Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 686 Lunamaria Hawke

The entire search operation is expected to last three days, and may be delayed to a week at most, so Mu returned to the cockpit after ensuring that Shura would not resist with force. He also changed into a comfortable posture that would not affect the immediate activation of the MS in order to cope with long-term duty.

Among the three, Canard, like Mu, had experience in dealing with long-term alert missions, but Luna's round face was full of nervousness. Strictly speaking, this was her first time to play a vanguard role in Tianren. In addition, she knew very well that with her own strength, she could only deal with ordinary black knights at best, so she was afraid that if she was not careful, she would become a burden that needed to be taken care of by her teammates.

"Don't be so tense. You're in this state now, let alone three days. It's good enough that you can hold on until tonight."

"I"

A sudden communication request interrupted their chat. Out of caution, Mu did not share the communication from the ground forces with the other two. However, his face became visibly gloomy after a few minutes, which was an extremely rare performance for Endymion's Eagle, who was always known for his cheerfulness and talkativeness.

"Canard, is Liuli with you?"

"Bring it with you. The big sister originally said that she would replace my MS directly. The current archer fighter is the original spare machine. What's wrong?"

"Transfer the operating rights of the archer fighter to Liuli, and then you go to the north gate to deal with it."

"clear."

It was not until the fallen angel Gundam left that Mu turned his attention to Luna, who was hesitant to speak: "Canard and I are at least traditional soldiers from the background of the Earth Alliance. Some things are better left to us to handle."

"Captain Vlada, I am also an official member of the Celestial Beings!"

Looking at the stubborn girl in front of him, Mu knew that his behavior had somewhat hurt Luna's self-esteem. If it was a MS battle, he could still convince her by saying that he was inferior in skills, but now he didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, and Luna's unwillingness to accept the defeat was an inevitable result.

"Then be prepared. Although I haven't seen the specific courses of the ZAFT Military Academy, I can guarantee that you will never learn such things in school."

Perhaps because she is the only female in the team, everyone from top to bottom has more or less taken care of Luna unintentionally.

From Mu's perspective, he always felt guilty for letting Kira and Siegfried bear too much pressure in the past. However, considering that his army would inevitably face the dark side of human nature in the future, Mu weighed the pros and cons and forwarded the information he had just received to Luna.

"This is... Ugh."

The OS debugged by Hilde himself recognized Luna's physiological reaction, and while forcing the helmet to open, a thin film popped out from the mask. Mu just watched Luna vomiting quietly, and only reached out and clicked on the picture on the screen after she vomited out even the stomach acid.

Taking into account the complicated situation in the urban area of ​​Berlin, Mina transferred a group of personnel from the garrison troops on Obben Island and the South American Security Team to maintain order in the disaster area. A few minutes ago, the first batch of troops entering the city sent a report to Mu that they had discovered a suspected incident of cannibalism in the Mitte district.

While Mu was still considering how to deal with this vicious incident, the same reports came from the Pankow District, Neukölln District, and Lichtenberg District. Several teams were even besieged by the mob. Canard left to support the ground troops. After all, the mob was just a mob. Once MS intervened, Mu believed that the situation would calm down quickly.

"I asked Canard to handle it because he had worse experiences in Europe and Asia. I didn't mean to discriminate against you."

"Sorry. I. Ugh." The photo that Mu forwarded to Luna was exactly the on-site information collected by the ground troops. A large number of broken limbs and body parts and thick black blood plasma formed a desperate and suffocating hell scene. Even he and Canard felt physically uncomfortable for a few seconds, let alone Luna, the good girl in the military academy.

If ZAFT under Patrick's rule still had a trace of the regular army, then the group of new recruits who were admitted to the military academy by lowering the threshold due to lack of manpower after the Cutthroat Battle and Durandal's appointment were a complete makeshift team. Therefore, Mu judged that Luna could not accept this reality at all. After all, from the perspective of MS drivers, death is just a ball of fire that appears on the screen after pressing the shooting button, and the scene of blood plasma flying is difficult to appear in the eyes of the drivers.

What's more, Luna has no problem with common sense and IQ. Although her body keeps resisting to accept this fact, her mind tells her very clearly that in an environment where people eat each other, the ones who become food will always start with the elderly, the weak, women and children.

"If you really can't accept it."

"I can!"

"Don't force yourself. This is just a special case. As long as there is no new war, everything will be fine."

"I can do it. Please let me go when Canard comes back!"

Reaching out to wipe the dirt from the corner of her mouth, Luna's eyes gradually changed from panic to calm: "Resistance is my instinct as a human, but I am a Gundam pilot of Tianren. In this case, I must do something for this identity."

Mu did not directly agree or reject Luna's determination. However, when the fallen angel Gundam returned to the square with a little scarlet, Mu looked up at Luna again. During the several seconds of eye contact, Luna never avoided the other's sight. With an inaudible sigh, Mu finally sent the coordinates to the Destiny Pulse.

"In the Reinickendorf district, a Marine squad is trapped in the third block. The mob is about 200 strong. Go help them."

After receiving the order, Luna just nodded, but judging from the light wings that opened when Destiny Pulse left, Luna's heart was obviously not as calm as she appeared. At this time, Canard's voice interrupted Mu's thoughts.

"Is it really okay to let her go?"

"We have to make her understand what we are fighting for. I think Siegfried would agree with me if he were here."

The airflow generated by the high-speed maneuver swept across the entire block. Through the tactical support system, Luna had identified the dividing line between the enemy and us, so she directly used the MS to force a landing and divide a blank area. For a moment, both sides stopped the exchange of fire in a very tacit understanding.

"Put down your weapons."

The words that Luna had prepared were completely stuck in her throat after she focused the monitor on the ground. The mobs below were hiding in the rubble in groups of two or three, holding weapons, but without exception, the eyes of these people had turned blood red. As a former ZAFT elite, Luna had never imagined that such a cold and crazy look would appear on a human face.

Gunshots rang out again. The deterrent effect of MS lasted only for a minute in front of this group of mobs whose central nervous systems were destroyed by prions. Countless naked humanoid creatures crawled and shuttled through the ruins. Luna watched all this silently, and then put her finger on the firing button of the Vulcan cannon. The 75mm bullet tore apart all the flesh and blood below like the god of death.

"Click. Click."

The sound of the magazine idling continued to be heard, but Luna in the cockpit still held the shooting button tightly. Her short burgundy hair could not hide the tears in her eyes, but Luna's eyes were much more determined than when she was wearing red clothes.

(End of this chapter)