Chapter 258: Outbreak of War

Lopez Estate, Wang Liumei's bedroom.

After listening to Li Boyong's story, Flay sighed: "So, Captain, you encountered such things. No wonder no matter how we inquired, there was no news of you."

"By the way, can you contact Natarle now?" Li Boyong asked.

Flay shook her head: "Unfortunately, due to the series of impacts from the Junius Seven drop, I am temporarily unable to establish contact with Orb."

"I see..." Li Boyong was momentarily dazed but quickly recovered, cautioning: "My true identity still needs to be kept secret, as does the fact that I've regained my memories. If the leader of LOGOS were to find out by accident, it would bring me some trouble. Arranging to meet here this time is also because this place is absolutely safe in terms of confidentiality."

Flay, hearing this, hurriedly nodded obediently: "I understand, Captain."

"Very good, let's rest for tonight; we'll discuss other matters tomorrow."

Li Boyong said, turning to also caution Wang Liumei: "You should get some rest early too."

"What a pity, I thought you would stay the n~ight~ ^-^." Wang Liumei deliberately put on a resentful look.

Li Boyong couldn't be bothered to deal with her and left the room directly.

"Then, I'll also..." Flay, seeing this, also wanted to leave the room.

But Wang Liumei grabbed her hand: "Don't go; I was serious when I said I wanted to sleep together tonight."

While Flay was still ignorant of the "shuraba" (love triangle battlefield), Wang Liumei wanted to pry more information out of her.

"Then I will respectfully comply."

Flay nodded in agreement; she was also somewhat curious about Wang Liumei.

From the intimate behavior between Wang Liumei and Li Boyong, she sensed some atmosphere unfavorable to Natarle, and she could take the opportunity to help the Major gather some information.

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The next day, Li Boyong woke up a bit late.

The continuous combat during this period had truly left him somewhat exhausted. By the time he got up, Wang Liumei and Flay had already finished breakfast and were waiting for him in the garden.

Looking at Li Boyong, who had put his helmet back on, Flay still felt a bit unaccustomed to it, but she still greeted him warmly: "Ca... Colonel, good morning, have you had breakfast?"

"Not yet..." Li Boyong shrugged.

Wang Liumei, seeing this, waved for the maid to bring breakfast.

Soon, the maid brought breakfast to the table in the garden, and Li Boyong sat down and wolfed it down.

After finishing breakfast, Li Boyong noticed that Wang Liumei and Flay were actually wearing the same style of white cheongsam today, and they were both styled with the same European-style vintage court updo—the kind of hairstyle worn by the King of Knights—making the two girls look just like a pair of sisters.

Hmm, very pleasing to the eye.

"How is it? Are you mesmerized? Are you imagining anything strange?"

Wang Liumei took the opportunity to launch a soul-searching interrogation.

"Not at all..."

Li Boyong, of course, could not admit it.

"Tch..."

Wang Liumei curled her lips, but she still waved away the surrounding maids and attendants: "Next, let's continue the topic from last night."

Li Boyong nodded and said: "Flay, I want you to make a trip to Orb and help me re-establish contact with Natarle."

"I understand. Because of Junius Seven, it seems somewhat difficult to go through civilian flights," Flay replied.

"I actually have a way. I heard that the Orb government recently intends to sign an alliance agreement with the Atlantic Federation," Wang Liumei said: "Under the current circumstances, there will definitely be some private personnel movements before the signing. At that time, I can arrange for Flay to be among the accompanying personnel."

"That works." Li Boyong nodded, approving of Wang Liumei's method.

"Then, Co... Colonel, what are your plans after you contact the Major?" Flay asked, taking the opportunity.

"I hope she can come here and help me out," Li Boyong said bluntly.

He didn't reveal anything too specific to Flay. But for the upcoming plans, if he could have military talent like Natarle's help, things would go much more smoothly.

Flay, hearing this, was silent for a while before gathering the courage to ask directly in front of Wang Liumei: "Colonel, do you have no thoughts of leaving the Alliance military?"

"I still have some grudges to settle here."

Li Boyong knew what she meant; he knew that after experiencing so much, her perception of the Alliance military was extremely poor.

She had actually found him, so of course, she hoped he would immediately go and meet up with Natarle, which was why she was trying to persuade him.

Unfortunately, now was clearly not the time.

"I understand. Since that's the case, I will convey your meaning to Major Natarle."

Sensing his persistence from Li Boyong's tone, Flay gave up on persuading him.

At this moment, Wang Liumei took out a screen and placed it on the table, saying: "It seems war has broken out on the front lines."

This sentence attracted the attention of Flay and Li Boyong, and the three of them watched the top-secret internal footage transmitted back from the front lines right there in the beautiful garden.

Accompanied by delicious black tea, the three watched a farce.

They had charged in to attack the PLANT homeland, even using weapons like nuclear missiles right from the start, only to be beaten back in disgrace.

The Earth Alliance fleet looked truly wretched.

But no matter what kind of farce it was, it meant that the war had begun.

Having suffered nuclear attacks again, PLANT would not continue to remain silent.

Sure enough, the PLANT government soon issued a declaration on the active use of the right to self-defense.

The Earth Alliance and PLANT, these two behemoths, had finally clashed again.

*Sigh*, it won't be long before Kira Yamato steps in to crash the wedding.

Complaining inwardly, Li Boyong turned off the screen: "Wang Liumei, I'll leave the contact with the moderates and Flay to you. It's about time for me to return to the military."

"Understood, you can rest assured." Wang Liumei nodded with a smile.

"I've always been at ease with how you handle things." Li Boyong said, turning to Flay: "I'll leave Natarle to you."

"Mm." Flay nodded in response.

Watching Li Boyong's departing back, Flay made a resolution in her heart: she must make the Captain and the Major reunite.

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Orb, the *Minerva* was nervously making preparations to set sail.

With the war now underway, it was clearly not a wise choice to continue staying in Orb.

Shihe was in the hangar performing maintenance on her mobile suit, looking at her GINN.

She couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged; if they were in space, she could still rely on her piloting to make up for the performance gap of the mobile suit.

Now, in the atmosphere, the GINN mobile suit appeared quite useless.

"If only I had a ZAKU at least..."

Glancing at the ZAKU Athrun had piloted next to her, Shihe couldn't help but complain.

But the battered state it was in after being pushed through the atmosphere clearly couldn't be repaired in the *Minerva*'s hangar.

Thinking of the battles that might occur after setting sail, Shihe felt another wave of headaches. ===== CHAPTER 259 =====