Why would I join the army if I can’t drive a Gundam!

Chapter 56 The aftermath
"How is it, Dr. Timley? Has this harvest been helpful to you?"

"That's so helpful, General Gop!"

Although he was rude in front of Staff Officer Jodl, Timley was a person with advanced diploma after all, and his basic emotional intelligence was sufficient. In front of Gop, he seemed quite respectful. After all, this was the type of sponsor that scientists liked most!

They respect scientists, give them enough autonomy, and are quick to approve funding. Apart from their small eyes, they don't have any shortcomings!
No, small eyes are not a disadvantage, it means sharp eyes!
"So, when will the new machine be manufactured?"

Gop asked softly with a smile on his face.

"Um, three months? Oh no, two months!"

Major Timley was just about to ask for a few more days when he saw Gop's eyes narrow. Although he was not very familiar with this federal general, the major knew that this showed that the other party was dissatisfied.

"We need to replace the armor material, redesign the servo motor, and design a new power reactor, so it will still take time!"

"Understood. Then, I will send a new test pilot over at the same time!"

Timley looked at the black screen and then breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the cold sweat from his head and couldn't help but think of his mentor. He used to live under his mentor's shadow, but when the mobile suit project was over, he would become a famous scientist who would surpass his mentor!

Thinking of this, Timley suddenly became full of energy, and couldn't wait to start research in the room without even waiting for their spaceship to return to side7.

However, compared to the energetic Timre, Char Aznable, who is thousands of kilometers away in the Guardian series, is not very motivated.

Because the matter involved Kalma Zabi, Zeon immediately started negotiations with the Federation, demanding that the Federation release the prisoners.

After all, Dekin was also afraid that the Federation would drag its feet and send his delicate little son, who had been spoiled and raised with great care since childhood, to dig rocks somewhere. If he was sent to Jupiter to mine heavy hydrogen, it would be even more disastrous!

In fact, the federal army really planned to do so and prepare to let Kalmazabi spend the rest of his life in prison. After all, he admitted that he was the planner of the uprising. If such a person could be released, where would the federal army's face be?

But his identity is really special. In ancient Greek mythology, Helen, who caused the war between Greece and Troy, is just like Kalma. For the sake of this child, Dekin will go to war at all costs!

Then, they had no choice but to let the other party go, but Zeon also paid a huge price for this.

The federal government directly asked Zeon to release more than a dozen federal spies. They were all captured by Zeon's counterintelligence department when they were collecting intelligence in Zeon in the past. They were originally going to mine on asteroids for the rest of their lives, but now, the good days for the spies have come!
"Well then, young master of the Zabi family, stop looking so sad and come have a drink!"

To be honest, the federal army took great care of these less than thirty prisoners. They cleared out a barracks specifically for them to live in, and they did not abuse them. On weekdays, they ate whatever the federal army ate.

Now, knowing that all the prisoners would be released soon, the garrison restaurant prepared a sumptuous meal for them.

But I don't know what happened on the Zeon side. When they entered the cafeteria and saw the sumptuous meals, several surviving female prisoners' legs went weak and they started crying loudly, and the male prisoners also changed their expressions.

Even Karma and Char had frowns on their faces, the kind that looked like they could pinch a fly to death!

“I didn’t expect that this day would finally come!”

"Char, I'm actually a little scared!"

Karma couldn't help but shudder when she thought that after dinner, they would be taken to an unknown corner of the satellite and shot to death.

And Char could silently pat Karma's shoulder and then said.

"Maybe this is just bad luck, but it's okay, Karma. At least when we leave, we can leave together!"

"Char!"

"I'm so happy to have a friend like you!"

Kalmazabi finally shed a few tears, and then began to grab the food on the table and put it into his mouth.

When he was a child, he often heard his father say that even if he was going to die, he had to eat his fill!

The special envoy from the federal government changed his expression when he saw Kalma's crazy eating habits. He turned to look at Commander Eugen and said.

"Why are you torturing Karma?"

"Abuse?"

Eugen looked confused. He had watched the prisoners eat with his own eyes these days. Everyone ate the same food, so how could it be considered abuse?

"This isn't abuse. Look at the way he eats. How long has it been since he had a full meal?"

The correspondent pointed at Karma, who had started to use both hands, grabbing rice in one hand and strawberry pie in the other, stuffing them into his mouth and then spitting out half of it.

"If you do this, something bad will happen during the prisoner handover!"

Then, the special envoy came closer to Kalma, poured her a glass of water, and then said the previous sentence.

But what the special envoy didn't expect was that it would have been better if he hadn't said this. Once he said it, Karma ate even faster.

"It seems it's not our problem!"

Eugen nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. While the two sides were negotiating, commendations were also received from within the Federal Army. Compared to those civilian insects in the Federal Parliament, the Federal Army did not treat the soldiers who fought bravely badly. Everyone received a medal. Some, like Macharius, even received three, and some wounded soldiers received two.

In addition, all officers and non-commissioned officers with outstanding performance were promoted one level. Although there were no major changes in their positions, at least their salaries increased!

As for Eugen, because his deployment thwarted the Zeon conspiracy, General Rebil even wrote him a letter of recommendation for admission to the Advanced Military Academy. As long as Eugen passes the academy's study examination, he can exchange the colonel rank on his shoulders for a general!
As for the Federal Parliament, they only sent a communication letter full of nonsense, and at the end they added a thank you for your contribution to the Earth Federation.

But this is normal. The civilian officials have always been preventing the military from becoming too powerful. This is why the federal parliament had a lukewarm reaction even though the federal army had won. If a war really breaks out, the military will definitely have more say. Everyone can work together in wartime, but after peace, will the army, which has tasted power, be willing to continue to be suppressed by civilian officials?

Therefore, Eugen was just polite to the special envoy from the parliament and did not take this guy seriously at all.

Over in the cafeteria, after finishing a messy meal, Kalma finally stopped and looked at the military police beside him with an expressionless face.

"I'm done eating, I'm ready to go!"

"No hurry, no hurry. Before we set off, I have one more thing for you to do!"

The military police politely picked up the Zeon prisoners who were too exhausted to stand up and led them to a basement.

"?"

"Aren't you here for something? Why did you bring us here?"

Karma looked at the open basement door and his legs went weak again. Fortunately, Char behind him helped him up in time, preventing him from making a fool of himself.

"Yeah, I'm here to take you to do something, and then I can send you back to Zeon!"

Then, the prisoner team that had just settled down after dinner started crying again. Karma was staggering, and Char hurriedly stretched out his hand seeing this.

"Well, I have another request. Can you please let me face the direction of Zim City?"

Karma said firmly.

"Towards Zim City? Where is Zim City?" Because the closed satellite could not see outside at all, the military police was a little confused, but he still asked honestly, and soon he brought the answer.

"No, you have to look straight ahead when you go in!"

"That's it!"

Karma nodded.

Maybe this is my punishment for walking alone. Before I die, I won’t be able to see the direction of my hometown!
But then, he calmly walked into the basement under the guidance of the military police.

"Who's the first one?"

"Kalma Zabi!"

"Okay, please stand in the center!"

Looking at the busy federal army in front of him and the guns and cannons in front of them, Kalma's brain short-circuited again.

"What are you going to do?"

"Take pictures for your records. After all, you're prisoners of war. You have to keep something before you're exchanged, right?"

Lieutenant Lecky fiddled with his camera and said without looking up.

"But why were you taking pictures in the basement?"

"It's not your fault. The original photography studio collapsed after all that mortar fire!"

Then, Char, who was in second place, watched Karma walk out of the basement with a strange look on his face.

"Aren't they going to bring us here and execute us?"

"No, we were brought here to take pictures!"

"No, who would take someone to the basement if they were taking pictures?"

Char also had a strange look on his face, and when he walked into the basement and saw Macharius standing in the corner, the expression on his face became even more distorted!
He doesn't want to see this guy at all now!
"Don't look at me like that. Don't you want to know how your sister is doing?"

Then, the distorted expression on Char's face became even more confused!
"You really know my identity!"

"Yeah, so now, what do you want to do?"

"What can I do? Besides, Lino's being taken away must have been your doing!"

Lino is the guy in the Zeon Military Academy who also knew Char's identity. Because he followed Char closely, he did not die in the crossfire, but was captured by Char. However, Macharius later used the relationship between Vice Admiral King to send him on the Federation warship to Earth. Now, he should be enjoying life on Earth happily in the Australian Army's highest prison.

"Yes, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. Of course, there's one person you still have to worry about, like that mean aunt who tried to play horse-drawn cart games with you when you were a child!"

“She didn’t play with me…”

As soon as Char heard it, he knew who the other party was referring to. He wanted to argue, but thinking about what happened that day when he was trying to persuade them to surrender, he wisely kept his mouth shut.

"Then why are you helping me?"

"Well, there are many reasons. First, in the future I envision, you'll have to do a lot of work. Second, your sister is very beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I don't like a small horse pulling a big cart either!"

Xia couldn't help but clench his fists. What do you mean? You mean my sister is older than you, right?
"Of course, the most important thing is that I still really enjoy watching Prince's Revenge!"

"Is that so? Are you so confident that everything will go as you wish?"

Char's expression returned to its usual calm state.

"Of course not. However, since this is my story, the ending must be decided by me!"

"What a confident guy!"

"Yeah, if you don't have confidence, you can't survive in this universe!"

"Then I'll wait and see how it ends!"

"Thank you very much. Oh, by the way, I have one last favor to trouble you!"

"what's up?"

"We've wasted a lot of extra time, so we have to find an excuse!"

As he said that, Macharius punched Char in the stomach, and then hit him in the face.

"Is this your arrangement?"

Char rubbed the bleeding corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly.

"Yeah, because I refused to take off my goggles, I was punished by the federal army. That's a good excuse, right? Second Lieutenant, you can come in and take pictures!"

Then, Lecky walked into the room with his men and took the first photo of Char as a prisoner of war. By the way, he also recorded a confession video.

Char tells the camera his identity, where he comes from, when he was captured in battle, etc.

"Well, if you get captured again next time, you won't be treated so well. Take care of yourself, kid!"

After finishing this task, Char was taken out of the room by the military police.

"Aren't you curious why I'm alone with that guy?"

"I'm curious, but I think if I knew, I would die miserably. So, forget it. I'm sure that guy has a special identity, right?"

Macariuston was astonished, he was indeed an intelligence officer, he was so smart!

"Smart ass! That guy refused to take off his goggles and even claimed his eyes were injured. He didn't look injured, so why would he wear those crappy goggles for no reason? Was it just to hide his identity?"

After listening to Lieutenant Lecky's analysis, Macharius suddenly felt that if there was really no other option, he should let Char wear colored contact lenses!
When Char, with purple bruises on the corners of his mouth, walked out of the basement, he saw Karma's worried look. At that moment, his desire for revenge was indeed slightly shaken.

"I'm fine, but you guys, why are you so happy?"

"We can go back to Zim City today, Char!"

"Really? That's really good news!"

Char looked at Karma, and finally a bloody smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It seems that God is still very kind to him!

(End of this chapter)