Chapter 70 Akatsuki Works
"Hello." Regarding the woman in front of her, although she was beautiful and full of the charm of a truly mature woman, Xiao Ran had no idea. She politely stretched out her hand and shook it lightly before letting go.
He also knew that the woman in front of him was by no means a simple character. Compared with the guys on Archangel, she was at least several times more difficult to fool, and he didn't dare to relax at all. When Erica·Symonds pointed out his military position in Earth Force, Xiao Ran took it for granted, but the surprise that flashed in his eyes did not hide from Erica's eyes.
Erica retracted his hand and hugged it to his chest. He looked at Xiao Ran and said, "Are you surprised that I know your identity?"
"No, I don't think there's anything surprising." Xiao Ran shook his head and said calmly, "Since I can be here, either the person who sent me here told you my identity, or you have already investigated me, or maybe both, otherwise you would not be so relieved to appear in front of me without any precautions."
Erica smiled, looked Xiao Ran up and down, and said meaningfully, "I didn't expect that there was someone like you hidden among Heliopolis's Industrial Academy."
"What does she mean by this?" Xiao Ran was thinking quickly in his mind, but he said, "I am not the only one who is willing to be an ordinary person in Orb."
"Maybe." Erica nodded, turned around and walked to the cabinet next to the hospital bed. He opened the cabinet and took out a set of brand-new Akatsuki Works work clothes and threw them on the bed, including a yellow top and a pair of black casual pants. He said, "Your injury is no longer a problem. Don't you want to go out for a walk?"
Xiao Ran nodded, and Erica walked out of the room. While changing clothes, Xiao Ran also thought in his mind, "The identity arranged by the Prometheus system will definitely not be a problem in their eyes, but I am afraid that what I say from my mouth does not match the identity arranged by the system, which will arouse other people's suspicion. In any case, I must not say anything about myself from my mouth."
"There should be a monitor in the room, otherwise Erica appeared in the ward by chance just after I woke up. I have to be careful about the expression on my face, but why did I come to Orb? Is it Luo? Or is it Archangel?"
Xiao Ran had no expression on his face and calmly changed his clothes and walked out of the ward. He was wearing a pair of leather boots that he found under the bed, and followed Erica out of the hospital building without saying a word. It wasn't until he walked out of the hospital and looked from the opposite direction to the ward window that Xiao Ran realized that he seemed to be in a huge Factory Zone area, and the hospital behind him seemed to be just a hospital inside a factory.
Without waiting for Xiao Ran to ask where he was specifically, Erica began to introduce, "This is the Akatsuki Works factory of Yukunagoro Island. I think you, as a Orb person, should be familiar with it, and it will not be familiar to an ordinary civilian."
Xiao Ran turned around and looked around, but he also saw a lot of factories and workers coming and going. Hearing what Erica said, he replied, "Akatsuki Works is not allowed in for idlers. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to take me wandering around like this."
"Akatsuki Works Although it is a military factory, the biggest secrets are already known to you. Do you still think there are any secrets that can be hidden here?" Erica walked forward without looking back, and did not stop until he reached a car. "Although it is a bit embarrassing to ask you to 'hang out' with me just after you woke up, I still hope you can go see the same thing with me."
Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders and took the initiative to sit in the passenger seat. He also turned to look at Erica who had not gotten in the car. "It's time to go."
"Heh." Erica smiled softly, got in the car, started it, and sped quickly through the vast factory. "You don't seem to be worried at all about where I'm going to take you."
"Someone sent me here and allowed you to treat me. I believe that the person who sent me definitely believed in you and left me here alone." Xiao Ran leaned on the back of the chair and said a little tiredly, "So there is no danger wherever you take me, so what do I have to worry about, but I don't know who sent me to Orb, and why am I still in Akatsuki Works."
Erica glanced at Xiao Ran in surprise, nodded while driving and said, "You are very calm. If someone else wakes up from a coma and finds themselves in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people, how can you be so calm?" Not much. You are right. The person who sent you really believed in us and handed you over to us for treatment, and he also brought something that we couldn't refuse. It was precisely because of the existence of that thing that you were allowed to stay in Akatsuki Works's hospital for treatment."
Xiao Ran glanced at Erica, already knowing in his heart who sent him to Akatsuki Works, and said, "It's Junk Guild, Director Symonds, how long have I been unconscious?"
"Today is exactly the seventh day since you arrived at Orb." Erica said, looking at Xiao Ran with some curiosity and strangeness. "Your physical fitness is very good. No one else would be able to recover as quickly from an injury like that. I'm starting to wonder if you are Coordinators."
Xiao Ran smiled lightly and asked, "Have you ever investigated me? I don't think you need to ask me again whether I am Coordinators."
Erica shook his head and said nothing. A few minutes later, the car drove into a huge factory building. There was nothing special about the factory building. There were some equipment and supplies that Xiao Ran didn't know what their purpose was. But after watching Erica get off the car and walk towards a corner and press a few buttons, Xiao Ran discovered that there was a hidden elevator there.
After walking out of the elevator, Xiao Ran was immediately surprised by an even larger underground warehouse. He looked up and forgot that on both sides of the huge underground warehouse, which was at least several hundred meters long, stood a new MS from Taiwan neatly erected, with an appearance similar to Gundam Astray. The red, black and white body was full of mechanical beauty under the search lights.
Looking forward, the first MS on the left was what really surprised Xiao Ran. It was an MS being repaired. "Black Astray? Why are you here?"
Erica came over, folded his hands and looked at Black Astray and said calmly, "This should belong to Orb, so it's not surprising here."
"You said you wanted me to see it, and what Junk Guild brought over is Black Astray?" Xiao Ran frowned slightly, looked up at Black Astray, and then at M1 Astray Mass-produced Mecha, comparing the two bodies, the armor of Xiao Ran and Mass-produced Mecha seems to be much simpler, making the whole body look much lighter. To describe it in one word, it is brittle.
"Yes, I was shocked when they brought this thing. I didn't expect that they actually had one on hand, and they asked me to repair it. They also told me that the one lying in the life-sustaining cabin is the pilot, and only you can restart the machine." Erica turned around and looked at Xiao Ran, holding He put down his hands and looked at Xiao Ran seriously. "At that time, you were already dying, so I had to mobilize the best local doctors in Orb to save you. Now that you have woken up, I hope you can help me open the body's system and lift the lock."
Xiao Ran suddenly smiled, shook his head and said, "If the machine is really locked, it is definitely not my fault, so there is no point in you looking for me. And since Junk Guild's people will send me here, then I am sure that Luo has definitely paid you for my rescue in advance, so I can't do it and can't agree to your request."
Erica frowned and stared at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran acted as if nothing had happened. He turned his head to Black Astray as if nothing had happened and said leisurely, "If the body is really locked, I can only unlock it... Although I don't know why Luo did this, but he must have his intention. I will not do it before seeing him."
"Hey, there is really no way." Erica suddenly sighed and spread his hands helplessly, "You are just like the professor said, you are really a difficult person to deal with. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity you just woke up to let you unlock the body without knowing anything. It seems that all my efforts before were in vain."
Erica stared at Xiao Ran: "But as a Orb person, you haven't thought about doing anything for this country?"
Xiao Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, then frowned and fell silent.