How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 256 Orange cat, sneak attack from behind

Ritsuka Fujimaru, who returned to the Emperor's Dream, immediately discovered two things: first, the Lion's Mane still hung itself on the track where it was originally, and seemed to have no intention of leaving; second, the Lion's Mane The crew members on board—from the mortal crew members responsible for liaison with the sound array to Lan Malok who appeared on the opposite side of the broadcast image with astonishing efficiency—their mental states were obviously... not normal.

"I feel like you guys are a little panicked." Ritsuka Fujimaru commented, "Did what happened before cause any problems?"

Lan Malok didn't speak for the first time.

Even though the full-body power armor had completely covered his entire body, and no trace of exposed biological tissue could be seen, Fujimaru Ritsuka could still tell from the broadcast video in front of him that the signal and picture quality were very average. Instructor Yi seemed a little languid.

How she managed to make a judgment under such a premise is a secret of the Chaldean Master. And when she was thinking about what to say next based on this judgment, Lan Malok finally spoke - but in terms of content, he was completely thinking about what he said:
"The Blood Angels have designated a parking lot for the Stormbound in Arax Angel Fortress." There was a strong "business-like" tone in his tone, "Custodes Warden Vasilian We have made all preparations, just waiting for you to go and authenticate the authority of Imaginary Submarine."

Fujimaru Ritsuka subtly showed a look of pity: "Lan Malok, the more lies you tell, the more wrong you become. By saying this, you are clearly telling me that the Storm Frontier was delayed by something. That’s why we didn’t go to the surface of Baal Prime immediately after the preparations were completed.”

Lan Malok was obviously choked, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

"You know a little too much, but that's normal. Who calls you the Firewing Master? Unfortunately, you don't know everything." Fujimaru Ritsuka replied, "You have entered the main control room of the Storm Frontier. You know that the authority authentication system is installed there. But you have not really participated in the actual operation of this ship. You don't know that the authority authentication system is basically a decoration. If the person with the activation authority in the authentication system is not there, the Storm Boundary will The fact that imaginary number submersible cannot be carried out is fundamentally untrue."

After some compatibility modifications related to Imperial equipment were carried out in Star Torch, Storm Frontier did have some more Imperial style in terms of authority authentication - mainly referring to the installation of a servo system that is compatible with various power armors. This is indeed a modification to facilitate the operation of the small ship by the natives of the empire when necessary, but so far, in actual operation, the only people who use this system seriously are Somni and Sigismund.

You must know that the Stormbound was born out of Captain Nemo's Noble Phantasm, so the control system on this ship is actually part of Captain Nemo's spiritual foundation - in other words, which the Imperial people can understand better, it has become a spirit. Machine soul. Except for Somni and Sigismund, who were too serious, others including Fujimaru Ritsuka (referring to Asclepius, Arjuna, and Jeanne d'Arc Alter, who had not actually operated ) actually relied on being friendly with Captain Nemo when commanding the operation of the Stormbound.

Lan Malok, who was drawn into the present from the time of the Great Crusade, has seen many monsters and monsters in the recent period, and is somewhat accustomed to the strange living environment inside the subspace on the Storm Frontier. However, under a series of unreasonable circumstances, The imagination of the event is inevitably lacking.

Somni is now in the airport as the Emperor's Dream, and Sigismund and Arjuna are not here, but even if we don't talk about Joan of Arc Alter, who is basically bound to Sevatar, Asclepius is also Still in the infirmary. If Vasilian, who has not even logged in permission, is willing to use his power armor to try to connect to the relevant system, he will find that the console itself will give him a green light after a brief pause. By the way, although Somni has always called Fujimaru Ritsuka "Captain", that does not mean "Captain of the Stormbound", but "Captain of the Emperor's Dream". The only person with "captain authority" on the Storm Frontier was Nemo from beginning to end. At most, Ritsuka Fujimaru assumed the position of acting captain with the consent of both parties.

After hearing this explanation, Lan Malok immediately seemed more frustrated. This is also another ironclad evidence that his mental state is different from usual: in the past, if he encountered this kind of thing, he would have to quickly find two or three excuses for himself. Now, he reluctantly admitted defeat.

"...This matter is quite counter-intuitive, so it's not your problem that you overturned here, it's Chaldea's problem." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who felt a little weak after seeing this for no reason, tried to comfort him, "I don't ask about the specifics of what happened before. What, but are you really okay now?"

"It's nothing. We are very good. It can be said that we have never been better." Lan Malok replied, but his interest was obviously not high, so it didn't sound like "better than ever" at all. "I'm sorry for causing a sudden incident during the ceremony. incident, but you can just pretend that nothing happened before. In the days to come, the Lion's Mane will continue to serve under your name."

Fujimaru Ritsuka crossed his arms: "You know, this makes you sound more and more suspicious."

Lan Malok looked like he couldn't hold it in any longer. He obviously wanted to say something to this "superior" who had been basically confirmed to be trustworthy after getting along with him for about half a year, but after making a little meaningless noise, the Firewing Grand Master's integrity still allowed him to successfully All the words I wanted to say went back to my stomach:

"I can't say." He gave up on himself on the other side of the broadcast. "I shouldn't have even made you feel abnormal, but there is no doubt that I failed completely."

"You did your best in 'human affairs', but it's a pity that the 'fate' for this matter lies with me." Fujimaru Ritsuka responded nonchalantly, "You should not be too harshly criticized for your so-called failure in this matter. If anyone or anything in the Dark Angels wants to use this matter to cause trouble for you in the future, just tell them and beat me down in advance."

That's what she said originally, but unexpectedly, a voice did come from diagonally above her:
"Then what should I do if I really have the ability to knock you down in advance?"

At that moment, Lan Malok quickly lowered his head with an emotion that was hard to tell whether it was awe or panic. Fujimaru Ritsuka turned her head inexplicably from the direction of the broadcast projection - and then she found that she had to turn around, raise her head, and take two steps back to barely be able to take in the other person's full view:
Leon El Jonson, who was wearing dark green armor and seemed to have a bit of blood smell on his body, folded his arms and clearly wrote the words "I am very dissatisfied" on his face. He looked at her carefully from top to bottom.

(End of this chapter)