Chapter 247 Cruze was fooled
On the other side, not long after the Vesalius set sail, Aslan, who was tossing and turning in bed, came to Cruze's office to report that the previous battle was He disobeyed orders, attacked without permission, and failed to produce any results even after all his allies were dead. Naturally, he would be questioned and even punished.
"Aslan Sala is here to report!"
"Well, come in."
Aslan entered the office, and Crewe was writing a combat report. Ze said without looking back: "The collapse of [Heliopolis] kept me very busy and delayed the conversation between you and me."
After finishing the combat report, Cruze turned around, folded his hands on the table, and his tone was very calm, not reprimanding Aslan at all.
"Yes! I'm really sorry for that battle just now!"
"I don't intend to punish you, but I want to hear your explanation, because this action is so unlike That’s your style, Aslan.”
Cruze didn’t punish Aslan just because he was the son of Speaker Sarah. Aslan has always been a model soldier since he joined the army. Outstanding, mature, and loyal to orders, he has never used his status to ask for higher treatment or to be arrogant.
But this time, he disobeyed the military order uncharacteristically. There must be a reason why he had to do this.
"..." Aslan was silent, not knowing how to answer for a while.
"You were right next to that machine when it started up, right?"
"I'm very sorry...Some unexpected things made me shaken, so I couldn't report it to you. ." Aslan replied, after thinking for a moment, Aslan was still prepared to report truthfully, but Aslan was prepared to conceal Yang Hui's existence and only report on Kira's situation.
First, Yang Hui’s identity is too sensitive, and international disputes may arise if he is not careful. Although Orb participated in the MS development plan of the United Earth this time, Orb also cooperates with PLANT and ZAFT. It's just that not many people know about it, so this incident cannot completely push Orb into the enemy's position.
Second, he is not sure where Yang Hui is now. What if he is not on the Archangel? Then wouldn’t his report be self-defeating?
Third, Kira and Yang Hui are both good friends of Aslan, but compared to Kira who is just a pure friendship, Yang Hui is very kind to him and the Sara family.
"Let's talk about it, what can make you shaken?"
"Yes, the last machine, the person driving it is named Kira Yamato, it's me on the moon My friend from elementary school was an adjuster.”
“Huh?”
“I never expected to meet him again on that occasion, so I wanted to confirm it no matter what. …”
"That's right. Things like war are really ironic. It's reasonable for you to be shaken. You two had a close relationship, right?"
"...Yes."
"I Understood, in that case, you don’t have to go into battle next time.”
“Eh?”
“There’s no way you can point a gun at him, and I don’t want you to do it either. This kind of thing.”
"No, Captain, I..."
"Even if he was your former friend, since he is now an enemy, we must destroy him. I think you should be able to understand this, right?"
"Kira...Kira must have been manipulated by natural people! Although he is excellent, he is always confused and a good man, so he must not have realized that he was being used by others..." Aslan's I don’t know whether he is persuading Cruze or himself. It should be more about himself. After all, he cannot accept the fact that he is Kira’s enemy. “So, I want to persuade him. After all, he is also an adjuster.” ! I believe he can understand us."
"I understand your feelings, but what if he doesn't listen?"
"Um..." Hearing this, Aslan lowered his head. He turned his head and replied in a low voice, "If that's the case... then... I will kill him..."
"In that case, I will give you a chance."
"Yes! Thank you very much!"
"Go ahead."
Aslan said gratefully left, but Kruse was lost in thought.
Because... the name Kira Yamato felt inexplicably familiar to him, as if he had heard it somewhere.
Don't underestimate this vague sense of familiarity. Cruze is a very purposeful person. People who can be remembered by him will never ignore ordinary people among all living beings. The fact that he can be remembered already shows that this name is special. ordinary.
But Cruze thought hard and couldn't remember the specific circumstances of the name Kira Yamato for a while.
"Let's write it down first. Aslan might really be able to bring him back. We should know by then, but..."
Putting Kira's matter aside, Cruze The energy returned to the battle. It stands to reason that even if the Archangel cannot be caught up by now, it should be found. However, there is no news coming from the bridge at this time. This should not be the case.
"Addis, have you found any trace of the enemy ship?"
"Not yet."
"Where are the friendly forces we contacted before?"
"No communication received either."
"It's strange..."
Cruze was very confident that his judgment would not be wrong, and just in case, he also contacted friendly forces to set up an ambush circle on the route directly from Heliopolis to the lunar base. , no matter which path the other party chooses, they should have discovered something.
"Where did it go..." While thinking, Kruse opened the space map again and rethought the Archangel's traces.
This time, he abandoned all previous judgments and started thinking from scratch.
First of all, excluding the original target Artemis, their current position can already see the existence of [Umbrella] with the naked eye. If the Archangel is really what he expected, it will not be possible at this time. There may not be any trace at all.
The next thing to exclude is the direct route to the lunar base. The reason is that there is no trace and the time is no longer consistent with the number.
Then, Kruse began to eliminate all Earth military bases and military fortresses far away from the lunar base. Finally... Kruse looked at the empty space map and frowned deeply. "No, after all the possibilities have been eliminated, there is no other choice. Is it because I neglected something... huh?" Suddenly, Cruze's eyes focused on a blank area in the space map.
"This space, I remember..." While thinking, Kruse overlapped the civilian space map with the military space map, and there was an additional logo in the blank space, "Scrap recycling dealers union? Isn’t it...impossible?”
Kruze believes that most of the natural people in the Earth Army are not very capable, but most of them are self-righteous, and it is impossible to leave the friendly military fortress alone. I went to a private force like the Waste Recyclers Union to seek help, but...
There is a saying that goes well, if all impossibilities are eliminated, the result that remains, no matter how incredible, is the truth.
"Is there anyone else? Kira Yamato? This name...should not be that. Aslan said that he is just an ordinary student, so...who else is there?"
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Thinking of this, Kruse was basically sure that there were other experts on the Archangel who were not from the Earth Army, leading him into a misunderstanding.
"Addis."
"Captain."
"Change the course immediately and correct the target to S32 space domain."
"S32 space domain ? There's nothing there, Captain..."
"I misjudged the target of the enemy ship. Just change the route. This time I won't make another mistake."
"This...I know."
Captain Addis He was very confused about Cruze's decision, but he still followed Cruze's order. Otherwise, he respected Cruze very much and did not look down on him because he was not an adjuster. On the contrary, since Cruze became the captain, He led them to complete countless tasks and made many meritorious deeds, and he recognized his abilities very much.
"Well, telegraph the friendly forces and ask them to move their positions."
"Understood."
After ending the communication, Kruse looked at the map of the universe and smiled faintly, the curve of the corner of his mouth was dark and dangerous.
"Haha, it's interesting. An unknown opponent can fool me. I really want to know your identity... [Heliopolis], Orb, wait! Could it be? !”
Kruze once again thought of an impossible possibility, and the curve of his mouth became more and more weird and dangerous.
"It should be you, right? I can't think of anyone else except you. It's interesting. It's so interesting. If it's really you... then this ship must be destroyed. I really look forward to the world turning towards Which direction are you heading in? Haha, haha, hahaha..."
...
Several hours of silent sailing passed by.
Along the way, Ma Liu and others were so nervous that they hardly dared to relax for a moment. Even if they slept in shifts, they slept with their clothes on, while facing the ZAFT army's attack immediately.
When the Scrap Recyclers Guild entered the Archangel's detection range, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. No matter when ZAFT's attack returned, at least they had arrived at the first target.
However, at this moment, everyone became slightly nervous because an unknown ship was approaching rapidly on the same route.
“A large heat source was detected, presumably a battleship engine, distance 500 yellow zone 33, 17, marked 02C, approach 0 to 0.”
"On the side? Heading in the same direction as us!"
"Have you been discovered?"
"But it's still far away."
"The target is about to Overtaking this ship, the target information cannot be confirmed.”
“Can’t confirm? Is it a ZAFT ship?”
"This... there is no record in the database. The size is judged to be a civilian ship, but it is a battleship engine, and the speed... exceeds this ship!"
"How is it possible!?"
Everyone was shocked. The Archangel is the most cutting-edge high-speed battleship of the Atlantic Federation. ZAFT's Nazca class is originally designed as a high-speed ship. It is not surprising that it can catch up with the Archangel, but how can a civilian ship have more than the Archangel? Number's speed?
“Is it a scrap recycler’s ship?”
“Unable to confirm.”
Ma Liu and others did not dare to be careless and immediately sounded the alarm for the first-level combat configuration.
"Huh? We should be arriving at the Scrap Recyclers Union now, right? How could we be caught up here?"
"Yang Hui..." Kira looked uneasy, although he decided to help Yang Hui was still very nervous when there was really going to be a fight.
"We're not sure it's the enemy yet. I'll go to the bridge to take a look first." Yang Hui reassured, "But it's better to be prepared."
"Yes, I understand."< br>
"By the way, remember to wear the driving suit."
"Okay."
Yang Hui came to the bridge and asked what happened, and the result...
"Thor ? Mirialia? Sai? Why are you here?”
(End of this chapter)