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PHASE 22 . EMOTIONS ARE TRIPPED
“Are we going back now, Captain?” ask a woman who is Erick—'s partner for now.
Erick is still flying his iron bird position near the eastern alliance colony they've been attacking since
earlier. His eyes looked closely at the state of the people of the eastern alliance with their APC and Clibanarii. The focus is on a girl who pulls half of her body out of the APC to communicate with her partner in one of the Clibanarii.
The girl looked strange. He kind of gave orders to the controller Clibanarii nearby firmly. Whereas, as Erick knows now, the girl was not dressed as a soldier as she had seen in other military men. Just an ordinary white outfit that even looked like a school uniform, with a tie still encircling his collar. For a while, Erick's plane maneuvered near the APC, until in the final seconds, the girl looked straight at her plane.
They're face-to-face. Very clear cockpit glass makes Adara—the girl—can see the look of Erick very clearly.
Who her? think Erick and Adara together.
They squinted at each other. Focus on each other for a moment. A few seconds later, Erick maneuvered his iron bird leaving the spot, followed by his other colleagues. Meanwhile, Adara, his eyes were still looking towards the departure of planes belonging to the western alliance that had destroyed the Ankaa Spot which was supposed to be their protector.
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Erick walked into one of the buildings at the base after parking his plane in the hangar. The first figure captured by his eyeballs was someone he didn't even want to appear before him. The doctor who daily monitored Adnan's condition stood up while shaking his waist. The man wore a big smile, either to congratulate Erick, or to harass the brunettes. Erick himself was about to walk past him, before the doctor managed to block his arm.
“I want to talk to you,” said Alan, the doctor. The young man still locked his mouth. “This is about Adnan,” continued Alan.
Alan turned to look at Erick full of seriousness. He was certain that the young man might just refuse his request this time. Another thing with him, Erick even thought if Alan instead wanted to mock him now and compare his performance with Adnan. The young man stared intently at Alan, making the doctor chuckle at him.
“Don't think badly of me,” Alan scolds.
The bespectacled man sipped his coffee, moments after he and Erick decided to talk things out in the base cafeteria. The large room was not so crowded this second, considering the many troops sent to carry out the mission. There were only a few people, one of them both, and a girl who
enjoying his lunch.
“Daddy is still selfish,” Erick said starting a chat, while Alan began to listen to all his words. “He still wants to send Adnan back to Cosmo,”. “This doesn't mean he just took it off. His minions stayed in Cosmo for quite a while, after the war. Most likely Adnan was tortured there was very big.”
“But why did you agree to it?” ask Alan. Both hands clasped the coffee cup, warming themselves from the cold temperature of the room.
“Daddy said, if I can complete the mission, he promised not to torture Adnan while in Cosmo,” Erick replied through.
Alan bergeming. “You just don't want everything you think to happen, ‘kan?” the scales.
Erick clenched the hand that was on the table. His gaze was half subdued, enduring a turmoil within him. She shook her head. “I just don't want war to happen,” he said. “War will only make everything go away, ‘kan?”
Alan is back. He saw the black coffee cup that he had been holding.
“Dad really wanted war. Just for the sake of wealth, just for the sake of power,”.
“War is already raging after the big disaster happened, Erick,” said Alan began to open his mouth. “And also, isn't this the best moment you can control Sarkan, ‘kan?” tusky. “That, ‘kan, that you
want?”
Erick raised his eyes until they came face to face. “You know I can't control Clibanarii anywhere, Alan,” his ideal is so serious. “I did all this because of Adnan. Not because of my own desire.”
“Really?” Alan showed a soft spot on one of the edges of his lips. “I thought the fruit fell not far from the tree,”. “Can you guarantee what you said just now, hm?”
Erick widened his eyeballs. Lips clenched. Alan was like throwing a nail that made him have to swallow the sharp object round and round. After a while, Alan let out a long sigh, trying to melt the atmosphere that was starting to stiffen.
“Sarkan is made not to be abused,” said the doctor. “If you do everything just because of your greatest desire and also Hubert's orders, you better undo your intention to prevent the dirty man from returning Adnan to Cosmo.”
The young man with the tetracokelat immediately gulped. He was glued in silence, thinking about every word the doctor said.
Alan looked straight at Erick. “Hubert will use Harris' son to bring the big war back,”. “And now ... for the sake of launching his ego, he uses his own son.”
Erick got up from his chair and kicked the table instantly. His eyes were glaring at Alan. His breathing and heart beat hunted each other. The doctor's words made his emotions explode. Meanwhile, a girl who had eavesdropped on their conversation since then also gasped. In fact, he had acted in such a way that
his movements were not realized by the two people.
“Don't say as if my father was the mastermind of all these events,” scolds Erick emphasizing his every word. “You only know and deduce everything based on your perception only—”
“Hei.” Alan reprimanded, cutting Erick's words intentionally. He leaned his back and looked at the young man casually. “I live and survive among the conflicts deliberately created by those who are power-hungry, Erick. And Hubert, your father, was one of the few people who made the war five years ago happen. So ... do you think I still conclude everything based on my opinion, huh?”
Erick frowned, looking at Alan sharply in annoyance. Both of his hands clenched tightly and were ready to punch the man in the face whenever he wanted to, but his eyes caught the figure of the girl he knew sitting down and pretending to enjoy lunch. He looked back at the man who was still sitting
in front of him that.
“So what you said! But I do not believe all your words that are too cornering my father, Doctor Alan,” he concluded fiercely, before the next split second left the place. His aura was getting hotter, and of course he did not want the people in the canteen and the girl had been a witness to his behavior just now.
Alan grinned. He gulped back, draining the rest of his coffee liquid for a moment. “You heard it since
earlier, ‘kan?” ask her to a girl who this second jerks in response to her. “Soldier Division 1, Megan Crush?”
Alan turned his head, turning to look at the girl sitting not far behind his chair. The girl looked at him, before finally getting up from the chair and approaching Alan. The doctor greeted him with a big smile.
“You must still remember me, ‘kan?” alan asked familiarly.
“You are a senior doctor here. Little mice like me already know you,” Megan replied sarcastically.
Alan laughed, hearing the word little mouse referring to warriors like Megan made him think hard.
“What did you mean?” ask the girl without further ado.
“Hm?” Alan raised both eyebrows instantly. “Which word am I? I made a lot of froth in my mouth earlier.”
Megan looked straight at the doctor. He didn't respond to Alan's question just now. Until finally, the man got up and swiftly patted her on the shoulder.
“Nothing interesting from my words,” he said as he stepped up his leg about to leave.
“Really?” selisik Megan stopped the doctor's steps immediately. “If it's not interesting, why did Erick get so emotional on you?”
Alan smiled faintly and let out a long sigh for a moment, then turned to face Megan. “Little mouse like you how do you understand if I tell you everything?” ledeknya while shaving the head.
Megan fell silent. His lips almost pursed when he heard the man's words just now. A few seconds later, he caught a different look in Alan's eye. The man seemed to signal her not to talk about everything in the cafeteria. Megan nodded and hurriedly followed the man's steps out of the
canteen.
“How?” the girl asked immediately after they came out of the canteen and walked down the corridor.
“Can't you wait till my room?” alan was a little upset.
Megan decided to lock her mouth. He realized, how bad he was chattering on things that might not be his business. However, for the sake of something he could not explain, he still had to know the purpose of Alan and Erick's conversation earlier.
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