Sakuya Izayoi's Question

Lin vanished, and Ilson vanished too. All that remained at the scene were broken walls, shattered bricks, ruined tiles, a crowd of onlookers who either knew or did not know what had happened, and my wildly streaming cold sweat.

Ever since the five-man group had charged onto the battlefield with great fanfare, my cold sweat had not stopped.

Viska patted Monina on the shoulder without an ounce of sympathy. "Don't be sad, child. War demands a price. Your brother was a hero."

Monina sighed faintly. "Well, there'll be one less person to cook for from now on."

"I feel like this is the most humiliating destruction of a Wall of Sighs in history." Looking at the blue-white streak on the ground ten meters ahead, still crackling with electrical sparks, I felt complicated emotions. "Ilson's experience proves that if you want to communicate with a child whose intelligence does not exceed five and a half years old, you'd better keep things simple and clear."

Everyone deeply agreed.

Since Vega had led another unit to the crash site to investigate the Star Ring Fragment, the Armored Scorpions before us were commanded by one I did not know very well. Perhaps because she did not usually spend much time around us shameless people, that somewhat taciturn, long-haired Armored Scorpion stared blankly at the devastation around her before deciding that the mission came first. Without a word, she organized the soldiers into formation and prepared to advance into the Inner City District. I heard her summon several Armored Scorpion squad commanders and explain the battle plan: "My plan is to rush in and start chopping..."

The Scorpions answered with a thunderous roar. Everyone wore the natural pre-battle excitement on their faces. Clearly, this was generally how they planned operations whenever they got together.

Raven