Gundam SEED: Poetry of Tomorrow

Chapter 67 Aslan returns home

A silver hourglass floating in space.

With the thinnest middle section as a fulcrum, a huge structure slowly rotates - this is a new generation space colony satellite called the Libra rod type. It is composed of two opposite cones and three mirrors to collect sunlight.

With organic matter as the main material, the bottom of the rotating cone is the living area, and the high-tension strings covering the outer wall are almost filled with self-healing glass, and the light reflected by these silicon particles forms a shining silver halo.

Nearly a hundred such satellites are arranged in the pitch black darkness, which looks particularly majestic.

This is PLANT, the homeland of the Adjusters.

After Aslan and Kruse disembarked from the Vesalius, they transferred to a space shuttle that flew away from the military space station.

There is already a passenger on board.

He was a man about 45 years old with a deep silhouette, wearing a suit that was rare in military space stations.

Seeing this man who suddenly appeared, Aslan's pupils shrank slightly, and his body unconsciously paused and stiffened.

Kruse, who was beside him, walked over with a smile on his face: "Thank you for coming with me, Your Excellency Chairman Sarah."

"No greetings, I didn't fly on this space shuttle."

Patrick Sala, who had been waiting again early, responded in a calm tone.

Then he looked at Aslan as if to emphasize.

Facing his father's eyes, Aslan lowered his head silently and replied in a slightly stiff tone: "Yes...Long time no see, father..."

"Ah."

Patrick Sara stared at Aslan for a while before calmly giving a syllable.

This alienated exchange was nothing like a father and son reunited after a long separation. Faced with his father's attitude, Aslan felt a little lonely.

In fact, the interaction between Aslan and Patrick Sala has been like this for as long as I can remember.

In fact, Patrick Sala's standard for Aslan has always been that of a soldier, a standard soldier.

Aslan was named by Patrick Sala.

The word Aslan means soldier in Greek.

Its English writing Athrun comes from the Greek Erythron, which means soil dyed red.

In addition, Athrun also means lion.

You could say that there is something wrong with Patrick Sala's attitude and educational methods towards Aslan.

But you can’t doubt Patrick Sala’s high hopes for Aslan Sala, nor can you doubt or underestimate Patrick Sala’s feelings for Aslan Sala.

"——I agree with the comments you added to the report."

After the space shuttle took off, Patrick Sala deliberately made a written report as if he wanted to show it to Cruze: "The problem is that those people can develop such a high-performance mobile suit. As for the driver, You don’t need to pay any attention to it as a member of staff or anything like that.”

His father's words made the lonely Aslan raise his head in surprise.

Seemingly aware of Aslan's gaze, Patrick just gave him a cold glance, and then continued to say to Kruse: "So regarding that part, I have eliminated it... What is left over there? The aircraft is also driven by regulators, and this kind of report will only make the conservatives raise unnecessary counterarguments."

"Ino Kamal also made a slight change. A ZAFT red-clothed man was killed by the opponent's piloted machine head-on. Still under the circumstances of being surrounded and suppressed by multiple people, this comparison of the so-called machine performance is more intuitive - "

Patrick was the leader who led PLANT to independence that year.

He is not a pure soldier, and he handles politics and factions more delicately than ordinary people.

Moreover, the focus of the matter at hand from beginning to end was not the so-called adjusters driving mobile suits, but that the Earth United had a mobile suit with excellent performance.

He admits that most natural people are stupid, but he does not think that all natural people are stupid because of this.

With the size and capabilities of the Earth United, it is only a matter of time before MS is mass-produced. This is a fact that ZAFT or PLANT cannot ignore.

"Father... Chairman Sara, Ino is just a MAI, and we also saw his body from behind. This does not rule out that he was captured by the other party..."

"Do you want your friend to be accused of treason at the last moment, Aslan?"

Patrick Sala interrupted Aslan.

As someone who knew the inside story, Patrick Sala knew that there was a high probability that Enoch would not be captured, but would choose to be captured.

It would make sense for an exposed spy to escape in this way. "Treason...treason?"

Aslan was suddenly stunned. How could this be related to treason?

"The situation of Ino Kamal is somewhat special. In short, his death is the best choice and result."

Kruse was actually very curious about what his best friend would look like when he told him the news.

After all, the attitude he showed that day was that he cared about Ino Kamal.

Although it may seem average to outsiders, Kruse, who knows the other person's character, understands that Durandal really values ​​Ino very much.

It's just a pity that I haven't figured out why the other party cares so much about Ino Kamal until now.

Maybe you can investigate it yourself?
Anyway, Kennoff still lacks him a reward because of Lux's matter.

"You don't have to worry about Ino Kamal's affairs. Just remember what I just said to you."

Patrick Sala didn't care much for Eno.

You are just a slightly capable spy, and the other party doesn't have any confidential information anyway.

Whether he goes back or dies, it doesn't matter to him.

In other words, this result is actually better. At least Nuttle has a clear result.

"·····yes."

Aslan opened his mouth when he heard this, feeling a little tangled and depressed.

In fact, he had thought about using other means to negotiate. After all, prisoners of war could be exchanged.

But the father directly concluded the other party’s death——

"You don't have to worry about Ino Kamal, it's your friend instead."

After hearing this, Kruse noticed the strange expression on Aslan's face, and couldn't help but stepped forward to comfort him kindly: "If we ask you to report that your friend has defected to the Earth Army, I don't think you will feel better, right? "

"I...I know."

In a short conversation, he lost two friends. This result made Aslan feel a little pain in his heart.

"In a later meeting, it was said that Earth has jointly developed a mobile suit that can perform that kind of performance even if driven by a natural person."

After Patrick Sala finished speaking, he turned to Aslan, who had an unusual look on his face, and confirmed, "Do you understand? Aslan."

"...Yes, I understand."

Aslan nodded. Although he didn't like this kind of thing, he also understood his father's position.

However, whenever he talked about such aggressive topics, he felt inexplicably that he was falling bit by bit.

War is really hard to forgive and understand.

It's funny to say that I used to hate war very much.

But now he is the one holding the gun.

Kira says he had to fight to protect his friends.

But what about me? What is the reason why I have to step onto the battlefield and pull the trigger?
Do you really accept and recognize that reason from the bottom of your heart——

If so, why am I still hesitant and uneasy...

Patrick Sara glanced at Aslan's changing expression vaguely, and his emotions couldn't help but be a little complicated.

I just hope that Lux can complement him in the future.

Lux Klein, that little girl with good political talents, should be very good under the guidance of Siegel.

Although he and Siegel have now become 'enemies', he recognizes Siegel Klein's abilities, especially his political abilities.

The three people with different ideas were transported by the space shuttle and flew towards the colonial satellite where the Supreme Council was located.

(End of this chapter)