Wandering carefree in the town made Xiao Ran completely relaxed. He no longer had to be careful in front of everyone on the Archangel, fearing that he would say something he shouldn't say when he opened his mouth. He also temporarily lost the threat of pursuing soldiers and the worries in the process. The opportunity does not require him to think about what he should and should not do, allowing him to completely relax his mood and spirit.
This relaxation, when Xiao Ran saw this person who seemed not to be here, and was also a person he knew well, he was so surprised that he called out the other person's name without even moving his head, and waited for him to call out. After hearing the other party's name, he suddenly realized that his move was a bit abrupt.
Luo Jure, one of the protagonists of the Gundam SEED Gaiden, is indispensable in the plot of the world of SEED, no matter the main story or the Gaiden. After the Desert Tiger Andrew Butterfield was destroyed by Kira, he was Saved by him, Kira was also saved by him after his battle with Aslan was destroyed by the Holy Shield's self-destruction. It can be said that without him, there would be no lives of those two people.
When he was in Heliopolis, two of the Heretic Gundams that Xiao Ran had planned for were also obtained by him. One of them was given to the legendary mercenary Cong Yungui, who is known as the strongest adjuster, and the remaining one was given to him. The red machine was used as a base machine and underwent many modifications. Although the red machine was inherently inferior to Strike Gundam and other machines, after being modified many times and equipped with additional equipment by Luo Jure, At least it has performance and firepower that is not weaker than the Freedom Gundam, not to mention a series of subsequent enhancements.
Luo Jure is extremely lucky. This is Xiao Ran's view of him. But Xiao Ran has to say that besides being lucky, he is also very powerful. At least he is the strongest mechanic known in the SEED world. For machinery, His hobbies and talents are unparalleled. As an ordinary person, he can not only drive mobile suits to fight, but can even participate in modifications and develop various MS weapons and bodies. He looks more like an adjuster than many adjusters.
However, Luo Jure is optimistic by nature. You can see this problem just by looking at his face full of joy. After hearing Xiao Ran call his name, he looked left and right and finally pointed at himself, his face full of joy. Puzzled and confused: “Do you know me?”
Xiao Ran laughed awkwardly. Although he felt that he was a little abrupt, since he had already struck up a conversation, he would not let this opportunity pass easily. After all, it is absolutely rare to be able to catch up with another plot that can be said to be the same main line. .
"You are from the Waste Merchants Guild. I know you. I have seen you before but you may not have noticed me." Xiao Ran's mind was spinning rapidly, and he once again returned to the state of speaking outright on the Archangel. , deliberately narrowing the distance between the two: "I have a friend who used to work as a waste dealer. When I saw you that time, my friend told me that you are a lucky boy who always comes to pick up waste. When I think about the things they couldn’t pick up, and now I think about the jealous expression on his face, I feel a little funny.”
After listening to Xiao Ran's words, Luo Jure, who was considered innocent by nature, did not suspect anything. He just touched his head and smiled sheepishly: "Oh, I don't know when I became so famous. I can just find some place to buy some." Everyone I eat knows me.”
Xiao Ran was about to say something, but his stomach growled loudly, which made him feel embarrassed. However, Luo Ran was quite enthusiastic. After hearing the sound of Xiao Ran's stomach, he didn't laugh or anything. He walked up and bought two He took a portion of food and handed one to Xiao Ran: "Here you go, it seems you haven't eaten for a long time."
"Thank you." Xiao Ran took the food and took a bite with some embarrassment. The hot and refreshing feeling made Xiao Ran also show a satisfied expression: "I'm so sorry. From the time I left Heliopolis to now I haven’t used money for a long time, I’ve been on the boat for a long time. I didn’t think about this problem at all when I came out. Thank you for meeting you, otherwise I really don’t know what to do.”
Luo kept chewing food, and was a little surprised when he heard what Xiao Ran said and asked in a vague voice: "Are you from Heliopolis? Why are you here? Wait, you Could it be that you were always on that ship? Are you part of the Earth Army?"
"Do you know about the Archangel?" Xiao Ran glanced at Luo Jure pretending to be surprised, and then said in a very helpless tone: "My students and I were unable to board the Archangel in Heliopolis due to some circumstances. I got the ship and was chased by ZAFT from Heliopolis to here. Although I finally became a crew member of the Archangel, hey, it’s a long story. Things happened one after another, and there was no such thing. The right to choose.”
"Of course I know about the Archangel." Luo Jure finished the food in his hands in several mouthfuls and looked at Xiao Ran expectantly: "That ship that leaves a pile of waste wherever it goes, I Of course I know. I happened to be nearby when you landed. I was planning to wait for the battle to end to collect some things, but I didn't expect that the Earth Army actually surrendered. Although there is nothing to collect, I feel good about not having to fight anymore. . Later, we also encountered a little accident and landed. I really didn’t expect that we landed in the same place. Didn’t you also have mobile suits on your ship? They are famous now, can you tell me about them? "
"Are you interested in MS?" Xiao Ran asked deliberately.
Luo Jure held his head and said with wandering eyes: "It's not bullshit, it's just that I happen to have a mobile phone and want to see what the difference is between the two MSs. If you can't tell me, just pretend I didn't ask."
"Haha." Xiao Ran shook his head and smiled, suppressing the urge in his heart to hand over the information in his hand to Luo Jure's wormhole, and gently waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, for some special reasons I am now a major officer of the Archangel. , you can go and see that machine by yourself, how about it, are you interested?"
Luo's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"
"Really." Xiao Ran nodded affirmatively, and suddenly changed his words and said: "But I am still very hungry now. It would be better if you could buy me another piece of food."
Luo Jure's eyes lit up and he jumped up: "No problem, just wait!"
On the way, Luo Jure, who was originally a little excited, became a little worried. He looked at Xiao Ran who was driving and asked: "That should be a secret of the Earth Army. Is it okay for me to see it like this?"
"That thing can't be considered a secret now." Xiao Ran shook his head and said deliberately: "In my opinion, the body parameters of that thing are not only owned by ZAFT, but also by Orb. It stands to reason that Orb developed other people's machines on his own territory but did not develop his own. I believe that Orb must have also stolen a lot of the development data of the Earth Army, and even created it before the collapse of Heliopolis. A complete body emerged."
Luo Jure looked at Xiao Ran blankly, only to hear Xiao Ran continue: "In my opinion, the current Archangel is almost a target set up by the Earth Army to attract ZAFT's firepower. They don't care about the Archangel at all. What will happen in the end? After landing in this place, the senior management is eager for the Archangel to make more noise here, so as to buy them time to mass-produce mobile suits."
"If I wasn't worried about my students, and... Haha, I'm sorry I said too much." Xiao Ran smiled sheepishly at Luo Jure and said, "It's mainly because I gave the Archangel Those people said they didn't believe any of them. After all, I was a temporary major and couldn't understand their feelings for the army, so some couldn't help but want to complain. Don't worry, I think I can let you have close contact with Gundam, and even It doesn’t matter if you’re driving, one of my students is a Gundam pilot.”
"Gundam? Student, pilot?" Luo Jure was a little stunned and asked: "Can you tell me your experience along the way? I think it seems very unusual."
"Of course." Xiao Ran nodded, and then slowly told his experience bit by bit from the moment he opened his eyes in Heliopolis until he met Luo Jure. Shock, the bald man from Heliopolis boarded the Archangel, went to Julius 7 to replenish resources, fought with ZAFT and other events one by one, especially the speculation about the enhanced person, that is He also emphatically said a few words about the participants, further clarifying that the surrender of the Eighth Fleet was entirely due to the rebellion of the enhanced men in the flagship.
Luo Jure just listened quietly. From time to time he would be surprised, and then sigh and feel helpless. When he heard that Kira had no choice but to choose to fight for their friends and teachers on the ship. , also felt sorry for Kira. When he heard that Xiao Ran also chose to fly the captured MS to attack for their sake, he sighed and patted his shoulder.
After he almost finished speaking, Xiao Ran drove his car and stopped in front of the Archangel.
"Is this the Archangel... It's really big." Luo stood in the car and grabbed the windshield in front of him, looking at the huge battleship in front of him in admiration.
"Isn't the knife you made bigger?" Xiao Ran rolled his eyes speechlessly when he heard Luo's praise. At this moment, a burst of messy footsteps suddenly sounded around the two of them.
"Stop, don't move!"