Chapter 18 of the second part of the helpless journey embarks on a helpless journey

"Nope."

"Why, you promised me."

"If you can't say no, you can't."

That was the conversation between me and Malu an hour after we broke away from the Zaft army.

After a conversation with Captain M. la Flag, I felt more and more uneasy, and immediately ran to the bridge and asked Marlou to give us a lifeboat to let us go, but Marlou refused without any consideration.

"Attention, Captain Marius Ramias. Kira and I piloted the MS to protect you from the Zaft blockade, after which you provided us with a lifeboat to go home, which was an agreement we agreed to from the beginning, and you probably didn't want to break it. I stared at Malu coldly, asking her to give me a reasonable explanation.

"It's not that I want to break the agreement." Maliu said to me helplessly: "In fact, because we entered the battle in a hurry, our supplies are two thirds short of the regular reserves, although we made emergency supplies before leaving Heliopolis, but at that time it was focused on weapons and ammunition, so some necessary daily necessities, such as food and drinking water, were already very tight, and now you and Kira have rescued a whole boatload of refugees......" He spread his hands and looked at me helplessly: "So we don't have any extra supplies to distribute to you." ”

"In that case, do we have to follow you all the way back to Earth? What awaits us? Prison or secrecy surveillance? ”

"Lesser, please don't say that, okay?" Marlu looked at me very sincerely and said, "I know you have a big opinion about the Earth Coalition, but not all natural people are extremists like Cosmos, please give us a chance to confirm ourselves, okay?" As soon as we get to Earth, we will send you back to Orb soil. ”

Looking at Maru's slightly pleading eyes, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty in my heart. At the end of the day, I was still cheating on them, but she helped me a lot, intentionally or unintentionally.

Mu also said on the side: "Yes, you have also seen that the Archangel's combat power is seriously insufficient now, if you and Kira are missing, there will only be my tattered Zero left, it is rare that you want me to face the four latest MSs of the Zaft Army alone." ”

Is this guy suggesting that I stay? I glanced at him, and Mu gave me an encouraging look. What a quirky fellow, why would he keep a man who might be a spy on the ship when he was already suspicious of me.

At this time, Maliu suddenly remembered something and said to me, "Otherwise, we are now advancing towards the nearest Combine military base here, the military port of Arutaimis. As long as we get there, we can rest assured that we can wait for the United Earth Force's fleet to come to our aid. Then we can give you the freedom to go to Orb or to Earth Union, whatever you want. ”

"Captain." Second Lieutenant Baki Lulu shouted, "How can we tell the civilians about the secret march of our army? ”

"It's okay." Marius shook her head and said, "Lesser fought with us against the Zaft army, and I trust him. After speaking, he looked at me expectantly and said, "How is it, what do you think of this condition?" ”

I thought about it for a moment and finally made up my mind: "Okay, but as long as we get to Arutaimis, we don't have anything to do with it." ”

"That's it."

After negotiating terms with the officers of the battleship, I remembered that I hadn't eaten since I got on board, and feeling my empty stomach, I walked on the way to the restaurant.

When I entered the restaurant, I found that it was unusually lively, and the refugees in the lifeboat that Kira had rescued seemed to be all gathered here, and their worries made the atmosphere of the whole restaurant tense. I glanced around, and saw that everyone except Kira was sitting at a table in the corner, and Frey was tightly tucked next to each other, as if she hadn't recovered from her fear.

Millie's seat was facing the door of the restaurant, and she waved to me as soon as I walked in.

"How's Kira, hasn't he come to dinner yet?" I walked over and asked.

"I just called him." Dole glanced at Frey and said to me with some concern, "He's still asleep, maybe he's too tired from the battle just now." ”

"In that case, I'll bring some to him later." I went to the counter and took two meals, but when I returned to the table, I found a strange thing, Frey's eyes were a little evasive when she saw me, and she would subconsciously lean into the arms of the plug. Curious, I looked at everyone one by one. Dore, Millie, and Sey all looked helpless, but Kaz looked flustered and his expression was a little unnatural.

At this time, I already understood a little in my heart, and said to Kaz: "Kaz, you come out, I have something to say to you." ”

Kaz looked at the others with some hesitation, but finally got up and followed me into the hallway outside the restaurant.

"Alright, now tell me, what exactly did you say to Frey?" I asked, staring at him intensely. I've known Katz's personality for the past six months, this guy is not bad except for timidity, but sometimes he makes some mouthy mistakes, and I know when I see this situation today that he must have said something to Frey.

"I ...... I ......" Kaz looked at me hesitantly for a long time, still unable to speak.

"Say it quickly." I asked sharply.

"That's what I said you and Kira are adjusters." Kaz was so frightened that he was about to cry, and he was very aggrieved.

"Is that all?"

"That's all. I haven't said anything else. ”

After letting Kaz go back, I started to worry about Kira again. Although I persuaded him to give up before, deep down I also held a glimmer of hope for him. But if it's Frey's own reasons, the hope is really slim.

In the past two years, due to the increasingly fierce war between the United Earth Government and PLANT, the adjusters have moved to PLANT, and only a small number of them still exist in Orb, which directly leads to the lack of communication between the adjusters and natural persons, coupled with the propaganda made by the United Earth Government for the war, the adjusters are deliberately belittled and scandalized. As a result, a large part of natural persons have a certain prejudice against the adjusters. While most people aren't as radical as Cosmos, their attitude is anything but friendly.

Now it seems that Frey probably belongs to this category.