At 11:00 noon in the Star City of Aslan, in the underground mecha practice field of the Jinrilun Building.

There were no empty seats in the viewing seats, all of them were Jin Rilun's soldiers and officers, their faces were full of enthusiasm, and shouts came and went one after another.

"it is good!"

"Hey, it was beautiful just now!"

"Go on, do it, do it!"

Looking down from the observation seats, there are three mechas in the arena.The two planes in the battle were both M-Splitting Wind 09, a white and brown C-class mecha, the standard model used by Jinrilun mecha soldiers.

In the army, fighting is punishable, and the only way to "make a reasonable appointment" is to come to the training ground to engage in mech battles.

It is often only when the masters "make an appointment" that the audience will be lively.

But today is clearly different.I saw that the mech on the left was attacking bravely and aggressively. Every blow and turn was remarkable, but the immaturity of the recruits could still be seen in the movements.

The mecha on the right has less offense and more defense, and it moves step by step. Its movements are obviously smoother than the opponent's. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is a move for the pilot of the mecha on the left.

Hey Zhao, this is a teaching battle, not an appointment.

Generally speaking, there is nothing to watch, let alone gather so many people.

The only special thing is that there is a third mecha standing in the arena, the whole body is white and beautiful, and the model is S-Snow Dove.

The cockpit was open, and a young officer with black hair and black eyes was sitting on the fuselage. He looked handsome and frail. At this time, he aimed at the gap between the two mechs and clapped his hands.

"Okay, let's take a break."

As soon as he said this, the shouts in the audience suddenly rose an octave.

When Jiang Jianming glanced at the seats helplessly, the strange shouts became louder.

Since the turmoil before the New Year's Eve was quelled, Jiang Jianming, who served as a temporary supervisor, suddenly became famous.

It is also a coincidence that at the time when civilians and Wujing people were fighting for rights and interests, and it happened that Jiang Jianming, who had both identities, made military exploits repeatedly, and his legend suddenly increased.

In this high-tech era, the speed of information dissemination is fast. In just over half a month, he has inexplicably gained a group of admirers.

In addition, those who follow the crowd to watch the fun, look down on the handicapped and want to find him wrong, and secretly regard him as a competitor to observe the strong enemy... There are so many people, the number is enough to fill a seat in the golden sun wheelArmor training ground.The cockpit of the M-Cracked Wind 09 was opened, and the female pilot had short, smooth chestnut hair.

Holding the edge with both hands, she jumped out of the cockpit—there was a clang of metal collision when she landed, and her right leg turned out to be a prosthesis, an iron-colored military prosthesis made of hard alloy.

The driver on the opposite side also got off the mech.Major Zheng Yue wiped off the sweat on his brow, and said with a bright smile: "Miss Bei is making great progress."

Bemaner smiled sweetly, and her eyes fell on her legs: "It's not enough, I'm already so far behind, if I want to return to the army, I have to give 100% when others are working hardIt takes hard work."

Zheng Yue said: "Based on your current level, it should be no problem to enter the golden sun wheel."

Bemaner shook her head: "I still want to go back to the Yinbei Dipper. I fell down there, and I have to get up from there. I just want to trouble Major Zheng, who always comes to accompany me."

"Hey, you're welcome, it's our honor to be able to practice with the beauty." Zheng Yue frowned and smiled, "Besides, your Excellency is not in good health, His Royal Highness Lai An forbids him to be on the mecha, so I can't do it?"

Jiang Jianming asked Seth to control Xuejiu to come over, and said at the right time: "Old Zheng, don't be too drifting. With Man'er's progress rate, you will not be able to win the guidance bureau in a year or two."

His voice was light and gentle, and before he finished speaking, there was an explosion in the audience seats.

"Inspector, let's have a game!"

"Your Excellency is amazing, let's play a game, Your Excellency!"

Especially the young people, they booed so much that it was a joy.

"These guys." Zheng Yue scolded with a smile, "This is aiming at the absence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Excellency Lance today, to tease you."

Jiang Jianming smiled, but couldn't help but feel a little itchy from the hook.

Ever since his chronic disorder was exposed, Garcia has been staring at him too closely... Not to mention getting on the mecha, he has even been arranged for eating and sleeping.

But today Garcia is still at the White Emerald Palace.

Now that he has made up his mind to be the crown prince, there are always a lot of things that need to be made up temporarily, and the candidates who are catching up for this year are not as tired as the current young highness.

There are still countless occasions where the revived Crown Prince needs to make a public appearance. He is not used to the political arena, so he can only rely on the previous night's preview and improvisation... It's very pitiful, Jiang Jianming sincerely sympathizes with him.

Mercy be mercy, at least today he is free.

"Old Zheng," Jiang Jianming raised his eyebrows, "how about we come and play."

Zheng Yue's eyes lit up: "Hey, Your Excellency is in such high spirits today, come here..."

The joking booing in the viewing seats suddenly turned into a wave of jubilation, and when Jiang Jianming signaled Bemaner to come down and rest, and he sat in the cockpit of the Liefeng, the wave reached its peak.

"Holy shit, no, luck is against the sky today!!"

"Your Excellency the Inspector is really on the mecha!?"

"Quick, the brother in front starts the video!"

Some people casually laughed at the excited accomplices: "Don't get too excited, okay, no matter how powerful a disabled human being is, he will still be strong among disabled human beings. Don't cry when the filter is shattered."

But after a minute, those who want to see the joke can't laugh.

M-Split Wind 09 whizzed and moved, and the mechanical arm hit it with sparks flying around.Zheng Yue locked Jiang Jianming's fuselage one second before, and was thrown back on the ground the next second.

You come and go, changing rapidly, and the gap between the scene and the one just now can be seen at a glance.

"so amazing……"

Bemaner on the sidelines was ashamed of herself while observing her memory vigorously.

Neither of them tried their best, and they were really just "playing".But even so, it is already an exciting mecha battle.

The observers sighed frequently: "Major Zheng is also awesome, this operation is comparable to some generals."

"A civilian major who is only in his thirties, he has achieved this position without fawning or flattering. Of course, his ability goes without saying."

While speaking, the fuselages of the two mechs in the arena collided viciously, and were bounced back by the anti-shock force.Just as they were about to adjust their postures and attack again——

With a bang, the door of the training ground was pushed open forcefully.

The audience was silent.

The light outside flickered and then disappeared. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stepped forward, his curly hair tied behind his head by black silk ribbons, winding down on the scarlet gold-woven robe and dress.

His Highness looked indifferent, the face familiar to the people of the empire was still as perfect as it was three years ago, but the emerald green eyes were chilling, as if staring at prey, they fell on the snowdoves in the arena——

Bemaner, who was resting next to Snowdove drinking energy water, choked up the water and shook from head to toe.

She showed a stiff smile, and pointed her fingers unambiguously at the M-Liefeng 09 that Jiang Jianming was riding on.

Jiang Jianming: "... Ah."

Zheng Yue's face was livid: "It's over."

There was no sound in the audience, but the excitement in many people's eyes became strangely stronger.

They all covered their mouths, trying to hide the curvature of their mouths.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince walked in front of the mecha.

At this time, the two Liefeng planes had frozen as if the pause button had been pressed, and even the mecha interference waves of the reactionary forces had no such effect.

When Garcia slowly raised his head from below, Jiang Jianming, who was sitting in the cockpit, couldn't help being in a daze for a second.

That was indeed Garcia, but now it's Lai An.

It has only been more than ten days since this person decided to become Lai An—or in his words, let Lai An become him—and the temperament around His Highness has already possessed the kind of elegance and grace that a prince should have.

Well, I'm a quick learner and I'm good at pretending.

"Ginger, come out."

Garcia... Maybe the person who should be called Lai An said indifferently.He glanced at Zheng Yue by the way, "Get out too."

Zheng Yue immediately rolled out, hid behind the mecha and didn't dare to say anything, the stiff smile on his face was exactly the same as that of Bemaner.

Jiang Jianming still tried to resist, he hid in the cockpit and argued dumbfoundingly: "I have been in the cockpit for less than ten minutes, my lord!"

Lai An jumped to the position outside the cockpit as soon as he kicked the fuselage, with a deadpan expression: "You and I promised you will recover well."

Jiang Jianming: "Patients also need to be released."

"..."

Lai An was so angry that the corners of his eyes twitched, and because it was difficult for everyone to have a seizure under their noses, he squeezed out a low voice from between his teeth: "...whose patients rely on the mobile armor to ventilate?"

Jiang Jianming secretly groaned in his heart, still pretending to be innocent and fooling around, he blinked: "Listen to me, if you don't touch and manipulate, the feeling in your hands will be dull, and..."

Lai An raised the crystal bone from his wrist.

Jiang Jianming surrendered in a second, and jumped out of the cockpit with a bang: "Don't smash it! Don't smash it, don't smash it, I don't have money to repair it—"

...

Not surprisingly, His Excellency Jiang was snatched away by His Highness the Crown Prince like a trophy.

Lai An first brought him into the lounge next to the training ground, put him on the seat, and let him rest for a while before leaving.

Jiang Jianming had no choice but to be overprotected by His Royal Highness, but he had no choice but to resign himself to taking the energy water handed over by the latter and drink it. In between, he asked warmly, "Why do you have time to come here so early today?"

There was no one else in this separate lounge, Lai An leaned against the doorway, and said casually: "There is something urgent, Chen asked me to come to you."

Only then did he catch the patient who was venting out of the mecha, and His Highness finished the unfinished words with deep eyes.

Jiang Jianming pretended not to understand, and was about to ask what was going on, but Lai An picked up another topic.

He looked outside the door, and asked with mixed emotions, "You...do you like this?"

Jiang Jianming: "What kind?"

Lai An: "Standing high, being watched by so many people."

"...You asked that." Jiang Jianming lowered his eyelashes, holding the bottle of energy water in both hands, and there was a faint melancholy smile on the corner of his lips.

In fact, it is stressful.

Needless to say, Lai An, in order to support him, Maner and Audrey have almost made known the word "close relationship" to the world.

Even so, there are still many veteran generals and old nobles who despise him, and there are many new humans who think that the military's reuse of disabled humans is a joke.

Even among the common people and the crystalless people, there are actually voices against him, and Jiang Jianming knows this.

In the past two days, he would sometimes think of Xie Yuduo's kneeling at the Heroic Monument, and he would also think of the words of Chief Huo Lin who had died.

Jiang Jianming is actually very sober. Because of the special halos on his body, a group of people are trying to put himself on the altar and make himself a symbol.

Just like the Crown Prince Lai An once symbolized the glory and invincibility of the empire.

He also knew that in the past few days, when Garcia returned to Lai An, what he faced was not just the joyful tears and smiles of the people of the empire.

Questions and doubts must exist.

Ask what happened that year, and why the three years of incognito.

Asking the crown prince if he ever rebelled against the will of the empire, does that imply arbitrariness, arrogance and capriciousness.

Asked whether the "fake death" three years ago meant that the crown prince had been defeated, whether the enemy was too strong, or His Highness was not strong enough.

The higher you stand, the colder the wind, the steeper your feet, and the more dangerous it is to fall.

Just a small mistake, or even a handle, a loophole that is lured to make, will make the summit climber beyond redemption.

For Jiang Jianming, the time when he was a young military student and took a nap in the Aslan library in the afternoon is gone forever.

But if he wanted to stand side by side with the crown prince, he could only walk up this steep road.

So Jiang Jianming looked at Lai An squarely, Lian Rong replied calmly: "I am willing."

It's not something to like or dislike, but he does.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Jianming immediately worried that if such an answer fell into Lai An's ears, he would think that he was wronged, so he added: "If it is with you, then I like it."

"..."

Ryan pursed his lips tightly, and the corners of his sharp eyes looked away helplessly. At this moment, he could clearly see the awkwardness that once belonged to Garcia;His Royal Highness Lai An is exactly the same.

The crown prince walked over and sat down without saying a word, hugged Jiang Jianming into his arms, rubbed his chin on the black hair a few times, and said softly: "...a kiss."

Jiang Jianming chuckled and taught him meaningfully: "You don't have to ask every time."

Lai An cherished a kiss on the corner of his lips.

Jiang Jianming was already used to the intimacy of his lover. He straightened His Highness's hair tie casually and asked, "What does the old marshal want from me? Don't it be about leading the rank again? As I said, I won't consider it until Major General Xie returns."..."

Lai An's breathing was slightly disturbed, and his eyes darkened forbearance... He wanted to go further, but he didn't want to be abrupt at such a casual time.

That forced kiss at the Black Shark base was already out of control, and the suppression by relying on the gap in force is despicable, and there should be no second time.

So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince withdrew his hands and withdrew after a few seconds, saying: "You will be happy, there is news about Xie Yuduo."

"what!?"

Jiang Jianming raised his head suddenly and met Lai An's steady eyes... This look was like a reassurance pill, gently and powerfully erasing his supposed nervousness before it appeared.

It's not bad news, Jiang Jianming realized this instantly with pleasant surprise.

Sure enough, Leian nodded to him, and said: "The expeditionary force of Yin Beidou has safely completed the first phase of the voyage. The empire has received Xie Yuduo's long-distance interstellar communication. Chen wants to hold a military general meeting temporarily... Let usBoth go."