"Ding, force the mission to be completed, help Marius Ramiath fend off the next wave of enemy attacks, and keep Kira Yamato, Thor Gnaich, Miliaria Haao, Sei Argyle, and Kazui Baskak safe."

"Mission Rewards: Accumulated until the end of subsequent side quests."

"The follow-up side quest is launched to ensure that the warships belonging to the Earth Force are successfully pursued by the Zaft warships within the Heliopolis range. Successful missions reward D-class general-purpose mech piloting skills. Whether to accept the task, accept/reject. ”

"If you refuse the follow-up mission, the reward for side quest 1 will be changed to 300 merit points."

Which is more valuable, 300 merit points or a skill? Xiao Ran didn't think about it and chose to accept it directly, not to mention that this is still the most needed D-level general mecha driving technique, so it can be said that the rewards after completing the follow-up tasks are quite rich.

"Accept."

After confirming the mission in his mind, Xiao Ran raised his head, and at this time, Malu had already beckoned Kira to drive the Strike Gundam to carry everyone to the steel giant hands, and waited for Xiao Ran, who was obviously distracted, to go up.

Xiao Ran, who came back to his senses, smiled embarrassedly at everyone and hurriedly climbed up, and after standing firmly, he attacked the Gundam and landed safely in the launch port of the Archangel, and Xiao Ran felt that the whole process was only a slight shock twice, which shows how outstanding Kira's talent is.

As soon as everyone stepped on the deck of the catapult port, they saw a group of people in the uniforms of the Earth Army hurrying over, and heard a female voice from a distance: "Captain Ramias!" ”

The voice that should have been cold and fierce, but at this time, it seemed a little weak reached Xiao Ran's ears, making him tilt his head slightly, and what caught his eye was a simple short hair, a tall young woman under the support of the military uniform, this person was Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu.

Marlu turned her head suddenly, and her tone was a little excited: "Second Lieutenant Baki Lulu." ”

Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu ran up to Malu and stood up straight, and gave a military salute to Maliu: "Captain Ramias, fortunately you're okay." ”

Maliu also returned the salute to the other party, with a smile on her face: "I didn't expect you to be able to bring the Archangel out." ”

Bucky Lulu was about to say something, but was distracted by the sudden opening of the cockpit door of the Strike Gundam, and then she was surprised to see Kira Yamato, who was still a child, slowly descending.

The uncle in the preparation class opened his eyes wide: "Hey, what's going on, isn't it a child, why are you sitting on it." ”

"Captain Ramias, are they?" The voice that should have been cold but seemed a little weak at this time reached Xiao Ran's ears, making him tilt his head slightly, and carefully observing this tall young woman under the support of the military uniform, Xiao Ran clearly saw that Bucky Lulu's eyes were a little ruddy, and a trace of sadness was also lingering on his face.

Marlu paused for a moment, turned her head and glanced at Kira with embarrassed eyes, as if she didn't know whether to tell the truth, but in Xiao Ran's soft snort, she still shook her head at Bucky Lulu, but there was still a hint of joy in her eyes: "They are civilians from Heliopolis, and there is no threat to us." ”

"Well, that's a big surprise." Dressed in a battle suit, Mula Vlada also appeared in the eyes of everyone and was the first to introduce himself.

Mu first asked Maru about the permission to board the ship, and Marlou also became the acting captain after learning that all the main officers of the Archangel were killed in battle, and then, as happened in the plot, the talkative Mu pointed out Kira's identity, and as soon as he heard the word adjuster, the guards of the Archangel instantly raised their guns and aimed them at Xiao Ran and his party.

Xiao Ran stood in front of everyone at the first time, and looked at Ma Lu with questioning. Because he knew that it was absolutely impossible for the other party to shoot, this was obviously just relying on familiarity with the plot to brush up on favorability, but it could be seen from his eyes that he seemed to ask Maliu again: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Malu lowered her head and sighed slightly, the struggle between duty and character finally made her wave her hand at the guards: "Put down the gun, this is the territory of a neutral country, even if there are adjusters who don't want to get involved in the war, it's normal." ”

The guards looked left and right and gradually lowered their weapons, but the words that came out of Maru's mouth were indeed orders that had to be carried out, and they looked at each other and finally put down their guns.

"Oops, I'm so sorry, I almost caused a big riot." Mu rubbed his head and laughed at himself, and said, "The drivers who have seen these bodies on the way here have even walked crookedly during the simulation exercises...... Really...... Hehe. ”

After speaking, he was about to leave, and when Bucky Lulu asked him where he was going, Mu shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "Where are you going?" It's Team Kreuzer out there, and that guy is annoying, oops, there's no time to waste here. ”

Mu's departure made everyone look at each other, and Xiao Ran also took this opportunity to speak: "Miss Ramias, I don't know if we can leave now?" ”

"This ......" Marliu's face was full of embarrassment, she actually didn't want Kira to leave, after all, she had seen Kira's fighting ability, but from her heart, she had promised Xiao Ran to let them go, and she also didn't want Kira, the child, to get involved in the war, so she was a little uncertain for a while.

Bucky Lulu stared at Xiao Ran and said, "You have seen the secrets of our army, so I can't just let you go." ”

Xiao Ran didn't seem excited by Bucky Lulu's words, but just smiled slightly and said the truth: "Miss Bucky Lulu, if I heard it correctly just now, Miss Ramia is the person in charge of this ship." ”

"Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, stop." Malu took a deep breath and stepped forward, pressed Bucky Lulu's shoulder, and said to Xiao Ran in a gentle tone: "You can leave, but now the outside has been upgraded to a ninth-level alarm because of the battle just now, even if you are let out, you will not be able to enter the fully locked rescue cabin, and there may be a battle when, if you are allowed to be in the satellite without any protection, it will be irresponsible for you." ”

Ma Liu looked at everyone in a very sincere and gentle tone, and what she said was not unreasonable, the ninth-level satellite alarm has completely locked any passage that can lead to the rescue capsule at this time, and the rescue capsule has also been sent to the launch port, once the alarm danger is raised again, all the rescue capsules can be shot out at the first time, if Xiao Ran and they leave, the satellites that may fight at any time do not have any safety guarantee for Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran's face was as calm as ever, so that Ma Lu couldn't see the slightest thought from his face at all, but the others showed more or less hesitation, which made Ma Liu breathe a sigh of relief and continued: "I will definitely do what I promised you, if you believe me, once the alarm is contacted, I will let you leave the ship as soon as possible." ”

"Teacher......" Milia raised her head and looked at Xiao Ran with some hesitation, hoping to get help from Xiao Ran.

The rest of the boys looked at each other and said, "Teacher, we listen to you." ”

"Hmm......" Xiao Ran heard their words, pretended to mutter, and finally nodded to Maliu: "Then we will trouble Miss Ramias." Of course, in return, I'm willing to help in whatever way I can, even if you're short of manpower, and I think it's okay to shoot with a hand-controlled weapon, but it's just me, and I can't put my students in danger anymore. ”

Ma Lu exhaled and showed a rare smile at Xiao Ran: "Thank you very much." ”

"I'm doing this for myself, too." Xiao Ran shook his head slightly, looked at Ma Lu and said, "I think Zaft, who has been destroyed twice in a row, will never be as easy to solve as it was just now if he attacks this time." The first time it can be said that it was because of the arrogance of the other party and the lack of understanding of Gundam, and the second time the captain can be said to be pure carelessness, but if they don't take it to heart the third time, I don't think this war between the Earth Army and Zaft will last for nearly a year. ”

"What do you mean?" Marlu was stunned for a moment, and Bucky Lulu also looked at Xiao Ran in confusion.

"At this time, Zaft has definitely cracked all of your looted mechs even if they are incompetent, and got all the information from them, I think they also have a detailed understanding of the MS of the Gundam Earth Army, and in addition to Kira's two repulsions of the enemy army, maybe they will have the illusion that the mech that they didn't grab must be the strongest, so this time ......"

Xiao Ran forcibly held back the expression he wanted to laugh, afraid that the corners of his eyebrows that kept twitching would make others see something, so he deliberately turned his head to look at the simulated sky outside the battleship, and then said slowly: "If it were me, this battle would be decided at once, with the team that can be sent and bring the most powerful firepower, even if this battleship is sunk in the satellite, it is necessary to capture the last body, or destroy it." ”

"Impossible, if that's the case......" Maliu's first reaction after hearing Xiao Ran's words was not to believe it, after all, this is a fragile satellite colony.

"If this is the case, it is impossible for Heliopolis, a satellite that has been damaged a lot, to resist the enemy's attack, and it may collapse at any time." Xiao Ran sighed slightly, his expression was a little heavy, and he turned his head to look at Kira and the others: "I'm sorry, it's because I thought of this that I wanted to keep you on the battleship, if I noticed this from the beginning...... I'm sorry that it won't put you in danger. ”