Until everything was arranged properly, Xiao Ran looked at the warships and transport ships slowly leaving through the big screen in Command Center, and exhaled slightly. He was about to issue an order for all people in the Ministry of National Defense to evacuate, but when he saw the slowly leaving ship, he was suddenly startled, and he frowned slightly and thought for about ten seconds.
"Notify all the ships that are evacuating people, count all the people on the ships, and once again confirm whether there are any missing people. Also look for a young man named Zhen. Asuka. He has black hair. There should be four family members. He has a younger sister named Mayu. Asuka."
"After finding the person, send the whole family to Akatsuki Works. After the order is issued, everyone in the Ministry of National Defense will be notified to evacuate."
"Yes."
All the people at Command Center stood up, fought towards Xiao Ran, raised their right hands in a military salute, and Xiao Ran could even see tears of unknown meaning welling up in the eyes of several young girls.
Xiao Ran shook his head slightly, and after exchanging greetings with everyone, he turned around and left Command Center. He walked out of Defense Building and got on Lightning Aegis and flew in the direction of Akatsuki Works.
When Lightning Aegis landed in the Akatsuki Works factory area, Xiao Ran also saw Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam standing opposite each other. I don't know if Quirky Hobby is just like Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran parked the machine directly between the two machines, then came out of the cockpit and followed a staff member who came to guide him into a factory building.
The factory looks busy, but compared to normal staffing, it is much less. Some staff are performing maintenance on Rage Gundam, Buster Gundam and Strike Gundam. The pilots of the three aircraft also temporarily served as maintenance personnel to maintain their own aircraft along with Technicians.
Director Symonds was holding a tablet in his hand and talking to the people around him. Graham and Naluo also led people to inspect Black Astray and MK-II Gundam. Only Kira, Athrun and Cagalli were sitting around talking about something at this time.
Sheryl, Mwu and Bargyll Xiao Ran was not seen, but since Graham and Naluo were here and did not follow Sheryl, it also means that the place where Sheryl is currently located should be a place where they can rest assured.
Xiao Ran walked in and did not attract too many people's attention. Basically, no one saw Xiao Ran, who was busy with their own affairs. Xiao Ran walked to Director Symonds, greeted Director Symonds first, and then asked, "Is there no problem with the equipment?"
Symonds put down the tablet in his hand and nodded in reply, "All the important things have been sent to the ship. Those things are retained. Even if all Akatsuki Works's current production lines are destroyed, a new production line can be built within three months. But I have no way to escort the transport ship away."
"Let the people on the ship be ready to leave at any time, and I will personally escort the transport ship away." Xiao Ran nodded and asked, "But have you found a place to hide these things?"
"Haha, Orb has been able to establish himself here so far. Of course there are some secret places." Director Symonds smiled and said, "I have already made arrangements. You just need to follow the transport ship to the designated place."
"Well, seize the time to maintain these machines. If Earth Force attacks again today, the only ones we can rely on are these machines." Xiao Ran turned around and looked at the factory. Among them are five Gundams, Black Astray, MK-II, Buster Gundam, Blitz Gundam and Strike, as well as justice and freedom outside the factory.
"I understand."
"Put my Lightning Aegis into Archangel, and then I will drive another unit. If Earth Force does not attack today, I will transport all these units starting in the evening. Enter Archangel, leaving Freedom Gundam, Justice Gundam and Black Astray to cover the three warships heading to the universe. I will meet you in the universe."
Symonds nodded and said, "I have contacted Junk Guild. They will join us in the universe. In addition, I have also contacted Murrue Ramius of Tail of the Serpent, who will join us in the universe. But I don't understand at all. Why are we going to the universe? To Heaven's Pillar? There is no place for us to live there."
"Heaven's Pillar doesn't exist, so does Earth exist?" Xiao Ran shook his head and said, "Orb cannot be defended, and the Earth has become Earth Force's Earth. There is no place for us to stay. We go to the universe to gain greater strategic space, and to avoid Earth Force from pursuing us defeated soldiers again."
"And now, the decisive battle between ZAFT and Earth Force is probably about to begin. Our ultimate goal is to find an opportunity for Orb to resurrect between the two forces, to destroy ZAFT's Genesis to protect the planet, and to prevent Earth Force from launching a devastating attack on PLANT."
Symonds smiled bitterly, "Just us? Facing the two most powerful forces at the same time?"
"That's why I asked you to contact Luo." Xiao Ran smiled slightly and said, "With Luo and their words, that's enough."
Xiao Ran said, turning to look in the direction of Kira and Athrun: "The power of those two children, no, there is also Cagalli, and the princess who is still in PLANT. Their power will be far beyond your imagination."
"Haha." Symonds shook his head and smiled, and said helplessly, "In short, you are the supreme commander now. Whatever you say will be whatever you say. I will do it. I will let people load Lightning Aegis now."
"Hurry up." Xiao Ran nodded, separated from Symonds, walked to Black Astray's feet and called Graham.
Graham jumped from the position in front of the Black Astray cockpit to Xiao Ran in a few dexterous movements. He looked at Xiao Ran with a smile on his face, "Sir."
"Why are you so happy?" Xiao Ran looked at the smile on Graham's face and was a little puzzled.
Graham smiled and said, "I just didn't expect to meet a satisfactory opponent so soon. No, not one, but three. Speaking of Piloting Skill alone, in my opinion, those three are even higher than Setsuna. I am looking forward to the next battle with them."
Xiao Ran Upon hearing this, he understood what Graham was talking about, and asked in surprise, "You haven't fought against all three of them, have you?"
"Yes." Graham nodded and said, "Although we each faced off against a machine in accordance with the commander's instructions, I didn't expect that the three people's cooperation would be so good. During the battle, they cooperated so well that they didn't even give us a one-on-one chance."
"Although the three machines at the back were acting a little recklessly, and even my own people started attacking randomly, the response from Piloting Skill and Black Hawk was very good. Fortunately, with the help of Naluo and Black Hawk, I was able to fight evenly with them."
"But if it's one-on-one, I think I can keep any one of them. After all, Black Astray is not weaker than those three machines."
Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows and shook his head helplessly. "Forget it, pay more attention when fighting in the future. The most important thing is your own safety. I have a task for you to do."
When talking about the mission, Graham also became serious. "Sir, please speak."
"You drive Black Astray to take over the current mission of Black Hawk and monitor every move of Earth Force. In addition, you will stay and cooperate with in the subsequent battles. Freedom Gundam and the red Justice Gundam, there are only three of you. You must cover the three warships entering the universe, but you must pay attention to the time of departure, and be sure to catch the last warship at the critical moment."
"Interesting." Graham raised the corners of his mouth, smiled and nodded, "I know, I will cover the three battleships entering the universe."
"Don't miss the opportunity because you are too excited about fighting." Xiao Ran patted Graham on the shoulder and reminded him. However, Xiao Ran also knew that although Graham longed for a battle where he could unleash his full potential, even in battle, he would not lack the calmness he should have, and he was still very reliable in his work.
"Understood."
Graham and Xiao Ran were talking here, but a person who shouldn't have intervened in their conversation appeared next to them.
"If you excuse me, can I ask something?"
Xiao Ran and Graham turned to look at the man who came to them and suddenly spoke, and smiled at him, "Mr. Athrun, it is really a joy to see you appear at Orb today."
"Please don't be so polite." Athrun smiled gently and said to Xiao Ran, "After all, Mr. Teacher is still the savior of me and my two friends. Just call me Athrun. Thank you for helping me before. I'm sorry that I only found out today."
Xiao Ran smiled and waved his hand and said, "Actually, there is nothing worth thanking. I saved you just to prevent you from getting into trouble in Orb. This would bring a lot of trouble to Orb. After all, I also forced Nicol and Dearka to stay in Orb."
Athrun lowered his head slightly and was silent for a while before speaking, "It is their own choice to stay in Orb. They believe that Orb will bring peace to the world, and they believe that you, sir, will lead Orb These people did the right thing... I'm sorry about Genesis, I didn't expect that my father would become so crazy and create such a weapon to kill all humans on the earth, and what happened to Heliopolis."
Xiao Ran nodded slightly and asked a question that was not within the scope of the conversation, "So now, have you found a reason to continue fighting?"