Machine Lion Roar

Surprised,

doubt,

All came to Kira's heart.

But the siege of the Earth Joint Fleet continued.

Even though Liberty Gundam has just swept a large area of ​​airspace, the pioneer fleet hovering around has never retreated, and even the Earth fleet below is still releasing fighters to join the battle.

The light wing flashed past Kira's eyes, and the frigate on the right side of Covenant Gundam was divided into two by the high-frequency shock blade in the hands of Freedom Gundam.

"Stop! Kay... Teacher!"

When the frigate crashed and sank, Covenant Gundam chased Freedom Gundam.

However, Covenant Gundam could not catch up with Freedom Gundam. On the contrary, he followed the footsteps of Freedom Gundam and rushed into the attack net of the Earth Fleet.

The radars of the Earth Joint Fleet and Vanguard Group cannot see, nor can it lock Covenant Gundam, but it can lock Freedom Gundam.

Even if their attacks couldn't touch the side of Liberty Gundam at all, when they saw Covenant Gundam chasing behind Liberty Gundam, the firepower increased sharply.

In order to avoid the freedom Gundam as much as possible, but also to kill the weird Covenant Gundam by the way.

It's just that this plan comes to an end, maybe it's just a waste of effort.

Under the light wing, Liberty Gundam would never be hit by their attacks.

"Teacher Kay! Stop it! You can't stop this war at all!"

Finally, Kira gave up her plan to chase Freedom Gundam.

That back figure that kept leaving a trail of afterimages in the sky seemed as far away as an illusory figure that was far away in the sky and could not be reached at all.

Seeing the denser barrage in front of him, Kira had to drive Covenant Gundam back for a certain distance, far away from the attack range of the artificially controlled anti-aircraft turret.

"Stop this war? Kira. Do you want to use your nonsense to persuade me?"

Lei Mingkai sneered in response to Kira when Liberty Gundam arbitrarily attacked the Earth's combined fleet and even touched the main fleet where the flagship of the Earth Fleet was located.

"No! I didn't mean that!"

Kira opened her mouth, and when the words came to her lips, they changed into another look.

"Let's let the Earth United stop attacking Orb first!"

"No. You don't need to worry about this!"

Three rays of light rose into the air from the Earth's joint main fleet.

The brightness it possesses, even if it is daytime, is enough for everyone on this battlefield to see clearly.

It's a flare to retreat!

The Earth has retreated together!

A series of scarred assault daggers withdrew from the devastated, densely wrecked battlefield with flames burning everywhere, leaving behind the same scarred opponent, the M1 heresy, which was almost unable to continue fighting.

"The knot... is it over?"

The Dawning Society test pilot trio panted, looking at the assault daggers that were covering and retreating from each other, they couldn't help feeling like they were left behind.

"Get up! Little girls! Watch out for enemy surprise attacks."

Compared to the trio who had been almost out of strength since the fierce battle, Mu's expression was much more solemn.

Since participating in the frontline battle, Mu has clearly realized the strength gap between Orb and the earth.

Even with the help of Liberty Gundam, Dark Assault Gundam and Archangel, I am afraid it is inevitable.

"This battle is not over! If you can, I hope you can rest as much as possible!"

Nigor also knew this.

"Yes, yes! Understand!"

The trio responded quickly.

"Major Mu, that machine..."

Nigor's gaze fell on the blood red body confronting Freedom Gundam.

"I do not know."

The moment when Covenant Gundam appeared and broadcasted, Mu had already heard the identity of the other party.

What Mu did not expect was that the pilot of Covenant Gundam was Kira Yamato who had been missing for a long time.

From the performance of Liberty Gundam, Lei Mingkai did not seem to show the intention of welcoming Kira's return.

On the contrary, through the movements of Freedom Gundam, Mu seems to see that Lei Mingkai seems to be guarding Kira.

"Notice the entire army, except for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mech Battalion, the 1st Fleet, and the 3rd Fleet on-site guard, the rest of the troops will begin to take turns rest and supply according to the scheduled plan. The medical troops give priority to rescue the seriously injured!

The Earth Joint Landing Force, which had been unable to attack for a long time, finally withdrew after leaving behind a city destroyed by war.

Looking at the destroyed city below,

Seeing the medical staff with red cross armbands and blood-stained white clothes running back and forth on the battlefield before the smoke, Kira suddenly felt a sense of weakness.

Pushing the backpack slowly stopped the operation, leaving Covenant Gundam to land on a relatively intact beach compared to the devastated battlefield.

The opposite of Covenant Gundam is Freedom Gundam.

Lei Mingkai had already stood in front of Liberty Gundam, watching Covenant Gundam, and Kira Yamato who walked down from the cockpit.

The setting sun scattered the blood-red brilliance on the battlefield, making the battlefield where the fighting ceased just now a little more desolate and desolate.

"Ms. Kay."

Standing on the soft sandy beach, Kira looked at Liberty Gundam, and slowly from the sky, falling on the Archangel not far behind Freedom Gundam, and then glanced at Lei Mingkai.

"No. Kira. I am not your teacher, nor anyone's teacher. Believe that you should also know my identity from the person who gave you this Covenant Gundam."

The appearance of Covenant Gundam and Kira really surprised Lei Mingkai.

In Lei Mingkai's speculation, Kira might have taken the Oracle Gundam that originally belonged to Kruze.

Unexpectedly, what appeared in front of him was this Gundam with a powerful "non-killing" power.

Hearing Lei Mingkai's denial, Kira's eyes couldn't help but dim a bit.

"Lei Mingkai, the last survivor of Julius No. 7, entered the Zaft Military Academy after healed, but did not graduate successfully. After a certain period of unclear action, he joined the comfort group as a guard."

"Subsequently, under the conspiracy of some people, he was killed on Julius No. 7, and he was regarded as a hero by the Supreme Council and Zaft for sacrificing himself and protecting the safety of Lacus Klein. Is that so?"

Before Kira finished speaking, Lei Mingkai continued.

Kira nodded silently.

"What then? Did those people say that I was a traitor or something?"

Lei Mingkai was curious about what would happen when he was standing with Lux in front of Liberty Gundam when he was photographed and placed on Patrick's table when he captured Liberty Gundam.

"No. I don't know. But she didn't say anything about you."

To Lei Mingkai's surprise, Zaft and the Supreme Council seemed to suppress the news that Liberty Gundam had been seized.

"she was?"

Kira said she was probably the photocopier who replaced Lux ​​Klein!

"Yes! Lux Klein."

Although Kira didn't say it clearly, his eyes may have explained everything.

"Kaz, Dole, they have been looking for you for a long time. Go get together with them!"

Although there were few words, Kira felt Lei Mingkai's resistance.

"Teacher Kay..."

"No need to call my teacher anymore! Kira Yamato. I'm just Zaft's deserter!"

Kira stretched out his hand subconsciously, trying to stop Lei Mingkai, but failed to shout.

And when Lei Mingkai turned and left, there was an excited look of Dole and Katz who rushed out of the Archangel.

"Kira!! You are back!!"

Behind the reunited friend is Lei Mingkai's fading back.

And this scene was also seen by Mu.

"no surprise!"

Even in his eyes, Mu couldn't help it.

The almost clearly visible estrangement between the two cannot be resolved with any words.

If they are investigated, they may have different ideas.

The night of the war is quiet, but also noisy.

The calm sea is still occupied by the Earth's combined fleet.

Calling orders from the flagship were continuously issued. Under the strong attack of Freedom Gundam, the severely damaged Earth United Fleet was gradually replenished, but such a supplement was at the cost of abandoning part of the encirclement.

In the daytime battle, the three Gundams that were hit hard by Liberty Gundam in turn were also undergoing intense recovery work.

Whether it is the fleet, the body, or the combat personnel, from the individual to the fleet as a whole, silently accumulating power like a beast licking its wounds, launching a fatal blow.

This point is clear to the high-level Ober, represented by Uzmi.

"Your Excellency Lei Mingkai. Orb, maybe you can't keep on guarding."

Uzmi looked at the man who had gone through a fierce battle, but could not see any tiredness, his eyes were a little bit more surprised.

You know, in the first time after the Earth Coalition retreated, Uzmi had visited the troops coming down from the front.

Whether it is the survivor or the wounded, their expressions are almost the same.

Tired and low.

"Indeed. Has the representative made a decision in his heart?"

Lei Mingkai looked at Uzmi calmly.

Needless to say, no guessing.

Uzmi's upcoming actions have not changed at all.

Even if he had face-to-face contact with Hegel Klein before the war.

Those calm eyes had already made a decision.

"Yes. Tomorrow, Orb will focus the remaining forces around Kaguya. Then, the Archangel and Kusana will fly into space with Kaguya's help."

Slowly, Uzmi's calm eyes seemed to have more color.

"The next thing is to come to Your Excellency Lei Mingkai. I believe that you, who can be trusted by Sigel Klein, can end this war."

"Excuse me! Representative Uzmi, are you giving your last words?"

Knowing is one thing, but what actually happened is another.

Being entrusted with heavy responsibility by a head of state does sound a lot like that.

But Lei Mingkai didn't want to accept this trust.

Lei Mingkai knew very well that he already had more than one responsibility on his shoulders waiting for him to complete.

Lux Klein was in front of her, her majesty in the Britanian Empire, who was far away in the dimensional distance.

When Lei Mingkai broke his own plan with a word, Uzmi couldn't help but froze for a while, and then showed a wry smile.

"Did you see through it?"

"It's not a difficult thing. Representative Uzmi. Perhaps, except for Kagali, everyone else has more or less seen what you think."

Uzmi gradually calmed down.

As if, not like a person about to die.

"This is nothing. It's just that we want to express our determination to the world through such behavior. In the current world, it is not the hatred of the adjuster, or even the PLANT's earth unity side, but the hatred of the earth unity, hatred of the blood and pornographic people. Zaft, the murderer of the festival, on the other side of PLANT. Apart from that, there is no place for people who do not want to participate in one of them, the space of the country."

Perhaps it is a habit. When talking about the world structure, Uzmi subconsciously talks about himself and even Obb's ideas.

It's just that Lei Mingkai didn't have any will or the mind to listen to this idea, just like meeting Kira before.

"I don't mean to oppose the idea represented by Uzmi. It's just that, after you have implemented your own ideas and displayed the Orb ideas for the world, what will Kagali, who stay in the world alone, do? "

"Kagali..."

Speaking of his daughter, Uzmi finally hesitated.

"Kagali may no longer need me to worry about things in the future. By her side, you already have friends like you. Whether it is Her Excellency Lei Mingkai or Miss Lacus, it will be enough to guide Kagali in the future Keep going."

"The Uzmi representative really praised me! I don't have that kind of talent!"

Uzmi smiled softly, as if joking.

"Recently, I heard a rumor. It is said that there is a knight who is not afraid of danger, and took the princess who was doomed to die to escape from a situation of ten deaths. And this knight is you in front of me, Lord Lei Mingkai."

"knight?"

Lei Mingkai shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"That's just a momentary joke of others."

"Do not!"

Uzmi raised his right hand, got up from the seat, turned and walked to the window.

"Lax Klein and Lund Mila Sahak, these two girls have resources and status that ordinary people can't reach at their birth. The former can be described as a collection of thousands of favorites and become the supreme PLANT. The latter inherited the name of Sahak, and was called the Shadow Army God by the soldiers of Orb."

Uzmi talked about the life experiences of Lux and Mira.

"But their destiny changed because of the appearance of a man. That is you, Lord Lei Mingkai."

"That's just a last resort! Representative Uzmi. If I didn't help Lacus at the time, I would die. If I didn't cooperate with the Sahak family, I would be confused by the fog in front of me."

"If you don't guide Kagali in the future, then you will lose the power to influence the world."

Uzmi's voice was firm and could not be refuted.