"Jingle Bell--"
The phone rang, and the man painfully reached out and picked up the phone.
"I'm Cruze!" The man's face was distorted, but his voice was calm, completely different from the painful wailing just now.
The person on the other end of the phone did not notice Kruse's state and simply said briefly: "It's me."
"It turns out to be Your Excellency Chairman Sara - shouldn't you still be in the council now?"
Through his sweaty hair, Kruse glanced at the clock on the wall.
"The bill was passed. Although there are two or three cases left, it won't take too much time. I want to have a good talk with you after the meeting. This time I just want you to know the good news first. After all, the real Ouroboros's battle depends on you."
There was a hint of uncontrollable excitement in Patrick Sala's voice.
He was clearly pleased with the outcome of this parliament.
"In that case, the speaker election will be held soon."
"Um?"
Cruze's unreasonable words left Patrick a little confused.
"Klein's next successor will surely be you...don't neglect your preparations."
"hehe····"
Padrick smiled and hung up the phone——
"Stupid and miserable guy..."
Looking at the hung up phone, Cruze leaned in the quiet room, his breathless voice full of cold hatred: "The scenery at the end of the world must be beautiful..."
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Late at night, bright stars hang in the sky, and bright lights illuminate the world.
"KouKou——"
"Come in."
"excuse me!"
As the heavy door slowly opened, Kruse in white and Noel in green slowly walked into the office belonging to Patrick Sala.
This is also the first time Noel has come to Sarah's office.
The empty, quiet, dark-colored office gives people a solemn and solemn feeling.
The most conspicuous thing in the entire office is the long table in front of Councilor Sara, and the wooden photo frame that doesn't match the long table at all.
"Noel Cassia."
Just as Noel was quietly looking around, Sarah, who was sitting behind the chair and hidden in the darkness, spoke.
"Yes!" Noel withdrew his gaze after hearing this, and stood up to salute Sarah.
"You... are very good." Patrick Sala nodded.
Noel didn't answer, just stood there with his arms retracted.
"I have read the report Captain Cruze gave me."
Councilor Sarah said, slowly stood up from the chair, and said with a step: "Sneak into the Archangel at the risk of death to steal the information on the last remaining body, and then bring back the fighter plane belonging to the Earth Alliance - the Air Overlord, in the final low-orbit battle, destroyed two battleships and destroyed a dozen MAs."
"In less than a month, you have achieved such a record, I am very pleased about this!"
"My subordinates dare not take credit. All of this is due to Captain Cruze's good command!"
Listening to Sara's compliment, Noel imitated the lines from the TV series he had seen in his previous life and replied in a calm and condescending manner.
"You don't have to belittle yourself. I know Captain Cruze's abilities very well, but your contribution is greater in this."
After Patrick Sala finished speaking, he continued without waiting for Noel to refute: "Your reward and specific orders will be issued the day after tomorrow."
"Huh?" Noel was stunned. Order? What order?
"Noel, you can go back."
Before Noel could react to what happened, Cruze suddenly spoke.
"boom--"
The door was closed, and Noel, who had walked out of the office, stood outside the door with a blank look on his face.
What's happening here? Is this why you called me here? Are you kidding me?
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Late at night——
Inside the PLANT colonial satellite, outside the gate of a house specially allocated for ZAFT soldiers.
"Ding dong——"
"Ding dong——"
"Bang bang bang——"
A man in a coat was holding something in his arms and banging on the door of the house, but no one responded after a long time.
And because of the sound, there seemed to be rapid footsteps coming from the distance.
Faced with this situation, the man seemed to be stimulated and turned around to leave while cursing.
"boom--"
However, just as the man walked out of the garden to a hidden corner, a slight gunshot suddenly rang out.
The bright red flowers fell, the man fell down, and the blood slowly flowed along the ground——
Da da da--
In the distance, two men wearing ZAFT's special military uniforms walked quickly into the corner under the gaze of passers-by.
A vehicle with a ZAFT logo came from behind and stopped in the shadows.
And several soldiers wearing the same uniform walked down from the top.
Soon, two ZAFT soldiers with special markings dragged the man into the car and cleaned the road.
As the vehicle drove away, in the blink of an eye, it was as if nothing had happened here.
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February 24th.
Sara Councilor Ruyo Noel was promoted to Redcoat, and at the same time, the Gates data collection machine was determined to be Noel's exclusive machine.
On February 25, Nigel Amalfi held a small concert.
Yitzhak and Diaka, who went to fight on Earth at the same time, took a break and left the Earth base to head to the Libyan desert.
In PLANT, Aslan, Lux, Noel and other three people went to Nigel's small concert together.
"Noel, congratulations on becoming a redcoat."
At noon, after finishing playing music, Nigel said goodbye to his parents and came to where Noel and others were.
"Thanks."
Being congratulated by a guy who became a red-coated guy as soon as he left school, I always felt something strange in my heart.
"Is Mr. Noel in red now?" Lux, who had been silently accompanying Aslan, was a little surprised after hearing this.
Because Noel was promoted, and due to his special circumstances, there was not much coverage, so the only people who knew that Noel had become a redcoat were the relevant personnel in the team.
However, his profile has indeed been changed to red.
"I was just officially promoted yesterday." Noel nodded and replied. Noel was not surprised by Lux's appearance. After all, Lux and Aslan's relationship was still in an engagement state.
By the way, when did Lux and Aslan break off their engagement?
"Well, then we need to celebrate." Lux covered her mouth and said in surprise.
But this surprise always sounded a little... wrong to Noel.
"I'm afraid this won't work. I have things to deal with later, so forget about celebrating." Noel rejected Lux's kindness.
Apart from not wanting to get too involved with Lux.
Another reason is that Noel has no medicine. The medicine allocated this time is only three days' supply, so he has to go to the institute to get the medicine today.
And Noel always felt that something was wrong with his potion.
The medicine Kruse gave himself last time was a potion, but he went to the institute a few days ago and got the same granules as before.
Although Kruse explained that the drug was a newly developed experimental version, and the last time it was used, it was only used to collect data. Now it is mainly based on granular drugs.
This excuse seems reasonable, but it has many loopholes, especially what Kruse said at the time, as if he said it deliberately. Noel always felt that Cruze was using him to plan something.
Moreover, the 'surprise' after taking the potion was so outrageous that it even gave Noel a feeling similar to the feeling of explosiveness, but it was different from the feeling of explosiveness, which was very weird.
And Dr. Haka’s reaction that day...
There are various signs that the potion he has been taking is not as 'simple' as he thought.
So Noel planned to go to the institute to have a good chat with Dr. Haka this time.
If the situation is right, Noel also plans to conduct a study of his own body.
"That's such a pity." Lux said with a look of regret on her face.
"What a pity?" Noel looked puzzled. What's so pity about celebrating the victory?
"We haven't been together for a long time since you joined the army, and I don't know when the next meeting will be." Lux said with a look of regret on her face at the right time.
"Haha, we are still young, there will always be opportunities to get together again in the future."
Noel said, looking at the time on his hand, and smiled at Nigel and others: "I'm sorry, the appointment time is coming, so I'll go there first."
