Gundam 00: Rise of China

"Hey, did the TV offend you?"

"Why did you smash it like that?"

After retreating from the Taliban battlefield, the pilots of the four Celestial Being Gundams gathered on this island for rest and recuperation.

However, due to some issues on the Taliban battlefield, the four Celestial Being Gundam pilots actually split into four factions.

Furthermore, having not received any contact from the Ptolemy spaceship in space for several days, all four of them were somewhat emotional.

As a result, all the pent-up discontent from the past few days finally erupted because of the Taliban award ceremony broadcast on television.

Tieria had just smashed the TV when Lockon immediately shut her down with words.

"How dare you say that?"

Actually, Tieria didn't initially intend to smash the television, since it was their only way to learn about changes in the outside world.

Before smashing the TV, Tieria tried to change the channel, but no matter which channel she switched to, the TV was always showing news about Taliban and Wang Ye, who used the alias Xia.

So, Tieria, having reached her limit and no longer able to tolerate it, smashed the television and then heard Lockon's accusations against her.

Tieria immediately retorted.

"Why disobey Veda's orders? You are the pilots of Celestial Being Gundam, and your mission is to eradicate war for Project Aeolia!"

"And the result?"

"Veda's instructions are very clear: Taliban is the root cause of the conflict; the key is to defeat all of Taliban's armed forces!"

At this point, Tieria's eyes swept fiercely over the other three people present.

For a moment, his face was expressionless. He sat in a chair like a thinker, his eyes vacant, seemingly lost in thought.

Areluya was even worse than Kshatriya; it seemed that after returning from the Taliban battlefield, he had become mentally impaired.

When asked what happened on the battlefield in Taliban and why he suddenly had such a headache that he couldn't even control the Archangel Gundam, he was asked what had happened.

He didn't even manage to utter a single word, he's utterly useless!

In the end, Tieria had no choice but to direct her firepower at Lockon.

Who told him he was one of only two people in the room who still seemed alive? Besides, he shamelessly and nonchalantly accused himself of smashing the TV.

It's like it's all their fault!

You are the ones who are clearly in the wrong!

"If you hadn't acted on your own initiative, disregarding orders from above, how could Taliban have become like this!"

"Isn't it good?"

"Isn't Taliban in a good state now?"

During the previous Taliban war, Tieriya was the most zealous in attacking the Taliban forces, but he was the only one who didn't participate in the subsequent campaign to eliminate the strong and help the weak.

The same thing happened when they came to this island to rest; Tieria's attitude was as if everyone owed him a million dollars.

He is the only loyal subject of the Celestial Organization; everyone else is a traitor and a villain!

How can we tolerate this?

Lockon immediately stood up and started arguing with Tieria.

"Are your eyes just for decoration?"

"Throughout the entire Taliban conflict, can't you really tell who the victims and the perpetrators are?"

"Yes! The Taliban want to use the Celestials to achieve their own goals, but is that wrong?"

"Didn't they desperately seek our help through the media before the war?"

"Which of the things they've claimed is false? Haven't they suffered enough?"

"It was precisely because they were powerless to change the fate of their own country that the Tianren Organization came into the scene with the idea of ​​eradicating war."

"It is the powerless who place all their hopes on us!"

With his final words, Lockon's powerful aura completely overwhelmed the enraged Tieria.

At the same time, the thoughtful Setsuna looked over, and the distraught Hallelujah seemed to react to the outside world as well.

But Lockon wasn't finished yet; he continued his outburst, roaring at Tieria, whose expression had frozen.

"What do you mean by saying that the Celestial Organization has been used? This is unacceptable."

"Shouldn't we be happy to let people facing suffering take advantage of us?"

"Is being used by those who suffer really considered using them?"

"That's saving lives! That's what Celestial Being Gundam pilots should do!"

"On the contrary, raising a knife against those who suffer is not eradicating war, it is aiding and abetting evil. If this is what the Celestial Organization does."

With a few cold laughs, Lockon crossed his arms and sneered under Tieria's suddenly changed expression.

"What eradication of war? I think we should stop making this joke now, or I'll end up blushing at my own so-called Aeolia plan."

"What did you say, you traitor? You actually said Aeolia's plan is a joke?"

This can be said to have touched Tieria's sore spot. Not to mention that he was already dissatisfied with Lockon, he was also very satisfied with Lockon.

However, if Lockon shows even the slightest disrespect to Aeolia, Tieria will definitely turn on him.

Not to mention the current situation.

"What do you, a mere human, know? How could a human who needs the guidance of the Aeolia Project possibly comprehend the greatness of Aeolia?"

Lockon's momentum remained undiminished, but Tieria's momentum was even stronger, especially in the instant he looked over and Alleluia's gaze fell upon him.

The two were neck and neck, almost touching forehead to forehead and nose to nose.

In that instant, neither of them doubted that the two of them would be completely fighting each other in the next second.

"Fine, then tell me why you attacked Taliban but condoned the Union, the real perpetrators of the violence. Don't give me any of that 'using' nonsense."

"I don't accept this explanation, and I doubt many people in the world would accept it either. Or are you like those bastards above, completely blind to the suffering in Taliban?"

"All I saw was the 'suffering' of the perpetrator, Union!"

"Tieria, tell me, isn't it difficult for the people of Taliban?"

"I!"

Tieria wanted to answer Lockon by saying that the people of Taliban were not difficult, but he opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.

Before the war, when the Empress sent these Celestial pilots to gather intelligence throughout Taliban, he also witnessed the lives of the Taliban.

Tieriya has experienced just as much injustice as the Taliban, as well as their hopes for the future.

Even if he is not a true natural person, but a quasi-change agent born into this world through technology.

It seems that even those who seek change possess a conscience.

"Can't say it?"

Lockon was already prepared to use force when he was surprised to find that Tieria hadn't said anything that would make him want to use his fists.

For a moment, it was unclear whether Tieria had a change of heart or had completely lost her mind.

Lockon's momentum suddenly waned, and he even wondered if he had said something too harsh and had made Tieria speechless.

Don't become another foolish Allelujah.

"Veda's judgment is unlikely to be wrong."

Lockon's momentum waned, and Tieria's momentum also diminished; neither could refute the claims nor had any facts to support their claims.

Tieria, whose thoughts were somewhat confused, could only cling to Veda as if it were a sure thing, as if it were a lifeline.

"The mission of the celestial beings is to eradicate war."

Suddenly, he spoke up when the two were silent.

"Only when we ourselves are righteous can we eradicate war."