Chapter 653
Several days had passed since Cruze and El-Elf had led their respective teams to Earth and New Zeon. Xiao Ran had remained secluded in Cardias's residence, never revealing that he had returned. He only sent Moses and Billy out to assist Cardias with the current internal purge.
Xiao Ran himself had little to do. Every day, he listened to reports from Cardias, Moses, and Billy and kept up with the news. As bridge personnel, Mwu, Sheryl, and Bobby naturally had nothing to do either. Since it was inconvenient for them to leave Cardias's residence, they spent those days resting and relaxing.
Luo and Basak were both the restless sort. Basak could not enter the city, while Luo was bored out of his mind, so the two simply returned to the Galaxy Diva. One tinkered with machinery every day and occasionally trained with Basak in the martial arts he had inherited from Master Asia; the other spent his days jumping around and fooling about with the people at the base to pass the time.
Xiao Ran had every reason to believe that once news of his return leaked out, the Federal High-level and certain people already green with envy would never let him go easily. They would either capture and imprison him or dispose of him in secret. Xiao Ran was not afraid of them, but dealing with such matters would still be quite troublesome.
After Cruze and the others headed for Earth, both sides temporarily lost all contact. Thus, Xiao Ran had no idea what results Cruze's side had achieved over the past few days. Of the three groups acting separately, Cruze's mission was undoubtedly the most important.
As long as Cruze could successfully contact the people on Cardias's list, gain their support, find General Revil, and determine