"Hey, hey! Stop pushing!"
"Can you hear anything?"
"Did you hear what they're saying inside?"
A wall of people had gathered outside the officers' room, and Kira was shoved all the way to the front.
He had originally come with Tolle... or rather, Noer had grabbed him by the neck and forced him to come along. Somehow, Sai and Kuzz had joined them halfway through.
In the end, even Jackie and Pal had joined in, and by the time they reached the door, their group had somehow grown to more than a dozen people.
As for the reason... everyone knew.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, the weight pressing against the door vanished. To put it simply, the door suddenly opened.
"Whoa!"
"Ow, damn!"
"Who the hell... uh..."
Kira and the others cried out in unison as they toppled forward, crashing into a heap at the doorway like a human pyramid.
Their gazes traveled up from a pair of military boots, and they saw Natar looking down at them with icy eyes. "Don't you still have transport work to do? Get back to your posts, now!"
"Yeah, yeah!"
"We're leaving!"
"Bye!"
At her words, they immediately scattered, and the bolder ones even raised their hands to wave at Lacus inside.
The pink-haired girl was sitting in the room, watching them with surprise on her face.
Lacus recognized Kira in the crowd at once and gave him a gentle little wave.
Kira's face instantly turned bright red, and he fled the room in a panic.
"Huh~?"
Watching Kira's retreating back, Lacus let out a soft sound of puzzlement.
"Cough, cough—!"
The door closed again. Once calm had returned, Marlu gave a light cough and said, "Sorry you had to see that. Then, we will—"
"I'm Lacus Clyne. This is my friend, Haro."
Before Marlu could