"What are you going to do here?" Cagalli asked Yang Hui hurriedly.

"It's nothing, it's just a promise."

"You bastard!" Cagalli looked at Yang Hui's breezy appearance, and her anger rose again, "You're looking for death!" ”

"Really?" Yang Hui asked Cagalli blandly, Cagalli's indifferent tone and attitude frightened Cagalli, loosened her collar, and stepped back.

"Ling...... Did you know that natural people can't drive MS!? Do you know that the other party is ......?"

"[Desert Tiger], Andre Bartfield, so what?" Yang Hui tidied up the folds of his clothes, which was very plain and indifferent, "Cagalli, you said that you grew up with me since childhood...... Do you really know me? ”

"You ......"

Yang Hui didn't pay attention to the vexatious Cagalli at all, but looked at Kira.

"After the battle begins, you and Mu will be responsible for protecting the Archangel, and the [Desert Tiger] will be handed over to me to deal with."

"But [Jean's] performance is no match for Baku." Kira worried, even if it is a modified [Jean], it can't compare to Baku in the desert, "Or you ......"

"No, that's your body." Yang Hui knew that Kira wanted to give up the Strike Gundam to himself, so he decisively refused.

"But you ......"

"Don't worry, just a tiger can't kill me."

Kira was still relieved and wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Hui didn't give him a chance at all, and turned around and broke away from the crowd with Lyle.

At this time, Sai Yi's face was complicated, and he quietly got rid of Thor and the others and found Yang Hui.

"Yang Hui, can a natural person really drive an MS?"

“…… If you just want to prove yourself, then I advise you to give up. Yang Hui looked at the information on the PAD without raising his head, and replied to Sai.

Sai wants to drive the MS, not because of how high his consciousness is, he just wants to prove that he is no worse than Kira, to prove that he can protect Frey as well, and to make Frey change her mind.

But Sai is not Kira, and even after the OS available to natural people is popularized, Sai will not be as powerful as Kira.

Whether it is a natural person or an adjuster, Kira is special, and even Aslan can't rewrite the support system according to the battlefield environment in battle like Kira, let alone the top adjuster ability.

If it's a stranger, why do you want to drive the MS, Yang Hui doesn't care, but Sai is already regarded by Yang Hui as a friend, and he doesn't want Sai to take risks because of the battle of will.

"Why!?"

"War is not a game, you should know how fierce the battle is in driving MS."

"Of course I do! But Kira ......"

"You're not Kira, you don't have Kira's enlightenment, you haven't experienced his pain, and ......"

"Is it just because he's the adjuster!?"

"......" Yang Hui's fingers stopped reading the information and raised his eyelids to look at Sai, "Even among the adjusters, Kira is the most outstanding existence, do you understand what this means?" ”

"I ...... Why...... Obviously I just want to...... I just don't want to lose to him......" Say lowered his head and cried, his fists clenched, his nails almost piercing his skin.

"Would you be sad if Kira died?" Yang Hui asked Sai.

"Of course ......not," Sei wanted to say "no," but the last word was stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it, did he really hate Kira? Not really, though angry that Kira snatched Frey from him, but ...... Sye hates himself even more, he can't fight like Kira, he can't protect everyone like Kira, he can't protect Frey like Kira.

"If you die in battle, Kira will be very sad, because you are the reason why he has to endure the pain and fight, not Frey, it is you, it is Thor, Miriaria, and Kaz, it is Maru, Mu, Natal...... It's all of you. ”

The flat voice was like a hammer hitting Said's heart, shattering the cracked insistence.

"Emotional matters are your own affairs, I will not interfere, and I will not interfere, and I will not interfere, but Sai ...... I hope you don't forget that it was you who caused him pain, but it was you who helped him get all the way to where he is now. ”

Eventually, Sai left dejected, his mind was in turmoil and he needed to be alone.

"I found that you like to stick a knife in other people's hearts now, Yang Hui, have you become so bad now?" Lyle teased.

"If young people want to grow, they have to go through setbacks."

"Hehe, you weren't like this before, Yang Hui."

In the past, Yang Hui would also help his companions grow together, but whether it was the means or attitude, it was much softer than this, and before his companions were fully grown, he would do his best to bear all the pressure and fill all the loopholes.

But now......

From Kira to Cagalli, from Cagalli to Sai, the methods and attitudes are much more radical, using the most cruel ways to stimulate them to move forward, and if they can't move forward, they will fall into the abyss.

"That's why I'm growing too." Yang Hui sighed, although he didn't want to admit it, but Yang Hui had finally become the person he used to hate the most, and he had already discovered this problem, but fate would not let Yang Hui stop, nor did he want him to change direction, so he kept moving forward.

"Shit, you just don't want us to help you share the pressure!" Lyle yelled.

“……”

"What's wrong with the lack of time? What if there is not enough manpower? Is everything more difficult now than when a dozen of us fought against the whole world? ”

“…… Alas. ”

"So Yang Hui ......" Lyle patted Yang Hui on the shoulder and persuaded him earnestly, "Don't carry everything alone anymore, and don't always worry about our safety, this is our choice, I, Instant, Tieria, including the emperor and Wang Liumei, we were ready at the moment of choice." ”

“…… I know. ”

"Then you should respect us! Yang Hui, you are despising our consciousness! ”

“……”

Yang Hui stared at the bonfire like this, and Lyle had no interest in scolding, so he snorted, turned his head and left, but before leaving, he turned his back to Yang Hui and said something, which made Yang Hui's body tremble.

"The emperor and Wang Liumei have always been worried about you."

……

"Crackling~"

In the silence of the night, only the sound of firewood burning out, and even the bleak wind disappeared.

Yang Hui maintained the posture of looking at the bonfire, his eyes became gloomy, and his thoughts entered the memory, recalling everything in the past.

Gundam OO World, who has just arrived in a familiar and unfamiliar world, joins the [Celestial], fights against the world with his companions, concentrates on hatred, and finally quietly exits with all his hatred.

In the world of Gundam AGE, in the case of absolute disadvantage, he researched technology, taught his juniors, fought bravely, became a hero, led his companions to break through one life and death crisis after another, and finally won the war.

And now......

"Smack~!"

A slap in the face, slapping himself in the face, his lost eyes regained their brilliance.

"Well, I'm ...... Unqualified commander, huh? Mephis. ”

[Based on the current behavior and state of the commander, yes.] 】

"Haha, when did it start?" Yang Hui laughed at himself.

[According to the Commander's mission execution records, it is determined that the Commander's dereliction of duty began with the accident of "Yulene Luchel".] 】

Yulene...... Is it? ”

His mind entered the memory again, thinking of the Luna Gundam being hit and Yulin's life and death uncertain, and at that moment, Yang Hui's heart seemed to stop beating, and he realized what a terrible word "loss" was.

After that, Yang Hui changed, and even he didn't notice this change, and on the surface, he still worked together, so that everyone could unite and work together.

In fact, Yang Hui silently took more pressure on himself and left more danger to himself.

After coming to the world of Gundam SEED, he is determined to enter the political circle that he once hated the most, take on the responsibility of a country, make plans, carry out plans, come into contact with more and more dark sides, and carry out more and more unsightly instructions.

Under the dual pressure of self and the outside world, they become unscrupulous, become radical, do not explain too much to others, and do not care whether others will understand or not.

[Commander, you can't afford the reconstruction of Prometheus Fortress alone. 】

“……”

"Smack~!"

Another slap in the face made me more sober.

"Really, when did I become so timid? What a shame! ”

Shouting towards the sky, highlighting the depression in his heart, Yang Hui suddenly felt that his heavy heart became lighter, and the smile on his face regained its former heartiness and confidence.

"Do whatever you want! Why do you think about it so much? Lyle! ”

"Figured it out?" Lyle walked out of the shadows on the side, he never left, just hid in the dark to see if Yang Hui would change.

Like he once said to Graham.

"We are testing the world, and the world is testing us."

Now, too, not only the world, but as companions, they are not observing Yang Hui's changes, if this continues, Lyle really has to doubt whether his original choice was correct.

"Figured it out! To hell with the international situation, what external oppression! Isn't it against the whole world? Big deal and do it again! ”

"That's right, it's a big deal to do it all over the world again! It's not like we haven't done it before! ”

"Let's go! Go to sleep, I'm tired during this time. ”

"Fuck off! The most tired is me, okay! I'm your bodyguard, and I've got to wake up when you sleep! ”

"Then let's sleep together...... Ahh Disgusting! ”

"You bastard! Obviously you said it yourself! ”

……

The next day, Yang Hui re-found Malu, Baki Lulu, and Mu and gave them a commission.

"In the name of Orb, I would like to entrust all of you from the Archangel to escort me and the little princess of the Ob Asha family, Cagalli Yura Ashar, back to China on the way to the base in Alaska, and in return, Orb will supply the Archangel."

"Huh!?" X3

(End of chapter)