Machine War: Starting from Gundam OO

Chapter 1495 Contradictions and Conflicts

"He's back."

"Yeah, I'm back."

"It's been more than half a year since we left, right?"

Yuta Hibiki, Masaru Utsumi and Rikka Takarada looked at the familiar city through the glass of the observation corridor, feeling a mixture of emotions at the moment. They had boarded the Dressrik in a daze and started their battle journey. It was the first time they returned to their hometown after more than half a year, and everything seemed so familiar, yet strange.

"Yuta, you are so...?"

"Of course, defeat her!" Takarada Rikka was looking for Yuta Hibiki, but Utsumi spoke before Yuta Hibiki could open his mouth. He was the one who knew the truth. Countless people died at the hands of the monsters created by Akane Shinjo. Maybe he had forgotten that his friends were among the dead. Therefore, Akane Shinjo was the embodiment of evil and should be defeated.

"Wait! Isn't this too much!" Takarada Rikka burst into dissatisfaction. She was very resistant to Utsumi's attitude, especially his attitude of considering himself a righteous hero. The battles were all participated by Gulit and Hibiki Yuta, the training was led by Yang Hui and others, and the logistics and intelligence support were all provided by the members of [Drestriga]. What has Utsumi done? What qualifications does he have to consider himself a hero?

Support Gullit? You are just yelling at an old computer. Is that a hero of justice?

If it were in the past, Takanae Rikka wouldn't say much, and she didn't want to create internal conflicts, so she never had a close relationship with Utsumi Sho.

But this time, since it involved her friend, Takarada Rikka couldn't remain silent any longer.

That's right, the apparent instigator of Dujuantai - Akane Shinjo, is a friend of Rikka Takarada. When Yang Hui first talked to them and told them that Akane Shinjo was the creator of Dujuantai and also the instigator of creating monsters, she couldn't believe it no matter what. It was not until Yang Hui produced a piece of hard evidence in front of her that she had no choice but to accept the fact.

But even so, Takanari Rikka was comforting herself, because the information provided by Yang Hui also mentioned that Akane Shinjo's ability to create monsters was not innate. There was a hidden existence behind Akane Shinjo. It was initially speculated that it was an invader of alien civilization, and it was its existence that gave Akane Shinjo such ability.

In this way, it was natural for Takarada Rikka to push all the responsibility onto the invader. Takarada Rikka was innocent, she was just bewitched or even manipulated.

"What's too much? She created monsters and killed so many people. Shouldn't she be defeated?" General Utsumi said to Takarada Rikka with a righteous look.

"Huh? What kind of statement is this from a Knight of Justice? We still haven't figured out whether Akane is being manipulated or not, okay!?"

"Even if Shinjo-san was really manipulated, no one can deny what she did! And... we are the Grid Alliance! We are the embodiment of justice!"

"You can't do anything except cheering people up. You can't even stick to normal training. You can't learn anything. What qualifications do you have to say that?!"

"What did you say!?"

At this moment, Takanae Rikka completely exploded and vented all her dissatisfaction towards Utsumi Masaru. Naturally, Utsumi Masaru was unwilling to give up after hearing this. It was precisely because Takanae Rikka had touched his inner pain that Utsumi Masaru also became angry, and he was determined to fight to the death with Takanae Rikka.

"Takara-san! Sho! Stop arguing!" Hibiki Yuta's mind was still buzzing. He was still thinking about Akane Shinjo. Was she being manipulated? Was she helpless? If so, how should he save her? If not, how should he treat Akane Shinjo? Should he destroy her? Or let her go?
But the quarrel between the two was so intense that Yuta was forced to interrupt his thoughts and quickly stepped between the two to stop them from fighting. "What are you doing?"

"Did something happen?"

"Takara-san, Utsumi-san, please stop quarreling."

Originally, there were only three of them in the viewing corridor, but the quarrel between Takarada Rikka and Utsumi was so loud that the people around and passers-by were attracted and rushed forward to stop and persuade the two.

However, they were unaware of the inside story and could not calm the two people down. They could only separate the two impulsive people and then persuade and comfort them separately.

"Has it finally broken out?" Elzam muttered, leaning against the wall.

"Have you discovered it a long time ago?" Ladis F. Brashuta asked Elzam with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"Didn't you notice?"

"..."

Faced with Elzam's question, Ladys F. Brashutta was speechless. The correct statement was that there were very few people on the ship who did not notice the conflict between Takanari Rikka and Admiral Utsumi, especially Admiral Utsumi. Some people on the ship still had complaints about Admiral Utsumi.

Just as Takarada Rikka said, Utsumi really had nothing to do with Dresstrigger and didn't make any significant contribution.

Takarada Rikka and Utsumi Sho are positioned as the support team for Yuta Hibiki and Guldut. They do not participate in the battle, but can provide emotional support to Yuta Hibiki and Guldut, strengthen Yuta Hibiki's will, and encourage and cheer him up.

Apart from that, they have no other skills. They are just ordinary high school students. How can we expect them to be able to repair MS? Or join the Marine Corps to fight? Or participate in research work?
In this regard, Takarada Rikka's situation is slightly better, because she is a girl, so she can prepare meals and other things with the members of the logistics team. Utsumi... can only help clean the ship.

It's not that they weren't given a chance. Rikka Takanae knew that she wasn't cut out for it, and she didn't plan to stay in the Federation Army forever, so she took the initiative to reject the opportunity. And because of this, Rikka Takanae never regarded herself as a righteous hero in Dressrija, but always regarded herself as an ordinary person, doing what she could to help everyone.

And Admiral Utsumi...was very excited at first to sign up for various things, but...didn't stick with it for more than 3 days. It was mainly because of his attitude. He had a kind of boasting and showing off that he had contributed to every victory of Gulit. As a result, some people on the ship did not exclude him, but they would never make close friends with him and complained about him in private.

"It's good that it broke out now." Elzam said, "I have read the information carefully. This is an opportunity and a test for them. If Utsumi-san still can't clearly understand himself, then he...it's better for him to get off the ship here."

"...Yeah." It was so rare that Ladis F. Brashuta could not remember the last time he agreed with Elzam's opinion.

(End of this chapter)