In the afternoon, the sun sets.

The blue waters swayed brightly.

"Is that—the Minerva?"

"Hey, hey, this is a bit too miserable."

"Did this collide with the main force of the Earth Alliance?"

The soldiers who were admiring the beautiful sunset found the battleship Minerva slowly approaching in the distance.

At this time, the Minerva no longer had the splendor it had when it left.

The hull of the ship is covered with traces of battle. Even after the emergency repairs, there are still several places on the Minerva with black smoke.

On the broken plywood of the Minerva, two MSs stood on the left and the right.

soon.

With the help of the repair ship, the Minerva returned to the port of the Chuckantalia base again.

at the same time.

In the hangar of the Minerva, Thalia and the others arrived early with the crew.

The two units in the inactive mode gradually faded back to iron gray.

Noel and Aslan walked out of it in red uniforms.

"Identification number - ZGMF-X23S Savior Gundam pilot Aslan Sara came to report, and I'm really sorry for not reporting within the specified time!"

"Identification No. ZM754QE474 - ZGMF-X56S/L-01 prototype Destiny Gundam pilot Noel Cassia of the same unit is here to report!"

Because of the arrival of Captain Thalia, the two made a routine report as soon as they left the MS.

"Welcome to both of you, thank you so much just now."

Thalia was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to salute and replied, "If you didn't come in time, we might—"

"Captain, you're welcome. If it wasn't for our delay, none of this would have happened. I'm really sorry."

Aslan has a different view on this.

Or in other words, both he and Noel should bear the main responsibility for this incident.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Noel went to Aube to get married and didn't report at the stipulated time, compared to the Minerva, they wouldn't suffer the next disaster, and the Nila and Cambo wouldn't be silent either.

Listening to Aslan's answer, the crew members who were eager to come forward and chat became a little lonely.

The silence of the two submarines was really heavy.

"Let's not talk about that, anyway, thank you for coming."

Thalia did not delve into this issue.

Speaking of which, if it wasn't for his own will, he wouldn't be like this this time.

Besides, Noel and Aslan are both FAITH members and have the right to act independently. In this case, it is impossible to hold them accountable.

Compared to Aslan's attitude, Noel is relatively heartless.

Outside the crowd, Luna Maria, Asuka and the others looked at Noel and Aslan in the crowd with complicated expressions.

Originally, in this case, they wanted to get close to each other in the past. After all, they will all be members of the same front.

But thinking of the situation of himself and others and the strength of the other party, he subconsciously didn't know how to start the topic.

As the saying goes, goods are thrown away, and people are killed.

There is no harm without comparison.

Soon, the conversation at the front ended, and the crew also left.

The Minerva has a lot of things to deal with right now, and this time, it's mostly just to thank the life-saving grace.

On the other hand, Noel and Aslan were discussing the maintenance of MS with the soldiers in the maintenance squad.

Although neither of them suffered any damage to their bodies, routine maintenance was still necessary.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, Luna Maria took a deep breath and walked in the direction of Noel and Aslan.

"Luna?"

Shin Asuka looked at Luna suspiciously.

But looking at the direction Luna was walking, Shin Asuka still followed.

Seeing this, Lei pondered for a moment and then followed.

"Mr. Aslan, Captain Noel."

Luna walked up to Noel and Aslan, smiled at them and said, "Thank you so much this time. If you didn't come, I wouldn't know what to do."

"This time, the problem originally occurred because Noel and I didn't report on time. Speaking of which, we should apologize to you."

When Aslan heard the words, he hurriedly replied.

Noel was speechless about Aslan's character, not knowing what to say.

You said that Aslan was right, that's true, but if you want to say it's wrong, it seems you can say it's wrong, but you can't say it, so he just stood and waited for him to deal with it himself.

Besides, he really didn't know what to say.

"Mr. Noel, long time no see."

Ray found Noel.

"Long time no see, you...are you not injured?"

When Noel heard the words, he suddenly remembered that the MS that Lei was driving seemed to have been beaten into the sea.

"No big problem."

Lei shook his head. Although the MS was severely damaged, the cockpit was well protected by him, so there was no physical injury.

"It's fine, otherwise I don't know how to explain to Speaker Durandal."

Noel replied with a smile when he heard the words.

"Eh?"

"Speaker Durandal?"

"What's the meaning?"

Aslan, Luna and the others were stunned for a moment. What does this have to do with Speaker Durandal?

Only Lei's eyes narrowed and he remained silent.

"Ha ha."

Seeing the situation in front of him, Noel smiled slightly, patted Lei on the shoulder, and said to Aslan, "Aslan, I'll go first if I have nothing to do."

"Let's go over together."

Aslan answered, he put on his suitcase and smiled at Luna, "See you later."

"Wait, I'll bring you—"

"Wait a moment!"

Suddenly, just when Luna was about to say something, Ma Asuka, who had not spoken for a while, suddenly stopped the two of them.

"real?"

"Um?"

Aslan and Norziqi stopped and looked over.

Facing the gazes of the two, Shin Asuka's expression gradually became a little tangled. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said to the two, "Thank you for your help!"

"Um?"

Aslan was stunned, but repeated, "You're welcome."

"Ha ha-"

Noel smiled playfully and didn't say much.

However, it is indeed a bit rare to be able to say this sentence from the mouth of the bird.

Noel and Aslan looked at each other, shook their heads with a smile, and turned to leave.

"Captain Noel, Aslan!"

Just when the two were about to leave, Ma Asuka spoke again and stopped them.

This time, it directly confuses the two of them.

Even Luna and Lei looked at Ma Asuka with puzzled expressions.

"Really, if you have anything, just say it directly."

Aslan felt that there might be something wrong with Asuka, so he asked directly.

"Captain Noel, I want to have an MS combat test with you!"

"what?"

"real!?"

Luna and the others were taken aback by Shin Asuka's sudden request. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"Can."

Unexpectedly, however, Noel agreed directly.

"Noel?"

"Captain Noel?"

"Can you do that?"

Shin Asuka also had a look of astonishment on her face. She thought she would be rejected, but she didn't expect that the other party would agree so decisively.

"Why not? But can I hear your reasons?"

Noel's request to Shin Asuka is not particularly surprising.

And he is also willing to accept this kind of competition. After all, this guy's attitude of always being second to none is really annoying.

It would be nice to find a chance to beat him up.

"I want to know the gap between me and you."

When Shin Asuka said this, her expression was extraordinarily determined.

Asuka's desire for power has actually reached the point of paranoia.

"Uh, okay—but only after getting the Gibraltar base."

Noel was stunned for a moment, thinking that this guy could say something else, but—

Yes, I think too much.

As for why the competition can only be conducted after arriving at the Gibraltar base.

The reason is very simple. During the mission, even Noel can't do this kind of thing, or in other words, this kind of private MS competition, it is impossible to pass the military order.

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