A journey through the Gundam world

"You win, I lose. It's up to you."

Listening to his self-defeating words, Alex also lowered his gun.

"Don't be like this, Aslan, it's not like we don't know each other. Besides, you can go see Nigel after being captured. Right?"

"Are you insulting me as a ZAFT soldier?"

"Of course not, I'm just trying to comfort you, Aslan."

At this time, there was a sound of thunder in the sky. Alex looked up and found a cloud floating in the sky.

As a tropical area, the weather in this sea area is very changeable.

It's about to rain, and their reinforcements or rescue troops won't be able to come for a while.

Alex put the gun on his body and waved to Aslan.

"If you don't want to get soaked by the heavy rain, let's find a place to take shelter together."

"Aren't you afraid that I will sneak up on you?"

Easily hearing the anger in his words, he turned his back to Aslan and walked towards the hillside.

He first went to the heretic to get his survival kit.

"Whatever you want, but if you don't take shelter from the rain now, nature won't have mercy on you."

Aslan stood there, looking at the defenseless instructor with his back turned.

After some hesitation, he picked up his survival kit and followed.

The two took advantage of the heavy rain to get another survival kit from the Heretic's cockpit, and then found a cave.

Judging from the internal conditions, this is a weathered rock cave, not a beast's den.

It is rare for large predators to appear on such a lonely trail.

There seems to be a cave connected to the end of the interior, but the entrance is very small, making it difficult for people to get through.

Alex took Aslan to pick up some dead branches in the rain for fuel.

They found a big stone and blocked it at the end of the cave to prevent snakes, bats and other cave-dwelling animals from crawling out at night.

After doing all this, the two people who were soaked wet sat in the spacious place of the cave, surrounding the lit bonfire.

Both of them took off the upper body parts of their pilot uniforms and warmed themselves by the fire.

Their respective survival kits actually contain self-defense weapons.

But Aslan had woken up from his anger at this time. He looked at the bonfire in front of him and fell into confusion again.

Alex broke off a branch and placed it in the bonfire.

"You have something on your mind, Aslan."

The young man didn't know how to respond to his conversation.

He has too many things on his shoulders. As the son of the commander of the ZAFT Army, he must do his best in everything.

Being surrounded by people who are also adjusters is something that takes a lot of effort in itself.

Although he did it, the pressure was actually great.

In addition, he is not as tough as his father, but as gentle and shy as his mother.

To put it simply, I am not good at expressing my inner emotions.

So many times, Aslan is used to hiding everything in his heart and suffering it silently.

Even when getting along with his fiancée, he can't say many nice and touching words.

Just because Lux said he liked the Harrow he gave him, he made this kind of electronic pet and gave it to him whenever he had time.

The last time he visited Klein's house, Aslan looked at the noisy crowds of Harrows surrounding Lux and realized that he seemed to have given too many gifts.

This is the real him...

In his heart, he was actually very resistant to fighting Kira or Alex.

But as a soldier, he must obey orders as his duty.

What Cruze said to him still appears in his mind from time to time.

In order to save Nigel, he made up his mind to carry out this operation.

But now, he regretted his impulsiveness and made the situation become like this.

Therefore, even though his brows had turned into a knot due to worries about gains and losses in his heart, he still answered subconsciously.

"I'm fine, instructor."

"You may be able to deceive others with your words, but you can't deceive me."

Aslan responded to his rhetorical question with silence.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Alex pulled his survival kit.

I found a ration, a small pot and a matching cup.

Place the pot outside the hole to catch the rainwater. When it is full, throw in two water purification tablets and put it on the bonfire to boil.

"Give me the cup."

"Oh."

Aslan obediently handed over his cup.

Place the cup with the ZAFT logo and the Union Army logo on the ground, sterilize it with boiling water first, then put the tea bag in it and brew it with boiling water.

Then a pot of rainwater was boiled. During this time, a faint fragrance came out of the water cup filled with tea bags.

"Drink."

After saying that, he grabbed his cup and put it in front of him.

Then he tore open the Union Army's rations. This portable ration was made into a type that could be eaten directly, taking into account the situation where there was no fire source or the inability to make a fire.

It's convenient, but the taste is unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, he doesn't care about this. He has eaten even the most unpalatable food. This food at least tastes much better than the iron-blooded corn mush.

Alex, who has tasted individual soldier rations from different worlds, thinks he is a master of taste.

Compared with UC's ancestral MRE, CE's rations have at least improved a lot.

At least it's not so hard that it's hard to swallow, but it always tastes like you're eating a starchy lump.

Picking up the cup and taking a sip of tea, Alex felt his body warm up.

Although the temperature is not low, and there is a bonfire.

But after being exposed to the rain, my body always feels a little cold.

Aslan also picked up the cup and drank tea silently.

He said while eating.

"Nigel told me a lot about what happened after we separated."

The boy opposite held the cup with his hand.

He ignored it and continued talking.

"Hearing your performance, I am very pleased as a teacher. Finally, my teachings have not been in vain. Killing the enemy on the battlefield is your duty as a ZAFT soldier. Even if I die under your gun, I will not let you down." I won’t blame you.”

Speaking of this, he changed the subject.

"It's just that what you do later is up for debate. I know that it is wrong for Orb, as a neutral country, to secretly develop weapons for the warring parties, but you did also cause the disintegration of the colonial satellite. In this matter, I It’s impossible to say who is right and who is wrong on both sides, but the civilians of the colonial satellite are innocent.”

After hearing what he said, Aslan's hand trembled, and the fingers holding the cup were so hard that they almost turned white.

The image of Heliopolis disintegrating appeared before his eyes again.

Realizing that the heart of the young man in front of him was already like a pressure cooker about to explode, Alex continued to calmly continue to hit the target.

His purpose is to induce the taciturn Aslan to vent his inner depression.

As a 'professional' juvenile psychology 'expert', he knows very well that Menghulu's personality can easily lead to trouble.

At this point, Nigel also expressed concern to him.

Chapter 156 Spiritual Mentor

As another thoughtful boy in the Kruse team, Nigel is actually very worried about Aslan's situation.

As a moral teacher, he naturally has to shoulder the responsibility of guiding students.

The method is to first let the students express their inner depression.

The specific methods are to stimulate the students and rub salt into the wounds through special inspections.

(System 'You didn't let that person be beaten to death because the other person couldn't beat you.')

"I understand that you don't want to fight Kira, but fate has made you, your former friend, your opponent."

Before he could finish speaking, Aslan stood up suddenly and dropped the cup in his hand to the ground.

"enough!"

He roared like a furious lion.

But he immediately lowered his head and said tremblingly.

"enough……"

He looked at the young man who was standing there, shaking and clenching his fists.

Alex picked up the cup he dropped on the ground unhurriedly, replaced it with a new tea bag, took the water heated by the campfire and poured it into the dented cup.

Then he put it in front of him and continued speaking unhurriedly.

"It's painful to fight against one's friends, right. Aslan. I understand you."

"No, you don't understand, not all of you!"

Aslan, who had been induced to vent, could no longer maintain the calm state of the past.

Plus, he and Alex are the only two people here now.

So the young man was finally able to vent his frustration unscrupulously.

"All of you say you understand me, but who can understand my feelings! Captain Cruze said, 'If you don't shoot, sooner or later someone will be injured or even die because of your hesitation.'" He took Yitzhak's face Kira left a scar on his body and almost died!"

"I know, I know it was my hesitation that made Yitzhak like this, but, I can't do it!"

At the end, he almost shouted these words.

Amid the rain, accompanied by muffled thunder, Aslan's words did not spread very far, but they caused reverberation in the cave.

As he shouted out his true feelings, tears finally burst out of Aslan's eyes.

"I really can't do it."

The roar just now seemed to drain all the strength from Aslan's body, and he sat down on the ground shaking.

"I never imagined that after being apart for so long, we would meet again on the battlefield! Or as enemies!"

"Why is this happening! Why!"

Tears rolled down his cheeks and fell to the ground.

At this time, Alex picked up the dented cup and handed it to him.

"Drink, I understand the depression in your heart. In fact, Kira is the same, he doesn't want to fight you."

Aslan held back tears and took the cup.

Alex also carefully put on the heat-insulating cover to prevent him from dropping the cup again in his excitement.

"But why is he in the Earth Army? He is obviously an adjuster!"

He picked up his cup and took a sip.

"This is fate. When you attacked Heliopolis, Kira and his classmates were in the factory area."

Aslan was stunned, he had never known these things.