Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 696 Election Day (VII)
"Captain, I'm Gist."

"Shut up, you half-blooded bastard. You were there when Washington was attacked! Why could you just watch the commander die under the attack of the adjuster? In the final analysis, you are not one of us!!!"

Six Ankhshas blocked the evasive space of the Goddess of Justice from all angles. Just as Gist's movements slowed down, Tiago promptly provided him with fire cover from below.

Although he still couldn't distinguish who was the enemy and who was a friend, Gist's experience made him understand that this was an armed rebellion launched by the radicals within the People's Revolutionary League. So as long as the machines attacked the goddess of justice, Thiago could naturally manually switch them to enemies.

"Gist, the other side is a rebel, what are you thinking!?"

For a second-generation player like Thiago, sticking together is almost an instinctive behavior, so Gist, as Lund Bell's comrade-in-arms, was naturally classified as a teammate by him, and Gist had developed some pleasing personality in East Asia, so Thiago also regarded him as a teammate from the bottom of his heart. Now seeing Gist being attacked, Thiago naturally opened fire without saying a word.

“Those are my former teammates.”

"Me"

Even though he had prepared himself mentally before the attack, Tiago never expected to encounter betrayal from his former teammates. Just as he was about to swear a second time, an encrypted communication was forcibly connected through the team's internal channel.

"Sister-in-law?"

To his surprise, the person who appeared on the screen was Hilde, who almost never left Orb, and not only Thiago, but the entire Londo Bell including Neo Yagama received her message at the same time.

"Be prepared to receive the latest identification code. All rebel forces have been removed from the friendly force sequence by me."

"Big sister, are you at the scene?"

"We are handling the electronic warfare in the stratosphere. I will leave the ground to you."

In less than half a second, the refreshed OS system already had the function of identifying friend or foe. At the same time, Hilde's appearance also gave the troops a reassurance. After all, ZAFT's previous involvement in the People's Revolutionary League's internal strife had made Arthur and his men feel a little unsure. No one could say whether they would be used as scapegoats once the People's Revolutionary League conducted a purge in the future. Hilde was equivalent to endorsing them with his own face.

But what followed was even heavier pressure, because even Kuraitis knew that Hilde was a national treasure-level protected object. If the situation was not serious to a certain extent, she would never appear in a place like the front line battlefield.

At the same time, the battle in the stratosphere has also progressed to a white-hot stage. The Green Heretic carrying a special ultra-high altitude propulsion device and the Theta Plus in MA form have shot down several Zaku Warriors and Fire Tigers that have airdropped from low orbit. However, the Strong Warrior has locked the positions of the two aircraft. In just the first round of combat, the Green Heretic was at a disadvantage in the contest of long weapons.

The double-edged rifle blocked the slash of the beam tomahawk, but then the strong man rushed out a self-propelled shield, and the green heretic was caught off guard and his left leg was cut off. If Theta Plus had not come to the rescue in time, Troy would most likely have become the soul killed by Agnes.

"Captain, he's a wanted criminal of ZAFT!"

"I know the famous Moonlight Valkyrie. She was involved in the attacks on the Trindon Base and Artemis Fortress. Troy, today is the day to avenge your colleagues!"

Although he lost his left leg, the driving style of Green Heretic was very different from that of ordinary MS. Troy gradually adapted to it after adjusting his center of gravity with his instinct as a fighter. With the assistance of Takito, the Strong Man Run slowly switched from offense to defense.

Holding the double-edged rifle in both hands, the green heretic launched continuous stabs at the strong man. At the moment when the opponent swung out the self-propelled defense shield, Troy used the reaction force transmitted from his arm and the auxiliary system also coordinated to aim the vector nozzle forward in time. The green heretic stepped on the self-propelled defense shield and leaped backwards. The next moment, the Theta Plus's high-energy beam cannon appeared in front of Agnes.

"Damn natural people, a bunch of lowly monkeys!"

Agnes pulled the joystick hard to avoid the Theta Plus's bombardment. She also recognized that the other party was the natural human pilot who was famous in the People's Revolutionary League. Thinking back to the time when she was under Patrick's command, it was as easy for the adjustment people to slaughter natural humans as killing chickens and dogs. Now she was blocked by two natural humans. At this moment, she was so ashamed and angry that she could almost break through her combat uniform.

"Troy, attack from the front and back!" With the help of the barrage of air-to-air missiles, Theta Plus transformed into MS form and drew out the beam saber. At this time, the Green Heretic also closed the distance from behind. Considering that long weapons require a longer acceleration stroke, the Green Heretic handed the double-edged rifle to his left hand, and the entire right hand completed high-frequency vibration and heating in a short time.

He raised his shield to block the Theta Plus's thrust, but the strong man's running movements also became stiff. At the critical moment, a beam of light from above hit the green heretic's thruster. Agnes took advantage of this gap to increase the distance again, while Troy turned off the damaged thruster and turned the camera upwards.

"It's actually a friendly aircraft!"

"Hold steady and execute according to the original plan!"

Although he had prepared himself mentally in advance, the backstab from his friendly forces still caused Troy's emotions to fluctuate. Fortunately, Takito's timely reminder helped him to calm down.

But at this time, the combat power of both sides has quietly changed. Due to the rebellion of some escort teams, many Deltas were shot down without any investigation. At the same time, the second batch of low-orbit airborne troops appeared in front of Troy and Takito. They were GINN-R carrying D equipment and special fire heavy particle cannon.

"It's a drone. We can't let those heavy weapons hit the orbital elevator. I'll go stop them. You hold on a little longer. Canard will be here soon!"

But there was only one Theta Plus. No matter how hard Takito tried, several drones escaped his fire coverage and successfully smashed their siege weapons onto the orbital elevator. What was worse was that due to the rebellion of friendly forces, Takito could not tell who was the enemy around him for a while. Except for the ZAFT-standard drones, all he could see were scenes of fighting between Deltas.

A large amount of debris fell from the sky. At this time, Thiago and Gist had already reunited with Nicol and others. Relying on the intelligence support of the Lian, Mina also contacted Londo Bell. Kuratis once wanted to recall Nicol and let the maintenance team replace his booster to go to the stratosphere to assist in the battle, but Mina told her that Canard was on the way quickly, and Ptolemy would arrive at the battlefield later, so they only needed to focus on solving the rebellion on the ground.

"Orbital Elevator."

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Looking up at the sky, although Mina told them not to worry, Gist knew that debris of this scale could not be caused by a MS using a beam rifle. He chopped off the left hand of an Ankhsha with his backhand, and Gist also switched the channel to the public frequency.

"The orbital elevator is the only way to save the Earth. Are you just going to watch it being destroyed? Captain Farrell!"

Anxia did not retreat but advanced, holding the sword in one hand and ignoring defense, he attacked the goddess of justice again, "If it weren't for you adjusters, my family wouldn't have starved to death in the April Fools' Day crisis. Your existence is the greatest injustice in this world!"

"team leader!"

"Shut up, monster in the sky!"

He chopped off Anxia's right hand again, but the opponent rushed into the arms of the goddess of justice. Seeing this, Thiago, who was not far away, shot Anxia's cockpit accurately.

"He wants to self-destruct. Gist, wake up. We are suppressing the rebellion now!"

Amid the debris of the Anxia explosion, the goddess of justice floated alone in the air. Recalling the unfair treatment he suffered when serving in East Asia, Gist felt himself overwhelmed by a deep sense of powerlessness. However, the battle situation did not give him much time to sigh. Another Anxia team noticed the motionless goddess of justice, and then three planes attacked him in a formation of front and rear cover.

"The world shouldn't be like this. And neither should we."

Along with the surging GN particles, the goddess of justice activated Trans-Am, and the next second, Gist's voice rang in everyone's mind.

"I am Gester Evans, a hybrid of an adjuster and a natural person. I implore everyone to lay down their weapons. The future of the People's Revolutionary League cannot be destroyed in our hands!"

(End of this chapter)