“Sky Raider Gundam, Moebius Zero, and Strike Gundam have all been secured!
Captain.”
After watching the three Mobile Suits enter the hangar one after another, Natarle Badgiruel slowly let out a sigh of relief and reported to Murrue Ramius.
“Good.
Maximum speed, leave the current Space Sector!
Ensign Badgiruel, can I leave the next steps to you?”
Murrue Ramius also breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be a lie to say Murrue wasn’t worried about Leon Vance getting into trouble.
After all, these were all Mobile Suits derived from the G-Project.
Just looking at the five Gundams from the G-Project itself revealed the numerous problems with the plan.
If it weren’t for the threat from ZAFT, the G-Project itself was far from ready for actual combat.
Being able to escape Heliopolis’s predicament so smoothly now was also thanks to many coincidences.
And the biggest coincidence was Leon Vance and the Sky Raider Gundam he had somehow obtained.
The Mechanical Cat Bao Bao, lying nearby, glanced up at Murrue Ramius and Natarle Badgiruel, the two who had coincidentally formed the bridge crew due to the circumstances, and then proceeded with its familiar system announcement for Leon Vance.
“Announcement!
Congratulations, Trailblazer, for completing the emergency event.
Now proceeding with settlement.
One: Due to the Trailblazer’s active efforts and guiding the Archangel to escape from within the colony satellite at an opportune moment, Heliopolis was spared from destruction.”
“Two: Due to the Trailblazer’s active efforts, childhood friends were prevented from fighting each other on the battlefield, sparing Kira Yamato the dual burdens of friendship and war.
Furthermore, by helping Heliopolis escape its fate of destruction, the causal chain of Kira Yamato’s future emotional entanglement with Flay Allster has been severed.”
“Three: Due to the Trailblazer’s action of demolishing the Actaeon Factory on Heliopolis, the possibility of Orb obtaining complete MS technology has been significantly reduced.
Furthermore, the Gundam Astray hidden within Heliopolis has been confirmed as completely destroyed.
Therefore, the timeline related to the Astray has lost its causal support and no longer possesses any possibility of occurring.”
“Four: Due to the Trailblazer’s adoption of appropriate tactical arrangements, assisting the Archangel in its breakout, the ZAFT fleet led by Rau Le Creuset has lost the ability to pursue the Archangel in the short term.
Additionally, Rau Le Creuset will face internal questioning from ZAFT.
Therefore, Trailblazer, please seize the current opportunity and make the correct decisions.”
“Based on the above, the Trailblazer, by adopting appropriate tactical arrangements allowing the colony satellite Heliopolis to escape its fate of destruction, will gain the friendship of the Sahaku family and significantly increase the favor of Rondo Mina Sahaku.”
The calculation project is ready.
Please choose a suitable moment to select and initiate the calculation.”
“The Trailblazer will receive 10,000 Reward Points.
Furthermore, considering that the Trailblazer’s currently unused Reward Points have already surpassed the 200,000 mark, please use them as soon as possible.
Do not, due to stinginess, miss the opportunity to use them, ultimately leading to tragic consequences.”
“That concludes the emergency incident settlement report!”
After the mechanical voice of Mechanical Cat Bao Bao finished its formal announcement, its lazy tone followed.
“Hey, Leon Vance, are you a hoarder?
You’ve already accumulated so many Reward Points, yet you still won’t spend them?”
On the other end of the mental link, Leon Vance was following the ground crew’s instructions, slowly moving the Sky Raider Gundam into its parking position.
“Not enough!
It’s still not enough!!
The Reward Points I need are far beyond this level.”
Leon’s response made Mechanical Cat Bao Bao shake its head helplessly.
Apart from the two years around when he was ten, during which Leon used quite a few Reward Points, he hadn’t spent a single one in the following years.
Of course, this was partly because he had been staying at the National Academy of Sciences all along.
But there was no denying it—this guy was a true hoarder, only taking in and never giving out.
To coax Leon into spending, Mechanical Cat Bao Bao had gone to great lengths, but it had never succeeded.
Originally, it thought that when facing the crisis of Heliopolis’s fall, Leon would use Reward Points to deal with it.
Yet, in the end, this guy resolved the crisis by piloting the Mobile Suit he had secretly cobbled together using resources from the Earth Alliance and Orb.
“Sigh, when will this guy finally be willing to spend his Reward Points?
As the system announcer, watching those Reward Points pile up is making me nervous.”
If, at some point in the future, Leon—who had been hoarding all along—suddenly spent that massive amount of Reward Points all at once, the crisis that would follow would undoubtedly be terrifying.
Thinking this, Mechanical Cat Bao Bao glanced slightly at Natarle Badgiruel, who had temporarily taken command of the Archangel in place of Murrue Ramius, before lying down again, closing its eyes without another word. You are reading on novelping(.)com, the official source.
“Thank you for your hard work!”
Kira handed drinks to Leon and Mu La Flaga, speaking sincerely.
“Not at all!
It wasn’t hard.
After all, I’m just a delivery guy!”
Mu took the drink with a laugh, then pointed at Leon.
“Ensign Vance is the one who worked the hardest.
If anything had gone wrong, the Archangel might not have broken through so smoothly.”
“No, it was just a stroke of luck.
Among the team led by Rau Le Creuset, there seemed to be someone of significant status.
After I kicked the stolen Aegis Gundam toward Heliopolis, Le Creuset didn’t pursue us but chose to stay behind for rescue operations.”
Leon waved his hand, downplaying his own contribution, and took the drink Kira offered.
“Someone of significant status?”
Mu looked puzzled, but Kira’s expression suddenly changed, a hint of worry gradually appearing in his eyes.
Leon knew exactly why.
“Yes.
Recently, I heard that many high-ranking officials in ZAFT and PLANT have sent their children to military academies.
After half a year of training, they’ve become elite pilots for ZAFT.
Perhaps, inside that Aegis Gundam, was someone like that.”
Leon stroked his chin and smiled.
“And it was precisely because of this consideration that I didn’t go all out against that Mobile Suit.
Of course, at the end of the battle, I only destroyed the engines of that Nazca-class battleship, also based on the same reasoning.”
“If my guess is correct, Rau Le Creuset now not only has to figure out how to prevent his battleship from becoming a space coffin, but also needs to soothe the tempers of those young masters and face the reprimands from their high-ranking parents.”
Upon hearing this, Mu immediately laughed.
“That sounds pretty terrible.
But, I have to say, this might be considered a stroke of luck for the Archangel!
At least, for a while in the future, we won’t have to worry about being pursued by ZAFT.”