The bridge of the Archangel.
An unspeakable silence spread. It was clear that Alaska was close before our eyes, but we lost Li Boyong and Kira in such a place.
The two pilots who protected the Archangel all the way were sacrificed in this pre-dawn battle.
How could these protected people not feel heartbroken...
“Didi di di di di!!!”
The alarm of the enemy tracking radar suddenly sounded in the silent bridge, followed by the nervous voice of the enemy tracking man.
"There are two shadows approaching from the southwest. They are estimated to be MS Dean of the ZAFT Army. The estimated contact time is ten minutes later."
Everyone on the bridge couldn't help but panic when they heard the news, and turned their attention to Captain Malu.
The condition of the Archangel is not good. The hull and armament have been damaged to varying degrees, and all escort power has been lost.
If it were attacked by two Deans in this situation, it would probably be sunk.
But... Ma Liu felt unwilling to give up the search and rescue of Li Boyong and Kira.
Maybe both of them escaped at the last moment and were waiting for the Archangel's rescue.
Even though the possibility was low, she was unwilling to give up.
But what to do with the new enemies?
Feeling everyone's gazes on her, Maru sat on the captain's seat with mixed emotions.
It was during the battle between heaven and man that the voice of deputy captain Bucky Lulu sounded in the bridge.
"Captain, I think we should retreat as soon as possible."
Malu turned around angrily and looked at Bucky Lulu in the CIC.
I saw Bucky Lulu, who usually held his head high, but now lowered his head and said with a suppressed trembling voice: "With the current condition of this ship, it is impossible to resist the two Deans. We cannot let their sacrifices be in vain. Please Captain’s decision!”
Malu noticed that Baji Lulu's body was shaking slightly, as if she was suppressing some emotions to force herself to make a calm judgment.
Natalie...
Ma Liu's heart softened, knowing that Bucky Lulu's choice was the most correct.
She couldn't risk the lives of everyone on the ship!
Ma Liu took a deep breath and made a difficult decision.
"The maintenance team will repair the engine as soon as possible. The Archangel will set sail for Alaska immediately after the power is restored. During this period, the major will be recovered. Do you understand?"
After a pause, Maliu thought for a moment and then added: "Send the location where Kira and Second Lieutenant Li's accident happened to the Orb government and request humanitarian search and rescue. The Orb government will agree."
Bucky Lulu opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment and then said nothing. She just gave Malu a slightly grateful glance.
The Archangel began to carry out Maliu's orders, and finally restored power before Dean arrived, and recovered Uncle Mu and Unit 1 to hide in the air defense circle in Alaska.
At the same time, Alaska finally detected the movements of the Archangel and urgently dispatched a large aviation formation.
Faced with this decisive numerical gap, the two pursuing Deans had to return and evacuate.
Finally, under the protection of the escort force, the Archangel safely arrived in Alaska, where the Earth Army headquarters is located.
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【Task】
Protect the Archangel into Alaska and survive. (Completed, five plot points awarded.)
【Task】
Shoot down any Gundam in the pursuit team. (Not completed, no penalty.)
There was a faint sound of the system in his ears, and Li Boyong regained consciousness in a daze.
He remembered that he should have been shot down by Shihe, and then he managed to stabilize the attitude control of the aircraft for a short time before the crash, and gained a moment's chance to escape.
Pulling up the ejection lever in the cockpit, he felt like he was thrown outside, and he couldn't remember what happened next.
"But where am I now?"
He only felt that his thinking was gradually becoming clearer, but his eyes were filled with darkness. He tried to open his eyes, but found that his body seemed to be too weak to even do this.
Or...what if I actually died again?
Just when he was uneasy, he seemed to feel that his sense of the outside world was gradually recovering.
I seemed to hear a somewhat familiar girl's voice.
"Why...he...died..."
"...La...he...is obviously...kind..."
"But...you...killed this friend..."
"This kind of thing is too strange!"
His hearing gradually became clearer, and he recognized that it seemed to be Cagalli's voice, but it had a slightly crying tone, as if she was crying to someone.
Then he heard Aslan crying again, complaining about the bad fate.
Crying about how the two reunited after separation but still belonged to different camps, and had to confront each other with swords.
Crying about the harm Kira had done to his companions, and the painful entanglement of having to kill his childhood friend.
Li Boyong judged from this conversation that this should be the scene after Aslan was rescued by Cagalli.
And the fact is just as Li Boyong judged, this is a water transport aircraft belonging to the Orb rescue team.
Cagalli questioned the whereabouts of the rescued Aslan Kira, but accidentally learned of Kira's death, and the shocking fact that this unknown Shield pilot turned out to be Kira's childhood friend.
No wonder...that guy always shows that expression after fighting...
Also shocked by this incident was Shihe who was also rescued.
She was not seriously injured, so she woke up earlier than Aslan, so she witnessed the entire conversation between Aslan and Cagalli.
It turns out... Captain Sara is still hiding something like this...
Shihe was both shocked and emotional. At the same time, he couldn't help but think of the inexplicable relationship between himself and Li Boyong.
Is it a life-saving grace?
Is it the grace not to kill?
Or is it the ambiguity that neither of them said in words, but they felt each other's feelings?
In the midst of all the entanglements, she cast her complex eyes on the unconscious Li Boyong on the other side.
Perhaps he was infected by Aslan's regret.
Shihe struggled to stand up and walked to Li Boyong. Seeing his miserable mummy appearance, he couldn't help but feel sad.
What on earth have I done...
"what are you doing!"
Perhaps she was too shocked by the love-and-kill relationship between Aslan and Kirana, but Cagalli didn't react until Shihe stood beside Li Boyong for a while.
She looked at Shihe warily and pointed her gun at Shihe.
"Don't be nervous, I just want to see him."
Shihe said lightly, and reached out to touch Li Boyong's cheek.
"I told you not to move."
Cagalli shouted again, but unexpectedly saw Shihe's tearful face.
Shihe leaned over and touched Li Boyong's cheek, thinking of everything he had with Li Boyong.
On a rainy night, the confrontation at the cockpit door...
After the operation, the first princess hug...
When we meet again, we shamelessly forcefully hold hands...
And, the battle after that...
The final scene was fixed at the moment when he shot down Li Boyong.
Shihe finally couldn't help crying. Tears blurred Shihe's eyes. She sobbed and apologized in a low voice.
"sorry Sorry……"
"I never blamed you."
A hand covered with medical bandages slowly placed on Shihe's cheek, and slowly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Poems and surprises, hurriedly wiping away tears, what caught the eye was Li Boyong's evil and shameless smile.
It was as shameless as when he forcibly held her hand on the streets of Orb, but it never made anyone feel disgusted.
