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"You are the designated successor to the Great Guardian anyway. If you find a reason to get rid of her, wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble to take the position?"
Seeing Bronya regain her somewhat flustered look, Sora sighed, and under the subtle gazes of Sanyue and Danheng, he put on an embarrassment: "We don't need Beloberg's cooperation to seal the star core, but it will take more time... If it's delayed like this, more of you may die on the front line. Instead of so many deaths, it's better to pull Cocolia down first... At worst, after we leave, you can let your mother who may have been stained with dirt sit back, and we can't control it."
"...I can win the support of a few garrison officers...! I will try to organize more garrison officers and ministers to persuade my mother... Turning to war is indeed too much..."
The more Sora talked, the more Bronya sweated.
The girl had never experienced what it meant to be "robed in a yellow robe" or "being coerced by external forces" in her life. Her bewildered look finally made Sanyue unable to hold back:
"Hey, you're so skilled at deceiving that kid!"
"This is just a simple application of the 'window opening theory'. I didn't say that she must bring such a small group of people to pick up her mother."
Sora felt no remorse for Mitsuki's accusations.
"If she doesn't join the rebels, she will at least try to win over some of the scattered troops. By the way, Beloberg's command network is really a mess..."
At the same time, he ignored Dan Heng's gaze of "You are worthy of being me" and released Paimeng, who had been stuck in the backpack for the whole day.
"I'm almost suffocating... Ugh, finally... Kong, you're letting me out now, aren't you planning on letting me do something dangerous?"
Paimon first took two breaths of cold air, then looked at Sora with a very hurtful and suspicious look.
"No, I just thought you were almost done with it, so I let you out a little. After all, everyone here is considered one of ours."
On the map, the troop led by Bronya quietly changed from yellow to green.
She actually agreed with some of Kong's statements, and her doubts about her mother gradually accumulated and finally exploded, but she had not yet taken more drastic actions.
But Sora didn't listen to Bronya's words seriously. His action of shaking Paimon out first made the girl calm down a little after the new round of surprise.
It is indeed an "alien visitor". Looking at the shape of this "white-haired creature", even if she is a "child", the proportions are not right.
"...By the way, we still have some public opinion that we can win over...If the residents of the lower districts knew that the fleet could handle the star core, they might support us, but we need to convince the Iron Guards who are blocking the passage..."
After staring at Paimon's cute little face to calm down and heal a little, Bronya actually thought of a relatively reliable method that would not be compared to Sora's overly brutal proposals.
"It doesn't matter what your plans are. I don't mind being a little naive... But after we leave the city, we will definitely not go back to Kburg to reason with Cocolia in the short term. The citizens of Beloberg will not have a good impression of us under her guidance, and we don't intend to curry favor with them." Kong said nonchalantly.
"The lower district has been blocked for a long time, so no news can get in. This means they won't be influenced by the fake news from Castle K... I think we can fight for it! Please wait a moment, Mr. Lei, I will arrange for the Iron Guards to get on the bus and move outside the city - I remember all the connection points between the upper and lower districts!"
After saying this, Bronya finally regained some energy, and tore off her medal-shaped communication device and threw it into the trash can beside her.
"Soldiers - the mission has changed. We need to go to the outskirts of the city to meet up with the 'Jepard Tribe'!"
190. Take off your skirt
Compared with its weird military command system, Beloberg's transportation system is not bloated.
The builders of Beloberg had already taken into account the public transportation needs of the circular city when they designed it. Transporting 400 people out of the city at one time was not a big deal. In addition, the news of Bronya's dismissal had not left Castle Kreuzberg, so Sora and the others were able to requisition an entire line to quickly complete the transfer.
Breathing the increasingly cold air outside the city, the short day seemed like a lifetime ago. Not only did Bronya feel a sense of unreality, even Dan Heng was briefly dazed.
Although they are not officially wanted now, they will soon be "posted on the wall" again... As for why "again" was mentioned, March has a great responsibility here.
"Sora, don't we need to ask Sister Eula to come out and join us?" But looking at Sanyue's appearance, she seemed to have quickly regained her confidence -
"The three of them still have a mission. Fort K has not recorded their faces, and after the chaos just now, we are unable to locate them. I asked them to disguise themselves and wait in the permafrost mechanical house to cooperate with our next round of operations."
Then, Kong's expression became a little subtle: "Come to think of it, the owner of the Everfreeze Machinery House, Shiluwa, also has the last name Lando... Is Lando a big last name in Beloberg?"
"Hey, is it the same last name as Guard Officer Jeppard?" March thought to herself what a coincidence.
"Don't be so stupid as to ask Jeppard what their relationship is. March - we still have to go back to the city to visit the boss who is willing to provide shelter for the train team. It will be much more convenient to have an internal foothold. At least we don't have to teleport to the gate of the administrative district to commit suicide."
"I'm not that stupid... Is Sister Eula already close to her? So fast?"
After being reminded by Kong, March gave up the idea of looking for Jeppard to verify.
"Maybe this is the charisma of the guerrilla knight."
Sora smiled and shook his head. "But according to the information provided by Miss Silva, Cocolia has been showing disturbing behavior for a long time."
"Did they know each other before?"
"It's a classmate."
"Wow."
"Eula said that they were willing to help hide us 'exiles' because they were dissatisfied with Cocolia's strategy. In addition, she knew about the star core a long time ago and reported the research project on the star core and the connection between the star core and the rift to Cocolia. She tried to persuade her to mobilize the Iron Guard to get rid of the star core once and for all."
"…Rejected?" Haiya was not surprised at all.
"Yes, she shut down Shiluwa's experimental project and expelled her from Castle K. I initially thought that Cocolia wanted to use the blockade of the star core to maintain her rule after being provoked by us, but now it seems that she will have to use the star core much earlier."
Hearing this, Haiya said in a bored tone, "It's not that there are no smart people in Beloberg who try to break the deadlock, but the power of the Great Guardian is too concentrated. The city builders anticipated the cold wave, but they didn't expect the inheritance to be twisted like this in the end. What a familiar script."
"It's not new no matter where she is. But I'm more curious whether she decided to continue the influence of the star core out of her own will, or whether she has been bewitched by her collaborators and lost her basic judgment? There is a big difference here."
As Kong supported a guard who was slightly injured in the battle and was in an unstable position, he continued to analyze the situation on the official channel while the guard thanked him:
"At first, I was inclined to believe that she lacked independent consciousness, but we actually left the city safely without any obstruction... I always feel that she let Bronya go on purpose. If she was more careful and vicious, she would have rushed back to defend the city. If we couldn't get these people out of the city, she would have imprisoned her daughter..."
The golden-haired man looked around and saw that the Rift Realm was attacking from all directions, causing a large number of people from various groups to be separated, which actually benefited Bronya.
"The remnants we just gathered together add up to almost two battalions. If Jeppard agrees to support Bronya, almost half a garrison regiment will be out of the control of Fort K. If I were Cocolia, I would never allow this to happen."
"Is it because you're soft-hearted?" March asked uncertainly.
"It's hard to say... She might have something urgent to do."
Sora pondered for a moment. The other party's motive was unclear for the time being - was he planning to gather the "rebels" together and wipe them out in one fell swoop? Or did he hope that his daughter could integrate these opponents to form another force?
Frustrated with his logic, Kong had no choice but to seek a solution from a practical perspective, observing the several surface anchor points that were lit up on the map.
"Perpetual Motion Machine House... There is a boundary anchor near the Goethe Hotel. We can enter and exit the city without being too conspicuous. But how far is this place from the upper and lower level passages that Bronya mentioned?"
If the city is under martial law, will we have enough energy to get into the passage by relying on the optical camouflage of the tactical uniforms?
Thinking of these increasingly troublesome matters, Sora had no choice but to go find Bronya who was counting the number of people.
All these needed to be answered by the locals. At the same time, Sora thought about it and discussed it with the crew on the public channel, hoping to pull Bronya into the public channel to chat, and then give her a shot of potion -
"Hey, do you have to discuss this kind of thing with us?"
Xiao Sanyue was stunned for a moment because she thought it was Kong's freedom to invite anyone to the chat channel.
"After this public channel is made available to everyone, it will no longer be just my property, Sanyue."
"I have no objection." Dan Heng was the first to express his opinion.
"Of course I welcome newcomers." Ji Zi also said so.
"Wait, Captain, you said you wanted to pull 'Bronya' into the channel...did I hear you correctly?"
Only Lao Yang's reaction was strange.
"...Ah, yes, Bronya... this is the otherworldly counterpart."
"…Is this 'fate'?"
Ignoring Lao Yang's sigh, Kong patted the shoulder of the commander who had recovered her spirit from behind and said, "Bronya, for the sake of confidentiality, we may use the psychic frequency band for long-distance communication next. Although you are not a member of the crew, it doesn't matter. You can participate in our internal discussions as a collaborator - do you want to join our frequency band?"
"...No wonder the fleet can follow orders without any communication...I thought it was some kind of 'tacit understanding'."
She seemed very receptive and at the same time suddenly realized: "Please let me participate in the discussion. I know a little about telepathy... However, this is my first time trying it, and if something goes wrong..."
"There's no need to worry about so much - Commander Bronya, please say hello to everyone." Sora pulled her into the group without even giving her time to react.
"...Hello everyone...I'm sorry, I'm still not used to this kind of mental communication called psychic frequency." She was startled when she heard the sudden movement in her mind, but she still greeted Ji Zi and Lao Yang politely.
"Hello, Ms. Bronya, I am the train's navigator, Himeko. I would like to know the situation on the ground from you... Can you tell me more about it..."
"Oh, this little girl is from Beloberg? She has been locked away for seven hundred years, but she doesn't seem to have any special feelings—"
"Beep——"
The moment Heita's voice came out, Kong temporarily kicked her out of the channel.
This is for Bronya's emotional stability, and for everyone's emotional stability.
"Don't mind the offense from that guy just now, just continue." As if nothing had happened, Kong ignored the series of question marks sent from Heita's private channel.
"Yes, Miss Jizi, the current Great Guardian of Beloberg, my mother, does not support your action to seal the star core, but I will try my best to win over some ministers and guards who want to restore contact with the outside world to put pressure on her..."
Finally, Bronya used a word that made her feel uneasy.
"I am currently on my way to join the Jeppard tribe. Unfortunately, my influence is not enough..."
"The Nameless Guest will provide assistance, but... Commander Bronya, the situation of the Great Guardian reminds me of a possibility. Individuals who have long-term contact with the star core will become mentally unstable and even have hallucinations... Well, these are the research data provided by the Black Tower. Sora, you kicked her too decisively."
Although she should have been as serious as possible, Ji Zi's voice still had a hint of laughter.
"That guy has bombarded me with more than 20 private messages."
Kong said helplessly: "It doesn't matter, let's continue the discussion based on the premise that Cocolia has been affected mentally by the star core. I will appease the Black Tower later."
This blatant discrimination further increased everyone's fun, as if the pressure of the fierce battle just now was dissipated.
Although she was being insulted in a roundabout way, Bronya smiled apologetically, which invisibly alleviated a lot of her fear and worry about the fleet.
So the atmosphere inside them is like this...
……
"I always feel like we have been forgotten and become outsiders - it's so annoying, damn it, I will remember this grudge."
"Senior Eula doesn't like being on standby either?" Hua Lin, who was wiping the table, raised her head slightly.
"It's not that being on standby is bad, after all, it's an important part of the operation... But I just can't bear the thought that Sora is chatting and laughing with other girls over there while we're left here... Ha, can we go back to the car to rest tonight? I don't think it's going to work."
Eula rested her chin on her hand, leaning against the counter like a poster girl, glancing sideways at the local female singer named Silva.
The other party took out a large number of parts from the back door of the workshop and was strengthening the "outgoing equipment" that they might use later. His expression was very serious and he had lost the cheerfulness he had at the beginning.
This very rock and roll mechanic, just because his team said they were going to deal with the star core, not only revealed that he was Jeppard's sister, but also revealed that he was the initiator of the star core research back then. He is still an opponent of Cocolia's policy and even took the initiative to offer some help to the train crew.
Since she had said everything and volunteered to help, Eula followed Sora's suggestion and had an open and honest conversation with her about using the perpetual motion machine house as a temporary base for activities in the city. Unexpectedly, she agreed very readily, and her level of honesty simply shocked her.
While she was helpless about the stupid people she met, she took off her helmet and changed into her regular clothes, so that she could observe the current situation of Beloberg from a completely different perspective from the crew members working on the snowfield.
The battle just now was obviously quite brutal, but there was no martial law on the streets. After the Iron Guards quickly returned to their respective defense areas, except for the bombed square area that was blocked by fences for repairs, the city's living atmosphere was actually quickly restored after three or four hours.
Even the people of Mond were not so thick-skinned. These Belobergs were very accustomed to the atmosphere of war. After the attack, most of them came to watch the fun... There were also reporters who were frantically taking pictures of the molten ground left by Befa... She couldn't help but wonder whether she should blend into this thick-skinned atmosphere in order to disguise herself well.
"Senior, I'm back!"