Endless Silver Machine

Lan Ming stayed in the royal capital to continue discussing future plans with the king, while Aika and the two girls were sent by a rickety airship to the war-torn frontline battlefield located on the desolate border.

The frontline battlefields are full of sights that Aika has never seen since he was born. The place is filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the smoke and dust in the air will make the eyes overflow with tears unconsciously. And the soldiers of the Kingdom who have committed their lives here are each with a fortitude that makes Aika awe-inspiring.

——The organization of our army is the same as that of the Bis Empire. Soldiers and magicians are two different troops. If you want to investigate the mimicry magic equipment, you have to communicate with the magician troops. Basically, they are the only ones who can use that kind of weapon. Soldiers believe more in the power of guns.

This is what the officer told Aika before setting off.

While waiting in the airship to arrive at the battlefield, Aika considered what kind of action he should take. But to be honest, if it was just pure combat, he would be considered good at it, but when it came to detailed planning of investigation missions, he could only "take it one step at a time".

Aika, who knew nothing about the army or war, didn't know exactly how to act. Thinking about such things made him even more tired.

"I'm sorry, we don't have a place to entertain guests here, we only have this kind of place for you to stay."

"You don't have to think of us as guests, now I can be considered a soldier here."

Aika didn't mind that the chief could free up a simple shed made of wooden boards for Aika and the two girls to use. Instead, she wanted to thank the chief for being able to temporarily build this kind of accommodation. Originally, Aika thought that after arriving here, he would want other soldiers to sleep together.

"Two ladies..."

Officers who have been on the front lines for a long time probably rarely see girls dressed up so fresh and refined here. On the surface, Wei Xi and Hitomi do not look like they are here to fight, but they are girls from another world who accidentally got lost on the frontline battlefield.

Probably for the sake of the two of them, Aika was assigned an extremely luxurious shed on the frontline battlefield.

"They can just follow me."

"Although the people above told me that you can be allowed to move freely, I still request you on a personal basis. If you are able, please contribute to this war."

"Of course."

This is what Aika answered, sir.

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In the shed made of wooden planks, Aika put the minimum luggage he had brought with him off his shoulders.

"Are you really going to fight for them?"

Hitomi watched Aika's movements and asked softly.

"Don't you already know the answer?"

Hitomi stared at Aika closely, as if she wouldn't give up until she heard Aika admit it herself.

"Of course I won't go."

Aika said it was natural to break the contract and be ruthless.

He sat down on the horizontal wooden board, and a wave of heat surged up in his weak legs as he relaxed.

"My enemy is neither the Tebiri Kingdom nor the Bisi Empire. There is no reason to risk my life to fight them. It is enough for me to complete what I have to do."

Wei Xi pursed her lips as if she wanted to say something. But looking at Hitomi and Aika, they seemed to have the same thoughts, only she was different, so she didn't say anything in the end.

Wei Xi thinks that Aika's current thinking is wrong. It is impossible for her favorite brother Aika to watch so many people die because of the war and remain indifferent.

Perhaps because I was in the position of guarding from behind, I said that when I see others in trouble, I should lend a hand to help. The people who really stand on the front line at the risk of being injured or even losing their lives at any time are Aika and Hitomi.

Does your idealism seem too naive and childish in their eyes?

"Now that they seem to have a truce for the time being, let's take advantage of this period to find out clues about the mimicry magic equipment from the magician troops as soon as possible." Aika didn't seem to notice Wei Xi's inner entanglement, "Although I I don’t know what specific information I need to investigate to be useful, but I’ll write down everything I can ask for first.”

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The magician army is different from the soldier army. The atmosphere in the army is not that chilling, but the air spreading here is undoubtedly heavier and more depressing than usual.

Although they introduced the Mimic Magic Equipment to greatly increase their combat power, the side effects of the Mimic Magic Equipment also brought an invisible psychological shadow to them.

Because both the Bisi Empire and the Tebiri Kingdom were stationary during this period, Aika was able to meet with the leader of the magician army through the privileges given to him by his superior. He only knew that the mimicry magic equipment was purchased from an arms supplier, and he did not know much about the information above it. The information that Aika could obtain was only to this extent.

Arms suppliers and the kingdom's army are organizations that have basically nothing in common except trade. Every time this thread passes through, there will be a huge gap.

The "Chamber of Commerce" of the smuggling group does not only exist in the Protoss, there are also their organizations in the Kingdom of Tebiri. The headquarters of the "Workshop" should be within the Bisi Empire, and humans account for the vast majority of the entire link.

If conditions permit, an instrument can be created to track the data flow emitted by the Mimicry Magic Equipment. Aika has tried to contact Professor Cocona many times after entering the Kingdom of Tebiri, but there has been no response from Professor Cocona.

"Brother Aika, do you know anything?"

"If you just ask like this, you won't be able to find out anything at all. Even if you can really follow the clues based on this bit of information, you don't know when you will be able to see the shadow of Luoluo in this information."

After sorting out the confusing thoughts, the "workshop" represented by Miche and Komachi manufactured the mimicry magic costume and sold it to all over the world through various business groups that seemed to have nothing in common. The people who benefited from it included the Nemesis Society. . Having said that, it is indeed necessary to find a manufacturing factory somewhere in the Bisi Empire to truly end the disgusting cycle of mimicry magic equipment.

In less than a day, Aika gave up the idea of ​​looking for clues in the kingdom's army.

Now that Hitomi is not with Aika, she went back first.

——I'll be watching you over there.

Perhaps because Hitomi was still unable to stay in this world for too long in a short period of time, she returned to the spiritual world early.

Now only Wei Xi can stay with Aika as a family member.

She looked at Aika's side face with some worry, because Aika looked a little anxious after running around for a day but still not getting what she wanted.

"Because we are one step closer to Luoluo, is that why Brother Aika is so anxious..."

She was a little afraid that this statement would anger Aika. Perhaps Luoluo's name should not be mentioned in front of Aika now, but Wei Xi believes that this is what Aika's family must tell him clearly.

Aika looked at Wei Xi with somewhat tired eyes, and opened her mouth slightly as if she really wanted to say something to Wei Xi. But after all, he could not direct his futile anger towards Wei Xi.

"Can you pretend you didn't see me like this and leave me alone for a while?"

Aika begged Wei Xi as if she didn't even have the energy to argue, which made Wei Xi frown.

"Can't."

Wei Xi was very insistent today. She had never been so disobedient as she was today. But Aika didn't have any thoughts of blaming her, because his brain was not so confused that he couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong.

Wei Xi suddenly opened her arms and hugged Aika, which caught Aika off guard.

"I also really hope that Luo Luo can come back. Luo Luo is the sister of brother Aika, and she is also my sister... But blindly pursuing the shortest shortcut is not enough. All efforts exist to achieve the goal. , there will definitely be more detours in this process... If Brother Aika is very tired, I am by your side, and Hitomi is by your side... There are so many people around you who are waiting for Luo Luo comes back...Sister Ling can become Brother Aika's support when Luo Luo is away, then I can also have such qualifications, right?"

"Wei Xi...do you already know?"

"Even I can see it..." She stroked Aika's hair like a sister, smoothing away his anxiety. "We are all brother Aika's family, just like Sister Ling, me, and Hitomi...we can no longer live without Brother Aika, so Lolo will definitely not be able to leave Brother Aika. We will definitely take Lolo home, not in a long, long time. It's the moment that will come soon... So, until then, as long as Brother Aika remembers his current mood... But he can't regret the useless work he is doing now! Until then, just have this feeling of not regretting If you feel like it, go and hold Luoluo’s hand..."

Every time, Aika took the initiative to stroke Wei Xi's head. This was the first time she snuggled into Wei Xi's warm chest like this. His small chest was filled with love, which gradually diluted his anxiety. Listening to Wei Xi's sweet tones that sounded like she was dreaming, her consciousness gradually melted into pure white that blended with the snow-colored goblin.

Suddenly, the siren blared.

"The time has come, brother Aika."

Wei Xi let go of Aika.

The person who is reluctant to leave may not be Aika, but Wei Xi who is looking at him with moist eyes.

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The Bisi Empire invested extremely large-scale magical machinery into this battlefield, which was a nightmare that no war weapon could compare to so far.

The situation on the battlefield not far away has turned to one side. Even with the crazy use of the ability of the Mimicry Magic Equipment, the Kingdom's army was still close to being annihilated.

Aika, who arrived later, also recognized the Iron Demon standing in the center of the battlefield from the image projected on the screen.

"I'll be there."

Aika has a mysterious hatred for the Iron Demon. Whether it's to find Lolo or to save the kingdom's army, Aika has a reason to go to the battlefield.

Wei Xi behind him smiled. The anxious Aika not long ago was a little different from the brother Aika she liked. At this time, he was the brother Aika who always supported her heart.

——We will use an airship to send you to the sky above the scene. The ground troops will buy you time to get close to the machine. You are the hope of the Tebiri Kingdom!

That's what the commander said. Although he didn't know that Aika didn't care whether he became the so-called "hope of the Tebiri Kingdom", the shouts of the resolute warriors still made the boy's blood surge in his body.

Board the airship, close the hatch, and the airship speeds away at full power.

In a short time, they will arrive at the center of the battlefield where the steel demon is raging.

"Brother Aika, do you want to rest for a while..."

Wei Xi, who was sitting in the back seat, opened her hands to Aika.

It was a continuation of the moment that had just been interrupted by the sudden sound of the siren, like a dream.

"please."

There was no one here to disturb the two of them, and the airship pilot was tense as he was wary of possible ambush around him.

Aika sat down next to Wei Xi.

With his head resting on his warm, soft legs, his consciousness immediately merged into the pure white.

Vaguely, I seemed to hear Wei Xi whispering like she was dreaming.

"After this war is over, it would be great if we could become partners..."

Aika didn't even know whether this sentence was Wei Xi's wish to spill the beans or her own auditory hallucination. As her consciousness merged into pure white, she gradually became unable to hear Wei Xi's next words.