A journey through the Gundam world

After listening to Thor's words, Kaz was stunned.

Recalling that Kira controlled the mobile suit to block the cannonball attack for them, he nodded.

"You're right, Kira is our friend, we should trust him."

At the same time, on the Vesalis, Aslan, who returned to the ship, went to the infirmary to visit Rusty.

He was shot twice by Alex. Although he didn't die, he was still seriously injured.

However, the military doctor said that either Rusty was very lucky, or the guy who fired the shot was very accurate and did it on purpose.

Otherwise, no matter which one of the two shots missed, it would kill him.

In the medical room, Aslan told him about the death of Miguel and others.

"So, Miguel and the others are all dead..."

Although he is known as the pistachio in the team, Rusty still seems to be in a very depressed mood on the hospital bed.

After all, they are comrades who get along day and night.

Although the gains from this battle were huge, in their view, there were also huge losses.

As an adjuster, these losses can be described as elite.

And currently, except for Aslan and four other pilots on the Cruze team, the other pilots are either injured or killed.

The casualty rate of the troops has exceeded 50%, and they are considered disabled.

However, judging from the ship's broadcast and the current movement, Captain Cruze obviously did not give up and continued to pursue the ship.

When he thought that Kira was on that boat, Aslan became even more irritable.

Moreover, after calming down, he was also very concerned about another Earth military pilot.

'Left eye disabled, Alex. '

This reminded him of another person...

"Aslan Sara! Please go to the captain's office immediately and report to Captain Cruze!"

The sudden sound of the ship's announcement made him look up in shock.

"Aslan Sara! Come and report!"

Hearing this voice, Cruze responded without stopping his hands and without looking back.

"Ah, come in."

Aslan walked into the captain's room and stood at attention to salute Kruse.

With sharp eyes, he saw that the other party was writing a report. After all, although they had achieved brilliant results this time, they had also caused great disasters.

In any case, Heliopolis is a civilian satellite, not a pure military target.

"Arrangements to pursue the long-legged warships and Heliopolis have kept me a little busy. I should actually summon you for a talk when you come back, Aslan."

"Yes! In the previous battle, I disobeyed orders and attacked without permission. I'm very sorry."

Cruze stopped what he was doing, turned around in his seat, intertwined the fingers of his hands, and stared at the boy in front of him with his masked eyes.

"I don't intend to punish you for this matter, but I noticed that you seemed restless Aslan after you came back from taking the body."

Realizing that the captain had indeed noticed something unusual about him, the boy's expression became stiff and he lowered his head subconsciously.

"Plus, attacking without authorization is not something you would normally do, Aslan, so I want to hear your explanation."

Looking at the bewildered young man, Kruse realized in his heart that he had indeed guessed it right, there must be something else going on.

"You went to visit Rusty, right?"

"Yes."

"According to the battle report, the mysterious Orb Army soldier was able to injure him as a red-clad elite, and also killed two others. He looked very powerful."

Cruze's words made Aslan's body tense subconsciously.

"Besides, you should be right next to that machine when it starts up. So, what happened, Aslan?"

"I'm very sorry, I was shaken because of something unexpected happened."

Seeing him with a struggling expression on his face, Cruze stood up and walked to him, gently placing his hand on Aslan's shoulder.

"If the subordinates cannot report the situation correctly, no matter how wise the leader is, he will lose his accurate judgment, so I need to know the truth, Aslan."

Aslan, whose defenses were completely broken by these words, reported to Cruze with a trembling voice.

"The person who piloted the machine that could not be captured is Kira Yamato. He is a good friend of mine when I was studying on the moon as a child, and he is also an adjuster."

The moment he said these words, Aslan felt as if his heart felt much lighter.

"Oh? Is that really the case?"

There was a hint of surprise in Cruze's tone.

Aslan, however, continued like a faucet turned on.

"Yes, I didn't expect that I would meet him again on that occasion and in this way. So no matter what, I want to confirm..."

Cruze pondered for a long time and sighed.

"I see, war is really ironic. You are very good friends, right?"

"Yes."

"No wonder you are wavering. Then you don't have to participate next time we attack."

"Hey?"

Aslan looked up in surprise.

And Cruze looked at his expression and continued.

"You can't raise your weapon against the opponent, Aslan, and I don't want you to do that. So the best option is to prevent you from facing him on the battlefield."

Those who don’t know Kruse may feel that he is so considerate of his subordinates.

But if Alex and Mu were here, they would most likely spit in his face.

Unfortunately, the simple Aslan did not see through the sinister intentions of the masked man in front of him.

Chapter 48

"No, Captain, I..."

Looking at the boy in front of him who was trying to explain, Kruse knew that the other person had taken the bait.

However, he still persuaded lightly.

"Although he was once a good friend, he is now an enemy. Then we must eliminate him. I think you should understand. In order not to embarrass you, so you better not go and leave it to Yitzhak and the others. alright."

Aslan shook his head violently and explained to Cruze emotionally.

"Kira, that guy was taken advantage of by a natural person! That guy... although he is very good, he loves to be dazed and confused. He is a good old man. He must have been taken advantage of without knowing it!"

Looking at the young man explaining to himself in a panic, Cruze's lips slightly raised, as if he saw something worth appreciating.

"So, I will convince him first! He is also an adjuster, I believe he will understand us!"

Aslan almost shouted these last words.

Such passionate feelings made Cruze feel very happy inside.

He turned sideways, pretending to be embarrassed.

"I understand your feelings, but what if the other party can't listen? What will you do then, Aslan? Can you pull the trigger on your former friend?"

Facing Kruse's direct question, Aslan was stunned.

He never thought of this possibility, but when he really faced this problem, he understood the reason why Cruze didn't want to send himself out just now.

But having said that, he could only clenched his fists.

"If that time comes..."

He paused, seemed to have made up his mind, looked up at Cruze, and answered decisively.

"I'll shoot him!"

"It's hard for you, Aslan."

Cruze turned his head and sighed, saying hypocritically.

"No, I am a soldier of ZAFT! This is what I should do."

"I understand, you can go back, there will be a fierce battle later."

"Yes! Aslan Sara, resign."

After the door behind him closed, Kruse held his hands on the table and his shoulders began to tremble.

But it wasn't fear or crying, it was suppressed laughter.

"Hahahahaha, unexpectedly, it is such an interesting situation. The friends who reunited again are on the battlefield, and they are also enemies! Hahahaha, the sins caused by human beings themselves are so interesting."

He turned around, leaned against the table, and looked up at the ceiling.

The corners of his mouth under the mask couldn't help but twist into a ferocious smile.

"Then, let me see friends fighting each other, Aslan!"

Cruze, who didn't know Kira's identity at this time, just wanted to watch a good show of friends killing each other for fun.

The Archangel, heading towards Artemis, soon discovered the enemy approaching from a long distance.

"Large heat source detected, judged to be a battleship! Distance 200, Y3317, label 02C, channel 0, displacement 0."

"Is it on our side? We are heading in the same direction, have we been discovered?"

Malu looked at the enemy ships on the screen.

"It's still quite far away."

Baji Lulu said with luck in her heart.

"The enemy ship is accelerating! It is overtaking our ship! Target confirmed, ZAFT Army, Nazca class!"

The luck in everyone's hearts was completely broken. It seemed that the other party was going to surpass them and then go to the front to intercept them.

"Where's the Laura class?"

Bucky Lulu asked hurriedly.

"Please wait."

After some hurried operations, Pal looked at the screen and exclaimed.

"Going out 300 distance behind this ship, we discovered that the heat source moving forward is a Laura class!"

The Archangel is surrounded!

The ship's alarm suddenly sounded, along with the ship's broadcast.

"Discover the enemy, discover the enemy, first-level combat configuration, all personnel will be in position immediately, all personnel will be in position immediately!"

Alex, Kira, Mu, and Cagalli, who were busy working in Gnaku, looked up at the same time.

"Did you catch up? You really weren't fooled."

Alex was not surprised by this, while Mu frowned and was speechless.

"Damn it, it's obviously so close."

"Captain Alex, Captain Mu, please come to the bridge,"

Hearing the call from the bridge, Alex said to Mu.

"Let's go! Let's see what the situation is."

"it is good."

The two of them floated towards the elevator, and halfway he turned back and shouted to Kira and Cagalli.

"Ah, by the way, Kira, if you are still willing to fly out in the Assault, you'd better change into a pilot uniform. Cagalli, if you want to stay here to help, just follow Sergeant Madek's orders."

"Ok!"