Heartbeat

Xiao Ran glanced at Cruset and turned and nodded at the soldiers. The civilians who were waiting long ago lined up under the support of the soldiers. They were scanned and inspected by Zaft soldiers one by one. After registering their identities, they boarded the plane one by one. The smiles on the faces of the civilians, and Xiao Ran, who looked aside, couldn't help but show a sincere smile.

Until all the civilians boarded the shuttle, Cruset didn't see where Lacus was, and decisively asked: "We have accepted all the civilians per the agreement, and you will return Lacus Klein. where is it."

"Wait a moment." Xiao Ran turned and walked towards the soldier. With Xiao Ran's footsteps, Cruset's body was slightly tightened. Still, when he saw Xiao Ran just took out a communicator from the soldier, he relaxed again.

"Kira, it's okay." After Xiao Ran spoke to the communicator, he stood again in front of Cruset: "Lacus Klein will be handed over to the pilot of Aegis Gundam after you leave Archangel."

Cruset looked at Xiao Ran, turned his head, smiled, and set foot on the shuttle: "Naturally."

Seeing the white shuttle leaving, Xiao Ran also walked back to the isolation gate and stood beside Murrue, who had been hiding behind him: "It's done."

Recalling Cruset's decisive departure, Murrue asked inexplicably: "He just left, so I believe we will return Lacus to them?"

Xiao Ran thought about it, and shrugged with a smile: "Anyway, as long as he makes a gesture, he doesn't care if we return Lacus to him."

Murrue wondered, "Why?"

Xiao Ran replied: "I feel that he doesn't care about Lacus's life at all because its better for him if we don't return Lacus to them. It is justified to mobilize more robot to come and destroy us. Lacus's father is the chairman of PLANT. To a certain extent, it still drags Zaft."

Murrue was silent for a while, and perhaps she understood Cruset's idea in her heart. If Lacus was on the Archangel, or if something happened on the Archangel, the chairman would be crazy and declare war on them. Once PLANT joins forces, the current Earth Alliance is not their opponent.

She shook her head, and her long flowing hair flew up, and Murrue said, "I'll go back to the bridge first. Once Kira and Mu return, we will leave this starfield to the place where the eighth fleet meets. You can be fired to prove that you and Kira are officially separated from the Archangel."

'That easy?' Xiao Ran shook his head and smiled but didn't say it. After leaving hangar and returning to the living quarters, the quiet living quarters were no longer in panic, and they were gathered together in pairs or chatting or playing cards. Suddenly, the Archangel seemed a lot deserted.

After more than ten minutes, Strike Gundam and Moebius Zero returned to Archangel. After a noticeable shock, Archangel turned on the thruster at full speed and left the starfield. Xiao Ran doesn't know if it was Lacus and the group of civilians dragged Zaft's army. It's because, after the departure of the Archangel, Zaft did not show any tendency to keep up.

When he returned to the Archangel, Kira rushed directly into his room for a whole day. No matter who it was, he was reluctant to walk out of the door and returned to normal the next day.

The whole three days have been spent so dull in the eyes of everyone. The Archangel has now lost the enemy's pursuit, and there is no considerable burden on the ship. A few but still very good overall, at least it was a joy and relaxed. But in such an atmosphere, at least two and a half people are somewhat out of step with this atmosphere.

The first was Kira because the departure of Lacus left alone on the ship who truly knew him, who could enlighten him to comfort him. Kira only felt as if something was missing in his heart. When he handed Lacus to Athrun, he rejected Athrun's request to leave. But back on the Archangel, Kira was used to chatting with Lacus, and now he had to bear the lonely feeling alone, which made him very uncomfortable. He didn't know how the Coordinator would be treated after the merger of the Archangel and the Eighth Fleet. Whether he would be returned to his civilian status or whether he would continue to pilot the Strike Gundam in battle. If it can, without his concern on this ship, he really wants to leave like this, either return to Orb homeland or go to PLANT.

The second person is Flay, who lost her father and stayed in the room silently every day, her expression sometimes struggling, sometimes painful, or hesitant. Frey's heart didn't have any light feeling at all, some were heavy, sad and hateful. She would look at everyone who appeared in front of her with deep and bewildered eyes, and stare at Kira with hate. Thanks to that, Kira's formerly lonely heart stung again.

As for the last half, it was Xiao Ran. He will talk and laugh with everyone and relax together. Still, he spends more time on the virtual training machine of the hangar, training his piloting skills and tossing the sweat. Perhaps because of the increase in proficiency, Xiao Ran also found that he was more and more proficient in driving D-class robot. The number of miss operations was less and less, and he could even easily make actions that had to be concentrated in the past.

However, in terms of proficiency, after a few days of training, the proficiency in piloting technique unexpectedly increased by only three points, and there is no more updating. The space war is more proficient, and it is stuck at the position of 49. Knowing that he stuck on a bottleneck, Xiao Ran did not waste time on virtual training.

Xiao Ran, who had returned to the room, had just cleaned himself and was called into the bridge by Murrue. As soon as he entered the bridge, he heard Badgiruel humming, watching that he had clearly approved but made it. The expression of dissatisfaction made Xiao Ran a bit funny.

Although Badgiruel would often go head-to-head with Xiao Ran, he did not mean a little bit of dissatisfaction with Badgiruel. He is very clear about what kind of person Badgiruel is, a person who is hot outside the ice, speaks and does everything to reveal a breath of soldiers that cannot be ignored. She is also responsible for her own work, and for soldiers who should not come with righteousness, naturally. Xiao Ran, who would typically violate the quality of a professional soldier, would not be used to it. Not only Xiao Ran, but even Mu received the same treatment and was often blamed.

Especially after Xiao Ran returned Lacus to Zaft on his own initiative, although he knew the importance of Badgiruel's acquiescence to Xiao Ran's approach. After all, the civilians and Archangel on board should not be lost, but also to save the reinforcements. However, she still has some opinions on Xiao Ran's approach.

Of course, it wasn't her who turned Lacus into chips in the early days, so she wouldn't know that all of this should have been done by her own. In her mind, she may also know that Xiao Ran's approach is without any errors at all. She just does not know why Xiao Ran who does not like to talk more than action. What's more important is that as long as she argues with Xiao Ran, she has never won. Instead, she will be angry with herself.

They're also a say that even if she is a soldier with super professionalism, she is still a woman. Sometimes a woman is dissatisfied with a man, no matter what the man does, it still can cause dissatisfaction.

When Murrue heard Xiao Ran's voice, she looked up and smiled at him: "You are here, we have joined the Eighth Fleet."

"Already converged?" Xiao Ran turned around in surprise, and outside the strengthened glass window, a massive fleet of battleships flashing red and yellow dots was almost in sight. The steel bodies were staggered in rows, appearing neatly in Xiao Ran's eyes, and the shock was definitely not brought by one or two battleships.

"Well, soon General Halberton will come to the Archangel." Murrue expression looked a little happy, and her tone was full of joy: ��After all, it is a project promoted by General Halberton. Right, he's looking forward to seeing the Archangel and Strike Gundam. General Halberton also indicated that he would like to meet you and the students of the Technical University for a while."

"Well, they should also see Kira. After all, they can do a lot of effort." Xiao Ran nodded and smiled, a relaxed look: "Is that meeting with the Eighth Fleet will free us?"

"I have explained your situation to the general. Later, the general will personally arrive at this ship to announce your arrangement. Still, he will likely agree with your departure." Murrue smiled slightly and lowered his head: "Tha... Xiao Ran..."

Xiao Ran looked at Murrue strangely, feeling that his heartbeat accelerated: "Hmm?"

Murrue suddenly raised her head and shook her head at Xiao Ran: "It's nothing... I just want to ask you where you want to go if you leave."

Xiao Ran opened his mouth, lowered his head and touched his nose, and said casually: "I should return to Orb and become a teacher."

Murrue listened to Xiao Ran's answer and looked at him and smiled softly: "Orb?... It really fits your personality to be a teacher."

"Yeah, I have always felt that way." Xiao Ran felt that Malu was exuding a seductive taste at this time, and his heart couldn't help jumping. He took an in-depth look at Murrue, as if he wanted to seal Murrue in his heart, and then forced himself to turn his head away.

It seemed that Xiao Ran's abrupt movement was noticed. Murrue stood up, and her body trembled, making Xiao Ran unable to hold his breath as if he was afraid that his breath would startle her.

Murrue looked at Xiao Ran's overwhelmed expression and didn't know why she felt a little happy. After speaking with a smile, she turned and left the bridge: "Time is running out, I still have things to do."

Xiao Ran nodded gently: "Yeah."

"Wait for me, Captain." Badgiruel also stood up and floated up to follow Murrue.

Until the elevator door was closed, Xiao Ran shook his head and sighed. He laughed at himself: "No, I don't have any feeling for a popular character like Lacus, but I'm interested in Murrue, should I be like this at my age? I always think that it's been too long in my head to have a problem, and I feel sad. But if you know Murrue that we can't get the ship at all, will the expression of her very rich?"