The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Valley of Death (7)

What makes the soldiers most difficult here is the irregular hours of sleep. It's because the battle between mutants was more dangerous at night and day. The number of passes was minimal, but remained on standby, most of whom remained in a slumber inside the Humvee.

But you can't stop the beacon at night. The mission was not only to disrupt the activity of the variants, but also to reduce the density of the variants in the backyard. This creates a relatively safe corridor between the Olema FOB and Satan. It was a supply road.

So winter tried to ensure maximum rest time. However, there were many soldiers who complained that they couldn't sleep when they slept. I often wake up surprised by the gunshot.

In the evening before dark, there was a reason why those who were being eaten were exhausted.

Grrr!

The sky was torn apart outside. It is called a thunderstorm, but there was no rain. The temperature was high and the thin raindrops evaporated in the air. However, there are frequent nearby lightning strikes. A lightning strike strikes the garrison at the top of the mountain. The sleepy soldiers grumbled.

“Shit. Claymore must have blown again. ”

The grumbling of soldiers filling up the plate. Words are in Korean, but swearing was in English.

Like he said, winter heard a strange bang at the end of the brain stem. Electric primers in mine mines often cause malfunctions when lightning strikes. In Lake Santa Margarita, a soldier named Kunz died in a backstorm for the same reason. Now that I have called attention, there will be no same accident.

Sergeant Diane Angelo approaches the table in winter.

“It's fortunate to see the commander here. Is there room?”

“Whatever.”

With her permission, she sits across from the winter.

“I was looking forward to this evening, and it's come to this. ”

Sarge's passion was about dieting. Winter made me smile lightly.

“You can't help it because the helicopter doesn't fly. ”

It was because of the deterioration of the weather at the point when we decided to airlift the ingredients. There was originally going to be a steak on the side of the spinach. Evidence from above that we are committed to maintaining fraud.

“Hmm, so the steak finally crossed the water? ”

“Well, that sky won't last long. Let's just make it through the night. ”

At the end of winter, Petty Officer Diesel sighed in a bothersome manner.

“I'll have a more boring night than usual. ”

Both were mediocre. Let's just make it through the night, or it'll be a duller night than usual. Temperature hasn't changed much right now, but soon the effects of sunlight will be blocked. It may be a humid, hot night, but not as much as last night. It was a deformed weather.

Sergeant Dienzello chews roasted bacon thoroughly and asks for a sip of water.

“Did you hear the news? ”

“What?"

“The plane that flew in from Japan. ”

“Ah.”

Winter nods. You should say you read more than you heard. Although censored, there is a lot of information available on the military intranet to a limited extent. Among them, there were many things that were not publicly available. As a major, Winter's access was high. And there is an enhanced satellite network built there. All I needed was four warrior terminals.

“Isn't the Marines great, too? Surviving for over a year in that hell... by protecting embassies and civilians. These guys are like complete missions. ”

Here, a civilian means an American citizen. None of the people they rescued were Japanese.

‘I hope you didn't make that face for nothing. ’

Everyone looked dark in the picture that winter saw. There were traces of evil they had to endure. If it was just another ordeal, it would have been normal for more people to be happy in their home country.

“With this achievement, the Lord's Embassy Guard and all Fast Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) dispatchers receive the Medal of Honor. But the award ceremony will be held after the Fire Valley operation.... Commander, I heard that the award ceremony was at that time, right? ”

“Yes, he said. ”

“Hmm. The whiskey hotel really wants to have a festival. ”

The Whiskey (W) Hotel (H) was a phonetic acronym for the White House.

The White House's intentions were true. Delivering news from war heroes, and the award ceremony is being postponed in unison. Even first-line officers, deputies and soldiers had expectations. Informally, it is called Heroes' Day, Victory Day, and Improvement Day.

Many of the recipients have already died, so it will be a festival and a memorial.

Angelo was also excited.

“I'm really, really excited about that day. ”

“ ……. ”

“I feel so good every time I hear this news. We shouldn't have done this already.... ”

It was a serious statement again. It does not mean that he is happy with the festival of the future. Winter found darkness in Sarge's face.

“I can't help it. You can't just keep crying because you're sad. The living must live. ”

Hope is like that. Forgetting was a necessity in life. for people who are pushing their limits.

The conversation was temporarily disconnected.

“I read a great war once. ”

You slaughter an omelette-like omelette, and sergeant makes a new fortune.

“Do you know Helen Keller? ”

Winter felt strange.

“Of course I do. ”

“Huh? Is it natural to know? ”

It's American curiosity, anyway, and sergeant says,

“I saw a really good oral there.... ”

“The world is full of pain, but also people who overcome it? ”

“…… Yes. That's it.”

A little mumbling wow. The sergeant looked surprised. Winter said.

“Don't be surprised. I just heard it from a nun once. ”

“Oh, I see. ”

It was not necessary to say that I had known. The sergeant cleared his throat.

“Why did I tell you this... …. in a world like this, or like this, because I felt like there was such good news. ”

“I'm sure you've had some good news before, but it feels bigger when the world is dark. Like being a hero when a firefighter fires. ”

“Exactly. That's exactly what I think. It's like living in an age of heroes. not just the heroes from the cartoons, but the people who can help just being in the same country. There are so many more dead than alive... ”

This is why the US government is as eager to announce the heroes who are dead as the heroes who are alive. Those who died in the service of their mission were the comfort of those who lived, even though they died.

“The X.O. said the same thing. ”

“Captain Singh? ”

“Yes, it was a conversation with the soldiers, but it's so unusual that it's memorable. ”

“What did he say? ”

“Well, if there was only light in the world, we wouldn't be able to tell the difference……. Go.”

The speaking sergeant frowns and stutters with one eye.

“Then……. Ah, there is light, there is darkness, there is darkness, there is light. Those who do not know despair do not know hope. Therefore, only those who fear can be brave. It was.”

He wanted to encourage his platoon members.

Afterwards, I chatted like a geyser. At the end of the meal, the Winter radio spoke in the voice of the poster.

[Commander, we have a situation.]

Details were not continued. It means you should not leave the Situation Room. That doesn't sound like enough to make an emergency call at the base.

“I'll be right there. ”

Winter rises with a plate that has little left.

“I'm sorry, but I'll get up first. ”

“Yep.”

The enlightened sergeant speeds up eating.

The poster reported something unusual to Winter when she arrived in the Situation Room.

“We've lost contact with Calphine 5. ”

“Does this mean we haven't been in touch? ”

“No, there's no response to communications from us or from Marigold. ”

When I heard this, I immediately remembered winter as a troop of Great Lakes Buddhas approaching the day. It was because of the common sense that communication was unresponsive. However, it was only to the extent that a crow's stomach fell off.

“What are the chances that this is temporary due to weather conditions? ”

“Absolutely not. ”

The poster insisted.

“It's true that there are satellite communications disruptions, but other bases besides ours remain in contact with Marigold. Above all, we and other bases tried to make the call, but it failed. So is laser communication. ”

Engineers have set up communication lines between their bases before the operation begins. The laser communication system was also composed of oriented lasers, detectors and relays. There are several channels of communication available just in case. There were even regular satellite phones, not even military ones.

“Just so you know, the base didn't seem to have collapsed. There have been reports of carpine six and carpine five bearing flares. He said it was green three times in a row with time intervals. ”

The green flare, of course, meant the base was safe.

“The safety of the base itself is evident, given the continuing lure signal there. Calphine 6 was a little overpowered, so I put the drones up, but the troop deployment was normal. ”

“But it's strange. ”

“Yes, it's strange. ”

Everything else is fine, just the means of communication, and what is the situation with all the routes being paralyzed at the same time? If it had been wireless, it would have been Trickster.

After all, Winter is concerned that the base is safe. If there were any infected among the newly joined survivors, a series of red flares would have been observed.

“Have you reviewed the firing request coordinates since your last transmission? ”

The poster immediately understood the intent of the winter question.

“Of course. There are no cannonballs in the area that run past Calphine 5's communication lines. While the commander was resting in the first place, the shells were Rams and Adam, without exception. This is why I can't use a volcano. The time-consuming variants had a very low threat level. ”

RAAMS and ADAM were the names of cannonballs that fired anti-tank and anti-mine mines, respectively. And Volcano was a container with a helicopter and a landmine sprinkler.

‘I hope it's not too much trouble. ’

If one satellite is lost, winter is the best option in this area.

Poster commented.

“Could it be the work of the Heterogeneous Trickster? ”

“Enhanced species?”

“Yes, they deal with electricity and magnetic fields. If they were any other kind of capable, they might have detected a wire buried underground. The same goes for optical relays. ”

That thin conductor and its beta rating may be lacking to pick up a weak signal. However, it was the most powerful hypothesis to explain the situation even in winter.

“Of course, there's no record of receiving an anomaly transmission, right? ”

“Nothing was supposed to be Trickster's. ”

“ ……. ”

A few symbols flash on the Tactical Map. The 2nd Troops are engaged with the mutants. The field of engagement on the split screen was not particularly tense. It was just before sunset. The light of the sunset that descended under the clouds sweeps away countless deaths. The sprinkled blood will be warm for a long time.

“That makes sense. ”

“I see. ”

“First we focus on what we do, but just in case we go out for support. Because if the Trickster is really making a run for it, there's a good chance that the location of the communication blackout is the point of attack. ”

Or it could be a voicemail. The level of cunning to distract and hit others was not great.

As I pondered, the shadowy mountain range continued to eat away at the sun.

Artwork Reviews

# Birthday present

It's been a few days, but a frequently featured programmer friend has given me a birthday present.

Dark Soul 3. You may not know it, but it's a bright, easy, casual, sympathetic action game. It's fun to repeat the same section over and over again.

This programmer -- no, this is a game that I've been recommending for months, and even if I told you I wouldn't do that, I'd say it's a gift, and I'm sure he's a really good friend.

# Q&A

Q. PAM: Try something else inside @. It's the same thing.

A. Well, it's not Novelis, but I recommend a triple. It's hard SF, so it's hard to understand the scientific concepts and expressions that come into play, but the context and narrative alone was good enough.

It's now published into the Dark Forest in Part Two.

Q. QGEGEGQE: @ Boris and Isolet Romance... I don't know what to expect from Tales Weaver if I don't see the romance line from the start...

A. Rune's Kids Winter... Writer Jeon Min-hee... Couple Breaker... Ugh, my head...

Q. Amironiraz: I'm curious as I drive @ 1 coins. So after the nuclear explosion, the contaminant was sprayed along with the fallout, and the infection spread rapidly. So, an intact person was infected alive with the contaminant? D

A. That's what the authors are assuming. The exact mechanism is unknown.

Q. LunarKarma: What's unrealistic about @ 's world view is that it's millions of times better than plague and actual people without DLC. A shape-shifter, the king of yellow clothes who comes when he calls, or something to eat the remains of struggle and death in Jesus' hands.

A. Tunguska. I give them stars.

Q. Karen: Is there anyone else's point of view in this novel? The other person I'm talking about is a virtual person. If you react with that level of precision, it's a game and an NPC, but it's no different than a real person. To be honest, I wonder if Joanna Gibson's point of view

A. Unfortunately not.

Q. KOKO: Wouldn't a flamethrower be better off with a slope like that? Of course, the distance is short, so we'll have to install it intermittently.

A. Poor weight efficiency There's a problem with fuel transportation. There's a problem with smoke blocking your vision. That's why they say incineration takes place in the midst of an enemy attack.

Q. Kalba: A group of unknown soldiers from the Great Lakes... are those strange cultists? Maybe it's a more advanced trickster!

A. Hoyeyeyen... You know, I can't answer that question.

Q. NNNUHGWYEGD @ Winter is coming to regionals, and winter is coming to the president with followers and fans!

A. You can run for Congress, you can run for governor, but you can't run for president.

You can see your presidential nomination in Article 2 of the Amendment. You must be 35 years of age or older at the time of your inauguration, be a U.S. resident for at least 14 years, and be a definitively naturalborn citizen. This means that immigrants are not eligible.

Q. Kim Nyagi: If I thought you were going to be a second breaker, would this line of bronze be rotten?

A. If you were expecting a second couple breaker, you were wrong. because I like to be a happy couple.

Q. Hoch: This must be a variant disguised as a survivor group with a new variant. Show us your full sympathy!

A. I don't know, maybe. Blue Rare sympathy.

Q. GreenTurtle: If you are a sympathizer of @ Eccentric Meteor, you will be preparing for a more lively event than a mutant group disguised as a Straggler... People who have been mutilated from the coast through a barbed wire, and in conversations with the Buddhist congregation, heretic groups from Korean refugees have been mentioned, say, terrorism...? But can mutants survive metabolic inhibition in low-oxygen environments?

A. If you only answer the second question, you're probably thinking about albinism, right. It's possible, because you can stay underwater for quite an hour. even though he woke up just before he died and drowned.

Q. Kwangseong: The nuclear red fried chicken noodles full of @ sympathy are delicious. I send you another 20 to buy one too.

A. No, that's... I love the spicy flavor. I don't think it's a nuclear chicken.

Q. LucidDream: Get your new reader @! The comment part is so annoying. Formality is fun, but it's not just an expression of an ignorant character, it's actually a term that someone would say somewhere, so it's too sympathetic! Keyboard battlers' concentric jet propulsion requires their fingers to be flew, but they are hovering on the flat against the unspeakable virtualist's lines... It's an evil thing to shake the heart of a retired combatant.

A. Evil... Thank you for the compliment. I wanted to show you that there's not a long way to Dystopia. Everyday, everyday, everyday future.

Q. Another BJ with a bun cura @ outside. Can't you just post grandparents and pills and stuff? Take a look at Writer Sabat's novel... (KHHHM) Please take me to a sympathetic, but honey flowing side... Haha... Our readers too, but for the viewers of winter, to see a different broadcast from the viewer's perspective!

A. It's a little bit... even if I use a side dish like that, I can't go up to Naver or Ridybooks or whatever, so there's a big difference on the platform.

Q. Geosan Wolf: After @, I drove. That's amazing. I've told you about this before, but it's a really interesting moral textbook. You have to educate students at school as the Little Prince of the Charnel House.

A. No. What's the big deal?

Q. Qvex: When will @ 3 be released and how far will they go?

A. I think I'll be out in a month or two because I've ordered a cover story. I don't know the range yet...