Chapter 99: Republic of Moralia Military Exercise (Part 3)

Li Boyong had briefly shown off in front of so many girls, and looking at everyone's somewhat surprised gazes, he felt a secret thrill in his heart.

However, don't look at how lightly he spoke with a condescending attitude; he still had some self-awareness. The four Gundam Meisters were just lacking actual combat experience at this stage. In fact, the true ability of each of them after they grew up might not be worse than his own, and might even be superior.

After all, none of these guys were normal people. In the future, they would either become True Innovators, become true Super Soldiers, or were already Innovades. Even the most normal Uncle Lockon had an extraordinary sniping talent.

By comparison, he, a normal person, seemed a bit too ordinary.

Of course, the four Gundam Meisters at this stage were still too green. The reason they could suppress the 100+ MS on the opposite side without any ability to fight back while being so green was entirely due to the powerful performance of the Gundams.

First was the dispersion of GN particles, which seriously affected the communication state of the battlefield. The actions of the multinational coalition forces were like headless flies bumping around; the headquarters couldn't know the situation on the front line, and the front line couldn't receive orders from the headquarters.

And it just so happened that Celestial Being had a genius hacker, Christina, who had long since figured out the configuration of the multinational coalition forces.

This led to the multinational coalition forces being unable to effectively utilize their numerical advantage.

Then, in the head-on engagement, the MS deployed by the multinational coalition forces, whether it was the new Enact or the old Tieren, used linear rifles that couldn't cause effective damage to the Gundams' armor.

And the Gundams' beam weaponry could achieve a one-hit-kill effect; basically, if it hit, it was either destroyed or heavily damaged.

Under this absolute performance crushing, just two hours after the operation began, the multinational coalition forces had already lost half their strength.

But as long as Moralia didn't issue an unconditional surrender signal, Celestial Being's actions wouldn't stop. The four Gundams began to move, entering the next phase of the operation.

However, things in the world are unpredictable; nothing can be absolutely smooth.

The Exia Gundam, while moving, encountered an extremely difficult-to-deal-with Blue Custom Enact. In a short exchange, the Exia Gundam actually fell into a disadvantage, which showed the strength of the Enact pilot.

And in the exchange, the pilot of the Exia Gundam, Setsuna, clearly had a guess about the identity of the enemy pilot. In a gap, he sent a light-signal code communication to the Enact saying "come out of the cockpit," while he himself was the first to leave the Exia Gundam's cockpit.

"Setsuna... what on earth is he doing!"

"Opening the cockpit door during battle, what on earth is the Exia pilot doing?"

"Did something happen?"

Setsuna's behavior left Sumeragi and her group, who were watching the battle, stunned.

"Ah, ah, this iron-headed guy actually did it..."

Even Li Boyong, who often fought with the cockpit door open, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

After all, he did that as a last resort after the main monitor was damaged, while the idiot Setsuna did it voluntarily.

If one were to say the two sides were close friends, it could be understood, like Yzak and Dearka. But the situation between Setsuna and the pilot on the opposite side was clearly different.

"Can you explain his actions?"

Wang Liumei asked Li Boyong quietly. Li Boyong's performance just now had been quite outstanding, so when she suddenly encountered this confusing situation, she subconsciously treated him as someone she could ask.

Li Boyong curled his lips and told the truth: "Maybe the pilots on both sides know each other..."

He knew that the pilot of this Enact was Ali Al-Saachez, a former terrorist who had brainwashed Setsuna into a child soldier for the KPSA organization.

He was both the mentor and spiritual support who taught Setsuna how to fight, and the devil who tricked Setsuna into shooting his own parents.

Speaking of which, this kind of grudge made Li Boyong think of Sagara Sousuke and Jiulong in Full Metal Panic. The situations on both sides were different, but they were indeed somewhat similar.

If Ali Al-Saachez suddenly shouted "Qasim" affectionately at this moment, Li Boyong would feel no sense of incongruity at all.

It was just that Wang Liumei clearly didn't believe such a bizarre answer that the pilots knew each other.

Sumeragi, on the other hand, felt that Li Boyong's guess had a certain possibility.

While they were talking, the pilot of the opposing Enact also came out of the cockpit and took off his helmet.

Setsuna wasn't calm when he saw it; it was indeed Ali Al-Saachez.

Both sides raised their guns to aim at each other, and just as they were about to open fire, a beam passed between the Exia Gundam and the Enact. It turned out that Lockon, who had rushed to join them, had taken action upon seeing this.

With this, Setsuna and Saachez both returned to their respective cockpits and restarted their units.

Saachez manipulated the Enact to leave the scene, dodging Lockon's sniping with a few wobbles, and then manipulated the unit to transform into MA form to escape at high speed, avoiding being caught in a pincer attack by the two Gundams.

"We'll talk about the details later; for now, continue the operation."

Seeing the crisis resolved, Sumeragi immediately re-deployed a new plan according to the current situation. "But we are skipping the fifth phase and going directly to the final phase."

The four Gundams executed the order, passing through the winding valleys to directly raid the Moralia military headquarters.

After a brief engagement, the four Gundams used overwhelming force to shoot down all enemy units, forcing the Moralia headquarters to issue an unconditional surrender signal.

With this, Celestial Being's armed intervention against the Moralia military exercise was declared a success.

Only five hours had passed since the start of the operation, yet the four Gundams, facing over a hundred MS, had achieved such brilliant results so easily.

After the news spread, it was believed that world public opinion would surely be in an uproar again.

However, that was not something Celestial Being should be concerned about.

"Beautiful command, Sumeragi."

After the operation ended, Wang Liumei praised sternly.

Although the Gundams had a performance advantage, being able to complete the mission in such a short time was largely due to Sumeragi's tactical prediction and on-site command.

"Although unexpected situations occurred, it was barely within the plan."

Sumeragi shrugged, somewhat nonchalantly. Facing Wang Liumei's congratulations, she looked uninterested.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Liumei asked with concern, thinking Sumeragi was tired.

Sumeragi looked at Wang Liumei's innocent and romantic face and couldn't help but sigh: "Wang Liumei, do you know how many people lost their lives in the operation just now?"

Without waiting for Wang Liumei to answer, she said the answer sorrowfully, "According to my estimation, the death toll is at least five hundred."

Wang Liumei somewhat understood why Sumeragi looked uninterested, but she felt somewhat dismissive in her heart. "Didn't you have this psychological preparation when you joined Celestial Being?"

"Of course... of course I know..."

Sumeragi replied softly, showing an expression of self-loathing.

Then she threw the question to Li Boyong. "How do you view the casualties of these five hundred people?"

Li Boyong: "............"

This question stumped him. Although he knew that from a normal worldview, Sumeragi's sentiment was correct, and it was Wang Liumei's attitude that seemed more like her worldview had been twisted by something.

But as a transmigrator with a system who had experienced so many battles, the people in these casualty data might not even count as tool people in his eyes.

Well, it seems my worldview has also gone wrong.

It's just that zero casualties in such large-scale battles are impossible, unless the Gundam Meisters of Celestial Being all have Kira's limb-chopping technique.

Seeing that Li Boyong couldn't answer, Sumeragi cast her gaze toward Shihe.

Shihe: "............"

Li Boyong knew what she was thinking just by looking at Shihe's expression.

After all, she was a Coordinator. Although she was kind-hearted, it was inherently difficult for her to have any sense of closeness to the Naturals of another world.

Even if she deeply agreed with Celestial Being's philosophy, it was more out of a rational cognition than an emotional one.

So when facing Sumeragi's question, she, like Li Boyong, couldn't answer for a moment.

"I'll leave the equipment to you..."

Sumeragi sighed, waved her hand uninterestedly, and left the hall. ===== CHAPTER 100 =====