Editing City Series:Volume6b Chapter8 (section)

===Part 4===

As the Neue Silber flew toward the #8 Base, Heiliger sat silently on the bridge and Schweitzer asked a quiet question from the adjacent seat.

“We just received word that the black Grösse Panzer was stolen. Shouldn’t we pursue it?”

Heiliger did not answer him. He only sighed and gave an order to the people in the seats up front.

“Tell Air Force Division Chief Müller’s unit that the air is turbulent and they should land on the roads rather than the runway.”

Words of acknowledgement were followed by a hurried transmission.

Schweitzer sighed. This time, Heiliger asked him a question.

“Did you board the Neue Silber to provide a situation report and because there was little you could do thanks to the turbulence?”

“…”

“It seems Lieutenant Maldrick ignored me, his commander, and got ahead of himself.”

“But he-”

Heiliger cut off Schweitzer’s response with a glance.

There was a hint of a smile on his face.

“I have heard that Development Division 2nd Project Team Leader Marsch Gant did something similar. He let someone use his new equipment without permission and then went to apologize to their commander himself.”

“…”

“Acting rashly is a problem, but it can work out in some circumstances. …Let me guess what you are thinking. If what my brother and Sir Karl say are true, Lieutenant Maldrick will be a crucial member of the Geheimnis Agency’s Army Division. A trivial matter like this will not change that.”

Schweitzer bowed.

“It is nothing.” Heiliger sighed. “The Messiah girl is the same. We will not give up on anyone.”

“You know about her?”

“I do. Two years ago, my…”

He trailed off and fell silent there. Instead, he simply faced forward.

Schweitzer followed his gaze to look out through the bridge’s viewport and see the base burning in the night.

“War is beginning.”

Everyone else on the bridge agreed with Schweitzer’s assessment.