After all the members of the bridge watch were dressed in heavy self-sufficient spacesuits for high-risk space warfare and took their positions on their respective control stations, Captain Hill nodded to his lieutenant, glanced at the empty chair that was supposed to be the commander of the fleet, and moved to his seat.

"All Staff, First Combat Configuration, Sound-General-Quarters!"

"General-Quarters!" The lieutenant responded to Hill's order with a high-spirited retelling.

"The batteries are being opened in order, all the interceptor gunners are in position, and we are now fifteen hundred away from entering the combat position!"

"Minovsky particles are 50 seconds away from the start of combat concentration dispersion, finally check the protective measures!"

"This is the MS deck, all the MS troops are in place, and the first batch will be sent to the troops for the final security inspection!"

In the midst of such voices, the voice of the chief of the inspector was heard:

"Ultra-long-range optical detection and thermal ripple detection device reacts! There are man-made separations, enemy battleship targets, and MS units in the meteorite swarm! The other party is gradually scattering! ”

"The other side is watching us," the expression on Hill's face immediately changed to that of the commander, "They know that we have the means to carry out ultra-long-range accurate artillery bombardment, really, why does what happened in this corner of our battlefield seem to be spreading all over the enemy's army now." ”

"That's their ability, the intelligence of the individual --- to observe, and to find that all the information will be shared with the whole as soon as it is compounded with certain requirements." A sound as serene as the waveless surface of the water resounded in the bridge, making the entire bridge as if it had been immersed in the narrow space of time for a moment.

"It's really hard to define them as human beings." Recalling the contents of the broadcast to the entire fleet after a few people had spoken, Hill looked up at the screen showing the three-dimensional charts and clutched the edge of his heavy helmet, which had nothing to do with gravity.

On the MS deck, Arlando was talking to Ciel as he turned into an arrow and flew through the space of the MS deck. The "silence" standing against the wall that already had some traces of wartime slowly grew in sight. Just after waking up from that dream, Arlando and Haman ordered their bodies to be "liberated" for the rest of the battle, and now the "liberated" bodies are close in front of them, showing shocking courage. In addition to the weapons that are equipped with the maximum stowage capacity of the whole body, the armor sliding ---- completely changed the impression of the body, and the circulating network of the Samuel frame that completely changed the impression of the body has been partially exposed; Attached to the back, the additional thrusters that have been modified from the jet seat make Silence look like a monster with exposed blood vessels all over its body.

"I used to have the illusion that these big guys with sensor systems were human beings more than 20 meters tall, but today I realized that they weren't illusions." Lamba. Laru's voice interjected into the communication loop, and a slow exclamation could be heard in Zeon's cyan superstar's voice.

"Yes." Arlando nodded as he looked at the giant "human" who seemed to have been tempered by the minds of the people he was connected with and had taken on a new look. Among the debris she saw, some of the MS who were now attacking them actually had no pilot, because the pilot was only stationed in the core of the body in the form of [Mind], and those twenty-meter-tall steel giants were their bodies.

"But I didn't expect that for so many years, the suspicious point of Samuel technology, which seems to be like black technology, is actually because of the artificial manipulation of these guys, really, I would think that we discovered the technology ourselves... The voice of the Captain of the New Anthropology Institute was full of self-deprecation.

[In terms of the fluency of the new human's induction alone, the other party is almost all of me and her level] - Hearing the self-deprecating voice, Arlando had such a thought in his heart. Yes, the drivers on the other side are all guys with artificial blood flowing through Samus's frame. I have experienced that transformation myself, but it has had to be terminated because of the lack of key biological semiconductors and bionanotechnology.

"But speaking of which, if only I could actually see the details of those techniques just now," Cruz. Moses sighed helplessly, "Some kind of mutated short-chain amino acids, bio-nanotechnology, do not destroy the cells in the human body and use blood to recharge。。。。。 Really, how can we ... ”

"Hehe, it's useless to think about that now, and even if I see it with her, I won't be able to understand the technology." Arlando comforted the frenzied-sounding technician.

"Actually, I still have one more question before you fight." Researcher Cruz's voice rang out again.

"What?"

"The missing piece of the puzzle in Samuel's frame --- biotechnology from a certain shortened amino acid, so have you seen any correlation between Samuel's system and physical forces?

"No," Arlando recalled the dreamlike experience, "there are some places that are completely untouchable as if they were shrouded in black light, but if this battle goes well, maybe something will be discovered." ”

Cruz was silent, the Samuel device had been recorded several times as more than just an auxiliary psychic device, and the frame acted as a conversion mechanism, turning the sensing waves into light and physical energy. But this phenomenon is completely uncontrollable, so it has never been a technology, let alone a weapon... And now the mystery is so close to me!

Sensing Cruz's inner frenzy, Arlando sighed softly in his heart, touched his forehead lightly with Harman floating over, and kissed it, then flew to the silent cockpit and got in.

[Everyone is looking at what is in front of them, but there are some things that cannot be said] --- after accurately sending this meaning to his lover's mind in a way that surpasses all previous Newtypes, Arlando closed the hatch.

[Did the other party contact us but did not waver in the slightest? That's the reality] Harman replied with this answer.

[You can't change it by thinking alone... But fighting with all my life... Hawkers... 】

"I think what I want to express next is really better to say." Suddenly Arlando's ears heard Haman's voice in human flesh. In this way, he felt a little trance--- he needed a physical body, and the meaning conveyed might be inaccurate because of the tone, and the "emotion" contained in it would take time to understand, but indeed, he didn't know why he also felt that hearing her words would...

"What?"

"Is it really okay to face your compatriots?"

"No problem, because I don't approve of their path, whether it's as a compatriot," Arlando clicked and tightened the airtight lock of his helmet, leaving only determination in his eyes, "or as a human!" ”

"MS troops, march in order, and the formation is in accordance with the rules of the combat council. All gun mounts, start firing as soon as you get into range! Arlando and Haman were interrupted from their conversation, and the voice of the retelling command came out.

"Boy, can you hear me?" Lamba. Larue's voice followed to Arlando's ears.

"Yes, teacher."

"The enemy's troops want to clean us up before you get into the guide distance, so they're coming at us, but you just think about how to break through, everyone will target you and cover your advance, you know?"

"Understood."

"I, ah, I think I've always been against the young soldiers, and I'm really not qualified to put you in the forward position now, but... Gotta give me victory! ”

"Understood, teacher." The sound of this reply sounded to Lamba's ears full of the smell of a veteran who has walked through many Shura fields, and he couldn't help but feel that his eyes were a little sour.

"Teacher... Just when Lamba was feeling nostalgic, the voice that made him want to cry came from his ears, but at this time it was full of other emotions, which made Lamba tremble.

"I... Without a Father ... So... Thank you... The words that came at this moment had been blurred by the interference of the Minovsky particles, but the gratitude and longing that flew with them were as warm as the sun, and the vague words were filled with great richness.

At this moment, Lamba, who was standing in the captain's room of his battleship, wearing a spacesuit, suddenly felt his blood heat up all of a sudden.

"Teacher must be careful, just winning is meaningless, please be careful."

It seemed that the phantom of the young man he was familiar with stood at the door, and the somewhat stiff and shy voice sounded in his mind, Lamba felt that the white light in the room seemed to be more dazzling than just now, and the fluorescent plate in front of him became extremely dazzling, Lamba swallowed and foamed, and spit out some sounds that seemed to have a little whimper:

"When I was in school, I was so weak little guy, don't be too strong because I became a new human, I still expect you to show me a way for a stubborn old human old man, and it's also a troublesome thing to provide for the elderly... ! ”

"You're so slow." As soon as Lamba's communication was cut off, a sad joke came from the communicator inside the helmet, which was Kira, who had temporarily adopted a call sign like Lightning-001. Yamato.

Looking at the Strike Freedom, which was already in position on Catapult One, Arlando roared back with a [Understand]. Finally, the hatch was inspected, and at the same time, Silence and Harman's plane moved forward, towards the elevators leading to Catapults 2 and 3

"Don't overdo it with the intention of eating all the gains, you and Commander Karn should keep some of it." Just as Arlando was about to step onto the elevator, Kira sent these words.

"Please don't be polite about handing over some enemy planes to us to deal with such a thing." As one of the wingmen, the bold voice of the Zeon veteran, who was once a reserve member of the Chimera team, also came.

"We're going to make a way to the launch point, and then I'll leave it to Arlando after that。。。。。 Belch.... ”

"It's Dazuo, Dazuo, you stupid...

"We don't have a rank, okay!!" What came into Arlandor's ears was the teasing words of the Zaft pilots who had followed Kira.

"Understood." Arlando answered the [understanding] of several people in one breath, combining the silence that had already walked out of the elevator with the catapult, and through the gate that had been opened, he extended his gaze to the universe, feeling the heat behind him and the coldness in front of him, which made the flesh of the new human tremble because he stood on the boundary line.

What defines a person ... Probably not the situation he was facing, but how he reacted to that situation, and that "how" is now the soul that is now defined by those people as "algorithms" ... 】

Harman's mobile suit's head spun to his side.

[This small act of conveying emotions will probably be defined by them as meaningless, human beings have been looking for their own meaning in probably meaningless activities, and now they feel that they have found the answer... 】

"But sure enough, I still can't agree with that answer... Arlando sighed as he looked at Harman's smile on the screen.

Looking at the frenzied but equally cold battlefield, the young new human put his hand to his chest and felt the slow but sure heartbeat---- everything will soon be broken.

"Lightening Squad, Lightlight-2, Arlando. The Bakina machine is ready to depart! ”

Vaguely as if the future itself was ringing in his ears, Arlando began to strain his abdomen, his hands gripping the joystick tightly.

"ThunderSquad, Thunder-1, Harman. The Kahn machine is ready to depart! ”

The linear catapult began to throze as the rocket on its back erupted, and Arlando opened the jet rocket in full swing, and Silence dragged the tent of jets into the universe. We have to break through the iron walls of those [human] souls and go to a future where we can embrace her warmth!

Pale blue light rushed out of the cockpit in the middle of the body, flowing down the liquid frame network of the whole body, and the giant who became one with the driver began to gallop, turning into a pale blue light band with the same color as the human home star soaring towards the destination like thunder.