Gundam, Iron Banner

Laila was taken aback for a moment, then her face turned livid, as if she had a premonition of something bad, she shrank back with her hands covering her chest.

In her opinion, Aogu is a rebel after all, with a mixed population, and it is normal to violate the Antarctic Treaty and violate female captives.While this might happen when you're caught, it's always scary when it comes down to it.

Her fear instantly spread to You Bai. For new humans, fear is the easiest emotion to sense. You Bai immediately realized that the other party's thinking had gone wrong, and quickly waved his hand: "Wait, wait! Stop it for me. Come on, don't think too much!"

Laila tried her best not to show her cowardice, but her face was still pale.

You Bai had nothing to do with her, coughed lightly, and tried to get the topic back on track: "Don't think about it. I arrested you at the beginning, and planned to use it as a hostage. But we discussed it internally. Titans do the same thing, so congratulations, Captain Lyra, we're going to set you free."

"what……?"

The good fortune came so suddenly that Laila couldn't believe her ears for a while.After all, Augu is a military organization, so how could it be so easy to talk about?

As an adult, she certainly understands that there will be no free pies in the sky, the more attractive the chips offered by the other party, the greater the possibility of traps.But as a prisoner, there is nothing more important than freedom. As long as the price is still within the acceptable range, the trap is not impossible...

So, she put away her previous stinging attitude and asked cautiously: "So? What's the condition? It can't be that I want to join Aogu."

You Bai scratched his head when he heard this.

Leila's skills as a driver are not bad, if possible, I really hope she can join Aogu.It's a pity that she came back from being captured. Even if she says she is willing to fight together now, everyone dare not believe it casually. If she stealthily stabs her from behind, who can bear it?What's more, You Bai can feel that the other party has no intention of surrendering at all, and it is useless to talk about it.

"Let me just say it, Titans is engaging in hostage tactics. He took a technician from the Federation Army as a hostage and forced us to hand over the Gundam. If possible, we hope you can hijack that technician and hand it back to us. Go, and then you can go wherever you want."

"Wait, why are they taking friendly technical officers as hostages?"

"Because that man's son joined Augu."

"Oh……"

It took Laila a while to realize it, but she couldn't understand it physically.How can any regular army do such a ridiculous thing?But if it's Titans... that's not impossible.

She had met the officers of Titans a few times, and in retrospect, their people were always arrogant and domineering, with their noses turned up to the sky.Obviously, his driving skills are just that way, it's better to be able to fight by himself, but relying on that layer of skin to ride on the face of ordinary soldiers and domineering.

Not to mention that there are still rumors about Titans in the universe, saying that they have carried out poison gas operations before?Although I don't know if it's true or not, it's a thorn stuck in the throat, and it's hard for people not to care.

In short, the petty officers of Titans really seem to be the ones who can do hostage warfare.

Therefore, when she heard You Bai's words, Lila had already believed most of them. She sighed and said helplessly, "It's not impossible to save people, but you have to be clear, I'm not helping you Aogu, but out of humanitarian rescue." Hostage, that's all."

"It's all the same. If it wasn't for humanitarianism, how could our Aogu have troubles? Let's just say that, we will let Lieutenant Emma Xin drive 'Gundam MK-II' to take you to Titans, and then you Just adapt to the circumstances, and I will respond halfway."

"Emma Sheen? She's on your ship?"

"He came here as an envoy from Titans, do you know her?"

"She's quite famous, and they say she's one of the few good people in Titans." Lila paused for a moment, then asked with a frown, "How can you guarantee that I will follow the plan? Will you put a time bomb on me? Will you be noticed?" Come."

"How is it possible? We are Augustus, not Titans."

"If I never come back..."

"Then think we have trusted the wrong person. We have tried our best to rescue the hostages, and there is no other way. Anyway, I am the only one who responds. 'Agama' will not be at any risk. It is worth a gamble."

Hearing this, Laila was silent for a while, staring at You Bai deeply.She finally understood that the plan was thought up by this guy, otherwise he couldn't be the only one who responded.After a long time, she finally showed a little smile: "You do have courage."

You Bai also responded to her with a smile: "It's just a reckless man."

"When are you leaving?"

"See when you can adjust your mentality."

"Now then, there is nothing to wait."

Lila stood up, looked down at You Bai condescendingly, and suddenly thought of a question, "By the way, who was the guy who shot me down before? Let me get to know you before you leave."

"?"

"what happened?"

"...No, I just remembered that I forgot to introduce myself."

You Bai stood up, pointed at his face with a helpless expression, and said slowly: "Then what, my name is You, and I drove the white 'Ricdias' that knocked you down."

The two looked at each other with subtle expressions.

……

Letting Emma and Laila go back was the result of a joint discussion between the upper echelons.

The person who proposed this plan was of course You Bai. At first, the brigadier general was a little dissatisfied, thinking that letting them go would lose the initiative, and that Emma might develop into a member of Aogu, so she couldn't be easily let go.

But Cobatro quickly convinced him:

"After all, they are not members of Aogu, and it's useless to stay on the ship. Take them as hostages? Doesn't it mean that we Aogu and Titans are the same thing. Why don't we let them go, if we can rescue Captain Franklin as promised Even better, even if they don't come back, we can gain an advantage in public opinion. On the one hand, there are "bad guys" who take hostages to fight, and on the other hand, there are "good guys" who are willing to pay the price to save the hostages, and people's hearts will gather to our side. "

What he said was exactly what You Bai thought, but it was more appropriate for Cobatro, who had a higher position, to say the same thing.

Hearing such remarks, the Brigadier General immediately made a decision, allowing Emma and Laila to return to Titans.

Soon, Emma drove the "Gundam MK-II" and took Laila to the direction of Titans.

Chapter 94: Strangers

"Just let them go like this. Will those two women really come back?"

"Who knows? No matter what, the face project is still necessary, so that other space residents can see clearly that we Aogu and Titans are different. And Titans also need to appease, don't put Emma Xin and Gundam If you put it back, Basque will tear up the ticket, right? Then I will be sorry for Camus."

Sitting in the cockpit of "Lick Dias", You Bai immersed himself in checking the condition of the body, chatting with April who was helping him.

This airframe is already attacking for the third time today, and it is impossible not to do a systematic inspection.You Bai's fighting style is already very unrestrained, and the wear and tear on mobile suits is particularly serious. Today's fighting pressure is heavy, and there may be some risk of failure, so we have to guard against it.

Unexpectedly, the loss was lower than expected, which made You Bai feel much more at ease.

"As expected of Aogu's signature MS, the quality is much better than ordinary goods like Riot Jim, so there is no problem with this kind of tossing, the level is very high."

"After all, we are fighting space wars. The attrition cannot be compared with our previous battles."

"Right."

"OK, I've got it done here! Hurry up?"

After finishing the work at hand, April took off his gloves and poked his lover's face, and said with a smile, "I heard that you told everyone your real name?"

"There's no point in concealing it. A pseudonym was originally used to evade searches. Now that you've entered Aogu, there's no danger in restoring your original name. And I think the real name will help increase the trust value of others."

"I think it's favorability!"

"What's the good feeling? I killed all my teammates, how many ruthless people can have good feelings for me?"

"That's what I said, but You Bai, you still want them to come back, I can see that."

"A little bit... How should I put it, I hope they can recognize the evilness of Titans. On top of that, it would be great if we can join Augu to strengthen our combat effectiveness."

"Huh? How dare you admit it, but I will be jealous?"

"The lieutenant must show the demeanor of a mature woman!"

You Bai smiled at her, finished the final self-inspection procedure of the airframe, and heaved a sigh of relief, "It's done. It's time for me to go, the lieutenant, please go down first."

"Okay, come on, scumbag."

April kissed him lightly on the lips, touched him and left, and then got out of the cockpit to help prepare for takeoff.

You Bai recalled her words, always feeling weird: "What do you mean, it makes me want to open a harem, so you don't have to hurt me in this way if you're jealous, right?"

At this time, CIC's helpless voice came from the earphones: "Lieutenant You Bai, can you go back to your room to flirt? I can't bear it anymore. Please also turn off the communication channel of the aircraft. Next time I do this again, I will be in public It's live."

"Eh? Ah, I forgot, sorry..."

You Bai smiled wryly, held the joystick tightly with both hands, and said in a low voice, "Rick Dias, attack!"

……

At the same time that You Bai was attacking, on the other side, the "Gundam MK-II" driven by Emma was about to enter the alert range of Titans.

Emma's mood is very complicated. After learning that Titans is conducting a hostage operation, her trust in Titans has disappeared.Although she hasn't considered whether to join Augu, but no matter what, she can't stay in this Titans for a minute.

Thinking of this, she felt a little helpless towards herself.

'I haven't realized before, so I'm such an old-fashioned person? '

For military officers, rigidity is both a good thing and a bad thing. This kind of character can make him less likely to go astray, but relatively, it is inevitable to offend others, just like his father.In the federal army, it is difficult for honest soldiers to go up.

'If he knew I was going to betray the Titans, he would be proud of me... right? '

While thinking about the attitude her father might give, suddenly a female voice came from behind, interrupting her melancholy.

"Lieutenant Emma, ​​I heard that the Titans are conducting a hostage operation, is it true?"

Emma glanced back at Lyra and sighed.

Becoming a prisoner of August on the same day, and being released together, will Colonel Basque suspect him?Considering this, maybe the situation of the two of them is quite worrying.

"The threatening letter written by the Basque chief himself. I watched him put it into the envelope, and I handed it to Ogu. The hostage battle is real. And, they did shoot at the jar containing the hostages. .”

"Is that so..."

The conversation stopped here. It was the first time the two met, and they really couldn't find a topic. Could it be that they were talking about "how you were captured"?That was too embarrassing.

Emma had heard about this trump card of Luna 2. It is said that the technology is quite excellent, but she did not expect to be captured by Aogu. It seems that the fighting power of this new force is even higher than imagined.

While the two were contemplating, Gundam had already flown into the guard range of Titans.

Naturally, MS attacked and surrounded them.

The leader is "Gao Zaku" driven by Gelit Mesa.Although he has only been in battle once or twice, he is a lieutenant of Titans after all, and his authority is equivalent to the rank of captain of an ordinary officer. This time he came out as a squad leader.

At first, Jie Lite was a little nervous when he saw that it was a Gundam, but when he found that the opponent had no intention of attacking, and saw the No. [-] emblem on the opponent's shoulder, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the opponent's wrist, and asked through the contact channel: " Is it Lieutenant Emma?"

"It's me," Emma responded immediately, glanced at the surrounding mobile suits supporting her, and continued to pretend to be calm, "Besides, I also rescued a captured federal soldier. .”

"Captives? Did you escape?"

"Yes."

"That's quite a feat."

Jie Lite did not bring them back to the ship immediately, and walked around the Gundam, noticing that there were some burnt marks on the back of the Gundam, and immediately felt relieved: "Okay, let's go."

After all, Gelit was just a recruit. Although he was a bit vigilant, he was inexperienced. He didn't consider the possibility that these scars were all camouflage, so he brought Emma and Laila back to the mothership.

Emma couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief seeing that she didn't go through with it, and returned to the Titans mothership with confusion about the future.

The hangar remains the same, nothing is added and nothing is missing.The two trainees at the same time, Jielit and Kaklikon, got off the aircraft as if they were all right, and walked out of the hangar with their shoulders crossed.

Emma got out of the Gundam's cockpit, leaned on the railing, and looked around.

Everything was both familiar and unfamiliar to her. She had only been out for a few hours, but when she came back, she lost her sense of belonging to this place, and there was a feeling that things were right and people were wrong.

"It's not Titans that has changed, but me..."

Chapter 95: Violence

With the return of Emma Sheen and "Gundam MK-II", the Titans hostage battle has temporarily come to an end.

From Aogu's point of view, this wave of decisive battles can be said to be a victory.Not only rescued the material scientist Hilda, but also gained a wave of self-army reputation secretly, and even found good materials to defeat the Titans.The future of the organization looks bright.

As for the Titans, Basque Ohm has his own ideas.

I don't know if he is the kind of person with a long-term political vision.But no matter what, with the nature of Titans, there is no need to consider fame at all.

This organization itself is a collection of elites from the federal army, and there is no shortage of people who take refuge in it. People's hearts are not worth a dime to him.It is precisely because of this that Basques dared to engage in poison gas operations and hostage operations.He only needs to consider whether the military strength is sufficient, and who is superior and who is inferior.

In his opinion, this wave belonged to both sides and it was a tie.There was no loss of troops on his side, and Emmacin and Gundam both returned successfully. Although they failed to bring back another Gundam, at least they were not losing money, and there was nothing to worry about.

It's just that this so-called "don't care" is only aimed at the inside of Titans. As an outsider, Leila is not so lucky.Just today, she finally understood why the inhabitants of the universe called Titans a violent organization.

She was thrown into the interrogation room originally used to hold prisoners and was severely beaten.

Those who attacked her were two Titans recruits, who were only in their early twenties, but their arrogance and arrogance really captured the essence of Titans.

Bang!

Laila was slapped first, then kicked in the stomach, kicked out and hit the wall with pain in the back of her head.

This kind of thing is really strange. Although he was captured by the rebel organization and was not abused, he was bullied miserably when he returned to the friendly army. What kind of world is this?

She struggled to get up, but the other side stepped on her waist, unable to move.

"You guys... I'm the captain! You're just my subordinates, how dare you—"

"So what? We're just correcting you, do you understand?"

"That's right! The team failed to cause harm to Ao Gu, and he became a prisoner of others. He is really incompetent, Leila Mira Leila."