Chapter 384: Old Friends Meet, Tensions Rise

"It's the Golden Grim Reaper! The Golden Grim Reaper has joined the battle!"

From the moment Yang Hui joined the battle, Addis received the report. Whether it was the fireworks brought by the visible golden meteors flying back and forth, or the rapid disappearance of the friendly army logo on the battle map, they all told everyone that this was not a joke.

"Send a signal flare! Withdraw from the current space domain!" Addis made a prompt decision and immediately issued a retreat order. The combat effectiveness shown by the White Tiger was already amazing, and the Orb MS troops also showed a terrifying combat effectiveness. Excluding the three assaulting Heretic Gundams, the M1 Heretic troops alone had a 1 to 5 combat loss, like a copper wall and iron wall blocking them, making it difficult to break through.

It was already in a stalemate, and now all the opponent's trump cards are back.

Yes, they all came back, not only the Dawn Gundam, but also the Exia, Cherubim and Devil, and even the four ZAFT Army's most advanced ace MSs, the Freedom Gundam, Justice Gundam, Rebirth Gundam and Covenant Gundam, which have been making a lot of noise recently, are standing on the opposite side of them. If they don't retreat from this battle, they will be annihilated.

"But the captain..."

"Can't contact the captain?" Captain Addis asked anxiously.

"Yes, the electromagnetic interference inside the colony satellite is very serious and we can't get in touch."

"The fleet began to retreat and continued to send a telegram to Captain Cruze to tell him our location. The captain will definitely understand." Addis said. He respected Cruze very much, but he would not bury the entire fleet here for Cruze's order.

"Yes!"

The adjutant did not dare to hesitate any longer. There were fewer and fewer friendly MS symbols on the battle map. If they delayed any longer, it would be their turn when the MS troops were completely wiped out.

Red, green and blue signal flares bloomed in the universe. The ZAFT MS troops, who were about to be killed by the Dawn Gundam and other ace cards, saw the hope of life and reached out to grab it desperately.

Fortunately, seeing that the ZAFT army began to retreat, Huang immediately ordered everyone to stop chasing. Their mission was not to wipe out the ZAFT fleet, and they also suffered losses in this battle. Although they only lost 3 M1 Heretics, their combat power was so limited. If one was lost, one would be less. In order to preserve their strength, they could not continue to pursue.

"Huang, report the situation." Yang Hui guarded around the White Tiger, alerting the ZAFT fleet or the Archangel to a sudden attack, and asked Huang about the situation of the troops.

"M1 Heretic lost 3 units, 2 were severely damaged, 6 were moderately damaged, and the rest were damaged. White Tiger and Eternal were slightly damaged. Archangel just received news that there is no big problem."

"Return to the port to repair the warships immediately. The MS troops will give priority to dealing with moderately damaged and minor damaged ones to ensure more effective combat power. Move immediately after the warships are ready."

"Understood. There is one more thing. There are ZAFT infiltrating troops inside the colony satellite."

"Inside the colony satellite?"

"Yes, Major Flaka said so. There is no basis..."

"Uncle Mu said so! Where is he now?" Yang Hui knew that Cruze was a clone of Mu's father. There has always been some special telepathy between him and Mu. As long as Mu said that he felt Cruze was nearby, then Cruze must be there.

Now Kira is by his side. No one is going to help him. If Mu faces Cruze alone, he will really die.

"Inside the colony satellite, Diego follows him."

"... Continue to follow the order, I will go to the colony satellite to find them. After an hour, if we are not back, you will move to the predetermined coordinates."

"Understood." Huang's trust in Yang Hui is unquestionable, so Huang didn't care at all when Yang Hui said that they didn't come back after an hour.

After giving instructions, the Dawn Gundam moved towards the inside of the colony satellite, and the Freedom Gundam, Justice Gundam and Covenant Gundam took the initiative to follow him.

"Yang Hui, we will go with you." Kira said.

"ZAFT and Archangel have not confirmed their retreat yet, you stay." Yang Hui said. In fact, judging from the current situation, neither the ZAFT fleet nor the Archangel can launch a second attack in a short time, but he doesn't want Kira and Aslan to come with him, because the inside of Sadli is Kira's birthplace, Cruze's birthplace, and the location of Kira's biological father Dr. Yulian Xiang's research institute.

(PS: This is changed to facilitate the advancement of the plot, but it is not important. It is mainly to prevent some original fans from making unreasonable troubles. Thank you for your understanding!)

He does not want Kira to know the truth about his life experience. Even though he now knows that he and Cagalli are twins, as the cruel reality of the [Strongest Adjuster], he should hide it if he can.

And Aslan... if he knows, Cagalli will definitely know it by then. If Cagalli knows it, how can Kira not know it?

"But..."

"No buts, Nigel will go with me, and Kira and Aslan will go back and wait."

"...Understood."

Kira and Aslan have a feeling that Yang Hui is deliberately hiding something from them, but they also understand Yang Hui. Some things may not be convenient to tell them, and with Nigel accompanying them, they can feel more at ease.

Just like that, the Freedom Gundam and the Justice Gundam stopped and watched the Dawn Gundam and the Covenant Gundam enter the interior of the colony satellite.

When the two machines entered the interior, they saw that the battle was indeed taking place. It was the Strike Gundam and the Reborn Gundam, as well as a white [Gates] and the Duel Gundam.

"Duel! Izak!" Nicol exclaimed, his face became very complicated again. Of the original five-man team, Rusty died in [Heliopolis], and the remaining four experienced several life and death separations, but now they had to fight.

"Go, help Diego and control the Duel." Yang Hui said to Nicol. It can be seen that Diego did not want to fight with Izak, so the Reborn Gundam and the Duel Gundam were always the ones launching a fierce attack, and the Reborn Gundam was just dodging and defending, without fighting back.

The Covenant Gundam went down again, which could help the Reborn Gundam control the Duel Gundam intact, so that Diego and Nicol would have the opportunity to talk to Izak.

In fact, the tsundere little white-haired man is also like Diego and Nicol, wavering about what he is doing now. If Izak is not the only one who stays, and receives the new machine with Nicol and Diego to carry out secret missions, he might be the same as Nicol and Diego.

Of course, it is also possible that the tsundere continues to fight for ZAFT's orders, or follows Nicol and Diego to help Orb, but just refuses to admit it.

Anyway, although Izak has always maintained his identity as a ZAFT soldier throughout the SEED plot, every time he does something, he is actually helping the Three Ships Alliance, such as saving the Strike Red from the Forbidden Gundam to kill the Forbidden Gundam and snatch the Gundam, and reminding the Eternal to dodge the bombardment of the New Genesis.

So, if you can convince Izak, convince him. In addition to being tsundere, Izak is a good person.

"Understood." Nicol nodded, driving the Covenant Gundam towards the battlefield where the Duel Gundam and the Rebirth Gundam are located, and Yang Hui's sight moved to the Strike Gundam and [Gates].

"Not good!"

When Yang Hui saw the Strike Gundam pull out the artifact knife and rush towards [Gates], he knew that he was in trouble. The artifact has spirit, not everyone has it.

...

The Duel Gundam launched a fierce attack on the Reborn Gundam, but the Reborn Gundam kept avoiding it. Facing Izak's questioning, Diego was also very uncomfortable. He didn't want to attack his former friend.

"Stop! Izak! Diego!"

At this time, the Covenant Gundam inserted between the two, causing the fierce one-sided battle to pause briefly.

"Covenant... Nicol, did you betray it too?" Izak gritted his teeth and questioned Nicol.

"I... didn't betray it." Nicol replied with a complicated expression. Did he betray it? In reality, he did betray ZAFT and the uniform he was wearing. He gave up the order of his superior and turned to help Orb, who might become an enemy, to fight.

But from Nicol's heart, he didn't feel that he had betrayed. He wanted to stop the war. He felt that both sides of the war were crazy, and ZAFT was just self-destructing. He wanted to stop it and wanted PLANT to return to peace.

Diego was the same. He didn't want to continue the meaningless battle. He didn't want to be a war machine that only knew to obey the orders of his superiors and didn't know right from wrong.

So, floating in the air, the reborn Gundam opened the hatch, took the initiative to walk out, and said to Izak: "Let's put down our weapons and have a good talk."

Izak also stopped. He also wanted to hear what Diego and Nicol wanted to say to him.

The three Gundams slowly landed. The three people came to the ground and faced each other. Diego and Nicol were not on guard at all, and Izak took out a pistol and pointed it at the two.

"Izak..."

"Do you think I will believe the enemy's lies? I'm not so naive!" Of course, Izak was just being arrogant. If he really didn't want to listen to Diego and Nicol's voices, he would never come down to talk to them face to face.

"Am I your enemy?" Diego smiled bitterly. This was not appropriate for Nicol to say. After all, there were some conflicts between Isaac and Nicol. Only Diego, as a close friend, could touch Isaac's heart the most.

"You chose to be my enemy." Isaac gritted his teeth.

"I never thought of being your enemy, nor did Nicol or Aslan."

"Shut up! You three traitors!"

Hearing this, Diego and Nicol looked at each other and sighed, "We never betrayed PLANT."

"What did you say!?"

"But, regarding the relationship between natural people and adjusters... I just don't want to obey military orders unconditionally and fight just to kill all natural people!"

"That's right, Isaac, we don't want to be used as a tool for killing. We... just want to end this crazy war." Nicol said.