Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Impossible Task to Refuse (I)
Leaving the gloomy cell, Robin is taken to the prison's dressing room, accompanied by a burly soldier.
The prison's dressing room was rudimentary, with dim lights, a neat row of showers, and a bench on which a box of military rations was placed to feed Robin, who hadn't eaten anything for two days.
Robin, who was ordered to freshen up here, picked up the box of military rations, tore off the seal, and scooped the jelly-like nutrients into his mouth with his hands. Robin ate slowly, and at first, the burly soldier sent by the Army Command looked a little restless, constantly flicking the rubber stick in his hand as if threatening, and showing off his strong muscles that even his uniform could not hide. However, when Robin glanced at him impatiently, the arrogant expression on the soldier's face suddenly froze, and he did not dare to move like a frog stared at by a snake.
"I'm going to take a shower, can I avoid it?" Robin retracted his gaze and asked lightly.
"Good...... Ok ......"
The soldier turned his back in embarrassment, standing up straight like a statue, facing the rusty old walls.
Soon Robin freshened himself before spraying, and the soldier, as if he had become an orderly, obediently fetched Robin a new second lieutenant uniform and a roll of bandages.
Robin's injured arms had almost repaired themselves, the burst blood vessels and ligaments had healed, and although they still had severe burns on the surface, these minor injuries would have been completely repaired by soaking them in the nutrient solution. But even so, Robin accepted the soldier's kindness and took the bandage and carefully bandaged the wound.
Shaving off his sparse beard in front of a stained mirror, Robin's originally somewhat sluggish demeanor suddenly changed, and he became a heroic lieutenant in high spirits again, as if the two consecutive days of imprisonment had no effect on him at all.
The burly soldier saluted him and led him out of the dressroom, and after completing the appropriate handover formalities with the prison guards, he ascended to the ground on the prison's fast elevator.
Stepping out of the elevator, Robin found that Leona, who had also changed into a brand new medic uniform, was already waiting there, and judging by the evasive gaze of the female sergeant behind her, it was clear that Leona had left the female sergeant with not very good memories.
Glancing sympathetically at the poor female sergeant, Robin shook her head helplessly, pulled down the brim of the general's hat, and strode onto the maglev parked at the prison gate, while Leona sat down beside him, and took out a small file to carefully handle her long, shaved nails.
Sitting silently in the same maglev car, Robin and Leona were like strangers to each other, not saying a word to each other, and they couldn't tell that they were still fighting for the life and death in the prison cell half an hour before.
But for the two sergeants sitting in the front row, a man and a woman, the silence was nothing short of torment, and they knew better than anyone how terrible the young man and woman were behind them, so the silence at the moment made them feel as oppressive as the calm before the storm. Unknowingly, the male sergeant turned up the speed of the maglev car, causing the originally stable maglev to rush towards the Pluto Army Headquarters.
When they arrived at the headquarters of the army base, the two sergeants, a man and a woman, could not wait for the car to stop, so they couldn't wait to open the car door and jump out of the car, and quickly ran to the closed gate of the headquarters to go through the corresponding procedures with the guards with live nuclear guns.
After waiting in front of the door for a short time, Lieutenant General Aldrich's interview message was confirmed. Greeted by a soldier, Robin and Leona were taken to the reception room of the headquarters to wait for an audience from Lieutenant General Aldrich.
Soon, the door to the reception room suddenly opened. Colonel Achill, crooked in his military cap, walked into the reception room with his usual ugly face and a major officer with an electronic folder.
"Have you had a good two days?"
Colonel Archill swept Leona's bruised forehead and the corners of her mouth with a malicious gaze, and then looked at Robin, whose hands were bandaged, with a slightly surprised look, and said with an exaggerated smile: "It looks like your personal problems have been dealt with." ”
Robin saluted and replied loudly, "Yes." ”
"Good." Colonel Achill sat down on the sofa and lit a cigarette: "In this case, then my special arrangement is not in vain, you know, repairing that prison cell is very material-intensive, this is a lot of expenses, and now the resources of the War Department are so tight......"
Colonel Achill was like a resentful woman complaining about the high price of food, but it also made Robin realize that he would be locked up in that special cell with Leona because of the arrangement of the guy in front of him. The irresponsible colonel was not prepared to deal with the feud between Robin and Leona, but instead gave them a solid place to have a good time.
"Alright, the gossip is over, now it's time to get down to business."
Just as Robin was about to be drowsy by Colonel Achill's ramblings, the cunning Colonel Achill suddenly changed his tone and got down to business.
"I came to you today to talk to you about the handling of the Air Force Hospital." Colonel Achill looked at Robin, who was sitting upright, and then at Leona, who was lazy but charming, hesitated for a moment and then scratched his head, "That...... Second Lieutenant Robin stayed. Major, take this lady to General Aldrich. ”
"Yes."
The major officer, who had been standing behind Colonel Archer, saluted, put down the e-folder, and opened the e-door to the reception room for Leona.
Leona glanced at Robin and Colonel Archill and left without saying a word. As soon as the door to the reception room was closed, Colonel Archill breathed a sigh of relief, tore off the crooked military hat on his head, and smiled at Robin: "Ensign, I understand you, women are not only troublesome, but also a scourge!" ”
"Huh?" Robin looked at Colonel Archill with a strange expression, not understanding what he was trying to mean.
"I've already learned about the relationship between you and that woman, and I've watched the video of that flight training center, sizzle! ~" Colonel Achill gasped with an exaggerated expression, and scolded angrily: "That's really not what people do. ”
Although Colonel Achill's performance at the moment was too contrived, his contempt for Leona still won some of Robin's favor.
Seeing that Robin's expression softened slightly, Colonel Achill patted Robin on the shoulder hard, hooked his shoulder like an old friend who had known him for many years, and said, "Now that I have the woman apart, I can say something open to you." ”
“……”
Robin knew that Colonel Achill was clearly talking nonsense with his eyes open, and he was clearly throwing Leona's difficult hot potato to Lieutenant General Aldrich, and he picked his own soft persimmon to pinch.
Although he wanted to ridicule Colonel Archill to his face, after thinking about it, Robin still gave up this urge and quietly waited for Colonel Archer's next step.
"Hmm......" Colonel Archill took a puff of cigarette, secretly glanced at Robin's expression and said, "I'm sure you should have guessed that Leona, a female military doctor, has a special status, and even General Aldrich doesn't have the authority to deal with her, so ......"
"What! General Aldrich has no authority to deal with her? ”
Although he didn't expect the War Department to stand up for himself, Robin was still surprised to hear that Leona's authority was so high.
"yes, I didn't believe it at first. You also saw it in the Air Force Hospital, I was almost ready to humanely destroy this femme fatale, but ......" Colonel Archill snuffed out the cigarette butt in annoyance: "But she is a special scholar with special authority recognized by the Central Computer, and on the records of the Military Department, she still has the invisible rank of lieutenant colonel, so our War Department has no right to dispose of her at all, and her disposal power is directly under the Central Computer." ”
"Central Computer ......"
Robin looked thoughtfully at Colonel Achill, Colonel Achill's indignant expression at the moment was mixed with too much performance, but what he said was absolutely true. And when he thought that Leona had such a big authority, Robin couldn't help but be a little worried, although he was not afraid of Leona now, he was afraid that Leona would use her authority to mobilize Cecilia and Lee, the people that Robin cared about.
"I hope she remembers my warning, or else ......," Robin muttered to himself with a solemn expression.
"What?" Colonel Archill didn't hear Robin's words clearly, and leaned over curiously to ask.
"Nothing." Robin smiled disguisedly and asked, "Sir, I'll take care of my own affairs, so you don't have to worry about me." ”
"Really? Sure enough, it's a young hero, so bold! As soon as he heard this, Colonel Achill immediately danced with joy and praised loudly: "Men should be like this, what are you afraid of." Even if her authority is higher than that of the marshal, the woman is still a woman, and it's a big deal to overthrow her! ! And Lao Tzu was not happy with the central computer, and people are not machines, besides, why should people listen to the orders of a machine......"
Colonel Achill's full of complaints suddenly turned the topic away again, and in the face of this situation, Robin could only rub his brow helplessly. He could see that this Colonel Archer had simply come to stir things up, and now that he had stirred them up, all the issues that should have been handled by the military department had been turned into private affairs, and the responsibility of the military department had been completely denied. From this point of view, this Colonel Archie really has some of the merchandising style of the Federation Army, if it weren't for the fact that he is General Aldrich's cousin, and his own resume is promising, Robin even began to wonder if this guy who has no military style at all is another lurker of the Union Army.
After talking about the lack of passion and vitality in the current state of the Republic, Colonel Achill seemed to feel that this topic had been talked about for too long, so he raised his hand and looked at the electronic watch on his wrist, and said with a casual smile: "Hehe...... I accidentally talked for so long, huh...... Let's now talk about your handling of the destruction of the Air Force hospital. ”
“……”
Robin was stunned and looked at Colonel Archer, who quickly changed his face, he didn't expect this Colonel Archer to be so thick-skinned, and he was angry just now, but he didn't expect to turn his face in a blink of an eye.
However, remembering that it was Colonel Achill who had taken them in at the height of the TR-735's crisis, Robin shook his head with a wry smile, ready to accept Colonel Achill's punishment for him.