After everyone heard Xiao Ran mention his age, the looks they gave him became rather strange. The girls in particular seemed unable to decide whether they were surprised or envious.
"All right, can we put the matter of my age and identity aside for now?" Xiao Ran asked in a declarative tone, though he was really just informing them. "After all, whatever my identity may be, it doesn't change the fact that I have no identity in this world. I can't exactly go to the Federation and tell them I'm the Great President of Earth from another world, nor can I go to Orb and tell Prime Minister Asaha of this world that I'm his personally designated successor."
"I've already explained the situation in my world. Now, there are a few questions I'd like to ask the three of you: Katia, Tinia, and Melua."
Doctor Yumi and Kouji Kabuto exchanged thoughtful glances with Xiao Ran and nodded lightly before turning their attention to the three girls. Doctor Yumi said, "Come to think of it, I'm also very curious about the origins of you three and that machine."
(Kouji Kabuto's personality seemed to have changed somewhat compared to Mecha Wars V. After all, there was no ZERO, right? So there was no need to deliberately force the plot by bringing in a setting like ZERO. In the J storyline, at least early on, he was fairly rational and quite manly.)
The three girls looked at one another, then all turned to Xiao Ran. Soon after, they took turns recounting their previous experiences.
Simply put, the three girls had been captured by people of unknown identity a long time ago. They were later rescued by a man, who entrusted Besi Lu to them and told them they absolutely could not let anyone