SIDE5 'Rum' colony, capital satellite Miranda.

The central hospital in the center of Miranda has been overloaded for several days, which does not seem to be true, and it should be said that all the hospitals in SIDE5 are overloaded.

The reason, of course, was because of the repression of pro-Zeon elements by the Union Army.

Ever since the Principality of Zeon declared war on the Earth Federation, these pro-Zeon elements have been marching and clamoring for SIDE5 to join the Zeon side.

Before SIDE5 chose to move closer to the Federation, these pro-Zeon elements still felt that there was hope, so they did not openly riot, and at most they were privately engaged in a fight with pro-Federalist elements on the scale of dozens or hundreds of people.

However, when the SIDE5 government openly appealed to the Federation for help, and the Tiam fleet quickly took over the airport, desperate pro-Zeon elements began to riot.

It must be noted that the so-called pro-Zeon elements are not SIDE3 people, or hired thugs, and the vast majority of them are SIDE5 civilians.

Although the living environment of SIDE5 is relatively good, it is only compared to other SIDES, rich people can live very comfortably in SIDE5, but ordinary people, even if their lives are slightly better, are just people of the universe.

After all, the rich people are a very small minority, and the majority of the people who make up SIDE5 are still all kinds of laborers, and the importance of SIDE5 means that the Federation will do its best to try to control it, and contradictions will naturally arise.

Strictly speaking, a stable regime, even if there are demonstrations, will not turn into riots, and revolutionary ideas may be celebrated, but no one will act on them.

It sounds cool to die for an ideal, but only young people who have not yet taken on the pressures of life, and those who are truly revolutionaries, will be willing to become devotees, and the majority of workers with a stable income and a family to support will not be encouraged by a few slogans, and even if they participate in the demonstrations, they will exercise restraint and will never actually commit violence, because it is a joke on their lives.

Unless their lives are actually threatened.

The reason for this can be traced back to the rise of Zeon.

The original cosmic colonies had been planned for their respective uses during the construction period, SIDE3 was established to serve industry, and SIDE5 was built to play the role of an economic hub at the beginning, but since Zeon began to become independent in the 60s, this economic system that originally performed its own duties has been severely damaged.

The federal government compromised with SIDE3, the federal forces gradually withdrew, and began to retain only a small and symbolic number of troops, and the new Zeon (then the autonomous republic of Muzo), although it did not control the pricing power, did not let the earth dominate as before, and in addition to the original earth capital group, SIDE3, a new profit divider, appeared in the entire economic system, so the interests of the earth were actually greatly weakened.

The capitalists, of course, will not sit idly by and watch their profits fall, and they have begun to promote the construction of a new industrial area, SIDE7, and on the other hand, they have begun to secretly support General Rebier's plan to build a space army, but these are long-term measures, and in the short term they can only use the methods of increasing the exploitation of laborers and adjusting the concessions to the working class to achieve continued profits.

At first this was the spontaneous behaviour of some of the unforeseen small and medium-sized capitalists, but when the large capitalist groups found that if they did not adopt the same methods of exploitation, and their opponents did, they would be at a disadvantage in the competition between the capitalist groups because they did not have enough profits.

This is also the fundamental reason why other SIDES are not as bad as SIDE3's living environment, but they also have a broad anti-federal base, because although the exploitation of them is slighter than SIDE3, which has to suffer double exploitation, their living standards are indeed declining, and as previously said, the cosmic colony is a two-headed heavy hourglass-shaped structure, and it is also very difficult to defend rights in the cosmic colony that does not reach the world and the land. Legitimate means of fighting cannot solve the problem later.

Discontent and resentment are also spreading.

To get back to the point, the SIDE5 government could not afford to turn a blind eye to the widespread support for Zeon within itself, and in fact, they sent garrison troops to impose martial law on the 'unstable areas' at the same time that they decided to turn to the federal government.

When the garrison and additional soldiers of the Space Army tried to impose martial law on several of Miranda's main civilian settlements (although they were in a cosmic colony, the superior people naturally would not want to live with the inferior, and the distinction between the residential areas would still exist even in the cosmic century), the anger of the pro-Zeon elements and those who did not participate in the parades or demonstrations, but who secretly agreed with the idea of cosmic independence, was ignited in an instant.

In the beginning, civilians were only willing to lift martial law from the SIDE5 government, which seriously interfered with their lives and freedoms, but the overreaction of SIDE5 - such as sending the military and police to suppress it, and the provocation of agitators with ulterior motives in the marching crowd - led to a riot for the dual reasons.

At first, the military police in front of the parliament were still sane and calm, although they were ordered to carry live ammunition, but they did not shoot at the crowd in a frenzy, they carried their rifles behind their backs, stood shoulder to shoulder in a row, and the riot shields in their hands were rigidly propped up in front of them, and when the marching crowd tried to knock away with their bodies, or knocked the line of defense with their sticks and steel pipes, they would be forced back by these well-trained military and police shields.

But these demonstrators did not give up, and some people may ask if they don't know how many people Zeon has killed, and is it exactly the same thing that they are trying to do as they approach SIDE5?

How could they be so happy with a murderous spree?

It must be noted that the tragedy of SIDE2 was not regulated at SIDE5, on the contrary, the tragedy of SIDE2 was reported truthfully and even exaggerated in SIDE5, which had already been determined to fall to the Federation.

But on the one hand, the pro-Zeon elements do not feel that they and others will be slaughtered by Zeon, because they are 'comrades', and the reason why SIDE2 has fallen to this fate is precisely because they are resisting the Zeon Righteous Division, and not only are they not prepared to resist, but they want to support Zeon in its war against Earth.

Rather, it is precisely because SIDE2 has fallen into this fate that it is even more important to be in time to do it, and when Zeon destroys the Federation Army, everything will be too late, and the SIDE5 government, which does not understand this and only wants to maintain its own privileges, is playing with its own life, which is simply unforgivable.

On the other hand, the general fanaticism among the pro-Zeon elements also made the very few who remained sane and calm dare not express their opinions, just like the German and Japanese societies in World War II.

Of course not, but their instinct for self-preservation led them to judge that making 'untimely' remarks in such a situation was a joke with their own lives, so they kept silent.

Just as the situation was at a stalemate, another procession of demonstrators, the pro-Union elements, also rushed to the Miranda Parliament, and after a brief confrontation, the two teams that met in a narrow way developed into a shoving and then a brawl.

The pro-Confederate elements, who were much smaller than the pro-Zeonists, were soon outnumbered, but at this moment, the garrison troops and local military police who were present received orders from their superiors to suppress them.

The military police began to fire tear gas at the victorious pro-Zeon team, and at the same time, the pro-Union team that was on the verge of defeat began to fight back, and the anger of being beaten unilaterally made these people start to use cold weapons in their hands, and the pro-Zeon team, which numbered as many as 100,000 people, was not to be outdone, and also began to fight back, and the large-scale weapon fighting affected the military police, and the military police who were threatened with their lives also began to fight back.

With a gun.

Behind the soldiers holding riot shields, a line of soldiers fired at the crowd with assault rifles, and then armored vehicles equipped with machine guns also began to join the fire, and the entrance of the Miranda Council suddenly became a slaughterhouse.

However, after such a brutal repression, the fear and anger of the pro-Zeon elements also made them beasts, and it is unknown who provided a large number of firearms, and even anti-armor weapons, which had turned into a march of war, and the Tiam's fleet stationed in the harbor also sent reinforcements, until the Type 61 main battle tank of the garrison army ran over the corpses of the marchers.

The situation is out of control.

And Serra, who is located in the center of Miranda, the heart of the 'war', has been working for three days in a row, and the rest time in the three days may not add up to ten hours.

Despite being a little emaciated by fatigue and the mental stress of witnessing too many deaths, the girl did not cry or give up her job, on the contrary, she devoted more enthusiasm to her work in this situation.

Although she is only an intern, she has saved more than 100 lives in three days.

It's just the lives of a hundred, and the Zeon Army can produce a million times more dead in an hour.

Warriors only need to snap their fingers and kill a person in a second, while doctors must pay a million times to save a person from death.

Another ambulance stopped at the entrance of Miranda's Central Hospital, and the rescuer removed a child from the car, who appeared to have been shot in the leg, and the blood stained the entire pants with a disgusting dark red.

"Don't stop here! There is no place in the hospital anymore, you can go find another hospital! A pale-faced, apparently unrested doctor, shouted to the wounded.

"How so! This is a child, we sent it here with such difficulty," the road is either martial law or fighting, and it really can't be said to be safe and fast:" Where do you want us to send it again?" Do you think this kid will last that long? ”

"I can't help it! There is no place in the hospital anymore! "It's not that he doesn't have the heart to save lives, but out of practical considerations, even if he stays behind, there is no place to place him, and there are not enough people to take care of the child, if it is really for the good of the child, let the child go to another hospital may be the best way.

"Doctor!" At that moment, Serra stopped the doctor: "Leave it to me." ”

Dr. Mars 。。。。。。。 Are you okay? The other party looked at Serra hesitantly and worriedly: "You haven't rested for a long time, haven't you?" ”

"It's okay, I'm fine." Serra replied briefly.

"That's right。。。。。。 Well," the other party finally agreed to keep the child, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for Dr. Hendrik's kind of thing, you would have been less stressed." ”

Hearing the familiar name, Serra couldn't help but smile bitterly: "No way, after all, that kind of thing happened." ”

They were talking about Flynn Hendrick, who originally worked at Miranda Central Hospital, a doctor who had a bright future, but abandoned everything to go to the moon to organize the assassination of Prime Minister Zeon.

In fact, she was suspicious of Flynn's affairs, as the Federation claimed that Flynn was involved in the assassination of Prime Minister Zeon because of his rebellion against Zeon, but Serra, who was a colleague of Flynn, knew that Flynn believed in cosmic independence.

Believing in her biological father's theories, regardless of the facts, Sierra felt that Flynn's death was inseparable from her father's theories, which made her feel a little heavy.

The doctor shook his head and turned to leave, his steps were very hurried, because of this riot, all the doctors were under a lot of pressure, and he had no more time to stay.

The injured man and his parents went to a nearby office, and there were no more beds left in the Miranda Central Hospital, and although the injured person was a child, he could not be driven away for his sake.

"Let me see his injuries." As she spoke, Serra stepped forward to check on the child's injuries.

"Thank you! Thank you! Miss Doctor! Although the child's parents still had some doubts about Serra's too young appearance, the two of them had no choice but to thank the kind young female doctor.

"No thanks, that's what I'm supposed to do." Although her heart was still heavy, Serra smiled comfortingly at the two of them.

She stepped forward and grabbed the child's pants, perhaps because the action implicated the wound, and the injured child let out a scream that made the parents' hearts tremble.

"Ahh!!hh He was trembling in pain, but his consciousness was still clear, and he knew that the worse he understood, the more painful it would be, so he could only keep tears but didn't dare to move.

"You're a boy, you should be brave, shouldn't you?" Serra touched the child's head and said softly, "It's okay, it's just a small injury, my sister will be done soon!" ”

"Big sister, I—Will I die?" The wounded cried and grabbed the corner of Serra's clothes, he was only a child of a few years old, he did not have a clear understanding of death, he only knew that he was in terrible pain.

"No, of course not!" Serra showed a smile without haze: "It's just a small injury, my sister can be cured in a moment~, you just need to listen to your sister's words and rest well, and you will be fine soon!" ”

"So, can I still play football?"

"Of course! You can also become a football star, make a pact with your sister, if you become a football star one day, sign your sister's name! ”

"Hmm!" The injured child finally burst into tears and laughed, and he sobbed as he said, "Appointment, appointment!" ”

"What a good boy!" As she spoke, Serra used scissors to cut open the child's pants, only to see a bloody bullet hole underneath the child's pants.

“！！” Seeing this scene, the child's mother almost fainted, but she also understood that she could not exert unnecessary pressure on the child because of herself, so she bit her lip tightly, and did not even distinguish the strength, even if her lips were bleeding, she took a few steps back and retreated to a place where the child could not see, making sure that no matter what kind of expression she showed, the child would not be seen.

It can be said that it is very fortunate that the bullet that hit this child only pierced the flesh and skin, and the bullet did not remain in the body, and it can be recovered with only simple treatment, leaving no serious injuries that will cause sequelae.

Is that what you want to do? Lear?

As she tended to her wounds, she couldn't help but think sadly that she already knew what had happened to SIDE2 and what atrocities the Zeon Army had committed.

And this kid was injured precisely because of the conflict between Zeon and the Federation.

Her fiancé, Lear, is a member of the Zeon Army that caused all this, and to be honest, she doesn't know her fiancé very well, after all, although they are childhood sweethearts, they really haven't been together for long.

Despite this, Serra felt that it would not be a bad choice to spend her life with this person.

That's what she thought.

She felt that the man was a very sincere person and a very kind person, and she didn't believe that Lear would do such a thing, but she also understood that Lear was a soldier of Zeon, and what he did was not entirely determined by his own will.

If Lear really participated, what kind of expression should he use to meet him, and would he still be able to trust him unreservedly and entrust him with everything he had, even his secrets?

If he really participates in it, as his fiancée, I'm afraid he is also guilty.

She has not yet become acquainted with Lear, but she is already willing to share the blame with him, and her feelings for Lear cannot be called love.

It's really a contradictory girl.

Objectively, Serra may have nothing to do with all this, but for Serra, who has a particularly strong sense of responsibility, and because of the death of both parents since childhood, and a particularly strong sense of family, it is probably a matter of course to share the happiness of her family and share the pain and crimes of her family.

Just as she was also bitter that her father's theories were used as a sign for this war.

She's such a person who can't live easily.

As a colleague and friend, Flynn went to assassinate the Prime Minister of Zeon and died.

As a fiancé, Lear thus joined the war, killing innocent people.

Now is not the time to think about this, Sierra told herself that now she just needs to concentrate on what is in front of her.

She took care of the child's wounds and watched them leave with a thousand thanksgiving from the child's parents.

There was still a lot to do, and there were still many people in need of rescue, so she didn't stop or rest, but continued to put herself into her work.

Perhaps she felt that by doing so, she would be able to reduce her father's guilt for Lear a little.

She was approached by a slightly chubby man, unaware that the man had been observing her from a distance for a long time.

"Are you Miss Aldethea, please?" The man opened his mouth to say astonishing words, and Serra, who had lived for so many years as the daughter of the Mars family, who had almost forgotten the name, turned her head violently, her face full of wariness, and her brow furrowed.

"No, you recognized the wrong person." She said firmly.

Under her gaze, the man did not pick up Serra's words, but said to himself, "Actually, I am the one who does this. ”

He pulled out his ID, which had the words Serra clenching into a fist.

Ministry of the Interior of the Marshal's Office of the Duchy of Zeon.

"Can I delay you a little bit?" The man spoke inquiringly, but in a tone that could not be shirked.

Serra frowned.