Chapter 55: In the Hospital
The day after the Vajra invasion, the city began to rebuild, with cranes and other tools busy mending the city's wounds in every damaged location. Compared with the destruction of the city, what is more severe is the casualties, not to mention the casualties of the defending forces, and there are also many civilians who were injured because they did not evacuate in time.
Presumably, the Frontier government is struggling with this.
But for a teenager who was still in school, none of this mattered to him, and now he, Saotome Art, was facing an even more troublesome situation.
Today a group of people dressed like soldiers came to his house to take him to a place.
At first, Alter thought it might be some cross-examination by the military, after all, he had been in close contact with that kind of monster before, but when he arrived at his destination, he was now in a hospital by himself.
Still thinking that he had already done a physical examination after contact with alien creatures, he was taken into a hospital room.
In it he saw people who were familiar or unfamiliar.
"Michael? Luca? β
Alter couldn't help but call out the names of the two classmates and friends. Just yesterday they were doing an air show together, and when the incident happened, the two suddenly disappeared, and he was worried about it, but he didn't expect them to appear here. It wasn't that he was happy that they were okay now, he had known that before, it was the people around them who really surprised him.
Men with beards, unkempt heads, like ferocious beasts, and men lying on hospital beds with bandages on their heads.
That's Ozma and Killiam.
They had fought together just yesterday, and it was impossible for Alter to forget about it.
"What's going on?"
Arte asks his friend for help for no apparent reason.
"As you can see, Luca and I are both working for S.M.S."
Michelle (Speaking of which, I don't know why Alter keeps calling Michelle Michael?) He shrugged his shoulders and said in his usual flirtatious tone, except that he didn't seem willing to say it.
"What?"
Alter never thought that his two friends would hide this kind of work from him.
"Okay, I didn't bring you here to talk about this, you can talk about it slowly later."
Ozma clapped her hands to interrupt their conversation.
"First of all, thank you for saving Killam!"
Ozma solemnly thanked Alter.
"Ah...... No, it's not just me......"
Alter remembered the boy yesterday, when he was going to look for the other party when the battle was over, he couldn't find anything, and he could only know that the other party had no accident from the body, and he should have left by himself.
"Well, but thank you for saving that fool."
"Hey, hey! Don't say that, Captain. β
Killam objected to and then spoke to Alter.
"Thank you for your help. I'd love to thank that little ghost in person, but I haven't found him yet. β
"Hmm."
The other party was so solemn, and Arte could only respond.
"And then there's another thing."
Ozma ended the previous topic.
"We S.M.S are civilian military companies, and you already know that. You drove the VF-25 during yesterday's battle, and a civilian driving the Valkyrie without permission would have been court-martialed. β
"But that ...... situation"
"Yes, your actions are urgent. And we, S.M.S., are not the military, and your disposal is all left to us. β
"Is this a threat?"
"No, we're grateful to you for saving Killiam."
Ozma shook her head in denial of Alter's words.
"Can you tell me something, then?"
"What?"
"What the hell is that monster? What happened? β
That's what Alter wants to know most about right now.
ββ¦β¦ We have been authorized by the President to protect the Frontier and eliminate Vajra. β
βVajraβ¦β¦β
"If you really know, you won't be able to go back, I'll give you a few days to think about it."
Hearing Ozma's words, Arte fell silent, and just then the door to the ward suddenly opened, and a petite girl with a green head appeared in the doorway.
"Orchid!?"
The men in the ward exclaimed at the same time.
Of course the girl in front of him knew Alter, and the orchid was also his friend's, and he gave him the ticket for the orchid's concert yesterday, and he didn't understand why the orchid appeared here.
"Brother......
The orchid looked not quite right with her head down.
"Huh? Brother? β
Alter looked for the "brother" in Orchid's mouth with some confusion, and then Ozma's whole face changed.
"Orchid...... Listen to me......"
"Deceitful ......"
Orchid interrupted Ozma's words.
"I said I wouldn't fly anymore, I wouldn't fight anymore......"
Because Orchid is sensitive to things like injuries, Ozma has concealed from Orchid for many years that he no longer drives Valkyrie and is doing clerical work. But I didn't expect it to be suddenly exposed today.
"My brother is a liar!!"
Orchid turned around and ran away without looking back.
"Orchid !!"
Ozma let out a grief with her mouth wide open, completely devoid of the momentum she had when driving the Valkyrie.
"What should I do?"
Obviously, he was driving the man who was not afraid of monsters in Valki, but at this time, he was completely confused. So there is no cure for the sister control...... Ahem, I'm self-respecting.
"That's right! Go find her! β
"Captain, calm down!"
Michelle stops Ozma, who wants to rush out.
"Now you won't end well if you go."
"Doom ......"
"Alter!"
"Huh?"
Arte didn't expect Michelle to call him at this time.
"You're chasing orchids!"
"Me?"
"That's right! Hurry up! β
"Oh!"
Alter immediately ran in the direction the orchid had left, and could be heard behind him, "Take care of the orchid for me, or I'll give you a taste of the reaction bomb."
It's an excuse to run through the corridors of the hospital and in such a place, but Alter has no choice but to do it. But after running around the corner, there was no orchid.
"Oops."
It is possible to go left or right, either way, and there is no one around, so you can't ask if you want to.
(Let's go to the rooftop.) οΌ
Just when Arte was anxious, such a thought suddenly came to his mind. There was no other way anyway, and before he knew it, he acted on this idea.
Climb the stairs of the hospital all the way to the top floor and push open the door to the rooftop.
From here, you can see the clear sky outside and the buildings under the sky.
Just as Alter was witnessing this magnificent view, he heard singing.
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