Gundam SEED: Poetry of Tomorrow

Chapter 17 Curious Nicol
Law Lukluze is a person who always carries a calm expression and performs all tasks calmly and calmly, as if there will never be any panic or mistakes.

At the same time, he is also a person who is branded as a failure and hates the world.

"This is the first time we meet. I am Law Lu Cruze. Although I am the nominal person in charge of the Cruze team, I will not restrict your actions too much. Please take care of me in the future."

Cruze spoke in a magnetic tone from the corners of his smiling mouth.

Confident, capable, and easy-going—this is the first impression Aslan and others have of him, and it is also Ino's first impression of him.

Sometimes you have to admit that some people just have an indescribable aura about them.

If Ino hadn't known the darkness and hatred of the world hidden under the mask, he wouldn't have believed that the dream of the man in front of him was to destroy the world.

Facing Cruze, even a prickly man like Yitzhak Jur would not dare to go beyond the mark.

Of course, this is also related to Kruse's own performance.

As an ace pilot who shot down nearly a hundred MAs in a single battle while piloting a mobile suit, anyone who is a PLANT adjuster will maintain high respect for him.

"Aslan Sara!"

"Yitzhak Jur!"

"Nichol Amalfi!"

"Diego Elsman!"

"Ino Kamal······"

After a short self-introduction.

Everyone sat down one after another.

However, perhaps because of their first meeting, Aslan and others seemed a little reserved.

Cruze had already expected this, so after casually chatting about some common matters, he left a meeting date and left with an excuse.

"Hey, hey, hey, he's just graduated and is about to go to war. He really doesn't give him any time to rest."

After Cruze left, Diego relaxed and leaned on the chair with his head in his hands and sighed.

"Diego, what nonsense are you talking about? Isn't the point of us joining ZAFT just to go to the battlefield to defend our country?"

After hearing Diego's complaints, Yitzhak couldn't help but scolded loudly.

As the son of Aisalia Juer, a member of the war faction of the Supreme Council, Yitzhak Juer has been unhappy with the United Earth since he was a child.

Especially after Bloody Valentine's Day, this emotion changed from displeasure to hatred.

To use a slightly nicer word, Yitzhak is a patriotic and passionate young man.

"Well, you're right."

Diego nodded after hearing this. Indeed, this was the meaning of joining the army.

However, in terms of his attitude towards the United Earth, Diego is much gentler than Yitzhak due to his father's influence.

"What's your attitude, you boy?"

Yitzhak was speechless. What do you mean by your careless look?

"Don't worry, I'm always on your side."

Diego knew exactly how to deal with Yitzhak.

"You'd better be like this." Yitzhak glanced at Diego after hearing this.

But he didn't say anything more.

"I don't know what our first mission will be. Aslan, do you have any news over there?"

Diego sets his sights on Aslan.

As the son of the Minister of Defense, Aslan should be more informed than these people.

"It's most likely a cruise alert."

Aslan thought for a while and replied: "There is no serious conflict between the Earth United and PLANT now. In addition, Boyaz has not been completed yet, so the possibility of direct contact between us and the Earth United is not high."

Although they are so-called elites, they do not have much practical experience.

In addition, the current battle situation is not that fierce, and the possibility of going directly to the front line is not high.

"Cruising alert... a bit boring."

Diego couldn't help but slap his head when he heard this.

Yitzhak also looked unhappy and was on patrol. This kind of thing didn't sound interesting.

The conversation between several people made it impossible for Rusty and others to get a word in.

The main reason is that the level gap is a bit high.

Although Rusty also has some background, compared to the three big guys, his background is not enough.

Enoch knew a little bit, but because of Instructor Nuttle, he was not in the mood to talk much now.

"By the way, Nigel, why are you frowning all the time?"

Rusty quickly found someone with whom to start the conversation.

After hearing Rusty's words, several people looked over subconsciously and found that Nigel frowned and looked very serious.

"Nigel, what's wrong with you? Did you find something?" Michelle asked quickly.

Even Yitzhak and others subconsciously looked at Nigel.

However, facing the gazes of several people, Nigel pondered for a while and then said with a serious expression: "Have you noticed it?"

"what?"

"What did you find?"

The interest of several people was immediately dropped, and even Ino couldn't help but look over curiously.

“I noticed that no one seems to have seen Captain Cruse without his mask——”

"..."

When Nigel finished speaking, the room fell into dead silence.

"Is this what you've been thinking about here for a long time?"

Michelle couldn't help but complain.

"Aren't you curious? Captain Cruze has never taken off his mask!"

Nigel looked at several people in disbelief.

Are they not curious about this kind of thing?
That's Captain Cruze!
"..."

Yitzhak's lips twitched slightly.

"Well, it's true when you say that."

When Rusty heard it, it seemed like this was true. Thinking about it carefully, he had never heard of a description of Captain Cruse's appearance.

"If you guys are free, you can find out if you check online."

Michelle was directly defeated by the brain circuits of several people.

"I checked just now. No, not only on the external Internet, but also on the military department's intranet, there are no photos of Captain Cruze without a mask." Nigel replied directly.

"Have you checked?"

"That's indeed a bit curious."

"Otherwise, we can take a look at it quietly some other time..."

"Enough of you guys!"

Yitzhak couldn't bear it anymore and stood up directly and said: "Since Captain Cruze is unwilling to take off his mask, it means that he has a reason to wear a mask. Also, we are here to discuss the next war today. , I’m not here to gossip about others.”

"Discussing the war?"

"Isn't it a party?"

"Yitzhak, aren't you curious about Captain Cruze's true face?"

"..."

Yitzhak was stunned as he listened to Diego and others' complaints: "You guys——"

"Hello everyone, let me hear...Eh?"

Just when Yitzhak was about to curse, the door to the room was suddenly opened from the outside.

A girl in a white dress walked in, escorted by two attendants.

The girl looked at the situation in the room and couldn't help but said: "Um, did I accidentally disturb you?"

Yitzhak, who was about to say something, silently shut up and sat back. This guy really couldn't afford to offend him.

"Lax!?"

Aslan reacted and quickly stood up from his chair to greet him: "Why are you here?"

"I heard that everyone is gathering here, so I came here to see you. However, I may have disturbed you because I didn't inform you in advance. I'm really sorry."

Lux said, putting her hands in front of her and bowing to a few people to apologize.

"No, no, we are just chatting."

Nicol waved his hand quickly when he saw this.

"Yes, we are just chatting here, there is no need to disturb you."

"Miss Lux, you are joking. It is too late for us to be happy that you can come over."

Michelle and Rusty also quickly echoed.

"That's fine, that's fine."

Lux seemed to be relieved when she heard this, with a relieved smile on her face.

Aslan didn't say anything, he just silently opened an empty stool.

"Thank you."

Lux understood in her heart, thanked Aslan and then sat down on the chair.

As Lux sat down, Michelle and others followed suit.

(End of this chapter)