Mezametara Saikyou Soubi to Uchuusen-mochi datta node, Ikkodate Mezashite Youhei Toshite Jiyuu ni Ikitai - Ch. 53.1

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"What was that? It must have been a trick!"

Ah, yes, the enemy carrier units just exploded on their own. On command. Yes, that's totally what happened.
To be a trick, the entire battle would need to have been staged.
But I guess this is a purely emotional reaction. Those are never known to be thought through, it's not unique to this guy.
 
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They're in the middle of a military base. I'm pretty sure that turning a guy into spaghetti sauce would be somewhat of a bad idea at the moment.

Not really. He is almost a noble now. With vibrators.. I mean vibroswords and all the shite. Pretty sure just for the stirring up this, that guy is already judged as guilty and convicted for the execution. Or so should be, if only Mai didn’t intervene.
 
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Wonder if the merc will remain a problem for the next couple chapters, or be willing to admit that he just needs to get better, if only to himself, and disappear.

From the novel:
He shows up again when the whole battle group heads to another system and they engage in a battle with the crystal life forms, his ship gets very damaged and he’s stuck on the Black Lotus for a bit while it gets repaired.. He’s very unimportant. Also it proved he is an unskilled pilot. Mercenaries like him are just jealous idiots.

The threat of the crystal life forms is pretty dangerous in this universe because knowledge how to counter them is limited and not as well researched like in Hiro’s game. And this was more of the focal point of this arc to show that even a big battle group can suffer heavy losses.
 
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They're in the middle of a military base. I'm pretty sure that turning a guy into spaghetti sauce would be somewhat of a bad idea at the moment.
Only somewhat.

Like mentioned before in previous chapters, he now has a status like unto a noble. Even if it's just an honorary thing, those swords he's packing - swords that only nobility usually carry - should have sent the message loud and clear: this is a guy you don't casually confront.

Thing is, the nobility in this setting can actually get away with quite a bit - which was part of why Chris's uncle seemed so unhinged. If he had been able to secure his place as the head of their house by simply killing his father and niece, then it would have been simply accepted as being so by way of fait accompli, because the nobility basically make the laws, and thus his word would be the law of the land.

And in this case? That random dude was pwned the moment he let his ego get the better of him. Mei could have literally skewered him on the spot, and it would have been just chalked up as the dude being too stupid to live.

In fact, she's actually showing a helluva lot of restraint, here. Keep in mind, she has already demonstrated that she has no problems with killing people on a "as needed" basis. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear that, for an agonizing eternity of several milliseconds, she was tempted to do just that. (And then, because it's supposed to be funny, ask in her own roundabout way to be rewarded.)

All in all, the situation kinda reminds me of that one bit from the film, The Sandlot, where Benny and Smalls are explaining what went down to Old Man Myrtle, and he confirms exactly how screwed-over Smalls was...

"George signed this!?"

"George Herman Ruthe? Yes sir."

"I take that back, son. You're not in trouble. You're dead where you stand!"
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thank you for translating
 
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"What was that? It must have been a trick!"

Ah, yes, the enemy carrier units just exploded on their own. On command. Yes, that's totally what happened.
To be a trick, the entire battle would need to have been staged.
But I guess this is a purely emotional reaction. Those are never known to be thought through, it's not unique to this guy.
To be fair to the idiot mercenary, some dude he's never heard of (who nobody has heard of before a few months ago) just shows up out of nowhere, joins a battle uninvited, and gets the highest medal a civilian can hope for and that many have died for, and he's expected to just accept it? I would expect that somebody with that kind of capability would at least have some rumors going around about how good they are, not just be a complete ghost.
 

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