"Ding, the mandatory mission is completed, help Malu Ramias resist the next wave of enemy attacks, and ensure that Kira Yamato, Thor Genisi, Mirialia Hao, and Sei Argyle , Kazuy Bascak is safe.”
"Task rewards: accumulated until subsequent branch tasks are completed and settled uniformly."
"The follow-up branch mission is started to ensure that the warships of the Earth Army successfully escape the pursuit of ZAFT warships within Heliopolis. The success of the mission will reward D-class general mecha driving skills. Whether to accept the mission, accept/reject."
"If you refuse the subsequent mission, the reward for side mission 1 will be changed to 300 combat merit points."
Which is more precious, 300 combat points or a skill? Xiao Ran directly chose to accept it without thinking. What's more, this is the most needed D-level general mecha driving skill. It can be said that the rewards after completing the subsequent tasks are quite rich.
"accept."
After confirming the mission in his mind, Xiao Ran raised his head. At this time, Ma Liu had already called Kira to drive the Strike Gundam to carry everyone to the giant steel hands, waiting for Xiao Ran, who was obviously distracted, to go up. .
Xiao Ran, who came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly at everyone and quickly climbed up. After standing firmly, the Assault Gundam landed safely in the launch port of the Archangel with a jet jump. Xiao Ran felt that the whole process was just a slight movement. After two shocks, it was clear how outstanding Kira's talent was.
As soon as everyone stepped on the deck at the ejection port, they saw a group of people wearing Earth Army uniforms running towards them. From a distance, they heard a female voice: "Captain Lamias!"
A voice that should have been cold and sharp but seemed a little weak at this time reached Xiao Ran's ears, causing him to tilt his head slightly. What caught his eye was a young woman with simple short hair, who looked tall under the support of a military uniform. This person is Lieutenant Bucky Lulu.
Malu suddenly turned his head, and his tone seemed a little excited: "Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu."
Second Lieutenant Bakki Lulu ran to Malu and stood upright, saluting Malu with a military salute: "Captain Lamias, fortunately you are okay."
Malu returned the favor with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to bring the Archangel out."
Bucky Lulu was about to say something, but her attention was attracted by the sudden opening of the cockpit door of the Strike Gundam. Then she saw the child-like Kira Yamato slowly descending, and she couldn't help being shocked.
The uncle in the maintenance class opened his eyes wide: "Hey, what's going on? Isn't he a child? Why is he sitting on it?"
"Captain Lamias, who are they?" The voice that should have been cold but seemed a little soft at this time reached Xiao Ran's ears, causing him to tilt his head slightly and carefully observe this person under the support of his military uniform. Looking like a tall young woman, Xiao Ran could clearly see that Bucky Lulu's eyes were a little red, and a trace of sadness lingered on her face.
Ma Liu pondered for a moment, turned around and glanced at Kira with a troubled look, as if he didn't know whether to tell the truth, but while Xiao Ran hummed, he still shook his head at Bucky Lulu. , but there was still a hint of joy in his eyes: "They are civilians in Heliopolis and pose no threat to us."
"Hey, this is really surprising." Mu La Vlada, wearing a combat space suit, also appeared in the eyes of everyone and took the lead in introducing himself.
Mu first asked Ma Liu about permission to board the ship. Ma Liu also became the acting captain after learning that all the main officers of the Archangel were killed in battle. Then, as happened in the plot, the talkative Mu pointed out Ji As soon as they heard the word "Adjuster", the guards of the Archangel immediately raised their guns and pointed them at Xiao Ran and his party.
Xiao Ran immediately stood in front of everyone and looked at Ma Liu questioningly. Because he knew that it was absolutely impossible for the other party to shoot, this was obviously just to increase his favorability by relying on his familiarity with the plot, but it could be seen from his eyes that he seemed to ask Ma Liu again: "What do you mean? "
Ma Liu lowered her head and sighed slightly. The struggle between duty and character finally made her wave her hands to the guards: "Put down the gun. This is the territory of a neutral country. Even if there are adjusters who do not want to be involved in the war, It’s also normal.”
The guards looked left and right and gradually lowered their weapons, but the words spoken by Malu were orders that had to be carried out. They looked at each other and finally lowered their guns.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I almost caused a big commotion." Mu rubbed his head and laughed at himself, and said: "I have seen the pilots of these machines on the way here. They even walked crookedly during the simulation exercise. But...it's really...haha."
After saying that, he was about to leave. When Bucky Lulu asked him puzzledly where he was going, Mu Cai shrugged his shoulders and said frivolously: "Where? The team outside is the Cruze team. That guy is really annoying. Oops. Gee, there’s no time to waste here.”
Mu's departure made everyone look at each other, and Xiao Ran also took this opportunity to speak: "Miss Lamias, I wonder if we can leave now?"
"This..." Ma Liu's face was full of embarrassment. She actually didn't want Kira to leave. After all, she had seen Kira's fighting ability, but from her heart, she agreed. Xiao Ran let them leave, and he also didn't want the child Kira to be involved in the war, so he was a little unsure for a while.
But Baji Lulu stared at Xiao Ran and said, "You have seen the secrets of our army. We cannot let you go like this."
Xiao Ran didn't look emotional because of Bucky Lulu's words. He just smiled and told the truth: "Miss Bucky Lulu, if I heard correctly just now, Miss Lamias is the owner of this ship." Take charge."
"Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, stop." Ma Liu took a deep breath, stepped forward and held down Bucky Lulu's shoulders, and said to Xiao Ran in a gentle tone: "You can leave, but Now the alarm outside has been upgraded to level nine because of the battle just now. Even if you are allowed to leave, you will not be able to enter the rescue cabins that are all locked, and there may be another battle when. If you are left alone, will you be there? In any protected satellite, it is also an irresponsible thing for you."
Ma Liu looked at everyone with a very sincere and gentle tone, and what she said was not unreasonable. The nine-level satellite alarm had completely blocked any passage to the rescue cabin, and all the rescue cabins had been delivered. Once the danger warning is raised again at the launch port, all the life capsules can be ejected immediately. If Xiao Ran and the others leave, there is indeed no safety guarantee for Xiao Ran and the others among the satellites where a battle may occur at any time.
Xiao Ran's face was as calm as ever, so that Ma Liu couldn't see the slightest thought from his face, but others showed more or less hesitation, which made Ma Liu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I I will definitely do what I promised you. If you believe me, I will let you leave the ship as soon as the alarm comes in."
"Teacher..." Miliya raised her head and looked at Xiao Ran hesitantly, hoping to get help from Xiao Ran.
The other boys looked at each other and said, "Teacher, we listen to you."
"Well..." Xiao Ran heard their words and pretended to ponder, and finally nodded to Ma Liu: "Then we will trouble Miss Lamias. Of course, in return, when you are short of manpower, I am willing to help in whatever way I can, and there may be more than I can do, but I think there is no problem with manually controlling the weapons to shoot, but this is only for me, and I can no longer let my students fall into dangerous situations. inside."
Ma Liu took a breath and showed a rare smile to Xiao Ran: "Thank you very much."
"I am doing this for myself." Xiao Ran shook his head gently, looked at Ma Liu and said, "I think ZAFT, whose mobile suit has been destroyed twice in a row, will never attack like he did just now if he attacks this time. It's easy to solve. The first time can be said to be because of the opponent's arrogance and lack of understanding of Gundam. The second time the captain's aircraft can be said to be pure carelessness, but if they don't take it to heart the third time, I think This war between the Earth Army and ZAFT will not last for nearly a year."
"What do you mean?" Ma Liu was stunned for a moment, and Bucky Lulu also looked at Xiao Ran in confusion.
"At this time, even if ZAFT is incompetent, it must have cracked all the robbed machines from you and obtained all the information from them. I think they also have a detailed understanding of the Gundam, the mobile suit of the Earth Army. In addition, Kira repelled the enemy twice, which may give them the illusion that the machine they did not grab must be the strongest, so this time... "
Xiao Ran suppressed his desire to laugh, fearing that his twitching eyebrows would let others see something, so he deliberately turned his head to look at the simulated sky outside the battleship, and then said slowly: "If it were me If so, this battle will be decided at once. All available teams will be sent out with the most powerful firepower. Even if the battleship is sunk in the satellite, the last of this machine must be captured. Or destroy it."
"Impossible, if that's the case..." Ma Liu's first reaction after hearing Xiao Ran's words was not to believe it. After all, this is a fragile satellite colony.
"If this is the case, it is impossible for Heliopolis, a satellite that has been damaged a lot, to resist the enemy's attack. It may collapse at any time." Xiao Ran sighed slightly, his expression looking a little heavy. , turned to look at Kira and the others: "I'm sorry, I just wanted to keep you on the battleship because I thought of this. If I had noticed this from the beginning... I wouldn't have put you in danger. I’m really sorry.”