I Have Local Anesthesia, Should I Be a Paste

'Beep~ X-105 Strike Gundam! Respond if you can hear me!'

'Beep~ X-105 Strike Gundam! Respond if you can hear me!'

Lieutenant Junior Grade Baggage's voice echoed in Kira's ears.

"Why..."

"Why is it like this..."

However, Kira had no intention of responding at this moment, merely staring blankly at the scattered wreckage of Heliopolis in the distance.

Everyone on the Archangel felt the same.

Having lost gravity and restraint, Heliopolis had completely turned into fragments of space.

"Is that... an escape pod from Heliopolis?"

Just then, Kira, piloting the Strike Gundam, suddenly spotted an escape pod in the distance, constantly sending out distress signals.

Without hesitation, he piloted the Gundam towards the escape pod.

"Great Sage, Lord Buddha, God Jesus Jehovah, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor..."

"Don't find me, don't find me, don't find me..."

"Please don't let that scammer find me, please don't, please don't..."

Inside the escape pod, Noer clasped his hands together, sitting on the chair and muttering prayers incessantly.

"Please..."

"Creak~"

"Is everyone inside okay? I'll take you to safety right away!"

Then the prayers stopped. Feeling the weightlessness as the escape pod moved, Noer closed his eyes in pain.

The voice sounded very young, and he was taken away so quickly...

Noer really wanted to say, "I have a whole bag of f***s to give, but I don't know if I should!"

"What are your plans now?"

On the battleship, due to the destruction of his Mobius, Flaga had to make an emergency landing on the Archangel. He was currently negotiating with Captain Marlu, who had temporarily taken over as the Archangel's captain.

Captain Marlu lowered her eyebrows and asked the radar operator behind her, "Can we get a lock on the Z.A.F.T. warship's position?"

"No, there are too many heat sources. Neither radar nor thermal detection can be used!" the operator replied.

Marlu frowned slightly at the news. This was not good.

"Heh heh, you don't need to worry so much. It's the same for us as it is for the Z.A.F.T. forces."

Flaga chuckled. Seeing Marlu's strange expression, he continued, "Do you think they'll keep pursuing us?"

"We can only act under the assumption that they will pursue us. Although we have almost no chance of winning after being attacked..."

Although Marlu wasn't a professional captain, she was a commander, even holding the rank of captain, so she possessed the necessary military capabilities.

"Uh... you're right."

Flaga thought of the Archangel's combat strength and gave a wry smile. "But we only have one Strike Gundam here, and my battered Mobius. Our combat power is truly pathetic~"

Marlu didn't know how to respond after hearing that.

"What did you say? Who gave you permission to do that?"

Just as the two were at a loss for words, the woman in charge of communications below suddenly exclaimed in question.

"What's wrong with Lieutenant Junior Grade Baggage?" Marlu looked down in the direction of Lieutenant Junior Grade Baggage.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Baggage, with her short hair, replied, "The Strike Gundam has returned to the ship, but it escorted an escape pod!"

"Hmm?"

"What?"

Captain Marlu and Flaga were stunned. Escorting an escape pod back in this situation?

Five minutes later~

Even though it was not permitted for a warship to take in escape pods, Captain Marlu still approved Kira's request. Moreover, time was of the essence, and they couldn't waste it on such matters.

Soon, under the escort of the Strike Gundam, Noer's escape pod was brought back into the Archangel's hangar.

"Creak~"

"Creak~"

"Bang~!"

With the external locks rotated, the sealed escape pod's skylight was opened, and light shone in from above.

Noer, sitting near the skylight, could easily see the situation outside through it.

The familiar yet strange battleship ceiling made Noer curse under his breath.

I prayed to gods and Buddhas for half the day, and this is the result... F***!

With the fine tradition of ladies first, Flay Alster was the first to leave the escape pod.

"Pudding pudding~"

As soon as Flay stepped out with the help of two Earth Alliance mecha mechanics, a strange cry came. Although it was a bit odd, it was quite pleasant to hear.

"Ah! You're Sei's friend~"

Flay was already exhausted from the attack. Seeing a familiar face suddenly, she couldn't help but excitedly break free from the mechanics' arms and lightly tap her feet as she flew towards Kira, who had just disembarked.

"You're... Flay Alster?"

Kira looked at the goddess who suddenly appeared, incredibly excited. He couldn't help but support the flying Flay and say emotionally, "I didn't expect you to be in this escape pod too!"

"Heli..."

Noer didn't listen closely to the conversation between the two, nor did he have the mood to. After coming out, he silently hid among the people who had ridden the escape pod, glancing at the man in mid-air with his peripheral vision.

"Is that Kira Yamato? He looks so young..."

Looking at Kira Yamato's youthful face, Noer couldn't help but mutter to himself.

According to the main storyline, Kira Yamato should only be 16 years old now, even younger than me...

Meanwhile, inside a ZAFT battleship.

"Captain, destroying a neutral country's colonial satellite, the Council..."

"Helping the Earth Alliance manufacture new MS, what kind of neutrality is that?"

Before Addis could finish expressing his concerns, Cruze interrupted him directly.

A country that helps the Earth Alliance manufacture and develop new MS has no right to call itself neutral.

"But..."

"The ordinary residents have basically completed their evacuation. Compared to Bloody Valentine, this is not a problem at all!"

"... "Addis's pupils contracted upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically, and the slight hesitation in his heart disappeared.

"Moreover, Orb is now choosing to help the Earth Alliance develop MS, so Orb's status as a neutral country is gone! It's no exaggeration to call it an enemy of PLANT!"

After speaking, Cruze turned and floated towards the radar operator's position, saying, "Can you detect the location of the new battleship?"

"Under these circumstances... it's difficult," the radar operator hesitated.

"Do your best. Report immediately if any anomaly is found."

Cruze didn't make things difficult for the operator. In this situation where heat sources were everywhere, it was indeed difficult to distinguish which heat source was an enemy warship.

"Captain, are you still planning to pursue?" Addis asked, listening to Cruze's order.

"A new battleship and a new MS, we absolutely cannot turn a blind eye!" Cruze replied.

"But we have insufficient MS numbers now, and our combat readiness resources are also somewhat lacking!" Addis naturally understood the meaning, but given the current resource situation of the battleship, pursuit was difficult to say.

"Insufficient? Don't we have new units?" Cruze turned around and said.

"Huh? You mean?" Addis was stunned, vaguely guessing Cruze's thoughts.

"The data for the new unit has been obtained, and there's no need to keep it hidden. Besides, I'm quite curious about this new unit's combat capabilities."

After speaking, Cruze floated to the side of the cosmic radar map behind the bridge and said, "Open the nearby radar map, and at the same time notify Gamov to expand the search range. Report immediately if any abnormally moving heat source appears!"

"Yes!"