Vol 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Six weeks of basic training was just enough training to give the soldiers enough skills to adapt to any type of situation Those who excelled and displayed extraordinary talent during this training were transferred to specialized training facilities, promoted to Petty Officers or Cadets, and received further training
Although I was a Vice Admiral, I was extre and other requirements, since I was a former instructor Fro in any of them!
And soon, they will realise ht now!
…Is what I thought
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There was e on the ar
The ed ars, thus it was able to travel along nors On top of all that, it was able to carry a sizeable load
The Spider given to us for training was just about ready to be scrapped, but nevertheless, we had to train about how to deal with different types of unwieldy movement and breakdowns
The other recruits tried first and…
I was the last one to lay ht after Pencolt
What did that mean?
“Ku ku ku… You poor greenie They’ve put you last thinking that you ht break it, man!”
Recruit Pencolt held the trainers’ PCB (printed circuit board) and turned around to look at me pitifully
Hey, if I’reenie, you know? Don’t look down onafter this guy?! Does that reenie than him?
“Take a good look, and be areater than yours! Hah?”
…Was what Recruit Pencolt said, but after 10its PCB, he electrocuted hi a capacitor
As the other Recruits carried Recruit Pencolt away, Sergeant Aroha signalled to nalled to me like one would a pet
‘Geez, to think that a Petty Officer would treat me like this, while I am still alive!’
To think that she would treat me like a pet, when I should be honoured as the heavenly Vice Ad down onShould I describe that as cute or overfloith sexiness?
“Cough, cough… What’s the eant?”
“Hey Lezirth? If you don’t go wrong this time, I’ll show you my breasts”
“What? Who do you think you’re talking to!”
Wow, I really got angry just now! People thought ofthat was no different as soive you a candy, so behave’!
“Ah, so that won’t work I see you’ve got some determination in you”
Sergeant Aroha shtly and slapped my back loudly with her hand
“Great! That’s a good attitude! Do your best, Lezirth!”
She slightly winked and pushed me at the armoured car
“W-Well, I’ that I wouldn’t look if you were to show me them… Tsk”
Listen to ! But since there was no point in talking about it any further, I grumbled and walked towards the SAV (Spider Armored Vehicle)
After inspecting the PCB first, I stuck my hand inside the armoured car
“Why would you replace the PCB? You can just bypass it You can’t wait for a new PCB to be replaced while a battle is raging on Witness h countless battles, rather than military school!”
“Huh?”
All of the recruits looked at
I loosened a feires and connected the them in the process
Then, Spider suddenly sprang to life! The generator worked upnoise, it started to stand up like a dead organis back to life
Hander at that, you fools! This is what I, a Vice Ad around!
“Wow… he’s really fast”
“Everyone took around 10 minutes, but he did it in 7 seconds…”
“Is he a genius?”
Everyone finally recognised my skills and started to admire me
But then
—Woooon
The Spider-mounted, crowd control rockets came to life
Huh? What? Isn’t the Spider looking at the Recruits right now?
—Recognizing target Foe: Replicant Rebels! Co attack!
“… Huh?”
“What’s going on?”
The recruits looked at the Spider with dumbfounded expressions
I tried to switch off the Spider at once, but the armoured car launched its attack first Numerous plastic lids from the rocket pods flew out and covered the Recruits
Luckily, the rockets were not loaded, but nevertheless, the lids hit the Recruits and things becanised it didn’t have any rockets loaded, so it raised its front leg and tried to commence physical attacks
“Tsk!”
I clung onto the runaway ar out the PCB As it was about to stomp on the Recruits, the Spider became still
“Phew, that was too close for co routine by bypassing But this ht with it Is anyone hurt?”
I juracefully and explained myself to the Recruits about what just happened
However, those Recruits eyed me with a suspicious look
“Huh? What’s wrong everyone? Huh? Haah?”
Shortly after, I had to decide whether I wanted to be jailed or give up free periods for a week and clean out the training shed
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When I walked into the kitchen and took a tray, everyone’s attention was fixed solely onlanced at me and moved somewhere else
“H, this ame A flash mob, was it? Yes, it must be that flash mob play”
I looked around at them in puzzlement
At that moment, Recruit Pencolt came and sat across me with piles of fried food on his plate
“Tsk, tsk, I feel sorry for you,bullied by everyone cuz of your mess?”
“Huh? What are you saying? There’s no way I could ever get bullied!”
I was the one who lead the Dawn Corps and had co me to be featured in commercials I obviously refused as I was a militant, but I was often featured on military-related advertisements
There’s no way that I, as loved by soldiers, cadets and officers alike could ever be bullied!
“Hu hu hu People can’t accept the reality at the start, man I know, because I’ve experienced it But the tiaze”
“…”
“And to prepare yourself for that tirateful, alright? It’s so that you can’t buy with money these days”
Pencolt ru like a key-ring Inspecting as handed toof an anime-like chibi character who had her pink hair in a twin-tail, winking
“What’s this?”
“It’s Misha froel, so she won’t forsake you even if the world does”
While I didn’t like the fact that he thought the entire world was going to be against ood intentions behind his words But geez, this guy really gets on my nerves Why does he tick me off this much?
“Hah… U like this to me?”
He did have strange tastes, but I could tell that he orried aboutlike this, but I suppose I should accept it gratefully
But shouldn’t soiving this to me for free?
“Ah, because Misha-chan kissed someone else in a recent TV anime adaption I don’t need a woman who plays around with other irl is if she doesn’t have a set et to cheat but the woman doesn’t?”
“…”
I-I want to move seats as well
But looking around the place, all of the Recruits were glaring at Pencolt and I If I take my plate and ht? What should I do?
Then, someone else sat next to me
“H-hello, Lezirth Do younext to you?”
“Ah~?”
I stopped myself as I tried to salute her out of reflex The shortly-cut brown haired girl with golden eyes was blushi+ng furiously with her head bowed down as she sat next toonto the seat cover
That girl was the Chief of Staff and Admiral Luise Maynard, who also woke up into this ti induced in 120 years of cold sleep like me
“So that you likedat the plate so intensely Do you like apple jellies?”
“N-No… um, I don’t dislike them”
She sold when the Epiece light shone through the s and warmly embraced her back
Without realising it, I forgot all about my manners and started to look at her in wonder
Suddenly, Pencolt got overly excited and started to snort like an animal
“Wow! A beauty!”
Seeing hi like that rehter He really see out for her, so I blocked Pencolt and Chief Luise by extending my arm between them
“Ah, don’t worry This person is my roommate”
“I-I see hello, my name is Luise Maynard”
“Wow! Ain’t she quite a beauty? Lezirth, who? Soer sister? Cousin?”
“Ehh, so…”
How should I explain this to him?
Then, Chief Luise answered him with an uncertain voice
“W-We’re friends Friends”
“Don’t tell ? Can I call you Luise?”
“No!”
I refuse! I blocked Pencolt And Pencolt glared at me
“Hmph! I bid you farewell”
“…”
“Heh heh, don’t wet your pants now, I’iven you enerous I ae, man Our friendshi+p lasts forever~ my brother”
For that moment, I was really ashamed of myself
When he said ‘Hmph! I bid you farewell,’ I was actually worried for aall by myself in this world filled my head
It was only for a h
But now that he’s said that our friendshi+p lasts forever~, I didn’t like that either Ah, these complexities of a human’s mind
“That aside, how is the gravity adaptation training?”
“Mh out because I haveinrehabilitation activities such as swi”
Chief Luise smiled at me after she said that
“How about yourself, Lezirth? I trust you are coping well?”
“No… well, you see”
The current King of Greenies in our platoon is me
Is what I should say, but I couldn’t bring myself to say that
The others didn’t know abouta mistake in front of them was just an ordinary occurrence, but Chief Luise knew about my previous life
“How I envy you I wish I could be more like a soldier like you, Lezirth”
I let out a long sigh, trying not to be caught in the process of doing so while Chief Luise admired me
This is no good I wasn’t lying on purpose, but it would be cruel to let her think otherwise I believed it orse to hide any sha them
“To tell the truth, I have not been acting like a true soldier as of late”
“Huh?”
“I areenie in this platoon”
“A greenie?”
“It is a nickna still green behind the ears I have been troubling my peers”
Now that I’ve said that, I was too ashamed to raisemy head low
“Be at ease, Ms Luise I’ care of Lezirth, so you may address me, Pencolt, as oppa[1] If you don’t floith oppa, you can use oppan, op̂pa, great brother, exalted brother, brother, bro or whatever floats your boat”
“Ah! T-Thank you”
Admiral Luise Maynard politely bowed her head to the unpleasant Pencolt, as only aher thanks like a big shot, but as I ever in your care?
“Lezirth”
“…”
Chief Luise grabbed my arm and inspected my expression I raised up my head and looked at her
“If soain, please consult it with me We now only have each other in this world…”
“Yes, understood I will abide by your orders”
When I nodded er towards me
“It is not an order, but a promise”
“A promise?”
“Yes, now link your finger to mine”
Adht of her with the bright light shi+ning on her back would’ve been blinding even without the light source
I wrapped er
“Good I won’t forgive you if you go against your promise, so prepare yourself Hee hee”
Why does she appear to be happy? Don’t tell me Chief Luise actually planned ahead and wants to punish me with this promise? What did I do to her to deserve this punishment?
“Yes, of course! I wouldn’t dare to go against your orders!”
“Geez, I’ you it’s a promise”
She pouted out her lips and started herher eyes back on the plate
Nothing changed from the conversation I just had with her However, I felt better for so from inside my chest to my hands and face