Chapter 156

The bright command room was still bright even without the incandescent lights, but this flawless daylight on the sea added some warmth. Especially in this cold military base, this warmth is especially valuable.

"Now, uncle, can you grant me a slightly difficult request?"

Hiska's innocent and cute smile made Jace unable to refuse, and could only pray, hoping that the little girl who had just escaped death would not come up with anything that could not be done at all.

"Well, you name it!" Jace smiled and stroked Hiska's cute little head.

"Hmm...... I want to go home again, I have something very important left there! ”

This matter is serious, it is to secretly infiltrate the current military fortress of the Earth Union. It's easy to say, it's just an ordinary war refugee going home to get the luggage left behind. Whether it's big or small, it depends on what the parties want to do.

"Hmmm! Good! Jace breathed a sigh of relief in the bottom of his heart, it wasn't too difficult to do.

"Thank you, uncle!" The innocent and lovely smile became brighter and brighter, like a real vitality girl, but whether it was or not, only Hiska himself knew, at least...... Jace and Cromwell are currently unaware.

"Silly boy, what are you being polite to your uncle!"

Children who like to laugh are always endearing, especially a little girl who is as delicate as crystal. Jace and Cromwell fell in love with this energetic cute little girl at first sight.

Especially Cromwell, who is actually Bai Yuxin inside, has begun to glow with pink bubbles in his eyes at this time!

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In the dimly lit cabins of the battleship, none of the cabins had windows, and the entire hull was wrapped in steel. There was no direct sunlight, only dim incandescent lamps, which made the already somewhat dim cabin even darker.

Mikoto Misaka lay weakly on the bed, and the pager was thrown aside at random. In the dormitory, where there are no lights, only the screen of the pager is flashing and on. The moment I read my battle report, I understood why Avril had to apologize.

The transport ship, which has been on the brink of the battlefield, is indeed a simple refugee transport ship, according to the latest information. There was no such thing as a command ship for the Zaft Army, everything was a misjudgment on her and Avril's.

No wonder he didn't meet any resistance when he attacked them, no wonder he didn't have a Zaft mech to fight him when he flew towards them, and no wonder there wasn't a single hidden mobile suit around the ship.

It's completely useless to think about it now, after all, those 315 people have become part of the battle report and have become an established fact. This sin...... It can never be erased.

Mikoto Misaka turned over on the wide bed and lay down, clutching the soapy quilt tightly, trembling constantly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

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In a small corner that Mai Trin didn't notice, a small camera clearly captured the scene.

"Whew!" Avril sat at the computer desk and exhaled a smoke ring slightly, staring coldly at the small figure on the screen, like a wounded little beast, curled up, escaping her fears.

"Why are you doing this? Aren't you afraid of ruining this rare good seedling? A young man with a hint of arrogance in his tone stepped out of the dark shadow of the room.

"Good seedlings? That's just for you! Avril seemed to be very familiar with the young man, and her face was not as serious as in her usual training, "For me, I just need qualified soldiers and nothing else!" ”

The young man spread his hands, undeniable, "Then what are you going to ask her to do to kill those boring civilians?" Those civilians are of no use at all. ”

Hearing the man's words, Avril looked at the young man in surprise: "Haven't you always been in a hurry to kill everything?" What's going on today? ”

"No, no, no, wasting time and money to kill them all is definitely not my style!" The young man smiled and was polite.

"......" Avril seemed to believe the young man's nonsense, looked at the figure on the screen who had fallen asleep, and said: "A qualified soldier is not trained, but cultivated or forced, how can there be time to slowly cultivate their sense of responsibility, what we can do is really to force these kind children to become a real soldier to the greatest extent, especially ...... Excellent soldiers. ”

Avril said, a fishy smile curling into her mouth.

......Seeing this, the young man was silent for a long time, and finally smiled wickedly, "You are really a very evil fellow!" But...... I like it! ”

Avril didn't say anything, if anything, this young man was a more ruthless man than she was. And the identity of the young man was not provoked by one of her non-commissioned officers in the boot camp.

The young man didn't mind Avril's silence either, and said to himself, "Actually, I'm not against the slaughter of new human civilians, after all...... They are not natural people, they are just enemies in the next moment. ”

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Next to the base of the Zaft Army's naval and air marines in the Indian Ocean, in a small city under the sphere of influence of the Zaft Army in the United Earth Domain.

Cromwell, dressed in civilian clothes, happily dragged Hiska, who looked like a crystal doll, around the town.

This small city is almost all old humans, not because it is remote, but the per capita population quality of India is too low, most of the people have not received orthodox education, and the United Earth is advocated around the world, so it is also a place of serious ethnic discrimination.

However, no matter how serious the ethnic discrimination is, no one can recognize you at a glance from the street that you are not an old human. Therefore, the soldiers in the Zaft base will disguise themselves as ordinary travelers when they are on vacation, and go around this small town, which is considered a sea and land transportation station, to buy some luxury goods they want.

So Cromwell wandered around the town in his spare time, occasionally helping the boss who couldn't find a job at the fast-food restaurant he frequented.

In short, Cromwell is completely safe in this small town, especially in the major snack and commodity streets.

In just half a month after Cromwell came here, he became a legend of "generosity" in the streets and alleys of this small city. Abbreviation: Mobile ATM.

At this time, because the Earth Union had not yet restored the normal civil traffic in the Strait of Malacca, Cromwell, who received the "escort of Hiska back to the Strait of Malacca", and the client Hiska were suddenly idle, so Cromwell took Hiska out on the grounds that "Hiska did not change clothes".

And Hiska didn't feel reluctant at all when she heard it, and as usual, smiled sweetly: "Well, good! (To be continued.) )