Gundam EXARE

Brainwashing doesn't just mean repeating one thing to you over and over again.

"So I have to fight to let those who feel this way know that they are not alone."

Rey doesn't know if fate really exists in this world, but he is grateful to fate for letting him and Lux ​​meet.

If he hadn't actually seen a girl younger than himself struggling with the same thing, he might still be struggling with himself.

People are afraid of loneliness and long to join hands with someone.

We can’t let the world be buried with a bunch of trash.

"Before that, let's first think about how to prevent humanity from being destroyed."

It’s not possible to say that if humanity is destroyed, there will be no more wars and the world will be peaceful.

If anyone really thinks this, he must be a lunatic.

Dividing line

Cruze sat comfortably in the chair. Although Victoria's defeat caused the army's morale to drop, he didn't care about the lives of the ZAFT soldiers at all, so naturally it was not his turn to have his morale dropped.

Now the defeated army has retreated all the way to the Carpentaria base jointly built by the Oceania Union and ZAFT.

There is not much shadow of defeat hanging over this base, because both sides have a lot of things to do.

As soon as Cruze returned to Carpentaria, he realized the strategic change at the top and was prepared to receive any contact.

And things happened just as he thought, soldiers really came to his door.

"Captain Cruze, there's a call from PLANT!"

"I see."

He stood up and prepared to have a good chat with Speaker Sarah.

Speaking of Speaker Sarah, little Sarah, who was driving the Freedom on the battlefield, was naturally also in the Carpentaria base. He was looking around and gazing at the scene in the base.

Several people gathered near the cockpit of a Xigu. One person was sitting in the cockpit, holding the joystick with both hands, simulating control with clumsy movements.

Some of the people standing at the cockpit door were operating the computers connected to the Xigu, while others were watching with their arms folded, showing either happy or helpless expressions.

If that's all, it would seem like people are just making adjustments to MS.

What is unusual is the difference in the uniforms.

This is the Carpentaria base established by the ZAFT Army with the support of the Oceania Alliance, so it is not surprising that there are two types of military uniforms.

The strange thing is that the people sitting in Xigu were not ZAFT soldiers, but Oceania United Army soldiers.

In other words, the ZAFT Army is assisting the Oceania Combined Forces.

Aslan even saw the conspicuous silver hair. Isaac, who did not participate in the attack and defense of Victoria, was also in front of a Xigu. He kept saying something and used body language to help.

"Aslan, you're back."

A voice brought Aslan back to his senses and he saw the image of Diego holding several bottles of energy drinks.

Chapter 114 Bound Freedom

People change, Aslan now deeply understands this.

Izak, who always called everyone a natural person, actually racked his brains to teach the natural person how to drive an MS in front of Xigu. Diego, who was born into a wealthy family, actually went to bring water himself.

We have all experienced a lot and grown a lot.

It was because of these experiences that Aslan began to pay attention to things that he had not noticed before.

There are not only adjusters in the Carpentaria base, but also soldiers from the Oceania Alliance.

Are the two sides really incompatible?

That is not the case. Since they are allies, it is normal for the two sides to have contact when cooperating.

Unlike the space forces of Aslan and his ilk, ZAFT's ground forces have long been cooperating deeply with the Oceania Alliance and living in harmony.

Adjusters and natural persons are by no means inherently hostile to each other, and this Carpentaria base is proof of that.

For most soldiers, they don’t think about any strategic calculations, they just simply build good relationships with their comrades.

There are no monsters from the sky or demons from the earth here, so the handover of this MS was so smooth.

Not only is the Earth Federation developing an OS for natural humans, the Oceania Federation is also working hard in this regard.

Now that the OS is complete, ZAFT has transferred a large number of MS to the Oceania Union.

ZAFT pilots are instructing the Oceania Union's novice pilots on how to operate a MS and how to use it in combat.

Isaac, Diego, and Nicol, who we haven't seen yet, are all doing this.

"In the past, I would have disdainfully said that natural people were unworthy, but now it's different."

Diego gave a bitter smile. He had always thought that he was fighting a demon that had taken countless lives, but was that really the case?

"My hands aren't that clean either."

The man's words hurt him deeply.

Didn't you show off your kill count?

Of course there was. Diego came to his senses and thought about it again. Wasn't he also proud of the fact that he had killed so many people?

Once I noticed this, I started to feel tired unconsciously.

"I really don't want to continue fighting, but unfortunately this is not something we can decide."

Diego was right, so what even if he realized his hands were stained with blood?

PLANT has no way out, once fighting begins, it must win.

Diego has a question that he hasn't found an answer to yet:

"How on earth did we get to this point?"

What ultimately caused such a bloody war to break out between the two sides?

If we cannot find the root cause of the problem in this war, the same war will definitely happen a second or third time.

"By the way, I still have to take my things back. Let's talk again during our break."

"I see. See you later."

After saying goodbye to each other, Diego took the drinks he had prepared for his colleagues.

Aslan felt strange as he stared at the other person's back. It would take him some time to adapt to the fact that a usually gloomy person had become so refreshing.

People do become different depending on how much they know.

Aslan also wanted to know why the two sides had come to this point, but unfortunately that was all he knew.

As students, no one cared about these things until the Bloody Valentine's Day, when they rushed to the battlefield in anger.

Soldiers just have to follow orders, but what if they start thinking and have their own ideas?

I will fight the enemy as soon as they appear. Who they are? What are the causes and consequences? None of this matters!

It is no longer possible to maintain this idea.

"call"

Aslan took a deep breath and looked at the sky of the Earth, which was very different from that of PLANT.

At this moment, someone called him:

"Aslan, get ready, we are going back to space."

It was Cruze, who received a clear evacuation order after speaking with PLANT mainland.

When Aslan heard the order, he didn't react for a moment.

"Uh, what?"

"Retreat, return to the universe."

Cruze said it succinctly again, and this was the source of Aslan's confusion.

Return to the universe now?

What do you mean? Are we abandoning the Earth front?

The Earth Army will definitely pursue us relentlessly, so the Freedom MS is needed on Earth.

Now is the time to use all our strength, why do we have to retreat to the universe?

Aslan was indeed just a child, he had never learned anything in this area.

Cruze saw through Aslan's doubts at a glance, so he explained with malicious intent:

"The severely damaged ZAFT and Oceania combined alone can't hold the ground front. If Freedom and the Warriors are dragged to death on Earth, it means the Earth Army has regained its nuclear weapons. We have no choice but to leave."

This reason was reasonable and Aslan could accept it.

But if Cruze stopped here, he wouldn't be Cruze anymore.

"ZAFT's new mobile suits, developed based on G-series technology, are about to be retired. Chancellor Sarah plans to transfer some of their older mobile suits to the Oceania Union to buy us some extra time on Earth."

Think about it, why did ZAFT suddenly develop an OS that can be used by natural people?

Isn’t it just that the military force is insufficient and needs to be replenished?

But where will PLANT, with a population of only 6000 million, find a group of new soldiers?

"Now, Chancellor Sarah needs veterans like us who are capable of handling the new mobile suits, but we can't let all the existing mobile suits go to waste. Coincidentally, the Oceania Federation also has a need, so we'll hand all the mobile suits over to them."

Of course it wasn't possible before, ZAFT itself was also on guard against the Oceania Alliance.

Just like the Atlantic Federation provided the dagger to the Eurasian Federation and the East Asian Republic, while retaining the X series of disasters, prohibitions, and robbery for itself.

Now that Gates is officially offline, Jin En and Xi Gu are not so important.

"Aslan, you should learn more about this, otherwise you won't be able to inherit the position of Speaker Sara after the war."

Cruze put all the twists and turns behind win-win cooperation into Aslan's mind, and then he said:

"In fact, Speaker Sarah is secretly looking forward to you."

Really? Hard to say.

However, Cruze knew very well what kind of person Aslan was. He was simple and sentimental.

The simple Aslan would certainly feel uncomfortable with Patrick taking advantage of the Oceania Alliance in this way.

Aslan, who is sentimental, will be bound by Patrick's father again.

The more real the joyful scene at the Carpentaria base seemed, the more uncomfortable Aslan felt.

But when he felt bad, he would think of his father's expectations of him and continue to endure.

Interesting.

Cruze thought of Aslan's car, a driver who was not free in his heart but was driving a machine called freedom.

The freedom that is bound.

He commented in his heart, and then continued:

"Aslan, I still need to make preparations. Please inform Isaac, Diego, and Nicol."

No one can escape the bondage of emotions. In order to win him over, Patrick deliberately asked Cruze to bring the congressman's child back to the universe.

The adult world is so dirty.

Cruze thought with a hint of sarcasm.

Aslan, unaware of what others were thinking, stood at attention and saluted:

"Yes!"

What could Aslan do? He had only recently noticed how much older his father had become.

Dividing line

"Major, long time no see."

"Oh, long time no see. By the way, you've been promoted, haven't you? There's no need to be so respectful to me, right?"

Today, old friends meet again.

Mu and Bakilulu, who were transferred from the Alaska base, met again under orders. They were assigned to the Earth Army's newest battleship, the Archangel.