Chapter 572 Meeting again
In the cockpit of the black Gundam, Xiao Ran looked at the sincere Char from the screen. He appeared in his eyes undefended. There were no weapons, no defense, only a small Shuttlecraft. As long as he was willing, he could disappear from this world forever with a hook of his finger.
Char's actions represent his sincerity. They are also explaining to Xiao Ran that I have received your warning. They are also clearing the connection between the previous accident in the satellite and him. Char is a smart man. When you are strong enough to fight, you know what you should and shouldn't do. Being self-righteous and confronting Xiao Ran is definitely not a wise choice, so choosing this approach can also be said to be a kind of wisdom, and it is also a kind of compensation for the accidents in the previous planning.
No matter what the purpose of Char was for taking this risk, at least what he did made Xiao Ran feel a lot more comfortable. He smiled slightly and shook his head, and slowly opened the cockpit of the machine body. With a wave of one hand, there was an extra Team Communicator from Prometheus in his hand.
After the cockpit cover of the black Gundam was opened, Char and Xiao Ran could still see each other with their own eyes. However, although the distance between the two sides was only four or five meters, they could not communicate just by shouting. They could only communicate through the communication channel between Shuttlecraft and the Gundam.
With the two people face to face, Char's voice also rang through the radio wave in the communicator built into Xiao Ran's helmet. "I have done what you asked me to do, but there was an accident that was out of your control and mine. But the final result has not changed, so should our transaction continue?"
Xiao Ran squinted his eyes. After hearing what Char said, he seemed to understand something, and he said calmly and calmly, "You want to continue the transaction? It's because your problems almost caused my people to be killed by your people without being prepared. Are you still embarrassed to talk to me about the transaction?"
"If it weren't for your luck and our quick reaction, I can guarantee that you would have all died when I attacked you just now. You have no problem if you want to continue trading, just see what price you can pay, more than what was originally agreed upon."
Char seemed silent for a moment, and then said, "The accident that occurred before is indeed our problem. As an apology to our partners, of course we can provide you with some natural compensation, but before the transaction begins, you must also provide us with some necessary data and parameters. Only in this way can I ensure that the transaction between us can continue smoothly."
"After all, I can't fulfill your request. I can only get an accurate answer after contacting my superiors. If there is some data, then the transaction can continue and my superiors will not be frightened by the conditions you propose. Only then will there be a basic premise."
As Char spoke, he pretended to spread his hands unintentionally, as if he was telling Xiao Ran to refuse his request. But even if Char didn't take this action to remind Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran would never let anything go. He handed over the data about the Gundam, so after Char's actions, he refused without thinking, "It's impossible to give you the data. I think you should be familiar with the performance of the machine. Who wouldn't believe what the famous Crimson Comet Char said."
Char's voice sounded again after more than ten seconds of silence, "I need some time."
While Xiao Ran was replying, he sent a text message to Zaku II behind him. Then after Ozma saw the message, he slowly drove the machine forward, raising his weapon as if he was conducting patrols and inspections. Inadvertently, Char was blocked from an angle where the Zeon Army warship could not see it.
At this moment, when Xiao Ran spoke, he also instantly threw the communicator in his hand in the direction of Char: "Time? You have to know that we are space pirates. How can we have time to spend time with regular troops like you? I will give you one hour. If there is no reply to our transaction after one hour, we will give up."
After saying that, Xiao Ran closed the cockpit cover of the aircraft. The moment the cockpit cover was completely closed, transparent gas suddenly began to spurt out from both sides of Xiao Ran's head and feet, and gradually a hissing sound was heard in the cockpit. With such a sound, Xiao Ran stepped on his foot, pulled his left hand, and then operated the machine to slowly turn around and fly towards the White Fortress.
White Base also turned around during this time, aiming head-on at the Zeon Army battleship commanded by Char. The two Gundams slowly surrounded it, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Xiao Ran and Char went through so many cutscenes just to clean up the previously disrupted plan and confirm the 'transaction' relationship between them. Char took the initiative to speak to remind Xiao Ran that his communications were monitored or recorded, so he brought up key words such as transaction, accident, and continued transaction.
What Xiao Ran did was just to cooperate with Char and say some coercive words to increase the bargaining chip of the so-called 'deal'. Then he looked for opportunities to take advantage of the situation and threw the communicator to Char. The task was already completed. The last hour given was just an internal buffer time for Char.
After returning to White Base, Xiao Ran came out of the cockpit. Zechs, wearing a pilot uniform and holding a helmet, floated over from the passage of the Gnaku. After grabbing the cockpit cover of the aircraft body, he faced the person who had already exited. The arriving Xiao Ran nodded and sat in the cockpit. When Xiao Ran returned to the bridge, the black Gundam, under the operation of Zechs, also sailed again to join the alert and patrol team.
When Xiao Ran walked into the bridge, Milai in the bridge was frowning, Frau looked confused, and only Artesia looked a little excited.
After seeing the expressions of the three people, in order to make these three people, at least Mi Lai and Frau, really come to their senses, Xiao Ran took the initiative to explain without waiting for any of the three people to speak, "The person who met me is Char. The other two attacks on satellites by Zaku II were completely accidents that Char couldn't control."
"Accident?" Mi Lai frowned and looked at Xiao Ran with a somewhat suspicious look. In Mi Lai's current thoughts, the two Zaku attacks on the satellite were probably caused by the Alex in front of him. It was just a good show directed and performed by Masked Man, but it was really hard for Mi Lai to accept that the satellite was destroyed just because he wanted to seize the body. After all, Xiao Ran also said that they were not Zeons.
It was precisely because Xiao Ran guessed what Milai was thinking that he took the initiative to explain, "When we were preparing to seize the machine body at the beginning, we did not know that Zeon's Zaku would appear in the satellite, nor did we expect that Zeon Army's battleship was actually commanded by Char."
"After all, Char's identity in the Zeon Army means that we cannot have too many contacts. The battleship commanded by Char will appear on the satellite entirely because of this White Base has been tracked by him for a long time. The first time he sent Zaku was just for reconnaissance, but because the pilot of Zaku was greedy for credit, he took the initiative to attack the satellite."
"The second Zaku attack in the port. I don't deny that we may have been responsible for it, but the agreed time and location of the attack also had problems again due to the pilot's volition." Xiao Ran looked at Milai with a serious expression. He said in a tone of voice, "I know you may be suspecting that everything we directed and staged was a good show, but what I can tell you is that the pilots of the three Zaku all died in our hands because the damage they caused was not what we wanted to see."
"If this is really a good show directed and performed by ourselves, then there is no need for us to make so many twists and turns. After seizing the three Gundams, we directly destroy the Spaceport entrance by force, and kill all Federal Army and everyone who sees us. Wouldn't it be better to conceal our identity, and with the cooperation of Char, the whole matter of seizing the body can be pushed to Char, and we can be completely taken out, and we can continue to hide, as if we have never appeared."
Mi Lai frowned and listened to Xiao Ran's words that seemed to make sense at first glance. He was also thinking about what Xiao Ran said in his heart. It was indeed what Xiao Ran said. If Char is really from this organization, so there is really no need to go to such trouble and accept so many civilians, directly seize the battleships and aircraft by force, and pass all the blame on Char and even Zeon. The benefits to this organization are obviously greater than the exposure.
Moreover, when Spaceport was attacked, especially when those mines appeared, the surprise of some people on the bridge could not be faked, and it did not look like acting. And even if it was the first time that two Zaku launched an attack on the interior of the satellite, if we look at it objectively, even if it was really deliberately arranged to ensure that the aircraft was captured, it was just a matter of choices based on different positions and a natural battle.
Thinking of this, Mi Lai's brows relaxed a little. Now she has no choice but to join in, but it does not mean that she will recognize the battleship and the people on it. However, it can at least reduce the misunderstandings between the two parties and make Mi Lai closer.
As for Fulu, she is just a gentle and simple girl now. She doesn't think as much as Mi Lai. She feels that what Xiao Ran said is really reasonable, so she just believes it.
Artesia, on the other hand, would not think so much about whether it was right or wrong. After she chose to join the organization that Xiao Ran deceived, it would be right if it was beneficial to the organization. More importantly, her only relative was also in this organization, so what Xiao Ran said was not that important to her. As long as it was reasonable and not killing for the sake of killing, that would be enough.
After waiting like this for an hour, Char did not contact him through any means, which made Xiao Ran's aggressive words useless. He could not help but curl his lips and nodded boredly to Captain Jeffrey, who waved his hand and ordered the ship to set sail.
After the ship set sail, Captain Jeffrey turned to look at Xiao Ran and asked, "Is our target determined to be the moon? Although that place belongs to a chaotic neutral zone, will this ship be too dazzling?"
Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Yes, if this ship enters the lunar circle, it will definitely be noticed and attacked. If this is the case, then hide the ship first and change to a less noticeable ship to sail to the moon. Moreover, the irrelevant personnel on the ship cannot be allowed to stay on the ship forever. We must find an opportunity to send them away."
Captain Jeffrey smoked his own pipe and nodded slowly. "I know what to do, and I will pay attention."
"That's right." Xiao Ran suddenly clapped his hands gently and said, "Please notify everyone and arrange a time to gather together."
White Base set sail again and slowly disappeared from the sight of the Zeon Army battleship. However, this time Char did not order the battleship to follow, but just watched White Base getting further and further away.
Standing next to Char was the captain of the battleship. At this time, he also watched White Base leave and sighed helplessly, "Why didn't Lieutenant General Deguzuru agree to the other party's conditions and make a deal? Instead of seeing the trembling combat performance of this machine with our own eyes, he ordered us to rob those machines with force. How could we possibly do it?"
"Even if we support a battleship to replenish the lost MS, there are only eight MSs. Can we really defeat the opponent with a one to two force comparison? In my opinion, if we really anger the opponent, I am afraid that next time we will not be let off by the opponent as easily as before."
Char turned around and took two steps and then stopped. At this moment when no one could see his expression, a smile full of inexplicable meaning appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he opened his mouth and used that magnetic smile. Xing's voice said calmly, "We are soldiers, and we can only act according to the orders of our superiors even if we don't want to. I think if Lieutenant General Deguzuru understands the performance of the opponent's body, he may change his current mind."
"Hey."
Char listened to the sigh coming from behind and laughed silently again, and continued, "Keep a safe distance and hang the opponent from a distance without being discovered by the opponent. Then contact the supply ship and the supplementary warship to confirm the rendezvous location. I will leave this place to you. I will go and take a rest."