go off fire

Leonard was not surprised that William would say such willful words.He seemed a little out of touch with all the rules—this was evident from the fact that he opened the door of the brig without permission.

So Leonard was sitting across from William Orange 5 minutes later.

"Mr. Pilot, you look tired." William smiled friendly, his green eyes were beautifully curved, and there was a hint of flattery in his expression.

But in the face of people with outstanding appearance, Leonard's heart will no longer be disturbed - if you are used to people like Levi and Christine, then congratulations, almost all the beauties in the world are useless to you.

"Let's talk. Didn't you say that you are willing to tell me everything when you see me?" Leonard folded his arms with an indifferent expression.

"Do you really hope that the one you rescued is His Royal Highness?" William's face collapsed.

"My mission is to search and rescue, and the main target is Levi Lancaster, so yes, I hope that the prince will be rescued, so that my mission will be successfully completed."

William was silent for a moment. "You're right," he said, with an uncontrollable look of dismay. "It would have been a lot better if the prince had been rescued."

"Actually, I really don't know what happened. I was just lucky. When the orbit of the spaceship suddenly changed, I happened to be very close to the rescue capsule." William frowned a little uneasily, and the memory seemed to scare him.

"Then as you know, the spaceship crashed into the rocky area, and the Samael seemed to lose control. In a short period of time, we were hit by asteroids one after another. The spaceship shook so violently that people could hardly stand. Steady, the alarm sounded all of a sudden. Everyone ran to the rescue cabin."

"Well, go on."

"While running to the rescue chamber, I was hit by falling debris and lost consciousness."

"how long?"

"I don't know." William shook his head, "I guess...a few minutes?" He pursed his lips, and then twisted his body uncomfortably.He is very young, the data shows that he is only 23 years old, it is normal that he is not calm enough.

"When I woke up, everyone around me was dead."

"They're all dead?" Leonard repeated.

"Hmm." William's body began to tremble.His pet seemed to sense his master's emotions, and ran out of his hands, jumped onto his shoulders, and rubbed his small head against his face.

"Thank you, Happy." William patted Happy's head gratefully.

Seeing this scene, Leonard became suspicious instead.Emotion is the most difficult part of artificial intelligence to simulate. Even today's most advanced artificial intelligence often gives people a sense of bluntness. However, the behavior of this mechanical squirrel is no different from that of a real creature, which shows that its intelligence level is very high. high.

Is William, who can produce this level of intelligence, really just an ordinary technician?

"I'm much better and can continue now."

"You said you were very close to the rescue cabin, where were you at that time? What were you doing?"

"The warehouse in the middle of the spaceship. The spaceship was flying smoothly at that time, so I was chatting with the uncle in the same group."

"What are you talking about?"

"This..." William showed a embarrassed expression, "I really don't remember, it's just some trivial things."

"Okay, next question, you said you woke up and everyone died? How did they die?"

"I didn't look carefully. The spaceship vibrated very badly at that time, and I just wanted to run into the rescue cabin."

Leonard pondered for a few seconds, then asked again: "Are there any obvious wounds on their bodies?"

"Is there?" William looked up to the ceiling. "It seems that there is a lot of blood. I don't remember clearly. I was very scared at the time and just wanted to run to the rescue cabin."

"What happened after that?"

"I got into the pod, ejected, and after a few minutes, it was kind of like a jerk, and then it was nothing special."

"Do you know anything about Prince Levi?"

William shook his head: "Actually, I almost never have the chance to see the prince. When the accident happened, the prince should be on the bridge, which is far away from the life-saving equipment, so..." He pursed his lips, and the corners of his mouth were drawn into a straight line. Say no more.

"Okay." Leonard pressed the end button of the recording.

William breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body involuntarily leaned against the back of the chair.

"Can I go out for a walk?" William asked Leonard who got up and left, "I don't feel very comfortable here."

"Yes." Summers hesitated, "but only within the designated area."

The starry sky is quiet and quiet. Outside the transparent porthole, one by one light spots are slowly moving away like a group of fireflies. It is the retreating federal fleet. Only the Elite Seventh Squadron will stay here for a day to do the final finishing work.

They were unable to find anything useful except a few fragments, and William Orange was their greatest catch.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant Colonel Leonard's heart was covered with dark clouds, and it was undeniable that Levi had a huge influence on him.Apart from personal factors, the accidental death of the prince is a huge test for the diplomatic relations between the two countries.But now the federal capital has not found the culprit.

"Mr. Pilot, why are you so sad?" The reflection of another person was printed on the porthole, which was William.

"What about you? Why did you regain your composure so quickly?"

"Me?" William put his hands on the railing, standing side by side with Leonard, "I'm probably used to others leaving constantly."

"Did I tell you that I've been alone since I was a child?" William twitched his lips: "You probably don't understand the feeling of having no expectations of others."

Leonard didn't answer, and his eyes fell on William's side face. This face, which should have been young and lively, was covered with a heavy twilight, and his green eyes looked a little sad: "I feel sorry for them, but I'm even more glad that I live down."

"Hey, Leonard," William nudged the lieutenant colonel with his elbow, "I've told you so much, shouldn't you give something back?"

"What do you want to hear?" Leonard loosened unexpectedly.

"You are an elite member of Elite, you must have a long list of honorable deeds, right?"

"What if I told you that 24 hours ago, I was still working for the logistics department?"

William opened his green eyes wide: "Are you kidding me?"

"it is true."

William said in surprise: "It is definitely not something a novice can do to conduct a search and rescue mission in the rocky belt."

"Five years ago, I was also a member of Elite." Leonard said.

William said with emotion: "Your life is really impermanent."

"This sentence is also for you." As if he had seen enough of the starry sky, Leonard left from the porthole. "Tomorrow the spaceship will send you to the handover point with Hillen, rest early."

The night was unexpectedly peaceful, and the next day, Leonard was appointed as William Orange's escort.The small spaceship carrying two people flew out of the battleship Midgard and headed for the battleship Gabriel of the Kingdom of Hillen.

As the distance continued to shorten, the Gabriel gradually came into view.Unlike the Midgard, the Gabriel is a huge battleship, one of the main motherships of the United Kingdom of Helen, and because it is the closest to the crash site of the prince, it temporarily accepted the mission and came to hand over to the Federation.

The moment the spaceship stopped, the harpy on William's shoulder squeaked and swished into the owner's jacket.

"What's wrong with it?" Leonard glanced at his slightly bulging coat pocket.

"Maybe it's a little scared?" William patted the place where Happy was, "It's always been a coward."

"By the way, Mr. Pilot, where is your ring?" William asked suddenly.

"What ring?" Leonard stopped disarming the safety device when he heard him ask.

"The one you held in your hand that day in the brig. Isn't it your engagement ring?" William pointed to his ring finger.

"No. It's just a relic of a friend." Leonard unbuckled his seat belt and urged: "Don't ask about these things, get down quickly."

Whether it was as an Elite member or as the section chief of the logistics department, Leonard had very little formal contact with the Hellen Kingdom.Levi is probably his only crossover with the country.

He and the military officers who came to greet each other saluted each other, accepted the inspection, and then handed in the documents. Everything went very smoothly.

Although the prince encountered a spaceship crash on the way back from the federation, since the crashed area was not within the federation's star field, even if he had doubts, he couldn't raise it lightly. very calm.

Leonard was invited to rest for the night before returning, while William was restrained as the only witness.But now, neither of these two is in the room where they should be.

Gabriel's γ shift time, calculated according to the battleship's timetable, should be 3:[-] midnight now, three quarters of the crew have gone to sleep, and the remaining quarter of the crew, together with the ship's artificial intelligence, The working state of the battleship was maintained, and the corridor was empty, except for the robots on regular patrols, there was no one to be seen.

But at this time, there was a person walking in the empty passage like a stroll in the garden.

The Gabriel is known as the Fortress in the Sky, and its huge size means it is complicated. It is said that even the crew members who have lived for several years will easily lose their way if they walk around without navigation. However, this young man seems to be Knowing the structure of the whole ship by heart, turn left, turn right, then turn left twice, take the elevator down.

He perfectly avoided the patrolling robots, and all the gates were useless in front of him. After 10 minutes, the young man walked to the parking area of ​​the small spaceship, and walked quickly towards the spaceship he was on when he came.When he was about to walk in front of the spaceship, a small black figure popped out of him, and the next second, the round hatch slowly opened in front of him.

He raised his leg and was about to walk onto the spaceship along the descending steps.A gun was held in the back of his head.

William threw up his hands.The green glass bead-like eyes rolled, and there was no fear on the face, but a strange smile: "Where did I show my flaws?"

"One: Why did the silencer's mecha take back a technician? Two, I was about to run out of energy at that time, and I couldn't even maintain the armor, but that mecha was still smashed by me. Three, you care too much about the ring .” Leonard’s deep voice had the cold texture of metal, and his hand holding the gun was extremely steady: “Your performance is really realistic, I almost believed it.”

"As expected of an elite, I thought that your judgment would be affected to some extent after Levi's death, but I didn't expect you to be more powerful than I imagined." William turned around, still with a harmless face, but from the inside The atmosphere outside has completely changed.

"No, you overestimated Levi's influence on me."

"Even so, you still want to avenge him? Leonard, you are such an interesting person."

"Speaking of interesting people, I'm afraid I'm not as good as you. William, no, Halimurd." The barrel of the laser gun was pressed against the forehead of the blond young man, but the young man who was pointed at by the gun raised his eyebrows indifferently.

Halimed, the ninth moon of Neptune.

The high-level members of the Silencers are all named after the satellites of Neptune. According to William's age and the use of super artificial intelligence as a weapon, it is not difficult to guess his ranking.I'm afraid he used Harpy to control the Samael, and then detonated the engine of the spaceship, causing this appalling accident.

"It turns out that you even know my name. Then there's no need to be hypocritical." Harry Mud raised his eyes and sighed softly: "Leonard, I like you very much, so I don't want to kill you!" you."

Leonard pressed his finger on the firing button and snorted coldly: "It's not you who is holding the gun in your hand now."

"Really? You don't really think that I just went to play around on the Midgard, do you?"

The blond young man stretched out his hand and held Leonard's wrist, but he didn't use much force. The other pointed to his forehead: "You can shoot here, Leonard. Of course I will die. But, " the corner of the young man's mouth raised , "Once I die, the team you belong to will immediately suffer the same fate as Levi."

Leonard stared at Harry Mood, and hesitated when he pressed the firing finger.

Luna, Scott, Nicholas, Thomas, and even the technicians who maintained the mecha for him, the faces of these people quickly passed before his eyes.

These are his players, and they are still alive.

Steve, James, Laura, Frey, Robert, Lena, these are his former team members, they are all dead.