Chapter 290 Finally Awake

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

"It's nothing, just fulfilling the promise."

"You bastard!" Cajiali looked at Yang Huifeng's calm look, and her anger rose again. "You are looking for death!"

"Really?" Yang Hui asked Cagalli calmly. The cold tone and attitude scared Cagalli. She loosened her collar and stepped back.

"伱... Do you know that a natural person cannot pilot a mobile suit!? Do you know that the other party is..."

"[Desert Tiger], Andre Butterfield, so what?" Yang Hui straightened the folds of his clothes, very plain and indifferent, "Cagalli, you said you grew up with me... you Have you really understood me?"

"you……"

Yang Hui simply ignored the unreasonable Cagalli and looked at Kira instead.

"Once the battle begins, you and Mu will be responsible for protecting the Archangel, and leave the [Desert Tiger] to me."

"But [Jean]'s performance is no match for Baku." Kira worried that even the modified [Jean] could not match Baku in the desert. "How about you..."

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

"But you..."

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

Kira was still uneasy and wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Hui didn't give him a chance and turned around to escape from the crowd with Lyle.

At this time, Sai had a complex expression, quietly got rid of Thor and others, and found Yang Hui.

"Yang Hui, can a natural person really drive a mobile suit?"

"...If you just want to prove yourself, then I advise you to give up." Yang Hui answered Sai without looking up at the information on the PAD.

Sai wanted to pilot a mobile suit, not because of his high level of awareness, but because he just wanted to prove himself, prove that he was no worse than Kira, and prove that he could also protect Fleur, in order to make Fleur change her mind.

But Sai is not Kira. Even after the OS that can be used by natural people becomes popular, Sai will not be as powerful as Kira.

Whether he is a natural person or an adjuster, Kira is special. Even Aslan cannot rewrite the auxiliary system according to the battlefield environment like Kira in battle, let alone the top adjuster ability.

Yang Hui wouldn't care why he wanted to pilot a mobile suit if he was a stranger, but Yang Hui already regarded Sai as a friend, and he didn't want Sai to take risks because of a dispute of temper.

"Why!?"

"War is not a game. You should know how fierce the battle is when driving a mobile suit."

"Of course I know this! But Kira..."

"You are not Kira, and you do not have Kira's consciousness, nor have you experienced his pain, and..."

"Is it because he is an adjuster!?"

"..." Yang Hui stopped flipping through the information and raised his eyelids to look at Sai, "Even among adjusters, Kira is the most outstanding existence. Do you understand this?"

"I... why... I obviously just want... I just don't want to lose to him..." Sai lowered his head and cried, clenching his fists so hard that his nails almost pierced his skin.

"If Kira died in the battle, would you be sad?" Yang Hui asked Sai.

"Of course not..." Sai wanted to say "no", but the last word was stuck in his throat and couldn't be said. Does he really hate Kira? Not really, although he was angry that Kira took Fleur away from him, but... what Sai hated more was himself. He couldn't fight like Kira, couldn't protect everyone and Frey like Kira. .

"If you die in the battle, Kira will be very sad, because you are the reason why he fights despite the pain. It's not Fleur alone, it's you, Thor, Mirialia and Kaz, It's Malu, Mu, Natal...it's all of you."

The plain voice was like a heavy hammer hitting Sai's heart, knocking the cracked persistence into pieces.

"Emotional matters are your own business. I won't interfere and I can't interfere. But Sai... I hope you don't forget that it was you who made him suffer, but the one who helped him get to this point is also you."

In the end, Sai left in despair. His mind was confused and he needed to be alone.

"I find that you like to put knives in other people's hearts now, Yang Hui, have you become so mean now?" Lyle teased.

“If young people want to grow, they must experience setbacks.”

"Haha, you were not like this before, Yang Hui."

In the past, Yang Hui would also help his companions grow together, but both his methods and attitude were much softer than this. Before his companions had fully grown up, he would do his best to take off all the pressure and fill all the loopholes.

but now……

From Kira to Cagalli, from Cagalli to Sai, the methods and attitudes are quite radical, using the most cruel methods to stimulate them to move forward. If they cannot move forward, they will fall into the abyss.

"So I'm growing too." Yang Hui sighed. Although he didn't want to admit it, Yang Hui had finally become the person he once hated most. He had discovered this problem long ago, but fate would not let Yang Hui stop, nor would he let him He changed direction, pushing him forward.

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

"..."

"What if there is not enough time? What if there are not enough people? Is everything now more difficult than when we were fighting the whole world with just a dozen people?"

"...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, Setsuna, Tieliya, including Huang and Wang Liumei, we were ready the moment we chose."

"...I know."

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

"..."

Yang Hui stared at the bonfire in a daze, and Lyle had no interest in scolding him anymore. He spit and turned away, but before leaving, he said something with his back to Yang Hui, which made Yang Hui's body tremble.

"Huang and Wang Liumei have always been worried about you."

...

"Crackle~"

In the silent night, only the sound of burning firewood could be heard, and even the bleak wind disappeared.

Yang Hui kept looking at the bonfire, his eyes became dim, his thoughts entered the memories, recalling everything in the past.

In the world of Gundam OO, he had just come to a familiar yet unfamiliar world, joined the Celestial Beings, fought against the world with his companions, concentrated his hatred, and finally left quietly with all the hatred.

In the world of Gundam AGE, under an absolute disadvantage, he developed technology, taught the younger generation, fought bravely, became a hero, led his companions to break through life and death crises again and again, and finally won the war.

And now...

"Pah~!"

A slap, slapped hard on his face, and his lost eyes regained their spirit.

"Alas, I am really... an unqualified commander, right? Mephis."

[Based on the commander's current behavior and status, yes. ]

"Haha, when did it start?" Yang Hui said self-deprecatingly.

[Based on the commander's mission execution record, it is judged that the commander's dereliction of duty began when "Yulin Luchel" had an accident. 】

"Yulin...?"

My thoughts went back to the past, thinking of the Luna Gundam being hit, Yulin's life or death was uncertain. At that moment, Yang Hui's heart seemed to stop beating, and he realized how terrible the word "loss" was.

After that, Yang Hui changed, and even he himself did not notice this change. On the surface, he still worked together to unite everyone and work together.

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

After coming to the Gundam SEED world, he was determined to enter the political circle that he once hated the most, take on the responsibility of a country, make plans, implement plans, come into contact with more and more dark sides, and execute more and more shameful orders.

Under the dual pressure of self and the outside world, he became unscrupulous and radical, did not explain too much to others, and did not care whether others would understand.

[Commander, you can't bear the reconstruction of Promise Fortress alone. 】

"..."

"Pah~!"

Another slap was slapped on his face, making him more sober.

"Really? When did I become so timid? It's so embarrassing!"

Yang Hui shouted to the sky, highlighting the depression in his heart. Suddenly, he felt his heavy heart lighten, and the smile on his face regained its former cheerfulness and confidence.

"Just do whatever you want to do! Why think so much? Lyle!"

"Have you figured it out?" Lyle walked out from the shadows on the side. He had never left, but just hid in the dark to observe whether Yang Hui would change.

Just like what he once said to Graham.

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

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

"I've figured it out! What about the international situation, what about external oppression? Isn't it just against the whole world? At worst, we can do it again!"

"Yes, at worst, we can do it again! It's not like we haven't done it before!"

"Let's go! Go to sleep. I'm so tired during this period."

"Get lost! I'm the most tired one! I'm your bodyguard. I have to stay awake when you sleep!"

"Then let's sleep together... Ugh! Disgusting!"

"You bastard! You said that yourself!"

...

The next day, Yang Hui found Maru, Bakilulu and Mu again and gave them a commission.

"I want to entrust everyone on the Archangel in the name of Orb to escort me and the little princess of the Orb Asha family, Cagalli Yura Asha, back to the country on the way to the Alaska base. As a reward, Orb will supply the Archangel."

"Huh!?" X3