Chapter XVIII: The Captive

(Ask for tickets and collect)

After being taught by Mu and Kira, Xiao Ran also reorganized the driving skills that only existed in memory and instinct, and finally became his own little by little.

Then, Xiao Ran also invited Mu to a confrontation again with great interest, and the final result was that Xiao Ran struggled to defeat all four wired pods of the Mebius Zero by relying on the performance advantage of the Strike Gundam, because the body's energy was exhausted and he lost the confrontation again.

Kira, who had been watching the battle between the two from the side, finally discovered a key problem: "Teacher, the operation instructions you issued when operating the MS are not accurate and fast enough, the response in the process of aiming is not fast enough, the effective prediction is less than 10%, the initiative is not enough, and the problem of hit rate is not at all able to play the full performance of the Strike Gundam." ”

Xiao Ran nodded lightly, smiled slightly, and said without mind: "This is also a helpless thing, after all, the industrial MS is not as complicated to drive as a battle, I think I can operate the Strike Gundam like this, it can be regarded as a talent." Of course, I'm not far behind you. ”

"Where ......" Kira touched her head a little embarrassedly when she heard Xiao Ran's praise: "After all, I am an adjuster, and there is nothing to compare with a teacher who is a natural person." ”

"Speaking of the adjuster...... Mu also walked up to the two of them, looked at Xiao Ran rather strangely and asked, "How do you operate the OS that can only be used by the adjuster?" ”

"Huh?" Kira was stunned for a moment.

"I don't know you about that." Xiao Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because of what I said before, it's talented, hehe." ”

Although Xiao Ran couldn't say it clearly, he was already sure in his heart that it was because of the D-level general-purpose mecha piloting technology, so he could ignore the problem that the adjuster and the natural person were different from the OS, but first of all, the OS must be normal, and the key is the word general.

However, although it is universal, it is not specially written for Xiao Ran after all, Xiao Ran's driving experience is too short, the experience is not enough, and the driving skills are not enough to ignore some subtle differences, and naturally there will be some small mistakes in the operation process, such as a few more meters when moving forward, and less when retreating.

In this way, although Xiao Ran can rely on the skill of space warfare proficiency to make up for some in space warfare, if he encounters an elite-level enemy, then his defects will be infinitely expanded, and the enemy will seize the opportunity at any time and give him a fatal blow.

"Strange, really strange." Mu shook his head and looked puzzled, and after he couldn't figure out what was going on, he gave up the idea of continuing to think about it, patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder, and said to Xiao Ran and Kira: "Okay, I've wasted enough time here, and I have to quickly adjust the new equipment of the Mebius Zero." ”

"Hmm." Xiao Ran nodded, and after Mu left, he left Gnaku with Kira.

On the way back to the room, Xiao Ran saw Kira's expression of wanting to speak several times, and he didn't feel a little strange: "Kira, what's wrong with you?" If you have anything to say, just say it. ”

"Teacher......" Kira looked up at Xiao Ran, who was a head taller than him, and asked hesitantly, "Teacher, why do you drive MS." ”

"Why?" Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, knowing that Kira was suspicious of himself, and there was no reason why he Xiao Ran could drive the MS but let a student go to the front, so he said: "This question is very strange, I originally thought that I couldn't drive a combat MS, although I may have experience in driving an industrial MS, but you should understand that combat and industrial use are completely two different concepts." ”

Kira nodded slightly, "Hmm." ”

Xiao Ran raised his head slightly, seemingly reminiscing and recounting, but in fact, he was thinking about what he should say: "A few days ago, I found a virtual training machine in Gnacu that aroused my interest, and I also wanted to try whether I had the ability to drive the MS. ”

After saying this, Xiao Ran turned his head to look at Kira beside him: "What do you think of my driving skills?" ”

Kira turned her head to look at Xiao Ran, the expression on her face a little embarrassed.

Xiao Ran smiled and said indifferently, "Say it." ”

"Very poor." Kira buried her head in a low voice, and said matter-of-factly: "The teacher's driving skills should not be much different from Zaft's ordinary green clothes, but compared to the red clothes, especially the pilots of the four Gundams of Saint Shield, Storm, Duel, and Thunderbolt, they are still much worse, and when facing any of them, all they can do is protect themselves." ”

"It seems that I still belong to the miscellaneous soldiers, haha." Xiao Ran smiled heartily without mind, and reached out to rub Kira's hair: "You kid is my target now, wait, although you are an adjuster, I am not so simple, maybe one day I will catch up with you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the radio on the Archangel rang out: "Please all the personnel on the bridge, Ensign Kira, Captain Mu to assemble on the bridge, repeat, please all the personnel on the bridge, Ensign Kira, Captain Mu to assemble on the bridge." ”

Xiao Ran and Kira glanced at each other, and the two trotted up, and arrived at the bridge a few minutes later, at this time, except for Captain Mu, all the bridge staff had already arrived, including Miliaria's group of student soldiers, and Mu also hurried over not long after.

Xiao Ran stood on the bridge, looking into the universe in front of him through the transparent tempered glass in the bridge, where a long string of rubble seemed to appear in front of him, and Xiao Ran's mind drifted into the distance unconsciously, until Mu patted him strangely, which made him come back to his senses, and at this time, except for the three supreme commanders of the Archangel, Mu, Bucky Lulu and Malu were still on the bridge, the others did not know when they had left.

"What are you thinking?" Mu asked, and Malu and Bucky Lulu also looked at Xiao Ran suspiciously.

"The souls of more than 200,000 people in the gravel belt." Xiao Ran shook his head lightly and smiled faintly: "It's sad, it's just a nuclear bomb, I don't know how the person who launched that nuclear bomb feels now, more than 200,000 people died because of him." Oh, I don't know why, but I feel like crying. I don't know, what is the proud will of you real soldiers, to slaughter innocents? Hehe. ”

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving the three people who were roaring in their heads looking at each other, unable to say a word for a long time.

Xiao Ran, who left, returned to his room, and what he said on the bridge was half to hide what he thought in his heart, and half was to feel it. Thinking of the meeting between Lux and Kira, Xiao Ran found it very interesting. But after all, he was in this world, really close to Junius7, close to the bodies of the more than 200,000 dead people, Xiao Ran also felt palpitations.

Xiao Ran, who had been resting in the room, was not disturbed by anyone until Kira and the others returned for the first time from the supplies of the sunken battleships in the Gravel Belt, and he left the room and was called by Maliu to the bridge where the dispute was taking place.

When Xiao Ran entered, he calmed down the excited students with just one word, and agreed to go to the fragments of Junius 7 to replenish the most important water sources and the items that were lacking.

"After all, those people are dead, but we are still alive, and we must indeed maintain a certain amount of respect for the dead, but what about the living, because of this respect, they die of thirst in the universe. I don't want to disturb their rest, but there are things that must be done in order to live, death is not terrible, fear is not being able to face death, if you are not willing to go, then I will, and I will complete this supply with the necessary respect and silence. ”

Xiao Ran's words made the student army have no reason to refute, and Maliu did not force everyone to go to Unius7 immediately to resupply, and more than an hour later, Xiao Ran drove a work boat with Miliaria with origami lilies in her hand to Unius7 and mourn the souls who died in vain.

Looking at the continent under his feet, Xiao Ran couldn't help but close his eyes after only holding on for a minute, the picture that appeared in his eyes was much more terrifying than what he saw in the animation, although it was not everywhere, but as long as he paid attention, he could find all kinds of corpses on the Junius 7 that were so twisted that people felt terrifying, and even some of them even burst out of their stomachs and eyes with terrifying looks, like the corpses that appeared in the animation that seemed intact almost did not exist, and the hideous faces were also telling the world about their injustice.

Immersed in this atmosphere of mourning and terror, Xiao Ran himself couldn't help but have an extreme disgust for the Earth Army, and he didn't like the various behaviors of the Earth Army when he watched the animation, but it was far less than the strong disgust and anger he had now.

After the mourning was completed, Xiao Ran began to work, and knowing the plot, he also focused on other places while working, scanning the small radar and display on the ship over and over again. But because the interference here is so severe, the radar is not even as useful as the external monitor of a workboat.

A few hours later, the missing ammunition on the Archangel was almost replenished for the last time, and other living materials, especially the water source, had to continue to work for another four hours to complete the supply due to the difficulty of mining, in order not to miss something in the process of transporting the goods, except for the first time after returning to the Archangel and sending Milia back, Xiao Ran directly took over all the work of water mining, and stayed on Unius 7 for a long time.

When Xiao Ran saw the Strike Gundam suddenly move from the monitor, a look of surprise instantly appeared on his face, and while controlling the external monitor of the workboat to change the angle, he directly connected to the separate communication of the Strike Gundam: "Kira, find a way to capture it!" ”

"Teacher? Capture? Are you? Kira's voice reached Xiao Ran's ears, and he only heard Kira's words pause, and then said, "I know, I'll try to capture it, but what about the people inside?" ”

"I'll settle it when the time comes." Xiao Ran's two eyes stared at the black body that appeared on the display screen, revealing an extremely excited look, and without thinking about it, he said directly in a deep voice: "If it doesn't work, just find a chance to let it go." ”

"Well, that's not good...... "Kira was worried that the scouting Jean, who didn't know anything, would find the working boat at work, but because of Xiao Ran, he became a little helpless.

"Don't worry, I have my own plans." Xiao Ran's tone was full of encouragement, and when he saw the appearance of the scouting Jean who was about to leave as soon as he turned around, he also hurriedly said, "Kira, it's leaving!" ”

"I see, teacher." Kira's helpless voice reached Xiao Ran's workboat, and in an instant, Xiao Ran saw the Strike Gundam quickly rush out of cover and raise the beam rifle in his hand, and at the same time that the Scout Jean discovered the heat source induction, the three beams shot by the beam rifle in the Strike Gundam's hand also hit the Scout Jean almost at the same time.

In Xiao Ran's eyes, the Strike Gundam's actions were swift and accurate, and the three attacks directly scrapped the arms and head of the Scout Jean, and quickly rushed to the front of the Detective Jean, aiming the beam rifle at the Gin, and the other hand was on the body of the Reconnaissance Gene.

Tong Guò did not disconnect the communication, Xiao Ran also heard Kira's voice: "Surrender, in this case, if you continue to resist there is no chance of survival, we will guarantee your safety." ”

The driver of the reconnaissance Jean has not replied, Xiao Ran's heart is also tense, to be honest, he doesn't care what the driver of Jean chooses, the only thing he is worried about is that Jean's driver is mighty and unyielding, and he is unwilling to surrender with the intention of blowing himself up, so Xiao Ran will naturally pass by the MS in front of him.

The driver of the reconnaissance Jean may still be hesitating, but every second that passes has become a kind of torment for Xiao Ran that is both frightening and joyful, but fortunately, this torment did not take too long, and the result came after a minute.

Recon Jean's cockpit opened, and a green-clad pilot slowly stepped out of the cab and raised his hands in the direction of the Strike Gundam. When Xiao Ran saw this scene, an irrepressible joy and excitement instantly rose in his heart, and his two eyes stared at the damaged body, revealing an extremely satisfied look.

Just as Xiao Ran fantasized that he was driving Jean to fight in all directions, Kira's stunned voice suddenly interrupted Xiao Ran's association: "It's a girl? ”

Xiao Ran looked at the figure flying out of Jean's cockpit, and in a happy mood, he couldn't help but whistle when he looked at the perfect figure that was tightened by the cosmic suit.