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"...the first spaceship for manned interstellar travel——Explorer NO.13. As we all know, although the world-class and even interstellar-level terrorists—"Matrix" obstructed the take-off of the spacecraft, the Autobots Under the protection of the elite United Nations troops, explorer NO.13 successfully took off at 23:[-] am the day before yesterday. And today, according to the official news, we..."

"Mute." Anne Witwicki commanded the projection TV without looking back.

【"HOWDAREYOUA (How dare you)"】Sam Wittwiki "said".

"...Don't mute the sound." Annie, who didn't dare, issued an order to the projection TV again.

【"How dare you...appear in front of me again?"】Sam Witwicky trembled, 【"You murderer!!"】

Anne pressed her opposing thumbs tighter, a hurt look on her face.The projection TV temporarily became the only sound source in this room.

……

"Colonel Witwicky!" The soldier sitting in front of the surveillance projection heard the sound of entering the door, and hurriedly stood up and saluted Spike Witwicki who came in with coffee.

But the young colonel just gestured with his index and middle fingers with the hand holding the coffee, and sat on the only air cushion chair in the room—the soldier's seat a few seconds ago.

But this little soldier with an official rank no better than a colonel dares to say anything!He didn't even dare to sit down on the other chair, and stood respectfully behind Colonel Wittwicky in a military posture with his hands behind his back.And Spike Witwicki didn't mean to invite the other party to sit down. He just drank coffee leisurely and watched the special nurse Bren Walson on the projection who was busy taking care of his great-grandfather, Sam Witwicki. And old Witwiki lying in bed enjoying his final days.

The soldier, who was a little embarrassed by the silence, opened his mouth to speak several times, and finally gathered up enough courage to break the silence: "Uh... Colonel Wittwicky, with all due respect, are you sure you don't need to visit your great-grandfather Is it? According to the hospital's prediction, your great-grandfather seems to be running out of time..."

"What's your name, soldier?"

"Uh, Kyle, Kyle Franson."

"newcomer?"

"Yes! I just came from..."

"If you say one more word, you will be removed from the military - this is a special consideration given to you because you are a newcomer. If you are a veteran, you have already started packing your things and preparing to go back to your hometown."

……

"...I thought you would want to see me." After a long time, Anne Witwicky said again, "You said you wanted to see me, and you wanted to see 'Anning Witwicky'."

【"Are you?"】Because the displayed characters don't have any tone, the woman standing in front of Sam's bed doesn't know whether the other party is really asking this question or a rhetorical taunt, but she still Decided to answer his question seriously.

"I...I think I am." Anne Witwicky—or rather, the female expression with her face and body shape does not seem to be 100% sure of her identity, "I have the 'Annine Witwicky' Appearance, memory, way of doing things was tuned to her standards too. So... yeah, I think I'm what you call 'Anning' - or 'Anne', or whatever - 'Wittwiki'."

【"...'Anne Wittwiki' is dead."】Sam seems to have bought it, and his emotions are no longer very angry, 【"Died in Chicago 96 years ago."】

An Ning let out a short laugh, and rubbed her two thumbs uneasily, reflecting her tense emotions: "Yes, I... I died in Chicago 96 years ago. In fact, I am very fond of that funeral." Satisfied. But...you still want to see me, right? So here I am."

【"Why are you here?"】

"I... I thought I had already said the reason, because you wanted to see me, didn't you? You said it yourself before."

【"Yes, I want to see you, but why did you come? Are you trying to get some news about Autobots from me? Hahaha! I'm very sorry, I don't know anything, and I won't tell you anything!" 】

Sam saw the demon in Anne's skin showing a hurt and lonely expression again, and then she reluctantly smiled awkwardly at him and said, "I thought you wanted to see me, not the 'matrix'."

【"...Oh fuck!! Come to me, Annie!"】After a long blank, the projection of the speaker above Sam's head finally showed a new character, the character that made An Ning smile when he was recognized .

Without the slightest hesitation, An Ning let go of her intertwined fingers, rushed to Sam's hospital bed, and used them to tightly hold Sam's thin palm like a dead branch. wrist.

["My God,"] Sam "said", ["It's really nice to be able to hold someone's hand before you leave."]

An Ning looked at his words on the projection, and couldn't help laughing: "Yes, it feels really good. I know it. Thank you, Sam, thank you and Carly for holding my hand in the end, thank you."

["Don't be polite to me. Which one of us is with whom!"] The old man who is over seventy years old still speaks like a young man 96 years ago, ["But if you really want to thank me, why don't you give me what I'm about to ask for? What about the real answer to the question I asked as a reward?"]

"Hey, brother," An Ning's tone became brisk and teasing because of the influence of the other party, "Who are we with? Just ask if you have any questions! I promise you will get the real answer you want."

【"Okay, let's have a try first... What the hell is going on with 'Bren Walson'?"】

An Ning's smile faded a bit, but she still replied without any evasion: "'Bren Walson' she is... like me now, she is stored by the 'matrix' with many human appearances. A body formed by recombining the data of the body. I—the 'matrix' forged the data of this body, and then came to take care of you."

【"Oh! God! No wonder! Do you know? She is the only special guard I left till the end! It turns out that she is you! No wonder I have a special feeling for her no matter how you look at it!"】

"...Actually, you fired me four times. The four false identities I created to take care of you by your side were useless. It wasn't until this time that I figured out how to get along with you." An Ning He stared at Sam with condemning eyes, "Do you know how hard it was for me to get rid of these four identities? You are an important person, Sam. Every special guard who has taken care of you will be monitored, even after you are fired."

【"...Oh,"】Sam who was speechless could only change the subject, 【"Oh, so. Then...'matrix'—I mean why did you come to take care of me? Why now? Why before When I didn't enter the hospital, when I was still outside, you didn't come?"]

"Actually," An Ning said, "I've always been by your side. Remember your neighbor Kelly Chen when you lived temporarily in China? Big fan Alice? That's me too. Earlier, Paris, the waiter at the Indian restaurant you always go to? That's still me. And...if that makes you feel better, Miss Rufusree, also me."

Facing Sam's surprised wide-eyed eyes, An Ning smiled slightly sadly and said, "I have always been by your family's side, Sam."

Sam Witwicky's mood fluctuated violently, and even the wrist computer that An Ning wore to monitor the other's physical condition issued a vibration warning.She hurriedly explained and comforted: "Don't be afraid, Sam! I never thought of harming them! I will never harm you!"

["You - 'Matrix' - let those dead Cybertronians kill Epps and Lannos!! And attacked me multiple times, even at Spike's 11th birthday party!! And you tell me now, you don’t want to hurt me and my family?”]

"I can't do anything about Lannoth! They're too far ahead, I... I can't see them, I can't tell them apart, they're too far ahead! Sam! I can't see them! I didn't mean to !I don't want to kill them, really!! As for the attack on you...you and your loved ones are not dead, are you? I think this washes the host of my 'mother' to a certain extent. Bad influence on your family, such as collusion with the terrorist 'matrix' or something..."

An Ning, who was explaining everything to Sam in a panic, found that the other party's eyes were wrong, so he stopped his endless defense, and asked with some doubts: "Sam, what's the matter?... Is there something wrong?"

【"...Jesus,"】Sam stared at An Ning with a worried face in disbelief,【"Jesus, you've always been there, you've always known what the Matrix did. And you just watched, I didn’t stop it. I just use other identities to be by my side and add more ketchup to the Indian food I ordered? WHATTHEFUCK!! MEN!! WHATTHEFUCK??!!”]

Sam's hand tightly grasped An Ning's slender wrist, and her nails even embedded into her flesh, but An Ning turned a blind eye to the pain, and just devoted all her attention to the old man on the hospital bed, her eyes flickering After a long time, I finally closed my eyes as if I had made up my mind, and took a deep breath: "Sam, you said you want to know all the real answers, right?"

【"...I did say that."】

"Even if the answer might break your heart?"

【"Look at me, an old man who is dying. Whether it hurts or not, this heart won't beat for long. Just let me die to understand—tell me all the truth, Anne."]

"Okay," An Ning nodded, "Okay, I'll tell you everything, Sam—brother."

"What did the 'matrix' do? Issuing terrorist declarations, launching terrorist attacks, hacking into the confidential documents of various countries to steal information, harming civilians for the energy and parts they need, and causing hatred in the world that has lasted for nearly a century?" An Ning He clenched his teeth, took another trembling deep breath, and closed his eyes, "I did all of this——I didn't mean 'mother', I meant me, 'Anning Witwiki'."

She closed her eyes tightly, not daring to even take a look at Sam's expression at this time: "96 years ago, Sam, in that Chicago battle, it wasn't Megatron who killed me. I actually died long before I met Megatron. Died, died by my own hand - before I found Carly, I used the pocket knife Lannos gave me to cut open the surgical stitches in my stomach, and guess what I saw?"

An Ning laughed twice: "...Nothing, Sam, nothing. Stomach? Heart? Spleen? Nothing. I can't even cut a kidney to buy an iPhone. All my body functions rely on The 'matrix' - the blue spherical energy body is simulated. Sam, I can't live without it, and to some extent, I can even be said to be boarding on the 'matrix'."

"I was so angry, desperate, and even wanted to just die. But I remembered a passage that many people said to me-of course, the details must be different, but the general idea is the same : Even if the Autobots and humans wiped out all the Decepticons, humans who have lost their greatest common enemy will eventually point their guns at the Autobots-because they do not yet have the ability to match the Autobots, but their individual abilities are much higher than their own race. The degree of civilization of the harmonious coexistence of foreign races."

"So I thought, if the Decepticons fail, let me take on the role of this huge common enemy. If I were the enemy, I would be able to make the Decepticons suffer while controlling the number of casualties and the degree of civilization damage. Humans, Autobots, and even the remnants of the Decepticons unite against my enemy."

"In order to do this, I had to have some sort of unrivaled power—the power of the 'Matrix'. So I tried to be very direct, threatened it, and guess what happened?"

An Ning opened his eyes with a wry smile, and there were countless undercurrents in his eyes, which were as blue as the sea:

"'Matrix' is just a tool. It's like a computer, it has a certain regulatory logic, but at the end of the day, it's still just a tool. You can use it if you work hard and will it. That's what I do: I accepted it and let it truly integrate with me. Yes, the 'matrix' is only logic, killing countless soldiers and even innocent civilians at all costs for the purpose, but all of this is within my will carried out below."

【"Why are you doing this?!"】

The other party's lines were no different from his own dream, making An Ning pause: "...'I can control all machines, only the living ones. So here is my suggestion to the Cybertronians who help humans: Leave this planet, don't talk to me. I am the enemy, or I will turn you into my soldiers. If you are trapped by the tool, I can provide a spaceship capable of warp jumping' - God, what stupid officer dares to point the gun at the only saviors. And Optimus Prime, he will never give up the chance to protect the weak. This is the only way that 'Annin Witwiki' can think of to ensure the peaceful coexistence of humans and Autobots."

【"...So, you did all this for an unwarranted crime—just because you thought we humans would betray the Autobots?"]

"I……"

【"All because of a 'you thought'?! A hypothesis?! A possibility that didn't even happen??!!"】

"I..." An Ning lowered her eyes, "I can't deny what you said, Sam."

【"Why do you have to do this??!!"】

"But if it makes you feel better: I'm also secretly helping your technology advance, and if the Autobots don't share their technology with humans, I will. That's why I created the 'Hilde Cole Ersonger'--the chief engineer who exposed the results of the 'matrix' and KSI's technical transactions and was buried in the sea. In fact, she was the first to persuade KSI's first-generation president Joshua Joyce to cooperate with the 'matrix'. "

["You mean the one in the news this morning... why did you do that? I mean, the news said she died on the Azov Lightway after exposing KSI's dealings with 'Matrix' - of course it must You forged it, but why did you do it?"]

"This is a funeral, just like I did at the beginning." An Ning smiled, "As a warrior who was exterminated by the 'matrix' for exposing this dark transaction, Hilde Kersonger will be praised At the same time, KSI will probably be hit hard. In order to alleviate the financial pressure brought about by this heavy hit, they will sell many technology patents. The current situation where earth technology is monopolized by KSI will be eliminated. If it is broken, the technological civilization of mankind will develop at a brand new speed."

【“………”】

The long blank display showed Sam's disapproval of An Ning's actions and nothing to say, An Ning, who didn't expect the other party to understand, sighed: "Everything I have is for all human beings, and the Cybertronians. Maybe my method is not approved by you, not by anyone, but this is what 'Annin Witwiki' agrees with. I'm sorry, but I have to do it."

【"Hey,"】After listening to An Ning's argument that he didn't think was convincing, Sam opened his mouth, and his withered claw-like hands tightly grasped the other's slender and thin wrist, as if he was holding the last energy of his life. All are assigned here.However, what he said has nothing to do with the previous topic, 【"Hey, you remember that when you ran out from the lair base, almost all the Autobots ran out to find you, and contacted Carly and me. It scared us Did you drive that old car that replaced the Hornet to find you in the middle of the night? Remember? That old guy, Tin Skin, even ran to Washington State! Unexpectedly, you ran to a long-abandoned factory in the suburbs to see Star."】

"I……"

【"Don't be afraid, I'm not trying to scold you. I just want to tell you—I haven't told you all this time"】Sam closed his eyes, with a serene smile that naturally rises when he recalls good memories,【“ The stars I saw there that night were really beautiful.”]

Almost instantly, the night wind from the midsummer night 96 years ago swept across, forcefully pulling An Ning back to that night: the self 96 years ago and his two children were sitting on a high chimney, and from above Jumped down, had a car race with Side Cannon, quarreled with Sam and Carly, and finally followed Jazz and Side Cannon back to the base in despair, and was scolded by Optimus Prime and Lannos. Knowing that Tiepi was worried, he ran to the nearby Washington State to find himself...

The emotions evoked by this memory fell on An Ning after 96 like a raging wave, making her burst into tears before she had time to react.

"Yes, I remember." She also closed her eyes and laughed tremblingly, "The stars that night were really beautiful."

【“…”】

"..."

【“…”】

"..."

【“…”】

"...Sam? Sam!"

【“…”】

"...Good night and eternal peace, Sam Witwicky."

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Raising his hand, he called the soldier who had been standing beside him for a long time to help him stare at the monitor screen. He went to the window and popped himself out of the window. Colonel Witwiki, who lit a cigarette, looked down at him hovering on the magnetic levitation system directly below. The old antique sports car in front of the great-grandfather's ward flicked the cigarette in his hand.

The soot irritated the alarm system of the antique car, which is sensitive to the magnetic field. Spike Witwicky, who couldn't bear the harsh siren, threw away the cigarette he hadn't smoked in his hand, and closed the soundproof window.

Colonel Witwiki, who returned to the monitor, looked at the picture without any abnormalities, suddenly frowned, raised his hand to enlarge the picture, and projected it to the whole room in real time, a beautiful female special guard in nurse uniform walked past him, Arranging the petals for the simulated flowers on the windowsill...

"Call the Autobots with a flare gun, now!!"

"What? Why, why?" The recruits who had just been transferred here obviously didn't keep up with the thoughts of the colonel who had made a name for himself at a young age.

"I just activated the alarm system of the classic car outside my great-grandfather's ward. Its headlights kept flashing, but the light and shadow of the ward on the monitoring screen did not change-this is not a real-time picture! The 'matrix' has arrived!! "Spike rushed out of the monitoring room, ran downstairs, and pulled open the soundproof window of the hospital corridor. Regardless of this point, the doctors who were still busy looked surprised and shouted out the window, "Hot Rod——!!!"

……

The golden-red sports car smashed through the locked electronic isolation door, and An Ning Witwiki, the most famous "mother" host, who was kneeling beside the deceased old man's bed, wanted to get up and escape in a panic, but was killed until death. Sam Witwicky, who clung to his wrist, choked and was knocked to the ground by Colonel Spike Witwicky, who jumped out of the car.

Even if she fell to the ground, An Ning couldn't free her wrist from Sam, who had lost all signs of life. She looked at the stiff and pale smile on Sam's face leaning to the edge of the bed, and suddenly felt a trace of fear—this smile really Was it revealed for the memory of that night?Was Sam really just grabbing his own hand out of fear of being alone when he died?

An Ning, who was suppressed by Spike Witwicky, suddenly remembered the famous saying of the Witwicky family - no sacrifice, no victory.

"This punch is for my great-grandfather!" roared Spike, who strangled the "mother" by the neck, rode on him, and punched him fiercely, "This punch is for my dead brother! This punch is for Golden Shield! And this punch is for Miss Rufusry! You—you can escape, 'matrix'."

Putting his lips close to each other's ears, Spike whispered, "But this ward has been sealed off by the pioneers with a closed position—this is a barrier that even you can't break through, right? And outside..."

An Ning no longer cared about what Spike said at the end.She turned her head and looked at the projection TV that was still playing the latest news. The explosive news in it had changed from "'Explorer NO.13' had contact with the Galactic Council" to "The Galactic Council sends an invitation to the people of Earth, and welcomes Earth to join this universe." Council of living organisms".

She said that the iron skin is not deceiving me, and she cast her eyes out of the window again. The red and blue Autobot leader who replaced the old antique car and hung in front of the ward with the flying bag, pointed the huge barrel at her. , his optical lens is so bright, but full of hostility and anger.

"Do you have anything to say in the end?" Spike Witwicki's greeting brought her eyes back to Colonel Witwicki in front of him. He had a face profile similar to his great-grandfather, but his eyes were sharper than his great-grandfather's. Much more vicious.

The corner of her mouth curled up almost invisibly: "Yes, I have."

"Say."

Glancing at the rolling news on the projection TV for the last time that "UN officials are currently holding an emergency council to discuss the matter of Earth joining the Galactic Council", An Ning took a deep breath and roared with the loudest voice:

"ISURRENDER (I surrender)—————————————————————————————!"

She was then knocked out with a baton by an enraged Spike Witwicky.

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