The trail of the sky The light belongs to you

After bidding farewell to Tita, who was called away by the director, the three came to the Guerrilla Association to explain the situation to its leader, Wu Xiang, and then came to the Chase workshop to find the director of the Madoc workshop.

"This is the workshop chief's room." Onasa walked to a room on the second floor and knocked lightly on the door, "Hi, Mr. Workshop Chief, excuse me."

"Yo, I'm waiting for you." The head of the workshop was sitting at the table, and there were documents and papers on the table.

"Hi, it's the first time meeting you, Mr. Kobosho."

"Come to bother you in your busy schedule."

"Hey~ Sister Estier, Brother Joshua, Sister Onasa, hello." A small golden figure walked over from the corner of the room.

"Tita... you're here too..."

"Ah... yes, the workshop chief uncle asked me to come here, because sister, you are looking for grandpa."

"Well, yes, I am sorry to trouble you, Mr. Kobobo."

"Where is it, don't be so polite, because we have always been taken care of by the Guerrilla Association... especially Mr. Cassius."

"Hey!? Do you know our dad too?"

"Haha, it's more than just acquaintance. Mr. Cassius is still my great benefactor. Guidance technology always brings a lot of troubles. When it is difficult to deal with it, we will contact the Lorient branch and ask him to come and help."

"Yes, that's it..."

"No wonder my father often travels on business..."

"Then, please take a look at this." Estier took out a black machine from her backpack and placed it in front of the workshop manager.

"Oh?"

"Wow...a strange color..."

Maddock picked up the force guide and flipped it up and down, looking left and right, showing a confused expression, "There is no serial number..."

"The serial number refers to the production serial number on the casing of the force guide."

"Hey...do you have this thing?"

"Estier, you can take out your tactical force guide," Onasa explained while taking out her own force guide, stroking the string of letters engraved on the bottom, "there are also Number."

"Ah, there really are..."

"Hey... haven't you noticed it before?"

"I-I want you to be wordy~" Estelle pouted dissatisfiedly, "But is it so strange not to have a serial number?"

"Yes, yes..." Tita was squatting down, carefully observing the surface of the force guide, "Even if it is a trial product, it is basic common sense for force guide workers to engrave the serial number..."

"That is to say, there may be some hidden purpose behind this thing." Onasa narrowed her blue eyes slightly, staring at this mysterious object, "Is it necessary to investigate the inside?"

"Ah... That's right, but I can't seem to find a place to open it. Although it can be cut directly, it is for Mr. Cassius after all. It is a bit unreasonable to destroy it at will..."

"So, do you really want to go to Dr. Russell? Maybe the doctor can figure out its internal structure."

"That Dr. Russell...what kind of person is it?"

"It's the celebrity who brought the force-guiding technology into Libel. The inventor of the force-guiding device is a doctor named Epstein, and Dr. Russell is one of his direct disciples," Onasa said. , walked to Tida and gently stroked the girl's soft blond hair, "Tita, as his granddaughter, is also very smart, and she is very proficient in guiding power at a young age."

"Hey, hey... I, I'm just a novice..."

"However... a genius is indeed a genius...but once the heart of research is ignited, various things will often occur," Madoc closed his eyes, looked up into the distance, his face suddenly flickered , as if thinking of some catastrophe, "That's right... when the guiding airship was first developed... Phew..."

"...Uh, why do you seem to be looking into the distance?"

"Umm, I'm sorry... Uncle Workshop Manager... Grandpa keeps giving you trouble..."

"No, cough, I'm sorry, anyway, if it's a doctor, I think he should be able to help you find out the true face of this black power guide. Then, Tita will leave it to you."

"Yeah, okay~" The girl jumped slightly, and put the power guide device into her backpack, "Then brothers and sisters, please go for me, my home is in the southwest."

Russell Workshop is a building that combines a residence and a studio. Walking into the second floor of the workshop laboratory, everyone saw the old man who was busy in front of the test bench.

The hair that is hollow and parted on both sides creates a strange hairstyle with personality. The old man has a pair of studies on his nose, and he is focusing on repeating a certain action against a pile of parts on the workbench.

"Grandpa, I'm back." Tita walked to the workbench, but...Dr. Russell suddenly made a sound that didn't belong to the human world.

"Woooooooo..."

The doctor's body began to swing back and forth continuously as the range of motion accelerated...

"Here it is, and then..."

"Woooooooh..."

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

"...Ah~" Tida looked at Grandpa like this, her big blue eyes showed a look of panic but she was used to it.

"Ah, is that this one?" Estelle didn't seem to realize the strangeness of the doctor, and walked up to greet him generously, "Well, it's the first time we meet, I'm Estelle Bright, a quasi-guerrilla from the Guerrilla Association ...We have something to talk to you about..."

Russell didn't notice the arrival of others at all, and the way he was working hard just made people feel that he was getting deeper and deeper into his work...

"...Talk?" Estelle finally sensed something was wrong, suppressed her smile, and slowly spit out the two words.

"It's done, it's done!!!!

Russell suddenly lifted the tools in both hands into the air, and his body stepped back suddenly, pushing the chair back a certain distance, and excited shouts echoed throughout the room.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

"Great! It's finally finished! As expected of me, I'm so good! Hurry up, let's test it...!"

With a bang, the chair fell to the ground, and the old man rushed down with lightning speed, knocking Estier who hadn't reacted yet...

"What, what...!"

"Yes, I'm sorry, Elder Sister Estier." Tida looked in the direction of the stairs in panic, and closed her eyes in embarrassment, "Grandpa will act like no one else when he enters the research state. The device that he started to manufacture a few days ago is finally completed. That's why grandpa was so excited just now..."

"So that's how it is... really worthy of being a genius who forgets me."

"Ahhh...it doesn't seem to be the problem, does it?"

"Really, I'm sorry..."

Walking to the first floor, Russell was fiddling with a bunch of complicated instruments, apparently still unaware of the person beside him...

"Grandpa... Let me tell you," Tita walked to him, tugged at his sleeve, and finally made him notice her, "Uh, um... my sister has something to ask for you..."

"Huh...?" Russell looked at his granddaughter, his eyes sparkled behind the lens, "Oh, Tita! Just right! Quick, come and help me collect information."

"Ah? But, that..." Tita glanced at the three people behind.

"The invention this time is a force guide that disables the life sensor. It can generate a special guide force field to prevent the normal operation of the scan."

"T-True!" Tita turned her head, took a few steps forward, looked at the new invention, her big eyes flickered, and her curious eyes took in everything.

"Of course it is true. This is a genuine new invention. Come and help me start the test."

"Ok!"

So... just like that, the two selfless geniuses completely fell into the guide world, and the three behind them were already close to petrification, and they were almost blown away by a gust of wind...

not good -

not good -

very bad--

As far as Onasa knows about the Doctor...what's going to happen next...

Onasa moved her steps little by little, gradually backed up, and then moved to the right, successfully hiding behind the two people in front of her. Facts have proved that fortunately, she took timely measures.

"Hey, that black-haired one!"

"Hey, are you calling me?"

"Who else but you? Go to the bookshelf on the second floor and bring me the note about the repulsion value of the guide field!"

"Okay... Got it!"

"Wait, wait a minute, Joshua..."

"By the way, there is also the one with antennae-like hair..."

"Pfft..." Onasa, who was hiding behind Estier, almost couldn't help laughing—the doctor's imagination is really rich, and he is indeed a great inventor.

"Tenta, tentacles..." Estier put on a dissatisfied face, and turned to Russell angrily with his hands on his hips, "You, you, what are you talking about!"

"Go and make me a cup of coffee...!"

"W-Why do you want me to go!?"

"By the way, I like black coffee. It should be as strong as mud."

"I don't listen to others at all..." Estier lowered her head helplessly as if she had given up completely, "Oh, really, I got it..."

Estelle also went downstairs... Then, Onasa found that she couldn't find the barrier...

"Ugh……"

After a long sigh, Onasa planned to take the initiative and strode behind the doctor.

"Dr. Russell..." She poked the old man's back lightly, calling out in a low voice...

"Dr. Russell? Doctor? Doctor?" The voice raised little by little, but she found that it didn't work at all... Onasa took a deep breath, and patted the doctor's shoulder with all her strength , "Doctor!!!"

"Hey...ah? What?"

Russell was taken aback, and hurriedly looked around until he saw the girl standing behind with her arms folded, "Oh? Oh Nasha, long time no see..."

"..." Onasa sighed, covering her forehead with her right hand, she didn't know what to say anymore.

"Huh?" Tita also came to her senses, and looked around the room for the other two, "Where are sister Estier and the others?"

"Who, ah... just now there are two young assistants I haven't seen before..."

"Grandpa, grandpa..."

"I can't help it..."

After helping with the experiment, it was already evening, and Dr. Russell expressed his apology for accidentally treating the two of them as employees, and at the same time took the black force guide from Tita.Even with a working knife to scratch the surface vigorously, it did not leave any scars, and the appearance of the force guide was extremely strong.Therefore, everyone decided to use the measurement device just now to measure the guided force wave in real time.

After dinner, the five gathered in the laboratory, nervously waiting for the start of the measurement.

"Cough... the stomach is full, let's get ready to start. Then, Estelle, put that on the stage."

"Well, um..."

"Tita, are you ready?"

"Well, it went well."

"Then the next step..."Black force guide" guide wave measurement experiment starts now!"

"'Black Power Guide'?"

"I see...it's such a concise and clear name."

"Simple is best."

"Okay, I'm so excited..." Tita clenched her fists in front of her chest, her face was red, and she stared nervously at the instrument watch.

"Tita, activate the device." "Yes!"

"The output is fixed at 45%, and various detectors are on standby."

"Understood," Tida turned on the instruments one by one, and saw the lights on the instruments light up one by one, "All kinds of measuring instruments are ready."

"So, let's start...press the button."

The experimental device shines green light on the black force guide.

"That's right, Tita, is there any response from the detector?"

"Well, it's a little... strange..." Tita frowned slightly, looking at the various dashboards suspiciously, "The pointer of the tachometer is shaking... huh? It started to go back and forth!?"

"what!"

"……not good……!"

The normal green light of the instrument suddenly disappeared, replaced by a strange black light emitted from the black force guide itself, distorting the surrounding air...

"Joshua, this is...!?"

"The black light at that time...!"

The force guide began to release a black ring pulse to the outside, and the pulse gradually expanded outward, and all the force guides stopped working wherever it touched.

In the urban area of ​​Chase outside the Russell workshop, the originally brightly lit places became pitch black—from residential buildings, streets, to the central workshop, all the lights were extinguished.

Residents began to run into the streets in a panic, eagerly discussing the wide-ranging reasons why the channeling had ceased...

"Grandpa, grandpa... can't continue!"

"No, we can't stop yet!" Russell put his hands on the dashboard and gritted his teeth, "It's almost time to get the data..."

"No, it's not good!" Estelle rushed in hastily, "The lights in the town are all off!"

Onasa narrowed her eyes slightly, and it was definitely not easy to cause such a large-scale cessation of guiding force——

"Doctor..." Onasa looked at Russell, "Stop it, there is no other way."

"Okay, okay..."

Russell stopped the operation of the device, the black light disappeared, and the recorder failed to record anything. However, Joshua came back to report that the other force guides in the city had recovered...

Just when everyone was feeling regretful and puzzled, a trembling voice suddenly came from the door: Doctor~shi~ah~

Madoc walked in with a panicked expression on his face, and the cold sweat on his forehead proved that he had just experienced a nightmare.

"Oh, Madoc, what a coincidence you came!"

"It's no coincidence!" Madoc slapped the instrument angrily. "It's been more than one time. Whenever there is a new invention, it will cause a commotion. The interruption of the lighting just now is also a good thing you did!"

"It's really rude, this commotion has nothing to do with me, it's a good thing done by the force guide over there."

"So that's the case... that's acceptable," Madoc closed his eyes, and pondered for a while, "No, that's not right! No matter how you say this matter, you still have nothing to do with it!"

"Tch, have you been discovered..."

The four people standing aside watched Madoc's face turning red and turning pale, and Russell's smooth and nonchalant response, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"It feels like the two hit it off by accident."

"Have they always been like this?"

"Ah... I'm so sorry..."

That night, since it was already late at night, the three of them spent the night in Russell's workshop.Early the next morning, the doctor rushed to the central workshop to continue the experiment, but yesterday's phenomenon happened again, because there was no chain effect of other force guides within the range, so the stop of the force guide only affected the cutting machine.

Cutting with the help of guiding force is not feasible, so the doctor thought of using the most primitive fuel to conduct experiments, and it also proved that it can indeed cause wear to the shell, but it requires a lot of patience...

At the same time, while Russell was busy exploring the mysteries of the mysterious force guider, Tita and Estier accepted the commission to go to Almo Village to repair the water pump, and temporarily left Chase City...

And Onasa went to the association to ask Wuxiang about Agathe's situation, but only got a negative answer-Agathe had not been to the association.

But, he's definitely right in the Chase area.

Thinking of that person—no, not that person, it was Levi's eyes full of deep light, Onasa still felt her heart move unconsciously.

For some reason, I actually hope to see him again soon...

So, is it the silver-haired young man who has taken off his heavy armor, or the red captain who is cynical and half-smiling...

On the way to Yarmo Village, Onasa silently looked at the three people talking and laughing in front of her, a warm current rose in her heart, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, outlining a beautiful arc.

As long as she followed the black guide, she might get more clues about the men in black. Rushing for success would only burden her heart.

It doesn't matter, she began to believe that she was getting closer and closer to the truth, to the real Levi.