Heine Westenfrus.

During the subsequent meeting with the Speaker, it was revealed that the man who knocked on Aslan's door turned out to be the third FAITH assigned to the Minerva. Such an arrangement, not to mention Aslan, even the captain of the Minerva, Taria, expressed incomprehension of this.

No matter how much attention the Minerva is taken by the Speaker, the fact that three members of FAITH, ZAFT's special forces, are deployed on the Minerva in one go, for whatever reason, is still unacceptable.

However, at the end of the talks, the Speaker made a surprising statement that a fourth FAITH would be deployed on the Minerva before the Minerva sailed.

This news made Talya, who had only expressed some doubts before, immediately show strong opposition.

"Speaker. The Council values Minerva's performance, and I can understand that. Whether it's two, or three, I'm okay with that. But why is it necessary to put the fourth place FAITH on the Minerva after the third place? Could it be that there are so many FAITH members in our army that they can be put anywhere? ”

The Speaker looked at Taria, who was suddenly in trouble, and was a little surprised. In his opinion, the person who should be in trouble should be Aslan, but in front of him, it was Talia who was making trouble, and the protagonist expected by the speaker seemed to be a little absent-minded.

Although the speaker was a little surprised, he quickly collected his mood and said calmly and seriously: "Captain. I can understand your concern. But, Captain, do you really understand what we, the Minerva, are going to do next, and what we are going to do? ”

"Mission?" Talia narrowed her eyes slightly, and said firmly: "Please rest assured, Speaker!" No matter how difficult the task, the Minerva will complete it perfectly. ”

"I know. Captain. The Speaker nodded, glanced at Aslan without a trace, and said with a solemn face: "Captain, everyone, I believe you all remember the attack that happened on Orb not long ago. WHILE AUB WAS HIT HARD, OUR PLANT WAS HIT ALMOST IDENTICALLY. ”

The speaker paused, and said in a deep voice: "Our satellite factory, our grain satellite, our cargo routes, none of these are important facilities related to the lifeline of PLANT, and important lines have suffered a great blow. And the real culprit of all this is the Human Destiny Reform Alliance, which we still haven't been able to fully grasp the relevant information. ”

"Speaker. Is Minerva's next opponent the so-called Alliance for the Renewal of Human Destiny? Intuitive, Talia guessed the key point. After Orb was attacked, the Minerva, who had been in contact with the headquarters, naturally learned of what the Speaker had said. Luckily, Taria's son was lucky to have escaped.

"Yes!" The speaker nodded, looked around, raised his right hand, clenched his fists tightly, and said: "Soon, no, it should be said that from now on, the countries on the earth will temporarily put aside all their prejudices and jointly form a coalition to eliminate this alliance of human destiny!!"

"Coalition forces?" Talia looked shocked.

"Could it be that our long-standing enemy, the Earth Union, is also in the Alliance? Is it to wipe out that alliance of human destiny reform? ”

Not only Talya, but everyone else, including Aslan, who had regained his spirits, was a little incredulous about this.

"Unbelievable?" The Speaker looked at the surprised crowd and was not surprised.

"At first, I didn't believe it either. However, after seeing some relevant information about the Alliance for the Renewal of the Destiny of Mankind, we confirmed one fact. If the Alliance for the Reform of the Destiny of Mankind is allowed to continue to rage, then maybe tomorrow you, me, and you may become a reality that you are not you, and I am not me. ”

"You're not you?"

"I'm not me?"

Shin Asuka and Luna Maria repeated the Speaker's last words one by one.

"Clones? Speaker. Compared to the people in doubt, Ray, as a member of the clones, instantly captured the truth of the speaker's words.

The speaker glanced at Thunder, and after calming some of the thunder who seemed to be a little excited, he nodded slowly and replied, "Yes." Clones. When the neutral nations of Earth were attacked, some of their Governing Bodies were lucky enough to escape and flee into the sphere of influence of our ZAFT and the Earth Union. Therefore, we are also fortunate to learn a fact from their mouths that is hard to believe, but we have to believe.

"The heads of countries that have fallen into the sphere of influence of the Alliance for the Renewal of the Destiny of Humanity have all been replaced by clones, which means that from the very beginning, the neutral countries have long been controlled by the Alliance for the Renewal of the Destiny of Mankind."

"I can't figure it out. If it was really under control, why launch such a world-wide attack? Aslan, who had thought about it for a while, shook his head and expressed his doubts.

The corners of the speaker's mouth hooked slightly, and he said with some embarrassment: "No, Aslan." It's not just you, I can't figure it out either. The head of the United Earth couldn't figure it out either. What are the hell of those lunatics who dare to use clones to steal the power of the world are thinking? Perhaps, we will only know until we take their stronghold. ”

At this point, Talia suddenly asked a question.

"Speaker. The attack on PLANT was also the work of the clones? ”

"Well, yes." The Speaker simply admitted this, and then reassured, "Ladies and gentlemen. Our PLANT technical department is already working overtime to develop inspection equipment to screen clones. It is believed that in the near future, the clones lurking around us will have nowhere to hide. ”

"Thanks! Speaker. "Talia stands up and salutes.

The Speaker looked at Talia and shook his head slightly, motioning for her not to be so formal. Subsequently, the Speaker intends to conclude the conversation. After all, before the ZAFT headquarters gave the final order to the Minerva, it was really not appropriate to reveal too much relevant information. The words just now will only come out for the sake of the old lover Talia and Aslan.

"Either way, I hope to see the Minerva and all of you active in the next missions. Finally, please contribute to the peace of the world! Or this battle against the Alliance for the Renewal of the Destiny of Humanity could be an opportunity for peace to come. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone, including Talia and Aslan, saluted in unison.

Although the meeting ended here, Captain Talia didn't seem to want to end the topic so quickly. It's just that the person she wanted to talk to shifted from the old fox speaker who seemed to be hiding something from her to Aslan.

Half an hour later, Aslan, who had returned to the Minerva, was told to go to the captain's quarters immediately.

"Captain. Looking for me? Aslan asked, walking into the captain's room, standing in front of Taria.

"You may be seated." Talia nodded, looked at Aslan's face for a moment, and said with a smile, "It seems that Aslan, you confirmed that you had a wonderful and troubled night last night. ”

“！！”

Aslan was shocked.

"Captain. You..."

"Huh. Don't care. It's just casual talk. Talia waved her hand and said, "Captain Aslan." What are your thoughts on Heine Westenfrus, or fourth place FAITH? In your opinion, is it true that our Minerva is not strong enough for the next battle? ”

At the beginning of the main topic, Aslan suddenly entered the state.

After thinking for a while, he said slowly: "Judging from the performance of the battles since Minerva's first voyage, the combat strength is indeed a little tight. Especially when facing a large number of enemies, our pilots will often suffer from the lack of youth and experience. ”

Talia nodded in agreement with Aslan's statement.

Indeed, as Aslan said, putting Aslan's FAITH aside, the only pilot who can completely reassure Talia is Ray, and the rest of the real Asuka, as well as Luna Maria, one tends to be enthusiastic and doesn't listen to commands, and the other is general, barely passing.

Thinking of this, Talia sighed secretly.

"It seems that it is really because the Minerva's combat power gap is too big, and the third and fourth FAITH are specially deployed? But, Gilbert, do you really think so? ”

The thought lingered in Talya's mind for a long time.

But

Talia finally came to a conclusion.

"Maybe that's right! Captain Aslan. Thank you for coming. If you can, I hope you can live in peace with Captain Heine and the newly reported FAITH. After all, sitting on the bridge of the ship, I am indeed a little difficult to deal with some things for you fellow MS pilots. ”

"Yes! Captain. Please rest assured of this. ”

Aslan solemnly saluted and gave assurances.

however

Soon after,

Aslan found that his assurances were a little rash?

A few days later,

When the Minerva received an order from ZAFT headquarters to sail for the assembly point of the coalition forces, the fourth FAITH, who had boarded the ship after Heine, was finally late when the time came for the voyage.

"Oh, oh, oh! Aslan, here! Here it comes! In the course of a few days, Heine, who was very affable, became one with everyone and formed a good friendship with Aslan.

No, after learning the news of the arrival of the fourth FAITH from Meiling on the bridge, he immediately pulled Aslan to Gnaku, waiting for the arrival of this belated colleague.

Aslan resisted Heine's move at first. is also FAITH, Aslan did not leave a bad impression on the other party so recklessly when they met for the first time. But when this question came to Heine's mouth, it became a slogan with the slogan "We are both FAITH, and we should greet each other as soon as possible, so as not to make people feel rude." ”

Moreover, the reason for Heine's remarks turned out to be in the gossip within ZAFT that this colleague was a beauty who was not inferior to Lux Klein in appearance.

Outcome.

With the landing of the Zagu warrior with black livery and a thorny rose on his right shoulder, a slender female pilot wearing a red pilot's uniform and a FAITH medal pinned to his collar stood in front of Heine and Aslan.

"Secret Service, Heine Westenfruss."

"Secret Service, Aslan Sarah."

Heine and Aslan saluted in unison.

The female pilot looked at Heine and Aslan one by one through the helmet before slowly taking off the helmet.

With the long black hair that broke free from the helmet, a beautiful and delicate face appeared in front of Heine and Aslan.

"Secret Service, Erin Adler."

At this moment,

At the moment when the female pilot's appearance was fully displayed in front of Aslan's eyes, Aslan's soul trembled.

The unquenched guilt tore Aslan's soul apart once again.

"How is that possible!!"