Chapter 987: Task
(Things have been a little busy these past two days. The weather changed again and Yi Zui caught a cold, so there will temporarily only be one update a day for the next few days. Updates will return to normal on Monday.)
The successive explosions on the island, especially the explosion at that military base, made the Mithril AS Unit members who were evacuating, as well as everyone aboard Danner's Son observing from afar, realize that the incident at the island base might indeed have been exactly as Xiao Ran had said—a conspiracy aimed at Mithril and Xiao Ran from beginning to end.
If Xiao Ran had not ordered the AS Unit to retreat, then once they entered the military base under those circumstances, even if some AS units had been patrolling and standing guard nearby, the final outcome was entirely predictable.
Thus, no one looked particularly pleased. They could all imagine that there were likely more ambushes nearby, making those who were retreating somewhat tense. It was not until Xiao Ran's Variable Fighter landed behind the formation with a whoosh that more than a dozen units abruptly turned around and aimed their weapons at it.
Xiao Ran piloted the Variable Fighter in MS Form. Seeing their movements, he spoke up. "It's me."
Captain Malanka deliberately slowed down and piloted his AS down beside the Variable Fighter. He asked in a deep voice, "Mr. Alex, you're back. What exactly happened? I heard what sounded like fighting over there just now."
"The hostages at the base were already all dead before we arrived. Everything was merely bait meant to draw us in—or rather, to draw me in." As Xiao Ran answered, he also watched the situation behind them through the rear monitor. "There's no time to explain. Hurry