I Became A Mech Soldier After Waking Up in The Future. - Chapter 71

A violent bump made Keiko wake up from her slumber with a splitting headache. She frowned and opened her eyes with difficulty. Her eyes slowly focused, and the blurred sight in front of her became clear. She saw the roof of the armored car.

“Second Lieutenant Lee, how are you feeling?”

The nurse’s voice rang in her ears. She turned her head and saw that the nurse was sitting across from the bed where she was lying, looking at her with concern.

“Uh…I’m a little thirsty…” she said in a dry, weak voice.

The nurse hurriedly took the water bottle and put the straw in Keiko’s mouth. Keiko drank a lot of water, finally quenching her thirst. She cleared her throat and asked.

“What time is it now?”

“Second lieutenant, you’ve been in a coma for five days. Today is September 22nd, at 10:10 in the morning, we will soon arrive in the Trudheim city.”

“…Five days…” Keiko was a little confused, “I…why…”

“You were poisoned by a kudzu parasite in the cave, so you fell into a coma,” the nurse explained.

Keiko recalled for a moment and remembered that she seemed to have a chill in her neck when she was climbing the rocky cliff.

‘Could it be that time? Ah, I was really careless,’ sighed Keiko inwardly.

Keiko struggled to get up, and the nurse quickly came to help her. She sat up, took a breath, and asked.

“I’ve been in a coma for so many days. What happened while I’m still unconcious?”

“What does Second Lieutenant Lee want to know?” The nurse asked in a slightly embarrassed tone, with a twinkle in her eyes.

“For example, what happened to the person who was rescued by us? and also, didn’t the central government also send reinforcements?” Keiko didn’t seem aware of the nurse’s strange response and just elaborated further.

“Oh,” the nurse replied with a sigh of relief, “I heard the situation is not very good, especially with the female scientist, who seems to be dying. The reinforcements from the central government came that night. There were two directors from the Feynman Institute of Sciences, one city guard officer, and several soldiers. The directors and the city guard are now in another medical vehicle with Major Armstrong, looking after those two people.”

Keiko nodded, looked around the carriage, and found only the two of them here.

“Where is Dr. Leah?”

“She is in that medical van too.”

“Where’s my… uniform? I want to get out of the car and have a look.”

“Second lieutenant, you’d better take a rest. It’s not the right time to come down and walk around,” The nurse hurriedly stopped him.

“I’ve been lying down for too long, and my bones are about to fall apart. Just let me go for a walk,” Keiko pleaded.

The nurse was in a dilemma when suddenly the intercom on the wall of the carriage rang. The nurse hurried over to answer and heard Jeanne’s voice:

“Did she wake up?”

“Yes, Major Armstrong. Second Lieutenant Lee said that she wants to get out of the car for a walk.”

“Let her go out, I’ll pick her up right away,” Jeanne said.

“Yes, Ma’am,” The nurse finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With the help of the nurse, Keiko put on the military uniform, as she wasn’t allowed to put on the exosuit for now. She just put on a helmet to supply oxygen opened the door, and got out of the car.

The team was advancing, and the medical vehicle could only get off people when it was parked in the grass on the side of the road. Keiko jumped out of the car and saw the familiar green steel dragon.

For some reason, the weather is very gloomy today, and the temperature outside was very cold. When she got out of the car, Keiko felt like she was in winter and couldn’t help but slightly shiver.

Her eyes wandered about, searching for her mecha, but didn’t see it around. In fact, there weren’t any mecha in the vicinity. It seemed that almost all of the third squadron had already arrived in Thrudheim earlier in the day.

She looked into the distance, and the city walls of Trudheim were clearly visible in the distance. In only half an hour, they would be able to enter the city.

A jeep speeded up and stopped in front of Keiko. Jeanne jumped out of it and walked towards Keiko.

“Second Lieutenant Lee, the team is moving forward. It’s about to enter the city. You could move on and get in my car.”

Keiko nodded, but she felt a little depressed. Why did she have to get Jeanne’s permission before being allowed to get off the car? This woman was so tyrannical.

Keiko stretched her body, and Jeanne watched from the side.

Although she was wearing a helmet and couldn’t clearly see Jeanne’s expression, Keiko could somehow feel that her gaze was a bit too intense, making Keiko feel uncomfortable.

‘What’s the matter with me, miss?’ Keiko was confused.

“Let’s go.”

Keiko gave up the activity and followed Jeanne into the car. At this point, they had already fallen to the end of the team, and they were two or three hundred meters away from the last car. Jeanne didn’t seem to be in a hurry, so she let the driver drive slowly, Keiko sat beside her and didn’t say a word.

Jeanne’s car was a special modified off-road vehicle. It had an oxygen supply system in the car, so after entering the car and the door was tightly closed, you could take off the helmet and didn’t have to wear it all the time.

Such a car is very luxurious. The energy consumption of the oxygen supply system alone could not be afforded by ordinary military vehicles, and only the eldest nobles could use it.

The inside of the car is very spacious. Jeanne took off her helmet and put it at her feet, and Keiko followed suit. The eldest lady straightened her messy hair, then patted the driver’s seat in front.

“Second Lieutenant Lee and I have something to talk about in private.”

“Yes, Ma’am,” The driver replied, and the electric flaps between the driver’s seat, the co-pilot, and the rear seats were closed.