Carpantalia base.
At the last moment, the water patrol force in the outer sea area passed back the information about the ambush. The base, which had been calm for a while after the airborne siege operation, suddenly became excited.
"Hurry up, hurry up, move Ghaziut over there, don't block Bobby's attack trajectory."
"Wait until the reconnaissance type Dean is dispatched. Without the cover of Barbie's formation, he will die."
The pilots of the Minerva, who were undergoing repairs, happened to be strolling by, and the hangar suddenly became busy.
"What happened all of a sudden? It couldn't be that the Earth Army came over and attacked without mercy, right?"
The outspoken Zhen saw the anxious expressions of the ground staff and directly grabbed a passing ground staff and asked.
"this……"
The ground staff was a little hesitant. Although the person he was asking was a man in red, he was not his superior. It seemed inappropriate to disclose relevant military information.
"Tsk."
The hot-tempered Zhen felt a little unhappy when the other party hesitated.
The ground staff member who was pulled also changed his expression. What, can people in red be bullied?
Seeing the stalemate in the atmosphere, a blue-haired young man wearing a red military uniform stood out from the Minerva pilot team and saluted the ground crew: "Aslan Sala, special force FAITH. May I ask what happened? Is it a military emergency?"
It was Aslan who entered the Carpantalia base after leaving Orb and boarded the Minerva.
When the ground crew saw the FAITH medal Aslan wore on the chest of his red coat, he immediately put away his dissatisfied look and respectfully returned a military salute, "Report, there is currently an emergency dispatch of reconnaissance troops in this hangar. The reason is It was the water patrol force in the outer sea area that cut off contact with the headquarters after sending back intelligence about the ambush."
The peripheral patrol troops were ambushed...
After getting the information he wanted, Aslan gave Chaozhen a look, indicating that he could let the other party leave.
"Hmph, the identity of FAITH is really useful."
Although Zhen was even more dissatisfied that the ground staff had told Aslan about the military situation, he also knew that he would be making trouble unreasonably if he continued to pester him, so he had no choice but to let the ground staff go.
Hearing the unpleasant sarcasm, Aslan smiled bitterly but didn't care about it.
In his eyes as a good-natured person, although his personality is really a little extreme, he is just a little childish.
Moreover, it's not like he couldn't understand the real idea. Someone he looked down on suddenly became the boss of his own unit, and it was inevitable that he would have some mental imbalance.
Aslan believed that the situation would improve if they stayed together for a while.
I guess so……
Seeing Mana seeming more unruly than Yitzhak, Aslan smiled bitterly in his heart.
Seeing himself taunting him like this, Aslan didn't even say anything to retaliate against him. The childish boy suddenly felt that he had gone too far just now.
But if he was asked to apologize, he didn't want to.
The atmosphere in the team was a little awkward for a while. Lei, who was traveling with him, still had an indifferent expression, while Luna didn't know how to resolve the embarrassment in front of her.
Shihe sighed slightly when he saw this, and said: "Okay, it doesn't seem to be a serious situation. The Minerva did not send an emergency assembly order. At least before the reconnaissance team sent back the information, there should be no What should we do..."
"God's Coming"
Before the poems and words trying to lighten the atmosphere had finished, the communicator he carried suddenly received a gathering order...
This is a bit embarrassing...
But for some reason, Minerva and the other pilots all smiled in unison when they saw the usually cool poem and the rare embarrassed look on his face.
Especially Luna, who was relatively close to Shihe, held Shihe's shoulders intimately while suppressing her laughter.
Shihe helplessly looked at the team where the atmosphere was brighter, and endured the unexplained chuckles of his teammates.
The group of people who received the assembly order returned to the Minerva, and then saw a new machine placed in the busy hangar.
The maintenance team of the Minerva was busy carrying out handover work with the ground staff at the base.
"Is this... a pulse?"
I could tell at a glance that the new machine was exactly the same as my own.
"But it's equipped with a backpack I've never seen before..."
Luna on the side expressed her doubts.
Shihe, who had participated in the development of the next-generation machine, recognized the machine in front of him at a glance, "Abyss Pulse!"
"Yes, it's the Abyss Pulse."
With an affirmative reply, green-haired Nicol walked into the sight of Minerva pilots.
He smiled and waved his prosthetic leg towards Aslan and Shihe, showing the same gentle smile as before: "Long time no see, Aslan, and Shihe too."
"Nichol!"
Seeing Nigel suddenly appearing in front of him, Aslan took two steps forward with mixed emotions, "Why are you here?"
His eyes stayed on Nigel's prosthetic limb for a few seconds, and there was unconcealable shame in his eyes.
"I……"
Aslan hesitated to speak, not knowing how to face the sudden appearance of Nigel.
After all, it was because of Kira that Nicol's hands were destroyed. He knew very well how much Nicol liked the piano. As Kira's friend, Aslan had always blamed himself for Nicol's experience and felt that he too Nicol was responsible for losing his hands.
"Haha, it seems that Aslan is still the Aslan I know."
As if he could see Aslan's guilt, Nigel made a smooth movement with his prosthetic leg as if he were playing the piano, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not Aslan's responsibility."
After a pause, Nigel smiled with an unknown meaning, "Besides, I can still play well now, and I have people who are willing to appreciate it."
"but……"
"Don't mention the past." Nigel took two steps forward and gave Aslan a hug, "Welcome back, Aslan."
"Um."
Aslan hesitated for a moment, and then hugged Nigel tightly.
When Shihe on the side saw this scene, various thoughts flashed through his mind, and he sighed for some reason.
Luna, who was a little curious, poked Shihe gently and asked what was going on with her eyes.
"Captain Sarah and I were comrades when we were members of Team Cruze. He was injured while trying to save Aslan." Shihe explained briefly in a low voice: "Now he is in charge of the development of the next generation of aircraft. I was his subordinate before. Test pilot.”
That's it, Luna nodded in relief.
It turned out that he was injured while trying to save Aslan. No wonder Aslan showed such mixed emotions.
"Okay, let's put an end to reminiscing about old times."
After a moment, Nigel let go of Aslan, pointed to the Abyss Pulse next to him, and introduced: "This time, I specially sent you this machine."
"Abyss Pulse, based on the characteristics and equipment of Abyss, creates an underwater combat backpack that Pulse can carry, and then allows Pulse to obtain the same underwater combat performance as Abyss."
"I believe this aircraft can provide the Minerva with considerable combat power for its next mission."
