Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 690 Election Day (I)

A week after Tianren started the inspection, Berlin had completed the evacuation of most of the refugees. Perhaps out of guilt or for other reasons, the medical team did not find any signs of the presence of mutant drugs on these refugees.

But just in case, the refugees transferred from Berlin will not be put into the construction of the rail elevator right away, but will continue to be observed for a month in a "centralized management" mode. The largest camp that has been built is in South America.

At the same time, the cracking of the Black Knight has come to an end. A 46-page report, led by Hilde and signed by several technicians affiliated with the People's Revolutionary League or PLANT, confirmed that the Black Knight's beam cloak is 97.1% similar to the MS that attacked Las.

As soon as the report came out, public opinion from all walks of life was in an uproar. Mina, as the vice chairman and candidate, ordered Luo Pan to give an explanation for this. At the same time, the proposal to "cancel Van Dyson's membership" also passed the first round of voting. Everyone knew that once Mina successfully won the election, this proposal would be the first decree of the new chairman Sahak.

However, Mina's political enemies did not give up resistance. A considerable number of people in the old East Asian political groups used ZAFT as an example, trying to prove that technology leakage is actually a very common thing in the CE world. On this basis, they described Mina as an ambitious person who had usurped the throne.

First, it annexed South America with its tiny country, and then formed the People's Revolutionary League with East Asia. Now it has completely torn off its disguise and, regardless of Cagalli's previous promise to give up the dominant position, it has blatantly launched political annexation. This argument is still quite popular among East Asian conservatives.

The conservatives' reason was simple. Orb had originally hoped to replace the 'political core' with the 'technological core', and the People's Revolutionary League had also given rewards to the commander of the First Fleet.

After the war, Cagalli returned the favor by handing over the position of commander to Bakirolu, who was recognized by all three parties, in order to gain the independence of the Celestial Beings. Facts have proved that Bakirolu's performance in the new position is almost impeccable. As a result, now that Mina has overturned her promise and decided to run for election, it seems that Orb is somewhat untrustworthy.

"According to Veda's calculations, your chances of winning are already over 70%."

“AI is just AI. We cannot expect it to understand human political activities. There are countless candidates in history who were favored in the early stages but died suddenly. It’s okay to just look at this kind of data. If you really believe it, you won’t even know how you lost when you lose.”

At the Eurofatto airport, Mina, who was about to board the Neo Agama and was seeing Cagalli and a group of political officials coming to see her off, looked at the virtual screen held in her hands with some amusement. It was not that she did not trust Veda's ability, but she knew very well that AI could not predict people's minds.

"It's normal for the other side to make such a claim. It just shows that even they themselves are not optimistic about the outcome of this election. But before the results are settled, you must not be blindly optimistic. Everything is subject to change."

Noticing that Sai and Toshima looked a little uneasy, Mina thought about it and said something to comfort the two young rising stars, but Cagalli seemed to understand her subtext. She quickly looked up and grabbed Mina's hand.

"Be careful, the gods should be able to arrive in South America on election day."

"The team behind me is actually enough to deal with most emergencies. If things really come to a point where it takes God to solve them, we should actually be happy, because that means the other side has begun their final struggle."

Mina's words were straightforward and easy to understand, but Cagalli knew very well that the other party still had reservations. The reason why she was not allowed to go along was actually to prevent a situation where Orb would be without a backup leader in case of an accident.

Another point that was not mentioned by Mina but is the most important point is that the influence of Bloody Orb still exists to this day.

And as Tianren used his independent investigation power for the first time, he almost turned Luo Pan, an armed force with its own number, into terrorists. Siegfried's act of slaughtering Sailan's entire family easily reminded people of the ancient, bloody and violent case of the 'Law of Succession of the Guards'.

Plus, Cagalli did verbally promise that she would not run for election, but Mina circumvented Cagalli's promise by changing her skin, which was somewhat not so "honest". Fortunately, the commander of the Celestial Beings is now Athrun, and the identity of the former ZAFT commander + former speaker has suddenly become the biggest highlight of Athrun.

It was precisely because Aslan had multiple identities to protect himself that the other party had never been able to guide public opinion to the topic of "God decides who will be the chairman."

After all, ZAFT was completely defeated by the Orb faction back then. If Aslan wants to support Orb now, someone has to believe it.

Moreover, the Black Knight's investigation also dealt a severe blow to the conservatives. No matter how much they used ZAFT to block the attack, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the culprit in the Berlin night attack was definitely related to Van Dyson.

What's more, some officials even sighed and said that Siegfried was indeed a savior hero, and his temper and cultivation were completely different from before. If he had known that his wife had been tricked by someone, Van Dyson's earthworms would have been split in half vertically the next day.

Not far from Mina and Cagalli, Lacus was looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar woman in front of her. For a moment, even though she was eloquent, she couldn't find a suitable opening line. In the end, it was Mia who took the initiative to speak and broke the awkwardness between the two.

"What's wrong? Don't you recognize me after changing my face?"

"I'm just sincerely happy for you. After all, the name Lacus Clyne doesn't seem to be a halo of glory at all now. It might even be a curse."

After she finished speaking, Lacus looked obviously gloomy. Kira failed to come back, and Ingrid was still in a coma due to excessive blood loss. In addition, Lacus had gone to Kaguya to visit Siegfried a few days ago. Through the glass wall, the pink singer saw with her own eyes that the always energetic 'stinky little brother' was now lying quietly in bed. Lacus, who had been telling herself to be strong since her father's death, finally collapsed completely.

"In fact, I originally just wanted to stay on the Island of Dawn and accompany the children to grow up slowly, but Cagalli found me and said something to me, which made me change my mind."

“Can you tell me?”

"First make up your mind, then work hard. This is the only way to succeed. How about that? Does it sound familiar to you, Miss Klein?"

"This is."

"You said this when you encouraged Cagalli. Now I am returning it to you intact. This devastated world needs my singing, and Siegfried also needs my singing, so I am willing to take this step. So, what about you?"

"me"

"I think Lux Klein should be able to see more clearly than Mia Campbell what I want to do, what I can do, and what I should do."

(End of this chapter)