Chapter 211: The Sky of History
Setsuna struggled to drag his body out of the cockpit of the MS and crawled on his hands and knees to the pedestrian bridge beside him, breathing heavily. The paramedics waiting for him rushed forward to take off his helmet and gave him a shot into a vein in his neck. After about five minutes, Setsuna's ghastly white cheeks gradually recovered.
"I'm fine." Setsuna struggled to stand up, holding onto the railing, "I must return to the battlefield immediately, has the refit not finished yet?"
"This RGM-79GMⅢ is close to being completely scrapped, and it is impossible to go back to the battlefield in a short time." A young woman's voice came from behind him, "There are only so many RGM-79GMⅢs we can get by smuggling, and this is the last one."
"Marina?" Setsuna wobbled and turned around, "Then let me drive RGM-79GM Ⅱ. I must go back immediately, the defensive line will be lost at any time."
"You've been fighting for more than seventy-two hours! Drugs are not everything, you will die at this rate, Setsuna!" Marina's eyes were flooded with tears, "The sun will set in half an hour, and as is customary, the rebels will stop attacking soon. The defensive line can't be lost so soon, can it? This is an order, you are not allowed to go back to battle again today."
"Order? …" Setsuna exhaled heavily and slid to the ground with his back against the railing, "Marina, I may not last a few days, you be ready to escape at any time. "
Marina dismissed the people around them with a look, straightened her skirt and sat next to Setsuna, "Even if I escape, I will find the opportunity to come back."
"Why?" Setsuna looked at her incredulously, "You'll be stoned if the rebels catch you."
"Since I have assumed the role of the monarch, I'm responsible for carrying the fate of the kingdom. This is not a battle for you alone." Marina wiped her tears and replied with a smile, "And the rebels are not mobs, they are just incited by the hostile forces outside the kingdom. As long as we can talk, I'm sure we can find a peaceful solution, and we can all understand each other."
"Understand… each other?" Setsuna was stunned, "Is that kind of thing doable?"
"Of course we can do it. I believe that deep down the vast majority of people actually yearn for peace and expect happiness." Marina lifted her hair and looked at him sideways, "Did something happen? You've been acting like you have something on your mind since you rushed back this time."
"I …" Setsuna took a deep breath, "I had a fight with someone I respect."
Marina nodded quietly to show she was listening.
"I made a mistake and she was angry, but I didn't understand why she was so angry, and she refused to tell me the reason." Setsuna continued, "Her words were vague and something was hidden from me, and I didn't know whether to ask or not, I didn't know how to ask. She's also ignoring me after I came back this time, but I …"
"But you believe her because you respect her?" Marina smiled heartily at the word "come back", "She must be a very good person to have Setsuna's respect, why don't you try to say these words to her yourself? Maybe after talking openly and honestly, you will be able to understand each other?"
"Miss … and I understand each other?" Setsuna unconsciously clenched his hands, "If that can be done…"
Marina nodded gently, just wanting to continue to say something, and was interrupted by a violent vibration from the feet.
"The defensive line has just been torn apart by an unknown Gundam, the enemy is coming this way." Marina quickly repeated the report she heard to Setsuna, "It will take less than five minutes to reach here, there may not be time to escape."
Setsuna was speechless, "Is there any more MS that can be found in five minutes or less?"
"As I just said, we don't have more RGM-79GMⅢs, and all the RGM-79GMⅡs in this hangar are also sent to the front." Marina shook her head sadly, "Except for the innermost one…"
"The innermost one, understood." Setsuna decisively stopped and picked her up, "As much as it can move. I'll get you out, for sure."
Marina's face instantly turned red. Fortunately, she clearly knew that her athleticism was a liability and didn't ask to get off Setsuna.
Azadistan's army is worthy of the worst troops Setsuna has ever seen. At the moment, the hangar had been in a complete mess, and people were screaming and fleeing for their lives.
Setsuna, holding Marina in his arms, dashed left and right through the chaotic crowd, and snatched up a jeep. He carefully put Marina on the passenger side, jumped into the driver's seat, and drove in the direction Marina pointed.
After two or three minutes of driving to the deepest part, an MS covered under black canvas appeared in their sights. Marina got out of the car and quickly rushed to the console and pressed the button, the black canvas slowly fell with her movements, while Setsuna was as if struck by a bolt of sudden lightning, freezing in place.
"Gun…" he swallowed hard, "Gundam…"
"RX-78-2 Gundam," Marina walked up to him and looked up at the MS with him, "The first Gundam built by Dr. Lingus, the first Gundam drove by Major Amuro Ray, I think."
"Why is it here?" That dusk flashed back in Setsuna's mind.
"Originally, such an MS should be in the Federation's MS museum, but Colonel Scirocco sold it when he cleaned up Dr. Lingus' traces back then, after which, it went to the black market." Marina turned her head to admire Setsuna's shocked look, "Setsuna, you often murmured 'Gundam, Gundam' in your dreams, so I secretly bought it. Well, remember what I said before about giving you a gift?"
"RX-78-2 Gundam …" Setsuna held out his right hand in front of his eyes, the red, blue, and white fuselage was divided into blocks of color through the gaps between his fingers, "This is a gift… for me?"
"Yes, to thank you for everything you've done for me." Marina gazed at him tenderly, "It was just fixed, and then the rebellion happened. I didn't find the right opportunity to give it to you before."
"Marina!" Setsuna's sudden loud voice startled the female beside her, "I'll go talk to her once we escape, you're right, we'll be able to understand each other. After I finish my mission over there, I will bid her farewell and return to fight with you."
Marina couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, "If I can get out alive."
"It's going to work!" Setsuna clenched his fist in front of him. This time, it was his turn to save others, "We will live and live to seize tomorrow, this is our fight!"
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Kamille casually cleaved the MS in front of him with the sword in his MS's hand, glanced at the map with his afterglow, and continued on with his thrusters at full power.
Exia was an old MS that was designed a few years ago, but the performance was unexpectedly good. Not to mention that the enemies were all driving RGM-79GM II, and their quality as pilots was even worse.
He finally saw the "sister" Audrey mentioned. To be honest, he didn't like that queen. Both of them were NTs and couldn't lie to each other, so Nunnally simply stopped pretending to be innocent in front of him and behaved very arrogant. At least that was her image in his eyes.&
The most unbearable thing for Kamille was that Nunnally, when she saw him, gave him a horrible look and kept asking him meaningless questions like, "Why do you have his feelings in your spirit?"
But Kamille is not a fool either. Without thinking, he asked, "Both of us are NTs,& is it interesting to ask this?" Then Nunnally's attitude became unconcealed and bad towards him.
"Obviously she wants to save the Doctor, but she hates him so much, but also doesn't really hate him… what a complex and twisted big sister…" Kamille froze, "Wait, is she younger than me?"
In his daze, another mass-produced MS came at him. Kamille didn't even want to waste his time fighting, so he simply gave way to let the other party go. The other party escaped at a very fast speed.
"It's not a good thing for Audrey to stay with such a woman all day. I don't think that the Doctor wants to see her become another that kind of woman…" he continued to think carelessly, "But I have promised Audrey to keep it a secret, I can't discuss it with others. Maybe I should discuss it with Fa Yuiry?"
Nunnally didn't explain the whole thing to him. All he knew was that Ade and Lacus had disappeared together, and the man he was going to arrest knew where Ade was. But Kamille was not stupid, through Nunnally's attitude, he could judge the seriousness of the matter.
"But I'm not a protagonist, I'm just an ordinary medical student, I don't need to know the whole story." Kamille smiled to himself, "As long as I can save the doctor, that's enough. When the Doctor comes back — huh?"
He stared dumbfounded at the MS that suddenly appeared at the edge of his field of vision and subconsciously rubbed his eyes.
"I transmigrated back to the One Year War?" He immediately slapped himself again, "How can that be! What am I thinking?"
An MS that looked exactly like the original Gundam was fleeing from the targeted hangar, and Kamille didn't hesitate to give chase. Not only did it look the same as the original Gundam, but it also seemed to have the same performance, and Exia was easily able to close the distance between them.
Seeing that the two sides were getting closer, Kamille tentatively asked on the public channel, "Setsuna·F·Seiei?"
"Who are you?!"
"It really is you!" Kamille happily responded, "Seeing such a conspicuous MS, I casually asked about it. I didn't expect to find you at once. I advise you not to make unnecessary resistance, although I don't know if it's genuine, I don't want to spoil the Doctor's first work, or I'll be lectured again later."
"Sure enough, you're Britannia's pursuer." The Gundam gave up on running and turned to face Exia, "Starting a war just to capture me? You're twisted!"
"Although I also think that's quite radical, we can't completely blame her, right?" Kamille stared hard at the other party's actions, "Azadistan provoked the Federation all day, and offended the moon because of Dr. Minovsky's death.& The domestic economy is also terrible, and the whole kingdom is simply a powder keg. You can't say that the kingdom's leader is not& responsible for that, right?"
"But it is not a reason to wage war either." Another voice rang out, "Does the road to peace not exist? Can't nationals of the same country understand each other?"
"There's a woman in the cockpit?" Kamille's pupils widened slightly in surprise, "Forget it, there's no time to talk such meaningless nonsense with you. My mission is to bring back the one called Setsuna·F·Seiei, hurry up and start the fight."
"You think that mutual understanding is meaningless?" This time, it was Setsuna's cold voice, "You are indeed twisted as well. You are unqualified to drive Gundam!"
"The Doctor always says that we NTs are all psychopaths, huh, I don't think so." Kamille impatiently unfolded the sword blade on the forearm of the MS, "I'm going on!"
"I see, you are also a distortion point of the world, and distortion points cannot understand each other." The Gundam drew its beam saber, "Your distortion will be cut off by me."
"Are you done?" Kamille pushed the joystick forward, "Stop your childish views! What the hell is the distortion point of the world? That kind of thing doesn't exist, if you must say, the most twisted thing in the world—"
Exia dodged the saber and flashed to the Gundam's side with a speed that it couldn't even respond to.
"—is the world itself!"
The Gundam's right arm was cut in two. Setsuna hastily pulled away and drew the beam saber with the other remaining hand, "As a distortion point, you can't understand what Marina said about mutual understanding."
"Marina? That new leader of Azadistan?" Kamille couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Mutual understanding? Major Amuro couldn't achieve it, Char Aznable couldn't achieve it, Dr. Lingus couldn't achieve it, countless NTs couldn't achieve it, and you, the one who got the kingdom into this mess, are telling me about mutual understanding?"
"Isn't it your Britannia's fault that the kingdom has become like this?" Marina argued loudly, "No matter how powerful the invaders are, Setsuna and I will fight to protect our homeland."
"Weak countries have no diplomacy, and those who are inferior in strength will be bullied, as the leader of a country, don't you even understand such a simple truth? The weak are not qualified for peace, and the weak are even less qualified to understand each other!" Kamille only felt angrier and angrier as he spoke, "What do you think you can protect with your mind alone?!"
"Do weak countries deserve to be trampled on?" Marina's voice was filled with resignation, "Is there no way for the weak to be happy?"
"I'm only a freshman, how do I know it? You're the leader of the kingdom, right?" Exia raised its sword blade and charged at the Gundam once again, "You're the leader of a kingdom, and you want to get an answer from a freshman? Your kingdom deserves to be destroyed!"
"Marina, I will not lose, because I am …" The Gundam raised its beam saber and also rushed towards Exia, "… I am Gundam! "
