Gundam Seed: Final Destination Chapter 660: : Reconnaissance mission

At night, everything is silent.

Occasional stars twinkle in the sky.

In the jungle in the middle of the night, figures flashed one after another.

The leading man squatted down on the edge of a cliff, took out the night vision binoculars and looked into the distance.

Moments later, a dozen soldiers in full armor and wearing night vision goggles came behind the man without saying a word.

The leading man retracted the binoculars, turned around and nodded slightly towards the figure behind him, and everyone raised their hands to look at the watches in their hands.

After setting the time, everyone looked at each other and nodded in groups of three and three and quietly left.

There is no sound in the middle.

At the same time.

The surface of the Aegean Sea was tumbling, and a submarine quietly surfaced.

Dozens of soldiers boarded the speedboat without saying a word and rushed towards the distant mountains and forests.

Early in the morning.

Woo——

The harsh siren rang through the forest.

But it stopped abruptly at a certain time period.

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The next day.

"What—?"

Zhen Asuka couldn't help but screamed loudly, and was glared at by Lei beside him, and quickly changed his words and continued to ask: "...Uh, you mean the exploration mission, right?"

Standing in front of them, Arthur raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right! And this is an official order directly from the army headquarters!"

The military command directly deployed tasks, and the Minerva became a 'big shot' before it knew it.

Thalia squinted at Arthur, this deputy captain is really—

"According to the information of the local residents——"

Arthur didn't notice Thalia's line of sight, but just called up the panel and the adjacent map.

On the map, there is a flickering orange light spot in an inland area extremely far from the coastline of the Aegean Sea.

"——There is a research institution of unknown origin in this area. It is said that it is likely to be related to the joint military. There seems to be no movement at present, but vehicles, planes and mobile suits have frequently entered and exited. It is said that it is a quite A large-scale institution.”

"There was also an alarm sound over there last night, but I don't know why it stopped suddenly."

Zhen Asuka listened sullenly. He thought it would be a big task, but he didn't expect to investigate some research institution.

"I hope you will set off to investigate tomorrow morning."

"Should that kind of work also call us—uh, subordinate?"

Zhen Asuka couldn't help but ask back.

After all, they are also top combat pilots, so they want to reconnaissance? Moreover, he still had to scout an unknown research unit.

Is it necessary to drive two mobile suits for such a small errand?

"Really, you are too presumptuous."

Ray spoke out as usual.

Arthur also corrected the real words, but he didn't seem displeased: "Hey, how can you say that kind of job, what if someone hides force in it?"

"Ah..."

That's the case, of course you need to carry arms.

Zhen Asuka accepted this speculation tentatively, but heard Arthur still hypothesizing: "There is no movement now, who knows if there are still people using it, and if it is an important institution, it must be heavily guarded... No, no, maybe there is a large secret base under it..."

You are so talented!

―― Zhen Asuka almost couldn't utter these words to ridicule the officer, so he had to cough a few times on purpose.

Arthur hurriedly recovered from his whimsy: "——uh, in short, the task is like this, you guys do it well!"

"Received."

Lei, who was always attentive and attentive to the lecture, stood up and saluted energetically.

Zhen Asuka followed suit, but his disgusted expression was very glaring.

On the other side.

"Where is Mr. Andrew?"

Kajiali, who had just finished her bath and was about to have dinner, suddenly found that there was one person missing from the dining table.

"He has something to go out."

Lux stood aside and replied.

"Is that so."

After hearing the words, Kajiali didn't ask too much.

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Zaku Mirage and Impulse Gundam leave the battleship.

The two airframes are not equipped with too much armed equipment. After all, ordinary equipment is enough for reconnaissance missions.

They flew from the Sea of ​​Marmara over the Gallipo Peninsula to the Aegean Sea where the islands are scattered.

The azure sea was sparkling, and the two continued to fly along the coastline for a long time, and came to a north-south mountain range.

As the two moved forward, the scenery below changed to folk houses and fields, and gradually turned to forests and wasteland.

Flying over the deserted woodland for a while, an open flat land appeared in front of it.

"...that's where it is."

Lei made a judgment, and the two flew there, guarding their surroundings.

They hovered in the sky for a while, but they didn't notice any attack.

There is not even a human figure on the huge ground. Every building looks very old, and the asphalt paved on the ground is also mottled and peeling off, and the damage is quite serious.

Don't know what it was used to do here, but it must have been deserted for a long time, or so it seemed.

"It looks like no one is attacking us."

Ray delivered his usual cautious reflections.

"Okay? Ray, I'm going down!"

Shin Asuka said annoyedly, and landed Impulse Gundam in the mechanism with a big stab.

Stepping out of the plane, the surroundings were still silent except for the silence. Surrounded by this absolute silence, Zhen Asuka suddenly felt a little uneasy.

This place is not empty, but it makes the quiet atmosphere concrete.

The overwhelming dead silence rushed over him, as if he would be bounced back if he stretched out his hand, there was an unpleasant silence everywhere.

After a while, Lei also got off the plane and came over.

"Really, you are too rash, no one is sure where the enemy will hide, maybe they just haven't shown up yet!"

"...I know!"

He spoke nonchalantly, but Zhen Asuka carefully held the pistol.

What is this strange sense of unease? Is it the peculiar sadness of abandoned ruins? Or is it the slanting sunlight that makes the vast workshop even more desolate?

"Let's go, let's go around first."

Under Lei's urging, Zhen Asuka walked nervously.

The air is cold and heavy.

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, when Zhen Asuka looked nervously around, Lei in front suddenly reached out to stop Asuka.

Asuka hastily aimed the gun at the past, and then——nothing.

"What are you doing, scare me!"

Zhen Asuka couldn't help but reply.

Lei didn't answer, but walked to a corner cautiously, bent down and picked up a special shell casing from the ground.

Looking at the markings and texture on the shell casing, as well as the footprints on the corner of the wall that were cleaned but not completely cleaned, Lei couldn't help frowning slightly.

This is a ZAFT bullet.

The weapons and ammunition of the ZAFT Special Forces are all unique, completely different from ordinary standard weapons.

"What's wrong?"

Zhen Asuka came behind Lei and asked ~IndoMTL.com~ nothing. "

Lei Wenyan quietly put the bullet casings into his trouser pocket, and the soles of his feet calmly swept across the footprints in the corner.

The two continued to walk forward.

However, the level of Lei's vigilance is obviously higher at this time.

Following Lei and continuing to walk, Zhen Asuka's tension gradually eased.

It seems that there is really no one here.

Just when he started to think so, he couldn't help laughing secretly when he thought of the fuss he made just now.

Now, he has no right to make fun of the deputy captain.

The two walked into one of the larger buildings one after another. Lei led the way up the stairs carefully, paying attention to every step he took.

Zhen Asuka was not so on guard, but Absolute Lei's behavior was somewhat troublesome.

Obviously there is no problem, he will always take a look there, or raise his leg to sweep.

However, only Lei himself knew that something was wrong.

Although the battlefield has been cleaned very clean, the tiny traces of the battle still exist.

Traces of bullets and traces of blood abound.

There must have been a battle here recently, and the members who participated in the battle were all the elite of the army, the kind that would not give way to the special forces.

I just don't know why, the traces of this battle are a bit disordered, it seems that there are not only two forces but multiple forces.