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(Ch.15) Mysterious Attack

I don't even know how today went by……
Commanders fit into my surroundings with surprising speed. You can see unfamiliar face in every classroom, every hallway, including teacher, custodian, worker at the café, electrician and any other occupation that could be in school. My only feeling is that an alien invasion movie in on air without anyone noticing……

Walking home with Pandora, beckoning at commanders I know or not know, I feel more and more surprised by their ability to secretly infiltrate a civilization. Gladly, they are not here to invade.

……With her around, I can only say they are temporary not here for invasion.

I am confused, "not bad, why?"

……anyone that sees a high school student talking kindly with patrolling police to street vendor should feel the same way. If I'm older, they would suspect that I'm some governor that's out for a walk.
There's a bit of distance between my house and the school, I need to walk through a busy market street. This street is well known for vendors and pirated DVD-sellers that has been playing guerrilla with patrols. Especially pirated DVD sellers, they are called the last holy land of piracy.

Although both Jing and Qian Qian warns me not to walk through here with Pandora, she insists to go home this way.

Near the exit of the street, a guy wearing black clothes dressing like the matrix comes up to me, says mysteriously,

"bro, want a disc?"

He's the knight-faced guy that's faking IDs……

Pandora explains, "Our initial plan was to monopolize all the business in this city, and create a detailed information system based on this to make a safe route for you. But we realized that the same goal can be reached by Carl being here……"

I have cold sweat all over my head. I just realized that there are a few familiar faces in the vendors around me. Looks like I underestimated their tendency toward wars. They are not trying to find jobs here, they are doing this like it's an espionage war……

"Abnormal target?" I'm confused.

What the heck? Are you planning to play the matrix in the middle of the street?

No hostility but have the intention to attack? Why am I confused?

A felt a breeze, and everything is peaceful again.

I turn around. On the wall behind me is a cut about a meter long, half a centimeter wide, with a trace of smoke coming out.

"Highly compressed air blades, " there's a shade of blue in Pandora's eyes, which is the sign that she is in information processing mode, "has high speed and not bad power, and not easily noticed by organs of carbon-based organisms. It is fatal to normal carbon-based organisms."

Although I don't understand the technology of the Empire very well yet, according to what I saw, it should be very easy for Pandora to block this kind of attack. So the situation now is: our enemy attacked and nearly killed me, Pandora is standing aside analyzing pros and cons of this attack……

"So you already know that it won't hit me, that's why you didn't block it?" I ask surprisingly.

I come to a new realization about her calculating ability.

"Testing……" I nodded, but still confused, "testing what? What could they test from me? Everything about you guys are kept secret, I don't think it's possible for the skeleton to come out of the closet this fast. Compressed air attack - did human invented this yet?"

"Oh - what? What did you say? Satellite cannon!?" I finally realized what was the term Pandora said twice. It's terrifying just to listen to the name…… What does this mini war-maniac want to do?

"Hey!" I couldn't care if it will grab people's attention, I shout to Pandora, "Stop! This is residential area!"
There's now red dots in her eyes, she replies without even turning around to look at me,

"We summoned this satellite cannon through void projection. Its attack is nearly invisible, normal people would not notice it. And we limited the energy output, minimum energy output would not create catastrophic results."
"That's not what I mean!"

I said in a rush. I can already see the abnormal bending of the air far away, the attack is about to start.

Yes I have to admit it's really annoying to be attacked without knowing the reason, but if thousands of people are going to die for this……then I'm worse than devils.

"Although two stupid individuals attacked you?" Pandora calmly replies.

Eventually, she compromises, "Fine, if this is your command."

Although it hasn't actually attacked, I saw chaos at the area under the bent air. Seems like there's a minor fire going on.

"We can pardon their death penalty, but appropriate punishment is necessary - Brother, this is the most I can tolerate, I have the glory of the empire to defend!"

"Don't make too big of a mess, " Looking at her firm eyes, I give up on trying to turn her into a pacifist, "and the most important part is not to harm innocent people."
Now, the only thing I can do is to pray for the two mysterious attackers - I hope they can successfully run away from Xiling Weapons……

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