The Earth Forces' pursuit 5

"Really?... Was I overthinking it?" Xia Ya had no suspicions. He merely murmured to himself, then turned his attention back to the matter at hand.

As Murrue watched Mu's face disappear from the screen, she felt a twinge of guilt toward Xia Ya.

But to protect Mu's mind, which had only just survived his "hellish training," she felt that this little lie was necessary.

After all, when Mu had emerged from the simulator after training, his face had been as white as a sheet, and his whole body had looked utterly boneless. Murrue convinced herself that this was a well-intentioned act of protection.

"So, what did you want to discuss?" She refocused her attention on her conversation with Xia Ya.

"Right. It's about the allocation of our mobile suits..." Xia Ya's voice returned to its usual calm.

What he brought up with Murrue was a proposal to redeploy the fleet's mobile suit forces.

"The Kusanagi currently carries a squadron of mass-produced M1 Astrays, which handles the fleet's routine defense. The Archangel carries Jiliang's Freedom Gundam and the Experimental Nuclear Zaku, along with Major Mu's Strike Gundam. The Dominion carries my Unicorn Gundam and Blaze Gundam, as well as the Strike Gundam Unit 2." Xia Ya laid out the current situation clearly. "With the Eternal joining us, we need to reconsider our mobile suit allocation to optimize our combat strength."

While Xia Ya was speaking, another figure appeared behind him. It was Jiliang. She seemed to have just finished inspecting the Freedom Gundam and had come over to join the discussion.

"I think the Eternal should carry the Freedom Gundam and the Unicorn Gundam. What do you think, Miss Murrue?" Jiliang's voice was soft, but her position was clear.

Only then did Murrue notice that Jiliang was not the only one