Gundam EXARE

But there was nothing of the kind here, and she had a can of grape soda in her hand.

Is this grape soda real grapes?

What am I talking about.

Baki Lulu felt a bit of a headache. Her serious and somewhat rigid personality was really rare.

If it was Marilu who was here, she must have discovered that Ray was up to something bad.

Who is Rei? He is a very talkative person.

Then why doesn't he say a word now?

Because he was watching a show, he glanced over and saw that there was an obvious clean mark on the soda can with water droplets on it. Baki Lulu had been rubbing it with her index finger for a long time.

Although nothing could be seen on Bakilulu's face, the little movements she made subconsciously revealed her thoughts.

Rey was just savoring the details. People are three-dimensional. I never thought he could see a different side of Bakirolu than usual.

Unfortunately, I can’t hold it back any longer.

How can a person not speak if he has a mouth?

"It seems the deputy captain is not good at chatting with people."

"As you said."

Baki Lulu accepted it without even a word of rebuttal, which was her usual habit.

If your superior's reprimand is reasonable, then you should throw away your useless self-esteem. If you are wrong, you are wrong. Even if you hate being criticized, you have to bear it. It's your fault.

"And the deputy captain is really bad at finding topics to talk about."

"As you can see."

Baki Lulu acted submissive, which was much better for her than unbearable silence.

"The first officer must really like grape-flavored soda."

"Really?"

Baki Lulu, who was about to say yes, paused because she was that kind of person.

If you get scolded for doing something wrong, you will definitely learn a lesson from it.

She was not one to just nod her head and get away with it, so she kept thinking and immediately realized that Ray was talking nonsense.

Baki Lulu doesn't hate grape soda nor does she like grape soda, so why did Ray inexplicably assume that she liked it?

Rei asked in surprise:

"Isn't it?"

Normally, a normal person would have gotten away with it, but unfortunately, Baki Lulu insisted on finding out everything.

"Why do you think I like grape soda?"

The direction of the conversation shifted, and now she was asking questions and Rei was answering.

Faced with this meaningless question, Rei also gave a very meaningless answer:

"Because the lip gloss you usually wear is grape color."

He casually mentioned grape soda based on the color of purple grapes, but this was simply incomprehensible. How could one use such a superficial reason to determine a person's preferences?

"That's it?"

"Yes."

Bakilulu was confused by Rey's response. It sounded a bit silly based on that kind of logic.

Then, Ray, who had just finished his silly words, asked again:

"So what flavor of soda do you like?"

“I don’t understand soda.”

Baki Lulu shook her head. If you asked her about coffee, she would know about instant coffee. When you are tired, you can just make it with hot water and drink it to refresh yourself.

"Because I rarely drink this kind of drink."

Baki Lulu had never been exposed to these things. She grew up drinking cold and hot water.

“It’s not healthy for your body.”

Since she was young, her parents have been nurturing her, educating her, or even disciplining her.

What should be done? What should not be done? There are standards for these.

"I suggest you stop drinking soda. It's not good for your health."

What Bakilulu said made sense, but Rei had a question.

"But chicken fried steak without a Coke is like going skiing without skis."

"Then don't eat either of them. They're both unhealthy."

"I like to order an ice cream cone after I finish these two."

"Are you serious? That's way too much calories."

Baki Lulu felt a little headache. No matter whether you are a soldier or not, you must have a healthy body.

What's the deal with Rei's spate of junk food? He says this, but he probably eats more than just these three high-calorie foods.

“But it’s really delicious.”

Rey missed the fried chicken steak he had a few days ago. It tasted even better when he was hungry, but Bakilulu still disagreed with this approach.

"You should only eat fast food to replenish your energy when you have no other choice."

She expressed her opinion, but if you think about it carefully, what is the significance of the conversation so far?

The answer is that it has no meaning at all. Generally speaking, 80% of the content in a conversation is empty and meaningless, and everyone forgets it after saying it.

Chatting is a process of expressing opinions and satisfying one's emotional needs in the process.

So what was Baki Lulu's emotional need at this moment? She wanted some conversation, anything.

"You're exaggerating. It's okay to eat it once or twice occasionally."

"Once it's twice, twice it's three times, and then you keep falling."

This is the education that Baki Lulu received, she must be self-disciplined and abide by the rules.

This kind of personality of hers is exactly why she has no friends. It seems that she has to argue about right and wrong in everything, and people will soon be scared away by this kind of difficult relationship.

After thinking about it, Rei decided to fight for it. He liked to eat some junk food. If it was a hamburger, it would be fine if he was rejected, but if you said that fried chicken was not delicious, that would be unbearable.

"You're just prejudiced because you haven't been exposed to it."

"A lot of people are hooked by this narrative."

"Don't be so rigid, just try it once."

"Just once? Once the bottom line is crossed, it's all over."

"You're exaggerating, this isn't eh?"

Rei felt something was wrong halfway through his words. This was another addiction that had happened once, twice, and three times. If he crossed the line, he would be finished.

"We're talking about junk food, right? Not leaves?"

As he said this, he opened his coat and stuffed the remaining drinks into his inner and outer pockets, can after can.

"It's almost time. I should go."

If they didn't leave soon, their iced drinks would become room temperature drinks. But before leaving, Rei had one more thing to say:

"I'm curious about your healthy diet. If you have the chance, please treat me to a meal. See you next time."

After saying goodbye and leaving, Baki Lulu became a human being again.

Her investigation this time ended in failure and she knew nothing.

At the same time, a question also arose. It was true that she did nothing, but what was Rei here for?

Baki Lulu thought about it carefully but still couldn't figure it out, because from her point of view, even Ray didn't do anything.

The conversations between the two people were completely meaningless and did not contain any information at all.

These things have nothing to do with the future or the world, so what’s the point of talking about them?

Baki Lulu habitually picked up the drink in her hand and drank it in one gulp. She couldn't tell whether it tasted like grape or not.

No matter what Rei said, she still felt that junk food was junk food and there was no need to eat it.

If I had to say, does knowing that Rei likes to eat junk food count as information?

Baki Lulu finally finished her thoughts and concluded that this conversation seemed to be of no use.

At most it's just a waste of time?

She said a lot of useless words, and the time she spent must have been longer than the time she was silent. The strange thing was that she didn't find this period of time as difficult to endure as she did when she was silent.

We're clearly not talking about anything meaningful, so why am I so immersed in it that I don't notice the passage of time?

Baki Lulu was puzzled by this. Perhaps this was the umpteenth time that she, who always focused on efficiency and meaning, had wasted time.

Why did she say she didn't know how many times? Because she couldn't remember the last time she did this.

Our current lifestyle was developed in the past, but what was it like even longer ago?

Baki Lulu tried to recall her childhood self, and what she remembered was a child who was not much different from now.

Because her parents had already decided her future and raised her to be what she is today.

Childhood can shape a person's life, but the one depicting the future does not seem to be her own.

Thinking of this, Baki Lulu shook her head and threw away all the sad emotions.

After all, she is already that kind of person, and that kind of person won't doubt herself just because she recalls these things.

"Let's go back."

Although I didn't get to see the secrets of where Orb might be hiding, I learned that Rey is still working at the Aurora Society, and maybe I'll see him again someday in the future.

As for the statement that she had heard before and liked very much, Baki Lulu didn't feel anything after calming down. This world is not so simple that a single sentence can make people feel aroused.

Maybe some girls would be like this, but Baki Lulu wouldn't. She felt even more sorry that Rei had returned to the Aurora Society, after all, they had lost a reliable fighting force.

Chapter 74 Subtraction

"Too slow, what did you do?"

When Rey returned to the underground factory, he immediately heard the princess's rude questioning.

Let’s recall Kagalli’s identity. She is Uzumi’s daughter and a politician’s daughter. But this politician’s daughter hangs out here every day. What does it mean?

The country of Orb still retains the feudal tradition of family. Could it be that the only daughter of the Asha family and the next head of the family will drive a MS to the battlefield?

This is impossible no matter how you think about it, but if you try harder to recall it, you will find something absolutely ridiculous—Cagallie had already stepped onto the battlefield.

The princess traveled to the African continent with one of her guards and joined the battle in the Dawn Desert.

It would have made sense if she was just pretending to do it, but she actually picked up a rocket launcher and fired at Baku.

Notice anything wrong?

Cagalli's only guard is Chisaka. Could it be that Chisaka is actually a new type of person with super powers, who can use telekinesis to knead Baku into a block of iron? It's impossible, right?

So what on earth was wrong with Uzumi that he would let Cagalli run off to the Dawn Desert? Was he out of his mind?

Put yourself in his shoes. Ray has temporarily considered Cagalli his sister, so he would never let his sister get involved in such a dangerous thing.

Rei couldn't understand why Uzumi had such a big heart. The only explanation was that Uzumi suffered from a mental illness and had a split personality.

In short, the little cat princess who doesn’t learn political knowledge or upper-class etiquette is now grinning.

"Are you listening to me?"

Cagalli noticed that Rei was staring at her. Rei, who had come to his senses, smiled and replied:

"Sorry, I was thinking about the brunette."

"what?!"

You mean you took so long to get a drink because you saw a pretty woman on the street and just rushed over to chat her up? I'm not even surprised!