Chapter 27 Return

(Today, the baby was scratched by a dog's tooth. Although he didn't bleed, he still took him for an injection, scared to death. In other words, the tickets are not very good these two days! Ask for tickets!)

"It's just that I didn't expect that Strike Gundam is just a C-rank mecha, so what are A-rank and S-rank mechas?" Xiao Ran felt slightly emotional, and glanced at the extra 1,500 reward points for completing the mission. He also smiled helplessly: "I only gave 500 reward points for completing the mission. If it weren't for the reward of 1000 points for defeating two Genes, this mission can be said to be very profitable. Forget it, as long as you can get so much for nothing if you don't lose money, you should be rewarded." Contentment."

Shaking his head, Xiao Ran began to close his eyes and doze off to supplement the exhaustion and fatigue during the battle. He didn't wake up until more than two hours later, took a shower and headed to the bridge, and picked up some water bottles in the cafeteria along the way.

On the bridge, Xiao Ran looked at the tired people, and after saying hello, he distributed the water in his hands to everyone, then stood beside Marius, and asked, "How's the situation?"

"Not very good." Maliu shook her head with a heavy face, and whispered: "The loss of the advance fleet is too great. So far, the search and rescue team has found less than ten people."

Xiao Ran scratched his head: "The staffing of a Drake-class battleship must be at least dozens of people?"

Maliu suddenly raised her head in astonishment, and asked in an inconceivable tone: "I really don't know that you are sometimes so shrewd, why don't you know such a common sense issue?"

"Did I say something wrong?" Xiao Ran spread his hands, curled his lips and said, "The current establishment of the Archangel is less than 100 people, and those battleships are not as big as the Archangel."

"Now I really believe that you were just an ordinary teacher before." Maliu looked at Xiao Ran speechlessly, the weight in her heart caused by the sacrifice of her allies subconsciously dissipated a little, and began to popularize with Xiao Ran. Common sense: "The basic establishment of a Drake class is about 130 to 150 people. If there is an MA formation loaded, then this number must be doubled. The Nelson-class battleship is because The warships originally appeared to carry MA, the basic number of staff is about 500 people, and it is not ruled out that there will be more people."

Seeing Xiao Ran's surprised look, Maliu sighed slightly: "Although the Archangel broke through to the level of 300 meters, in fact, the internal space is about the same size as the Nelson class except for the Gnaku. Because it is Because the new type of ship adopts new technologies and concepts, the overall control system does not require too many people to start operating, so it can sail normally with less than a hundred people. But in fact, many The standard configuration of the Angel also exceeds 300 people, but this is not the ultimate configuration of the Archangel, so I can’t tell you the specifics.”

After listening to Maliu's words, Xiao Ran silently turned his head and looked beyond the bridge, where there were scattered debris and broken warships everywhere: "In other words, in such a half-hour battle, more than a thousand people were sacrificed. ?”

"Yeah." Maru nodded slightly.

Looking at the endless universe, Xiao Ran paused, raised his eyebrows, took a deep breath, turned around and smiled at Maru: "I would rather die outside in a mobile suit than stay in a battleship and die no matter what. You know, it's a bad feeling."

"Hehe." Maru smiled. What Xiao Ran said was also the sadness of fighting in the universe. If there is a problem with the battleship, even if you are given time to run, you don't know where to run, and you don't even know where to go before you react. Follow the battleship to become a piece of garbage in the universe forever.

Not long after, the silent Maru suddenly raised her head,

As if suddenly thinking of it, he said to Xiao Ran: "By the way, the people from ZAFT contacted us an hour ago, but I temporarily rejected their request for negotiation on the grounds that I want to search and rescue personnel."

Xiao Ran spread his hands: "You are the captain and you can decide for yourself."

"I will arrange the time." Maru looked at the two Drake-class warships parked on both sides of the Archangel and said, "Let these two warships leave first, and I will set the time as 2100, a few hours is enough These two warships have got rid of the enemy, but the contact with ZAFT and the delivery of personnel can only be done by you. After all, we are still soldiers. Whether we can do it is one thing, but whether we can do it is another matter. gone."

"For example, the deal with Zaft." Xiao Ran laughed, not objecting to Maliu's arrangement, and said with a smile: "No problem, but what about Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu?"

Ma Liu showed a smile: "No problem, Mu and I have already convinced her."

When Xiao Ran heard that Baki Lulu would not be involved, he immediately expressed relief and agreed to Maru's arrangement.

Not long after, Marius began to broadcast to the whole ship. Although the civilians did not understand why they were handed over to Zaft at the beginning, they even sent civilian representatives and Marius to understand. Now, most people also agree with the Archangel’s plan to send them to ZAFT. After all, ZAFT’s ships are much safer than those on the Archangel, and they can also send a special ship to send them away, unlike It's so dangerous on the Archangel, which still has missions.

After seeing the civilians agreeing, Xiao Ran also smiled. Although he didn't know if he could get a side mission for rescuing these insignificant people, but it was also what Xiao Ran wanted to see if they could be prevented from dying.

At about 18:00, the two Drake-class battleships docked on both sides of the Archangel simultaneously ignited and started their thrusters, and within a short period of time, they reached the maximum combat speed and left the star field. Maru watched the two warships get farther and farther away on the radar, and finally contacted Zaft, asking them to let the shuttle arrive at the Archangel at 21:00.

Afterwards, Xiao Ran found Kira, told him the arrangement of returning Lacus and the green-clothed pilot named Moria, and let Kira go to Lacus with gratitude on his face. Get along with this last time well.

Kira's gratitude is naturally because of Xiao Ran's offer to return Lax. During the past few days of getting along, Kira and Lax can be said to have become close friends. Lacus, Xiao Ran doesn't know, but in short, whether it's Lacus or Kira, perhaps he has left his own shadow in the heart of the other party, and has laid the deepest foundation for the subsequent Freedom Gundam incident.

After more than two hours, the time finally arrived at the agreed time, and a white shuttle also appeared in front of the Archangel. Next to the shuttle, the Holy Shield Gundam and a Jean followed the shuttle. with guards.

The Strike Gundam driven by Kira also flew by and stopped directly in front of the Holy Shield Gundam to block the way forward: "We will send personnel to check the shuttle to ensure that there are no dangerous objects on the shuttle."

After a few seconds, there was a suppressed angry voice after a moment of silence: "We agree with your inspection of the shuttle."

"Aslan..." Kira in the cockpit of Strike Gundam shook his head sadly, and was about to say something, but an arm wrapped in a spacesuit stretched out from behind him and shut it off. communication.

Kira turned his head to look, and what attracted his eyes was Lux's gentle smiling face, which made him stunned and then lowered his head.

I don't know if she felt the hesitation and sadness in Kira's heart, Lax stretched out her hand through the chair and gently hugged Kira, let Kira lean on her body, and gently comforted: "The battle is over You don't want to fight, and I heard the same meaning from Aslan's voice, why are you still sad? I believe that one day you will get back together."

There was a look of longing on Kira's face, and he murmured, "Thank you."

The two working ships slowly flew out of the Archangel, and stopped after linking to the small white shuttle. After half an hour of extremely detailed inspection, the white shuttle also slowed down under the guidance of the Archangel. Slowly drove into the second garage that had never been activated.

After the cabin door was closed and re-inflated, Xiao Ran, who had been waiting all this time, waved his hand lightly to let the soldier open the isolation door in front of him, and walked over slowly. Behind him, a dozen soldiers in Earth Army uniforms were facing the hatch of the shuttle with their weapons on guard.

"Hiss!" A sound of exhaust sounded in the empty second bay, the door of the shuttle was slowly opened, and a staircase protruded from the shuttle and touched the floor with a soft sound. Just like the first-level alarm of the Archangel, all the soldiers suddenly became nervous.

"Is this how people from the Earth Army treat their guests?" The voice came out without seeing it. The magnetic male voice made the soldiers look at each other, but they still aimed their weapons at the shuttle without receiving the order. Open hatch.

After hearing this voice, Xiao Ran laughed. He was sure that the person who spoke was Kruse. Sure enough, a few seconds later, Kruse appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes in white clothes and a mask. Seeing his plain appearance , as if he didn't care at all that he was being aimed at by dozens of weapons that could take his life.

"Put down your weapon." Xiao Ran waved his hand lightly, stepped forward with a hint of a smile, and stretched out his right hand towards Kruze who hadn't stepped off the shuttle from a distance.

Kruse's eyes behind the mask looked at Xiao Ran with interest, and with a slight kick, he floated out and landed on the ground, holding Xiao Ran's outstretched right hand: "Are you the pilot of that Jean?"

"Yes." Xiao Ran smiled, looking at the man in front of him who was perverted due to misery, he was also very interested, after both sides let go, Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders and said: "But I'm just a commoner, The battle was only to protect my students and other civilians on board. And it was you, Captain Kruse, who caused all this to happen?"

"Hehe, then I can only apologize for what happened to you." Kruse's mouth curled up, his eyes glanced at the many civilians who had been waiting, and he smiled slightly after seeing a woman in a green ZAFT combat uniform. He narrowed his eyes, and then asked, "Where is Lacus Klein?"

"Call her by her first name, as far as I know, most people in ZAFT or PLANT will at least address her as Miss." Xiao Ran curled his lips and smiled: "It seems that you don't have much respect for her or her father. "

Xiao Ran's words made Kruze turn his head back instantly. Although both eyes were also blocked by the mask, Xiao Ran still felt the sharpness like a sword.

Perhaps aware of his strange behavior at this time, Kruse snorted softly and said: "Although Lacus Klein is the daughter of the speaker of PLANT, she is still a commoner. Although she is important, she is not worthy of me. Respect."

"Hehe, I'm sorry." Xiao Ran nodded understandingly, and said, "Don't worry, you will see her after the civilians are taken in."

Kruse slightly raised his hand with a smile: "Please."