The Aegis aircraft landed on the runway of New York's JFK International Airport at 3:35 p.m. New York time, and then slowly drove into the Aegis hangar.

The hatch opens.

Luke's first reaction as he stepped down the gangway was just one word.

"Hot."

"It's July now, and it's definitely hot."

Hill on the side looked at Luke, who was about to take off his coat, and said with some curiosity: "What is the experience of suddenly finding that you have lost six months?" ”

Luke looked up, thought about it seriously, and then shook his head: "I don't feel anything." ”

The stars are moving.

If you are not careful, time will slip through your fingers, which is a very normal thing.

Don't say anything else.

In the vast universe, it is possible that you have landed on an unknown planet without paying attention, stayed there for less than thirty days, and when you return to the universe, seventy years have suddenly passed.

This kind of thing is not possible, but it must exist.

Not to mention a veteran reincarnation like Luke, who has long been out of his mind.

Hill looked at Ruke, who shook his head seriously, a little unconvinced.

"I really don't feel anything."

"Nope."

Luke shook his head firmly again, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Ciel: "No, it's still a little." ”

Hill raised an eyebrow: "What." ”

Lu Ke said with a serious face: "I missed your six months. ”

Hill was slightly stunned.

Luke's smile immediately bloomed, "I'll find a chance to make up for it, Ciel." ”

Hill met Luke's smile, and his heart moved, but soon, he smiled and rolled his eyes at Luke: "You better think about it, how to explain it to Rachel." ”

In the six months that Luke has disappeared, it is not Hill who is most anxious.

Because Mephisto was next to Hill at the time, Luke's breath had always been on the other side of Death Canyon.

So it was Hill who first knew about the time problem, which is why Mephisto tacitly agreed to Hill's notification of S.H.I.E.L.D.

He just wanted to take away the authority of hell, and he didn't think about chopping up Hill directly while Luke was away.

So, it's not Hill who is most anxious, not even S.H.I.E.L.D., not the New York State FBI.

After all, if Ciel knows, it means that Natasha knows, it means that Jack knows, and then it means that Luke's Iron Triangle knows.

Originally, Jack, Debbie, and Earl were all planning to come to Texas.

But......

The New York State FBI needs someone to be in charge, and the person who explains it is none other than Hill, so Audio-Technica has been in charge of the New York State FBI for the past six months.

"However, I can probably understand now why you married Rachel."

"Really?"

"Hmm."

Hill nodded, thought for a moment, and looked at Luke: "She is indeed a suitable person to marry." ”

Because Rachel is better soothing than expected.

Hill even thought that Rachel would kill Luke directly after learning about Luke's disappearance, but she was still thinking about how to explain her relationship with Luke to Hill when the time came.

The results were beyond imagination.

Rachel, knowing that Luke might continue to disappear for a while, did not clamoring to come to Texas, but told Jack, and Luke immediately told her as soon as he had news.

After saying this, Hill got into the Aegis car and drove away from the hangar without looking back.

Jack, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried up after Hill's car drove out of the hangar.

Jack looked excited.

"Boss."

"Hmm."

Luke retracted his gaze, looked at Jack, who was very excited in front of him, smiled, and hammered Jack's thicker chest: "In the past six months, nothing has happened at home." ”

Jack nodded excitedly.

"Yes."

“……”

When Luke left New York, it was still the beginning of the year, and by the time he came back again, it was already July.

Time is fluid and does not stop in the absence of one person.

In the past six months, a lot of big things have happened.

Like what......

"On March 15, the New York airport was hit by a terrorist ......"

"On April 1st, a serial murderer appeared in New York City, and the New York Police Department sent to assist ......"

"On April 15th, the stadium of Midtown High School was blasted, and after our people took over, it was discovered that it was a mutant awakening."

“……”

On the way back to the Star Building, Luke, who was sitting in the back seat, flipped through the "Six Months of Events Collection" that Jack had prepared a long time ago.

Let's put it this way.

New York City is a cosmopolitan city with the Big Apple, and the Federation is worthy of its title of Free Federation.

In the briefing that Jack prepared, the six-month period was almost a shooting every three days and a federal case every five days.

During the period, there were also some terrorist activities or mutant awakenings or something.

But even so, in Luke's opinion, it is still very simple.

"Not bad."

After Lu Ke closed the file in his hand, he praised it, and then said with some curiosity: "By the way, I've been missing for so long, Kuntik is fine." ”

Jack laughed, "Boss, you forgot, we have a secret joint operation with Aegis. ”

Luke raised an eyebrow.

"Cobra?"

"Yes."

Jack nodded and said, "There's a meeting in Quantiko in March that you need to attend, and Commander Hill has asked you to take a leave of absence with the excuse that you're secretly investigating Cobra." ”

Luke almost forgot that there was another cobra that was pulled out to block the pot because of an emergency avoidance.

"By the way, how is Cobra doing now?"

“…… Boss, didn't you come out yesterday? ”

"Well, what's wrong."

"Didn't you watch the news?"

Jack turned his head to look at Luke, then handed the newspaper he had bought this morning to Luke in the back seat.

Luke took over, for some reason.

"Boss, look at the front page."

"Front page?"

Luke listened to Jack's words and unfolded the newspaper in his hand.

into the eyes.

It's an empty square, with big headlines on it.

One week anniversary of the disappearance of the Eiffel Tower.

Eiffel.

Disappear.

week.

Luke blinked.

Jack caught Luke's gaze through the rearview mirror before speaking.

"The Cobra organization is gone."

"The special forces did it."

"The Cobra organization developed a nanoworm weapon, and a week ago, destroyed the Eiffel Tower."

"After that, he plans to carry nuclear warheads to attack Moscow, Paris and Washington."

"The special forces stopped it in time."

"The Cobra is gone, and its commander and men have been captured and imprisoned by the special forces."

“……”

Luke listened to Jack's story, his eyes down at the newspaper headlines.

"This happened a week ago?"

"Yes."

"Does Hill know?"

"Yes."

Luke frowned.

Yesterday, and when he came back today, Hill didn't tell him about it.

It's weird.

Thinking so, Luke took out the phone and dialed Ciel.

"Hey."

"Cobra caught?"

"Yes."

"You didn't tell me."

"Do I have time?"

"Uh......"

Luke listened to Hill's rhetorical question on the phone and hesitated.

Yesterday, today.

Hiss!

I don't think there's much time.

After all, who is a good person, after being warm, gossip about cobras and other obscure things.

Hill on the other end of the phone listened to Luke's pause, let out a laugh, and then said: "Anyway, you don't care much about catching cobras, I guess you don't like this kind of small role, plus, this mission, mainly special forces are doing, I don't know much about the specific situation, so I didn't tell you." ”

After all, the plan to capture the cobra was a tripartite joint operation.

It was set at the time.

But what about the result......

When they were about to start closing the net, the special forces found out that good guys, the three-way operation that was said to be good, but it didn't count that one person was missing, and they had to be used as an excuse, and the other was to say that they couldn't leave Texas for the time being.

The commander of the special forces, almost blackface on the spot.

Fortunately.

Hill also assured on the phone that the contribution was made by the special forces, so the credit was also given by the special forces, and the two of them would never attack.

As soon as this sentence came out, this made the special forces pinch their noses and start a film with Cobra.

That scene.

"It is said that the NATO Combined Fleet Group has been dispatched." Hill said on the phone, "But I'll go to Quantiko tomorrow, you won't come." ”

When Lu Ke heard this, he thought for a while: "Forget it, I won't go." ”

It takes half a year to go out and disappear.

Although Rachel didn't say it, he couldn't help but say, at the very least, that he couldn't continue to wander out less than twenty-four hours after he came back.

And it's with Hill again.

Rachel's generosity is generosity, but generosity is not used to gain such inches, otherwise, the family crisis will come quickly.

Hill didn't force it, and said directly: "Okay, I'll go find out tomorrow first, and I'll share information with you later." ”

Luke answered, and then hung up.

Half an hour later.

Star Building.

Luke opened the door and when he returned to the living room of his home, the lights were on and the TV in the living room was on.

into the eyes.

Rachel, dressed in a lace pajamas and with black hair, was sitting on a barstool, flipping through the magazines in her hand, and drinking half of the red wine on the side.

Luke looked at Rachel, who didn't look back, touched his nose, threw his coat on the couch next to him, and sniffed at his wrist.

After confirming that there was no odor, he walked towards Rachel, who was sitting on a barstool.

Luke slowly stretched out his arms and gently hugged Rachel's slightly bulging abdomen, and then buried his head on Rachel's shoulder, sniffing Rachel's long-lost fragrance.

"Honey, I miss you so much."

“……”

Rachel was expressionless, ignoring Luck's whispers as she continued to flip through the magazine in her hand.

Seeing this, Luke rolled his eyes, smiled, flipped Rachel with his back to him, and then crouched down and pressed close to Rachel's abdomen.

"Stinky boy, don't you miss your father."

"......" (end of chapter)