June 17th.
Noel Cassia accepted the order to go to the plant, and the Covenant Gundam installed the thruster for a single person to travel through the atmosphere at the Chucktalia base.
However, because the Covenant Gundam was "severely damaged" on the Orb battlefield, in order to prevent accidents when a single aircraft passes through the atmosphere, the Covenant Gundam needs to be repaired and inspected first, and the estimated completion time is seven days.
June 18th.
Under the twinkling lights of countless stars, the huge battleship reflected the light of the earth, floating in the darkness.
Those were the Earth Alliance's defector ship "Archangel" and Orb's No. 2 Izumo-class ship "Kusanagi".
The main hull of the Kusanagi launched from the ground will be connected to the remaining four components, and the connection process will be gradually completed under the guidance of the M1 Heretic Gundam unit.
Although the main hull of the Kusanagi is a spaceship that can sail alone, its firepower and propulsion will be greatly improved after it is fully integrated.
In addition, the combined hull is equipped with main guns up and down, and a linear catapult is fixed at the front of the boarding hatch in a double-clip style to become the new bow; while the rear sides are equipped with positron city-breaking cannons. Loanglin" and the hull of the rear thruster are joined.
After being combined with other components, the Kusanagi became a space battleship with a total length of 290 meters. Although it was slightly smaller than the Archangel, its force could not be underestimated.
In a room in the living area of the Kusanagi, Cagalli hugged her knees and huddled on the bed, burying her head in tears.
The burst of fire that swallowed up the lives of her father and others before leaving seemed like a farewell smoke to them, and it still burns her eyes.
Recalling every moment between her and her father since childhood, as well as his big hand caressing her at the end, his smile... everything was deeply hurting her heart.
"dad……"
A whimpering sound escaped from his lips.
--Why…? Why did you leave me alone and go away?
It shouldn't be so early, it's too early...
She understood her father's will in her mind, but Cagalli's heart kept wandering in the same place involuntarily.
"Cagalli..."
A call sounded on the room's intercom, interrupting her thoughts. She slowly walked out of bed and opened the door in a daze, only to see a worried Kira and Aslan standing there.
As soon as she heard this caring tone, Cagalli cried and hugged Kira's neck. She couldn't help but buried her head in Kira's chest and cried loudly.
Aslan on the side just looked at her silently with a pair of sad eyes.
Facing Kira, Cagalli felt that she didn't need to say anything, and he understood everything.
Seeing Cagalli getting up sobbing, Kira looked at her face while arranging her head.
"...It doesn't matter, I'll go...wash my face."
Feeling his silent greeting, Cagalli wiped her face swollen from crying and replied to herself, ready to turn around and walk to the bathroom.
That photo couldn't help but come to mind.
I'm not alone -
Cagalli washed her face at the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. Her slightly damp bangs were golden, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and although her outline was deep, she couldn't tell which ethnic group she belonged to.
She had never had any doubt about this.
Orb is a multi-ethnic country, and the Asghar family has had blood from all over the world since ancient times.
She felt that she looked nothing like her father, but people around her always said that she got her blond hair from her grandfather, and she accepted it to this day.
But thinking back to that photo, Cagalli touched the sharp corner of a cardboard with her fingertips, carefully took out the photo, and looked at it again.
In the photo, the light brown-haired woman holds two infant babies - one with blond hair and the other with brown hair - with a kind face.
"Kira and Cagalli"
If the line on the back of the photo is true, then the baby is himself and the boy who just held him and comforted him.
Is such a thing really possible——?
Siblings...?
You and Kira...?
"Our current location should be here... The question is how to go next..."
In the bridge of the Pheasant, everyone began to discuss the next path.
Now there is no place for them on the earth. Even if they escape into the universe for the time being, they cannot just wander aimlessly like this.
But with Orb's demise, they neither belong to the Earth United nor to Plant, and now have no place to live.
Just as Captain Malu was thinking this, he saw Chisaka pointing to a point on the satellite orbit and saying, "I think we should go here first, how about that?"
"l4..." Gu Cheng
Chisaka is referring to another Lagrange point in the earth's satellite orbit, across the moon and far away from the plant. There are also a large number of colonial satellite groups there, but they are not as large as the plant.
Before leaving Orb, both ships were loaded with supplies as much as possible. Since the current number of crew members was far from full, the existing water reserves could supply approximately one year. However, there will no longer be a source of supplies in the future, and everything will have to be managed by oneself.
"The L4 colonial satellite group was gradually abandoned due to damage during the war. Although it is now uninhabited, it should still be used as a water source..."
After Chisaka finished speaking, Malu couldn't help but murmured: "Why...make me think of it again..."
Obtaining water from colonial satellites reminded her of another place.
"Noel..."
Noel's words and face suddenly flashed through Kira's mind, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Noel, what's wrong?"
Aslan heard Kira's words and couldn't help but look confused, wondering what this had to do with Noel.
"Speaking of which, why does Noel want to help us? Aslan, do you know?"
Kira listened to Aslan's question and couldn't help but have another doubt in her heart. Does Noel Cassia have a reason to fight?
Ma Liu and others also looked at Aslan in confusion.
If the Covenant Gundam hadn't entered the scene, their battle would have been even more difficult.
And if Frey Alstar, whom Noel brought, had not spoken at the end to buy them time, whether the Grass Pheasant could have been successfully launched was also a question.
"I don't know, but maybe he is just like us."
Aslan didn't know why Noel wanted to help Orb, so he could only use such unreasonable words to deal with it.
"Is it the same..."
Kira couldn't let go after hearing this, but this was indeed the best 'excuse' they could think of.
The other people obviously couldn't accept this explanation for a while. After all, it was the body of the Covenant, known as the Panamanian God of Death.
This explanation is too far-fetched.
"Actually, there are people in the plant who have the same idea as us!"
Aslan continued.
Kira seemed to understand what he said, and looked at each other and said: "...Lux?"
"The little pink princess?"
After hearing this, Ma Liu couldn't help but think of the girl he met by chance in the gravel belt.
Lux Klein - daughter of former Chancellor Klein.
"She is Aslan's fiancée."
Kira said with a smile.
Hearing this, Cajiali suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Aslan. Fiancée, a word that seemed like it was from the last century, did not match the age of the young man in front of him at all.
However, facing Kira's words, Aslan's expression suddenly became sad and said: "She has been... wanted by my father for treason..."
Treason...?
It is even more surprising to associate these words with that well-behaved and gentle girl.
However, Kira seemed to have expected it and just nodded calmly.
Apparently he knew about this a long time ago.
On June 18, the Grass Pheasant was assembled and headed towards the scheduled L4 colonial satellite.
At the same time, Shihe, who was ordered to come for support, entered the Kapantalia base.
On June 19, Covenant was dismantled due to technical reasons.
However, it was also on the same day that secret forces belonging to the Eurasian Federation and Atlantic suddenly attacked Victoria Harbor.
June 21st.
Because the Battle of Panama and the Battle of Alaska led to a sharp decrease in plnat's Earth soldiers, Victoria Harbor lasted less than two days before being captured.
The self-destruction device was also stopped moments before activation.
Cruze and others who rushed to support had to change direction and return to the Kapantalia base to garrison.
The earth's plant army also began to shrink its defense lines.
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