Chapter 13: Meals and suspects

10:00 am

After the ceremony Hilda and the others decided to take a walk in the city.

"Why did you call us with our ... Aliases?" Kay asked her.

"If I had said you came from the future, they would surely have thought it was a joke, or they would have thought me crazy. And to tell the truth, I'm still skeptical too. " Was her reply.

"I would have been surprised otherwise ..."

Kay snorted.

"So now we are officially Black Sun students?" El asked.

"And also members of the Foreign Legion, as you have heard yourself." Himmler confirmed.

"Starting tomorrow you will be taking part in classes, including the sensha-do course. I'll get you a pair of our uniforms, since you'll have to get rid of the old ones. " Hilda told them.

"Do we have to?"

The dark-haired girl looked sad at the idea of getting rid of her old school uniform, the Blue Division.

"There is no other way. Now you are our students, you will have to go around in our uniform. " Göring answered.

"Already the modality of your admission has left our students perplexed, your appointment as tank commanders has made them suspicious ... But if they understand that those you are wearing are uniforms of one ... Indeed, two Japanese schools will begin to suspect even more." She added.

"Their appearance also attracts attention, they are too similar to the Kay and El of this era."

"Don't worry, Himmler ... Apart from us, no one else follows the foreign championships, as far as I know. Only local and European ones. "

"Furthermore, having them change their appearance after showing them would only increase the suspicions of our girls, who would ask themselves the reason for the change of look."

"Well said, Göring."

Hilda stopped, looking up at the clear sky.

"However, I would suggest that we each go back to their own homes. We have to take off our high uniforms, they are only for important ceremonies and I wouldn't want them to get stained. "

"Ja, mein führer. But what about the castaways of time? " Himmler asked, obviously referring to Kay and El.

"You take Kay with you. Göring will take care of El, since she considers her like a sister." Replied her commander.

"Do you want us to host them in our home?"

"For now, just show them to them, maybe invite them to lunch. Then I'll decide. "

The two girls snapped to attention.

"Under your orders, mein führer!" They exclaimed, almost in unison.

At the same time Goebbels was eating a Cheeseburger in Hilda Breisgau Square, sitting on a bench.

This business smells like a mile away ... How is it possible that in less than a day the student council gave the okay to two strangers, who had even sneaked on board illegally?

She snorted.

She suddenly felt she was being watched. She looked up and saw Ribbentrop, Black Sun's PR manager, a girl with short gray hair and blue eyes. She had a can of Coca-Cola in one hand and a hamburger in the other. "

"I can sit down?" He asked her.

"Take a seat." Goebbels replied, who instead had black bobbed hair and eyes of the same color.

"Danke (thanks)."

She sat down on the bench, starting to eat her sandwich.

Goebbels began to feast in turn. When she was done she turned to her friend of hers:

"Why aren't you in class?"

"I took a day off. You too, I see. "

"Yeah ... Rather, did you hear about the newcomers?"

"I was also there at the ceremony and I witnessed your protest attempt."

Goebbels snorted again.

"Then you will also know that I am against the decision of the council. True, those two saved Eva, but they also smuggled on board, and they didn't even pass the routine exams! Despite this, in no time they were accepted into the Foreign Legion, and even elevated to tank commanders! "

"This decision makes me turn up my nose too, but unfortunately there is no way to oppose the will of the student council ..."

Goebbels spat on the ground.

"There are girls who have given their all to join our team, becoming gunners, loaders or whatever, and now those two become tank commanders only because they saved a friend of Hilda's! It's unfair!"

"This is not the first time this has happened. Remember when she appointed Sheska as deputy, just because she was the daughter of a friend of her mother? "

"I remember, but at least Sheska proved to be a girl with the right credentials. Those two instead ... We don't even know if they understand panzerfarhen!"

"True… But it's not just that, right? There is something else that troubles you. "

Goebbels stared at her interlocutor.

"You're right, my friend ... It's about that Scarlett."

"What's the problem?"

"According to her, Hilda, she is English, but she was assigned to the Yorktown division, not Elizabeth I."

Ribbentrop thought about it, then exclaimed:

"Mein Gott, that's right! Why assign an English student to a team of American girls? "

"The classic million euro question ... And that's not all, did you notice how they were dressed?"

"Yes, they were wearing some school uniforms, but I don't know which one, exactly."

Goebbels reached into her Smart and connected to the internet.

Wikipedia… Floating schools by nationality… Japanese floating schools…

After a few minutes she exclaimed:

"As I suspected, those are the uniforms of Saunders University and the Blue Division, two Japanese schools that promote American and Spanish culture respectively!"

"And how the hell did they get them?"

"I have no idea, Ribben ..."

She typed again on the Smartphone, then said:

"Take a look at these photos."

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Ribbentrop took the cell phone and, after looking at the incriminated images, said:

"They are the newcomers."

"They are Kay and El, captains of the Saunders and Blue Division panzerfahren teams, identical to the newcomers who have just arrived."

The gray woman took on a bewildered expression.

"True, they are identical to them! How is it possible? Could they be two doubles? "

"Maybe… Or maybe the explanation is another. But don't ask me which one, I can't answer you. The only thing I know ... "

She stood up.

… It's just that we are faced with a mystery. "

"And what are you going to do?"

"For now I can't do anything. Those two are under the protection of the student council. I can't even go to the Gestapo, since it's under Himmler's control. "

"And with this?"

"Ribbentrop, can't you understand?"

"What?"

In response, Goebbels turned to her.

"What Himmler ... Indeed, the whole board hides something from us. Or at least that's what I suspect. The haste with which they appointed them as tank commanders is suspect. "

"And even if it were? How do we find out? "

"Keeping your eyes and ears open. If by chance they miss something, anything… It means that my suspicions are well founded. For now, this is the only thing we can do. "

"I see…"

Goebbels let out a sigh.

"Now I have to go, thanks for the company."

"Forget about it!" Ribbentrop replied.

"If you find out anything, anything ... Contact me via Facebook."

"Count on it."