Steel steam and flame

When we set off, the rain didn't stop, and the change changed from heavy rain to heavy rain. As time goes by, some weather changes begin to lose their meaning. Correspondingly, the strong wind became much lighter, but it still brought raindrops and hit the limo hard, making a "ta-da-da" sound that never stopped.

In this small country, there are not many options for transportation, especially when traveling long distances. There are only intercontinental trains that run through various small countries. As for airships, some powerful small countries will set up airports in central cities or one or two important industrial cities. However, most of them are still used for freight, and carrying passengers is not the norm.

The seven coordinating countries follow the steps of the three giant countries, with many airports and enough airships to even form caravans. But this was never their first choice for Cassia. Once an airship flying at high altitude encounters trouble or danger, there will be no escape options around it. Adolf and Trevikan believed that if the enemy was determined, it would definitely be possible to attack an airship from a small country. At that time, even they had no way to survive a direct fall from a high altitude.

Affected by the intercontinental train last night, the city where the repair shop is located has implemented access control. A large number of personnel have braved the heavy rain to go to the bombed area and began to clean up the battlefield that was soaked in rain and discolored and smelly. The person in charge of the repair shop received the order and followed the convoy. After handling the matters related to leaving the city, he returned alone.

The wide road became the exclusive domain of the convoy for a while, without any moving vehicles around. The road surface has always been covered with a thin film of rainwater, and occasionally you can see trucks stopped on both sides of the road, waiting for the rain to lighten up again.

We set off at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already around five o'clock when we left the city. The rain clouds made the light even less. The road ahead and around under the rain curtain was gray, a common appearance on cloudy days in heavy industrial cities. The difference was that the air seemed fresh at this time.

The limousine in which Cassia was sitting was in the middle and rear of the motorcade, traveling with Adolf. General Pullman was at the head of the convoy. What happened last night was a warning. While in the repair shop, General Pullman and Adolf disappeared for several hours and did not return until they set off. The helplessness and annoyance on their faces not only did not decrease, but actually increased. But as a practical action, it is much more serious than at the beginning of the journey.

Maybe what happened last night was a warning to the entire team, and in the few hours when the two of them disappeared, someone alone gave them a warning and great pressure.

On the left is Isa, on the right is the man Owl, Nighthawk and Adolf sit in the front, occasionally discussing the next route with a middle-aged man in the passenger seat.

Because you can only choose intercontinental trains, the goal is still to point to the nearest intercontinental train station. When the two temporary lights on the front of the limo turned on, bad news came that the small country here had closed all intercontinental train stations. The convoy did not stop. This news was generally expected by many people. The organization will recover the bodies of the members who died last night, and the leaders of the small country will not rashly announce the surgeon's affairs to ordinary people.

It was raining heavily, and it happened at night. A big event without any valid witnesses would eventually end with various reasons such as malfunctions or mercenaries. Covering up an incident simply requires a lot of information and effective propaganda.

The limo was as silent as the train, except for a dozen or so discussions at the station and when the intercontinental train stopped operating. The convoy began to turn around at 8pm, pointing towards the nearest exit location. The only option is to go to neighboring countries and transfer to intercontinental trains.

There are still not many people in this convoy who know the information about this mission, nor even a basic purpose. Even after experiencing last night's incident, everyone will have something in mind, but there are still not many people who can understand the danger of this journey.

Cassia actually doesn't know how much time she has. The corresponding information will only appear after going to the empire. There should be a lot, at least a month or two, Cassia guessed. There was no trace of panic on the faces of Adolf and Trevikan.

This guess is neither good nor bad. Cassia can just use the extended journey time to try her own efforts, which can be regarded as the last struggle before returning to the empire.

The addition of Nighthawk made him feel a lot better. The ideas in his head suddenly found a feasible breakthrough and began to become more and more open. In a short period of time, after the successful attempt to invite Nighthawk, Cassia thought a lot. Sometimes, it's not that there is no way, it's just that the past self has limited myself.

Because I have read many, many books, a number that an ordinary person cannot reach in his entire life. It cannot be said that it has helped Cassia a lot, but it can help Cassia do it very quickly on some issues and cognitions.

In the few hours from morning to now, Cassia suddenly understood something that he had never thought about or considered before.

"There are many things about me that have never entered my field of vision." The sound of rain outside the window became quieter, and Isa rested on her seat, sleeping soundly, and her breathing was as even as a machine. The owl was leaning against the window, unable to see anything at night, but still looking out the window with a stubborn look. Neither of them paid attention to Cassia sitting between them at the moment.

"Strength is indeed important, but it is only for individuals. In the military school, I understood that if faced with a huge force, the role that personal strength can play will be full of limitations and cannot take care of everything. Once you are far away , or if there is a slight negligence, it will be eaten away little by little.”

"I know it very well, but I haven't made any efforts for it." Cassia laughed at herself, "It shouldn't be said that I haven't made any efforts for it, but there is a problem with the direction. I have always been thinking about forming my own power. We must grow up step by step. Although this is the safest, time is fair to everything. The most important point is that from the beginning, I believed that facing the four forces of the empire, those family elites, and the knights and attendants of the empire , I have no advantage at all..."

",,,In fact, I have always had an advantage that others cannot match, and that is myself called 'Cassia'. As a vortex center, a source of information, if used properly, the so-called passivity will not exist at all, and there will be only It affects others and is forced to follow.”