Across countless worlds: Yearning to become a giant of light.

Chapter 32 [Interlude] The End of the One Year War (4k)

When Teresa returned to the battlefield from the SIDE6 colony after dealing with the aftermath of the 'Pocket War', the fleet was struggling to keep up with the attacks from Lara's Elmes. They could only hit the enemy when the Archmage responsible for covering them hid in the rear.

But Char Aznable rescued him in his red Grugu.

The battle between the Federation fleet and the Kycilia fleet then officially began, but due to the presence of Lara's Elmes, the battle situation was very unfavorable for the Federation fleet.

After shooting down the Zeon Newtype pilot [Charlia Bull], the White Horse, whose Gundam couldn't keep up with Amuro's reaction speed, also completed its magnetic coating on the Gundam and arrived at the battlefield in time.

(Speaking of which, there are many of Amuro's former subordinates who died in the Quarks Gundam series.)
(At the time, I saw their thoughts were—)
"Tsk! So it seems I'm going to have to face the cosmic ghost after all."

Denise put on her helmet and boarded NGM-01, only to find that the worst-case scenario had finally come to pass.

Although the cosmic battlefield is vast enough, NTs can open chat rooms right on the white wooden horse. Who knows if they might have a strange resonance with someone like me who is also on the battlefield?

Regardless, she still planned to stick to her original plan and sneak up behind the battlefield to snipe, avoiding chat rooms as much as possible.

Click...!
As the hatch slowly closed, Denise suddenly remembered something.

"I wonder if those insects have submitted my report to General Rebil. If not, then I'm afraid I'll have to live up to my reputation as the 'Goddess of Death,' someone who kills anyone who gets to her."

Of course, in her report she wouldn't directly say that Zeon also had a solar system cannon; she could only use roundabout phrases like "there's a mole, terminate the deal" to imply it.

Anyway, ordinary federal generals wouldn't understand it; only General Reibille, who often had headaches and might have some kind of NT awakening, could understand its meaning.

After all, the source of the intelligence was something Denise had never been able to explain.

Amuro's combat-type Newtype is already enough to make the Federation wary. If I were to show an even more unscientific side, my fate after the war would probably be even worse than Amuro's.

However, the most likely outcome is that my report simply disappeared without a trace...

"Teresa Ereshkigal, NGM-01, launch."

Piloting her special machine into the battlefield, Teresa, based on her instincts, tried her best to avoid getting close to the area where Amuro and Lara were fighting.

However, she underestimated the impact of the first-ever NT chat room opening in UC history. Before long, she heard the sound of a man and a woman having a passionate conversation in her mind.

Why? Why did this happen? If this is fate, it's too cruel!
[But we have to accept it... Lala, open your eyes.]
[Really? Is that really true? Just like Amuro said...]
Immediately following was an invisible burst of spiritual energy that caused several qualified individuals on the battlefield to awaken as new humans.

[Lara?]
[Amro?]
[Amuro, stop!]
"What is this sound?"

Denise was slightly taken aback when she overheard these conversations, and then her expression changed drastically.

[But why, why only now... (to let me meet you)]
This is the destiny that humanity bears.
Holy crap! It's Lara Singh and Amuro Ray!
Teresa underestimated her NT abilities. Even though she had repeatedly told herself not to enter their mind-reading conversations, she was still inevitably pulled into the NT chat room.

Although there were only four people fighting in that location in the original work, Teresa remembered that Amuro in the novel was accidentally killed by a soldier when the Newtypes used their powers (mutual understanding).

[Playing games of mutual understanding on such a dangerous battlefield, are you guys courting death?!]
"It happened!"

The moment that subconscious thought popped into her head, Denise knew she was in trouble.

Lala/Amuro/Char/Sera/Mira: ?
Who is it?

"This, this feeling... is the same as ours!"

Lala, in the cockpit of Elmes, suddenly widened her eyes.

No, not only that!

At this moment, she could feel the other person's presence (spiritual pressure) was so strong, like an elephant in the room, and she could not ignore the other person's presence no matter what!
"Is it you? The one who saw me back then, the one who was both warm and sad..."

Amuro, sensing something amiss, piloted his Gundam and gazed into the distance.

"Eh—! The Federation's Newtypes aren't just limited to Gundam after all!"

Char gritted his teeth and piloted the red Grugugu, intending to launch a sneak attack and destroy the Gundam.

"Oh no! Amuro!"

Sera piloted the Core Fighter to shield Amuro from the attack, and Char, without Lara's warning, killed his own sister.

"Sierra!"

Amuro loses his temper and retaliates against Char, but is then blocked by Lara piloting the Hermes.

The two men, having completely lost their minds, fought each other to the death.

"...What was that just now?!"

Denise snapped back to reality and realized she was still in the state of just entering the NT chat room, but the scene she had just witnessed was not an illusion, but something that was about to happen.

Is it the precognitive ability of the new humans?

"Damn it! Everything's a mess!"

Regardless of whether the images she saw were real or fake, Denise can no longer remain uninvolved.

This time, we really have to go for it!
Piloting the special GM, Teresa pushed the machine's thrust to its limit and headed straight for Amuro and his group's battlefield. At the same time, a long-range shot forced Char, who was preparing to launch a sneak attack on the Gundam, to retreat.

"Damn it, this was the perfect opportunity!"

Char, who had just fully awakened his Newtype abilities, had no choice but to dodge the long-range beam.

[A gentle...and sorrowful person...]
[Why? Why won't you open your heart? We're both the same new kind of people, like Amuro... We can understand each other.]
Lala Sin's voice echoed in my consciousness.

But Denise put up a 'wall of the heart' around herself, refusing any conscious interaction except for basic communication.

It should be said that she temporarily suppressed her emotions, otherwise this NT chat room would have become the domain of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

"That's why I hate you, Lara Singh."

[Eh?]
Teresa wasn't particularly fond of this first female ghost in UC history, even when she was Chen Lin before her transmigration. Before becoming a female ghost, she was simply a tool used by Char, this 'big kid,' for his venting-like revenge and for his emotional dependence.

Most of her understanding of the Newtypes came from Char; she didn't feel any spiritual connection when the Federation fleet and mobile suits were destroyed.

Many lives have been taken from you!
Don't you feel anything at all?
Even just now, Lara Singh asked Amuro why he fought so desperately when he had no family or homeland in his heart.

When faced with Amuro's counter-question, her reason was simply "to fight for those who save her," which she claimed was the truth of human survival.

If it weren't for her deeper spiritual connection with Amuro that made Lara Shin realize the truth, she would probably still be a narrow-minded person influenced by Char.

However, in the original work, Lala Singh didn't have time to undergo a further transformation before dying under Mule's beam saber.

She skipped the growth stage and went straight to her complete form (referring to the female ghost).

"You're all too inexperienced."

[Too immature?]
"Even though my feet are still standing in the same spot, I haven't even taken my first step, let alone reached the finish line!"

"But you always think about a future that you don't know when it will come, or that only exists in your imagination or even in words?"

[This, this...]
"Humanity is not so difficult that it can be represented by the will of one person!"

It can be said that most of the tragedies in the UC universe are caused by 'presumptuous assumptions', 'presumptuous decisions', and even 'presumptuous emotions'.

This was also true of Char during the time of Kuvatolo.

He arrogantly placed his hopes on Camus, completely unaware of the boy's impending mental breakdown, not to mention later abandoning the increasingly degenerate Augu and hiding away to indulge in his own emo.

The fact that the story went to the point where it resembled "Char's Counterattack" was basically all his own doing!
[Yes, yes... People's consciousness, humanity, cannot be represented by the will of one person; that is absolutely unacceptable!]
"You've said too much."

Denise frowned.

My emotions got the better of me just now, and I opened a crack in my psychological defenses. Who knows what Lala Sin might see.

[ah----!!!]
Suddenly, a crimson glow appeared before Lala's eyes: Sydney burning in the fiery red, and people dying painfully in the colony.

Their souls wander in the universe!
Their pain and resentment clung to Denise like thorns!
[Earth, hell... the sins committed by humankind... you bear such suffering...]
At this moment, Lala deeply felt that the other person was more mature and understood the universe better than herself. Even though he had been hurt to such an extent by the sins of humanity, he still loved this universe and loved humanity.

Whether they are ordinary people or new humans.

"Lala! Don't listen to that person's nonsense!"

The young Red Comet was in a panic. First, Amuro wanted to seduce his lesbians, and now some unknown Federation NT was trying to seduce them!

TM is really being looked down upon!
Then he saw the machine that Denise was piloting.

"Wow, that's fast! That thrust... it's almost three times that of the Gundam!"

“Jim? No… different color, and slimmer… more handsome.”

At this moment, Amuro, who had just withdrawn from his spiritual communion with Lala, was still somewhat bewildered.

When he saw the NGM-01 being driven by Denise, he recognized her as the person with whom he had previously felt warmth and sadness.

"Char..." Teresa was somewhat annoyed as she watched Char, who was recklessly charging at her in his Grugugu.

"You shameful bastard!"

Char: "What! Ugh... The machine's performance is completely inferior! Eh—!"

Grugugu's fancy maneuvers didn't hurt the Special GM at all. The thrust alone, several times that of the Gundam, made it impossible for Char to touch it. On the contrary, Grugugu's arm was cut off by the beam saber controlled by Teresa.

"Colonel...stop! You can't beat her!"

Lala looked horrified upon seeing this.

[Please stop, there's absolutely no need for us to fight.]
Lala's sudden statement caused Denise to pause in her actions.

"The Federation actually has pilots and mobile suits like this... Am I being too focused on Gundam?"

Taking this opportunity, Char quickly retreated.

"Your childish revenge is about to end! Char! If you still don't understand what it means to grow up when you go back, then stay a spoiled brat who doesn't know how to cherish things for the rest of your life, until you destroy everything you value!"

"Wh...what...child? Me?"

Char was momentarily dazed.

It felt like when I was a child and did something wrong, and my mother scolded me.

Char then felt both insulted and as if someone had hit the nail on the head, and angrily wanted to continue fighting.

"You talk as if you know everything!"

Originally intending to retreat, Gruggu charged at the special GM again, but was knocked away by the Elmes driven by Lala.

"Colonel! We don't need to fight anymore!"

"Lala..."

This was the first time Char had ever heard Lala Shin speak to him in such a stern tone, so he silently chose to retreat.

"...You, are you also a new human?"

Having no interest in pursuing Char, Amuro piloted his Gundam to Teresa's side.

"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you, Amuro Ray."

Sensing the goodwill in Teresa's words, Amuro's expression visibly relaxed.

"But why are you unwilling to understand Lala? You became a new human earlier than us, you should know better..."

Amuro was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"It's not the right time yet; you're all still very inexperienced."

Denessa didn't want to drive Amuro and the others crazy.

"But aren't you the same..."

Amuro, who initially thought it was an age issue, said he recognized Denise's voice and knew she was about his age.

“Amuro, a person’s growth has nothing to do with her age.”

After saying this, Teresa piloted her special GM back to her fleet.

"growing up……?"

Amuro, whose mind was filled with Teresa's words, returned to the White Horse and immediately sought out Bright to ask about the pilot of the special GM.

"Are you sure you want to know, Amuro?"

Brad showed an expression that Amuro had never seen before.

"I want to see!"

Amuro hoped this would help him better understand what the other party meant by growth.

After reading it, he fell into a long silence.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"I lost control of my emotions..."

Sitting in the cockpit, Dudinesa fell into deep thought for a long time.

You can't do that again next time.

12 month 30 day.

The battleship "Great Dekin" successfully made contact with General Reibell, commander of the First Combined Fleet of the Federation Forces, via radar communication.

However, just as the "Great Dekin" came alongside the Federation flagship "Phibe," Commander-in-Chief Kiran Zabi, determined to eliminate Prince Dekin, deliberately ordered the solar-powered laser cannons to be fired at the Federation fleet.

At this moment, a beam of light with a diameter of 4 kilometers, visible from Earth, pierced through space in 3 seconds and rushed toward the Federation forces centered on the "Great DeKin" ​​and the "Phibe".

The Federation fleet assembled there was directly attacked and instantly lost one-third of its forces, including a large number of Federation officers and soldiers, including General Rebil, and the command system was severely damaged.

Prince Dejin, who was aboard the Great Dejin, also died in the attack.

Afterwards, the Federation military leadership analyzed that if the attack were suspended, it would give the Zeon forces another opportunity to fire their solar-powered laser cannons.

Therefore, it was decided not to give the Zeon forces a chance to regroup and to forcibly continue "Operation Star One," launching a strong attack on A Baoa Qu with the reorganized remaining fleet.

The sequel to Operation Star One has officially begun.

"Tsk! Everyone's looking at us like that. It's just that General Rebil is really dead, is it really that big of a deal?"

Teresa arrived at the hangar with a gloomy expression.

The surrounding Federation soldiers saw her with an expression as if they had seen Doom, as if making eye contact with her would suffocate them.

The rumors about the Goddess of Death are true!

General Reibell died because of her 'roll call'!
"Ugh, this is so annoying! Teresa Ereshkigal, move out!"

Sensing the fear around her and feeling extremely agitated, Denise immediately took off from the cockpit.

However, this time she really didn't need to get involved in the feud between Char and Amuro.

In the end, the Zeon and the Gundam perished together, but because Lala Shin did not die, Amuro and Char's fencing segment was canceled. Instead, Amuro and Sera left with the others on the white wooden horse, while Char, along with Lala, defeated the purple 'old lady' Kycilia.

Thus, the Zabi family's rule over Zeon came to a complete end.

As for Denisea...

“Sima Karahau, look me in the eyes.”

Denise, with her beam rifle pressed against the bridge, ordered the screen in the main control room to be switched to her own machine's channel.

"Who the hell are you?!"

Sima, looking somewhat aged from the torment, stared at the blonde girl on the screen and asked.

"Sydney, a colonial satellite."

Sima: "...!"

It's unclear what she saw in Teresa's eyes, but Sima's mental defenses suddenly crumbled.

"It wasn't me, it wasn't me... It was those people on SIDE3 who forced me! I had no choice...!"

"Lord Sima!"

Everyone around looked on in horror as their commander begged for mercy like a madman.

But upon hearing the words "Sydney" and "colonial satellite," they all fell silent.

"Stop with those self-comforting excuses. As the Black Glove of Zeon, how many evil deeds have you committed?"

Denise chuckled softly.

"However, I'll give you a chance to atone for your sins."

"I'll do whatever you want... as long as it stops those voices!"

Holy crap, I've already written almost 5,000 words in this chapter!
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