That suicidal revenge was long since the VF-25 and Gundam intervened. Both the party that initiates the revenge and the party who is avenged are left with a price. Whether it is expensive Baku or insignificant human life, it is the most valuable strength of both sides in a short period of time. At this moment, the survivors of the Dawn Desert can only search for the only thing their companions have left in the world in the sand dunes where there is still a remnant of the battle Mars—a lifeless body, or that piece of wreckage.

Cagalli was ordered by Seb to stay aside and not allow her to participate in the search for her dead companion. At this time, Cagalli raised her hand and touched the swollen and red side of her face, and her ears rang in her ears just now, after the battle, Kira, who had stepped down from the Strike Gundam, saw Cagalli, so she didn't say a word, slapped her, and scolded Cagalli loudly. If this is what you call the intention of protecting the things that are precious, then why can't this intention allow you to protect the things you hold dear in times of danger. As a result, do you think you can protect anything with your mind alone? ”

After that, Kira turned around and re-boarded the Strike Gundam without saying a word, keeping an eye on her surroundings. Graham, who was piloting the VF-25, sent a safety signal to the remnants of the Dawn Desert after confirming that the surrounding area was safe. Since then, an asymmetrical battle dominated by the flames of vengeance has ended in the Dawn Desert without many of its companions.

A few days later, the travelers drove two SUVs into the only thriving city in the desert.

"Huh?" Graham, wearing windproof sunglasses, looked with interest at the vendors on both sides of the street. I saw him sometimes looking at the stalls where many customers had gathered, and sometimes looking at the tourists who came and went, with all kinds of expressions. "Isn't this city bad? I thought that this desert was all that was left except for the sand. ”

"Ahem." At this time, there was a cough from the side. "Less..."

Just as Bucky Lulu subconsciously shouted out Graham's rank, the quick-eyed Graham suddenly stretched out a finger and pressed it on Bucky Lulu's soft lips.

"Graham."

"Uh..."

The scorching heat from his fingers suddenly made Bucky Lulu a little dizzy, but under the suppression of the powerful mind trained by the military family, Bucky Lulu quickly suppressed the trace of strangeness in his heart.

"I, I see." Despite this, two red clouds quickly floated on Bucky Lulu's face. "Less, Graham."

"Hmm. That's fine. Graham nodded in satisfaction and continued to look at the surrounding scenery.

A few minutes later, the group that had reached the point of divergence in their actions quickly began to split up. Kira and Cagalli are a team, and they are responsible for finding relevant information in the downtown area. The rest of the people went to meet with the underground organization in the vicinity, exchanged some key information, and also let them meet Graham and Bucky Lulu, who represented the Archangels.

The stopped buggy started again.

As the buggy departed, Bucky Lulu's eyes fell on Kira and Cagalli, who were left behind.

"Those two are okay, right?"

"They're strong. Do not worry. Graham, who was looking left and right, answered Bucky Lulu's question.

But Graham's answer didn't erase Bucky Lulu's doubts. "But they're just kids."

"War has nothing to do with age. If you want to survive the war, the only thing you can rely on is yourself, and the self full of determination will make you touch the skirt of the goddess of victory. Graham clenched his fist and smiled and said, "Of course." In the end, it still depends on the favor of the goddess of fate. ”

"Goddess of Fate?" After hearing this, Bucky Lulu silently asked, "Is that the VF-25 you call the Valkyrie?" ”

Graham smiled slightly, but did not answer. He just took off his windproof sunglasses and glanced at Bucky Lulu slightly, then set his eyes into the distance.

The encounter with the underground was undoubtedly boring for Graham. He is a soldier, a pure soldier who wants to fly in the sky and admires force. Looking left and right, Graham noticed that the underground place, which had been used as a meeting point, was not being targeted by anyone. What's more, guided by that awakening force, Graham seems to have discovered something interesting going on somewhere in the city.

So, Graham, who has always been excellent in mobility, said hello to Seb and Bucky Lulu, and walked straight out of this hidden place. Bucky Lulu and the others were accustomed to Graham's assertiveness at this point, and Seb and the others, after a moment of stunned, quickly returned to their normal state and resumed the topic that had been interrupted. Although they wanted to say something, when they considered that the Archangel who was their side did not speak on this, Seb and the others gave up the idea of pursuing it.

A tall figure stepped out of the shadows of the alley, and appeared in front of him with the still flowing people. I saw pedestrians coming and going, carrying baskets on their heads, or carrying packages in their arms, trying to move forward in the dense crowd. A keen eye swept out from one side of the street, constantly sweeping pedestrians back and forth.

"There weren't that many people just now. It seems that the situation here is real. Graham's eyes rolled slightly, and landed in the alley not far away. Several shadows with their backs to Graham vanished into the alley in the blink of an eye. Seeing this, Graham added. "Or is this a false image?"

Just as Graham was about to chase into the alley, a small figure suddenly crashed into his arms.

"Oops! Be careful, little one! Graham picked up the little figure that had crashed into his arms, and while holding the little hand of the little guy in front of him who was touching his wallet, he said with a smile: "You won't meet a good person like me next time!" ”

In Graham's smile, the little guy who found his behavior recognized struggled to break free of Graham's right hand. But helplessly, whether it is size or strength, the little guy is far inferior to Graham. At the moment when the little guy found that he was hopeless and wanted to cry out loud.

"Boom!!"

A deafening explosion rang out. This was followed by a huge, thick black plume of smoke rising into the air.

"Have you started?" Looking at the panic and flight of the people in front of him who were startled by the sound of the explosion, Graham picked up the little guy and turned and walked into the alley. "Come, little one. This is for you. Don't steal next time! To live, a person should fight, fight hard, and keep fighting until the moment when he can no longer walk. ”

Under the puzzled eyes of the little one, the tall Graham disappeared into the crowd of panicked escapers in an instant with a flexible movement that was extremely disproportionate to his size.

"Da Da Da Da..."

Whistling bullets tore through the air, one after the other, flying towards the enemy.

Sparks, flying in all directions, burst out the moment the bullet hit the ground.

Crying, screaming, after the previous explosion sounded, the uncontrollable crowd was stimulated by the red in front of them to frantically move away from the area that had become a battlefield.

"Bah, Bah, Bah..."

"It's really bad to go out." The middle-aged man with short brown hair and large sunglasses on his face complained wryly about his bad luck while neatly replacing the open magazine and replacing it with a new one. What had only been a spur of the moment to enjoy a coffee trip while watching the prosperity of the city he governed from the street was attacked by the opposition.

"This is really a bad year!" After complaining about the status quo again, the middle-aged man looked at the other corner of the street. It was littered with tables that had fallen to the ground, and between the messy tables, two thin figures were hiding. Before the attack, the middle-aged man who was sitting on the side enjoying coffee had noticed them. Just when I wanted to go up and say hello, I didn't expect an attack.

"Hey! Juvenile! The middle-aged man raised his hand and fired several shots at the attackers who were waiting for an opportunity to shoot at him, then turned his head to look at the two figures and shouted.

Although the two figures did not respond to the middle-aged man's shout, the middle-aged man still saw one of the figures as if she was gesturing towards him. Although the middle-aged man did not see the general outline of the gesture because of the focus of the attacker's care, he still understood the meaning very clearly.

"Boy! Caught it. The middle-aged man took out another pistol from his waist, and threw it at the messy table for the moment the attacker's suppressive fire weakened.

I saw that the brand-new shiny pistol crossed an arc in mid-air, and was caught by a pair of immature but firm hands.

In the next second, there was a loud gunshot.

"Woohoo."

In the blink of an eye, blood burst out.

"Well done! Juvenile. The middle-aged man took a deep look at the young man with a hint of horror on his face, but the movements in his hands were extremely firm, and then he began to launch a counterattack.

However, the middle-aged man's counteroffensive did not go smoothly. Because, just as he was shifting his position by shooting under the cover of the young man, a black shadow quickly rushed out from the side.

"Ahh

"Hmm!!"

"What, who?"

A painful and inexplicable sound stunned the middle-aged man who was ready to fight to the death for a while. After the surroundings were quiet, the middle-aged man who looked around from behind the cover realized that all the attackers had fallen to the ground, and a tall figure was stepping on an attacker who was struggling to the ground.

"Let go, let go of me! Abominable adjuster!! Let go, let go of me!! The attacker was still roaring. But the figure that trampled him firmly on the ground remained unmoved.

"Let go of me!! You don't have to be the adjusters of the world!! Go to hell! For the blue and pure world!! "It seems that I find that my struggles are useless. The attacker, who had been trampled on the ground, suddenly stopped struggling and groped around his body with rapid movements.

"Hahaha!! Die!! The Root of All Evil!! In a frenzied roar, a fierce force kicked the attacker in the abdomen. In the next second, the attacker's body suddenly left the ground, and was whipped into the air by a huge force.

"Boom!!"

In the blink of an eye, the body that flew high turned into nothing in an instant. With that loud roar, a piercing and reddish mist quickly dissipated in all directions.

"Self, self-destruct?!" The middle-aged man, who was lucky enough to avoid the self-explosion, sighed by relying on the cover. It seems that if someone hadn't helped, he would probably have to be here today. Suddenly, the middle-aged man was stunned. "That's right! The boy, and the one who helped! ”

Under the search of the middle-aged man, the two figures hiding behind the messy table were fine. And in the center of that blood mist, there seemed to be a tall figure standing.

"Looks like it's fine." Looking at the surrounding situation and listening to the shouts coming from all directions, the middle-aged man's heart finally relaxed. Seeing that he didn't care about the blood mist that was still floating in the air, he took a few steps forward and looked at the figure that came out of the blood mist, raised his right hand and said, "Thank you for your help!" I'm Andrew Bartfield. ”

"You're welcome! I just happened to see something interesting. Graham Ekka. At this moment, the right hands of the two were clasped together.