos was a little angry, but he still smiled patiently at Darcy.

“…… Dr. Fangos. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Darcy raised his chin at him, his face grim.

"I don't have your research skills, and I don't know anything about non-human phenomena or the principles of matter. But I've been at USMC for 25 years and I've been stationed in Japan for 10 years — and if we have to understand human nature, especially the Japanese people, then we have to turn our level upside down. ”

As soon as these words came out, Fang Gesi immediately ran out of words.

Lieutenant Colonel Darcy turned his attention to the surveillance footage.

"The Japanese nation, like their katana, is very sharp, but it is also very easy to rust – and once it encounters a strong one, it is completely broken and completely surrendered to the other side."

He looked at the girl in the surveillance, and said coldly in a light tone:

“…… Therefore, in the face of the Japanese, it is necessary to completely subdue them and completely cut off the signs of instability in their hearts from the beginning, so as to gain the loyalty of the other party. ”

Fangos stumbled.

"Isn't this Stockholm......

Fang Gesi complained in his heart.

He also looked at the surveillance, looking at the girl who was silent and lowered her head in the picture, and for a while he was a little suspicious:

Is what Lieutenant Colonel Darcy said really reasonable?

But at this moment, the girl raised her head again and looked at the surveillance, for some reason, she had become calm in the picture, as if she had made a decision, and her eyes revealed some firmness.

"—you just said my parents. Where are they now? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Darcy's eyes narrowed.

He turned the megaphone back on.

"They're on this ship, and they'll be delivered to America with you—and you'll have plenty of opportunities to see each other if you're willing to cooperate later......"

"—I'm going to see them now."

The girl interrupted Lieutenant Colonel Darcy's coercion and temptation, staring at the surveillance camera with unwavering eyes, her eyes bright.

“……”

Although he knew that the other party could not see his expression, Lieutenant Colonel Darcy's eyes still revealed a murderous aura, and the two experimenters next to him were about to say something, but they also became silent after noticing Lieutenant Colonel Darcy's eyes.

"I'm going to see them now...... Otherwise, I will never cooperate. You should know that you want to get me and want to study me, but only I can inspire the mystery of the wood carvings left behind by the 'Suen Imperial Shrine'. I have many ways to sabotage your plans - for example, suicide. ”

Through the surveillance, Darcy unilaterally "looked at" at the girl's eyes, and his face sank completely.

After a long time, he found that the girl was always standing in place, glaring at him like a rock with a resolute will, and he slammed his fist in the air, suppressed his anger, and spoke:

“…… Okay, I'll arrange. But this meeting won't last more than ten minutes! ”

Turning off the loudspeaker, Darcy turned around and walked towards the monitoring room with a sinking face, and just after his figure disappeared from the door, the strange voice of Fang Gos sounded in the monitoring room:

"WOW, the Stockholm plan failed greatly~"

……

Lieutenant Colonel Darcy did keep his promise and arranged a meeting between Manami Mizuhara and his family.

But the way he kept his promise was a tough one for Manami Mizuhara.

Although Manami Mizuhara changed rooms and was led by heavily armed soldiers to a conference room on a ship, it was not his parents who appeared in the meeting room, but a tablet.

In the computer, Lieutenant Colonel Darcy and a group of soldiers are standing aside, and it is Manami Mizuhara's parents who appear in the picture.

“…… Xiao hemp? ”

Mother Mizuhara Makoto looked at her daughter on the other side of the picture, a little hesitant, and said a little incredulously.

"—Mom."

It was only a day since she saw her mother for the last time before leaving home from school yesterday, but Manami Mizuhara felt that her nose was sore, as if half a century had passed.

"Mom, are you okay? What about Dad? ”

Manami Mizuhara asked the two on the other side of the screen.

Mizuhara Makoto and Mizuhara Shingo glanced at each other, and both of them showed a somewhat haggard smile, but their clothes were very neat and uncluttered, and they didn't seem to have suffered any physical injuries except for psychological shock.

“…… We're fine. ”

Shingo Mizuhara smiled reluctantly and looked at Manami with worried eyes:

"Manami, are you okay? I've heard people in America say, you're ......."

There was something vague in his words, but Manami understood what he meant in an instant.

"Yes, Dad...... I've met some strange things - you know, I've always loved the supernatural, but I didn't expect to be in it one day. ”

Shingo Mizuhara was silent for a moment.

After a moment, he said firmly to Manami:

"It's okay ......"

“…… Anyway, Manami, you are our daughter. ”

……

Ten minutes passed almost in the blink of an eye.

At the end of the meeting, the tablet was turned off, and sitting in a chair in the conference room, Manami sighed heavily, covering her face with her hands.

The soldier next to her approached and tried to pull her away.

"Sorry, can you give me some more time?"

Under Manami's palm, her slightly sad voice came out.

“…… It doesn't take too much, just a dozen seconds......

“…… Well, almost, Lieutenant Colonel Darcy didn't lie to me...... It's really on this ship...... I've found it. ”

Manami's voice grew harder.

And the soldier next to him also opened his pupils at the same time, opened the safety bolt with agile tactical movements, raised the muzzle, and aimed it at Manami Mizuhara!

- But, at this moment, the muzzle of their guns has lost its purpose.

…… Because Manami Mizuhara had already withdrawn from the muzzle of the gun like a gust of wind, and instantly turned into a frenzy that swept the entire conference room.

And in the next moment, she rushed out of the conference room, and with a roaring speed, she headed in the direction she sensed!

(End of chapter)