Gundam SEED: Poetry of Tomorrow

Chapter 38 The surprised people on the Archangel
"Is he a soldier of ZAFT?"

"Looks so young."

"He looks like he's the same age as us."

Kira and others saw ZAFT's soldiers for the first time.

For a moment, I couldn't help but stop and look at it.

As if aware of his gaze, Kira noticed that the young man who looked about the same age as himself smiled and nodded towards him.

Kira, who was a little stunned, responded subconsciously.

"Hey young man, are you injured or anything like that?"

With a smile on his face, he leaned forward to Kira.

"No, no injuries."

Kira came back to her senses after hearing this and replied to Mr. Mu.

"It would be nice if you didn't, but you are really amazing. You are worthy of being an adjuster."

Mu patted Kira on the shoulder and said with a smile.

What he said was actually for those soldiers who didn't know much about the inside story.

"what?"

"Adjuster?"

"This guy is an adjuster!?"

Mu's words made the surrounding air condense.

Masuo, who came down from the bridge, glanced at Mu secretly with a difficult expression. Kira hesitated for a while, and then looked back at Mu with some displeasure.

"……Correct."

In an instant, the soldiers on standby behind Masu and Second Lieutenant Natal Bakilulu subconsciously raised their guns and looked at Kira.

This is the epitome of this war, natural man versus adjuster.

Adjusters - refers to humans who are born through artificial manipulation of genes.

They can bring out the greatest potential of human beings and can be said to be supermen created by human hands.

Whether in intelligence or physical strength, adjusters are superior to ordinary natural people (people born without genetic modification), and their resistance to various diseases is also perfect.

Because this technology can effectively cure increasingly serious genetic diseases, in the CE20s, a global trend of genetic modification was launched.

However, because of the obvious gap in ability between adjusters and natural people, a rejection mentality arises spontaneously.

Humanity began to repeat the history of bloodshed, and adjusters who were better able to adapt to space life than natural people migrated to areas outside the earth.

The place where they later settled was the space colonial satellite group-PLANT built in the L5 area.

Therefore, it is inevitable that these soldiers will be conditioned to be hostile to the adjuster as soon as they hear the word adjuster.

"...What are you doing! What are you doing!"

Thor shouted and rushed to Kira to block him: "Even if Kira is an adjuster, it doesn't mean he is an enemy! He also fought against ZAFT to protect us! Didn't you see it?"

He glared fiercely at the guns pointed at Kira and made impassioned statements, as if he was not willing to stand up and fight.

"Put the gun down."

Masuo ordered.

Mu also stood up at this time and smiled: "What are you guys so fussy about? Heliopolis is a colonial satellite of a neutral country. It's not surprising that adjusters who don't want to be involved in the war will move here. ."

"Yes...and I am the first generation adjuster..."

Kira murmured.

The first generation of adjusters refers to people whose genes have been modified for the first time.

In other words, it is a child born after the parents, who were originally natural persons, had their fertilized eggs undergo genetic modification surgery.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't expect it to cause such a big commotion, but this is normal for you. I made too much of a fuss."

Mr. Mu, the culprit who caused the commotion, said with a smile.

"Shut up, Captain Flagg!"

After Captain Malu finished speaking, he glared at Mr. Mu fiercely and said to Kira and others: "I'm sorry for causing this commotion. It must be very hard for you to fight for such a long time. Just leave the rest to us. .”

"Ah."

Kira was not a fool, and he also heard what Captain Malu meant by asking him to leave here.

After all, some things cannot be explained clearly by just talking, but before leaving, he looked at the young man not far away: "He, that ZAFT soldier, what are you going to do with him?"

ZAFT’s soldiers are all adjusters——

Even Kira and the others, who have never been on the battlefield, have heard of this for a long time.

I just didn't expect the other party to be so young.

"Forehead·····"

"It will be decided by the military department after the house arrest and return to the lunar base."

Seeing that Ma Liu didn't know how to answer, Mr. Mu gave the answer first.

"Then he..."

"Don't worry. In a war, every force will capture the enemy. You can't just kill them all, so generally speaking, there won't be any big problems."

Mr. Mu interrupted Kira's question with a smile. There were some things that it was better not to let Kira know, at least not at this time.

"That's good."

Kira nodded dubiously upon hearing this.

After taking one last look at the young man, he turned around and left with Thor and others.

In fact, he also had questions he wanted to ask the other party, such as Aslan...but now seemed not to be the time to ask those questions.

"Huh~ It's finally solved."

After making sure Kira was gone, Mr. Mu let out a sigh of relief.

"Did you do it on purpose just now?" Ma Liu asked Mu.

"Huh? You actually found out?"

Mr. Mu pretended to be surprised and smiled.

Ma Liu rolled her eyes, then turned and walked towards Second Lieutenant Bakki Lulu who was not far away.

However, she herself was very grateful for Mu's actions.

The fact that Kira is an adjuster cannot be hidden for too long, so instead of exposing it in the future and creating a gap, it is better to use this 'life-saving grace' to bring it up and slowly fade it away.

"Name?"

"Ino Kamal."

"age?"

"sixteen."

"identity?"

"The mobile suit pilot of ZAFT's Cruze team."

"..."

Lieutenant Bucky Lulu was now asking for Ino's personal information in a serious manner.

I thought I was going to be named and shot by Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, but I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Bucky Lulu was also a little surprised at Ino's straightforwardness.

This guy really answers whatever he asks and doesn't hide anything at all.

"how is the situation?"

Ma Liu brought Mu closer.

"Probably the identity information was asked."

Lieutenant Bakki Lulu handed the information he asked to Captain Malu.

"So fast?"

Ma Liu couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, and then took the document containing the information and started reading it.

"You are not an ordinary red-coated pilot, right?"

Mu took the time to take a look at Yinuo's personal information and then lost interest, and went directly to Yinuo.

"Um, what's the difference?"

Ino asked rhetorically.

Ma Liu and others also looked at Mu La Flagg with puzzled expressions. They knew the red clothes, but what did it mean that they were not ordinary red clothes?
"ZAFT's red-coated pilots are ranked according to the graduation ranking of the non-commissioned officer school. Only the top twenty are eligible to receive red-coated pilots."

After Mu roughly explained the situation of obtaining the red coat, he turned to ask: "So, can you tell me your ranking when you graduated?"

"seventh."

Ino didn't hide it, he said it openly, and there was no point in hiding it.

"Seventh...hiss, we seem to have caught an incredible guy."

Mu couldn't help but gasped when he heard the other party's answer.

You know, Kruse seemed to be only in the top ten when he graduated.

"What's wrong with being number seven in the school?"

Ma Liu was a little surprised at Mu's reaction.

Ranking seventh in the school is indeed impressive, but it shouldn't surprise Mu so much.

"Malusan, you may be mistaken. The top twenty graduates of ZAFT Red are not a single school, but the top twenty graduates of the same level in the entire PLANT."

After Mu roughly explained, he looked at Ino with a wry smile: "No wonder you are so strong. I thought my skills had deteriorated."

A genius who was able to get the No. 7 grade in the Adjuster Military Academy. He lost... Wait, I didn't seem to lose either.

Ma Liu and others also looked at the handsome young man in front of them with a look of surprise.

There is no doubt that ZAFT is an adjuster.

And just look at the current war situation to see how terrifying the adjusters are.

And the young man in front of him is also a genius-level guy among the adjusters——

That guy Kira went out and caught such a genius and came back.

For a moment, Ma Liu didn't know what to say.

"By the way, can we talk somewhere else? Don't you feel uncomfortable being floating like this all the time?"

Ino couldn't help but ask after seeing the reactions of several people.

In front of everyone, there are some things and things that I really can't say casually.

When Ma Liu and others heard this, they looked at each other subconsciously.

Why is this guy's mental endurance so strong?

Why do you look like you're not worried at all?

　Regarding the ranking of the protagonists——

　　When I was with Sarah, I was indeed No. 13, but at that time I was still one month away from graduation.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)