Mob №121 “My sister committed the crime, but I also had things to reflect on, so I won’t refute that”
It seems like Lambert-kun is being chased by quite a number of them, but if things get dangerous for him, he’ll switch with Rossweisse-san, so it should be fine to leave him alone.
More than that, I need to focus on this person or it would be rude.
This person’s craft took a hit from me earlier, so there should be some damage, but they’re challenging me to a dogfight with movements that don’t show any signs of it.
From this person’s perspective, the purpose is probably to prevent me from going to support Lambert-kun, and to get revenge for the hit they took earlier.
Close-range combat between fighter craft and combat vessels designed for planetary atmospheres is called a dogfight because it resembles dogs chasing each other’s tails. In this case, we’re stray dogs, and they’re military dog wannabes still in training before their debut, I guess.
Compared to the [Blue Hornet], their movements still have a lot of waste.
But I can’t let my guard down. I need to go all out to take them down.
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[Side: 1st Fleet Combat Vessel Unit Selected Member]
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Why am I, the 1st Fleet combat vessel unit’s promising rookie and future top ace, getting hit by a surprise attack from hiding in an asteroid?!
And not even by the skilled [Feathered Helmet] but by such a small fry!
Fortunately, the attack that hit didn’t do much damage, and I can move well enough, so I should be able to take them down.
The other side must be getting careless since they landed one hit on me!
I’m an elite! There’s no way an elite like me can’t take down a small fry like that!
This is strange…
Strange, strange, strange?!
Why is this?!
That small fry disappears from sight the moment I get them in my sights.
And the next moment, alarms are blaring.
I desperately evade, and as soon as the alarms stop, I see the small fry’s back.
Then the moment I get the small fry in my sights again, they disappear from view again, and the alarms blare once more.
No matter how much I shake them off, the alarms won’t stop.
The moment I thought the alarms would never stop ringing, a light vibration ran through my craft, my movement stopped, and the alarms finally ceased.
For a moment I didn’t understand what had happened, but I understood a few seconds later.
I had been shot down.
Even though it was training, a promising rookie, a future top ace, had been shot down by a mere mercenary…
No way! I’m an elite! There’s no way I can let the dishonor of being defeated by a mercenary stand!
I reached out to turn off the switch for the D-Feedback F-Field S-System.
The enemy is off guard right now.
Anything can happen on the battlefield. If I move now and shoot them from behind, I can definitely win.
And as I slowly reached out to press the switch, just as I was about to press it, a buzzer sounded with a “Beep!”
[Both sides, that’s enough! The results of this asteroid belt combat are: 1st Fleet combat vessel unit remaining craft: 14. Mercenary unit remaining craft: 17. Therefore, the mercenary unit is victorious!]
The voice of Colonel Shunera Floss, who was serving as referee, echoed.
At that moment, I was burdened with the stigma of losing to mercenaries for the rest of my life.
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[Side: 1st Fleet Third-Person Perspective]
On the bridge of the 1st Fleet flagship, the super-large combat vessel battleship [Great Whale], positioned where they could overlook the entire battlefield, Jack Baldor Breskin nodded with satisfaction at the results of this mock battle.
“We lost, huh. Well, that’s about right. Those guys who were getting cocky probably learned something.”
“But this will embolden them.”
Shunera Floss, who had served as referee, let out a light sigh.
“Some of them, yeah. More importantly, the mercenary side has a lot of good ones. [Feathered Helmet] and [Leopardess]. The [White] one and the [Black] one. I’d like to have the whole unit. Can’t you go hit on a few of them?”
“Isn’t that your forte, Your Excellency?”
“Don’t expect me to have any pickup skills.”
While exchanging light banter, neither took their eyes off the documents at hand.
“Then, after a two-hour movement and break period, we’ll begin the second combat training session.”
“Yeah. I’m counting on you.”
They calmly began preparations to start the next mock battle.
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It seems we managed to win this one.
The person who challenged me to a dogfight at the end was pretty stubborn, so I’m glad I managed to take them down.
The next mock battle will be held in a different location, and there’s a long two-hour break.
When I landed on the aircraft carrier to relocate and rest,
[Good work. We’re heading to the training grounds for the next exercise, so during the transit, we’ll execute fuel and ammunition resupply and clear the system’s damage data.]
Lieutenant Flax Ailud and Lieutenant Miliciana Todel came out to greet us.
The reason for providing such a long break before the next battle is probably to ensure our side is in perfect condition.
Normally, to give the military an advantage, they’d say rest is often lost in actual combat and make the break extremely short, with a complete replacement of their members.
The fact that they’re not going without a break at all shows the General is being fair.
After landing the ship, I was getting a drink in the cafeteria when a loud voice echoed from the corner.
“Hey! Listen up! In the next battle, everyone follow the orders of the strategy I’ve laid out! That’s the most efficient way to win!”
The leader of the guys who got shot down first on our side is shouting something.
That guy is Dashid Denogar, a Bishop Rank mercenary who transferred from another branch.
Most Bishop Ranks either go to the capital’s mercenary guild or stay local, but occasionally some move to other branches.
But this guy probably fled because things got uncomfortable for him.
“First, those four women will be my direct guard, the rest split into left, right, and center and charge in as you like.”
And then he spouted nonsense that I’d hardly call a strategy.
The four women apparently refers to Tiursad-san, Seira-jou, Molize, and the newcomer Shiora-jou.
Everyone except a few of his cronies was giving him cold stares and simultaneously sneering.
When Denogar realized this fact, his face turned bright red.
“I’m a Bishop Rank! It’s the rules to follow me since I’m higher ranked!”
He shouted.
Then,
“There are other Bishop Ranks besides you.”
Hero-kun—Yuri Priliera-kun—stood in front of Denogar and his gang.
“Huh? Don’t talk so high and mighty when you’re just a criminal’s brother!”
“My sister committed the crime, but I also had things to reflect on, so I won’t refute that.”
Denogar tried to provoke Hero-kun—no, Yuri-kun—but he responded calmly without panicking.
“But as I said earlier, there are other Bishop Ranks besides you. Furthermore, you were the one who said command wasn’t necessary at first, charged in, and got shot down first, right? The fact that you charged in without establishing a strategy first and got taken out, then want to become commander because you don’t want to get taken out next time, is so stupid it’s astounding. For these reasons, there’s no point in you commanding. We can win better if everyone does their own thing.”
At Yuri-kun’s words, Denogar turned even redder.
“You…! Don’t talk so high and mighty when you’re just a criminal’s brother!”
He insulted Yuri-kun with the same line as before, but,
“I said I won’t refute that, didn’t I? Weren’t you listening?”
He looked at Denogar with an expression that said, “So what?”
“Anyway, I won’t follow your command. If you want to do it, do it on your own.”
Saying that, Yuri-kun left the cafeteria, ignoring the enraged Denogar.
At that moment, for some reason I felt like Yuri-kun glared at me.
Though I’m not completely clueless about why he might
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