Chapter 74 Mask
In the Akatsuki Works secret training ground, two Orb MS and M1 Astray produced by Akatsuki Works are engaged in a fierce Melee Combat confrontation. In the observation platform of the training ground, some work Staff were sitting in front of computers recording and analyzing various data generated by the battle. Behind these staff, an intellectual beauty wearing an orange coat was holding her arms and looking at the two M1 Astrays confronting each other through the screen in front, nodding her head from time to time or thinking about something. Three young girls in vests stood further back, putting their heads together and chattering non-stop.
Among the three girls, the girl with golden hair, Asachi, slapped one of the girls with blue hair and glasses hard. "Julie, it turns out that Luo is so powerful."
The girl Julie who was called pushed up her glasses, clasped her hands in front of her chest and looked at one of the M1 Astrays on the screen with light on both sides, and said with some pride, "Of course, Luo is the most powerful, he protected my prince."
The last girl was Mayura with burgundy short hair. After hearing what Julie said, she teased with a smile, "You are really not impatient. If you are so grateful to him, you might as well give yourself to him."
Julie didn't care at all about Mayura's teasing. He raised his head and snorted, and said arrogantly, "Humph, don't worry, Luo will be mine sooner or later!"
"Hehe." The two girls Mayura and Asachi couldn't help laughing when they saw Julie's appearance.
After laughing for a while, Mayura looked at the other M1 Astray that was fighting on the screen, and said a little strangely, "Who is that other person? When did there be such a person in Orb, and he also wears a mask, which is weird and mysterious."
"I don't know." Asachi shook his head, curling his hair and said in confusion, "Director Symonds just said that the man is a major in the National Defense Force, who was seconded to be a test pilot. I heard that the recovered Black Astray Prototype Machine will also be given to him as his landline phone."
"Is it the tattered machine body when it was delivered?" Mayura showed a surprised expression, and then said, "You would actually hand that machine over to this person? Oh my god, I thought I would have a chance. By the way, wasn't that machine body repaired? Why was it transported to the factory again?"
"I heard that some special modifications are going to be made for this major. I don't know the specific situation. And I leave the OS of that machine to you, can you pilot it?" Asachi shook his head. Although the relationship between these three girls and Symonds is very good, as the leader of the three test pilots, Asachi usually communicates more with Symonds, so naturally he will learn something from Symonds, but he only knows a little more than the two of them.
"Hehe." Mayura stuck out his tongue and smiled sheepishly. As for Julie, who had been silent all this time, his eyes were completely fixed on the battle scene, and he didn't notice what the two said anymore, with a look of infatuation on his face.
As the protagonist of the test, Luo used the M1 Astray block to block the opponent's Beam Sword with a bored look on his face. He even held the shield with his left hand and waved it upwards, forcing away the opponent's follow-up attacks. He drove the machine back a few steps quickly. "Hey, this kind of test is really boring. Even if I test like this every few days, I can't continue to modify the OS. Combat data and other things, it should have been tested for so long."
After Luo finished speaking, a person's profile picture also appeared on the communication screen in the cockpit. At first glance, the most attention-grabbing thing was the black mask on this person's face. Although the mask was ordinary and nothing special, it covered the entire upper half of the person's face, giving people a mysterious and handsome feeling.
Masked Man also had a helpless smile on his lips, "What can I do? The OS you created can only allow you and me to drive. If other people can drive, you and I will be trapped like this?"
"Hehe, there's nothing I can do anyway. Didn't you say that little devil will come? Just leave it to him then." Luo Xipi smiled and said calmly, "Anyway, as long as there is that little devil, the OS will be ready in minutes."
A female voice suddenly appeared in the communication channel between the two of them. "Okay, today's test ends here. I'm sorry to trouble you today."
"Yes, thank you Director Symonds for finally giving us a big holiday." Luo operated the machine and stood back on the edge of the training ground, saying boredly.
Symonds smiled, but did not say anything. Instead, he said, "Major Xiao, your body is almost completed. You need to go and have a look in person. If there are any changes that need to be made, we will make adjustments quickly."
"Sorry to trouble you, Director Symonds." Masked Man said gratefully while sitting in the cockpit, turned off the communication button and touched the mask on his face, and sighed helplessly, "It's been more than half a month, Why hasn't Archangel arrived at Orb? The latest news is that Archangel was seriously damaged in the battle between Malacca and ZAFT. I don't know where it is."
Masked Man is Xiao Ran. More than half a month has passed since the night he talked to Asaha. He was wearing an Akatsuki Works uniform that night and had already changed into a military uniform belonging to Orb when he walked out of the Asaha mansion. He is affiliated with the Orb Defense Force Special Operations Department and has the rank of major. The Special Operations Department also has another nickname among the top brass of Orb - MS Orb First National Guard.
A black mask also appeared on his face. This mask was requested by Xiao Ran after he saw Asaha reading Earth Force's discharge notice and a flash of thought in his eyes. Xiao Ran understands what Asaha is thinking. After all, he is also a registered officer of Earth Force. If Orb has Earth Force's lurking personnel inside and is interested in him as a major who suddenly appears, it won't take much effort to find out his information. Then it will be another troublesome time for it to be revealed.
Now, Xiao Ran's identity has been forged into another person. Wearing a mask is also to prevent others from seeing his appearance. At least until the conflict with Earth Force becomes apparent, this mask cannot be taken off for the time being. And Xiao Ran also has his own reasons for wanting a mask. It is also to hide his identity, but what he is protecting against is not people in this world, but participants like him.
Although it is unclear how reliable this mask is for the participants, Xiao Ran has also made up his mind to get a mask produced by Main God after returning to Prometheus to hide his identity and separate the participants from the world character he is pretending to be, so that he can get more benefits and better calculations in the plot world.
Before leaving Asaha's mansion, Xiao Ran also handed over to Asaha the incomplete information he obtained from Strike Gundam, which was of course only a copy. He even proposed the ownership of Black Astray and hoped to completely transform Black Astray with the technology of Akatsuki Works.