Ultra: Heroes Don't Ask Where They Come From

"Space Escort Program?"

In response to Captain Long's words, Yamanaka repeated them word by word, his voice clearly revealing his confusion.

"Yes, it is a highly confidential operation. Apart from the team that needs to be escorted, only Team Tucker and the special operations team sent by the United Nations will participate in the escort mission. The destination is a space station. During the operation, Team Tucker's mission is to protect the safety of the escort team until the docking is completed."

"It's too sudden. Besides, Sakurajima was still... "

"This operation is very important." Captain Long said solemnly, "It is as important as Sakurajima."

"Then the team members who will carry out this mission," Xia Long said quietly, "have they been decided?"

"Me, Manatsu Ryu, Beidou, and Minami Yuko."

"Wait a moment."

Yamanaka couldn't help but say;

"Captain, forget about Zhen, but why let Beidou and Nan Xizi go? Even though they are not new members, if I have to say, their foundation is not as good as ours..."

"This is also for consideration on Earth. The escort team is led by me and Zhen, but we also need experienced team members on the ground. The escort mission is likely to last more than two to three days."

There was obvious confusion on Konno Tsutomu's face, but he didn't say anything.

With the current technology of mankind, if we need to go out into space, it will take less than an hour. Even for a space station, five or six hours is the limit. While maintaining docking, this time can be extended to eight hours, but no matter what, it will not take more than two to three days.

It would be fine if we just wanted to go back and forth to the moon, but humans don’t have a base on the moon.

Although it may happen in the future, the key point is that as an escort mission, the length of time is obviously abnormal, not to mention that it is now after a serious incident like Sakurajima.

"The mission will be at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Go and prepare first."

Xia Long nodded calmly. Beidou and Nan Xizi frowned because of the unexpected things, but they agreed.

However, even if Xia Long had no knowledge of rocket engineering, he would have felt something was wrong when he noticed the abnormal length of the mission.

Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, and it's a mission carried out together with the United Nations. Even in this world, the speed is too fast.

This should have been a task that had been around for a long time, but this time the Tucker team got involved. But why did the Tucker team suddenly get involved?

"By the way, there's one more thing."

The captain said suddenly, rubbing his temple as if he was tired.

"Although we can delay it, let's get familiar with it for now. Team member Kaji Yoichi will be traveling with us this time."

"he?"

The captain used the communicator on the table to make a call, and after a minute or two, team member Kaji Yoichi appeared with a panda eye that showed no sign of improvement.

The white coat, which had always been clean and white, was not very dirty, but it was obviously wrinkled as if it had not been taken off even when sleeping.

"Hello everyone."

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone felt as if there was a fairy air floating under their feet. Even Noriko Mikawa looked at Kaji Yoichi with a strange look and said hesitantly;

"Um...are you okay?"

She used honorifics.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay. I'm sorry for making fun of you all for my poor styling. I've been busy with work lately, and mainly because I just came back from abroad, so I'm a little tired. I'll be able to adjust early tomorrow morning."

Kaji Yoshi smiled, and her voice had the effect of making people feel weak and collapse even though she was not a beauty.

It's like a working adult who has a huge project coming up but still has a lot of work to do, so he drinks coffee and types away at the keyboard three days later.

Xia Long thought about it. Team member Kaji Yoichi had indeed gone abroad recently. Since Xia Long had a good relationship with him, he knew about that incident.

It seemed to be a discussion meeting attended by international scientists. They were said to be able to return in a day or two, and today is almost the fifth day.

"Then let's leave the mission at that for now. Be alert tomorrow."

It was not until the evening when it was time to go back to rest that Beidou found Xia Long.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?"

Xia Long thought that Beidou was uneasy, or wanted to ask him about the mission or mentality.

"Captain Zhen, you've always said that we shouldn't be so careless with the Yabo people. I finally understand this now, but I have a question for you."

"what is the problem."

Beidou asked as he followed closely;

"Humans, have you actually known about the Yabo people for a long time, before the Yabo people actually invaded, and have been hiding something?"

"The fact that you can think of this shows that you have made great progress, but don't say these things casually."

Walking in the base, the soles of his shoes made a slight sound on the base, Xia Long suddenly stopped, turned his head and said "hush" to Beidou. Beidou almost bumped into him, but he stopped in time.

However, when the two looked at each other for a moment, Xia Long was stunned for a moment.

Beidou's eyes are brighter than before...

Xia Long came back to his senses after a moment, turned around and continued walking as if nothing had happened. Beidou followed slowly, puzzled by Xia Long's actions.

When they were about to reach the turning in front, a man armed with live ammunition suddenly walked out from the turning. When he saw Xia Long and Beidou, he saluted on the spot, then took the initiative to make way, and Xia Long and Beidou both nodded in response.

"There are cameras and microphones everywhere in the base. Except for your room, which has no CCTV, almost everywhere else is full of hidden eyes and ears."

Xia Long spoke in a low voice, and he walked forward normally with his head held high, without even turning his head to look at Xia Long.

Beidou lowered his voice unconsciously.

"That......"

"Come to the cafeteria tomorrow morning. There will be a lot of people there."

"Ok."

Although it didn't conform to Beidou's idea of ​​"going into each other's room to communicate", it could barely satisfy him, so Beidou nodded slightly and continued walking without saying a word.

"Are you okay with tomorrow's mission? I remember your speed from training to joining the Tucker team was very short."

"It's okay. It's very familiar. I have it in my head."

The two chatted about the mission and went back to the dormitory together. The good treatment for the Tucker team was a single dormitory, but Beidou's room was a few more steps away.

When Beidou and Xia Long said "see you tomorrow" and left, Xia Long grabbed the door handle and glanced at Beidou. There was a subtle, imperceptible arc of red light flashing in it, as if observing Beidou with some power.

Beidou, who had already walked several steps away, seemed to sense something and wanted to turn around. When he turned around, he saw Xia Long open the door of the room and walk in. He looked around and saw no one else, so he touched the back of his head, thinking it was an illusion.

After Xia Long entered the room, he closed the door and pressed his body against it.

The lights in the room were not on yet, and darkness softly filled the simple room. Xia Long leaned against the door, as if he was thinking of something, his eyes lowered, and he was silent and thoughtful.