Chapter 15 The Faction Is Determined

Maru sighed, and then said to Xiao Ran: "Mr. Xiao, your wisdom has already explained your role, and for Second Lieutenant Kira, your existence is also indispensable. It's hard to believe that before that, you were just In the second official battle, Kira was able to face the four Gundams without losing the wind under the restraint of only the Archangel and Captain Mu, and also exploded with amazing fighting ability, repelling the Duel Gundam, all this It's just because you, Mr. Xiao, were seriously injured and fell into a coma."

Xiao Ran asked with surprise: "Huh? The second battle, you mean the encounter from Heliopolis to Artemis? Kira repelled the Duel Gundam? What about the Holy Shield? "

"That's right." Maru nodded affirmatively, and said, "Although the actions of the Holy Shield are a bit strange, we cannot deny Mr. Xiao's influence on Second Lieutenant Kira."

"Unbelievable." Xiao Ran shook his head in shock, and said in his heart: "The impact of the early explosion of seeds is so great? In the original plot, it was entirely because of Mu's sneak attack and the lack of energy of the Holy Shield and other organisms that the Archangel escaped. Yes, Aslan also helped Kira at a critical moment, but now Kira can break out with such fighting power, and the speed of growth is really terrifying."

Xiao Ran took a deep breath and calmed himself down a bit: "Miss Ramias, you have told me so much, it would be too much for me not to agree to your request, but I also hope that you You can promise me a small condition."

Maru nodded and said, "Please tell me."

Xiao Ran said slowly: "Joining the Archangel is no problem, but I only admit that I am a member of the Archangel, and I will not admit that I am a member of the United Earth Army. I don't have any good feelings for the United Earth Army, even Zaff I am even more disgusted. To be honest, for the entire Earth Army, I only have a good impression of the ship Archangel and the members on board."

Maru was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "That's no problem. The Archangel belongs to a separate establishment, and the current situation is unable to contact the main force. Your identity will be the same as that of Second Lieutenant Kira. Arrangements will be made by conscripts in the Archangel's special regulations."

"Then thank you very much." Xiao Ran smiled. At this time, the Archangel has not betrayed the Earth Army, so I don't know if it will be counted as a separate force. The reason why Xiao Ran said what he said before is because he wanted to Try it once and see if just being a full member of the Archangel counts as a mission.

"Yeah." Maru smiled at Xiao Ran, and said, "Since you joined the Archangel, it would be inappropriate to call you Mr. Xiao Ran. With your ability, I can only let you take on the role now." The rank of sergeant is temporarily in charge of the fire control of the bridge and the staff officer, do you think it is okay?"

"No problem, Captain." Xiao Ran smiled slightly.

"Ding, main task 2: choose to join a faction in this world within ten days, and learn mecha operation skills within one month, and reach D level."

"The faction you have chosen is: member of the United Earth Army Archangel, class sergeant. Mecha operation technology: D-level. The task can be completed, whether to complete the task? Yes/No."

The prompt that appeared suddenly made Li Ran smile in his heart, but at this time he couldn't carefully check the words on the watch in front of Maru, so he put it aside for the time being, but Xiao Ran still put the reminder in the reminder, the Archangel of the Earth United Army like this The words are firmly engraved in my heart.

Afterwards, Maliu told the Archangel's latest arrangement, let Xiao Ran rest and recuperate well, and then left. But before leaving, he took a deep look at Xiao Ran, and there seemed to be a different kind of vision in his eyes,

But Xiao Ran, who was completely focused on other places, didn't notice Maru's situation at all. He sent Maru out of the room with a smile and then leaned on the bed.

Opened the task reminder in the watch, and looked at the text on it over and over again.

"A member of the Archangel of the Earth United Army, rank sergeant, you can freely choose whether to complete the task." Xiao Ran looked back and forth several times, and a smile appeared unconsciously on the corner of his mouth: "Although the Earth United Army in front of the Archangel The word "jun" makes me a little uncomfortable, but I have long thought that the current Archangel cannot be regarded as an independent force at all. As long as you can become a member of the Archangel, you will become a member of the Orb Archangel at that time. The Angel crew is not out of the question."

"Class sergeant, the level of mecha control technology, plus the freedom to choose whether to complete the task, it seems that the second main task also has a hidden rating reward." Xiao Ran touched his chin and thought in his heart: "I just don't know what I'm doing now. D-level driving skills and sergeant ranks will be graded after completing the mission. Ten days to join the camp, one month to reach D-level driving skills, a total of forty days, excluding the two days when I was unconscious, it seems that within thirty-eight days I You have to find a way to improve yourself, whether it's driving skills or your current class."

Decided to find ways to improve himself within the mission deadline, Xiao Ran quickly thought of an excellent shortcut - that is to announce that he can drive MS and can also fight.

The reason why Kira became a second lieutenant is not only because he is currently the only one who can pilot Gundam on the Archangel, and he is given such treatment. But for the entire United Earth Army, the MS pilots, which can be said to be as precious as pandas, as special talents, can be said to all have high benefits and high-level treatment, just like Kira Yamato, in the second During the battle, he became a second lieutenant of the Earth Army.

As for Xiao Ran, who currently possesses general-purpose mecha driving skills, although he is only the lowest D-level, as long as he can operate mobile suits to fight, then he is a second lieutenant. Of course, after the United Earth Army mass-produced MS, this kind of treatment can only be given to those who are truly outstanding, except for the enhanced personnel of the Earth Army.

"So, if the hidden rating of the main task 2 is related to driving skills and class, then it should be a hidden benefit for participants who join the Earth Army. But if the timing of completing the task is wrong, then this hidden The sexual benefits are equivalent to no more.”

Of course, these things are inferred by Xiao Ran based on the ratings that appeared after completing the main mission 1, the sergeant class that appeared in the mission prompts, and the independent completion of missions combined with the plot associations. According to the inference of the plot, Xiao Ran has The reason is to believe that since joining the United Earth Army can get hidden evaluation benefits, the difficulty of the third main task will naturally increase in a straight line.

It is very likely that relying on the meager military strength, only a few or a dozen mobile suits, or more than half of the participants all chose the earth army, resulting in a corresponding increase in the number of mobile suits against other camps. And after thinking about this situation, Xiao Ran can almost determine the location of the third main task.

Xiao Ran pondered: "If there is no accident, the third main task should be at the time when ZAFT attacked Alaska. In the main plot of Gundam SEED, before the Earth Army did not mass-produce MS and narrowed the gap with ZAFT , and only that battle will involve all aspects, and it will make it more difficult for the participants of the Earth Army who have received hidden benefits, so that it makes sense for the participants of the Earth Army to obtain invisible benefits."

After thinking about this, Xiao Ran felt a lot more relaxed as if he had lost a heavy burden. Although he was not completely sure that the third main task was what he thought, it would certainly not be too far off.

Xiao Ran'an, who had no worries, cultivated with peace of mind for a few days, chatting with Kira and the others every day, or going to the bridge to learn fire control, etc., and the injuries on his body gradually healed, at least from From the outside, it is completely impossible to see that Xiao Ran was seriously injured not long ago.

And as time passed, the time to Junius 7 was getting closer and closer every day, and Xiao Ran was full of anticipation, looking forward to the first encounter between Kira and Lacus, and also looking forward to the meeting between himself and Lacus. When Lacus met, Xiao Ran was quite interested in this singer who was praised and censured.

Apart from doing these things, Xiao Ran spent more time in the garage of the maintenance team. In Gnakuli, there is training equipment originally belonging to the original pilot of Gundam, which is used to train the operation of Gundam. But after those people died and Gundam was robbed, no one cared about it. It wasn't until Xiao Ran appeared that he saw the light again from the sealed box.

At the beginning, only Xiao Ran was familiar with his D-level general-purpose mecha driving skills in the corner. After more than ten virtual battles, Xiao Ran also had a basic understanding of his current level, which is equivalent to virtual combat. The level of ordinary ZAFT green clothes in the machine, and this level is just the level of miscellaneous soldiers in Xiao Ran's view.

After being the captain many times, Xiao Ran also suddenly discovered that his two skills have added new things.

D-level general-purpose mech driving skills: Can operate D-level mechs normally, with a proficiency of 7/100. (upgradeable)

Proficiency in Space Warfare: LV1, D-level skill. Can be a little proficient in fighting in the universe, and gain a preliminary sense of space in the universe. Proficiency 4/100. (upgradeable)

The appearance of the two proficiencies gave Xiao Ran a big surprise. Anyone who has played the game knows that the improvement of proficiency can either increase the power of a certain skill, or it can be upgraded after the proficiency is full. Just become stronger. In Xiao Ran's opinion, a mere 100 points of proficiency is not a problem at all. In just three to five days, the proficiency has increased by 7 points and 4 points. What about machine training?

"Then I am afraid that the proficiency will increase faster, and there will be explosive growth during the battle, right?" Xiao Ran thought of this, and then he spent more time on the virtual training machine.

During the battle, Xiao Ran tried land, air, space and other terrains, and after a few days, he found that his level of performance in the space battle was almost one-third higher than that of other terrains. These data are automatically calculated by the computer after each battle.

For example, hit rate, dodge rate, effective operation and other data. Xiao Ran also tried to use the Strike Gundam in the virtual training machine to attack, but what made Xiao Ran helpless was that only in the cosmic terrain can the Strike Gundam's 80% theoretical performance be exerted, other terrains It can only play 65% ​​of its performance.

The first reason is naturally that Xiao Ran's physical stats are obviously a bit low, and the second is that the D-level driving skills can no longer fully control the Strike Gundam, which is obviously a C-level body.

As for Kira, Xiao Ran learned from the data collected by the maintenance team that regardless of the equipment, it can display as much as 100% of the theoretical performance of the assault, and at the highest point it can reach as much as 120%, almost already All the real performance of Strike Gundam.

Therefore, the people in the maintenance team are quite helpless about this. After returning from the previous few battles, they will inspect and maintain all aspects of the Strike Gundam, and even carry out some preliminary enhancements in certain places of the Strike Gundam. Regarding this matter, Sergeant Madoc had already complained to Marius many times, but it was just talking.

One day, just as Xiao Ran was operating the virtual training machine, Gene relied on his weapon to suppress the enemy, and after swinging the weapon at a high speed and approaching the opponent, accompanied by the burst of flames on the monitor, there was a crackling behind him. Applause.

A slightly frivolous voice came into Xiao Ran's ears at the same time as he turned his head: "I never thought that, as a teacher, you can also drive a mobile suit."