Chapter 233: The Reaper Returns

The simulated battle, a small interlude, ended. Originally, he should have let the Xia sisters fight to dispel the voices of opposition. Li Boyong going on the field himself, for this matter alone, seemed to lack some persuasiveness.

But it played no small role in establishing his own prestige.

Phantom Pain's aircraft carrier approached the Orb high seas and, after dialogue with the current Orb government, obtained permission to stay at the Orb main island port and conduct resupply.

If it had been during the period of Representative Uzumi, wanting to get such permission might have been extremely difficult.

But the current Cagalli should be gradually becoming a puppet Prime Minister for the Seiran family, and the Seiran family had always held a kneeling attitude toward the Earth Alliance.

So Phantom Pain's aircraft carrier entered the port smoothly under the escort of the Orb military. Of course, it would still dock at a naval port that was difficult for the public to approach, and relevant reports would be subject to control.

However, even so, the Orb government did not allow Earth military soldiers other than the negotiation team to leave the ship at will.

After all, this was a secret talk, and it was quite unfavorable to the Orb government. If they accidentally caused a backlash in public opinion, it might affect the negotiation process, so the Earth military headquarters also expressed understanding of the Orb government's caution and issued a strict order to the Phantom Pain aircraft carrier to restrict going out.

This made Li Boyong feel slightly tricky. After all, if Natarle was still alive, the greatest possibility now was that she was living with Murrue and the others.

Yet now that he was so close, he had no way to go and look for Natarle, leaving Li Boyong with a sense of anxiety that felt like his insides were burning.

He could, of course, disregard everything and use his officer status to find an opportunity to force his way off the ship, then take the opportunity to sneak out of the naval port to look for the residence of Captain Murrue and the others.

But such a practice was too reckless. This identity of Neo Roanoke was currently extremely favorable to him and his team; he couldn't disregard everything for his own willfulness.

He still needed to endure for the time being, but Li Boyong was also waiting for an opportunity, wanting to find someone who could pass information for him.

The ordinary Dawn Corporation staff transporting supplies to the aircraft carrier wouldn't do. He was waiting for a person who knew Murrue and the others and was loyal to Cagalli's faction.

But the aircraft carrier's stay for resupply was limited, and the mission schedule given by the Earth military headquarters didn't include the mission of transporting the negotiation team back.

That was to say, the negotiation team would return to their country through other paths after the mission ended, while he needed to rush to the next mission after the resupply was completed.

The stay for resupply was three days. Li Boyong had been personally responsible for the material resupply, doing everything himself, appearing even more responsible than the captain, all to see if his target person would appear.

Li Boyong waited anxiously, but he never waited for the target person. Perhaps it was because the Earth military's aircraft carrier didn't have the technology the other party wanted.

It wasn't until the last batch of material resupply before departure that Li Boyong, who had already given up, finally waited for the person he was waiting for.

The development director of the Dawn Corporation, Erica Simmons.

If Li Boyong remembered correctly, this beautiful director had participated in the Three Ships Alliance during the last great war, and Captain Murrue seemed to have a good personal friendship with this beautiful director during her time in hiding in Orb.

If it were her, she should be able to pass information for him.

This beautiful director with blonde hair entered the naval port along with the resupply materials, but it seemed it was just a face-saving project that the Dawn Corporation had to send out to express a certain degree of importance.

She herself was indeed not interested in Phantom Pain's mother ship; instead, she seemed to be very disgusted with the Earth military's ships, just staying in the distance to direct the material transfer operation.

This made Li Boyong have a headache. Going directly to find her now seemed too eye-catching.

However, fortunately, there was a document signing and handover link at the end. Li Boyong tucked a small note into the document and handed it to the other party, also deliberately pretending to take advantage of her by touching her small hand.

The beautiful director opposite immediately revealed a disgusted expression and glared at Li Boyong, but she saw Li Boyong quietly point to the document and hide a small piece of paper into his rolled-up sleeve.

Director Simmons was slightly stunned, seemingly guessing what the other party wanted to express; there was information attached in the document.

However, she still retreated two steps without changing her expression, and then watched the Earth military's aircraft carrier sail out of the naval port after completing the handover.

Having completed the mission entrusted by her superiors, Director Simmons returned to her office, preparing to see what information this strange officer had left behind.

Although her reason told her it might be some boring harassment information, her intuition made her feel that she might have encountered something relatively important.

On the small piece of paper tucked in the document by the other party, there was only one short sentence: Please convey to Captain Ramius that the friendly Reaper has returned from hell.

Because the situation was complex at the time, Li Boyong only had time to pass this message.

But he believed that as long as Captain Ramius was mentioned, that beautiful director of the Dawn Corporation would definitely convey this message to Captain Murrue.

Sure enough, after seeing the mention of Captain Ramius on the slip of paper, Simmons immediately put away the slip of paper and drove to Captain Murrue's residence.

"Director Simmons?"

Captain Murrue, who was drinking coffee with Mu on the balcony, saw the beautiful director who had come in a hurry and revealed a strange expression.

However, she thought it was the other party's temporary vacation, so she had come to find her for a chat on a whim, so she went downstairs with Mu to welcome her.

"Long time no see, Director Simmons. What brings you here today?"

Murrue spread her hands, expressing her welcome to the beautiful director.

"Yo, Director is still beautiful today."

Mu habitually flirted.

"It has indeed been a long time."

Regarding Mu's personality, the beautiful director had long since become accustomed to it and didn't even pay attention to him, just stepped forward and hugged Captain Murrue, taking the opportunity to whisper in her ear: "Captain Ramius, I encountered a strange thing today, and it has to do with you."

"Then please come in."

Although curious about what had happened, Murrue still welcomed her into the room unhurriedly.

However, they didn't go to the balcony where they were used to drinking coffee and chatting, but to her own room. Mu, as Murrue's lover, was naturally also present.

Then Director Simmons told in detail about the strange Earth military officer she had encountered today, and then handed the slip of paper to Murrue.

Murrue unfolded it and saw it written in handwriting she seemed somewhat familiar with: Please convey to Captain Ramius that the friendly Reaper has returned from hell.

Friendly Reaper?

Friendly Reaper!!!

Murrue remembered that she had indeed heard Natarle mention that Li Boyong's nickname in the Earth military was the Friendly Reaper.

And this handwriting...

It was indeed very similar to the handwriting on the guarantee Li Boyong had written back then. ===== CHAPTER 234 =====