143. Captain handover
"Sergeant Lee Youde, welcome!"
"Long time no see, Sergeant Anton... No, it's time for Lieutenant Anton! ”
Anton and Li Youde, who were wearing the uniform of the new Star Alliance lieutenant, clasped hands tightly. The two of them, one of whom was a student of Captain Shepard, and the other of whom were left and right, had never seen each other.
"You've done a great job by catching the former Speaker! It's a pity that your ship ran out of fuel and was only found today, but if you make it to yesterday's triumphal ceremony, you will also be warmly welcomed by the citizens! ”
Li Youde waved his hand: "No, no, I can't stand that scene with a thin face." Teacher, is he okay? ”
Shepard's physical condition is now one of Mycenae's top secrets, and if it were someone else, Anton would have taken a positive attitude, and the captain was in good health. But now it's Li Youde who asks himself, and he doesn't need to hide it, and says: "To be honest, it's not good, after all, I'm too old... He's always wanted to see you, the former Speaker, come with me! ”
Anton took Li Youde to Shepard's mansion in Liongate, which had long been raided by the former council, and Shepard didn't bother to clean up the house after returning home, and it remained empty.
"Here."
Anton pushed open the door to his bedroom, and unlike the four walls outside, Shepard's bedroom was full of all kinds of medical equipment, and there were two nurses to take care of him, making this room particularly crowded.
Seeing Li Youde coming, Shepard's eyes had a hint of brightness, and he motioned for the nurses to leave with Anton, leaving Li Youde to talk to himself.
"Teacher!"
The last time he saw Shepard, he was still able to stand up straight, more energetic than some young recruits, but now he seemed to have difficulty even standing. It seems that Shepard's return journey, which is comparable to that of Odysseus, has exhausted Lao Rao's vitality.
Li Youde choked up, and Shepard held his hand tightly: "Youde, I'm relieved to see that you're okay..."
Li Youde held back tears, "Teacher, if only I had gone with you!" ”
"I've lived to this age, and I've already known my fate, even if I have you to take care of it, it won't help. Youde, I'm going to get down to business with you. ”
Li Youde nodded vigorously and listened to Shepard.
"Mycenae has just been liberated, and there are still a lot of troublesome problems to deal with, which I should have dealt with personally, but I don't have that energy, fortunately there are Anton and they help me take care of it. There are two most important things now, one is that there is an extreme shortage of living materials, so many people were imprisoned in the former parliament, the production industries are almost stagnant, and people who have just returned to their hometowns cannot have enough to eat, and it is easy for people to be unstable if they go on like this, and the city needs salt and food, and I want you to go to Nineveh to buy it. ”
"I see, I'll do it."
"No, you still don't understand."
Li Youde didn't understand what Shepard meant by this, and Shepard didn't rush to explain, but handed a key to Li Youde.
"What is this?"
"This is the key to the captain's room of the Osiris."
"What!? I can't take this! ”
Li Youde was shocked and wanted to return the key to the teacher, but Shepard held his hand tightly.
"Listen to me! Youde, I need you to hold it! I don't have much time left, and when I'm on Earth, I wish you could succeed me as captain of the Osiris, and now I can finally do it! Take my ship to Nineveh, and you will henceforth be the spokesperson of Mycenae! ”
"Teacher..."
Seeing that Shepard was resolute, Li Youde, who was also a soldier, accepted the key.
"You've only been apprenticed on the Star Battleship before, and the Osiris is a big ship, I'll let Sergeant Anton assist you, and you have to work well with him."
"I'll do a good job, teacher, what was your second thing just now?"
"The second thing is the most important thing, if we want Mycenae to be controlled by HER in the future, we need to defend ourselves! But the former council was too incompetent and wasted a lot of resources, resulting in the current Mycenaean defense being empty, and I need you to buy a humanoid weapon in Nineveh. ”
"You... Are you planning to return to the Covenant? ”
"Although there are people like Lieutenant Colonel Diaz in the Star Alliance, there are still too many people who have lost their fighting spirit. Now, the highest priority is to protect the independence and security of Mycenae. ”
"Let me drive away the Osiris now, is it really okay to defend it?"
"Don't worry, two more battleships have been captured from the former council."
"I understand, I'll bring back supplies and weapons as soon as possible to defend Mycenae."
"No, I have given you the Osiris, not for you to guard the gates of Mycenae for me. I want you to command the Osiris to continue the fight against the HER after you have completed what I have told you! ”
Shepard's words were sonorous, and although he had always wanted to liberate his city, he had not forgotten to defeat HER.
Li Youde felt a heavy burden being taken on his shoulders, but he didn't feel embarrassed, but felt honored.
"You... Trust me so much. ”
"You're like my son, and there's no one more suitable than you."
"I won't let you down, I swear."
Li Youde held Shepard's hand tightly, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
…
"You... What the hell are you wearing, don't tell me you bought this outfit. ”
Lin Ao, Edward and Natasha went shopping in the Lion Store together, Edward went straight to a vintage store after buying a guitar, and when he came out, he turned into a cowboy, wearing a black cowboy hat and changing his clothes into black leather clothes.
Natasha: "Isn't it, big brother RX2200, who still wears the same as denim except for the scenic spot, aren't your pants tight?" ”
Edward didn't reply, but after playing the guitar for a while, his hands took a strange pose: "Zubat problem, zubat solved, being called a wandering hero, hurry up and get involved!" ”
Lin Ao and Natasha were confused by Edward's performance, Edward: "Hey, isn't it, haven't you seen "Fast Jack Z" at a time? ”
"I've been in West Asia for as long as I can remember, and I haven't watched much TV..."
"Do you think I'll see what you've seen in the palace?"
"Cut, a bunch of unromantic guys." Edward put down the guitar stupidly, and suddenly his eyes lit up again, and he pointed to Natasha's earrings with a cheap look and asked, "Hey Your Majesty, your earrings can't be given to you by Sergeant Barth, right?" ”
“!!!”
Natasha's face turned red and she covered her earrings shyly. Lin Ao also mended the knife on the side and said, "Get up, I saw the scarf you bought yesterday, and today I see Sergeant Bart wearing it!" ”
"Hey, hey, that's right, Sergeant Bart also got a lot of bonuses, right? These earrings must be expensive, right? ”
"You... Don't be! ”
As night fell, the three of them happily chased each other through the streets.
(Recently, I drew the general setting of Eagle Yang, Lifeguard and Lin Ao and Anton, in the personal Weibo album, and some setting drawings will be slowly updated in the future, of course, I dare not boast of my painting skills, just look at it and have a concept)