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Ling also knew that it was her own voice.
But it's actually cheating.
Hakurei Reimu, Kirisame Marisa
She was just deceiving herself and taking advantage of others just to make herself feel better. It was so despicable that even she could laugh.
Kotaro pried open the elevator door with his hands, and the tourists inside poured out.
"ZAT Team! It was ZAT Team that saved us!"
There is no better comfort than meeting ZAT members when you are in desperate situation.
Kotaro knew it wasn't him, but no one believed him. Everyone believed what they saw, and believed in the ZAT team that saved the citizens time and time again.
Even Captain Asahina's voice could be heard over the communicator.
"Well done, Kotaro!"
So Kotaro had no choice but to shut up.
One by one, the tourists boarded the Tianjing using the rescue rope ladder, and the last one was Kotaro.
He glanced at the giant cicada that was so close to him, silently put away the badge, and then also climbed the rope ladder back to the Tianjing.
Gaia did not show up, and neither did Taro.
The crumbling Tokyo Tower and a black dot appear in the distant sky.
It’s the Super Swallow!
"This is Moriyama, Captain, I collected a ton of sap!"
"Good job, using tree sap to lure this cicada!"
Moriyama opened the container and deliberately let some sap fall from the air.
The giant cicada stopped chirping. It looked toward the Super Swallow, its head moving in the direction of the aircraft.
"Sure enough!"
The next second, the giant cicada spread its wings, flew into the air, and finally left the Tokyo Tower.
"Quick, Moriyama, take it to the deserted mountain area!"
That’s what Moriyama did.
When the battle plan was drawn up, the plan was to send the giant cicada to the remote mountains near Okutama. Now the Super Swallow was flying there.
It takes about 70 to 80 kilometers to get from Tokyo to Okutama. The Super Swallow can reach the destination in less than five minutes if it flies at full speed.
Moriyama threw the liquid can with the sap inside into the valley. Sure enough, the giant cicada lay over and sucked the sap in the valley, then lay motionless again.
It had no intention of hurting anyone. Not before, not now.
The cicada is dead.
A week later, it died in the forest. Its life was supposed to be so short.
“Is it really something to be sorry about being born as a human being?”
Kotaro took a bouquet of flowers and placed it in front of the grave.
On the day the cicada died, the ZAT team used machinery to dig a huge pit overnight and buried this huge yet tiny cicada.
"Kotaro can also read poetry."
Moriyama was a little surprised.
[My thoughts are strange, and I have polluted your clear streams and glaciers. I am sorry for being born as a human being.]
From the short poem "Last Will" by Jutaro Terauchi
The whole poem consists of only one sentence. It is hard to say whether it is a poem or a haiku, but it is shocking. It even inspired the great writer Dazai Osamu to write "No Longer Human".
But Kotaro was not reciting poetry, and he didn't even know where this sentence came from. He just spoke out of his feelings.
There were many flowers in front of the tomb, colorful and bright, proving that many people had come to pay their respects. The ZAT team just dug a huge pit to bury the monster, but this tomb was built spontaneously by people.
Not only residents of Okutama, but also many people from Tokyo, Saitama, and Kanagawa came here from far away.
How strange.
It was so fearful when alive, but it left kindness and repentance for its corpse.
Maybe it's because a dead body makes people feel more at ease. It's really a joke that can't even be called hypocrisy.
Kotaro saw a figure out of the corner of his eye. He thought he was seeing things, but when he looked closely, he realized he was right. It was an old man, who was almost unrecognizable after he had changed out of his military uniform.
"Commander Takakura!"
Takakura bowed to the grave and stood up, looking over.
"Oh, your name is Kotaro, right? I'm no longer the commander."
"What are you..."
"This time, my decision caused the overhaul of Tokyo Tower, which almost led to a disaster. I guess I'm not really suitable to be the commander of the Tokyo branch of the Defense Forces."
Having said that, Gao Cang's expression did not look depressed, but rather relaxed.
Tokyo Tower collapsed, someone has to take responsibility.
He didn't know where he would be assigned after returning to the headquarters. It was probably a department with nothing to do, but he didn't really care. At his age, it was time for him to retire.
"Until now, I still don't think I'm wrong. We are human beings, so we must be human beings first. When humans are threatened, we must fight, and then we can consider other lives on the earth."
"Anything that could threaten humanity must be considered an enemy."
His philosophy has always been like this and has never changed. Shoot, then repent. But next time he encounters the same situation, he will still choose to shoot.
"In the eyes of an old antique like me, this universe is like a dark forest. Any civilization that may threaten us is an imaginary enemy. But Kotaro-kun, you ZAT team don't seem to think so. Until now, I still don't know which side is more correct. It really takes courage to trust others. You are braver than me."
"So from now on, I'm begging you, our race, our civilization, please protect them!"
Gao Cang bowed deeply, then left with a somewhat lonely and carefree look.
Chapter 422 Hatred and Suspicion
The spring trees are as misty as smoke.
Although it is midsummer outside, the grass and trees here are still green and tender, and flowers of all seasons can be seen everywhere, making it difficult to tell the seasons.
"This is Gensokyo!"
Toumori Sanae, now calling herself Kirisame Marisa, sat on a broom, flying in the sky, overlooking the land that had never been cultivated by humans.
Finally it was here! It was just like in her dream, but even more beautiful than in her dream.
She has always firmly believed in the existence of Gensokyo, and has believed this since she was a child.
"Why are you riding a broom?"
Reimu was beside her. She was already familiar with the scenery, but she still remembered the surprise and excitement she felt when she first came to this fantasy land.
Just like Marisa now.
Reimu stood in the air, where she could fly freely, and had no idea why Marisa was holding a broom.
"But witches and magical girls in stories are all like this. Look, when Sakura uses flying cards, doesn't she also have to ride on the wand?"
This is a sense of ritual!
The broom was indeed useless, and she didn't sit on it, but held it under her buttocks, which was unnecessary. But the sense of ritual was important.
Marisa dived down suddenly, free falling like bungee jumping from a high altitude. She would not dare to go bungee jumping before, but at this moment she did not feel any fear, only passion.
At the moment when the body was about to fall to the ground, it was pulled up, brushing past the tops of unknown tall trees, and then shuttled through the forest.
It doesn't matter if its body occasionally rubs against branches and leaves, it will only scare away a group of three-legged and one-eyed crows.
"Reimu! Reimu! Let's fight!"
"No."
Reimu refused decisively, as she was afraid of someone getting killed. Not herself, but Sanae getting killed accidentally.
I don’t know what would happen if I was beaten to death in Gensokyo. Would I really die, or was it just a dream like in the fantasy?
She didn't want to try.
As the Hakurei shrine maiden who protects Gensokyo, her power is the upper limit of this world in Gensokyo.
The strange power that Sanae obtained from the Bagua furnace may not be so strong.
Reimu stood on the clouds, watching Sanae fooling around in the forest below, venting off her excess energy.
Although she didn't want to discourage her, in Reimu's opinion, Sanae was still quite weak, probably at the level of Momiji Kari.
The big monsters in Gensokyo are not top-notch.
This is a fact. Sanae's power is far inferior to Reimu's. Reimu's Yin-Yang Jade is the law of this fantasy town. But that Bagua furnace is just an ordinary Bagua furnace abandoned in Tsukimine Shrine, which is just blessed.
But Sanae didn't care! She had a blast, jumping up and down, and parading in front of a bunch of monsters.
If she didn't look like a human girl, she would have been slapped in the face if she didn't have the typical look of a girl in Gensokyo who couldn't afford to offend a big boss.
Tomoyo and Sakura were also having a lot of fun.
"This is amazing! It's just like the real thing!"
Sakura sat on her own magic wand, flying freely in the sky. Although she had seen this on TV before, it was just a post-production special effect.
This is the first time I’ve flown in the sky like this!
Of course, Tomoyo was one of them, as was Ling, with angel wings growing on their backs. The three of them strolled in the sea of clouds together.
This is a game, using the five senses immersive access device. Although it is fake, but you can see, hear, and touch it, so what is the difference between it and the real thing?
Except for Lingya, Sakura and Tomoyo were currently lying on their beds in their respective homes, in a half-asleep and half-awake state, so as to minimize the risk of dizziness after logging off.
It turns out that this really works. Waking up from sleep is no different from having a normal dream.
The only difference is that because the cerebral cortex used is different, the game activates the same area that is active when awake, so such "dreams" can be remembered after waking up.
This also means that this is not a substitute for sleep, because the brain is not sleeping.
Or you can develop another mode to let the part of your brain that is used for daily activities rest, and use the part of your brain that is used during sleep to play games.