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What? Are relationships really that complicated? Why do I feel so out of place here when my relationship with Lux is so natural?

Just as Malu and Lacus were discussing their respective emotional experiences, Ross, who was sitting in the shuttle, suddenly sneezed.

"Cold... No, that's not right. Someone is talking about me..." Ross was very sure that he didn't have a cold. After all, with his current physical strength, he was basically immune to colds. Ross could sense a brain wave much stronger than Andrew and Aisha's, active in the nearby Industrial Port No. 7.

Next to this powerful brain wave, Ross also felt Maru's brain waves.

And the person who possesses this powerful brain wave...

"Lacus?" After a little deduction, Ross's expression was a little confused. "What did she talk about with Maru? She's so excited."

Confused, Rhodes sat in the shuttle, lost in thought, letting the autonomous shuttle take him to the "shipyard."

……

plant native, and walked out of the airport carrying a luggage bag.

Compared to the relatively harmonious Orb, there are far fewer people on the streets of Plant at this time because of the state of war and the high-pressure rule of Speaker Sara.

However, there is always a queue at the recruitment window, and young people are very willing to join ZAFT.

But are these guys really ready to be killed?

Zhen felt in his pocket and found the immigration certificate belonging to Plant. He had immigrated to Plant directly as an "Orb refugee immigrant," so the approval process was very quick.

Zhen narrowed his eyes and walked towards the recruitment window where there was a queue, having already searched for relevant information on the Internet.

Apparently, since it was a small station, their only job was to record the names of the people and issue a medical form to the young people who wanted to join the army. So the staff were quite quick, and it was my turn soon.

"Okay, next one, your name." The staff member glanced at Zhen who was carrying a luggage bag and took out a medical examination form.

"Makoto Asuka, fourteen years old." Makoto looked at the staff in front of him with a serious expression.

"Fourteen?!" The staff member wrote down the age twice, then his eyes widened when he heard the actual age. "You're not old enough to join the army yet."

"I'm an Orb immigrant." Zhenzhen stated his situation calmly. "My parents were killed by the Earth Army."

After hearing Zhen's words, these plant adjusters looked at Zhen with a hint of pity in their eyes.

"...Is that so?" After hearing the true words, the staff member, who was originally a little numb, scratched his head.

Behind a group of passionate young people who were planning to achieve great things, a vengeful devil-like character appeared, which made him sober up a lot.

"Okay... go get a physical first." After thinking it over, the staff member finally sighed and said, "If you pass the physical, I'll see if I can help you."

"...Thank you." Zhen took the medical examination form somewhat woodenly and nodded to the staff.

Seeing Zhen's expression, the adjusters present felt uncomfortable.

Afterwards, their anger towards the Earth Army burned fiercely, and they became more determined to join ZAFT.

I followed the map and walked into the hospital. At that time, there were many young people with plant diseases undergoing physical examinations in the hospital.

"Recently, there have been quite a few people coming to plant to participate in ZAFT..."

"But there's no one I need."

Cruze and Durandal were seen standing on the second floor of the hospital, looking at the young people undergoing physical examinations below, flipping through the pages of their pads.

"How about this? The test results are quite good." After flipping through a few pages, Cruze showed Durandal the file of a young plant student.

"Not very good, but put it on the backup list." Durandal took a look at the information and put the file into storage.

"Hey...what kind of person are you looking for?" Cruze was obviously confused about who Durandal was looking for.

"I'm looking for someone with a certain 'talent'." Compared to Cruze who was just looking at the physical data, Durandal was looking at the blood report of the physical examination.

"Well... after all, he is the most mysterious 'great inventor'." Cruze said with a smile, but he was still flipping through the medical examination report in his hand.

At this time, the real blood report appeared in front of Durandal.

"The numbers... are so high!" Looking at the report, Durandal was a little surprised to find that the data he cared about most were much higher than those of others.

"Shin Asuka... that's him."

----split line----

PS: Today's update

I still have a lot of stuff on hand, but I was infected by the defense hunter Camus Weedan and suddenly wanted to buy some defense models to try.

Does anyone have any recommendations (except Mecha City)?

Volume 91: Chapter : On the Eve of the New Machine's Completion

Compared to the celebratory atmosphere when he arrived at the shipyard last time, Rhodes could feel that the shipyard seemed cold and efficient this time.

Is it because of the recent war situation? That's right. After all, no one knows when the current stalemate between ZAFT and the Earth forces will resume large-scale fighting. It's a race against time.

"Hey~! Brother Ross, over here!"

Just as Rhodes began to wonder if something was wrong with everyone in the shipyard, Marvin's somewhat silly voice rang out.

Marvin was standing in front of a clean white machine that was unfolded for maintenance, waving frantically at Rhodes.

"Stop doing your Vtuber live broadcast! Brother Ross is back!" Marvin seemed to see Haro who was still mechanically assembling the body next to him, and slapped him away.

"Hey hey hey! What are you doing? I'm working!" The Harrow screamed as it was slapped away, spinning in the air in the zero-gravity environment. "Quack! Brother Ross, save me!"

His inexplicable screams and disconnections once caused confusion among the viewers in the virtual live broadcast room.

"Okay, it's no big deal." Ross skillfully jumped on the ground, floating accurately next to the Harrow and catching it. "Time is running out, and there's no telling when the war will resume. Besides, I'm not one to be too concerned with rituals."

Rhodes once suspected that he was allergic to the word "sense of ceremony". You know, when he first arrived at the shipyard, the welcome party everyone organized made him want to dig his toes into the ground until he found a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment.

Unfortunately, this was a space environment, and Ross's feet were not on the ground at the time. He could only endure the embarrassment and accept everyone's enthusiasm.

"Guh... I'm saved, Brother Ross..." A slurred voice came from Haro's speakers as he was placed back on the console by Ross, as if he had just been knocked unconscious. "Marvin... you bastard, I'm going to cut all the movies on your hard drive and send them out!"

"Hmph... Can you find it? You're just talking nonsense here?" Marvin said confidently, obviously very confident about the hidden location of the hard drive that Haro mentioned.

"...When did you get the illusion that we didn't cut the files inside?"

"Oh Nole!"

In an instant, the offensive and defensive positions changed.

Ignoring the two idiots fighting nearby, Ross floated to the front of the machine, next to Christina.

"You're back, Ross." Christina shifted her attention from the information on her tablet and looked at Ross, who was still wearing jeans and a flight jacket. "...Didn't you buy any new clothes?"

"...This is the new dress." Ross paused for a moment before answering Christina's question. "I have several identical pieces in my closet. It's so convenient to change."

"This kind of thing is not important. Let's get down to business. How is the situation recently? What went wrong?"

Although he could continue chatting with Christina, Roz wanted to finish the most important thing first.

After all, things must be prioritized. You can't just lose your mind because of the emotional exchange and fail to see the tense battle situation in front of you.

Christina was not the kind of person who would act recklessly when emotionally moved. She began to quickly show the results of the current "shipyard".

"Okay... the initial version of the RX-0 'Unicon' is almost complete. Now all we need is the psychic framework for your cockpit, the NTD program, and..." Christina pointed to a component sitting quietly on the ground not far away. "A miniaturized laser fusion reactor similar to the one used on the Archangel."

"I see..." Rhodes looked at the component Christina pointed at and habitually took out a wrench from the toolbox beside him.

"As for other details... the shield is equipped with the Artemis Fortress' beam shield generator, and the thrusters are miniaturized electric propulsion systems similar to those used on the Archangel." Christina tapped twice on her tablet, and a shield and a weapon appeared next to the white hangar of the mobile suit. "After the Beam Magnum has expended its fifteen rounds, it can connect to the mobile suit and continue firing directly from the reactor. The maximum burst rate is designed to be five rounds in a short period of time. Under normal circumstances, the firing rate should be much lower, otherwise it will overload the circuit."

"Hmm...what about other aspects?" Ross looked up at the white machine in front of him, holding a wrench.

"The battleship has entered the preliminary finishing stage, but... the 'gp3' and 'NTa' projects have both stalled." Christina couldn't help but sigh when she said this.

"Stuck...why?" Ross was clearly unresponsive, wondering if there was a component he needed to take over. "Is there a problem with the technical drawings?"

"No, it's not a technical problem... It's just that I have no money." Christina looked at Rhodes helplessly.

"...I'll find a way." The thought of money gave Ross a headache. "But let's get this reactor fixed first."

……

"It's just a reactor... There's no need to hide so far away."

Feeling the gaze behind him, Ross stood up helplessly and looked at the scene in front of him.

Marvin and a group of Harrows were squeezed into a "temporary fortress" made of several steel plates, and they were sticking their heads out to watch Rhodes adjusting the reactor.

Christina and Big Hello were standing outside the "temporary fortress", looking at Marvin as if he were a fool.

"After all, this component activated its safety brake twice before! It would be terrible if it exploded," Marvin said carelessly. "Even though we're just a bunch of brains now, we're still scared, right?"

"...Then why aren't Christina and Big Haro afraid of the reactor explosion at all?" Rhodes spread his hands and gestured to Marvin at Christina and Big Haro standing beside him.

"...If the reactor explodes, this makeshift 'fortress' will be useless. We'll all die here. It's just a psychological effect." Christina shrugged and pointedly stated the truth. "Rather than hiding behind a useless bunker, I'd rather stand in front of the reactor. At least I can do something."

Compared with Christina's explanation, Big Hello's answer is concise and powerful.

"My exosuit can withstand a nuclear blast."

"...Okay, I get it." Marvin sighed, but ultimately did not emerge from the makeshift fortress. Instead, he placed a steel plate on top of it, his eyes piercing the surroundings. "We will never leave this fortress!"

"That's right, that's right!" The Hellos beside Marvin also began to jump and respond.

Inexplicably, looking at the scene before him, Ross seemed to have a similar scene in his already vague memory.

Were the protagonists a cat and a mouse? Or something else? Rhodes couldn't remember clearly.

"Last time in Orb, we were able to make a nuclear battery out of the parts we disassembled from makeshift materials. How could we not be able to make a reactor with the custom parts we've customized this time?" Ross smiled and gave the people in front of him a thumbs-up. "Don't worry, it'll be no problem."

In fact, Rhodes carefully checked the "faulty" component in Christina's mouth but found no problems.

In order to find out the problem, Rhodes plans to start the reactor once. After all, according to Christina, the safety brake device is functioning normally.

Rhodes reached out and pressed a button on the computer connected to the reactor.

The inspection had just been completed and the sealed components started to operate, and everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

But unlike before... the safety brake device was not activated and the reactor operated very smoothly.

"Hmm... no problem." Ross frowned as he looked at the data on the computer. "I figured I just tightened the screws and didn't change anything."

The scene fell into silence, and everyone was thinking, it was obviously the same reactor, why could it start smoothly this time?

"...Since the reactor is stable, let's load it onto the machine first." Big Harrow looked at it for a moment, confirmed there were no problems, and spoke. "Don't hide, the reactor is fine, let's get back to work!"

After hearing Big Hallo's voice, Marvin also put down the steel plate in his hand and called the Hallos beside him, intending to install the reactor on the body.

"Rods, I still have to follow your battleship, so I'll go first." Big Harrow shook twice and planned to return to his seat.

"...Actually, you just want to be lazy." Ross, who already knew Da Hello's personality, could naturally guess what Da Hello wanted to do now.

"How can taking a break be considered slacking off?" Big Harry's eyes flashed twice as he argued righteously, "Slacking off is slacking off, being lazy is being lazy; they are two completely different concepts!"

Such a self-righteous tone made Ross doubt for a moment whether what he said was lazy and what Big Hello called slacking off were really different.

But by the time Ross reacted, Big Hello had already walked away.

……

When Ross removed the four palm-sized Psychic Frames from the Narrative Gundam's cockpit and installed them on the new machine's cockpit, he felt that Christina seemed to have something to say.

After all, Christina was standing next to Rhodes, and her brain wave reaction seemed a little confused.

"Do you have something to say to me, Christina?" After Rhodes installed the last piece of the mental skeleton on the cockpit, he turned and looked at Christina.

"...I've looked at the two documents on the 'psychic skeleton' and the 'new human.'" Christina looked at Ross and thought for a moment before speaking. "Is what's written there true? It's clearly a psychic skeleton made of microcomputer chips, yet it can attach to a 'soul.'"

"What do you want to ask?"

Ross seemed to have guessed something, but still wanted to confirm it.

"It's still in the storage device..."

"Don't even think about it." Christina had just said a name when Rhodes rejected Christina's proposal without hesitation.

"But everyone is prepared!" Christina seemed very persistent at this time. "They want to participate in the battle and want to help Ross. This is also their idea."

The hard drive containing 10,000 consciousness data has been in idle state since it was handed over to Rhodes by Ryan, maintaining network connection and power supply.

As the preliminary result of the second phase of the original "Smart Brain" project, Blue Cosmos converted 10,000 "defective products" into data and plans to develop the next generation of "intelligent combat system."

Unfortunately, before the project results could even be uploaded for backup, Ryan and Rhodes colluded and the entire project research institute and its files were completely destroyed.

But because he was not sure whether Blue Cosmos had made any move on the consciousness data inside, Rhodes did not dare to touch it, and only Christina could communicate with them.

Moreover, they had been tortured by the blue cosmos for so long that their mental state was not very good. It took a long time for their mental state to stabilize.

In the past, they had relied on Christina to convey the proposal of "building unmanned combat equipment" to Rhodes many times.