Chapter 399 Surprise
Sheryl walked up to Xiao Ran with a smile, held a wine glass in one hand and handed it to Xiao Ran: "Here, today is a day worth celebrating."
Xiao Ran took the wine glass from Sheryl's hand, but as he always liked drinking tea but not drinking alcohol, he only took a sip, and then asked with some confusion, "What happened today that deserves everyone to open a red wine to celebrate."
"It's not that I'm very happy, but someone happened to bring these wines, so let's celebrate by the way." Sheryl said with a nice smile at the corner of his mouth, looking a little casually.
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the others. "Someone else brought wine, what's going on?"
But everyone present just smiled at Xiao Ran, but no one answered his doubts. Xiao Ran didn't believe that these people opened red wine to celebrate because they captured a fleet in the universe today. That kind of thing was nothing worth celebrating for them, so Xiao Ran was a little confused.
Seeing Xiao Ran's confused look, Sheryl smiled proudly and said, "I sold all my assets today and spent all my savings."
Xiao Ran asked strangely, "Then what?"
"Hire S. M. S to help the ship." Sheryl raised his head slightly, turned around gracefully and picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and handed it to Xiao Ran. He smiled at Xiao Ran, "And this, it's a gift from me."
Xiao Ran was stunned again and took the fish-shaped mobile phone from Sheryl. Naturally, she knew that the gift Sheryl mentioned would not be something that she would regard as a toy, mascot, microphone, or whip. Then it would naturally be the contents of the mobile phone, Xiao Ran gently squeezed the fish-shaped mobile phone, and a piece of Holographic Projection popped up above the fish head. When Xiao Ran saw what was on Holographic Projection clearly, he looked up at Sheryl in shock.
"You bought two battleships?"
"Haha." Sheryl smiled and nodded, "Two MACROSS QUARTER class battleships. I think one might not be enough. Anyway, the more the better, so I replaced all the remaining properties after hiring S. M. S. with this one. Don't thank me. Anyway, those properties have no meaning to me."
Xiao Ran shook his head and smiled, feeling a little moved in his heart. He gently touched Sheryl's forehead with his hand. "Silly girl, thank you."
"Humph, you're stupid." Sheryl snorted softly, clasped his hands and turned his head away, but there was also a smile that couldn't be hidden in his eyes, "What we are celebrating is not just because I bought these two battleships. Seeing the moved look on your face now, I won't let you guess anymore, Moses, tell him for me."
"Okay, Miss Sheryl." Moses smiled lightly and said to Xiao Ran, "General, today President Glass has issued the latest instructions to the entire fleet. Next week he will announce his resignation and ask you to take over as the next Great President."
Hearing Moses' words, Xiao Ran was truly shocked. "Me? Take over Great President?"
"Yes." Moses nodded and said with some excitement, "Now the news has been announced to the citizens of the fleet, and it has received unanimous support from the citizens of the fleet, the military, and the government. The support rate is 100%, so there should be no surprises."
"Are you kidding me?" Xiao Ran was not as happy as everyone thought he should be. Instead, he frowned and said, "Why don't Great President discuss this matter with me first?"
Xiao Ran's reaction made Moses and Billy a little stunned. Moses was even more puzzled and said, "General, why do you look so unhappy? You became Great President because of everyone's expectations. We all believe that only you can lead this fleet to continue to develop."
"Hey." Xiao Ran sighed and waved his hand helplessly, "You don't understand."
"Xiao Ran." Sheryl grabbed Xiao Ran's hand, looked at Xiao Ran with serious eyes, and said, "I think why don't you try? Let's try, the situation the fleet is facing now is exactly when someone needs to stand up and give them courage and strength. When everything settles, even if we leave you, we can still find other suitable people to take your place."
Cruze, who had been silent all this time, drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, then turned to look at Xiao Ran calmly. "Are you afraid of failure?"
"No. I never thought I would fail." Xiao Ran shook his head and frowned, "But I never thought I would sit in that position here."
"Once you become Great President, you can effectively use all resources to fight against the Earth Unified Army, and let everything act according to your ideas without being restrained. Isn't this a good thing?" Cruze said lightly, "If it were me, I would only accept it happily. The more power and resources you can use, the simpler the process of achieving your goal will be."
In fact, even Xiao Ran doesn't know what he is thinking. In fact, there doesn't seem to be much difference between Great President who became the ship group and now who is in charge of all military affairs. The current position is only used to win the battle, while Great President also has to deal with the affairs of the entire fleet, supplies to the army, and a series of complicated things. But in fact, as a general, he also has to deal with the affairs of the army. In fact, the difference is not big.
But when he thought that he would become the Great President of this ship group, although he was a little bit happy, he still felt a little disgusted in his heart. He felt that he didn't want to sit in that position at all. After all, he was a participant who would leave this world as long as the mission was completed. After he left, he had to change people. Sitting in that position was simply a trouble for him.
"Hey." Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, waved his hand gently, and said, "I don't know why I don't want to be Great President, but it is really too troublesome for me, and I have to explain too much in the end, but Sheryl, Cruze, you are right. You should not think about what is available at this time. Since I can improve the confidence and morale of the fleet and integrate all resources to deal with the upcoming crisis, there is indeed no need to refuse."
"I may guess that you are worried about what changes will happen after becoming Great President." Cruze stood up, refilled his wine glass, and then said, "But even I know that if there are changes and efforts, there will be rewards. Don't you expect it?"
"Should I expect it?" Xiao Ran smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just afraid that the change will come too suddenly and I won't be able to accept it."
Cruze raised the corner of his mouth. "How will you know if you don't try? I believe that even if something goes wrong, we won't blame you. And it's quite fun, isn't it?"
Moses and Billy did not fully understand what Xiao Ran and Cruze were saying. They simply thought that Xiao Ran was worried that they could not do what Great President should do, but they felt that Xiao Ran was a little worried. They had been in contact with Xiao Ran for a long time. Both of them had a lot of understanding of Xiao Ran's abilities. Moreover, even if Xiao Ran himself was too busy, didn't the people in the municipal building exist for this reason?
But in fact, Cruze and Xiao Ran are talking about tasks. Xiao Ran is also worried that sitting in Great President's position will trigger an extremely difficult task. The current task is already quite difficult. If there is an additional more difficult task, it will only make the current situation worse. However, if the task can be completed, the rewards obtained will probably be extremely generous.
Xiao Ran also knew that after announcing to the ship group, Great President resigned and he took the position of Great President. It was something that could not be changed. Instead of sighing, it was better to face it calmly. Xiao Ran also had this confidence. Even in difficult tasks, he Xiao Ran also had the confidence to complete it.
And tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for countless people. People Earth Unified Army cannot sleep well. Although the senior officers sleep on comfortable beds in the luxury hotel in the fleet, they are confused about their future. The soldiers are surrounded by countless bugs, and all the battleship operating systems are locked. They are still guarded by the people Fleet Defense Force. They are afraid in their hearts.
Xiao Ran couldn't sleep either. He kept thinking about how to complete this mission. Xiao Ran had never even thought about blowing up the earth. Once there was a problem with the earth, it would simply be a provocation to all mankind in the entire universe. This kind of thing would only push himself into a place of no return, and he couldn't do it at all.
Mwu and Sheryl slept on the same bed. They did not fall asleep, but talked softly in the room.
Graham leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes to fall asleep, while Naluo entered the last room with a bed and closed her eyes to recharge her batteries. Moses and Billy had also left, but they had put on the agenda to take down the suite on the other side of the Xiao Ran suite as this week's top priority.
Cruze is very curious about this world. He spent the whole night on the Internet absorbing information about this matter while sipping some good-tasting red wine.
In S. M. S, Lanka, who knew nothing, was locked in a room by Brera and Art. The two men just sat in silence in front of the room door.
Captain Jeffrey is calculating how much of the money Sheryl gave them, how much he can keep, and how much needs to be transferred to the S. M. S headquarters to hire more S. M. S. He also has to contact the S. M. S manufacturing factory to see if there is Macross-class in stock.
Ozma drove his car and the sissy helmsman Bobby from S. M. S., and was about to go to his home to pack up the things and clothes that Lanka needed during this period, but a howling black shadow fell from the sky, almost making Ozma's car fly to the side of the road.