"Xingye, from this incident, can you guess what I want you to know?"

Sitting on the special plane returning to the Sakura Country, Gu Chen asked Hoshino Yong who was sitting opposite him.

"Well..." Hearing this, Hoshino Yong did not give an answer immediately. Instead, he hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I think, Advisor, you want me to know that the position of the highest commander of the Earth Defense Force is not so easy to sit on? And then let me be mentally prepared accordingly?"

Hearing Hoshino Yong's answer, Gu Chen shook his head slightly.

Then, he did not continue to embarrass Xingye Yong, and directly announced the correct answer in his mind: "I want to tell you that no matter what position you sit in, don't extinguish the enthusiasm in your heart."

"enthusiasm?"

Upon hearing this, Xingye Yong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, looking a little surprised.

"Yes, it's the enthusiasm to help Miss Yayoi." Gu Chen nodded, and then said: "I believe you can see that even if we don't help Miss Yayoi, the problem can be solved perfectly. But the problem is that this is based on sacrificing a family."

"Admittedly, from my position and perspective, such sacrifices are completely negligible, but I don't think this is necessarily right. We can't judge everything by profit alone. Whenever possible, we should do our best to help those who deserve help, even if it takes more effort."

Hoshino Yong listened to Gu Chen's words quietly, and kept chewing them over in his mind, trying to understand the thoughts that Gu Chen conveyed to him.

After a long while, Xingye Yong raised his head and looked at Gu Chen. He nodded heavily and said, "Well, I understand, consultant. I will remember this."

"I believe you."

Seeing that Hoshino Yong looked serious, Gu Chen smiled and nodded sincerely.

……

At the MAC team's headquarters base, Feng Yuan was the only one on duty in the operations room.

"Yuan, what are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in it."

Zhu Xingtuan walked to Feng Yuan's side, saw that he seemed unaware, then reached out and knocked on the table in front of Feng Yuan to make some noise, and spoke.

"Hmm?! Ah... Captain! Nothing, just thinking about Dark Tiga."

Awakened by the noise and voices made by Zhu Xingtuan, Feng Yuan's face changed slightly after he came to his senses, and then he spoke vaguely.

However, Zhu Xingtuan did not hear anything wrong in Feng Yuan's words. After all, they had been thinking about how to deal with Dark Tiga day and night these days. For this reason, they almost tore apart all the data files about Dark Tiga in the archives.

"Well, although this is indeed a very important matter, you should also take care of your body and not overwork yourself." Then, Zhu Xingtuan nodded, pulled out a chair and sat in his seat, and then asked: "By the way, Yuan, have you felt anything special during this period of time? Including the battle with the Plesher people."

"A special feeling?"

When Feng Yuan heard this, the hallucinations and phantom pains that occurred when he fought with the Plesher people flashed through his mind. For a moment, Feng Yuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

After the battle, he checked his body carefully but found no signs of tampering.

However, the illusion and phantom pain were so real that Feng Yuan could not completely regard them as mere hallucinations.

However, Feng Yuan could never figure out why this illusion appeared.

Seeing that Feng Yuan had not responded for a long time, Zhu Xingtuan, who was standing by, looked a little serious. Then he raised his voice a little and shouted, "Yuan!"

"team leader?"

Feng Yuan was startled by the sudden increase in the volume of Zhu Xingtuan's voice. He immediately came back to his senses from his thoughts and looked at Zhu Xingtuan in surprise and doubt.

"Yuan, did you see a vision of Dark Tiga during your battle with the Pleshers?"

Facing Feng Yuan's gaze, Zhu Xingtuan asked seriously.

Upon hearing this, Feng Yuan's pupils suddenly shrank. It was obvious that he did not expect that Zhu Xingtuan would know about this.

Through Feng Yuan's reaction, Zhu Xingtuan also knew the answer to the question, which made him sigh: "Alas, so it can't be avoided after all."

"Can't avoid it? Captain, do you know why?"

After hearing Zhu Xingtuan's tone, Feng Yuan immediately realized something and asked quickly.

"Yes, that is the damaging effect of the evil sword of resentment in Dark Tiga's hand. I have experienced this feeling before." Zhu Xingtuan nodded solemnly, and then said: "Yuan, there is no time to lose, you hurry up and follow me!"

After saying that, Zhu Xingtuan, who had just sat down, stood up again and started walking outside.

"Eh? But...Captain, I'm on duty now."

Feng Yuan was stunned, and quickly followed Zhu Xingtuan's footsteps, then hesitantly said.

"I'll notify Long to come and take your place. Now we have to deal with your problem first."

Zhu Xingtuan walked quickly in the corridor of the base and said without looking back.

"Captain, do you know how to solve my problem?"

When Feng Yuan heard this, he immediately became curious.

"Yes, I was the same as you are now. I was injured by Dark Tiga's sword of resentment and had illusions that affected the battle. Because of this, I was in danger several times. Finally, with the help of my advisor, I got rid of the influence of the illusion."

Zhu Xingtuan nodded and said.

"That's it, I understand."

Hearing that the solution to the illusion came from Gu Chen, Feng Yuan suddenly felt relieved, and then followed Zhu Xingtuan out of the MAC team base with curiosity.

……

On the other side, Regulus, who was sleeping soundly in Gu Chen's house, felt someone shaking his body in a daze, and seemed to hear Gu Chen's voice.

"Long, wake up, wake up, your communicator is ringing."

Gu Chen looked at Regulus who was still sleeping soundly. While rocking his body, he glanced at the portable communicator on his bedside table that was ringing non-stop.

"Um..."

Thanks to Gu Chen's unremitting efforts, Regulus finally opened his sleepy eyes.

These past few days, Regulus had been thinking about strategies to deal with Dark Tiga with Tsubasa and the others day and night, which had exhausted his brain cells, so he slept so soundly.

"Counselor...what's going on?"

After waking up, Regulus still seemed not to have heard the sound of the communicator. He asked while rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"Your communicator is ringing."

Seeing this, Gu Chen handed the communicator to Regulos and said.