Gundam 00: Rise of China

"I lost?"

After finally switching to the backup sensor, I had to use my hands to remove the black, sticky substance from my head.

What came into Hallelujah's view was Wang Ye holding a beam saber and stabbing it against the outside of his cockpit.

Covered in sweat and unable to go crazy, Hallelujah was at a loss for what to do!

Beg for mercy?

Staring at that blinding red beam of light, Hallelujah would rather die...

Yes, Mary.

Turning his head, whether influenced by Alleluia or by his own lingering affection, he tried to do so in his final moments.

He etched Mary's image into his soul.

"I apologize again. You've become like this entirely because of us."

Wang Ye sent a private communication signal to the Archangel Gundam of Hallelujah, and after Hallelujah miraculously connected to it, Wang Ye's calm voice rang out.

"As a member of the People's Revolutionary League, when the People's Revolutionary League does something wrong, it is your inherent right to stand up and overthrow or resist it."

"It is a sacred mission in the blood of every member of the Revolutionary Alliance."

"ha?"

She thought Wang Ye would give her a good scolding or humiliate her with extreme mockery.

When Hallelujah heard that Wang Ye had actually affirmed him in some way, he almost doubted whether his ears were broken.

"But do you know what the only thing you did wrong was?"

Wang Ye continued, "I don't know what Hallelujah is thinking."

"Of course you can be hot-blooded when you're young, and it's only natural to be angry after experiencing something like that."

"But do you think anger can change the world? Do you think being hot-tempered allows you to do whatever you think is right?"

"What is right, and what is wrong?"

"Are you really able to tell?"

"Hahaha."

"Wang Ye, in the end, aren't you just saying I shouldn't have retaliated against the People's Revolutionary Alliance?"

"Shouldn't I retaliate?! Since you claim to know my past, then you tell me, was what the People's Revolutionary Alliance did right or wrong?!"

Originally wondering what Wang Ye was trying to say, Hallelujah was so angry at this that he almost laughed.

"You keep saying you understand, but what do you understand?!"

"I was the one who underwent those insane experiments at the super-soldier experimental base, and I was the one who was tortured inhumanely."

"What kind of justice is justice delayed? An apology and an explanation—what about the suffering we and all those others endured?"

"The person is dead, and you've come. But what use is your presence when the person is already dead?"

"In the end, it's nothing but crocodile tears, a hypocritical performance for fools and those in the know."

"Pah!"

Perhaps knowing he would not fare well this time, coupled with the psychological trauma inflicted on him by the People's Revolutionary Alliance's super soldier experiment.

It's a case of "what's the use of trying" or "I must finally express all the resentment I've been holding in for years" at this last moment.

Hallelujah launched into a tirade of insults at Wang Ye.

"Of course."

But to Hallelujah's surprise once again, just as he finished cursing and was out of breath, Wang Ye's reply arrived.

"As expected, you're a hypocrite too..."

"What?"

Hallelujah, who was about to continue his tirade, blurted out, but after he finished speaking, he blinked and finally understood what Wang Ye's reply was.

"should?"

Hallelujah, his mind a little muddled, repeated himself again.

"From your personal perspective, why shouldn't you retaliate against the People's Revolutionary Alliance?"

Wang Ye, on the other hand, didn't seem to find it awkward at all and continued speaking to himself.

"If it were me, I would want to skin those bastards alive, otherwise I would never be able to swallow this insult."

"Just like you said, I suffered and endured hardship, why should it be me?"

"I wasn't born to be treated this way!"

"The biggest problem with the super-soldier experiment is that they selected a group of people who had absolutely no ability to make their own judgments to participate in the experiment."

"Responsibilities that should not have been borne by them were given to a group of people who should not have borne these responsibilities at all."

"That's what we should be doing, not what you should be doing at that time."

"Wang Ye! You bastard!"

The anger in his heart remained, and Wang Ye's verbal skills could not instantly convince him of Hallelujah.

Ultimately, the deed has already happened, and the suffering has already been endured. Can a few words from Wang Ye really erase the hatred in Hallelujah's heart?

impossible!

However, though the anger in his heart remained, Hallelujah's mood improved somewhat because Wang Ye admitted that his current retaliatory actions were justified.

If Wang Ye were to launch into a long explanation, his words would imply that Hallelujah's actions were wrong.

That's when Hallelujah will completely lose his temper and won't listen to anything anymore.

"etc!"

Feeling the strange emotions in his heart, Hallelujah shook his head, rallied his spirits, and firmly believed that Wang Ye was using sweet talk on him.

After all, the bastard in front of me had just said he had done something wrong not long ago!

"The inherently evil Human Revolutionary Alliance, don't think you can sway me, Hallelujah, with a few kind words!"

"You said it yourself, I was wrong!"

After such a long time, Hallelujah's madness returned, and he roared at Wang Ye, who had a calm expression on the screen, once again.

"A dog doesn't mind a poor home, and a child doesn't mind an ugly mother."

"This is what I meant by the wrong thing you did."

"The super-soldier experiment was indeed a mistake by our People's Revolutionary Alliance. I acknowledge that and do not believe your revenge is wrong."

"On the contrary, I support it, but I believe that no matter how bad the People's Revolutionary Alliance is, it is still your home and your roots."

"Internal matters should be resolved internally. What kind of behavior is it to collude with outsiders to break into one's own home and kill one's own blood relatives?"

"You might say that it was the People's Revolutionary League that did such a thing, so how can you advocate for justice within the People's Revolutionary League?"

"It's like that old joke: Who dares to kneel before me and accuse me?"

"The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang is not so corrupt that justice cannot be found within its ranks."

"If the People's Revolutionary League is truly corrupt to that extent, there will naturally be reasonable ways to reform it."

"You don't need to take action; more people will step forward and raise the banner of truth and justice once again on the land of the People's Revolutionary League."

"There was a time when we encountered many difficulties, and it was thanks to the tireless efforts of a group of ambitious people that we were able to overcome them."

"Is it because of this that we have the People's Revolutionary League as we know it today, and the lives of the masses as we have them now?"

"I!"

Hallelujah also knew about that history, and when Wang Ye used other words to rebuke him, he would curse without hesitation.

But when Wang Ye brought out that period of history, that unbearable past of the People's Revolutionary League, and faced those who had once helped the members of the People's Revolutionary League stand tall.

Sheathing his sword, Wang Ye smiled meaningfully and continued.

"Tell me the exact coordinates of the super-soldier test base, and I'll go and correct the past mistakes."

"you!"

Hallelujah opened his mouth, his mind a jumbled mess, a complete mess.

Seemingly sensing the earnest gazes of his predecessors, Hallelujah, with his head bowed, understood that he could refuse everything, but he was moved by the inspiration of those who had fought in the past.

His blood... or the blood of the People's Revolutionary Party.

"call out!"

The atmosphere became heavy and subtle, as if Hallelujah were standing at a crossroads in life, unsure of what choice to make.

Suddenly, a long-range sniper beam from within the Earth sphere flew past the edge of the gravity chamber.

The shooter was very skilled; the beam only grazed the gravity chamber without damaging it in the slightest.

However, it is foreseeable that if the faction to which the shooter belongs does not receive a satisfactory answer...

The next beam shot might not just glide past the gravity chamber; it could strike it directly.

"Let's go."

Glancing at the afterglow of the beam of light, Wang Ye understood that it was a silent threat from the Celestial Organization. He waved to Hallelujah, indicating that he could leave.

At the same time, Wang Ye also hoped that Hallelujah would deliver the GN furnace to him in a few days, just as he had written the script for him.