“Captain Nanase, answer my question. If the Bakir Cannon had been fired 15 seconds later, what would have happened?” Zewei leaned his hand on the table, his face serious as he stared at the figure of Captain Nanase on the main screen.
“This...” Captain Nanase could only remain silent. He could easily imagine the consequences if that had happened.
The entire Delta Space Station would have been destroyed by the enemy spacecraft.
“Captain Nanase, you'll take the next spaceship back to headquarters to report.” Zewei sighed.
The few members of Victory Team could tell from Zewei's change in address for Captain Nanase what he meant.
He was going to replace the station commander of Delta Space Station.
........
Moments later.
A white spaceship was heading towards Earth, its rear engine flashing with white energy.
Inside the control room, Captain Nanase looked at the increasingly close Earth and his grown-up daughter, whom he had seen during communication with Victory Team, a complex expression on his face.
"Your daughter is amazing," Aommiya returned to the control room and sat down beside him, giving a compliment. "She is now a pilot for Victory Team, proving the saying, like father, like daughter."
As an old colleague who had been on the space station for over ten years, Aommiya knew quite a bit about Captain Nanase's situation.
And now that he had been relieved of his duties, this old friend needed some comforting.
"I'm a man who abandoned his family," Captain Nanase muttered, sitting in his chair and using the adjustment equipment to hide his complicated expression.
"Did you abandon me too?" Aommiya joked.
"Ah?" Captain Nanase was taken aback for a moment, then he realized and they both burst into laughter.
Now that Nanase has been relieved of his duties and recalled to headquarters, it's true that he has abandoned him.
"Bang!!"
At that moment, the spaceship suddenly shook violently, as if it had been attacked from behind.
A flat, small spaceship was seen chasing them from behind, firing red beams.
It was none other than the one that had quietly escaped from the spaceship that had been destroyed by the Bakir Cannon on the Delta Space Station! No one had noticed.
"Change course, we are about to enter the atmosphere," Nanase hurriedly controlled the spaceship and changed its course to avoid the attack.
But he was still hit by the beam on the spaceship's tail, falling towards the ground.
........
Early the next morning.
Jiang He had just been woken up by Jūjō Hide for their morning run. He had washed up and rested for a while, and was just holding Jūjō Hide's hand, enjoying the peace and quiet.
Jūjō Hide's communicator suddenly rang, and he looked at it.
"What happened?" Thinking of the events involving the Rechoran last night, Jūjō Hide immediately frowned as she opened the cover of her communicator.
"Report, Captain. The station commander, Captain Nanase, was recalled to headquarters by Director Zewei, and the spaceship he was piloting was attacked by the enemy shortly before it entered the atmosphere and crashed into a forest," said Nori quickly.
At the same time, he also briefly explained the events that had happened last night to Jūjō Hide.
"It seems things have gone this far," Jiang He guessed the current situation after hearing this.
Captain Nanase's spaceship being attacked clearly means that the vicious alien Rechoran from that spaceship had survived.
Now Captain Nanase must have been captured by the Rechoran.
But they wouldn't pose any immediate danger. This is an opportunity to help Rina and her father resolve their conflict.
"Captain Nanase's spaceship was attacked and crashed, what about Rina?" Jūjō Hide seemed to have suddenly thought of something and asked Nori directly.
This surprised Nori, who was about to report the situation to Jūjō Hide.
How did the captain know Rina was in trouble.
"Rina just went out on her own in the Victory Falcon, it seems she went to rescue Captain Nanase, so we had to contact you urgently to ask what to do now," seeing Nori pause because of surprise, Sōgō, as deputy captain, simply explained the situation.
"That girl, she's always acting on her own. This father-daughter pair, both of them are violating regulations," Jūjō Hide said with a helpless sigh.
"What's going on, Captain?" Horii asked on the other side of the screen, confused.
He also subconsciously looked at Jiang He, who was sitting next to Jūjō Hide. They both looked like they had just come back from their morning run and were resting on the couch.
Horii suddenly twitched his mouth. He knew better than to look. It's a mouthful of dog food early in the morning.
"Actually, Rina's original surname was Nanase. Captain Nanase is Rina's biological father, who left her 13 years ago," Jūjō Hide explained with a sigh.
Then she immediately ordered: "We can't ignore either Captain Nanase or Rina. We'll talk about violating orders later. Now, immediately assemble all members of Victory Team and head to the scene to assist in rescuing survivors."
"Yes!!" Sōgō and the others nodded.
With something like this happening, Jūjō Hide would naturally not be able to stay at home without doing anything.
Besides, according to the original plan, her vacation was supposed to be over today.
As Jūjō Hide was about to apologize to Jiang He, she saw Jiang He speak first: "If that's the case, then I'll be taking over the master bedroom tonight. Remember to leave your pillow and eye mask."
He even gave a thumbs up.
"....." Jūjō Hide blushed. Couldn't he just say it directly.
Besides, there are aliens on Earth now, and they're facing a certain level of crisis.