Gundam, the Gundam journey of a certain glue guy and his mecha girl.

ZAFT forces were severely damaged by the defeat in the Alaska campaign, and the situation at the front was critical. At this time, Patrick recalled the elite Kruze team with an order, which made Kruze think twice.

Although Kruze was careful enough when leaking information about the breakthrough operation to the Allied Forces, he remained sufficiently vigilant throughout.

And things turned out exactly as Kruze had predicted.

Sieger's revelations during that live broadcast made Patrick suspicious of Kruze.

However, in order to stabilize public sentiment and morale, Patrick immediately used official media to completely deny Sigur's accusations.

But secretly, Patrick began preparing to arrest Cruze.

To ensure everything went smoothly, Patrick didn't mobilize his own secret forces, instead placing them in ambush at the shipyard, ready to capture Kruze as soon as possible.

Patrick's choice to make a secret arrest instead of publicly revealing Kruze's suspicions within the ZAFT army inadvertently gave Kruze an opportunity.

He then lied, claiming he had received a secret order from Patrick, and boarded a shuttle midway to enter the Jachin-Duvee fortress.

Kruse had full knowledge of ZAFT's nuclear-powered mobile suits, and his purpose in coming to Jakin Dover Fortress was to store the Divine Will there for testing.

Patrick's trust in him over the years, and the prestige he had accumulated through his military exploits in the ZAFT army, became Kruze's most effective pass. It didn't take much effort for Kruze to trick his way into opening the door to the hangar where the nuclear-powered mobile suits were stored.

"This is the new aircraft."

Kruse followed the technician who was leading the way into the hangar, where a highly recognizable mobile suit stood in the center.

"This machine is equipped with an anti-neutron jammer and a nuclear engine, and at the special suggestion of Representative Yuri Amalfi, we also installed a psycho-frame that was taken from the 'basketball'."

"Basketball" was the code name given by Yakin-Duve's technicians to the cockpit recovered from the unusual luminescence.

"The mental sensing framework can be perfectly coupled with the Dragon Knight system. By directly sensing the pilot's brainwave signals, it bypasses the translation process of the quantum computer and transmits control commands to each of the separated submachines without delay, enabling more efficient all-round attacks on the enemy."

The technicians spoke with the pride characteristic of researchers, and indeed they had accomplished a remarkable feat.

"so it is."

Kruze raised his face, the lamps of the hangar reflecting a cold light on his metal mask. Looking at the solemn outline of the divine will, a slow smile appeared on his lips.

"Can this mobile suit be started now?"

"Of course you can. However, according to regulations, you must first obtain permission from your superiors to drive it..."

Kruze stopped listening to the technician and his body left the maintenance platform, drifting towards the cockpit of the Divine Will.

"Wait a minute, Captain Kruze!"

When the technician finally reacted and tried to stop him, Shenyi's eyes had already lit up.

Under Kruze's manipulation, Divine Will raised its right arm and picked up a large beam rifle specially designed for it from a nearby stand. A beam comparable to that of a naval cannon gushed out from the muzzle. The hangar door could not withstand Divine Will's fire and was quickly torn open with a huge hole.

The divine will swiftly entered outer space from there, and the alarm bells of the Jakin Duve Fortress immediately rang. The mobile suits patrolling the area urgently surrounded the divine will.

But Kruze didn't seem to care about them at all.

The mental sensing framework resonated with his mind, and the submachines of the Dragon Knight system detached from the disc-shaped backpack behind the divine will, following his will, and dispersed into this space with an inconceivable trajectory.

King and Higu, who had rushed to the scene following the alarm, had just caught a glimpse of the divine will and hadn't even had time to aim their weapons at the target when a beam of emerald green shot out from an unexpected direction, and the net of beams tightened continuously.

The Divine Will Dragon Rider system had not yet completed its final testing, but under Kruze's on-site adjustments, its shooting accuracy gradually improved.

Up, down, left, right—beams of light shot from the Dragon Knights' submachine guns, like a fly net, ensnared King and Higu, then transformed the pursuing forces into fireballs that silently exploded in space.

"This machine is practically tailor-made for me. At least for this, I still have to thank you, Patrick."

Kruze's lips curled into a mocking smile beneath his mask as he looked up at the distant blue Earth.

PLANT is gone forever; all his years of hard work have vanished.

But now that Kruze possesses divine power, even if he were to defect to the Earth Army through their previous relationship, he would certainly be treated as an honored guest.

Anti-neutron interference devices are a technology that those blue cosmos people dream of having.

"After all, there's a complete idiot over there who's just as good as Patrick."

Although it differed greatly from Cruze's original plan, the results might be even better than his original plan.

While Sigur's revelation caused Kruze to lose his identity in PLANT, Patrick, betrayed by someone he trusted, will undoubtedly harbor even greater hatred towards the Earth Federation. Even without Kruze's guidance, he will still point that secret weapon at Earth.

Meanwhile, the Cosmos, having received the anti-neutron jammer, will also try to find a way to reactivate nuclear weapons.

The thought of his future actions made Kruze's brain tremble uncontrollably, and the mental sensing framework installed inside the cockpit of the Divine Will seemed to resonate with his dark will to destroy, with purplish-black light shining through the gaps in the cockpit.

"Divine will, even you sensed it? Even you agree with me? Indeed, this ending is befitting of a foolish and hopeless race like humanity! So-called humanity grows up in greed, driven by hatred, unable to learn from the tragedies it creates, only repeating the same mistakes time and time again!"

Kruze stretched out his arms as if embracing the cold, dark universe, and the divine will seemed to sense his emotions, making the same gesture as Kruze.

"I am the will of God, I am God! Let us together deliver the final judgment on this filthy world!"

Amidst Kruze's morbid laughter, the divine machine headed towards Earth.

Author's message

Sorry for the late update, something came up in real life.

Chapter 85 Dreams

L4 space sector, abandoned colony satellite "Mendel".

Mendel, a colony satellite once renowned worldwide as a research center for biotechnology, has now been transformed by the Kleinists into a temporary operational base for the Three-Ship Alliance.

After the Archangel and Kusanagi arrived here, Mendel welcomed new guests.

The New Holm, belonging to the Scrap Merchants Guild, arrived here with a large amount of supplies sent from the moon by Halbarton.

In addition to the usual weapons, ammunition, and rations, the New Holm also delivered some special items.

A short sword equipped with an IWSP backpack, a striker backpack specially made for Mu, and an enhancement kit for the S Gundam.

In addition, a Dagger L squad that boarded the New Holm on the moon under the guise of protection also took the opportunity to disembark and be assigned to the Archangel.

This Dagger L squadron is the elite squadron led by Lieutenant Rand, the ace of the Eighth Fleet. All of them have a record of shooting down several mobile suits.

"Are you sure this is an assault backpack, and not some new Möbius Zero?"

"Although it looks similar to the Mobius Zero, its nose can be folded down to connect with a mobile suit that has an assault backpack interface. Like the Mobius Zero, its four cannons can be separated to attack, and its firepower is much stronger than the Mobius. The railguns and missiles on it can easily penetrate the armor of mobile suits, so you don't have to aim at joints like before."

Chief of Staff Maddock followed behind Mu, holding a document containing information about the cannon barrel backpack, and spoke.

"By the way, Major General Halbarton also sent over a short sword. Did we have any spare pilots?"

Mu looked at the short sword standing next to the Strike, and his thoughts immediately flew back to when he had just set off from Heliopolis.

A female voice came from behind Mu, pulling him back to reality from his memories.

"So that's the mobile suit I'm to be assigned to? To actually make me pilot the very mobile suit that shot me down, Mr. Raven is really wicked."

“If you don’t want it, Elsa, I’ll ask Mr. Andrew to drive it. Anyway, the Eternal doesn’t need to be on the front line, so it won’t be a big problem if Mr. Andrew is not there.”

"No, little El, I was just complaining a little. You have no idea how boring it is to sit in the gunner's position on a battleship."

Today, El, dressed in a gorgeous gown, led Aisha, who had come from the Eternity, into the hangar of the Archangel.

Elsa, who can partner with the Desert Tiger, certainly has MS piloting skills that are beyond the reach of ordinary people, and is capable of handling the complicated IWSP backpack.

"Speaking of which, where is Mr. Raven? Why are you all alone today?"

"Raven is probably on the Eternal, chatting with Miss Lux."

Upon hearing El's words, not only Aisha, but even Mu, who was examining the cannon-shaped backpack, turned around and looked at El with disbelief.

'That Raven, he actually went and chatted with a girl?'

At that moment, the exact same sentence flashed through Mu and Aisha's minds simultaneously.

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The Eternity, Lacus's private cabin.

Raven sat on the floor, a bunch of tools spread out beside him, repairing a pink soldier ant.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Raven, for making you come all this way to fix it."

"Don't take it to heart. This thing was just pieced together from all sorts of odds and ends, so it's normal for it to malfunction."

As Raven spoke, he screwed in the last screw, flipped the power switch, and the soldier ant's previously dim red eye lit up again.

Raven put it on the ground, and the little guy immediately ran happily on his four short legs to play with Lux's pink harp.

Seeing that the repairs were finished, Raven put the tools back into his tool bag and was about to get up and leave when Lux called him back.

"Please wait a moment, I have something I'd like Mr. Raven to see."

She turned on her personal computer, tapped her fingers lightly on the keyboard, and data from several electronic documents unfolded in front of Raven.

"This is the Super Adjuster Project. Oh, I see. It's related to Kira."

Raven's reaction was much more normal than Lux had expected.

“Mr. Raven, you’re not surprised at all.”

As a time traveler, Raven naturally knew about this, but he still made up an excuse.

"I know better than anyone how talented Kira is. Forget Super Coordinator, I could be a Super Saiyan too. By the way..."

Raven raised his eyes and looked at Lux.

"You didn't tell Kira about this, did you?"

Lux shook her head.

"No one else knows about this except the person who obtained it and me. I think it's best for Mr. Raven to decide whether or not to tell Kira about it."

Raven wasn't surprised by Lux's answer; she was a thoughtful person.

"Let's leave this matter here. Kira's parents must know about this. They probably chose not to tell Kira because they wanted him to live his life as an ordinary Coordinator. Besides, Super Coordinators are just Coordinators with better talent. The world has no shortage of geniuses."

Lux nodded slightly; she knew Raven would give an answer that matched her vague expectations.

The matter was thus settled, and the data was re-encrypted and archived, returning to the depths of the sea of ​​data.

This eased her burden a bit. The comfortable environment of her private cabin made her appear more composed in front of others, but she inadvertently relaxed for a moment and let out a small yawn.

Are you tired?

Noticing this, Raven lowered his voice slightly.

Raven knew that Lux had been entrusted with an important task and that she needed to maintain a calm and composed demeanor on a daily basis, but after all, she was only a 16-year-old girl at this time.

Lux quickly raised her head, straightened her back, concealed her fatigue, and shook her head.

"I didn't, it's just..."

"I'm a grown-up with my own principles. If you're tired, just be affectionate with me. I won't tell anyone."

Lux was stunned. She opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to refuse, but then chuckled softly, as if trying to send away all the worries in her heart. She let out a long sigh, turned to the side, and gently rested her head on Raven's shoulder.

Her hair brushed against Raven's cheek, carrying a gentle fragrance.

This smells like shampoo.

"Thank you."

Lux's voice was very soft.

Her head rested on Raven's shoulder, her eyes closed, immersed in the peaceful atmosphere. Raven didn't say anything, and for a moment, only the two of them breathing quietly filled the cabin.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head slightly and opened her eyes to look at Raven's profile.

She remembered something.

"Speaking of which, Raven told me about his dream before, that he wanted to go to the stars and the sea. Now, could you please listen to my dream as well?"

Without waiting for Raven's reply, she began to speak on her own.

Lux blushed slightly. She had never said these words to anyone before, not even her father, Sigur.

"I want to sing carefree in a peaceful world, not because I am PLANT's songstress, nor because I am Sigur Klein's daughter, but simply as Lacus, as an ordinary girl, to sing the songs I truly want to sing."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly seemed to realize what extremely embarrassing things she had just said, and subconsciously buried her face in Raven's shoulder.

Among the pink strands of hair, the ear that was visible was also tinged with crimson.

Her voice sounded a little muffled.

"Um, what I just said, absolutely, absolutely must not be told to anyone..."