Diary - The Last War.

We have experienced many hardships, from the Ralfie camp to the Ilana headquarters, facing countless moments of death.

And this moment is connected to a topic that nobody would talk about, but sometimes we are forced to discuss it because it has become the focus of attention worldwide.

I also know the ultimate outcome of the battle that is about to take place at headquarters... Haha, of course, I won't die. Otherwise, how could I be sitting here calmly writing today's diary?

But...now all the questions that have been answered cannot be connected to a single thread.

"He is the only one who can stop death..."

"Stop Wicker-Key, he will destroy everything!"

"Juxi...this will be the final war, not just for humans...but everything, including Earth, will disappear in this battle."

The information brought to me by Yuka, who has become a child of the abyss, points in different directions, leaving me in endless confusion.

"Wicker-Key once glimpsed the future, and that view is the last light of humanity!"

"Juxi, little brother!" Yuka gently brushes past my chest, that feeling is so familiar and distant warmth, "I will always be with you until the end of the world, and on that day, I can meet you."

"If the world ends, what is the meaning of Yuka?"

"Mmm, " Yuka gently strokes my head with great tenderness, "The end is not the end, it is the beginning of a whole new world!"

Wicker-Key seems to know what will happen next, as if everything is within his expectations. This may be disadvantageous for our current situation.

The deafening alarm sounds in the base, and the sound of orderly footsteps outside the prison door indicates that we are already surrounded.

"Yuka, leave all your explosive weapons to me, then Yu Nai, go and cover Yuka and Edward to retreat!"

Cracks begin to appear in the center of the titanium alloy gate, and I quickly wave my hand for Yuka to quickly evacuate through the ventilation duct.

Yu Nai hesitates for a moment, then climbs out of the ventilation duct, aims his gun at the crumbling gate, and smiles at me, saying, "Yuka alone is enough, Yuanhui and the others are waiting for her at the vent."

"But the guards..."

"They're inside, the firepower of over 10,000 soldiers in the base is all drawn to them, and Yuanhui and Ren have taken care of the few remaining members."

"Haha, always loved messing around, just like you used to..." (When I said the last sentence, my voice was too quiet to hear.)

"What did you say? I couldn't hear you clearly."

"Ah! It's nothing, you must have misheard."

Finally, the titanium alloy door is sent flying into the wall by the Elyana mercenaries, and the scattered fragments immediately bury the only vent we could escape from.

"Do you regret it?" I said mockingly, "Now you can't escape!"

"So much talking is useless...get down quickly!"

As several round objects fly in, Yu Nai rushes over and presses me tightly under his body. However, the soldiers outside the door did not rush in, but threw some strange grenades that emitted strange-colored smoke. After that, both Yu Nai and I fell into a deep sleep.

"Cough...damn it!"

"Yu Nai, are you hurt?"

Yu Nai weakly shakes his head, trying to pick up the gun from the ground.

Bang! A chubby man kicks away the hand Yu Nai was holding the gun with, then snatches the gun and points it at my head.

At the moment I fell down, what I saw was a chubby, baldheaded man in a suit standing in front of me.

"Long time no see, my friend. Thank God we meet again!" Wicker-Key angrily walks towards me and looks down at me, "Do you know? I will never allow failure from my subordinates, let alone betrayal!"

"Hoo hoo hoo... What do you want?!" I was tired of the delay, "We still can..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, be quiet, be quiet."

Vickers gave a harsh stomp on my left hand.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

The pain tortured me, yet he still sneered at me disdainfully, "Are you still using such an ancient prosthetic limb?"

Little did Vickers expect that I could stand up again with the help of the mechanical skeleton. In an instant, the hidden blade in my sleeve came out and stabbed towards Vickers.

"Drip, drip, drip..."

On the verge of life and death, Vickers pressed the switch in his hand. My mechanical skeleton instantly increased the pressure on me fivefold, pinning me to the ground.

"This guy is dangerous," my previous action surprised Vickers and made him break out in cold sweat.

"I am kind-hearted. I won't send you to meet God!" Vickers took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and ordered the people around him, "Lock them up in the Elena East City concentration camp and let them experience what hell is like!"

"The fear of death is often obscured by interests, and everyone in the world is like this!"

"War is often caused by the mutual instigation of forces, and because of this, there is no such thing as a just side. No matter how great the sacrifices and achievements of the so-called just side, it is meaningless. And we are born out of this!" Vickers' thoughts were something I had never heard of, but I could see that there was no desire in his eyes!

"Juxi, don't listen to his nonsense, he... Ugh!"

Vickers gave a signal to the soldiers, and one of them understandingly hit Yu Nai's head with the butt of a rifle, knocking her unconscious.

"One day, perhaps you will not be under my command, but you will choose to join us!"

"I..."

"But you are not mature enough now. We have nothing to talk about... Take him away too!"

Before the words reached my lips, I was inexplicably attacked and fell unconscious. The whole process lasted only one or two seconds, and my sight blurred and faded into unconsciousness.

The words he said kept echoing in my head.

"You will join us or walk the same path as me, but you are not mature enough now, so we have nothing to talk about..."

Yuka and Edward, gasping for breath, met Yuanhui who had just finished dealing with the guards outside the gate, along with Nen and Chiba who were drinking nearby.

"Wait...," Yuanhui circled around Yuka and then returned to stand in front of her, unable to believe his eyes, "Where are they? Where are Juxi and Yu Nai?"

"..."

Yuka was scared by Yuanhui's momentum and dared not look into his eyes.

"Why don't you answer my question?!" Yuanhui grabbed Yuka's collar in excitement and shouted, "Did you abandon them and escape alone, leaving behind a useless old man?"

Yuka could only apologize repeatedly, "I... I'm really sorry!"

"A traitor who abandons comrades is not worthy of walking beside us. I shouldn't have trusted you, a flower in a greenhouse!"

Yuanhui was getting angrier by the minute, and no matter how much Chiba tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen. Meanwhile, Nen silently watched everything happen as a bystander.

"Don't blame Yuka anymore!"

"Dad?"

Yuka quickly supported Edward, who was gasping for air. He seemed to have something to say, "The sample of the Archangel is actually me!"

"What?!"

Everything that happened afterwards became blurry. All I knew was that we were dragged and taken to a place that resembled a concentration camp, but it didn't look like Elena's headquarters. The towering buildings were filled with prisoners in prison uniforms. They stared at us with strange eyes, as if confused why Elena would capture her own people.

"Let us out! We will oppose war till the end!"

Everyone imprisoned here is a war opponent, that's why we were caught by Irina.

"What are you looking at? Your dorm is on the highest floor!" The soldier said and gave me a heavy punch. (It's really dangerous even to look)

Bang bang!!

Yu Nai and I were thrown into the cell like garbage. Apart from us, there is also a man in ragged clothes, with a long beard but no wrinkles on his face, sitting in the corner smoking his seemingly few remaining cigarettes. He seemed somewhat happy to see us enter.

"Ah, finally some company for me!" The man spoke with a Southeast Asian accent. "You were also caught for opposing Irina, right?"

"..."

"Don't mind me talking too much. I was caught two months ago and sometimes I chat with him aside from delivering meals."

Then he leaned close to my ear like he was whispering a secret and said, "But what they don't know is that during labor reform, I also talk happily with my fellow workers, haha!"

What kind of secret is this?

"Look!" Suddenly, like he smelled something, he leaped up from the ground. "It's oatmeal porridge, time to eat!"

"Hey... mister?"

I was just about to ask him about the situation here, but before I knew it, in the blink of an eye, he ran out into the crowd of inmates and lined up to receive the porridge. Before leaving, he even turned around and reminded us, "Hurry and snatch it... um, if you're late, all that's left will be clear soup!"

Oh well!

"No use thinking, iron is hard, rice is steel. Wait for me, Yu Nai!"

"What wait for you, Juxi!"

Without waiting for me to finish speaking, I mustered all my strength and rushed into the crowd. It didn't take long before I came back with two bowls of oatmeal porridge and placed them in front of Yu Nai.

"Got two bowls, let's manage with this for now."

"I'm surprised you still have the appetite to eat in this situation?"

Yu Nai's cheeks were swollen with anger, but no matter how tough someone is, they can't resist food.

"Gurgle..."

"Give it to me!"

Her face and neck turned bright red, and she snatched the porridge from my hand and drank it in big gulps, not caring about her image.

"Haha," I laughed and handed her my bowl, "that's the spirit, only when you're full can you have the energy to escape!"

"Escape?"

The old man, who knows when, was already licking the bottom of his bowl, mumbling to himself, "Even if you two escape from this prison, it's still a dead end!"

Shaking his head helplessly, the old man washed his bowl and threw it back into the basket, then laid flat in the corner of the room and began snoring loudly.