Gundam SEED: Poetry of Tomorrow

Chapter 37 Raise Your Hands
"What are you going to do next?"

Mu asked Captain Malu who had already relaxed.

Captain Malu was silent after hearing this and said, "This ship is still in combat mode. Can we capture any trace of the ZAFT warship?"

"No, there are too many heat sources. Neither radar nor heat source detection can be used."

Jackie, who was in charge of radar detection, quickly replied.

The main reason for long-distance detection by warships in the universe is heat sources.

But now, due to the wreckage of the colonial satellite, there are heat sources everywhere, and it is impossible to tell whether the heat source is a battleship or a mobile suit in a short period of time.

Captain Malu turned around silently after hearing this. She had never actually commanded a battleship before, and she was a little flustered and at a loss.

"Actually, this is also good news."

Mu saw Captain Malu's uneasiness and couldn't help but smile: "At least ZAFT is like this too. As long as we don't move, they won't be able to find our whereabouts in a short time."

"But······"

"Do you think there will be pursuers?"

Mu continued to ask.

"Well, we have to factor in that possibility now."

Captain Ma Liu nodded. She was most worried about the pursuers. After all, her warship currently had almost no available troops.

Although the Archangel is a high-speed battleship, the opponent's Nazca-class battleship is also a high-speed battleship.

Once targeted by the opponent, there is basically no possibility of escape.

Of course, that's fine if it's just me, but there are some ordinary civilians in the battleship...

"What did you say?"

Just as Ma Liu was thinking, Lieutenant Natal Bakirulu, who was responsible for communication below, suddenly raised his voice an octave higher.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

Captain Mu and Captain Malu looked over at the same time.

"Strike Gundam has returned."

Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu explained to the two of them: "But he brought back a lifeboat and the wreckage of a ZAFT mobile suit, and there seems to be a pilot inside."

"what?"

"ZAFT pilot?"

Captain Malu and Mr. Mu couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this.

at the same time.

Inside the hangar.

"They were drifting because of a broken propeller."

Kira arrived at the Archangel safely, but at this time, she was stuck at the open gate on the starboard side, refusing to enter.

I saw Strike Gundam holding an escape capsule in both hands, with the remains of a mobile suit hanging behind it.

The picture was as eerie as it could be.

Kira was still saying angrily: "Are you asking me to just leave them alone? The people inside are all fleeing citizens of Heliopolis."

"Let's not talk about the escape cabin for now. What's going on with the machine hanging behind you?"

Captain Malu asked Kira on the screen.

"His body was severely damaged, so I..."

"So you picked him up? Have you ever thought that no matter how seriously damaged his body is, he is a member of ZAFT, and ZAFT will naturally send people to carry out search and rescue work."

Ma Liu felt a little confused and speechless.

She really couldn't understand Kira's brain circuit. You said you could say you were kind by picking up a rescue capsule, but what would you call yourself if you even picked up enemies?
captive?

But there is no place on the Archangel now for you to hold prisoners.

"But...but he himself also wants me to bring him here."

"This is not a desperate question...wait, what did you say?"

Malu suddenly noticed something was wrong with Kira's wording, and quickly said: "You said he wanted you to bring him here? So he is still conscious?"

"Uh, yes."

Kira, who was still a little naive, nodded, but he seemed to have thought of something and said quickly: "But he has turned off the distress signal and has not exposed the coordinates here."

"Jackie!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Liu quickly looked at Jackie, who was responsible for radar signal detection behind him.

"Yes, there is indeed no frequency band or response for any signal transmission." Jackie quickly replied after hearing this.

Ma Liu couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. What's going on?
A soldier belonging to ZAFT actually volunteered to be captured by the enemy.Although there was also the possibility that the other party would die if the search and rescue were not carried out in time, why did he always feel that something was strange?

"Actually, it's not a big problem. It's not like we can't capture prisoners or anything like that, and we don't have so much time to waste here now."

Mr. Mu looked at the half-disabled MS on the screen and made a decision in his mind.

Although it’s a bit unclear due to the damage to the machine body, the painting and color matching...

If it's really that guy, then it might not be a bad thing to make him a prisoner.

"Hey, let's contain him first, and let the hangar staff be on alert. We'll be there right away."

Maru sighed after hearing this.

People have been brought here, we can't throw them back again.

Although there is a war between the adjuster and the natural man, and he is also an officer affiliated with the Earth United.

But if you let yourself leave a helpless person here to die, she really can't do it.

"Do you need me to come with you?"

Mu, who was floating in the bridge, asked, "I have nothing to do here anyway."

"Well, please excuse me."

Ma Liu didn't refuse after hearing this, or it might be better to have someone beside him to help with ideas.

After all, this was his first time meeting a prisoner, and he was such a strange prisoner.

The landing place for the Strike Gundam and the escape capsule is a two-way deck with a long and slender ejection path on the right.

As soon as the Strike Gundam entered the rear hangar, the huge door of the airtight cabin was immediately closed.

The MS-specific repair socket is stored on the inside, and the MA on the other side is shot.

After dragging Keen's body in, Kira opened the Strike Gundam's gate and floated out.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on? He's still a kid, is that kid driving that thing?"

A soldier who knew the inside story but was not really sure couldn't help but speak out what everyone was feeling.

Kira, who heard the conversation, looked over subconsciously, but he didn't pay attention to it for long.

In front.

The friends who came after hearing that Strike Gundam had boarded the ship rushed towards Kira who had just come down from the cockpit.

"That's great, Kira!"

"Are you OK?"

Being hugged tightly by Thor and scratched by Sai randomly, Kira was surprised and a little overwhelmed by this sudden warmth.

But feeling the warmth conveyed by her companions, Kira also laughed happily.

Just then, a voice came from the other end of the hangar.

"—Sey!"

With long red hair flying, among the refugees coming out of the escape cabin, a girl flew out alone.

That long, smooth red hair like burning, and skin as smooth and delicate as milk;
With her upright facial features exuding a noble aura, and her elegant movements, Frey Alsta is a girl as gorgeous and brilliant as a blooming rose.

But at this time, she might be a little panicked because of the battle. After seeing a familiar person, she rushed into the arms of Sai.

"What happened? Where's Heliopolis? I got separated from Dacica and the others... I'm so scared!"

Sai was a little surprised to be hugged by her like this, but then he happily hugged Fleur's shoulders.

Kira opened her eyes wide and saw some gloom and bitterness on her face when she saw the two people's closeness.

Fortunately, everyone was safe after all, and this result relieved the bitterness in his heart a lot.

"alert!"

"Put your hands up!"

Just as several people were cheering for their survivors, a harsh sound suddenly came from not far away and attracted their attention.

At some point, a young man wearing a red driving suit was surrounded by United Earth soldiers who were on alert early.

The young man's smooth and fair face exuded an angular and cold look;
His deep black eyes showed no signs of panic even though he was in the enemy camp. Perhaps it was his own misunderstanding, but Kira saw some relief similar to relief on his face.

　You have to follow the boat ahead, but you won’t follow it forever.

　　The protagonist has to return to ZAFT in the end. In the later stage——

　　The current idea is to use independent third-party forces.

　　Of course, I can't 100% guarantee that this will be the case.

　　I can only try my best to write like this——

　　
　
(End of this chapter)