Chosen Faction

Murrue sighed and then said to Xiao Ran, "Mr. Xiao, your wisdom has already explained your role. For Second Lieutenant Kira, your existence is also indispensable. It is hard to believe that before, but during his second official battle, Kira was able to face the four Gundam without falling under the restraint with the Archangel and Lieutenant Mu and broke out with amazing combat capabilities and repelled the Duel Gundam. It's all just because Mr. Xiao was seriously injured and unconscious."

Xiao Ran asked in surprise: "Well? The second time battle? You mean the encounter from Heliopolis at Artemis? Kira repelled the Duel Gundam? Aegis?"

"That's right." Murrue nodded surely, "Although Aegis' action was a bit strange, we cannot deny Mr. Xiao's influence on Lieutenant Kira."

"Inconceivable." Xiao Ran shook his head in shock and thought: 'The impact of the SEED was so great? In the original plot, it was entirely because of Mu's sneak attack and the lack of energy of the Aegis and other Gundam that made the Archangel escape. Yes, Athrun also helped Kira at a critical moment, but now Kira can burst out of such a combat power. His growth rate is too scary.'

Xiao Ran took a deep breath and calmed herself down a bit: "Miss Ramius, you have told me so much. I would not go too far in not agreeing to your request, but I also hope you can promise me a small condition."

Murrue nodded and said, "Please."

Xiao Ran slowly said, "There is no problem in joining the Archangel, but I only admit that I am a member of the Archangel, and I will not admit that I am a member of the Earth Alliance Army. To be honest, for the entire Earth Alliance, I only have a good opinion of the Archangel and its members."

Murrue froze and then nodded: "This is no problem. The Archangel is originally a separate organization. At present, it unable to make contact with the large troops. Your identity will be the same as that of Second Lieutenant Kira. As special rules on the Archangel."

"Thank you so much." Xiao Ran smiled. At this time, the Archangel had not rebelled against the Earth Alliance, so he doesn't know if it would be counted as a separate force. He wants to try it once and see if being just a full member of the Archangel counts as completing a mission.

"Um." Murrue smiled at Xiao Ran, and said, "Since you joined the Archangel, it would be a bit inappropriate to call you Mr. Xiao Ran. With your ability, I can only rank you at the Corporal level. You will be responsible for the fire control and the staff officer of the bridge for the time being. Can you see that?"

"No problem, Captain." Xiao Ran smiled slightly.

"Ding"

"Main Mission 2: Choose to join a world influence within ten days, and learn mecha operation technique within one month, and reach the Class D."

"The faction you have chosen is a member of the Earth Alliance Archangel, a Corporal rank. Mecha Piloting Technique: Class D. The task is complete. Do you want to complete the mission? Yes / No."

The sudden reminder made Xiao Ran smile. But, currently, he could not check the text in the watch in front of Murrue, so he put it aside for a while. However, Xiao Ran will promptly remember 'Earth Alliance Archangel' in mind.

After that, Murrue told him about the latest arrangement in Archangel, and let Xiao Ran take a good rest. However, before leaving, she also took an in-depth look at Xiao Ran, and her eyes seemed to have a different look. Xiao Ran, who was wholly focused elsewhere, didn't notice Murrue's smiling at all. After sending her out of the room, he leaned on the bed.

Xiao Ran repeatedly turn on and look at the mission reminder in the watch.

"The members of the Earth Alliance Archangel, corporal rank, can freely choose whether or not to complete the task." Xiao Ran looked back and forth several times, unconsciously showing a smile, "Although the 'Earth Alliance' word in front of the Archangel, it makes him a little uncomfortable. He is also unable to get that the current 'Archangel' because it's not an independent force. However, as long as he becomes a member of the Archangel, then it will become a member of the ORB Archangel. At the same time, it is not impossible to become a member of independent Archangel."

"Corporal Rank, Class D Mecha Piloting Technique, plus the freedom to choose to complete the task or not. It seems that the Main Mission 2 also has a hidden reward." Xiao Ran touched his chin and thought: 'I just don't know now what will happen to the rating of Class D piloting technique and the Corporal Rank after he completed the task. Joining the camp for ten days, reaching the Class D piloting technique for one month totaled forty days. Excluding coma for two days, it means I have to find a way to improve myself within 38 days, whether it is piloting skills or my current rank."

Decided to find a way to improve himself during the mission, Xiao Ran quickly thought of an excellent shortcut; that is, he announced that he would drive MS, and he could battle.

The reason why Kira will become a second lieutenant is not only because he is the only person in the Archangel. He also currently capable of driving Gundam, which allows him to receive such treatment. It is for the entire Earth Alliance Army that at present, it can be said that MS pilots are precious as pandas are unique talents. It can be said that they all have great benefits and high-class treatment, just like Kira Yamato. In combat, he became the second lieutenant of the Earth Alliance.

Currently, Xiao Ran, who has a general-purpose mech piloting technique. Although it is only the lowest D-class, as long as he can operate MS to fight, he is the Second Lieutenant. Of course, after the MS was mass-produced by the Earth Alliance Army, in addition to the reinforcements of the Earth Alliance, only those who are outstanding pilots can have such treatment.

"So, if the hidden rating of Main Mission 2 is related to driving skills and class, then it should be a hidden benefit for participants joining the Earth Army. But if the timing of completing the mission is not correct, then this hidden benefit is likely no more."

Of course, these things were inferred by Xiao Ran based on ratings that appeared after completing the Main Mission before, the corporal rank that appeared in the task reminder, and the autonomous completion of the task, which was inferred from the plot. The reason is to believe that since joining the Earth Alliance Army can obtain hidden evaluation benefits. Naturally, the difficulty of the Third Main Mission also rises up.

It is very likely that relying on a sheer military force, only a few units or dozens of MSs, or more than half of the participants all chose the Earth Army. It results in a corresponding increase in the number of MSs against other forces. After Xiao Ran's thinking in this situation, he can almost determine the location of the Third Main Mission.

Xiao Ran groaned: 'If there is no accident, the main mission three should be at the time during ZAFT attacks Alaska. In the entire main story of SEED, before the Earth Alliance mass-produced MS and narrowed the gap with Zaft, only in that battle will all aspects be involved. It also will be more difficult for the Earth Alliance participants to received hidden benefits so that the Earth Alliance participants can get intangible benefits. It makes sense.'

After thinking about this, Xiao Ran feels he is losing a heavy burden. Although he was not entirely sure that the primary mission three was what he thought, it would certainly not be too far apart.

Xiao Ran, who has no worries, cultivated with peace of mind for a few days, chatting with Kira every day, or going to the bridge to learn fire control, etc. The injuries on his body were slowly getting better. At least from outside, Xiao Ran couldn't see that he had suffered severe injuries not long ago.

As time goes by, Junius 7 is getting closer and closer each day, Xiao Ran's heart is also full of expectations, looking forward to the first encounter between Kira and Lacus. At the same time, he also looking forward to meeting Lacus. Xiao Ran was quite interested in this half-baked singer.

In addition to doing these things, Xiao Ran is more soaked in the mechanic team hanger. In the hanger, there is training equipment formerly belonging to the original Gundam pilot that used to train Gundam operations. However, after those people died and Gundam was robbed, no one was concerned about it. It was not until the appearance of Xiao Ran that he saw the light again from the sealed box.

In the beginning, only Xiao Ran was familiar with his D-class general-purpose mecha piloting technique. After more than a dozen virtual battles, Xiao Ran also had a basic understanding of his current level, which is equivalent to the level of ordinary ZAFT green clothing. In this level, Xiao Ran just a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers.

After conducting the captain training many times, Xiao Ran also suddenly found that he had two new things after his two skills.

D-Class General Mecha Piloting Technique: Normal operation of D-Class Mecha, proficiency of 7/100. (Upgradeable)

Space Warfare Proficiency LV 1, D-class skill. Become a little proficient in fighting in the universe and gain a sense of space. Proficiency is 4/100. (Upgradeable)

The appearance of two proficiencies gave Xiao Ran a big surprise. People who have played the game know that if the improvement of proficiency can be increased the power of a specific skill, then it can be upgraded after the ability is full. Just getting more vigorous and Xiao Ran's proficiency reaches 100 points is not a problem at all in Xiao Ran's opinion. However, in three to five days, the skill has improved by 7 and 4 points. This is still the case of operating a virtual training machine. If he using machine training?

"I'm afraid that proficiency will increase faster, and there will be explosive growth during battle?" Xiao Ran's mind popped out of this idea, and then more time on the virtual training machine.

In the battle, Xiao Ran tried terrains such as land, air, and space. After a few days, he did find that his level in the space was almost one third higher than training in another terrain. The data are automatically counted by the computer after each battle.

For example, hit rate, dodge rate, effective operations, and so on. Xiao Ran also tried to use the Strike Gundam in the virtual training machine, but what made Xiao Ran helpless was that only in the space terrain he can play make Strike performance of up to 80% of the theoretical performance. Unfortunately, in another terrain, he can only play 65% of the performance.

The first reason is naturally that Xiao Ran's physical data is still a little low, and the second is that the D-class driving technique can no longer entirely control the apparent attack of the C-class body.

As for Kira, Xiao Ran learned from the data collected by the maintenance class that they can play the theoretical performance of up to 100% of the Strike regardless of the equipment. At the highest time, it can reach 120%, which is almost the real performance of Gundam.

Therefore, the people in the preparation class are also quite helpless. After returning from the previous battles, they will inspect and maintain all aspects of the Strike Gundam, and even carry out some preliminary enhancements in some places of the Strike Gundam. Regarding this matter, Sergeant Maddock had already complained to Murrue many times, but he was only talking about it.

One day, while Xiao Ran was operating a virtual training machine, Ginn used his weapon to suppress the enemy. Spinning at high speed and waving the gun close to the other side, accompanied by the flash of fire on the display, and applause popping behind

Xiao Ran's voice passed into his ear while Xiao Ran turned his head: "I didn't expect that as a teacher, you would even drive MS."