It had been a little over two hours since the festival ended, and the Yamato's crew had been given twelve hours to rest. Once those twelve hours were up, this journey would officially begin. After making their first jump to the maximum distance at which they could remain in contact with Earth, they would truly set foot on a road with no assistance and no future in sight.
Mwu, Sheryl, and the others left the Yamato and returned to the Burning Legion. It might have seemed like they were merely waiting for the final departure time, but in truth, they still had much work to complete. First, they needed to review the basic information sent from the Yamato to the Burning Legion—information about this Earth, this Federation, the war from that year, and Gamillas.
Xiao Ran moved into the room Juzo Okita had arranged for him. Perhaps due to his special status, he had been assigned a rather comfortable room. Besides Xiao Ran, El-Elf also remained behind, as did Saki Maski, who always treated herself as his number one assistant.
Inside the room, Xiao Ran assigned El-Elf a task for his time aboard the Yamato: uncover every piece of information that could be uncovered on the ship. As for Saki, she only needed to take good care of Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran had stayed behind to serve as a hostage. Of course, "hostage" might have been an ugly way to put it. It would be more accurate to say that he was the point of connection for the Yamato and the Burning Legion to cooperate and stand united. Only by remaining aboard the Yamato could Xiao Ran allow Juzo Okita to truly feel at ease working together with the Burning Legion.
As the three spoke in the room, they also