The black veritech (completed 17/17)

The enemy is getting smart

THE BLACK VERITECH

Capítulo 6: The enemy is getting smart

SDF-1 left Mars' orbit and was heading for Earth. The civilian population was in good spirits about this event and decided to hold a beauty contest.

"So Rick, you're telling me the mayor signed Minmei up for the beauty pageant."

"At least that's what she tells me, Knight."

"I don't know Rick, if she hates it so much, she might as well have unsubscribed, I think Minmei is really enjoying this."

"I don't know what to think anymore, brother, I don't consider myself jealous but...."

"I understand you Rick, besides, Minmei's attitude doesn't make things any easier.... You told me she behaved very differently when you were trapped on the ship."

"I don't understand that girl, she's driving me crazy."

"Rick, wouldn't it be better if you found yourself another girl?"

"Don't joke about it, Knight."

"I mean it, Rick, how about.... Lisa."

"Commander Hayes! You gotta be kidding me, she hates me."

"She doesn't hate you, you just had differences because of the accident with the veritech on Macross Island. The same thing happened to me with Claudia, now the commander doesn't take it out on me."

Rick dismissed the idea and continued to complain about Minmei's attitude. At the end, the date of the contest was approaching and participants had less and less time to socialize.

The whole ship was talking about nothing else, even the pilots dedicated their entire conversation to the event. Knight, like the Rickotaku he was, scolded them when his subordinates or Rick's subordinates talked about the couple's tense relationship and made jokes about it.

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The day of the contest came and Rick still didn't show up at the open-air concert hall.

"Rick still hasn't shown up?" Knight asked Roy who was outside the concert hall.

"Look, there he comes," he pointed his finger and Knight could see Rick coming with a bicycle.

"What are you doing on a bike, Rick?" wanted to know Knight.

"I couldn't find any cabs! I had to borrow this bike from the barracks," said Rick, who was already calm because he had arrived on time, but the loudspeakers of the ship told Rick to contact the bridge of the ship.

"I wonder what they want?"

"There's a phone booth over there, Rick."

Rick went to the phone booth and communicated with the bridge, Lisa ordered him to go on patrol to a sector where strange signals were detected.

"Can I go too, commander?" asked Knight, who had entered the phone booth.

"I have no objection, Lieutenant Knight, go quickly," concluded Lisa in a tired tone of voice and cut off the communication.