Gibraltar is starry at night.
Jibril appeared in Orb and chose to deny PLANT's extradition request.
If Orb is determined to protect Jibril, then for the sake of justice and peace, Orb will inevitably fall into the flames of war.
"Cagalli..."
While muttering, Aslan looked at the stars outside the window and inexplicably thought of that stubborn and innocent girl.
For Orb and the peace of the world, she has sacrificed too much and experienced too many joys and sorrows.
But now, the country she protects may be swept away by war - in the name of justice.
"But is the peace that Speaker Durandal talks about real peace? Can it be called 'human peace' -"
In the future outlined by Speaker Durandal, humans are just symbols that make up the world.
Not feeling or thinking, just to drive the world to rotate - to be a peaceful gear, this is what the Speaker wants.
However, in such a future, can humans still be considered alive?
He had many questions about the future planned by the Speaker, but he didn't know how to deny it.
Orb, who believes in the concept of peace, is about to be involved in the war, but he doesn't know how to stop it——
This irritable mood made Aslan clenched his fists subconsciously.
Just then, he heard a rapid knock on the door.
"Aslan...Aslan!"
Aslan opened the door and the light in the entrance came on.
Then I saw Mia Campbell rushing in.
"Mia?"
Aslan calmed down his emotions and looked at Mia with a puzzled expression: "What happened?"
"You are indeed in the room!"
Mia glanced at Aslan, immediately locked the door and walked over.
"What are you going to do-"
"Do you have a good relationship with Orb's former representative?"
Aslan thought that she was going to pester him to accompany her again, but he was confused by Mia's question and expression.
"Um."
Aslan nodded blankly.
"Really?" Mia couldn't help but confirm.
"What happened?"
Aslan looked at Mia confused.
"Oops, now we're in trouble."
Mia explained: "I just heard in the speaker's office that ZAFT will officially declare war on Orb because Jibril is in Orb, and because you once served in Orb and are in close contact with Orb, Due to the close relationship between the former representatives, the Speaker wants to keep you in custody in order to prevent you from doing anything detrimental to ZAFT during the battle."
"What?"
Aslan was caught off guard by the news.
At the same time, I felt a sense of being insulted for no reason, and felt that I had been completely trampled on.
The recognition and trust that the Speaker had shown to him turned out to be all false.
At the same time, I also understood why I couldn’t get an out-of-town application.
If I really had this idea, how could I stay at the base honestly?
Recalling how he had gone to visit him in the first place, and how much he struggled to put on this uniform again, Aslan suddenly felt a strong anger welling up in his heart, which almost made his eyesight darken.
"You don't have to be so anxious. In fact, it doesn't matter if you think about it carefully. You can be released after ZAFT wins. And if you are really imprisoned, I will always be with you."
Mia didn't think deeply, she just stood there and talked to herself.
"Zaft... won——"
Suddenly, Aslan's brain buzzed as if he understood something.
Button——
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Special Agent Aslan Sala, we are from the Security Department. Please open the door. I have something to ask you -"
"The Speaker is really smart..."
Aslan seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile.
"ah?"
Seeing Mia's frightened expression.
Aslan whispered: "The Speaker really knows me very well."
Seeing that no one answered the door, the people outside the house raised their voices.
"Aslan Sara! Please open the door!"
"I will not be a fighting puppet in accordance with his instructions, no matter how correct his words sound..."
Aslan said, he picked up a chair next to him, turned around and suddenly swung it towards the window, causing the glass to shatter.
Ignoring Mia who was petrified, Aslan turned over and jumped out of the window, using the balcony outside the window to jump onto the road outside the window.
Why didn't I discover the speaker's true intention earlier?
A just war?
It should be said that it is more appropriate to eliminate enemies in the name of justice.
The Speaker wants to overthrow the current world and re-establish a world order, but this will inevitably lead to resistance from the beneficiaries of the old order.
Therefore, in order to establish order better and more smoothly, he must have the power to suppress everything——
boom--
The sound of breaking glass irritated the soldiers outside the door.
Gunshots were heard outside the room, and the locked door was knocked open.
It was also at this moment that Aslan jumped onto the window eaves.
The security guards who broke into the room immediately rushed to the broken window.
"Escaped!"
"Chase!"
The security guards jumped out of the window one by one, but they all ran towards the emergency escape. No one noticed that Aslan was above the window.
When the third man jumped out of the window, Aslan pounced hard on the back of his neck. The force of the fall immediately made the soldier faint without even making a sound.
Immediately afterwards, Aslan caught up with the soldier in front before he noticed it, and when he turned back, he gave the opponent an elbow blow on the jaw.
The remaining person raised his gun at this time, but Aslan jumped up with three steps and two steps. The man was caught off guard and raised the gun, and he had no time to pull the trigger. Aslan's knees were strong. The ground hit him in the face.
Seeing the three security guards fall into the water, Aslan ran back and extended his palm to Mia, who was huddled by the window.
"Mia! Hurry!"
"Why?"
Mia did not reach out to hold Aslan, but just stood by the window and asked.
Aslan quickly replied: "The Speaker believes that only those who can fulfill their assigned duties are useful!"
All the Speaker needs is Aslan's function, that is, his fighting ability. As for Aslan's thoughts or vision, it has nothing to do with it.
In other words, this is the real future mentioned by the Speaker.
Yes, it is true that there will be no more wars in the future, for the Chancellor's destiny is to strip away all desires and emotions.
Your genes prove that you are good at farming, so you will only be able to farm in this life.
If your genes are suitable for painting, then you can only paint in this life.
It might not be a big deal if that's all, but what if your genetic sequence is saturated with the most suitable occupations?
You may say how is this possible.
Besides, I don’t have to farm. I can also paint, sing, and engage in other industries that I think are better.
But the problem is, your genes have already determined that you are best suited for farming.
As for what you say you are more suitable for, what you want to do, what you can do——
All of these are your desires, and it is desires that cause human beings to stir up disputes. As a person who hopes to end human desires and end wars completely, will he allow you to have desires?
A world without desire, a world where desire is also a sin, can indeed achieve world peace.
But that is also a world without a future!
Because your future is already determined.
"But--"
Mia wanted to say something else, but was directly interrupted by Aslan: "He needs Lux who listens to him, and he also needs a MS pilot like me, but think about it, will he let you pretend to be forever? "
"When he doesn't need you anymore, in order to prevent mistakes and prevent this darkness from being exposed, he will kill you sooner or later!"
When he needed Lux's power, he needed Mia, and he needed a Lux who would obey him.
But that's just for now.
"But...but I'm someone else"
Mia suddenly stopped.
There was a strange expression of hesitation on her face, and what she blurted out was even more unexpected by Aslan.
"This is Lux..."
"Mia!"
"wrong!"
She suddenly threw Aslan's hand away and shook her head desperately: "I am Lux! It's Lux - I want to be Lux...!"
"you……?"
Aslan was so surprised that he couldn't speak. He could only look at Mia crying and shouting: "No one will want Mia if she leaves! Just listen to him and pretend, what's wrong with that... As long as I... I just need to put things in order Just do it well!”
"What's wrong with living like this!"
Unintentionally, Aslan remembered the first time they met, when she innocently told her admiration for Lux, but she felt infinitely lonely when talking about herself.
The mournful prayer in her voice cut deeply into Aslan's heart.
Is this happiness for her?
Continuing to be a pretend puppet under the mercy of others?
Mia forced a smile and timidly stretched out her hand to Aslan: "So, Aslan... you can come too, you will be fine..."
However, Aslan couldn't hand over his hand. He couldn't do what Zhen and Lei did - not thinking about anything, only obeying the speaker's order and becoming a weapon to kill the enemy without distinguishing right from wrong.
At this moment, Aslan was startled by the sound of footsteps coming from above.
"Mia!"
He reached out to Mia again, but saw her shaking her head and stepping back in fear.
If you stay any longer, you will be overtaken by the pursuers.
Aslan had no choice but to turn around and run downstairs, leaving Mia standing there, her eyes red from crying, looking so miserable.
In that last glance, Aslan saw not the diva singer who was loved by everyone in PLANT, but an ordinary girl who was helpless and intoxicated.
