Kira has been staring at the thin stack of paper for a few minutes, and the right hand that wants to pick up the pen and the left hand that wants to scrape the contract aside has struck a delicate balance. I don't know if it was because the room was too dark or because Roland's eyes were too stressed, he vaguely felt that it was a little hard to breathe.
"Don't think about it too complicated." Roland said in a relaxed tone as possible, "Anyway, your department has been busy recently, so just treat it as an ordinary part-time job, just use your strengths and get some extra income."
Of course Kira could understand Prince Roland's voiceover, and he wouldn't be sitting here at the moment if it wasn't for money.
Originally, he and Cagalli lived a good life on the basis of Anaheim's salary and the bonus that Dr. Lingos gave to Heavenly Man. Especially after Cagalli became pregnant, she lost the last thought of returning to the country, Kira worked harder in Anaheim, and the salary level increased every year.
But the problem happened so fast that no one could have imagined that when two new lives joined the family, the originally spacious house suddenly became extremely cramped. No matter what he wants to do at home, he seems to be restrained. If he wants to make out with Cagalli, he has to carry the two children around.
"Hey, Kira, why don't we sell this house and apply for a larger low-rent housing." Cagalli suggested to him sensible.
He knew that Cagalli was right. If he submitted an application, he could easily get a larger set of low-rent housing with his current status. This was also the basic national policy that the Moon Government had always pursued. But he couldn't help asking himself, after finally buying a house, is it going to go back to the days of renting? Cagalli has lost her motherland, should she also lose her only house
So he made the impulsive choice for the second time in his life - the first time when he pushed Cagalli in his head - to sell the house as a down payment for a bigger house, and this was the beginning of all nightmares.
Due to its scarcity of land, political clarity, and perfect welfare, the moon has the highest land price in the solar system, and even PLANT can't match it. Most of the land was nationalized under Diana's benevolent government, and low-rent housing was built. The houses that can be used for private sale only exist in the inner ring of each city, and the price is not crazy.
The Yamato family spent all the proceeds from the house sale, posted all the savings, and even sold it at dawn to save enough for a down payment and purchased a three-bedroom, one-bedroom house, and Kira only relied on Anaheim’s monthly income. The salary is to support a family of four while repaying the loan. Cagalli also thought about going out to find something to support her family, but after careful calculation, the money she could earn was not as much as hiring a nanny to take care of the children.
Kira was overwhelmed by the monthly loan repayment pressure. Walking down the street and seeing the bank's sign, her scalp tingled reflexively, and when she thought that the loan would take decades to be repaid, she felt that the future was dark. one slice. Right now, the couple can only try their best to have two children first.
But what happens when the child is older? Kira's original plan was to send the two children to Anaheim Affiliated Elementary School and Affiliated Middle School, and finally to the Capital University, but which of the above schools has a school selection fee that is not astronomical? Even if the school selection fee is waived through the relationship of Dr. Lingos, the huge tuition fee each semester cannot be afforded by ordinary families, let alone those who are heavily in debt.
Not to mention that the future financial plan of the Lunar Government will inevitably be tilted towards Dr. Lingos in an all-round way. The slowdown in economic growth is what it should be, and the benchmark loan interest rate will only rise and not fall. In other words, Kira will have to pay more mortgage interest in the future, and the monthly repayment pressure will only increase every time.
Even in the face of Amuro driving an F91, he still has the strength to fight. If he does his best, he is more confident that he can win the first line of victory, but only the bank is invincible to him no matter what. Now that he finally understood a truth: nothing can be protected with will and strength alone.
It's not that Cagalli didn't think about asking Lux for help, but Kira categorically refused. Kira is an upright and good young man. He thinks that although the Lingos couple are indeed rich, they are hard-earned and have nothing to do with them. Besides, it was their own decision to take out a loan to buy a house. The Lingos couple had already taken good care of them before, so there was no reason for them to trouble others greedily.
So when Roland put this contract in front of him, how could the string of zeros on it not make his mouth dry and his heart pounding? However, the bad thing was in the non-disclosure agreement at the end of the contract, which required that Lingos himself and his relatives be kept secret, which made him feel betrayed by his friends.
"His Royal Highness Prince Roland," he asked with all his courage, "Is it a time when Dr. Lingos and Mrs. Lingos are on Earth to deal with the apostles to talk to me about this part-time job, to hide it from them?"
"Yes." Roland replied calmly, "If you are entangled with this issue, then you don't have to worry. It's not for any bad reason to hide from Ed. It's just a temporary work need. After you sign and agree, someone will be with you. explained in detail."
"You and the Doctor are very close friends, and the Doctor said he trusts you more than anyone else." Kira picked up the pen, "I… trust the Doctor's judgment."
"Oh? Ed said that?" Laura quickly turned around and pretended to look for something, lest Kira see the uncontrollable curvature of the corner of her mouth, "How did he tell you about this?"
"It was after the last battle between the gods and the Titans. When everyone was chatting on the Iserlohn, they talked about the fact that Camus didn't give the MS a password." Kira swiped a few times and signed his name, " Camus said that even if the password is meaningless, as long as you tell one person, everyone will know it eventually. So we discussed, whoever you tell Gundam's power-on password will you believe that he will never say it."
"It's an interesting topic." Laura asked casually, "Ai... eh? Where is my one? Ah, found it here. By the way, what did everyone say?"
"Hong chose the doctor, Camus chose the real, and the real chose Mayo. I didn't choose anyone, because Cagalli is sometimes confused." Kira smiled kindly, "It's the doctor's turn. At the time, he struggled for a long time, and finally said it was you, His Royal Highness Roland. Camus accused the doctor of lying to avoid problems while NT was not working well, and the doctor swore that if he lied, his worldview would not come back.
Lola was silent for a while, then suddenly turned around and picked up the contract in front of Kira, the smile on her face was as light as ever, but for some reason Kira couldn't keep her eyes open: "This contract is mainly about the contract. The meaning is a little more important, because of the need for confidentiality, there will be no complicated procedures, and the execution force will be personally guaranteed by me on behalf of the government."
Kira was forced to bow her head by the bright look in the other's eyes: "I understand, there is no problem."
"That's good, let's go before Ed comes back~" Laura took the contract and walked lightly to the door, "It's not too late, Dr. Aeolia is still waiting for us~"
Harry drove Roland and Kira into the underground, and the road twisted and turned like a maze. Kira and His Royal Highness Roland are not very familiar and have nothing to say, but he can see that His Highness Roland is in a very good mood because he took this job.
The group came to a place similar to an underground secret base. Roland led Kira through various security checks, and finally entered a spacious warehouse. As soon as Fang stepped in, Kira was attracted by a unique-looking Gundam-type MS, and only then did she notice the old man and short-haired girl standing beside the MS.
Several people walked to Gundam's feet and stood still. The old man looked at Kira with sharp eyes through the lens: "Roland, I have no doubts about this person's ability, but he is from Lingos, can you trust him?"
"I believe in Mr. Yamato's character." Roland whispered to Kira, "and the happy life of Mr. Yamato, his wife and two children on the moon is hard-won, and I believe he cherishes it."
Kira's heart froze, this was in line with the image of the ruler he imagined, and the smiling look just now was an illusion. However, Roland's image doesn't matter to him. He is an honest person. Since he signed a non-disclosure agreement, he will not engage in any infernal drama.
"He stays, Roland, you can go." Aeolia waved her hands with a stern face, "I trust your judgment, but I don't believe you can keep it a secret, so the less you know, the better."
Laura smiled embarrassingly, then turned and left neatly. After Roland had completely gone, Aeolia looked back at Kira: "The Gundam in front of you is the MS you need to be a test driver next. I won't accompany you throughout the test, mainly by my side. This one is in charge. Her name is Ayanbury, you will get acquainted later."
Kira said hello to Ayanbury, but the other side ignored him expressionlessly.
"This MS exists as a secret weapon of the moon, and it will be needed in the future to play a strategic deterrent role in the event of a problem with TurnA." Aeolia continued to explain, "This also explains why Lingos's secrecy is not because he does not trust him, but if the two machines are networked by the same system, the meaning of mutual redundancy will not be achieved."
Kira nodded in understanding, saying that made him almost feel guilty.
"The body is temporarily named 00 Quanta, like an integrated deformable weapon and specific performance parameters, etc. It will be clear when you test it, there is nothing to explain." Aeolia paused, "I After that, is there anything else to ask? If not, start work today, I'm back to the lab."
"Dr. Aeolia, please wait a moment, I have another question." Kira didn't see the real thing when he entered the door, and he finally got a clear view of the MS from the angle below, "the barrel-shaped device on the left shoulder and back of the fuselage , could it be... GN-Drive? Is that the real reason you're keeping it from Dr. Lingos?"
The air was quiet for a moment, and Aeolia spoke slowly: "Yes, it's GN-Drive."
Kira immediately retorted excitedly and loudly: "Even if you are the father of adjusters, I must say that this kind of anti-human thing is too much!"
"Listen to me." Aeolia's expression became solemn, "First of all, this thing is still driven by LCL-based NT, which is really inhuman, I admit. Secondly, it is empty now, and I have not interrupted by killing NT. , everything is voluntary. In the end, the GN-Drive you see is a new and improved model of mine, which generates GN particles in a painless way of double furnace resonance, rather than the forced stimulation of the previous version.”
"Is it necessary to do this?" Kira probably accepted this explanation, but still felt uncomfortable.
"You heard it just now, 00 Quanta is to replace TurnA's body just in case, all the technologies that can be used will be used. But the dual furnace system cannot be actually verified, so I'm still adjusting the balance, so you don't need to test it. ." Aeolia clasped his palms together, "I forgot to mention one more thing, the test of the λ-drive is in charge of Li and I don't need you."
Kira looked blankly at Ayanbury and then at Aeolia.
"I changed the λ-drive of Lingos, and added some telepathic skeletons as a brain quantum wave amplifier. Although the effect is better, it has to be triggered by NT. You can't activate it unless you are NT." Io Leah sighed regretfully, "The ideal driver is actually a changer who can both activate the lambda-drive and further resonate with the stove, and is not affected by emotions like the NT, but he... alas..."
Kira continued to look bewildered, he had never heard of a changer.
"By the way, are you interested?" Aeolia asked as if she suddenly remembered something. "Adjusters are all benign carriers of nanoworms, and the success rate of transformation is quite high. Do you want to become changers to protect the world?"
Kira's head didn't turn around a bit. He was still arguing about the inhumanity of GN-Drive just now. How did the topic suddenly become protecting the world? Are the brain circuits involved in scientific research all twisted like this? That's not right. Haven't seen Dr. Lingos like this
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Aeolia waved her hand in disgust again, "I haven't confirmed whether the reformers will become easy to go to extremes. It's too early to talk about this now, I'll talk about it later. ."
Kira follows suit: "You're right, let's talk about it later."
"It's getting late, let's start working." Aeolia turned around in a depressed mood and walked away slowly, her hunched back looking inexplicable, "Li, I'll leave it to you later."
Next, Kira took the test under the command of Ayanami Rei. When he opened the skylight of the warehouse, he realized that he was in the suburbs. He also tried to talk politely with Ayanami Rei, but the other party didn't say a single word except for the necessary work exchange, which made the atmosphere very embarrassing.
The test work continued until the afternoon of lunar time, and the performance of the machine was so good that Kira was amazed. If you really add two resonating furnaces, he can't imagine how powerful it will be in the end, but maybe it depends on the strength of NT in the furnace
When I got home, it was already dark, and Kira, who felt the vibration in her pocket, took out her mobile phone in front of her house, her pupils dilated slightly under the light of the screen - it was an incoming text message.
The moment he opened the door, he could smell the aroma of the food, Cagalli was cooking dinner. After saying hello to his wife, he went to tease the children again, and suddenly saw a fashion magazine spread out on the coffee table out of the corner of his eyes. The upper page of the magazine folded a corner, and on it was a very new autumn and winter fashion, the color and style seemed to match Cagalli's short blond hair.
"Cagalli should like this dress very much." He touched the mobile phone in his pocket and smiled happily when he remembered the balance on it, "Why don't you give her a surprise?"
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PS: I don’t know if you have seen it, the animation of the flashy Lin Xiaode has been decided, but the original works are almost all literary dramas, and the machine battle scenes are less than I can say, and each scene is very perfunctory. However, the official said that three theatrical versions will be made, and I don't know what the magic change will look like.