Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 276 War Conference

Goro walked back to his dormitory, his expression slightly grave, lost in thought. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Zero curled up on the floor, her right hand clutching her chest.

Goro was stunned. Zero had been perfectly normal during the day, so how could she be like this now!

"zero!"

……

Seventh Sister and Hachi looked at Zero's physical data in front of them, one of which was particularly long.

"What's going on with these unusual yellow blood cell counts? It's already a miracle that she's alive," Seventh Sister exclaimed in shock.

"Well, the exact opposite of the other operators who partnered with Zero Two," Hatch said.

Seventh Sister looked at the data with a troubled expression. "It's dangerous to let him manipulate things again before we even know the cause, isn't it?"

"But in the next battle, Strelitzia must fight," Hatch said.

"Is the next match the third match?" Seventh Sister asked.

……

"Hey, Zero, what's wrong?" Goro quickly helped Zero up.

With difficulty, she propped herself up and said weakly, "I'm fine."

"You don't look alright at all!" Goro said, pulling open Rei's clothes and asking, "Are you injured or anything?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Goro noticed a purple, tumor-like object on Zero's left chest. Seeing this, Goro was stunned, his brow furrowing, unsure what to say.

Zero didn't say anything, turned around, not wanting Goro to see what was on her chest.

"When did it start?" Goro asked.

Zero didn't answer, so Goro continued, "Did you appear after you piloted with Zero-Two?"

Zero remained silent. Goro gritted his teeth, took out a communicator from his bag, and prepared to report Zero's current physical condition.

Zero quickly grabbed Goro's hand, which was holding the communicator. A sharp pain shot through his chest, seemingly from the sudden movement.

"Hey!" Goro hurriedly went to check on Zero's condition.

I had Zero sit against the edge of the bed, poured him some water, and made him drink it. Even drinking water, Zero choked, coughing a few times before feeling much better.

"Stop driving the Strelitzia," Goro said, his head aching.

"It's none of your business," Zero said.

"Next time will be very dangerous, you know that, right?" Goro shouted involuntarily upon hearing Zero's words.

"Goro, I feel my worth now. I never felt that way before. I want to fight well in the next battle. I don't want to lose in the end. So..." Zero said.

"Do you want me to pretend I didn't see it?" Goro asked.

"Hmm," Zero replied.

"Aren't you going to tell anyone?" Goro asked.

"Um."

"You're not going to tell Ichigo either?" Goro continued to ask.

"Um."

Goro grew increasingly angry as he listened, and turned to Zero, yelling, "You bastard..."

Turning around, he found that Zero had returned to his previous appearance, smiling as he said, "Don't worry, I'll definitely come back alive from tomorrow's battle." After saying that, Zero turned and left the room.

Watching Zero's departing figure, Goro looked at him with a disappointed expression, "You, you...you're such an idiot!"

……

"About an hour ago, we detected the reaction of Klaxosaurs at a distance of about three thousand miles. There were about one hundred to one hundred and fifty of them." Hearing Hachi's explanation, Taihe and Yimu were shocked.

Such a massive number is indeed quite frightening. Moreover, the two cities combined only have ten mechs; how can they possibly deal with one hundred and fifty Klaxosaurs?

"I think the number will continue to increase, and we expect to encounter the enemy in thirty-three hours." The screen predicted the approximate movement direction of the Klaxosaur.

"No matter how fast we rush, we can't complete the docking within this timeframe, so we'll set up a defensive line here. Unit 26 will once again serve as the vanguard, while Unit 13 will provide support from the rear." A defensive line was drawn on the screen, followed by a dot representing the position of Unit 26. Behind that dot was another dot, representing the position of Unit 13.

"Huh? Support?" He was shocked.

"It's likely to turn into a chaotic free-for-all, so it's better to fight alongside your usual partners," said the captain of Unit 26.

"What...?" He looked surprised.

"So you're saying they see us as someone who's holding them back?" Future said.

Hatch coughed twice to draw everyone's attention back, and continued, "The primary task is to protect the main pipeline connecting the two bases, so we will set up a FRANXX here that can operate independently."

"Do you have any FRANXX?" someone from Unit 26 asked.

Hatch explained, "We'll have Strelitzia tendrils here."

Hearing that Hatch had assigned Strelitzia to guard the pipeline, Goro seemed somewhat worried. However, the members of Unit 26 were all shocked to hear that Strelitzia was guarding the pipeline.

"Strelitzia reginae... what... what happened..." Everyone in the 26th Unit looked incredulous, and the captain was even more frightened.

At that moment, the conference room door opened, and Sister Seven stood in the doorway with Zero and Zero Two, saying, "Sorry we're late."

Seventh Sister stepped aside, and Zero Two took a step forward. The captain of Unit 26, seeing Zero Two, exclaimed in surprise, "Code name Zero Two!"

Hatch asked his seventh sister, "Did Dad and the others allow it?"

Seventh Sister replied, "Yes, it's permitted. Zero will be Zero Two's partner, piloting the Strelitzia together." As she spoke, Seventh Sister led Zero Two and Zero to Hatch.

"This is the best solution at present," Hatch said, looking at Zero and Zero Two.

"Okay." Zero took a step forward.

"Please wait." The captain of Unit 26 stepped forward and said to Hatch, "We cannot fight alongside Strelitzia."

Hatch told the commander of Unit 26, "The battle plan will not be changed."

The captain of Unit 26 pointed at Zero-Two and said, "But that woman over there completely disregards her comrades! We can't entrust our backs to someone like that! Code name Zero-Two, you should know what you're doing!"

"What's wrong?" Zero Two looked at the captain of Unit 26 with a puzzled expression.

"The cooperative operation two years ago! It's all your fault for messing around during the operation, leaving us isolated on the battlefield! You've made me lose my partner!" The captain of Unit 26 shouted at Zero Two.

Zero Two looked at the captain of Unit 26 and pondered for a while, then said, "I don't remember."

Upon hearing what Zero Two said, the captain of Unit 26 looked at Zero Two in surprise.

Zero Two continued, "It's just that the weaklings died."

Hearing Zero Two's words, the captain of Unit 26 gritted his teeth and walked towards Zero Two. Zero blocked the captain's path, looking at him and saying, "Now I'm Zero Two's partner, and I'll keep Zero Two under control! I'm counting on you not to let the presence of Strelitzia cause this mission to fail!"

Hearing Zero's words, the captain of Unit 26 gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and couldn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)