Chapter 116 The Pigeon Returns
The lightsaber penetrated the super beast’s skull.
No steps were omitted, the battle really ended so abruptly. If it were placed in the story, it would make people wonder whether the episode was too long and could not be arranged in time, so it was the same as saving money. Even Gaia herself was very happy.
It was an accident.
There was no temptation or struggle, it was simply unexpected.
In any case, the battle ended too easily. When Gaia raised her lightsaber and stabbed the Super Beast with her sword, the Super Beast did not resist or even dodge.
Ling didn't know whether it was because of the trauma in the previous battle with Ace that made her lose her ability to resist.
But she is more willing to believe that the reason why the super beast did not resist was because of Bai Xue himself.
The super beast created by the Abo people using Shirayuki's body as its material. If there is any part of the body that has nothing to do with the former Shirayuki, it is the brain.
Bai Xue's brain has been physically removed by the Yabo people, and a chip for controlling super beasts has been implanted. Only that is a completely foreign object.
Although it was very unreasonable, Bai Xue's body refused the order to implant the chip at that moment. It was as if at the end of the battle, it got rid of the control of the super beast.
Whether it is from a technical or theoretical point of view, it is unreasonable. But sometimes, in some cases, the ‘reason’ does not apply all the time.
Gaia's lightsaber destroyed the Yabo people's chips and lost the control of the center. The super beast screamed and fell to the ground without making any sound.
Its eyes are closed and will never be opened again.
I won, but it didn’t make people feel good. The midnight in late autumn in October was chilly, quiet and profound.
The two giants disappeared on the battlefield. After a long time, the quiet Qingshui Town gradually began to hear sounds. It was the residents who had gone to take refuge before and returned from the shelter after receiving the notice that the alarm was lifted.
Large tracts of farms and farmsteads have become ruins, and more have simply become ruins. The fire has been extinguished, and the original appearance cannot be distinguished under the ruins. The land where generations have lived has become like this in just a few hours.
Strange. Nothing is gone, the farm is gone, the home is gone.
The only good thing is that people are still alive.
"The specific disaster situation is still being calculated, but so far no reports of casualties have been received. Thanks to the TAC team, the early warning was very timely, allowing the villagers to evacuate in advance."
The person in charge of Captain Long's conversation is the person in charge of the Public Security Bureau. They will take over the next step of disaster relief and reconstruction work. The next step has nothing to do with the TAC team.
The fact that there are no casualties is indeed the best news. This can be said to be the credit of the early warning radar position.
With three radar stations in Tokyo as the hub, the entire network covers all directions. In order to ensure the normal operation of the entire radar network, it was not in vain to go to war with the super beast Unitongo a few months ago.
At that time, the super beast Unitango pretended to be ten Daito Girls' School bicycle team members who died in a landslide, and successively attacked the radar base station arranged by TAC. In that battle, Beidou went deep into the tiger's den, and Gaia also came to help, and in one fell swoop
The conspiracy of the Yabo people was shattered, thus allowing the full coverage of the radar network to be realized.
Up to now, whenever the Yapo people prepare to release super beasts, dimensional fluctuations will be discovered by TAC in advance. Although it is only more than ten minutes in advance, the more than ten minutes of early warning and evacuation are extremely precious and enough to save many lives.
Under the aura of Ace and Gaia, tac never gave up his efforts.
Heaven will save those who save themselves, God will help those who help themselves, and God will abandon those who abandon themselves - this is an eternal truth.
In a dilapidated natural disaster scene, a little girl standing alone would not attract anyone's attention.
There were dead animals everywhere, including chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep. The villagers who took refuge could not take them away, and they were not spared in the hurricane caused by the super beast. She squatted down, and there was a dead white pigeon lying in the mud.
corpse.
Different from the bloody animals around it that had been smashed and thrown, the body of the white pigeon was still intact. Except for a small hole as thick as a chopstick on the head, there were no other signs of trauma.
Lying quietly, as if falling asleep.
No one cares about a pigeon in the mud of the wasteland. It is the same as other animals around it. It is a victim of the Yabo people's conspiracy. There is no difference.
Ling also took out a handkerchief from the pocket of her skirt and covered the pigeon's body.
"Do you want to bring it to Miss Aki?"
Beidou Xingji watched the girl holding up Shiratose's body. He was not sure which one was easier to accept for Mikage Aki: the silence of Shirayuki or the clear news of his death.
Ling also doesn’t know.
In the distance, various disaster relief vehicles were arriving one after another, disturbing the tranquility of the night. The frontline headquarters of the Public Security Bureau dispatched relief supplies from surrounding places such as Ikeda, Memuro, Shihoro, etc., and more supplies were still being shipped from big cities such as Sapporo and Furano.
Raise money and bring it.
The disaster response tents were set up one by one to give the affected people a place to rest temporarily, and the crowd gradually became noisy.
Aki learned about the attack by super beasts in Qingshui Town early the next morning. The NHK morning news on the radio reported the latest developments.
The Super Beast attacked Qingmizu Town, and the affected area was about 17 square kilometers, with large-scale damage to farmland crops. More than 120 houses collapsed, and 7 affected farms, including the most serious 3 farms were completely destroyed. Livestock losses are temporarily unknown.
Statistics.
In terms of personnel, it was reported that one person was missing while taking refuge, but has not yet been found. In addition, there are no reports of other casualties.
Aki didn't expect that after Bai Xue disappeared, her home would also be attacked by super beasts. She ran away from home in anger, but after hearing the news, she suddenly felt at a loss.
"The news said that there were no reports of casualties. I think your family must be fine."
Baxuan comforted him. He adjusted the channel on the radio to see if there were any other channels with more detailed reports. However, after a few rounds, there were only advertisements and music, and he did not find the content he wanted.
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"Yeah." Aki agreed casually.
If the news hadn't clearly reported that she was safe, she would have been crazy anxious and wouldn't be able to sit on the sofa in the living room like she is now.
But even if everyone is safe and sound, the farm is still the hard work of parents, grandparents, and other generations. I don’t know how they are doing now.
The letter was finally written last night. Strangely enough, when Bai Xue was still there, he always felt that he could send the letter back at any time and contact his family at any time. It took him a month to write it. Every time the words came
The tip of the pen slipped away, and nothing could be written, whether it was a report of safety, a complaint, or an apology.
But Bai Xue was gone, and the words in my heart naturally flowed onto the paper. There was a thick stack, and a lot of long-winded words were written.
It’s just that there are no carrier pigeons to send letters.
Of course she has thought about going back to see her parents and grandparents. During the month she ran away from home, she didn't know if her departure would make her family sad. She has no brothers or sisters and is the only daughter in the family.
.I don’t know if they are still in good health.
However, she really doesn’t want to inherit the family farm and spend every day in her life the same as yesterday. She works hard every day and gets only food to satisfy her hunger, without seeing the slightest bit of the outside world.
Change.
Three years ago, her great-grandmother passed away.
This is not sad news, because the 114-year-old man is always happy and sad wherever he goes.
My great-grandmother was born in 1855, the year of the Edo earthquake, which was also the third year after the Kurofune Incident. Of course, the earthquake in Edo (now Tokyo) had nothing to do with the birth of a baby girl from a farm family in Hokkaido. At that time, the place was not called Shimizu.
Town, even the predecessor Qingshui Village is not there yet, it is still part of Shari Village.
In the Black Ship Incident, the door of the country was knocked open by the American fleet, and the Tokugawa shogunate was on the verge of collapse. More than ten years later, the shogunate collapsed and entered the Meiji era. The vigorous Meiji Restoration began, and then experienced the revelry of Taisho and the war-filled period.
Dark Showa.
Aki didn't know whether her great-grandmother's 114 years of life, during which she experienced wonderful eras in history books, had left the slightest trace in her life. When she was young, Okita Souji was still active in the Shinsengumi.
The Shinsengumi and the anti-barbarian patriots are making history with blood and tears, and have been remade into various scripts countless times by future generations.
Today's girls are all romantic and wonderful. In the recent rise of girls' literature, there are many articles and poems about dreaming back to Edo published in newspapers and magazines. But these probably have nothing to do with my great-grandmother.
For 114 years, I just repeatedly grew up in this remote mountain valley, got married, had children, and then had grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Life remained the same, except that I got older day by day.
changes.
Aki shudders when he thinks that this is his future self.
She wanted to leave such a poor ravine, the hermit mentioned by Natsume Soseki, the poems and paintings, spring and skylarks, but she could not feel such beauty. She had seen too many spring fields and skylarks.
She is neither a poet nor a painter, she just wants to see the outside world, a world that is changing with each passing day. She wants to live in a place that can change with the changes of the times.
It is very difficult to live in a big city like Tokyo. Isn't this kind of thing allowed?
"Aki, let me deliver the letter for you."
After adjusting all the channels on the radio from front to back and failing to find what he wanted, Baxuan suddenly said.
"Will you deliver it for me?"
"Yes, that letter you wrote, since Shirayuki is no longer here, I will deliver it for you. Send it to Hokkaido. In fact, Tokyo is not far from Hokkaido. You can get there on the same day by taking a plane. The eldest lady and I are asking for leave.
, I can come back tomorrow. You see, Bai Xue can fly, and so can I."
Baxuan knows that Aki wants to live in Tokyo. As long as he wants, he doesn't have to think about sweet words to make the girl stay and stay with him.
But he, Hachigen Yonggo, cannot do such a thing. He hopes that Aki will consider everything and make a new choice after resolving the misunderstanding with his family, instead of running away from home to stay here.
He has done something wrong and has not returned home for so many years. So Aki cannot be like him.
"You give me the letter, and I will go to Qingshui today. Just like Bai Xue, I will secretly stuff the letter into the crack of your door. Then secretly ask about the situation at your home, your parents, your grandparents, and how they are doing.
, I’ll come back and tell you tomorrow.”
Aki smiled, and she rolled her eyes at Baxuan.
"There is no one like you. You talk like a thief."
She suddenly felt relaxed, and the gloominess of the past few days seemed to have dissipated a little.
"Hey, Yongwu, can you go home with me? Let's meet my parents together."
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