age is not a problem

"Brenda should belong to the kind of... abstinent person. She doesn't talk much, has a cold temper, and is very self-disciplined. She gets up at dawn every morning and runs five kilometers in the morning, regardless of whether she is in the army. Whether there is any training arranged that day, this is her unshakeable habit. In order to get close to her, I went for a morning jog with her every morning. At first she ignored me at all, thinking that I was just being childish, or later Every day I miss the warm bed before dawn... But I persisted, and that was the first time I saw the affirming gaze in her eyes. Later, this habit has been retained by me... Ah, of course After becoming Kiyomi Asakawa, I still feel that it is more wonderful to be under the quilt under the sun at eight o'clock in the morning."

As she spoke, Qingmei's tone became unserious again.

In fact, just now when she said that she had developed the habit of getting up and running at dawn every day... Tsunaki was quite skeptical.

... If that's the case, then who was the person who was recorded by Akashi's class monitor as a lateness record when he was in school, and as a punishment for the class rules, he almost covered the whole class's hygiene duty for the whole day!

And when he heard her last words, he seemed to feel a little bit of her heart... She liked the life when she was "Qimi Asakawa".

"What do you like about her?" Gang Ji asked subconsciously.

After asking, I realized that I had just blurted out such words, and I was anxious to make amends, so as not to leave a narrow-minded impression in her heart.

Qingmei didn't care about these things, and replied directly: "Well, girls of that age probably like the kind of cold, cool and powerful people... I can't help being vulgar, after all, this kind of person is very important to me when I was young. Astonishing, isn't it?"

In fact... Tsunaki really can't understand, not to mention that he really can't understand the girl's thinking and mentality.On the other hand, the people around him are "cold, cool and strong"... The first thing he thought of was Senior Skylark, no, stop, stop, stop thinking about it, this brainstorming is not interesting at all.

"Maybe at the beginning I really had the kind of ignorant and obsessive longing for Brenda, which couldn't be sublimated into the kind of feeling called 'love'... But until something happened, I thought, at that time, I was Really fell in love with her."

Qingmei smiled, then picked up a violet petal that fell on the ground, and looked at it carefully:

"Brenda taught us as a temporary instructor in the military academy for almost half a year. In the last month... I received a bad news. My parents who were engaged in medical aid work in Africa passed away. Struggles and riots among African tribes. It’s ironic, isn’t it, they went to that land to save those people, and they left their lives there in the end, but they didn’t die like that. , but died at the hands of the people they helped and healed with their hearts and even their lives... This is the outcome of their "justice", and this is the guidance of the "gods" in their hearts. At that time, I I can't accept this at all..."

【"Today's training, you are all absent again, it is already the third day."

At night, in the training center on campus, Airi sat there quietly in a daze, until she heard a voice behind her, and finally turned her head slowly.

"In the usual training class, isn't it me who you don't want to see the last time... Look at me every day, my dear instructor Brenda."

After speaking to Brenda who was standing behind her, Airi even whistled naughtily.

According to the past practice, at this time, Brenda would definitely drop a cold snort or give her a cold eye knife, and then ignore her and get up and leave.

However, this time it is...

"Uwah!" Airi was suddenly pushed into the swimming pool behind her, with a huge splash, and Airi was caught off guard and choked on two mouthfuls of water.

After being stunned, Airi, who has never been very good-tempered, was just about to get angry, but Brenda, who had always only revealed chills in her words, now had a hint of anger:

"How long are you going to be depressed with this ugly look?"

Ever since she learned the news of her parents' death, she looked calm on the outside, but Airi, who had long been suppressed inside, broke out completely:

"But how can I accept this! My parents ended up in such a fate! If they hadn't spread love all over the world with the heart of the Virgin Mary, they wouldn't have ended up like this!"

Compared to Airi's intense emotions like a volcanic eruption at the moment, Brenda was like a deep, calm pool full of concentration, and slowly said:

"But that's your parents' own choice, how do you know if they regret it. If you keep depressed like this, it will only represent your denial of them."

And Airi finally calmed down under her voice, lowered her head, and didn't look at her, but heard the footsteps of her turning and leaving, and...

"You don't have to suppress yourself all the time. Cry if you want to cry. If you feel ashamed, it happens that you are in the swimming pool right now, so just dive into the water and cry slowly. Anyway, the tears that flow out are directly mixed with the water. It's integrated... Also, I'll be with you, if you want to cry, I'll be ready to push you into the swimming pool, or directly into the ocean."]

Talking about the past, Qingmei herself showed an expression of lamenting the old things, as if it was a long time ago:

"That was the most painful time I have ever had. She spent it with me, and then I found... I really fell in love with her. Later, after the coaching period ended, she returned to comsubin, and I also I am determined to be selected into comsubin after graduation. Because of her, I want to become stronger, both physically and mentally, and I want to be qualified to stand at the same height as her. Later, I got the No.1 grade from After graduating from the Livorno Military Academy, I successfully entered Comsubin, and the instructor assigned to me by Comsubin... was also Brenda. Later, when I got along day and night, I found that Brenda was like a mystery, she had too much of me A place I don’t know, but that attracted me even more. The two of us confirmed our relationship on the day three years ago...that was also me, the day I saw her for the last time..."

【"So... are you actually gay?"

Brenda raised her brows and looked at the student who was seriously confessing to herself.

"If you were a man, I would like it too." Airi replied earnestly and provocatively.

"Bisexual?"

"You can understand it this way... In short, what I like is you, the real person standing here in front of me, regardless of gender."

Neither agreeing nor refusing, Brenda's expression changed slightly, but there was an inadvertent amorous expression on that always indifferent face:

"I am your instructor, and you are my student."

"It doesn't matter. I heard that Comsubin once had an ace fighter called 'Clonello'. He also fell in love with his instructor. In the end, they lived happily together."

"I'm nearly ten years older than you."

"Then I will work harder to keep up with your thinking and your footsteps."

After finishing speaking, Airi proudly took out two identical key chain pendants from his pocket, and shook them in front of Brenda:

"Are you looking for this custom key chain of yours recently~ I'm sorry, I took it away~ I found someone to make exactly the same one, with my name engraved on it, so it's a couple chain~"

It is completely unreasonable that you will never let you escape, you are me, which makes people seriously doubt whether it is because I have read too many novels by the domineering president recently.

Brenda shook her head helplessly, then took back her key chain, as if preparing to leave, "Okay, I have a mission tomorrow, let's go first."

"Hey, wait, you haven't answered whether I want to be with me... Uh!" Airi felt the warmth on her lips before she finished her eager words, and then her breath was taken away by the other party average.

After the passionate kiss finally ended, Brenda looked at Airi, who was blushing and panting heavily, shaking the key chain in her hand, and the corner of her mouth curled up:

"If I didn't pretend not to know, do you think you could just steal this key chain from me...Stupid brat~"]

After talking about the past, both of them were silent.

After a while, Gang Ji finally asked, "You said...that was also the last time you saw her, because she failed in that mission, right?"

"Ah, that's right, she went to perform the mission the next day, and then... she died in that mission." Maybe it's been too long, maybe it's because she's relieved, although there is inevitably a trace of regret, but Qingmei's tone On the contrary, she was much more indifferent, "We just confirmed our relationship, and then...we never saw each other again."

Although the tone of the girl beside her was so indifferent, Gang Ji still couldn't restrain the pain in his heart, he wanted to hug her, and wanted to make her feel a support.

Qingmei looked at the sunset in the distance that was about to sink to the sea level, and continued to state her past:

"Brenda has left, but time will not be frozen because of this, and the days will continue... This is life. And I, in the following year, completed every day and every item assigned by Comsubin The task should be completed with the highest efficiency and the most perfect way without any extra emotions. The task is the task, and I was highly appreciated by the leaders of comsubin. Until two years ago, I received a special The mission, that mission... It can also be said that it changed the trajectory of my life, and I also met Nicole during that mission."

"What mission?"

"On a small island in the Mediterranean Sea that belongs to Italy, there are reports that a drug gang is planting raw drug crops there, because the climate and land conditions of that small island are very special, and it is extremely rare in the Mediterranean area suitable for planting that kind The place where the crops are grown. The Italian Military Security Intelligence Agency SISMI sent someone to investigate secretly, and the person sent was Nicole, because the mission site was on the sea, so just to be on the safe side, SISMI applied for assistance from Comsubin, and then I was arrested Sent to join Nicole on this mission.

According to the task arrangement, the two of us disguised as ordinary fishermen, mixed into the small island, lived with the islanders, fully gained their trust, and became one of them.We pretend to be on the side of justice, thinking that our purpose is to fight the crimes on this small island... But in fact, it is not like that.The island was very poor, and the islanders basically made a living by fishing, but after the drug gang arrived, the islanders helped them grow the original crops, and then harvested the original crops and sold them, but the islanders got a fortune in the past. Wealth never dared to ask for.Thus, such a "strange" phenomenon appeared...the criminal drug traffickers and the simple islanders got along very well, and they lived happily together on this island.

And it was me and Nicole who broke up their 'happy' time.After the evidence was conclusive, SISMI and Comsubin had the same attitude, that is, they would never tolerate those drug gangs.And Comsubin gave me the order to eliminate that gang at all costs, and then, on the day of the operation, the gang also noticed it in advance, and naturally a fierce battle was inevitable..."

【"your hands……"

Nicole looked at the back of Airi's left hand with a bloody cut, and was a little stunned for a moment.Just now, these words and facial expressions have always been pitifully rare, and every word that I finally said can piss off my partner, who saved him and blocked a fatal blow for him.

Airi didn't care about the wounded left hand that was still bleeding, and carried Nicole to a safe place.

"For the first time, I feel that you finally look like a man, and you actually took the initiative to be a bait." Looking at Nicole, who was covered in injuries and temporarily unable to move, Airi did not forget to speak venomously even if she praised her.

Nicole twitched the corners of her lips, "Once again, I feel that you really look like a man, and you beat those guys to flee by yourself."

Thinking about Airi's aggressiveness just now...Nicole is thankful again that he and she are companions.

"Those guys are no longer successful, and the next step is to arrest them. Their helicopter has been destroyed by me, so they can only escape by boat. If you want to fight at sea...that's your strong point." Nico As I analyzed the situation, it was obvious that my side was sure of victory.

Airi: "Ah, don't worry, you can just stay here, none of them can escape, we can complete the mission and go back after we catch them all, I'll go now..."

"Bam—!"

There was a loud noise that shook the sky, followed by many noises in succession, and then in the flames not far away, the terrified and desperate screams of the islanders sounded.

Before escaping, the drug gang detonated the mines in an attempt to destroy all the original crops!The islanders who worked in the fields and the islanders living around were all affected.

"Airi—! Where are you going, Airi—!"】

Recalling that day, the soaring flames and the screams of those innocent islanders, Qingmei frowned slightly, and her body trembled instinctively.

At this time, Gang Ji held her hand and wrapped her hand in his palm.

And the warmth from her hands seemed to give her the courage and strength to continue:

"That day, the choice was put in front of me...continue to execute the order and catch the fleeing gang; or, give up the mission and save the islanders. At that moment, I really realized what 'suffering' is But at that moment, the words my mother said to me sounded inexplicably in my brain..."

"Then, you follow the guidance of the 'god' in your heart, the voice that comes from the most authentic you deep in your heart, and choose to save those islanders, right." Gangji said with a smile.

It's not surprising, because if it was her, he knew that she would definitely choose this way... After all, the "god" in her heart is so gentle, and she has a heart that is gentler than anyone else.

Seeing Tsunayoshi's smile, Qingmei finally smiled in relief:

"Yeah, I disobeyed the order and gave up the mission... I also went to spread love with the heart of the Virgin Mary. After living with those islanders for a month, I can feel their sincerity, their care for me, their Treat me like my compatriots, so also, for me...they are my companions, and I can't just leave my companions alone.

There is a larger affiliate behind that drug gang, which has always been a headache for the government.And this time the mission failed, because my disobeying the order caused the mission to fail, which also caused a lot of losses to many agencies under the government... After that, I was stripped of my military rank and expelled from Comsubin.

After all, as a soldier, one of the iron rules that must be followed is to obey orders. "

[Because you saved Nicole, you missed the best time to capture those guys. 】

【It could have been made up later, but you completely gave up this mission in order to save those islanders. 】

[I know that it is really difficult to make an objective judgment on whether this matter is right or wrong.But, no matter right or wrong, you have violated the principle that you must abide by as a soldier. 】

I remember what Admiral Reynolds said to her when the rank epaulets were stripped off.

She accepted it, and accepted it calmly. When she made that decision, she was ready to bear the consequences.

"At that time, as a vagrant, I thought I was going to join the army of the unemployed, and I was desperately recruiting in a talent market... After all, the employment rate in Italy is so tragic. But at this time, the director of SISMI came to him I."

【Naples Seaside Church——

Airi sat quietly in the place where her mother often took her when she was very young, looking at the frescoes of the Virgin without focusing her eyes.

What should she wish to God... find a job that pays well soon?No, it would be better if a wad of banknotes fell from the sky and knocked her unconscious.

Just sat there blankly, until a man also sat down beside him.

She had met that man before, he was the director of SISMI, she had met that man when he went to SISMI headquarters on a mission.

"Your value should not be limited to this, come to us, how about it, Airi Werle?"

As soon as he came up, he directly threw an olive branch, but Airi still showed a lack of interest, and didn't give any response. Mr. Director was not annoyed, he just smiled and said:

"I have met your parents, or...they are my benefactors. More than ten years ago, I participated in peacekeeping work abroad, charged at the forefront of the battlefield, and was injured once as a medical volunteer Your father and mother of the victim saved me. After that, we have been in contact intermittently...until they passed away a few years ago."

While speaking, he took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Airi, "This is the letter your parents wanted to send you before the riots in that area of ​​Africa, but it couldn't be sent because the situation was too chaotic. Now, The rest of the medical aid team to Africa has returned completely, this letter has gone through several rounds, and it has finally arrived at my place, and now... it is returned to you."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Director didn't stay any longer, got up and left, and thoughtfully left Airi her own space.

Opening the letter, looking at the familiar handwriting, Airi felt for the first time that there was only a piece of letter paper, as if her mother was talking to her.

The front is filled with all kinds of words of concern and advice to her, and at the end——

"The situation in this area is indeed becoming more and more chaotic. The leaders of the various tribes are constantly fighting with each other. There are small frictions every day, and one day it will lead to a big riot. I know that it is very important for me to leave like this. Words are the most correct choice, but looking at those kind people who have been with me day and night, who have long been regarded as my companions, and those children I have personally treated, I have no way to just leave them alone. The riots began In the end, more people will be injured and more people will die... I want to save them. Airi, if you were faced with this dilemma, what would you choose? Hehe, no need I am eager to write back and tell my mother the answer, because my mother will try her best to survive and go back to meet you, and then listen to you tell me your answer. Love you, believe in you, and bless you, forever."

The final handwriting was blurred and wet with tears.

I don't know when it started, tears overflowed from her eye sockets so silently, slid down her cheeks, and then dripped on the letter paper, no matter what she couldn't stop.

Although it's a bit late, I still want to tell you...Mom, I finally made the same choice as you.

We really are all... hopelessly stupid. 】

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