Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 640 A Future to Choose (I)

During the time when Siegfried was in a coma, countless reliable or unreliable versions of rumors could almost pile up like a small mountain on Mina's desk, but no matter who asked, even Mina's political allies, Orb's unified external statement was four words: everything is normal.

Among the countless conspiracy theories, the most widely circulated version is that 'Siegfried was originally the result of a joint research and development by Orb and Mendel. He was trained by Uzumiya as Cagalli's bodyguard since he was a child. When he was a minor, he began to kill people under pressure from the Asha family, and eventually became a lunatic with a disordered mind.'

The main reason why this rumor became popular was that it unexpectedly matched the analysis of Siegfried when Durandal announced the Destiny Plan. Facing the overwhelming accusations, Cagalli simply replied, "No one is qualified to judge my husband," and then disappeared into space. Mina, the instigator of the rumor, had to take on several roles and could only silently endure this small revenge from the legitimate wife.

Yes, it was Mina who spread the rumor. Her purpose was to expose more ambitious people by spreading the rumor. After all, the supporters and political alliances behind her were formed in a hurry, and Mina did not want to be stabbed by those behind her at such a crucial moment as the general election.

Just as Sai said before, Siegfried, who saved the earth once, is no longer just a simple MS pilot. His existence has even become a symbolic symbol. The existing "savior" plus the "pioneer of change" who will most likely appear in the future, if George Gray is the first historical node in the CE world, then if nothing unexpected happens, it is basically a foregone conclusion that Siegfried will become or even surpass George Gray.

But just as Orb needed time to land the orbital elevator, Siegfried's halo also needed time to settle. Mina's words "heroes are not omnipotent" were also based on the current situation.

From 73 to now, the People's Revolutionary League has been established for only more than a year. This regime, which combines East Asia, Austronesia, South America, Scandinavia, and most of the old Eurasian territories, is now in a booming but extremely fragile stage.

It is true that Siegfried is a hero in the army, but his greatest appeal lies in the space forces. After all, everyone in the First Fleet, from the captain to the maintenance personnel, owes him a life.

In contrast, the impression of him among the ground forces was only at the stage of a "symbol". In addition, after the war, the People's Revolutionary League shifted its strategic focus from the universe back to the earth, and the ratio of disarmament was almost 7/3 between the universe and the earth. Therefore, when investigating the scene in Washington, the ground officers' demands did not receive a response from Siegfried, which also became a great opportunity for Luo Pan to pry off the hero's halo.

It is not without reason that Hilde described the compass as Titans. You should know that although the opportunity for the establishment of Titans in UC was not so glorious, the Titans at that time were also a product of people's hearts. After all, no one could stand having two satellites thrown down on their heads by Gene from time to time. Those days of fear eventually catalyzed the terrible monster Titans.

On the CE side, the decisive battle in the lunar orbit had just happened not long ago, and the group of transformers had no time to grow into a buffer zone between natural humans and adjusters. PLANT has now surrendered, but who can guarantee that the other side will not produce another Patrick.

Therefore, the attack in Washington was directed towards PLANT under the guidance of someone with ulterior motives. Compass quickly reached a cooperation with some politicians of the People's Revolutionary League and began to intervene in the struggle for military power among the ground factions. In response, Cagalli left her husband who still had not woken up, and went to Granada, the home port of the First Fleet, under the escort of Ptolemy.

As the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of PLANT, the existence of the First Space Fleet makes the entire PLANT fear and hate it. What they hate is that Bugilulu cut off the food rations of millions of April's adjusters with a wave of her hand. If the Council really intends to hold on, although people may not really starve to death, Bugilulu is definitely capable of making everyone half-dead.

The fear is that ZAFT's military strength was greatly reduced, so PLANT was forced to hand over the task of guarding the outer perimeter of the mainland to Bakilulu. At that time, Atlantic had not surrendered yet. Who knows if some diehards would drive the Windam to deliver another nuclear bomb to PLANT. This assumption is not alarmist. In fact, within a year when Bakilulu took over the defense, at least dozens of malicious incidents of nuclear bomb special attacks were stopped. No one knew how many nuclear bombs Atlantic had prepared at that time. Even the fact that Windam itself could carry nuclear bombs was a signal with strong symbolic significance. Therefore, the safety of PLANT now almost depends on Bakilulu's thoughts.

Such a sensitive and important position could be given to Bakilulu, on the one hand, because the first commander of this fleet was Cagalli, and Siegfried had a very high appeal in the fleet, and even more than 70% of the officers and soldiers went to Kaohsiung Spaceport to attend his wedding. Cagalli's willingness to hand over power and go home to have children does not mean that the Orb side is willing to let an outsider interfere with its own base.

Another reason lies with Jiang Kelly. As a former joint coordinator who awakened the "Mercy Spear" earlier than Kira, Jiang Kelly's marriage to Lika after the war also received strong support from the Council. After Baki Lulu took over the position of fleet commander, Jiang Kelly naturally became the second-in-command of the fleet.

After that, any task that required communication with PLANT would be assigned by Baki Lulu to Jiang Kelly. More than a year of face recognition and the fact that he was originally an adjuster had earned Jiang Kelly unanimous recognition from both sides. The fact that Lika could enter and exit both sides freely was an extremely obvious signal.

The Earth cannot leave PLANT. Even after the completion of the orbital elevator and the complete solution to the energy crisis, PLANT's medical, industrial products, and high-tech are the Earth's unavoidable needs. This long-term supply and demand relationship will not disappear due to racial conflicts.

And in the memories that Hilde knew, the Reformers did not have the BUG-like development capabilities of the Adjusters. Although the AD world with GN particles in hand could indeed just rely on its old capital, compared to the CE's ability to complete UC's thirty years of technology accumulation in three years and develop antimatter cannons in five years, it would be an incredibly powerful existence in any Gundam world.

Therefore, Hilde can solve many problems by herself, but she cannot solve all problems by herself. Even if she can realize the future planned Mars environment transformation and Mars immigration by herself, it will waste decades of time.

If the group of people who used their wisdom to develop powerful weapons could join Hilde's plan, it might not take a hundred years for humans to leave the solar system.

The key to all this lies with Baki Lulu and Jiang Kelly. Whether they are willing or not, at this special fork in time, the baton of mankind's destiny is suddenly handed over to them.

Moreover, the PLANTs were not completely united. At least in Thiago's opinion, it was obvious that someone within the Council had colluded with Compass. The existence of this hidden danger forced him to take Nicol, Minerva and their group away.

Just like he said self-deprecatingly: "You are a bunch of useless people who can only hold us back. If you don't hold on to Siegfried's thighs now, you won't even have a chance to lick the plate in the future."

(End of this chapter)