Chapter 254 A Tough Fight

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　　"That's all we can do." 9S calmed down a bit, then said to Anemone, who was still shooting at Engels in vain, "Anemone, you go first. I'll fly you away in my fighter plane!"

　　"No!" Anemone turned back suddenly, her eyes full of determination.

　　"My companions are still here, I have to take them with me."

　　Although she had known that this trip would be extremely dangerous and that people would be sacrificed, she was still unable to leave her men alone.

　　"Then you should be careful." 9S knew that he couldn't persuade her, but he also knew that if he were in her shoes, he would make the same choice as her.

　　Then he turned around and boarded the HO229 fighter and flew towards one of the Engels.

　　At the same time, 2B and 4B also took action. They each faced an Engels. The POD floating beside them did not care about the loss and directly turned on full power. Various small missiles and light beams fiercely attacked the Engels in front of them.

　　However, even in the previous two-on-one situation, it was difficult for them to cause effective casualties without heavy equipment, not to mention that it was one-on-one now, and the oppressive feeling brought by the three Engels gathered together was simply despairing. Without using special means, they had no chance of winning at all.

　　In the air, 9S was flying his fighter plane flexibly around an Engels. Because before he came, he was suddenly attacked by a large number of flying units of mechanical life. Most of the weapons on the fighter plane had been used up. Now the only thing he could use were the onboard beam machine guns on both sides. However, the power of the beam machine guns was not enough. Even if they hit the Engels, they only left some shallow pits on its huge body.

　　Although he can still hack into Engels' internal data system to seize control of part of its body, that requires a stable environment.

　　"No way, there's no way we can win. We're bound to lose!" 9S was extremely anxious, and suddenly he had the idea of ​​ignoring the mission and the lives of the other androids and just taking 2B away from here first.

　　"But if I do that, Miss 2B will definitely resent me!" 9S suddenly thought again.

　　Just as he was struggling, he suddenly saw a black figure in a cloak jump down from a high platform in the distance, holding a familiar long sword in his hand, and ran towards the bridge.

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　　"A2, be careful!"

　　On the platform, Accord yelled at A2. Although they had known each other for a short time, they had lived together for so long, so they had some feelings for each other. Moreover, she didn't want to see A2 sad after something happened to Shen Ye.

　　"I know." A2 nodded to Accord and said, "Accord, take good care of him for me."

　　"Don't worry about that." Accord patted her chest.

　　"Thank you very much." A2 said, turned around and jumped down from the platform.

　　After watching A2 leave, Accord turned around, walked to Shen Ye, then squatted down, looked at him worriedly, thinking to herself, humans are still too fragile, no wonder they would become extinct because of this.

　　"An artificial human is better." Accord thought again: "Why not just transform him into an artificial human? He is the only human in the world anyway, and he can't reproduce. Besides, he will die of old age or illness in a few decades. Becoming an artificial human can help him live longer."

　　She doesn't care about the so-called future of mankind, but instead has selfish thoughts in her mind.

　　"I just don't know if he will agree..."

　　After looking for a while, Accord seemed to be a little dazed, and as if possessed by a ghost, she moved forward a little, almost face to face with Shen Ye, and could even feel the other's breath.

　　However, at this moment, Shen Ye suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her with a smirk: "Are you trying to kiss me by getting so close?"

　　"Bah! How is that possible?" Accord shrank back in panic, then put on a look of disdain.

　　"It seems that I thought too much." Shen Ye said regretfully.

　　"You just think too much..." Accord followed his words and then asked curiously: "When did you recover?"

　　Her scanning system was very powerful, but every time it scanned Shen Ye, it was always blocked by something, so she knew nothing about the specific condition of Shen Ye's body.

　　"It recovered when A2 left." Shen Ye took out a cigarette and lit it. Accord knew his true identity, so there was no need to hide it.

　　"Is that... cigarettes? Weird, where did you get them from?" Accord sniffed the smoke from Shen Ye curiously, then frowned: "Through analysis, the smoke you exhaled contains a substance called nicotine, which can harm your health."

　　"It's okay. This thing has no effect on me anymore." Shen Ye said indifferently. With his current physical condition, it would be difficult for him to be poisoned to death even if he drank the herb directly.

　　"Even so, you have to be careful. I heard that in the old days many people died from smoking." Accord glared at him unhappily.

　　"Are you concerned about me?" Shen Ye held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at her with a smile on his face.

　　"No," Accord muttered, but said nothing more.

　　If he dies, he dies. Then we can create a prosthetic body for him, extract his soul with special means, and keep it on the medium found in that world. It seems to be a good idea.

　　"Doing this shouldn't violate the rules of this world, right?" Accord thought.

　　However, she didn't quite understand why she thought this way. Was it because she had been lonely for too long and wanted to find someone to accompany her?

　　Shaking her head, Accord decided not to think about it anymore. The battle was still going on below the platform, so she asked, "Since you woke up a long time ago, why didn't you stop A2 from going down?"

　　"Because I am cooperating with someone's plan." Shen Ye remembered the plan that Anemone mentioned a few days ago.

　　"Plan? Whose plan? What plan?" Accord asked curiously.

　　"No comment."

　　"Forget it." Accord snorted, but did not continue to ask. Anyway, to her, none of this mattered.

　　After a while, she couldn't help but frown when she saw Shen Ye light up his second cigarette: "Smoke less, it's not good for your health. Also, are you so confident in letting her go alone? Even with her, she's no match for the three Engels. Aren't you afraid that something might happen to her?"

　　Shen Ye said confidently: "It's okay, I will take action when the time comes."

　　"Oh, so confident?" Accord became curious again.

　　"Could it be that you have a second robot of that kind?"

　　She had naturally seen the strength of the Tempest Robot summoned by Shen Ye. It did surprise her that it could defeat a fortress-level mechanical life in a one-on-one battle.

　　However, what made her even more curious was that she had no idea where Shen Ye got the robot from. She was very familiar with the technology of the entire Blue Planet and the artificial human base in satellite orbit, but she had never seen a similar robot.

　　"Relying on Tempest alone won't work, but I have other means. You'll know soon." Shen Ye said.

　　Now he can use all the skills of the Mechanic including the First Awakening, and Summoning Tempest is just a small skill. If he uses the other "big moves" of the First Awakening, let alone three Engels, any more can be easily dealt with.

　　"Then I'll wait and see your performance." Accord stared at Shen Ye, then turned and looked at the bridge.

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　　On the bridge deck.

　　Anemone was lying among a pile of rocks, covered in wounds.

　　As an ordinary rebel android, her strength is far inferior to that of the YoRHa model, both in terms of physical function and reaction speed. When she was dodging Engels' missile attack, she was almost hit directly by the missile. If 2B who was not far away had not noticed her and rescued her, she would have been blown into a pile of scrap metal by now.

　　But even so, she still suffered injuries of varying degrees. The bionic skin on the surface of her legs and the muscles made of polymer materials were burned away, revealing the metal skeleton inside.

　　After resting for a while, Anemone sat up with difficulty. Looking at Engels who was wantonly destroying the bridge, she couldn't help feeling a little desperate.

　　"I'm afraid I can't go back this time." She sighed and thought.

　　She was not afraid of death, or rather, few artificial humans were afraid of death. Besides, she had experienced the feeling of being on the verge of death as early as the battle of Pearl Operation.

　　She just felt a little regretful that her plan had not been completed.

　　"Luckily, there's someone who cares about you, otherwise you, A2, would be alone." Anemone thought of A2 and muttered to herself with some relief.

　　However, at this moment, a cold voice appeared behind her: "Do you really want to leave me? My friend, Anemone?"

　　Anemone was startled, then turned around in surprise and saw A2 holding a long knife, appearing not far behind her.

　　"A2." Annie Morning called out.

　　A2 smiled slightly, but because her face was covered by the hood, no one could see it. Then she walked quickly towards Annie MorningAnemone, picked her up, held her under her armpits, and then turned and left.

　　"I'll take you to safety first."

　　This time, Anemone did not refuse, but just lowered her head slightly, because all the resistance soldiers she brought had been sacrificed.

　　A2 stopped when she ran all the way to the end of the bridge. She carefully put Annie MorningAnemone on the ground, gave her some instructions, and then turned around and ran towards the battlefield.

　　She was going to support Team YoRHa.

　　Long before she came down, she saw the scene where 2B saved Anemone. As an android who valued her companions very much, she decided to help Team YoRHa, even though she had killed them more than once and even though she knew that she was no match for the three Engels.

　　"Accord, I hope you can take good care of Shen."

　　While running, A2 looked back in the direction of the platform and thought to himself.

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　　"Hey, hey, hey, she's gone. Do you really want to continue to watch?"

　　Accord, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, turned his head and said to Shen Ye beside him.

　　"Wait a little longer, now is not the time to take action." Shen Ye said calmly.

　　In fact, he was actually quite nervous. He stared at A2 without blinking, and all the muscles in his body were tense.

　　"Tsk, pretending to be calm." Accord said disdainfully.

　　Then she continued to look at the bridge.

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　　"Thanks!"

　　2B looked at the huge mechanical arm that had smashed down where she had been standing with lingering fear, then turned around and said thank you to A2 who had just helped her.

　　A2 was wrapped in a cloak, so she naturally couldn't recognize her, but she felt a sense of familiarity.

　　A2 ignored her and just frowned as she stared at the huge mechanical monster in front of him, thinking about a strategy.

　　However, she also understood that this monster was more powerful than any mechanical life she had encountered before, and it was almost impossible to defeat it relying solely on her own abilities.

　　2B, who was standing by, saw that she didn't respond and didn't care. She just glanced at the knife in her hand curiously.

　　She felt that it looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, and its appearance was very similar to the weapon used by Team YoRHa.

　　However, she did not think much about it. The Bunker had carried out several landing operations in the past few years, and there were too many YoRHa androids who died on the surface. It was not surprising that they were picked up and used by other androids.

　　While she was distracted, she felt someone grab her arm and take her aside. Then she heard A2 say, "Being distracted during a battle is a taboo. After all these years, haven't you learned it yet?"

　　"You know me?" 2B was stunned and asked in surprise.

　　A2 sneered at her without saying anything, and ran towards the giant mechanical arm with her knife in hand, which had not yet been raised. At the same time, she pulled off her hood, revealing her slightly yellowish white hair.

　　Looking at the long white hair, she subconsciously called out the other person's name.

　　"A2!"

　　At this time, her auxiliary machine also made a sound.

　　"A Bunker escapee has been found, YoRHa Prototype A2, please destroy her immediately."

　　But 2B remained indifferent. She just stared blankly at A2 who was swinging her knife at the robotic arm, wondering why she would help her.

　　"Warning: Eliminating Bunker deserters is the command of the headquarters. Please execute it immediately."

　　At this time, her auxiliary machine issued another prompt sound.

　　2B slowly came to her senses, and then the pod gave the following command:

　　"POD, open fire immediately, cover A2."

　　At the same time, she rushed to A2 with a knife in hand and attacked the robotic arm together.

　　"Why did you save me just now?" 2B asked during the attack. She really didn't understand.

　　"Because you just saved Anemone." A2 said, "She is one of the few friends I have."

　　"Is that all?" 2B asked. She was a little dissatisfied with the answer.

　　"What else?" A2 glanced at her coldly: "Given the relationship between us, if it were in the past, I would have killed you long ago."

　　2B stopped talking. She seemed to be remembering the previous times when she was killed by A2. She silently touched her chest.

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