As a result, Lux, who requested to meet with He Moming for the first time in an official capacity, did not meet He Moming himself as they wished, but was received by Maliu, who led everyone to greet him.

And the reason for this situation is He Mo himself.

Since the end of the Requiem War, the Phoenix Gundam, which wiped out the Requiem in this world with a wave of his hand, did not return to its original state, but remained in a crystallized state, facing the direction of Messiah's location, and stopped motionless in front of the 17th Task Force until the arrival of Lux and others.

"How is General He doing now?" Lax withdrew her gaze from Phoenix Gundam and asked as she looked at Maliu.

Marlou shook her head and fixed her eyes on Kreuzer.

Among them, only Kreuzer has ever been in close contact with Phoenix Gundam, which means that only Kreuzer can know something about the current situation.

"It's just like a newborn baby, it takes a while to recover from a deep sleep. Don't worry too much! Kreuzer smiled and said a little mysteriously: "As long as the time comes, the general will wake up." ”

"Timing?" Lux has a keen grasp of the key words.

Just then, a female soldier walked over, leaned over and whispered a few words in Maliu's ear, and then stepped aside.

"Looks like the time has come."

Malu said as she motioned for the screen to open.

"Why is this happening? Why do we suffer such misfortune when we want to spend every ordinary day in peace and tranquility? Who is to blame for this situation? The answer to this question is already known to everyone. ”

On the screen, Dilandal is seated, speaking righteously

"But, that's only part of the story!! The main reason is that too much power, too strong desires are held in the hands of the wrong people, and wantonly attack others, innocent people..."

With Dylandal's speech, everyone who had seen the information provided by Kreuzer guessed the ending at this moment.

"In order not to suffer the same sorrow again, in order not to repeat the same tragedy, I now confess to you with an anxious heart."

"It's coming! The purpose of Dilandal. A smile tugged at the corner of Kreuzer's lips.

"Having suffered such a tragedy, we must now defeat another enemy, and we must defeat it once and for all! Only in this way will we be able to emerge from that tragic spiral. ”

"Fate." Seeing Dilandal on the screen, Lux slowly uttered a name.

At the same time, Durandal uttered the same words.

"The ultimate culprit behind every major war in human history is our own ignorance and anger, which means that only after seeing our own shortcomings will humanity be finally liberated and truly peaceful..."

Eventually, Dilandal solemnly declared:

"Betting on the genetic technology that we have in PLANT, for the ultimate future of mankind, I have decided to activate the last defense measures! I would like to announce to all the people of PLANT that the Destiny Project has been launched! ”

The live broadcast of this speech suddenly swept the world like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. It also caused a lot of talk around the PLANT fleet around the Messiah.

"Huh. It seems that Speaker Dilandal is in a hurry! Nigaul, who hadn't appeared for a long time, stood next to Yitzhak and said with a smirk.

"What are you kidding? How is it possible to get support for such a messy plan!! Just as Nigaul thought, Yitzhak, who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, roared angrily and slammed it on the table.

"Messing around? But isn't this an ideal plan for those who want peace? Nigaul shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Someday in the future, someone will tell you that according to your genetic analysis, you should go and sweep the streets. So, do you go? ”

"What are you kidding? Such an unauthorized decision for others!! We are human beings, not animals to be slaughtered!! Yitzhak glared at Nigaul fiercely and roared.

"So, what are you going to do? Now our Supreme Commander is the Messiah. Nigaul shook his head and spread his hands in frustration.

"Damn!" Yitzhak scolded and asked, "What about Aslan's bastard?" You can't just be deceived by that old fox, right? ”

"Who knows?" Nigaul thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I heard my student say that Aslan has been very happy lately!" ”

"That idiot!!"

On the other side, Aslan, who was angrily scolded by Yitzhak as an idiot, had little free time to think about problems. Mia's astonishing clinginess alone is enough to give Aslan a headache, not to mention being bumped into by Erin in the middle. In the midst of the frustration, Aslan was still given some free time under the cover of Ray and Shin Asuka.

"Captain. What do you think of the speaker's speech? Asuka asked. Lei, who was standing next to him, had a gloomy face, but he didn't stop the real Asuka problem. In Aslan's opinion, perhaps it was the amazing actions of Kreuzer and the Oracle Gundam that touched Ray so much!

"Really. If, one day in the future, someone tells you that you are not going to do anything but to wash the toilet for the rest of your life, will you accept this arrangement? ”

Maybe it's a coincidence. Aslan's words were almost the same as Nigaul's words to Yitzhak.

Asuka twitched her face a few times and bowed her head in silence.

As a real Asuka who has been followed by Dylandal for a long time, he has deliberately arranged "education" and "contact" in his daily behavior, and even his best friend Ray is on Dylandal's side. If it weren't for the fact that Ray was not in a state and his mind was confused by Kreuzer, I'm afraid that the real Asuka would not have asked Aslan this question now.

After a moment of silence, Asuka asked:

"But didn't the Speaker say that there is technology as a guarantee? Our genetic technology at PLANT is the strongest in all of humanity. ”

However, this sentence was rejected by Aslan.

"What did the technology go wrong? Or is it the selfish motivation of the person who executes the technology? ”

"How so?" Asuka's brain couldn't turn at all.

"We need supervision." Ray, who had been out of state, finally spoke.

"Oversight? Who? Aslan shook his head. For example, I have my own selfish intentions just like you. What should we do if our loved ones are judged to be useless waste by genetic technology and should be disposed of immediately? ”

This question immediately made Lei dumb.

Now that Ray no longer has the same firm belief in carrying out Dirandal's plan as in the original book, Ray has lost the ability to influence Shin Asuka at this moment after being intervened by Kreuzer and messing up his mind.

So, what should we do? Captain. After some struggle, Asuka finally threw the problem to Aslan.

"Wait. Then pray to the gods. ”

Countries have different opinions about the launch of the destiny plan, but for the East Asian Federation, this is undoubtedly a provocation.

Originally, after the requiem was extinguished, the East Asian Federation began to prepare for post-war negotiations on many matters, in order to restore peace to the world in the shortest possible time. However, at this critical moment, PLANT, which was supposed to be a party to the peace talks, jumped out and took the initiative to start a new incident.

So, the order to attack was given.

"Miss Lux. We, the 17th Task Force of the East Asian Federation, are attacking PLANT in an all-out offensive posture. After receiving the order from the headquarters, Malu solemnly informed Lux of the order.

"Is there no way to save it?" Lux asked with a sigh as she frowned.

"This is also to end the war as soon as possible, and this is not the full strength of our East Asian Federation."

"Then, I ask that we be allowed to join Task Force 17. Perhaps, we can buy some time for the end of the war and let it end as soon as possible. ”

Eventually, Lux's request was granted.

In fact, even if Lux didn't ask for it, Malu wouldn't do anything to them. Because, even if the 17th Task Force is fully dispatched, it may become a foil for Phoenix Gundam.

From the moment the fleet went out again, the Phoenix Gundam, which had been motionless, finally moved.

I saw the Phoenix Gundam turn into a streamer of light and take the lead in speeding towards the celestial domain where the Messiah was.

And Phoenix Gundam's actions at this time were immediately discovered by the Messiah, who had been paying attention to this side.

"Speaker! Phoenix Gundam is moving at high speed, and the goal is the Messiah!! ”

"Attack!" Dilandal calmly ordered. "At the same time, prepare to launch a new Genesis."

Under the orders of Dirandal, the Minerva and Aslan, who were in the first echelon, took the lead in facing the Phoenix Gundam and the MS and fleets of the East Asian Federation such as the Oracle Gundam, Courage Style, and the Hinset Phoenix Team that followed behind them.

Although at first glance, it was quite powerful, but all the soldiers of ZAFT were nervous in their hearts.

You know...

Don't want to know.

At the moment when the ZFAT First Echelon Fleet came into contact with Phoenix Gundam, the scene from not long ago was repeated again.

With a wave of his hand, the Phoenix Gundam let all the MS and battleships that approached it all extinguish their power systems and turn them into cosmic scrap metal, and they could only helplessly watch the Phoenix Gundam as if they were in a no-man's land, wantonly passing them towards the Messiah.

But looking at the back of the Phoenix Gundam and the fleet of the East Asian Federation slowly passing by, for some reason, a trace of happiness rose in everyone's hearts.

"This, how can you fight?" Shin Asuka smiled bitterly as he watched from afar as the Phoenix Gundam progressed and lost their reaction signals and became allies of the Scrap Iron of the Universe.

"Before Phoenix Gundam notices us, let's withdraw the Messiah first!" Aslan shook his head. If it weren't for Phoenix Gundam's attention not being here, I'm afraid they would be the first to be paralyzed.

"Yes!" Shin Asuka glanced at the flaming bird from afar, followed the fleet's movements, and retreated behind Infinite Justice.

Ray, on the other hand, stayed where he was and never left.

"What a surprise to me! Ray, why don't you go back? ”

With Kreuzer's voice ringing out, the Oracle Gundam broke away from the 17th Fleet of the East Asian Federation and flew in front of the Legendary Gundam.

"Do we really have a future?"

Ray moved his lips, and finally asked.

"Of course. You and I both know Jill's plan. But is there a future here? Ray, you know. ”

Kreuzer calmly recounted the facts.

Ray shook his head and finally made his choice.

Kreuzer looked at the Legendary Gundam approaching and nodded in satisfaction.

"Ray, you remember. You're not me. You're just Ray Za Barrer, that's all. ”

Ray nodded and repeated. "I'm just Ray Za Barrell, not you, and not anyone."

"Yes. Ray, you're just yourself, and that's enough. ”

Then, Ray looked like he wanted to say something. However, Kreuzer had already seen through everything.

"Don't worry! Jill will make her own arrangements. ”

Sitting in the Messiah, Dillandal's face was still calm, even in the face of the allies who were constantly marked as LOST on the screen, and the Phoenix Gundam that was rushing straight towards the Messiah, his expression did not change much.

"Speaker! The New Genesis is ready. The adjutant shouted.

"Inform the fleet, prepare to launch the new Genesis."

"Yes!"

After the evasion order was issued, many of the battleships and MSs on the launch axis of the New Genesis accelerated to disengage, revealing a straight passage for the Phoenix Gundam to rush towards the Messiah.

New Genesis, ready!

The adjutant looked at Dilandal, waiting for his order.

Dilandal rose from his chair, as if making a final decision.

While everyone was waiting for the launch order, Dilandal uttered a completely different order.

"New Genesis Stop shooting! All abandon the ship! This is the end of your war!! ”

"What?! Speaker?! "Not just the adjutant, but almost all of them wondered if they had heard it wrong.

Just now he ordered the initiation of the New Genesis as a killing blow, and now he suddenly ordered to abandon the Messiah? What the hell is going on?

Dylandar didn't pay attention to the adjutant's gaze, and just said slowly, "It's over!" This is the end of your war. That general didn't choose fate, and he didn't kill you, and maybe this war was wrong from the beginning. But, I don't regret it! ”

This seemed to be talking to himself, but the adjutant vaguely understood what Dirandal meant.

After he led everyone to salute Dirandar, he quickly organized the evacuation of the Messiah as he had done in the previous training, leaving Dirandar alone, no, not alone.

After everyone left, two tall or plump figures walked into the command center one after the other.

"Are you coming?" Dilandal smiled and looked at the visitor. Those two figures were Erin and Mia.

"Speaker? What's going on? What about people? Mia looked in amazement at the empty command center except for Dilandal. She remembered that this was the command center!

"They're all gone! I beg you two to accompany me and wait for your guests to arrive. Dirandal said casually, and then fell silent. Erin half-pulled, half-pushed, brought Mia to Dirandal's side.

The sudden evacuation order not only brought chaos to the Messiah's men, but also spread it to the fleet defending its perimeter.

"Captain. The Messiah's personnel are being evacuated quickly. What's going on? Arthur exclaimed.

Talia was surprised, but vaguely guessed what Dilandal meant, and understood why he was doing it.

When faced with an enemy that seems to have the power of a myth, no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to defeat it. The only thing that can be done is to give up resistance and wait for the final ending.

"Arthur. The Minerva evacuated the front line, accommodating as many people as possible from the Messiah. ”

"Yes! Captain. ”

Talia was silent for a moment, then said, "Next, Minerva will be handed over to you." Arthur, I must go to the Messiah. ”

Hearing Talia say this, Arthur was stunned for a moment, but soon saluted solemnly: "Understood! I wish the captain a smooth journey! ”

"Thanks! Arthur. ”

At the same time, Aslan and Shin Asuka, who saw a large number of people evacuated from the Messiah, each slowly landed on the Messiah in their own bodies.

"Captain, is this the end of the battle?" Seeing such a large-scale evacuation of personnel, even the nervous Shin Asuka noticed something was wrong.

"Probably." Aslan, who had sharp senses, had sensed something. "I'm going to the Speaker. What about you? True. ”

"Together."

Ten minutes later, He Moming and others landed on the Messiah one after another.

By this time, the evacuation of the Messianic personnel was almost complete. Even if there are still people staying, they will be frightened to take a detour after seeing the Phoenix Gundam in its crystallized state landing. After all, with the wave of a hand, the mysterious body that can paralyze an entire fleet, who knows what kind of power it has?

As Ho Mo, Kreuzer, and Lux, who came by shuttle boat later, landed one after another, the group converged and walked towards the depths of the Messiah together.

When He Mo's group came to the Messiah's command center, Dirandar and the others had been waiting for a long time.

It's just that their state surprised He Moming and the others.

Dilandar sat firmly in his chair, and behind him, Erin actually held a pistol and held Mia hostage to confront Aslan and Shin Asuka. The atmosphere between the two sides was almost tense.

But after Dilandar found out that He Mo and the others were coming, he nodded and said, "It's all here." It's time! ”

"Jill, are you going to continue?" Kreuzer asked.

Dilandal looked at his best friend, Kreuzer, and smiled. "Long time no see! Kreuzer. Although I would love to catch up with you, the rule of rewarding the winner and punishing the loser has been an iron law that has remained unchanged for thousands of years since ancient times. ”

"Come with me!"

After Dilandal pressed a button on his seat, a door slowly rose from Dilandal's right-hand side. Then, Dyrandal ignored the other people's intentions and walked straight through the gate, followed by Erin, who was holding Mia hostage.

"Mia!! Erin!! Aslan shouted, and quickened his pace and rushed in.

"Captain?!" Shin Asuka looked back at He Moming and also at Lux, and then walked in as well.

Kreuzer didn't act, but looked at He Mozhi, waiting for He Mozhi to speak.

He nodded inexplicably, then looked back at Lux and asked, "Lux." What do you mean? ”

"Let's go together! We must know the truth. ”

dim lights,

Neatly arranged culture tanks,

There are also humans who are very similar in age and have very similar faces, floating in the culture tank.

After entering the gate, this scene almost gave He Moming and Kreuzer the illusion of returning to the librarian's headquarters. And Lux, who followed them into the gate, was extremely shocked, because at the end of these neatly arranged cultivation tanks, Lux actually saw it,

she

Myself!!!

"How could it be ?!!" Despite her extraordinary courage, Lux couldn't resist the fear that welled up from the depths of her heart when faced with her own clones, which could exceed three digits.

"Ah!!!!!h

Just then, a scream rang out.

Moreover, the voice sounded very similar to Lux's.

"Let's go!" Resisting her fear, Lux took the lead with a glint of strength in her eyes.

Inexplicably, Kreuzer and Lux's guards quickly followed.

"No, don't! I'm Mia? No, it's not!! I'm Lux! No, it's not! Wrong!! ”

After running all the way,

When Lux walked through the cultivation tank, she saw the girl who looked the same as herself, but had a different personality, holding her head in panic and screaming constantly.

"Is it finally here? Lux Klein, and the savior Ho Moor, and my dear friend Kreuzer. Welcome to the heart of destiny. Dirandal stood on the high platform, looking down at the crowd that had come out of the cultivation chamber.

Looking up, there was a large, transparent cultivation tank behind the platform where Dilandal was. And the tank was not filled with any humans, but a brain, a brain connected by countless pipes.

"Jill you!!" Kreuzer noticed the strangeness of the brain at first glance.

The same is true of He Moming, who was standing on the side. It's just that he gave the right to negotiate to Kreuzer.

"Do you notice? It's all true. Dilandal smiled, turned and walked down the stairs and slowly down the platform. With his movements, He Moming and the others also saw the real Asuka who was knocked down by Erin and lying on the ground weakly, and Aslan, who was held by Erin and couldn't move.

"Aslan!!" A hint of worry flashed across Lux's face.

"Huh. Lux Klein. The sole heir to the Klein family and the leader of the Klein faction. When I became the Speaker of the PLANT, I wasted a lot of effort trying to win over the Klein faction, but nothing came of it. Eventually, with the help of some people, I got an opportunity. Photocopyers. ”

Dilandar stood in front of Aslan, looked at Aslan calmly and said, "Aslan Sarah." The heir of the Sara family, after the war, for some reason, left the army and switched to sponsoring the DSSD, developing deep space exploration technology. I've also put a lot of effort into getting you back to ZAFT. The result is Lux Klein, aka Mia Campbell. ”

"Mia Campbell is a photocopyist?" He asked inexplicably. The large number of "Lux Klein" just now has proved the facts, but He still has a sense of unreality about it. Everything in front of me is too different from the original.

In the original book, Mia Campbell is nothing more than an ordinary girl who has been plastic surgery. Now, how did he become a photocopy of Lux Klein?

"Yes. But in order to control her better, I changed her personality and memories to make her think she was Mia Campbell and used her plastic surgery as my memory of Lux Klein. But in reality, she's Lux Klein! Aslan, congratulations! Your fiancée, after all, is still yours. ”

This fact was inexplicable, and Aslan already knew about it before Lux and the others arrived. It's just that he couldn't accept it for a while, and even Mia herself was defeated by this fact, slumping aside and screaming.

"Not happy?" Dilandal continued to say to himself: "You have to increase your chips if you want to stay at ZAFT wholeheartedly. Therefore..."

"Shut up!! Say no more!! Aslan, who was held by Erin, suddenly struggled desperately, as if he had guessed what Dilandal was about to say.

"Don't want to know?" Dilandal smiled slightly. "It took a lot of effort to understand why you invested in DSSD to develop a deep space exploration program, and eventually, she showed up. Aslan. ”

"Shut up!! Dillandal!! Aslan's eyes were red and he roared.

That look, even Lux vaguely guessed the ending.

Because, Lux had already seen the appearance of the woman who had detained Aslan.

"Erin Adler. She was also a photocopier of Elico Pompeii. ”

The fact that it was like a thunderbolt from the blue instantly crushed Aslan, leaving him powerless to struggle, and he slumped to the ground.

"That's not true." Aslan still couldn't believe it.

"Aslan, it's true." Looking at the dejected Aslan, Erin said coldly.

"No!!"

"Bang Bang!"

Kreuzer clapped slowly, as if applauding for the good thing that was happening in front of him.

"Jill. Why are you doing that? Can we see a bloody drama? ”

"Nope. Kreuzer. I, no, we never had the intention of doing so. Dilandar smiled and denied Kreuzer's words, and at the same time, a group of figures in white coats gradually walked out of the surroundings and appeared in front of He Mo and the others.

They

It turned out to be Gilbert Dilandal!!!!

"Dirandal, you madman!!" After seeing the faces of those people clearly, He Mo's eyes suddenly exploded with a burst of golden light, and at the same time, He inexplicably raised his head suddenly, and looked at the brain placed in the cultivation tank.

"Your Excellency, General! I advise you not to do this. If you still want to know the truth. "Dirandal, no, it should be Dirandal at the same time.

In an instant, the space was filled with the echoes of the Dirandals.