"Are you asking us to be obedient and believe this statement?"
Yitzhak yelled and threw the file on the table.
The Postello-class submarine carrier "Cousteau" was diving offshore Orb, and the combat pilots of Team Sala, headed by Aslan, gathered in the briefing room.
Noel is naturally among them.
What Yitzhak just held in his hand was the official statement issued by Orb regarding the whereabouts of the Archangel.
"You said Long Legs has left Orb - are you treating us like three-year-olds?"
Diaka also had a sarcastic tone: "Send us away like this? Treat us as fools? Or is our captain too young?"
After Diaka finished teasing, he still glared at Aslan. This time Aslan let off steam again!
He could see it clearly on the Storm Gundam!
"Diaka!"
Nicol exclaimed reproachfully.
But Nigel also understood why Yitzhak and Diaka were angry.
The Archangel was so seriously damaged that it was impossible to escape their surveillance and leave this sea area.
Aslan also witnessed the ship being violently attacked by the Orb fleet during the last confirmation.
Under those circumstances, it wouldn’t be surprising if the Archangel sank——
But the premise is that all this is true, and the Archangel is really under attack.
Because the Archangel and the Mobile Weapon X series were originally built in Orb's colonial satellite.
Since this country that claims to be neutral has such a side behind its back, based on this alone, they have a strong distrust of all Orb's words and deeds.
"It doesn't matter what they say."
Aslan, who was scolded by Diaka and Yitzhak, looked at the documents on the table and said calmly: "As long as this is Orb's official reply, we can't do anything with it, just here. It’s useless to argue that the other party is a liar.”
"What did you say!?"
Yitzhak suddenly became angry.
"Orb is a sovereign country, and rash actions will turn into diplomatic problems." Aslan replied slowly.
When Yitzhak heard this, his expression was slightly stagnant, and then he smiled and said: "It's really a calm judgment, but what are you going to do? Our young captain? Are you just going to wait like this?"
"Just go in and confirm in person."
As soon as Yitzhak finished speaking, Noel, who had been sitting silently beside him, suddenly said.
"ha?"
"Go in?"
Even Aslan was shocked by Noel's bold proposal and couldn't help but look over.
"Sneaking in, you said it was easy, how to sneak in? You..."
"Don't tell me there are no ZAFT people in Obne?"
Before Yitzhak could finish speaking, Noel interrupted the topic bluntly.
Even satellite colonies like PLANT have spies from the Earth Alliance. How could there be no ZAFT spies in neutral countries?
Noel even suspected that there were people belonging to PLANT in the Atlantic Federation.
Otherwise many things cannot be explained at all.
"Sneaking in... you can try it." Aslan couldn't help but agree after hearing this.
"That's alright, just call me when you sneak in."
After saying that, Noel stood up and walked out of the room.
The Archangel is 100% on Orb.
Prime Minister Orb, no, I should say he is a former Prime Minister, it’s damned that he would let go of the good stuff that Strike Gundam brings to his door.
Orb is not a peaceful country.
······
Inside the Archangel—
"Thank you for saving me!"
After regaining his composure, Luo sat in the office and thanked the people in front of him.
"Noel...or Gates, why did he attack you?"
Mu pondered for a moment and asked Luo, who looked a little lonely.
He was genuinely curious, not just him but everyone else too.
"I...I don't know."
Luo replied with a bitter expression, he still doesn't know what happened.
In other words, he knew what happened, but couldn't understand it! I really can't understand why they can fight to the death without any pressure.
I just don’t want to see my friends die. Is this wrong?
"Is that so? Then you have a good rest. We have arrived at Orb. You can leave on your own in a while."
Seeing Luo's strange expression, Captain Malu didn't want to say anything or force him. After all, the rescue of Luo this time was at Chisaka's request, and now the goal has been achieved.
"Thanks."
Luo Wenyan expressed his thanks again. People who have not experienced that kind of despair may not understand the feeling of escaping from death.
He really thought he was dead just now.
That red pilot is so scary!
It was the first time in his life that he saw someone being able to dodge and move forward within such a dense beam attack.
"You're welcome, just have a good rest."
After finishing speaking, Ma Liu stood up, picked up her hat and walked out the door.
Mu did not speak, but reached out and patted Luo's shoulder and turned to leave. He had also encountered this situation when he first went to the battlefield, and he could only get out of it on his own.
When Kira saw this, he also left. He came here just as a matter of routine.
"that····"
However, just when Kira was about to leave, Luo suddenly looked up at Kira and said, "You... thank you!"
He recognized Kira as the one piloting the Strike Gundam.
"It's okay." Kira shook his head and smiled.
"Do you...do you know the pilot of that green body?" Luo asked immediately.
"Are you talking about Noel?" Kira asked after hesitating.
"Yeah!" Luo nodded with firm eyes.
"I know him. He spent some time on the Archangel before." Kira thought for a while before answering truthfully.
"Isn't he from ZAFT?"
Luo looked stunned. Judging from the uniforms, this ship didn't belong to the Earth Alliance. How could someone from ZAFT have stayed on it?
"We didn't know he was from ZAFT at the time," Kira explained.
"What kind of person is he?" Luo asked after hesitating for a moment.
Kira was stunned, unable to understand what Luo meant.
"I want to know why he wants to kill me, to kill..."
In the middle of speaking, Luo suddenly thought of Noel's words and froze in place.
When you raise your sword, you are destined to become a certain party's enemy...
From your own perspective, everything you do is right, but from the other party's perspective————
Do you really want to kill the enemy——
————
Inside the Chuck Thalia base——
"Noel Cassia, you really gave me a surprise."
Cruze destroyed the information he had just obtained, turned his seat to look at the blue sky outside the window, and murmured a smile.
He drove the Gates Regiment to destroy the Snake Tail Mercenary Regiment, and chased the Red Heretics all the way to Orb's territorial waters. If Strike Gundam hadn't taken action, both Heretics might have disappeared together.
"It's really difficult for you to do this under such circumstances. It seems that I need to give you a reward..."
The corners of Cruze's mouth were slightly raised, with a smile on his face, but his tone was full of coldness.
There is also a hint of morbid joy in the middle...
