Chapter 53: Coffee Time (Part II)

“…… With immediate effect from the issuance of this order, all personnel related to the Cosmos Force in the Icarus region will be put under control of communications, and commanders at all levels will immediately convene an emergency meeting in accordance with the instructions of the accompanying text of this order to ensure that all personnel respond to the media, and at the same time, during this period, it is forbidden to disclose the details of the military operation on the 20th to any unrelated personnel, and violators will be punished with leaks, and they will be dealt with severely......"

-- From the Ministry of National Defense, a direct order issued by Li Lifeng, Chief of the General Staff of the Aerospace Force.

“…… We advise the major media not to report in any form the content of the rumors about the battle in Boston on the 20th, otherwise the Cabinet, the Space Force and Rohmens will reserve the right to prosecute for defamation......"

-- Private e-mails from the General Information Administration of the League to major media outlets

***

"Woman."

Vivien finally couldn't take it anymore - although she didn't take it for more than a minute, the girl raised her head, looked coldly at the red-haired girl, and said, "Didn't anyone tell you what private space is?" ”

"You see the tables are full, don't mind if I sit down."

The red-haired girl said this, but she didn't mean to sit down, in fact, although there were a lot of people, but if the red-haired girl was just one person, there would still be a lot of counter seats.

"Are you talking nonsense with your eyes open? Want to find faults? Miss Ben isn't in a good mood, and you might pay a price you can't afford. ”

Vivien subconsciously clenched her fists, and the mental power she inadvertently diffused made the cup on the table retreat a centimeter significantly, Payne hurriedly reached out and held the cup and then pressed Vivian's hand, but the hand was already pressed to her waist.

"This is not the place to be impulsive, dear miss."

The red-haired girl didn't show the slightest change in her feelings from Vivien's irritation and Payne's unnatural actions, and she even reached out her hand. He gently patted Vivien on the shoulder.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be here to worry about nothing, but to see which evening dress suits me best, even if the people who wait won't see their own light, but I will shine for the path I have chosen."

"Twenty-five! Pack! ”

"This way!"

Before Vivien and Payne could react, a shout from the clerk caused the red-haired girl to turn around and run to the counter. She flashed over the counter like a red whirlwind, picked up a paper bag full of food, and walked out of the café without an umbrella, and walked into the rain.

And at an angle that only Vivien could see, the red-haired girl smiled encouragingly before disappearing, then opened her mouth slightly.

Come on.

There was no sound, but it somehow gave the blonde little girl a definite, but vague, encouragement.

"Let's go!"

Payne's reaction wasn't slow. But Vivien still took the first step, clapping her hands on the table, attracting sideways glances from those around her.

"Hmm." Payne also had this intention, so he nodded slightly, "It may not be safe here, why don't we ...... later?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Vivien shook her head quickly, the inverted Roman curls drawn at the sides of her head hit her face like a rattle drumstick. even subconsciously made Payne lean up.

"The plan remains the same, let's go buy evening dresses!"

“…… Is it? Payne's brow furrowed again. He glanced at the still dense raindrops outside the window, was silent for a moment, and then narrowed his eyes again, as if he was worried about the uninvited guest girl just now.

"Okay."

But in the end, he still didn't think it would bring any risks, and the middle-aged man nodded. Agreed with Vivian's construction.

***

"It's slow."

Logan. Craig sat in the car, looking at the constantly shaking wipers in front of him a little sluggishly, and the hot air from the exhaust vents in the front of the car hit his hands, warm but dry.

The car was parked in a parking lot a block away from the coffee shop, meaning Charlotte needed to cross a block in the pouring rain. That wasn't his intention - while Logan had a subconscious rejection of the red-haired girl, he wasn't vicious enough to deliberately make it difficult for her to brave the rain to buy something.

Whether it was parking the car here, or insisting on going to a coffee shop a block away to buy lunch, it was Charlotte's own decision, Logan was naturally too lazy to ask why buying a lunch and avoiding the vehicle from being discovered like sneaking into the operation, nor did he bother to question whether it would be more suspicious for the other party to buy things without an umbrella on a rainy day, the young man just showed a look of "you are happy".

But now he regretted it a little - not because it was raining so hard that he didn't stop Charlotte, but because the red-haired girl who hadn't come back for so long would cause him any more trouble.

"I should have asked if I had known."

Logan reached out and pressed on the bayonet of the seat belt, but just as he was about to unbuckle the seat belt, Charlotte's striking long red hair was revealed in the dense rain.

"Sorry for the wait."

Wet Charlotte got through the car door, her waterproof coat being taken off and wrapped in the plastic bag containing the food, so she was completely wet.

"Are you Britons all insane?"

Logan looked disgusted, but still pulled out a few tissues from the tissue box on the operating table and handed them to Charlotte - it was a "borrowed" car anyway, and he didn't care about getting it wet.

"Hey, hey." Charlotte, as always, did not argue, and said as she reached out to wipe her red hair, "Anyway, it's about to be at the hotel, it's okay." ”

"Let's talk about it first, I don't live with you neurotic." Logan stretched out his hand, crossed his hands and made a vetoed motion, "Then you will pay for both rooms." ”

"Gladly." Charlotte still had a rare happy smile and nodded in agreement.

"I think you're crazy."

As he spoke, Logan stretched out his hand to turn on the warm air to the maximum, and then aimed all the air outlets in the front row at the red-haired girl, muttered to himself, and then turned his hair and asked.

"Why are you so happy?"

"Logan, have you ever met a kind of child? They look like they used to be. ”

"I hate children...... Logan pouted in disgust, "and then I began to regret why I asked such a question as a madman." ”

"Hehe, probably."

Charlotte took off her glasses and gently wiped them on the lenses with a tissue.

Still with a rare smile.

***

Another 6 hours after Charlotte met Vivien. That is, 18 hours after Ling Yu escaped into the sewers and defeated Shangguan Mo, Mo Keke was getting the final diagnosis report in the medical center on Icarus.

"It's no problem anymore, Lieutenant Colonel, just take a break."

"Thank you."

Looking at the smiling expression of the military doctor in front of him, Mo Keke thanked him indifferently and formulaically. Then he stood up, picked up his Space Force jacket from the clothes rack next to him, turned around and walked directly out of the infirmary.

Then I saw Shangguan Mo with a bandage around his neck, his head down, and his ears hanging down like a puppy being punished.

"I'm sorry, Captain......"

Mo Keke looked at Shangguan Mo for a few seconds, and his gaze finally fell on her neck—when Ling Yu finally threw her out, he still injured her cervical vertebrae, although it was only a slight injury. But as a valuable asset of the Alliance, these TFs will still be carefully cared for.

"It's useless to talk nonsense, after the injury is healed, I will go to squat for three days and confinement, and I will resist the rest." Mo Keke took out sunglasses from his trouser pocket and put them on the bridge of his nose, "Fart, big deal." ”

"Yes, Captain."

If there is a person in this world who can make Shangguan Mo execute it 100% perfectly regardless of the occasion and place, it is probably only Mo Keke - as for Shangguan Mo against Ling Yu. It was also because the last order given by Mo Keke was to search for the last signal point, and Shangguan silently executed it. You can choose by your own judgment.

And the reason why she wanted to close Guan Mo's confinement was not that she violated any orders, but that she "chose to act alone when it was obvious that she could wait for the support of her teammates", that is, exposing herself to this danger while knowing that the other party was extremely dangerous, which is intolerable to the alliance officials. After all, every TF is an irreplaceable asset of the alliance, and for Mo Keke, although Shangguan Mo sometimes has muscles in his head like a mad dog, he is still a good subordinate on the whole, and it can be regarded as a lesson for her to cultivate team spirit.

Is...... I didn't join the army to be a dog trainer.

Mo Keke looked at Shangguan Mo's back. He sighed, then walked out of the medical area through the door on the other side.

Walking through the long corridor, as always, he saw the soldiers of the Space Army saluting him, but the frightened and surprised glint in their eyes could be felt by Mo Coco completely.

Mo Coco returned with an injury, which is rare, most of the time the opponent is a well-known TF, but this operation, most people know that it is just to hunt down a dangerous fugitive, this kind of person can hurt Mo Coco, which is even more surprising and puzzling than the second Icarus crisis.

But no matter what, Mo Coco is still Mo Coco, or a storage zài who can scare away ACATF just by his name, and whoever underestimates this woman because of this incident will definitely be taught to be a human being by her.

This turmoil will soon pass, and within a week, Mo Coco will use the blood of ACATF to make people forget about this defeat, and the queen will return to the top, and there will soon be only awe left in everyone's eyes.

The Universe Army respects the strong and advocates strength, which makes Mo Keke think of the awe and adoration in the eyes of those crazy little boys and girls when they saw him when he won the championship on the high school tennis team, but those children will rotate their attitude towards you 180 degrees because of your momentary miss, and in the Universe Army, no one has ever missed.

Mo Coco sometimes thinks that it might not be a bad thing for him to miss a hand once in a while, at least in the bar he will have some common language with others, rather than having the GIs jump up on the toilet and salute him.

She didn't like to be worshipped like a goddess, even though she had lived in such an environment since she was a child.

"Yo, Xiao Mo, I'm back!!"

However, there is one person in the Alliance's strongest tactical task force, the Icarus Garrison, who would never look at her like this, not because this person has the strength to surpass Mo Coco, but because no matter how many times he is taught by this queen, he will not have any restraint.

Mo Coco, who was wearing a military hat crookedly, draped his military uniform over his shoulders but did not button it, revealing a small black vest worn inside, turned around and saw a young man with short chestnut hair, waving at his side, he was like a caddie rushing to a golf ball that was about to roll into the lake, and like a man who had been trekking in the desert for several months saw an oasis, his eyes flashed with anticipation and excitement, and he rushed towards Mo Coco at a trot.

"Here we go again......"

Mo Keke muttered helplessly, and on the right chest of the degraded colonel officer who ran towards her, a crooked name tag was written in Chinese and English.

Daniel. Jones.

Colonel of the Space Forces, Global Strategic Defense Alliance, Tactical Task Force "Icarus" TF, Captain.

He is also the holder of the record for the most ACATF kills in the Alliance, and the second person to wear a black armband besides Mo Keco. (To be continued......)