Chapter 22: Doubts not entirely appeased.
2.45 pm
Hilda was strolling through the panzerfahren training ground, a vast lawn dotted with a few trees that covered the southeastern part of the ship.
What a beautiful day… The sky is clear, it's hot… The ideal day for walking.
The blonde girl thought serene and happy. Suddenly, however, her cell phone started ringing, breaking that idyllic moment.
Shit!
She thought nervously as she answered.
"Hilda."
"Excuse the trouble, mein führer! I found information on Miho Nishizumi. " Zuse's voice said.
"I hope they are important ..."
"I am, I guarantee it."
"Then tell me!"
At that moment a noise coming from above made her look up, and she saw that an airliner was flying high in the sky, heading west.
"Miho Nishizumi is the second daughter of Shiho, a big shot of the Japanese Sensha-do Federation, and younger sister of Maho, current commander of the Kuromorimine Academy sensha-do team, 9 consecutive winner of the Japanese national tournament. Until last year you were active in the same team, with the role of deputy commander. "
"So the Nishizumi family can be considered the equivalent of mine, except that Shiho hasn't gotten into politics."
"Exactly."
"And the father?"
"Tsuneo Nishizumi, deputy director of the Fukushima nuclear power plant."
Hilda was silent for 6/7 seconds.
"Mein fuhrer?"
"He died 7 years ago, right?"
"Exactly. I see you know that story too. "
"Everyone knows. The Fukushima nuclear disaster is as infamous as that of Chernobyl. But let's go on: how did Miho end up at Ooarai?"
"Last year, in the final of the 62nd tournament, she caused the defeat of her team, giving the victory to the opponent Pravda."
"How?"
Hilda sat down on the grass.
"To save the crew of a Panzer III from her team who had slipped into a river, she left the flag tank unattended, which was eliminated from the Pravda wagons."
"Very altruistic ... Putting the life of the companions before victory."
"Yeah ... The problem is that because of that gesture she got a shake of her head from her mother, and she, feeling mortified, she decided to leave Kuromorimine and move to Ooarai."
Hilda let out a sigh.
"Good deeds never go unpunished, right?"
"Especially if they prevent a tenth victory in a row."
"Anyway… I congratulate you on your speed. It took you just over two hours. "
"It was easy, mein führer. Our girls have contacts with various Kuromorimine students, and this Miho's family is very famous, it was enough for me to write the surname Nishizumi on Google. "
"Even modest ... Now I have to say goodbye." Having said that she closed the communication.
So those two are honest about everything ... On both the Ooarai and Miho.
She stood up.
But… This time travel story still leaves me skeptical. In short, the Nishizumi is a famous family, anyone can find information about them from the web.
She resumed her journey.
About the Nishizumi family, not the Ooarai, which is a junior school. It is probably unknown abroad, and in Japan it is very little known, compared to the big names in this sport.
She decided not to think about it for the moment. Soon the 63rd Japanese sensha-do tournament would take place, and she would follow him live on Youtube, so as to see with her eyes if the two newcomers were sincere or not.