Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 716 The End Begins (Part )
The life of the battleship Minerva perfectly illustrates what it means to have a life as high as the sky but a heart as thin as paper.

Its starting point was that it was shot down by the United Nations during its launching ceremony with the expectation of replacing the Eternal, and its end point was that it surrendered to the People's Revolutionary League as the flagship of ZAFT.

What's even more outrageous is that after the war, the People's Revolutionary League reconciled accounts with PLANT and found that if Siegfried had not been invited to attend the naval review on behalf of HCL Development Company, there was an 80% chance that Minerva would have really sunk at its own launching ceremony.

As a result, this unloved battleship and its crew were given the cold shoulder by PLANT. As a result, Kulaitis and her crew were successfully reemployed, and the completely useless Minerva was given to Compass by former ZAFT head Senator Harry.

But as the construction of Gulveg was completed, the central system of the entire compass was naturally transferred to this warship that belonged to them alone. There were not only more luxurious facilities, but also a laboratory specially designed for Queen Aura. So Minerva was once again banished to the cold palace.

The entire interior facilities of the Minerva have been greatly modified. The hangar has been reduced to a size that can only accommodate two MSs. Most of the space is used to store spare bodies for the Tuners and a small photocopy factory.

Even after the Strike Freedom began its stand-alone operations, the Minerva was still not assigned to Kira, because the last Gadi Lu-class battleship equipped with the Mirage system was obviously more adaptable than the Minerva. So when Lao walked out of the cockpit, in addition to being surprised by the Strike Freedom docked on the side, he couldn't help but frowned at the somewhat dilapidated atmosphere.

"Why is Strike Freedom here?"

"Kira said that the Glory Defender needs another round of debugging. There were quite a few casualties in the previous attack on the PLANT. He wants me to adjust the discharge power of the nanorobots."

In response to Cruze's question, Luo buried his entire upper body in the cockpit of the Strike Freedom, causing his voice to be a little muffled.

However, Lao did not care about the other party's unreasonableness. He just tapped the ground lightly and floated to Luo's work platform by inertia. Then the waste dealer suddenly felt a hard object pressing against his waist.

"I just need one more set of data."

"Any last words, Ro-Jule?"

"I told you there's just one more set of data."

Even through his clothes, Luo could feel the cold touch of the gun muzzle. As smart as he was, he already knew that this time Lao didn't come here just to care about the research and development progress like before.

In fact, he had a premonition a few days ago that after the completion of the pseudo-solar furnace, Gulveg's attention to this side suddenly dropped to a level of indifference, which was not a good sign for the prisoners.

Unwilling to sit and wait for death, Luo and Heinbert began to seek a way to leave Minerva, but the battleship did not carry any MS, and the crew were also LOGOS remnants who were highly hypnotized by the Tuner. The two tried for a long time but could not find any possibility of leaving.

This time, Law waited for the Strike Freedom to come back for preparations. He was just about to seek help from Kira. After all, they had a friendship due to Kira's life-saving grace. Law believed that Kira would not be indifferent to his request. However, before he could find a chance to meet with Kira, Law's gun was already pointed at his back.

"I don't want to die."

"You have someone to accompany you. Shooting at this distance won't cause too much pain."

In a flash, Luo suddenly thought of a piece of news he had intercepted yesterday through the system backdoor he left behind. This piece of news happened to overlap with a certain technology that Lao had wanted to pay attention to before. In a hurry, Luo covered the muzzle of the gun with one hand and said hurriedly: "Yesterday, Orb announced the latest progress of artificial transformation bodies. It is said that Hilde can extend the lifespan of a small group of people with a special nanorobot!"

After finishing speaking, Luo looked at the other party nervously, because he really didn't know whether this was the news that Lao wanted to know. However, the situation was stronger than the person, and he knew very well that if he didn't say something, the former behind-the-scenes boss would pull the trigger immediately.

"Be specific."

"What."

"I said, be more specific."

There was no gunshot. Luo knew that he had made the right bet. His good luck played a role again at the critical moment. "The conditions are limited. This is all I know. But as long as people are alive, there is hope, right?"

'boom! '

A somewhat vague sound of gunfire was heard in the darkness, and a figure moved slightly and then returned to his previous sitting position. Through the light outside the door, the man in the shadow revealed his face. It was Kira Yamato who launched an indiscriminate attack on all military organizations.

Although there was only one person in the room, Kira was mumbling something to himself facing the empty opposite side. His bright red eyes were like a pair of dark will-o'-the-wisp. Not far away were dozens of huge petri dishes. From time to time, a burst of fine bubbling sounds could be heard in the dark space. Other than that, Kira's voice was the only one left. "I should go now. Thank you, Frey."

Kira stood up and brushed off the non-existent dust. He raised his hand to block the glaring light. As a result, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him. When he looked closely, he found that the person was actually Lao Lu Cruze.

"Mr. Cruze"

"Oh? It's Kira, talking to that girl again?"

"Well, once a person is quiet, Fulei will appear beside me."

“What a strange ability.”

With a flat tone, Lao seemed to be unaware of the weirdness in Kira's words and walked straight into the depths of the darkness. Instead, Kira seemed to have noticed that his behavior was a little strange, and took the initiative to ask, "Why did Mr. Cruze come here this time?"

"To kill someone."

"kill."

"Yes, killing, killing to save others, just like what you are doing now."

As Lao walked, the sensor lights lit up one by one, and the objects in the petri dishes became clearly visible. Human bodies were floating quietly in them. Lao looked closely and the figure of Frey Alusta came into his sight.

“I’m here to stop the war.”

"Who says it's not?"

After walking a few steps forward past Frey, Lao stopped in front of two petri dishes. With some simple operations, two naked male bodies were discharged from the nutrient solution. They only started coughing violently after coming into contact with the air.

"Kira-kun, do you think the photocopies are human?"

"Of course the photocopies are human too!"

"So, when only one of the copy and the original can survive, who do you think should take the initiative to die?"

Five years ago, Law, driving the Providence Gundam, could silence Kira with his mouth. Five years later, after the PS armor was removed, there was no longer any barrier between the two. But even so, Law still made Kira fall into the same silence with a simple question.

"Everyone will make their own choices, and these choices are not eternal and will change according to changes in the environment."

"Mr. Cruze"

As if he was stating a fact that had nothing to do with him, Lao pointed his gun at the two photocopies at his feet. Only then did Kira see clearly that one of them was the waste merchant Luo Qiuer.

Two gunshots, two bodies. Lao acted as if he had done something insignificant. After the smoke cleared, he dragged a body in each hand and walked to Kira again.

"Although I am also a photocopier, I must admit that this group exudes a stench of decayed corpses." He put his hand on Kira's shoulder, and the thin touch made Lao frown subconsciously.

"You know what? When a person dies, he is dead. There is no such thing as reincarnation. The so-called photocopy is nothing more than the embodiment of self-deception."

"Freya is not dead!"

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)