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They looked just like humans, but at this moment, I felt as calm as if I was watching a cheesy movie.

"Aslan, you're the captain, focus on the mission." Yitzhak's tone was strange at this point, as if he wanted to curse but couldn't find a way to vent. "This is a local decision. We can't interfere. Just do your best."

It seemed that he felt uncomfortable with the scene before him. Isaac no longer had the mood to argue with Aslan and he turned off the microphone after he finished speaking.

Diego silently controlled the Storm Gundam and stood on the flight pedals, firing at the Strike Gundam one shot after another.

As for Nicol, he was stunned by the scene and couldn't say anything.

"Zizizi...Everyone, speed up! The Archangel has broken through the encirclement and will soon reach the waters near Orb."

At this moment, Cruze's slightly relaxed voice was heard in the communication channel.

Everyone was silent for a while, and the atmosphere seemed a little tense.

"Yes... everyone, increase the intensity of the attack!" In the end, it was the captain Aslan who gritted his teeth and replied to Cruze.

……

At this time, on the central deck of the Archangel, Kira was controlling the Strike Gundam, holding a live-fire rifle snatched from the destroyed White Dean, and firing continuously into the sky in a half-kneeling posture.

"Ka Ka..." The huge rifle made a sound of bullets being fired into the air, and the Strike Gundam casually threw it into the sea. It reached out and picked up the beam rifle from the ground beside it and shot it at the flight pedal in the sky.

Given the current battle situation, if the Sky Overlord attacked, it would be destroyed by the White Dean's artillery, so Mu could only help control the Archangel's armament on the bridge.

The result is that Kira can no longer change his backpack during battle.

What's more, under the siege of so many MS, the Archangel had two engines damaged, the electromagnetic cannon on the left side was blown up, and several areas of the hull were on fire.

It can be said that Kira was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

"Kira, use this!"

Just as Kira was considering whether to take the risk again to grab two of Dean's assault rifles, Ross drove the Zesta past Kira, and the mechanical arm on the right side accurately threw an electromagnetic bazooka and two cluster missile magazines in front of the assault.

"Thanks, Ross!" Kira controlled the Strike Gundam, quickly picked up the electromagnetic bazooka, and shot at the Duel Gundam in the sky.

"So fast!"

The moment the rocket was fired, Kira felt the difference between this weapon and the Earth Army's standard bazooka.

A rocket quickly broke away from the muzzle of the bazooka and hit the flight pedal under the Duel Gundam at an extremely fast speed.

With the Duel Gundam's flight pedals damaged, Izak could only fight using the Duel's flight backpack.

"Isaac, be careful!" Aslan's cry came over the communication.

When Isaac turned around, he saw Zesta suddenly appear in front of him. When he subconsciously wanted to shoot with his gun, he found that the beam rifle in his hand was firmly controlled by Zesta.

As Zesta exerted his strength, the duel beam rifle was snatched away from Zesta's hand.

"Damn it! You robber!" Izak could not stand this kind of humiliation. He fired the electromagnetic cannon on his left shoulder at Zesta and drew out the beam saber with his right hand.

Ross controlled the Zesta to instantly slow down and tilt backward, allowing the machine to be captured by gravity and fall towards the sea.

As expected, Isaac's swing missed and he was hit by a white Dean.

Zesta activated the thrusters and turned 360 degrees during the descent, completing the attitude adjustment just as his toes touched the sea surface.

The nozzle behind him kept working, and water splashed behind Zesta.

As Cruze's brain waves approached, Ross stepped on the pedal, and Zesta completed an emergency stop at an extremely fast speed and quickly increased the altitude.

Zesta turned around and threw the beam rifle he had snatched from the Duel Gundam to the Strike Gundam.

Then, the thrusters and posture nozzles on Zesta's legs began to work. With a very smooth movement, he kicked Dean's head monitor that appeared behind him and smashed it, and kicked the physical sword in Dean's hand away.

"Your perception is as sharp as ever." Cruze continued to talk trash on the public speaker. "So what's next?"

Dean took out a shotgun from somewhere and was about to shoot at Jesta.

The robotic arm on the high-mobility backpack suddenly appeared at a strange angle, carrying an electromagnetic rocket launcher and fired a shot at Dean.

Along with the explosion, Dean's right hand was blown off, the cockpit was torn open, and Cruze's figure could be vaguely seen.

"Uh... Bazooka, you're worthy of it." Cruze looked at the condition of the machine in front of him and retreated very rationally.

Ross controlled Zesta to dodge the shots from the Thunderbolt Gundam, and fired a shot from the beam carbine, which blew up the flight pedals under the Thunderbolt's feet.

"Boom bang bang..."

Suddenly, several explosions erupted near the Archangel, and the ZAFT forces halted their advance.

Just as Rhodes looked at the battery level that was about to drop to red, he felt a little confused.

"Roz, return to the ship. We have arrived in Orb's waters."

Mixed in with the sound of explosions, Malu was clearly relieved.

The ship maintained its highest speed throughout the journey. Although it slowed down due to air resistance on Earth, it still managed to enter the waters of Orb before the ZAFT force caught up.

"We are safe."

“…I don’t think so.”

----split line----

PS: The second update today is completed.

I haven’t had Snow King for almost half a month. I’m going to buy a cup tomorrow.

In addition, the taste of glutinous lemon tea is really a bit abstract.

Volume 45: Chapter What I like most is to say NO to self-righteous people!

"here it is……"

Standing on the smoke-filled deck of the Archangel, Kira watched as Orb's navy surrounded the Archangel and came near an island.

They were clearly firing at the Archangel just now, but after the ZAFT fleet left, they seemed to be escorting... or escorting the Archangel here.

On the surface, it seemed to be on guard against the Archangel, but it had no desire to attack at all.

"I don't know, maybe some kind of military fortress." Ross walked onto the deck and looked at the small island not far away. "After all, the Archangel's identity is sensitive, so they definitely won't be guided to the main island."

The battle with the clones called the "Copy Corps" just now, coupled with the "Smart Brain" project on the Blue Cosmos side, the two streams of information collided together, leaving Ross a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the state of recovery before the war was still there, and Ross did not collapse here, but he still had to come up to feel the sea breeze and clear his mind.

"...Now that we're in Orb, Ross, you'll be separated from us, right?" Kira thought for a moment and asked Ross.

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, I will leave after I get my reward."

Ross turned around and looked at Kira, who had half-unzipped his pilot suit and was feeling the sea breeze, with a strange expression on his face.

"Didn't you disembark at Orb just like me?"

"No... I just asked Major Natal. We are still conscripts, but we are on a mission and cannot retire." Kira sighed, looking somewhat helpless. "If we want to retire now, we have to go to the Alaska base."

"So, you guys are trapped."

Ross put his arm around Kira's shoulders from behind, and his other hand was frantically ruffling his hair.

"Who told you not to retire immediately when you reunited with the Eighth Fleet? Now you're feeling better. These are all mistakes you made when you were too young!"

As the Archangel gradually approached the island, a camouflaged electric door suddenly opened, revealing the built-in dock.

The surrounding Orb Navy fleet also changed from its original "escort" status to a "patrol" status, dispersing around the island.

"Okay, there's nothing to see anymore." Ross patted Kira's head, put on sunglasses, and walked towards the hangar.

"If you don't leave now, you might be put in detention for 'spying on Orb's military secrets.'"

……

When Ross arrived at the hangar, Christina was directing the Haro men to pack Zesta's equipment into a container.

As for how to move Jesta out, Ross remembered that there was a car used to transport Jesta in the factory he bought here. After all these years, it should not be scrapped yet.

"Unfortunately, using cannon equipment and equipping it with a high-mobility backpack is still a bit of a problem." Looking at the cannon equipment that had been loaded into the container, Ross felt a little helpless.

If I had used Jesta Cannon Mode when I encountered that group of copy troops, maybe the battle wouldn't have been so difficult.

Being chased and beaten by a group of Deans for the entire game, with a Cruze there spouting incomprehensible trash talk, made Rhodes think about whether he should smash Cruze's loudspeaker first next time.

But where are Dean's external speakers...

Rhodes fell into wild thoughts again.

"Is this a mobile suit completely different from 'Project G' and a unique lineage? It seems worth coming here in person." A female voice came from beside Ross, bringing Ross back to his senses as he was wondering what concrete pasta would taste like.

Ross narrowed his eyes under his sunglasses and turned to look at the person who spoke.

But the first thing that caught my eye was the feeling that "this woman is a married woman." Should I say it's a good thing she didn't have that dangerous hairstyle?

"you are?"

At this moment, the woman who had been carefully examining Zesta looked at Ross and extended her hand. "Erica Simmons, Director of the Aurora Mobile Suit R&D Center, I presume you are the pilot and builder of this mobile suit mentioned in the report. Nice to meet you."

"...Rods Links, what's going on?" Rods extended his hand, politely shook Erica's hand, and then took it back.

Although Ross likes mature opposite sex like Mariu, as a pure love warrior, he will not have any other thoughts about married women.

"Then I'll get straight to the point." As a technician, Erica didn't like beating around the bush. "You're a space scrap recycler, right? Our Aurora Society would like to purchase the technology and blueprints for this machine. Money or materials are both acceptable."

He asked a very pointed question right from the start. Ross narrowed his eyes beneath his sunglasses, but his face remained expressionless.

"Sorry, I refuse." Without even thinking, Ross waved his hand. "My favorite thing to do is say NO to self-righteous people."

"...Well, that makes sense. After all, it's the machine you're piloting right now." Erica was clearly not disappointed by Ross's refusal. Rather, this Zesta had never been her target from the beginning.

"So... can you sell us the blueprints and technology for that machine named 'Cub'?"

Erica once saw a famous quote from centuries ago on the Internet: If you open a window, others may object, but if you want to remove the roof, others will agree to let you open the window.

Just as Ross fell silent, Mariu, who had just left the Archangel for a meeting, ended the meeting and walked into the hangar.

"Rods, I knew you were here." Inexplicably, after seeing Ross's figure in the hangar, Mariu felt a little complicated.

Perhaps because the people on the Archangel had fought together until now, they had become companions. Seeing their companions leave now, besides regret, they felt more like blessings.

"Ah, it's Maru." Rhodes paused to think, and when he saw that Maru seemed to be holding something in his hand, he realized something.

"Sorry, please wait a moment." Ross nodded slightly to Erica. "I'll get back to you later."

Seeing Erica's experienced expression, Ross turned and walked towards Mariu.

"Mariu, is the meeting over yet?" Ross scratched his head. "How about the commission?"

"...I knew you would ask that." Malu sighed, seeming somewhat helpless about Ross asking this question. "I've just contacted General Halberton. This is your reward."

After that, Malu handed Ross a bank card.

"The password is 123456. This is the most I can get for you."

When communicating with Halbaton just now, Halbaton, who is Malu's mentor, had an expression on his face that said, "The cabbages I grew grew legs and went out to be eaten by pigs, and now the cabbages have to go home to get pig feed." However, he still approved the payment after Malu insisted.

Rhodes took the bank card and handed it to Big Harrow, who had come to his shoulder at some point.

In Malu's sight, the blue Haro with black eye circles suddenly unfolded a card reader on its "mouth", extended a robotic arm directly from the area covered by its wings, and inserted the bank card into the card reader.

"Rhodes... Based on the funds inside and the savings you've made over the past few years, we can probably complete the manufacture of the unicorn's upper body, excluding the propulsion backpack." Big Hello's voice came from the headphones that Big Hello had put on at some point.

"...Thank you, Mariu, you're so helpful." After hearing the news, Ross hugged Mariu excitedly, but quickly let go.

"That action just now, logically speaking, is considered harassment." Although she said this, Mariu did not rebuke Ross for the hug.

For some reason, after hearing that she could help Ross, Mariu also became happy.

"I'm sorry, my respected Captain Malu, please forgive me for being so complacent just now." Ross coughed twice and pretended to be serious.

"Then let's meet in the future." Having said this, Maru accepted the fact of separation, stood up straight, and saluted Ross with a standard military salute. "You must survive, Ross."

"Hey, don't worry, I won't die that easily." Seeing this, Ross also hurriedly gave Malu a crooked military salute. "It's you who should survive."

"You know my contact number. If you need anything, just call me. I'm Ross, the independent space scrap recycler, at your service anytime."

……

After a brief farewell, Malu left the hangar without looking back. Even though the Archangel was under repair, she still had a lot of things to do.

What's more, instead of wasting time chatting with Ross about unrealistic topics in the hangar, Ross also hoped that Mariu would return to his job as the captain of the Archangel.

Those who stop moving forward because of separation are just temporary companions on the road of life. Only those who continue to move forward on their own paths even after separation are true companions.

Listening to the numbers summarized by Big Harrow and the gaps in the machine's construction, Ross thought carefully and finally made his own decision.