Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 839 The Truth Brought by Nicol
"Nigel!! I misjudged you!!"

Diego looked into Nicol's eyes, which were full of awareness, and suddenly felt angry.

After the Bloody Valentine incident, the four of them joined the military academy together, and after graduating and becoming the red elite of ZAFT, Isaac and Diego still called Nicol a coward, but it is undeniable that Isaac and he both regarded Nicol as their companion.

However···

However···

However, at this moment, Diego felt extremely angry!
Because Nigel, whom he regarded as a companion, actually betrayed them, betrayed ZAFT, and betrayed PLANT.

"Diego! No need to say more! Now, let's fight!"

Nicole made no defence.

He knew that he had always been regarded as a coward by Isaac and Diego, and no matter how much he talked, he would not be able to convince Diego in a short time.

Not to mention, the even more paranoid Yitzchak.

"Nichol!"

Amid Diego's angry shouts, the Storm Gundam took the lead and fired six 220mm missile bays instantly. Six missiles whizzed out in succession, blocking the left and right movement routes of the Thunderbolt Gundam.

At the same time, the Storm Gundam brought its left and right hands together and combined the weapons on its left and right arms to form an ultra-high pulse long-range sniper rifle, which locked onto the Thunder Gundam and fired a shot.

"boom!"

As the thick beam of light flashed, the Thunder Gundam suddenly disappeared.

"Mirage system?"

Diego was no stranger to this scene.

Because before Nicol was captured, he relied on the Mirage System of the Thunderbolt Gundam to carry out operations.

Unexpectedly, the next time I saw this system activated, we were already on the enemy side.

"Nigel! You are too naive to think that you can deceive Storm Gundam and me like this!"

The Storm Gundam turned around and separated the ultra-high pulse long-range sniper rifle in his left and right hands, turning them back into the 350mm anti-armor shotgun launcher and the 94mm high-energy focused fire rifle in his left and right hands respectively, and occasionally fired randomly at the surroundings.

This is the solution Diego could come up with when facing the Thunderbolt Gundam that had become optically invisible under the Mirage System.

Despite being very clumsy, Diego did not believe that Nicol would kill him.

"Coward, let me see your awareness!"

At a certain position, Nicol looked firmly at the Storm Gundam that was shooting at the surroundings from time to time.

"Diego, I'm sure you guys underestimated me! Well, I'm sorry!"

The figure of the Thunder Gundam appeared and disappeared in this empty battlefield, never captured by the naked eye, nor detected by the radar.

Therefore, when the ghostly Thunderbolt Gundam floated to the side of a nearby piece of wreckage, Nicol controlled the Thunderbolt Gundam to raise his hand to catch the wreckage, and then pushed it with force.

The wreckage suddenly flew out, flew in the opposite direction, and then collided with another piece of wreckage not far away.

At the moment when a spark quietly bloomed, the optical camera of the Storm Gundam suddenly captured the moment when the two pieces of wreckage collided.

"That's it!"

Diego's eyes fixed, and his hands moved without any hesitation.

The Storm Gundam turned around quickly, holding up the 350mm anti-armor shotgun and the 94mm high-energy concentrated-fire rifle in both hands, and fired them simultaneously with the six-mounted missile pod on the shoulder.

missile,

beam,

bullet,

At this moment, Diego poured towards the two pieces of wreckage without reservation.

In just a blink of an eye, the two pieces of wreckage were suddenly submerged by artillery fire, and once again were favored by artillery fire, leaving behind broken pieces. "Oh no! We were tricked."

Although the explosion was quite grand, Diego could see that it was just an explosion caused by the attack of the Storm Gundam.

There is no way it could be the explosion light after a MS was blown up.

A dangerous intuition suddenly exploded in Diego's mind, and a beam sword blade flashing with scorching light appeared in front of the cockpit of the Storm Gundam.

"Sorry Diego. You lose."

When Nicol's voice came over the communication channel, Diego sighed and raised his hands decisively.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! I lost! I didn't expect that I would lose to Guts, no, I lost! Nicol."

After a pause, Diego's eyes changed and his expression suddenly became serious.

"So, can you tell me about the conspiracy you want to stop?"

Diego's changes were so fast that Nicol was unable to react.

But he was also happy to see such changes.

After all, as friends who had graduated from the same ZAFT Military Academy and had grown up together, Nicol really didn't want to raise his gun against them and start a fight with them.

Diego, with his hands raised, looked calm, but he was closely watching Nicol's changing expression.

Although he chose to surrender, he also wanted to see what caused Nicol to rebel.

Just then, a voice came from the communication channel.

"Let me explain what happened! Nicol, can you continue the assault mission now?"

Upon hearing the voice, Diego's pupils suddenly trembled, and he subconsciously looked at ZAFT's internal communication, but unfortunately, Storm Gundam did not receive any communication from Justice Gundam or the girl.

"I understand! Lacus, Diego, I'll leave it to you."

Something that Diego couldn't understand actually happened.

Nicol called out the girl's name naturally, and without hesitation released the blockade of Storm Gundam, then turned around and flew towards Genesis, without any concern about whether Storm Gundam and Diego would suddenly turn against him.

Seeing this, Diego suddenly burst into laughter.

"What on earth happened? Nicole is like this, and you are the same too? Lacus, Lacus Klein."

As Diego finished speaking, a communication screen from the Polaris popped up on the screen in front of him.

From the picture, it is not difficult for Diego to see the environment the girl is in.

That is the bridge of the Earth Federation, no, it should be said that it is the bridge of the battleship of the Alliance's First Fleet.

The pink girl's expression softened slightly and she spoke loudly.

"Long time no see, Diego. I'm very sorry to meet you under these circumstances."

"What exactly is going on?"

This tone,

This demeanor,
This kind of gaze,

Diego had no doubt and was absolutely certain that the person on the other side of the screen was Lacus Clyne, whom he had known since childhood.

“It may sound absurd. But, there is no doubt that this is the truth!”

The girl opposite the painting was silent for a moment. When she spoke again, she told the truth with a firm expression.

"Diego. Lacus Clyne, who just married Athrun, is a copy created using my genes. And according to our intelligence, the Supreme Council and ZAFT's top brass have been invaded by the copy."

(End of this chapter)