About becoming a magical girl

"Sensitive? I don't think so. Being unable to face up to the sins of the past is not something to be proud of. It's cowardice."

"Not everyone is as brave as you, Yanase."

"My courage doesn't come from me."

"Similarly, people's fear and despair often do not come from themselves..."

Jiusheng Maji's eyes fell on the standing lamp in the corner, "Flag Breakers...their origin and ending I think you should be clearer than others. Most people from the old generation have experienced that dark period, and it has only been 19 years. This time is not enough to wipe out people's memories, so there is nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and there is no need to specifically mention it. It is clear and taboo...

However, thinking and memory have traps.Every record has its basis, and the surface of the matter is exactly the same as the truth, but a blind spot is created between the two completely different descriptions, and the information obtained by those who doubt and those who believe is exactly the same. "

"So, the people who broke the flag actually still exist? According to the records at the time, all of them should have died. Could it be... that the People's Federation concealed the truth?"

"of course not."

Maji Jiusheng shook his head, "Everyone knows the end of the war between the People's Federation and the Breaking Flags. All the rebels came to an end in the endless white mist of erosion. They didn't even wait for the People's Federation to launch a general attack. They collapsed because of too many residues. But, Ms. Yanase, do you think that all of them who were driven out of their shelter by our so-called survivors really all joined in the resistance against the People's Federation?"

Efnir frowned slightly, and for the first time she heard a trace of sadness in Maki Kuo's tone.

——Have all the flag breakers joined the resistance against the People's Federation?

"You already have the answer in your heart."

Maki Kuo sighed softly, "Seeking the truth is not a distressing thing, but digging out the answers I already knew in my heart is not. There was once a person I knew and respected, she was a great Mother, also a spurned and feared numberer, her daughter was only six years old when she was deported, and they were separated from each other after that-people like this abound among the numbered people who were deported, since So, are these people going to start a war against the city where their loved ones are?"

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190、Wake up

"Those people all..."

Evenier hesitated to speak, and finally just sighed lightly.

"Sorry, is the topic a bit heavy?"

Maki Kuo didn't continue talking, but smiled again - this was the second time she showed an expression other than a poker face in front of Evenier.

"do not worry about it……"

Evenier shook his head, "I didn't witness that period of history with my own eyes, so let's just treat it as a kind of small talk."

19 years ago, when Efnir was just born, she had no memory of that time.

But she didn't think Maki Kuo was lying.

This period of history is recorded in the archives of the Orderer organization. As Kuo Maji said, everything at that time became unreasonable and crazy. The civilization that mankind is proud of fell apart, and order was replaced by chaos.

Only the misty white mist brought by erosion permeates and lingers between people.

"You have witnessed many deaths... In the central province, there are fewer and fewer agents, or fighters, like you and Lepis..."

When Jiusheng Maki said these words, he stroked his badge.

"Did you know? 'Broken Flags', no, to be precise, they left voluntarily in order to preserve the fire of human beings. They are the last bloody human beings. Unfortunately, we are the survivors who are regarded as the hope of civilization. But they abandoned them. Cowardly, what are we who have survived betrayal, retreat, and compromise?"

"This kind of thing has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just a choice..."

Regarding the topic of Central Province, Evenier couldn't say anything - after all, she had never lived there, and her feelings about this topic were similar to those of Maki Kuo.

Jiusheng Maki fell into a moment of memory, and slowly talked to himself.

"19 years have passed...humanity is still paying for the original choice. That is not a story...but something that actually happened between people at that time. In fact, the number of people who broke the flag rebels was only expelled Less than one-third of the numbered people, but not everyone noticed this, or many people chose to turn a blind eye.

At that time, everyone was forced to stand on the side of "reason" to refute the evil, and the fear of erosion made them deliberately downplay the memory of that time, even though there were many people who were not eroded at all among the numberers ——However, no one will go deep into the dangerous Sakai outer area to pursue their footprints, and the dead rebels can't provide valuable clues. Those who were abandoned have completely disappeared from people's sight at that time up. "

Having said that, Evenier frowned slightly.

Aside from the past that most people are unwilling to mention, in fact, only a small part of the deported numberers finally joined the resistance organization "Flag Breakers", so where did the rest go?

"...these so-called 'disappeared people' are not actually dead, are they?"

Evenier asked the question in his heart.

"Who knows? It's been 20 years now - the numberers who don't have the protection of the Sakai monument, don't bring enough food and clean water, don't have tools and don't have many weapons, how do these people press on every step of the way?" Surviving 20 years in the eroding white mist... how likely is that?"

Jiusheng Maji casually chuckled.

"When the People's Federation finally had enough energy to try some thankless search work, those people had already completely disappeared from everyone's sight."

In the year after the Flag Breaker incident, the Sakai Monument technology brought out by the People's Federation from the ruins has finally matured, and cities have sprung up.

According to Kuo Maji, the People's Federation also sent a search team after that, but with little success.

Indeed, from the point of view of the People's Federation, they should concentrate all their efforts on urban development at that time, rather than searching for numbered people who have a very low probability of survival and may become residues at any time.

"Even if the body is found, it's just an unrecognizable bone, isn't it? It's impossible for the People's Federation to use limited resources to burial or investigate a team of numbered people who lost their asylum."

At that time, the numbered people were all people whose erosion rate had reached a dangerous level, and no one would know whether those missing people had already been turned into residues under the erosion of the white mist, and wandered to other places.

Evenier also had some understanding of that period, and combined with the information exposed by the apostle organization, she had a different idea.

"But we all know that the 'Apostle' organization has a technology that allows people to move freely in the white mist - when we captured the former Sakagawa area, those girls lived safely in this place without the shelter of the Sakai monument A month's time."

“Technology cannot appear out of thin air. Even if the theory is complete, it is useless without the tools and enough time to make it all.”

"Yes. But all of this ignores a premise. In fact, there are still some people who should not be deported among the deported people—they may be the relatives or lovers of those numbered people, and they chose to go with the deported people. Compared with those numbered people, as long as they are lucky—do not encounter attacks and get a certain amount of food and water, they can persist in the white mist for a long time."

"I know what you're trying to say, but I'm sure it's not what you think it is—at least not yet."

"why?"

"Because I have tortured the guys you captured a long time ago, and they couldn't give me a satisfactory answer."

Kuo Maki spoke unhurriedly.

But she hasn't said it yet. Another reason why she is so sure is the 'woman' in the story she told - that is her mother.

Because numberers will bring a crisis of instability, and the new settlements do not have enough places to live, food, and water to ensure the survival of everyone, so numberers have become victims.

That's how Maki Kuo's mother left her. She was brought up by the Renren Federation as an orphan, and then joined the investigation and combat force outside Sakai in order to follow her mother's footprints. In fact, there are many people like her, even if the Renren Federation People like them don't stop when they give up the search.

In the central province, they gathered together to act for the same purpose, but the fact is that 19 years have passed-if the apostles are those who have been forgotten, they cannot have gained nothing so far.

There was a brief silence between Kusao Maki and Evenier.

At this time, Nami Shino's voice appeared behind Evenier.

"Evenil, so you are here..."

"what happened?"

"Xazhi, Sazhi woke up...she said..."

"Take me there first—sorry, Commander, it looks like we'll have to wait until next time."

The conversation between Evenier and Shino Mi Nami also reached Kuo Maki's ears, and the last sentence was obviously meant for Kuo Maki.

"waiting for your good news."

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191. Unknown Information

After Saori was rescued, she was immediately transferred to the special care ward of the Orderer headquarters, under the care of Aisha, Fulan, and specialized doctors and nurses. After several operations, she was finally out of danger.

"Her injuries are serious... She can only rely on extracorporeal membrane lungs and intra-arterial balloon counterpulsation to maintain her life. We are drawing suitable blood types from Dongcheng District..."

The person in charge of Saori was an experienced doctor. She led Avenier to Saori's nursing ward, and briefly explained Saori's current situation to Avenier on the way.

Efnir lowered her eyes and said nothing, leaning her back against the armrest, feeling a little bit of weightlessness in her heart.

The doctor sighed, "My life is saved, but the injury is too serious, and the overall situation is still not optimistic..."

"In this case..." Evenier pursed her lips, "Can... find a matching blood type?"

"It will take a while..." The doctor replied, "But it's not difficult, the key lies in her body... She has almost lost half of her functions, and even if she can recover, she will definitely not be able to recover. I just hope that the power of order can bring more miracles..."

But Evenier knew that there was no place for miracles in this world.

The power of order is not omnipotent, organ damage is a permanent wound, and the self-healing power brought by the power of order alone cannot restore a severely injured body.

Trilith and Shiyin are the best examples.

"She is still very weak and still needs to continue to rest, but she insists on seeing you... She seems to have something very important, and she doesn't want to pass us, but wants to tell you in person."

Nami Shino took out a pass card and handed it to Evenier, "Evenir... go and see her."

"Um……"

Evenier took the card in his hand and clenched it tightly.

……

The isolation nursing room was very quiet, and when Evenier saw Saori again, she could barely recognize the person in front of her.

Saori was covered with bandages all over her body, her lips lacked a trace of blood, and her pale cheeks showed signs of burns. Red or white rubber tubes pierced her chest, and she was kept alive by these things.

Fulan was beside her, holding her hand, tightly holding the Saori beacon in her hand, and Avenier saw her red eyes from crying.

"senior……"

Sensing Avnir's arrival, Fulan reluctantly let go of Saori's hand and stood up.

Saori also opened her eyes weakly, "Senior...you are here..."

To be able to barely make a sound after suffering such a serious injury, I am afraid that only an agent can do it.

"Your injuries are still serious, don't move around."

Avenier nodded to Fulan, came to the bed, bent down, gently pulled the hair out of the yarn, and wiped the tears from the corner of the yarn, "Don't force yourself, you have done enough , take good care of your wounds."

"..."

Saori closed her eyes slowly, opened them again with difficulty, her hoarse throat squirmed, "It's not... finished... Senior... I have something important... to tell you..."

She moved her eyelashes slightly, looked at Evenier, and then moved her gaze to Fulan who was on the side.

"I'm just outside..."

Fulan and Avenier looked at each other, then looked away and left the ward, leaving Avenier with a lonely back.

She gently held up Saori's hand, feeling the coldness of Saori's palm.

"Is this okay? Fulan is very worried about you..."

"I don't want... to involve her... I feel... this time... what... is different..."

Saori gasped for breath with difficulty, and a layer of white mist formed on the breathing mask, "Senior... what's going on... it happened...we... have no way to stop it..."

"What did you know from Code J..."

"'The thing in the box'..."

"What's in the box?"

Evenier repeated it in doubt, and confirmed.

Saori blinked slowly and nodded affirmatively, "This is...'H'...the reason for coming to Xijing...she...is looking for..."

H, should refer to the code H.

Code-named H, if there is any clue to connect everything in all the events that have happened in the past two months, it is undoubtedly only her.

But since the battle more than a month ago, the code name H has never appeared again, and the organization's understanding of her is very limited, and it is impossible to obtain effective information from the arrested apostle girls—even the apostles Not much is known about her.

And the only Sakurai Yuki who seems to know something has never said anything, like a piece of iron, which also made the organization lose patience.

The task of investigating Code H continues to this day, but nothing has been found.

"Also...'Remains'...'Timepiece...Organ'...'Constrainer'...related to apostles...and people..."

Relics, Time Mechanisms, Restrictors, Apostles, People's Federation.

Evenier remembered the key words in his heart, and frowned slightly at the same time.

"What is related to the Apostles and People's Association?"

"The... burial of the ruins... the erosion of the white hole..."

Saori panted, and stared at Evenier vigorously, "The clock mechanism... the restrictor... senior... must confirm... I only trust you, senior... don't let... other people know..."