I rely on myself

Chapter 508 Duel
Gjallarhorn Stronghold.

Since the failure of the last attack on CGS, the squadron has been resting here. At this time, in a room in the base, a middle-aged officer is putting on his uniform.

"........."

Looking at himself in the mirror wearing a neat uniform, he was silent. He had once been proud of this uniform, but now his mood was extremely complicated.

But he soon put aside his complicated feelings and left the room.

Just as the middle-aged officer was leaving the room, a young man's voice suddenly called him.

"Lieutenant Cronk, may I ask where you want to go? Could it be that..."

"Ain?"

Cronk turned his head and saw a young man with bandages on his body, obviously looking injured, appear in his sight.

Looking at this junior, Kronk's eyes flashed with tenderness, but he still kept a serious expression on his face and said, "Why are you up? You look like you should have a good rest, right?"

Unfortunately, these serious words, which seemed to be reproachful but were actually full of concern, did not dispel Ain's anxious mood. Instead, they further confirmed his premonition.

Because of this, Ain said anxiously: "Lieutenant Kronk, do you really want to go there alone? No! That is an opponent that our three machines cannot handle, let alone..."

"Ain!!!"

Kronk suddenly shouted and interrupted Ain's words. Looking at the junior who was forced to come over to persuade him even though he was injured, he felt a warmth from the bottom of his heart.

How could he not understand the meaning of the words of the junior in front of him? But as a soldier with conscience and bottom line, he has made up his mind, so——————

"Ain, I was just careless last time. I won't make the same mistake again. Besides... I am enough to deal with children by myself."

"But……"

The tone was unusually heavy, but even so, Ain still felt very unwilling and was about to say something, but Clark continued.

"Please, I don't want you to become soldiers with a stigma."

"........."

Ain was silent.

Kronk also looked at Ain again and turned away.

Watching the figure of his respected superior gradually disappearing into the distance, Ain was speechless and could only watch the figure disappear from his sight.

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At dusk, night is approaching and the sky gradually becomes darker.

At this time, somewhere in the CGS base, in the former president's room.

Now Olga and the others are gathered here, discussing the way forward. As for the results...it can only be said that there is nothing.

During this period, Todomirkonnan, who originally belonged to the First Army but unusually chose to stay, proposed to send Gudelia, the target of Galarhorn, away in exchange for money and to get out of this incident, but unfortunately, this proposal was not adopted.

Just when everyone was feeling distressed, an alarm suddenly sounded, along with another voice.

"The Supervisory Squad has sent in a report that they spotted a Gjallarhorn mobile suit, carrying... a red flag? Heading this way."

After hearing the alarm, everyone in CGS became alert at first, but the enemy did not attack directly. Instead, it stopped at a distance from the base, as if waiting for something.

Everyone was confused by this situation for a while and finally decided to take a look at the situation first.

In this situation, everyone came to the outside of the base and observed Gjallarhorn's MS that was parked in the distance.

"...So - what does that mean?" A blond boy looked at the red cloth hanging on the Gjallarhorn MS through a telescope with a puzzled expression on his face.

Fortunately, someone came out to explain: "That is the signal for a duel."

"duel?"

The blond boy asked the person who explained, Uncle Yukinojo, in confusion. Before the uncle could answer, a figure suddenly stood out from Gjallarhorn's MS, Graze, and stated his purpose through the loudspeaker of the machine.

"I am Kronk Chant from the Gjallarhorn combat unit! I hope to have a one-on-one fight with your representative. If I win, I will take away the captured Graze and Gudelia Alanna Bernstein."

"Is the target the eldest lady?"

"If you can successfully hand over Graze and Kudelia, I will take care of everything else. I can promise that Gjallarhorn will have nothing to do with CGS anymore!"

As soon as this condition was stated, everyone at CGS was instantly in an uproar. It was not because the condition was bad, but on the contrary, it was too good.

In other words, the other party's condition was that no matter whether they won or lost, as long as they handed over the captured Graze and the eldest lady, the other party would handle the rest of the matters and would not implicate them. This was an extremely attractive condition for Olga and the others.

Naturally, everyone at CGS was discussing this, and most people thought it would be better to agree to this condition. Even Kudelia herself, who was used as a bargaining chip, thought it would be better to do so as to avoid unnecessary fighting.

But unlike the noisy others, Olga was particularly silent and did not participate in the conversation at all. It was not until Gudelia herself spoke that he spoke slowly.

"I don't have such plans, and I don't know how much of what the uncle said is true. I won't agree so easily."

"Ugh?!"

Everyone was unable to react for a moment, because what Olga said implied that she was not going to follow the other party's words?

At this moment, Olga suddenly shouted to Mikazuki beside her: "Mikazuki!"

"..."

"Can you help me get rid of him?"

"Okay!"

"Ugh!!!"

And so the duel was agreed upon in this way.

"We've kept you waiting. Let's accept your challenge."

"Grateful!"

As the duel was set, everyone in CGS immediately got busy, helping to prepare for Mikazuki to pilot the Barbatos.

At this time in the hangar, Mikazuki had already boarded the Barbatos and was ready to go at any time, while Yukinojo was checking the condition of the machine through the tablet in his hand.

"There shouldn't be any problem with the machine itself, but it seems like there's something extra. It's that kid Lin Yuan again, right? I don't understand this uncle..."

"It's ok!"

Yukinojo was complaining, when Mikazuki suddenly interrupted and said, "It has been tested before, and there is no problem."

Looking at Mikazuki's calm but confident appearance, Yukinojo was speechless for a moment, and finally could only say: "Is that so? That's it, anyway, come back alive, Mikazuki."

"what!"

Mikazuki agreed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)