Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 37: Under the cover of night, on the rooftop, but has this plot been overshadowed?
The fierce battle is over and the smoke has cleared.

Looking up at the sky in area E-026, the thick night sky that previously filled the entire dome.

At this moment, it is like ink diluted by a clear spring. Even though it is still a night without sunlight, the tone has turned into a soft light dark.

This is the peculiarity of the E-026 area.

This is the garrison area located near the intersection of three [Broken Time and Space].

The laws between those time and space will affect each other, thereby reducing each other's erosion and pollution.

In fact, the area now called E-026 by [Demon Netherworld] has retreated more than a little compared to a hundred years ago.

The former E-026 was located at the center of the three areas of influence of the broken space-time.

Two broken time and space may form a mixed doubles, but three broken time and space are like monks carrying water to drink, and no one will give in.

Therefore, as long as we can withstand wave after wave of erosion from entities.

That is the solid triangular wall that will never fall.

Throughout the land, there will never be a more impregnable fortress than that former center.

However, this is already a thing of the past.

The current E-026 region was abandoned by the Alliance a century ago because there was no spare combat power to continue to garrison there, and the front line has long been retreating.

We are almost retreating to the war zone of [Demon's Netherworld].

Therefore, the sky follows the rule of eternal night, and it is a darkness where there will never be a glimmer of dawn.

The wind in the dark night blew across the boy's face.

Standing on the rooftop of the garrison base.

His short hair fluttered slightly, and he wore a military coat that he had found in the warehouse.

This is a product of the broken era, with slightly old fabrics and a style built for durability. Just like that era, it is simple, cold and efficient.

Faced with despair, but not succumbing to despair.

His eyes looked towards the fallen territory of Sector E-026, which was probably his "home" in the game for more than ten years.

Look into the endless darkness.

Lin Xuan's voice was magnetic, his eyes were deep and far away, and he spoke slowly and calmly: "There are enemies on the other side of the sky."

"Lin Xuan?" A soft voice suddenly sounded.

There was one more person on the rooftop where she was supposed to be alone. She asked in confusion, "Did you just say something?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Hearing the noise, the atmosphere that Lin Xuan had been brewing was suddenly broken. He almost couldn't catch the breath he exhaled, and he coughed a few times in a hurry.

Saying weird things on your own initiative and being caught by someone are two different things.

It's like fixing your hair in the mirror and then realizing it's double-sided glass.

Isn't it because he is a little hesitant in his heart and not very sure about what he is going to do next, so he wants to find a private space to be alone and brew some more emotions?

Amynos!

Could this be the moment of onset?
Turning to look at the girl who came to the roof, Lin Xuan gave an awkward but polite smile.

"Xia Shimi? How did you get here? Aren't you making final repairs with them and compiling the reports on those who have died at the base over the years?"

"Ah."

Xia Shimi nodded, she tucked a strand of white hair by her ear back into her hood, and said in a light voice, "I have already given her the information I prepared."

"Originally, I was planning to wait until I died, and then submit this already prepared information directly to the headquarters through the 'Spirit Contract Envoy's Will to Designate the Entrusted Person'."

"But since this has happened, I trust Miss Mu."

"It should be the same if I give it to her directly."

Due to the corruption of a certain branch in recent years, a large number of spirit envoys have been continuously dispatched here to garrison for nearly half a century.

They stood their ground, and then they died.

Of course, this is also because the E-026 area is not a place where people should stay.

This place is close to the border area, and without sufficient troops, it is impossible to occupy this place. According to the current strength of the [Demon Ghost Domain] war zone, this place should have been abandoned long ago.

However, they do it for a good-looking report and resources that they can apply for upwards.

For the so-called face or dignity.

However, they chose to turn a blind eye to the ancient rules that should have been eliminated long ago, and kept sending marginalized spirit envoys to die in the name of procedural justice.

This is wrong and should be punished.

Collecting those fragments of evidence and waiting for a long-overdue verdict was one of Mu Yuqing's purposes for coming here.

The person in charge had originally planned to stay at this garrison base for another week or two.

As for the corrupt branch in Night City, they definitely have no intention of doing so and would not even bother to erase the evidence.

But after all, it is many years of data, and it will take a lot of time just to organize it.

However, what the young woman didn't expect was that after she explained her purpose.

Xia Shimi actually nodded quietly, and then handed her a record storage disk.

"I have put all the backups of data that can be sorted in here."

From the day she was assigned to this E-026 area.

She started collecting.

Xia Shimi knew very well that she was a defective product. Her parents, relatives and friends were all dead, so no one would care even if she died in this foreign country.

In fact, she had long since given up her fear of death and accepted the fate she deserved.

Otherwise, as a war orphan, he would be an excellent student with top grades in the college.

In this era of peace and prosperity.

As long as she gave up the option of being a spirit contractor, countless bright and glorious futures would be open to her. Coupled with her beautiful appearance, she had countless stable and happy lives to choose from.

But Xia Shimi, expressionless and silent, chose to walk into the dead silence.

Like, to make up for not choosing to stay that day. As for being assigned to the E-026 area, the girl did not have much resentment about being sent to die.

Anyway, as long as she can kill the entity, it doesn't matter where it is to her.

But it doesn't matter.
As for these parasites of human civilization, this girl, who is used to hiding her emotions, had no choice but to remain indifferent.

Before the erosion and collapse came, she walked through every inch of land in the E-026 area to collect the items left behind by the victims.

Relying on guns and feet.

These materials would have been sent out at her death.

According to the regulations of the "Detailed Rules for the Drafting of Wills of Spirit Envoys", every Spirit Envoy who has been certified and died on the front line has the right to exercise his own will.

This could be a sum of money given to the family so that their children can enjoy the benefits of Fukuzawa, or it could be a small request that is not too much.

For example, the most well-known will to date.

There was once a spirit envoy who died gloriously in battle. His will stated that he hoped the new leader of the alliance would go to his home and sing Happy Birthday to his daughter.

His daughter has always regarded that leader as an idol.

And please help convey that I’m sorry that Dad can’t come back to celebrate your birthday with you this time.

The will was actually executed later.

Even if the alliance adds more regulations soon after, saying that leaders cannot put themselves in danger like this, it is very likely that they will be used by the enemy to set traps.

But this case is enough to show the noble nature of the "Wills of the Spirits" Act in society.

This may be one of the many legacies left by that long era.

and so.

Xia Shimi originally planned to use this right to send this information to the headquarters after her death.

No one would have thought that an orphan girl, as helpless as a floating duckweed and a drifting feather, would use her only chance of glory after death to do such a thing.

If other people would intercept, they would not be able to defend against her.

But now that Mu Yuqing is here, I might as well just give it to her directly. It's the same.

The girl is not afraid of death.

But she also won't rush to death on her own initiative.

"That's it."

Lin Xuan roughly understood the whole story and nodded.

But he did not look at the girl with an expression of disbelief like Mu Yuqing who knew about this matter before.

After all, given Xia Shimi's young and gentle appearance, it is hard to imagine that she would spend a lot of time preparing for such a thing with her own death as the premise.

It wasn't even about revenge.

Like a to-do list, calm, silent, like her habit of pulling the trigger of her gun every time.

She just follows her own choice and moves forward.

"You are amazing, Shimi." Lin Xuan said this with a calm smile without showing any surprise.

Because he had already noticed that this petite girl might look a little harmless.

But in fact, the fire in those eyes and the scorching temperature will never be extinguished by this broken wasteland.

Lin Xuan is very confident.

After all, as a legendary spirit contractor, his ability in identifying the qualifications of beautiful girls is absolutely top-notch!
"So, you came to me to ask me to go down. Should we get ready to set off?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.

"If so, sorry, I have something else to do and need to see someone."

The white-haired girl shook her head and said, "No, Miss Mu and the others still need some time to prepare."

In fact, the main thing is to classify the spoils.

Thanks to someone's connections, the resources we have collected are now so many that we can't store them all.

After hearing that "those who are willing to run back with the Contracted Spirit by themselves, or wait for the next bus, can get a bigger share of the spoils", several new Contracted Spirit Envoys were shocked.

Many people signed up enthusiastically to participate in this long-distance running event.

It must be mentioned that some freshmen who did not want to run long distances chose to stay because they heard an old man say, "Alas, the exercise movements of young people nowadays are really getting worse with each generation."

After he challenged them out of anger, he is now accepting defeat and working as a beast of burden helping with farm work.

"I came here because I want to ask you something, Lin Xuan."

The words fell softly.

In this light sky like a nocturne, Xia Shimi's subtle voice seemed to blend into the water.

This white-haired girl who could calmly accept death in battle no longer looked calm, and her eyes looked away with a wavering look.

A lack of confidence that came from being accustomed to being rejected, and a habit of long-term disappointment, made her pupils, which were hidden by her bangs, seem to be covered with a thin shadow.

She pursed her lips.

Biting his lips, he asked softly, "Lin Xuan, the battle is over now."

"If nothing goes wrong, wait until you go to Night City to take the qualification test."

"It is very likely that because of my inferior talent as a Spirit Contractor, I will not be able to fully utilize your talents, and will ask you whether you are willing to accept being assigned to another Spirit Contractor."

Pause for a moment.

As if she was struggling, hesitating, as if she had fallen in the same place before and was wounded. Her body instinctively refused to repeat the pain again.

But after a long time, Xia Shimi raised her little face again on the rooftop at night, and the wind blew through her long light white hair by her ears.

The pair of slightly shaken scarlet eyes stared directly at the slightly dazed young hero soul.

She asked in a soft voice, nervously and like a lost cub.

"Lin Xuan."

"Can you continue to be my spirit?"

(End of this chapter)