CountDown Season of Gold

CountDown ⑥ [Season of Gold]

Preface:

A person's beauty lies not in their appearance, clothes, or hairstyle, but in who they are, in their heart. When someone lacks inner beauty, we often find ourselves repelled by their attractive exterior.

"I often have this strange illusion that time is out of joint, as if something that's already happened is about to happen again."

Staff Sergeant Hitchcock said to Mr. Maquire—

"—I'm only four years younger than the teacher. At first, when the legion commander said this guy would be our pistol instructor, no one was convinced."

Maquire rested his hands on his knees, holding a little notebook. In wartime, spare moments like this were worth their weight in gold.

After Moonshade City fell, Seventh Squad's mission was over for the time being. The squad members seemed to have finally let the tension out of their bows and settled their hearts.

Staff Sergeant Hitchcock found Maquire, wanting to talk about the Gunsmith.

[REMIX] The disruption operation had not only blinded the Immortals Alliance and scrambled Judas's mind, but also shattered some of the legionnaires' will to fight.

Hitchcock was one of them. Veterans of the Fast Knife, like him, and Teacher Bei Chen, who had retired early, had all felt some measure of regret and grief upon hearing of the Gunsmith's death.

"We need heroes now more than ever," Staff Sergeant Hitchcock said. "There was a time when I didn't believe there was any justice or fairness left in this world. When I was a kid, there were three gangs in my neighborhood."

"They fought over and over. What mattered was money and power, and Blessed Holy Blood."

"Whoever was crazier won. Whoever was less human got to control the local Police Department."

"If you wanted to survive, the strong made the