"Ding! Mandatory mission completed. Help Mary Ramyes defend against the enemy's next wave of attack and ensure the safety of Kira Yamato, Thor Guenich, Miliaria Hau, Saye Argyle, and Kazuy Bascak."
"Mission Reward: Accumulated until the completion of the follow-up side mission."
"Follow-up side mission activated. Ensure that the battleships belonging to the Earth Army successfully escape the pursuit of the Zaft Army battleships within Heliopolis. Mission Success Reward: Class D General Mech Piloting Skill. Do you accept the mission? Accept/Reject. "
"If you reject the follow-up mission, the reward of the first side mission will be changed to 300 battle achievement points."
Which is more precious, 300 battle achievement points or a skill? Xiao Ran directly chose to accept without thinking. What's more, this was the most needed Class D General Mech Piloting Skill. It can be said that the reward after completing the follow-up mission is quite rich.
"Accept."
After confirming the mission in his mind, Xiao Ran raised his head. At this time, Mary had already called for Kira to drive the Assault Gundam to carry everyone onto the pair of giant steel hands, waiting for the obviously absent-minded Xiao Ran to go up.
Xiao Ran, who came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly at everyone and hurriedly climbed up. After stabilizing himself, the Assault Gundam landed safely on the launch port of the Archangel with a jet jump. During the whole process, Xiao Ran only felt two slight vibrations, showing how outstanding Kira's talent was.
As soon as everyone stepped on the deck of the launch port, they saw a group of people wearing the Earth Army's uniform rushing over. From afar, they heard a female voice, "Captain Ramyes!"
The voice, which was supposed to be cold and fierce but now sounded a little weak, reached Xiao Ran's ears, causing him to turn his head slightly. What entered his eyes was a young woman with simple short hair and a tall figure in the military uniform. This person was Second Lieutenant Bakirulu.
Mary turned her head at once, and her tone was a little excited, "Second Lieutenant Bakirulu."
Second Lieutenant Bakirulu ran to Mary and stood upright, giving a military salute to Mary, "Captain Ramyes, fortunately you are fine."
Mary also returned the salute with a smile on her face, "I didn't expect you to be able to bring the Archangel out."
Bakirulu was about to say something, but her attention was attracted by the sudden opening of the Assault Gundam's cockpit. She saw Kira Yamato, who still looked like a child, slowly descending, and couldn't help but be surprised..
The uncle on duty widened his eyes. "Hey, hey, what's going on? Isn't it a child? Why is he sitting on it?"
"Captain Ramyes, who are they?" The voice, which was supposed to be cold but now sounded a little weak, reached Xiao Ran's ears, causing him to turn his head slightly and carefully observe the young woman who appeared tall under the military uniform. Xiao Ran clearly saw that Bakirulu's eyes were a little red, and a trace of sadness lingered on her face.
Mary pondered for a moment, then turned her head to look at Kira with an awkward expression, as if she didn't know whether to tell the truth, but under Xiao Ran's light snort, she still shook her head at Bakirulu, but her eyes still showed a trace of joy, "They are civilians of Hailiopolis, they are not a threat to us."
"Hey, this is really surprising." Mu La Vlada, who was wearing a combat spacesuit, also appeared in front of everyone, taking the lead to introduce himself.
Mu first asked Mary about the boarding permit, and Mary also became the acting captain after learning that the main officers of the Archangel had all died in battle. After that, just like in the storyline, the talkative Mu pointed out Kira's identity, and as soon as they heard the word 'adjuster', the guards of the Archangel instantly raised their guns and pointed them at Xiao Ran and the others.
Xiao Ran immediately stood in front of everyone and looked at Mary with a questioning gaze. This was because he knew that the other party would definitely not shoot. This was clearly relying on the familiarity of the plot to gain a good impression of him. But from his eyes, he seemed to be asking, "What do you mean by this?"
Mary lowered her head and sighed slightly. The struggle between duty and character finally made her wave her hand at the guards, "Put down your guns. This is the territory of a neutral country. It's normal to have adjusters who don't want to get involved in the war."
The guards looked left and right, and gradually lowered the weapons in their hands, but Mary's words were indeed orders that had to be obeyed. They looked at each other and finally put down their guns.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost caused a big commotion." Mu touched his head and laughed self-deprecatingly, saying, "On my way here, I have seen the pilots of these Mechs, even walking crookedly during simulation practice … really … hehe."
After that, he was about to leave. When Bakirulu asked him where he was going, Mu shrugged and said frivolously, "Where are we going? It's the Cruzet Squadron outside. That guy is annoying. Oh, I don't have time to waste here now. "
Mu's departure made everyone look at each other. Xiao Ran also took the opportunity to ask, "Miss Ramyes, I wonder if we can leave now?"
"This …" Mary's face was full of embarrassment. She actually didn't want to let Kira leave. After all, she had seen Kira's combat ability. But no matter from her heart, she had promised Xiao Ran to let them leave, and she also didn't want the child Kira to get involved in the war. So she was hesitating for a while.
Bakirulu stared at Xiao Ran and said, "You have seen our military's secret. We can't let you go just like that."
Xiao Ran didn't seem to be agitated by Bakirulu's words. He just smiled and said the truth, "Miss Bakirulu, if I didn't hear wrongly, Miss Ramyes is the person in charge of this ship."
"Second Lieutenant Bakirulu, stop." Mary took a deep breath and walked forward. She pressed Bakirulu's shoulder and said to Xiao Ran in a gentle tone, "You can leave, but now the outside has been upgraded to level nine because of the battle just now. Even if we let you leave, you won't be able to enter the locked escape pods. And there might be another battle at any time. If we leave you in an unprotected satellite like this, it will be irresponsible for you."
Mary looked at everyone with a very sincere and gentle tone. And what she said was not unreasonable. The level nine satellite alarm had completely locked down all paths that could lead to the escape pods, and all the escape pods had been sent to the launch port. Once the alarm was raised again, all the escape pods could be launched at once. If Xiao Ran and the others left, there was no guarantee for Xiao Ran and the others' safety in the satellite where a battle could break out at any time.
Xiao Ran's face was as calm as ever, so Mary couldn't read a single thought from his face. However, the others showed more or less hesitation, which made Mary feel relieved. She continued, "I will definitely do what I promised you. If you trust me, I will let you leave the ship as soon as the alarm is raised."
"Teacher …" Miriya raised her head and looked at Xiao Ran hesitantly, hoping to get help from Xiao Ran.
The rest of the boys looked at each other and said, "Teacher, we'll listen to you."
"Hmm …" Xiao Ran heard their words and pretended to ponder. Finally, he nodded to Mary. "Then we'll have to trouble Miss Lamias. Of course, in return, I'm willing to help as much as I can when you're short of manpower. I may not be able to do more, but I don't think it's a problem to manually control the weapon to shoot. But this is limited to me alone. I can't let my students fall into a dangerous situation again. "
Mary exhaled and showed a rare smile to Xiao Ran. "Thank you very much."
"I'm doing this for myself." Xiao Ran shook his head gently and looked at Mary. "I think if Zaft, whose MS was destroyed twice in a row, attacks this time, it won't be as easy to deal with as before. The first time, it can be said to be because of the other party's arrogance and lack of understanding of Gundam. The second time, it can be said to be purely careless. But if they still didn't take it to heart the third time, I think this war between the Earth Corps and Zaft wouldn't have lasted nearly a year. "
"What do you mean?" Mary froze. Bakirulu also looked at Xiao Ran in confusion.
"At this time, even if Zaft is incompetent, they must have deciphered all the stolen mechs and obtained all the information from them. I think they have a detailed understanding of the Gundam, the Earth Corps' MS. In addition, Kira repelled the enemy twice, perhaps it will give them the illusion that the mech they didn't steal must be the strongest, so this time …"
Xiao Ran resisted the urge to laugh. He was afraid that others would see through his twitching eyebrows, so he deliberately turned his head to look at the simulated sky outside the warship. Then he slowly said, "If it were me, this battle would be decided in one go. Send all the teams that can be sent and bring the most powerful firepower. Even if this warship sinks among the satellites, we must capture the last mech or destroy it."
"Impossible, if that's the case …" Mary's first reaction after hearing Xiao Ran's words was disbelief. After all, this was a fragile satellite colony.
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