Seeing this, Qiu Tong felt extremely excited. After training for so long, she could finally put her skills to use in a real battle.

Qiu Tong was somewhat looking forward to the surprise attack a few days later; otherwise, she wouldn't have gone straight into the simulation room to train after returning.

Several days passed quickly, and one day an alarm suddenly sounded on the ship, an alarm signaling an enemy surprise attack.

While everyone else was panicking and preparing for battle, Qiu Tong was full of excitement. She changed into her combat suit early, crawled into her mecha, and waited for orders.

She has been waiting in the departure lounge since yesterday, ready to go into battle at any time.

She didn't know the exact time of the raid, so she could only estimate the time herself and prepare in advance.

This was Qiu Tong's first time truly piloting a mecha in combat, so she was extremely excited.

When Li Li saw her like this, she thought she was scared. Before the cabin doors closed, she ran over to encourage her, which made Qiu Tong both amused and exasperated.

Once the official order was given, one mech after another slid out of the ship along their internal tracks.

Akiko was assigned to fight on the front lines by Izumi, who still wanted Eri to die in battle.

Although she is now a messenger for Izos and Sislia, Izos still wants her to die in battle, since there are plenty of replacements.

Those who like him, with just a little encouragement, would surely find someone to act as his messenger to Sislia.

The reason he made the decision to send Qiu Tong to the front lines was because of the complaints in Sislia's letter, and also because of the last time Qiu Tong delivered a letter.

He wouldn't allow any disobedient pawn to stay by his side, or even question his words. A pawn should act like a pawn and should obediently listen to him.

Fortunately, Qiu Tong didn't hear his inner thoughts, otherwise she would have definitely sneered at him.

Izos's team didn't need to go to the front lines, since his members were mostly rookies; sending them to the front lines would just be sending them to their deaths.

Qiu Tong was assigned to the front line, causing the other veteran mecha pilots to frequently turn around and look back.

The mechs piloted by new mech pilots are different colors from those piloted by veterans, so you can tell at a glance whether the mech is for a rookie or a veteran.

The battle was about to begin when the enemy bombarded them with ion cannons, and the pilots quickly maneuvered their mechs to dodge.

Taking advantage of the moment when the ion cannons were firing, a large gap was opened on the Chinese fleet's side, and the enemy's mechs took advantage of the situation to enter.

When the enemy saw Qiu Tong's mech, which was unusually colored among a group of mechs, they knew that a rookie was inside.

Many of the enemy pilots turned their attention to Qiu Tong.

The mech pilots on the Huajun side originally thought Qiu Tong was going to die, but suddenly something unexpected happened. Several mechs that were close to Qiu Tong's mech had their legs severed in an instant by the lightsaber that Qiu Tong drew.

Qiu Tong's mech's shoulder-mounted laser cannon fired at several enemy mechs in front of her as if it were free, instantly eliminating a portion of them.

This unexpected turn of events startled both the pilots on both sides. The enemy pilot even thought that Qiu Tong was an experienced pilot and was deliberately using a rookie-specific aircraft to deceive them.

What a deep and cunning scheme! The Chinese army is truly despicable.

They may have forgotten that it was their Imperial Army that launched the surprise attack. Who is really being despicable?

At this point, no one dared to underestimate this new mech. No wonder it was deployed to the front lines; its strength was truly formidable.

Neither the allied forces that wanted to see her make a fool of herself nor the enemy forces that wanted to take advantage of her dared to underestimate Qiu Tong.

Qiu Tong was even more excited because she had defeated her opponent for the first time.

She discovered that she had a talent for piloting mechs, and after only a short time, she was able to make good use of the equipment on the mechs.

With this understanding, Qiu Tong resolutely charged into the enemy mech group and began to wreak havoc, becoming more and more courageous with each battle.

The Chinese pilots, inspired by Qiu Tong's valiant figure, followed behind her, charging into the enemy mech group with great momentum.

The enemy forces, who were originally just there to probe the enemy's strength, were utterly defeated by the Chinese mechs, who were now on high alert, and ended up fleeing in disgrace.

The battle lasted less than half an hour before China won, a moment that had never been so inspiring.

The moment the enemy mechs fled, Qiu Tong received a video call request from her allies. There were too many people requesting to video call her, so she found it troublesome and didn't want to deal with it. She simply piloted her mech back to the ship.

The other mech pilots were not giving up and continued to follow her, determined to see who this amazing person was.

Thus, a rare spectacle unfolded: at the hatches for both the mechs exiting and returning to the ship, the pilots engaged in a fierce battle as they vied for the right to enter first.

Everyone wanted to get back to the cabin as soon as possible to see the true face of that great god, but no one would give in, and in the end, a fight broke out, and no one got to see what the great god looked like.

Qiu Tong was unaware of these things. After returning to the ship, she was summoned by Raki again.

As I approached the captain's office and was about to knock, the door opened automatically, revealing the same man I had seen before.

Kori didn't expect to almost bump into someone as soon as she stepped out the door. Just as she was about to apologize, she caught a glimpse of Qiu Tong's arrival out of the corner of her eye.

He stared at Qiu Tong with a meaningful look, making her feel uncomfortable. She frowned, displeased with his offensive behavior.

Suddenly, Raki's voice came from inside: "Is Eli outside? If so, let her in."

Raki said this to Cori, who was blocking the doorway, and Cori immediately made way for Qiutong to enter.

He was about to leave, but he closed the door and went back inside, casually crossing his legs on the sofa.

Qiu Tong's eyes followed her every move. If Raki hadn't been there, Qiu Tong would have definitely rolled up her sleeves and given him a good beating to show him what she was capable of and see if he would dare to offend her again.

Qiu Tong walked to the desk, stood at attention, and saluted: "Pilot TB reporting, what are your instructions, Captain?"

Raki said kindly, "Eri, don't be nervous. Let's find a place to sit down and talk."

Raki pointed to the sofa behind Qiu Tong and told her to find a seat wherever she wanted. Qiu Tong chose a seat furthest from Kou Li.

She felt uncomfortable under the probing gazes of Raki and Cori, so she sat up straight, but bravely met Raki's gaze.

"Captain, just say what you have to say."

Raki glanced at Cori before explaining the purpose of summoning Qiu Tong.

"I heard you've been getting quite close to Izos lately?"

Qiu Tong raised an eyebrow, followed Raki's gaze to look at Cori, and honestly replied, "Captain, you must have heard something from this officer. I have indeed met with Captain Izos privately a few times recently, but we're not that close yet."

Thinking back to when I ran into Cori in front of Izos's room last time, I guessed that Cori had misunderstood something and was gossiping about it to the captain.

Qiu Tong remembered that Izos mentioned in a letter to Sislia that a man named Corri had been sent by Laki to monitor him.

Judging from the current situation, Qiu Tong reasonably suspects that the man who has been staring at her with an ambiguous look is the same person Kori mentioned in Izumi's letter.

He suspected Izos's identity, and seeing him come out of her room, he naturally suspected her as well.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tong's dissatisfaction with Kou Li vanished instantly.

It's their job, and it's inevitable that they'll have doubts. There's no need to ruin our relationship over these baseless accusations, especially since we might need them to play along in the future.

Raki didn't say anything more, but Cori, who was sitting opposite Akihime, clasped her hands together, rested her elbows on her knees, and pressed her clenched fists against her chin, and asked slowly, "Miss Eri, could you please tell me why you left the ship after leaving Izos's room that day?"

Qiu Tong knew the other party suspected her, but calmly replied, "Sir, Captain Izus instructed me to deliver a message, and I went on this mission."

Kori asked sharply, "Then why didn't you write 'mission' as your reason for going out, but instead filled in 'personal business'?"

Qiu Tong calmly replied, "Captain Izos told me to do this. You can ask him why yourself. I don't know. I'm just following orders."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a bit tense, Raki stepped in to ease the tension: "Eri, don't overthink it. The case that Cori is handling is related to Izos. He's just curious about what you did that day and who you met. Just answer honestly."

Qiu Tong blinked innocently; what she said was the truth.

Thinking about it carefully, since they are in Chayzos, providing them with some clues is also helping myself.

“What I said before was the truth. Captain Izos asked me to go to a nightclub called ‘Nightfall’ and meet a woman named Xi Shi. The letter was given to her.”

Curry followed up with, "Did you open the letter and read what it said?"

Qiu Tong looked at Kou Li with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot and said sarcastically, "Sir, have you ever seen a postman open someone's mail?"

What kind of look is that from that brat? I'm the officer! And why do my hands feel a little itchy?

Despite suppressing the urge to punch someone, Cori still asked, unwilling to give up, "Aren't you curious why Izos sent you to deliver the letter, or what's written in it?"

"Why should I be curious? Who he wrote to and what he wrote in the letter are none of my business. I'm just on a mission, and these things are not my concern."

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