One day later, the message from Earth Force headquarters to Xiao Ran was delivered to Xiao Ran through Earth Force in this star field. This message was a very formal document. The document listed many regulations in detail. The first one was to remove the occupied mainland of Orb. It was returned to Orb unconditionally, followed by countless supplementary terms and even a compensation agreement. Xiao Ran felt very satisfied after reading it. It was rare for Earth Force to handle the matter with such high efficiency. He signed his name on it with a flick of his hand and threw it to Bargyll.
In the opinion of Xiao Ran, the regulations are enough. To ask for too much would be a bit too greedy. After asking Bargyll to come forward with Cagalli to solve this problem, Xiao Ran I ran to the ward to check on the two 'brothers'. Although Cruze was cloned from Mu's father's genes, it actually did not mean that Cruze was Mu's father. It would be more appropriate to say they were brothers.
The two people in the ward were relatively calm. Not many things happened that Xiao Ran found interesting. Instead, they were silent and had almost no communication. Mu didn't know what to say to Cruze, and Cruze was too lazy to say anything to Mu. Mu's feelings for Cruze were complicated, but Cruze was somewhat disdainful of Mu.
If Mu hadn't been too stupid when he was young, Mu's father wouldn't have thought about cloning a qualified heir, which eventually led to the emergence of a guy like Cruze. Speaking of hatred, Cruze still had hatred for both Mu and Mu's father.
But because the war ended, the plan was destroyed, and even new hope was found, Cruze looked down upon everything else, and his whole mentality became somewhat different.
Xiao Ran walked into the ward and looked at the silence of the two people. He couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "Hey, what are you two brothers doing? You are so good that you are in love with each other and you don't even have anything worth saying?"
"Asshole!" Mu instantly jumped up from the hospital bed, pointed at Cruze and shouted loudly, "This guy and I are not brothers, but why did you, you bastard, bring him to Archangel!"
Cruze also sat up, leaned on the bed and smiled, his smile full of disdain, "Haha, after all, I am his father's clone. He has such a big son before he gets married. I also feel a little headache."
"Shut up, you bastard, we have suffered so much!" Mu roared at Cruze.
Cruze didn't even look at Mu. Instead, he asked Xiao Ran: "You are here for something, what is it?"
"Yeah." Xiao Ran glanced at Mu, who curled his lips and walked out of the ward. "You guys chat, I'll go for a walk."
After Mu left, Xiao Ran sat on Mu's hospital bed, looked at Cruze and said, "I do have a way to treat your illness, but you must go there with me in person. I can tell you that that place is not on the earth or within the scope of the earth. It can be said that as long as you go there, you may have to wait a long time to come back next time. I estimate it will be at least two years."
Cruze was silent for a moment and asked, "How long will it take to get there?"
"At the latest two months, I will leave after I have arranged Orb's affairs. It will go quickly, but it will be more difficult to come back." Xiao Ran hesitated and said, "You should know that the earth and PLANT are not the only ones. Wherever humans live, such as Mars and Jupiter, there are also human countries and footprints. The place we want to go is far away, but for a very special reason, we can reach that place soon, but we must have the right opportunity to come back."
"Is it Hyperspace Navigation?" Cruze sat up straight and looked directly at Xiao Ran: "I have always found it strange that the special light particles of the Aegis Gundam you were driving in the intelligence also entered Z However, we have never found out what the AFT's line of sight is, and the body can still move even when the thrusters are not turned on during combat. We also speculate that the light particles should be something released by the thrusters. This is simply not a technology we can develop."
"Could it be that the place you want to take me to is an extraterrestrial civilization with higher technology?"
"Absolutely." Xiao Ran nodded and said, "In short, considering the technical level there, treating you is very simple, but are you willing to follow me?"
"Haha." The face under the mask of Cruze laughed, "It seems that extraterrestrial civilization does exist. Okay, I have no problem leaving with you. I don't have any requirements other than the condition of my treatment, but you must promise me, and Lei must also be treated."
"Of course." Xiao Ran smiled and said, "But not now. I am sure that I will be able to come back in two years. I think it will be okay for Lei to undergo treatment at that time."
"Ding, trigger follower Side Mission... The follower has no released tasks or released task conflicts. The default follower task is completed. Return to Prometheus to continue execution and retain the right to release the next task. However, if the task fails, the follower will leave. Lao Lu. Cruze has become your follower. You will pay Merit Points five thousand points to bring the follower back to Prometheus."
"Pay."
"Merit Points has been deducted, and Merit Points will no longer be deducted when returning."
Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows. "It's such a good thing to get followers without performing tasks? But what does it mean that there is no task released or task conflict? Reserve the right to release the next task? I always feel a little baffled?"
When Cruze's prompt popped up in Xiao Ran's mind, a prompt popped up in his mind that shocked him. He immediately looked at Xiao Ran in shock. "Did you hear that voice?"
"Yes, you can hear me." Xiao Ran nodded and told Cruze roughly what happened to Prometheus. Cruze immediately showed a rare expression... dull. "You mean, we are actually going to another world?"
"That's roughly it. In short, we will experience different things in each world. The task will be carried out by Prometheus's missions. The task is not too difficult anyway. I can't tell you the specific things now. You will know after returning to Prometheus."
Cruze nodded numbly and waved his hand to Xiao Ran: "Please let me calm down. I want to stay by myself for a while."
Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders and left the ward. He just explained it to Mwu yesterday. Mwu looked similar to Cruze at that time. Xiao Ran was already used to it. Sheryl and Graham did not encounter this situation at that time because they ended the follower mission at that time. It was almost the time when Prometheus returned. Xiao Ran did not need to explain all the explanations in person. The information that Prometheus instilled in them explained everything. Xiao Ran had never encountered this situation, but he could understand the thoughts of Mwu and Cruze.
However, Xiao Ran also decided that if he wanted to take it back, he should specify a place when he left, so as not to have to explain it one more time and make Luo become nervous, which would not be very interesting.
Earth Force suffered too much loss in this battle with ZAFT. Maintaining the stability of the existing area is already quite troublesome. In a short period of time, there is no extra energy to argue with Orb. The key is this time Earth Force is really scared of being beaten, especially Xiao Ran let Bargyll attack Earth Force The threat issued by E, that if compensation is not given, countless nuclear bombs will be dropped directly on the head of Earth Force's earth headquarters, everyone in Earth Force will know that the current Orb is no longer the Orb before, but Orb with an absolutely strong leader.
Especially the effect Orb Combined Fleet played in this battle was extremely terrifying. It destroyed all the nuclear bombs launched by Earth Force, and also destroyed Genesis, a terrifying weapon that Earth Force could not defeat in a short time. It also showed the power of Orb to the eyes of the world.
When it comes to who is the strongest and has the most power among Orb, ZAFT and Earth Force, it is precisely Orb who needs Scrap Merchant Guild support for logistics. Whether it is ZAFT or Earth Force, they are unwilling to offend Orb too badly at such a critical period, lest Orb, who is only fighting for peace, change his attention and pull the trigger on himself.
So not only did Earth Force provide compensation, but PLANT also sent Technicians under the banner of gratitude to help Orb rebuild Akatsuki Works. Fortunately, Xiao Ran was had people take away the most important things in Akatsuki Works, and it took only a month to put Akatsuki Works back up, but it would be difficult to restore it to its original state without even a year.
After Xiao Ran completed the repairs on Archangel, he led Archangel back to Orb and Eternal left on his own, while Kusanagi temporarily stayed in the universe, Bargyll, Mu, Cruze, Kira, Lacus, Athrun and others also came to Orb, while Nicol and Dearka were Xiao Ran was returned to PLANT as prisoners, which saved the two of them from a short prison sentence, and did not label them as betrayers. The prisoners were still much better than the betrayers.
Nicol retired and settled down to do what he loved. However, Dearka chose to stay in ZAFT. His identity in red was not taken away and he joined Yzak's team. As for the two machines Buster Gundam and Blitz Gundam, they will naturally stay in Orb from now on.
In one month, in addition to re-finishing the shelves of Akatsuki Works, they also worked overtime to maintain the slightly damaged areas in the city. People also returned to their own country one after another. Slowly, Orb turned from deserted to lively again. It was almost impossible to tell that this country had suffered a war.