Chapter 2643
After receiving permission, Bicchy left the office. He walked so fast that even after leaving, he merely nodded hurriedly at the people outside before striding away. He wished he could grow two more legs to move even faster. The only reason he did not run was because that was the last shred of dignity he had left.
It was not until he returned to his own warship, entered the bridge, and dropped into the captain's seat that Bicchy blankly took several long breaths. His chest rose and fell so quickly that he barely looked like an participant anymore. Only then did Bicchy realize that his back was already drenched in sweat.
That lingering fear, that panic, was simply impossible to describe in words. When Bicchy had been summoned, he had not known what was going on. He had casually boarded a Shuttlecraft and hurried over. Once he learned that Xiao Ran was the Legion Leader of the Burning Legion, Bicchy had genuinely thought, Well, shit. Sitting unarmed before such a terrifying existence and still daring to talk big—if the other side wanted to kill him, it would take minutes at most. What did the extraordinary physical qualities of an S-class Pilot matter? The people of the Burning Legion were all monsters. Had anyone ever seen someone dismantle a mecha barehanded? Bicchy had.
Once he learned the truth, Bicchy nearly burst into tears. He had almost thought the Burning Legion had set him up again, brutally killing him while he had no mecha, leaving even the Ejection Device useless.
After a long time had passed, Bicchy, who had been spacing out for ages, suddenly straightened up in his chair. He raised a hand high, then lightly thumped his chest. "Thank goodness. Thank goodness."
The people on the bridge were