Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

As a naturally lazy super-adjuster, his first thought was to slack off, but when he realized that the work the professor had given him was nearing its deadline, he had no choice but to head to school.

The rising heat seemed to distort the air in Heliopolis. Kira, fanning himself, looked across the street. Behind the masts rising on both sides of the road, in the distance, it seemed as if a person had suddenly appeared.

It was a pure white-clad boy, seemingly smiling at Kira, his mouth slightly open.

—Kira Yamato, your familiar daily life will end today.

Kira blinked, and then, in just a moment, he vanished.

"...Is it just my imagination?" Kira rubbed his eyes and muttered.

Kira quickly put this strange encounter out of his mind and turned to Orb Institute of Technology to live his youthful campus life.

He didn't, and no one else did, notice that a ghost-like figure was wandering around every corner of this satellite belonging to the neutral nation of Orb, looking around with great interest at the so-called secrets.

"I would call it the most Japanese fantasy."

Tsugumi looked at the five Gundams in front of her, covered in gray cloth and jointly developed by Orb and the Earth Alliance, and stroked her chin as she spoke.

He wasn't interested in this Gundam technology; he had far more advanced stuff. He was just here to wander around and catch up with some old friends.

After all, this was the world he had truly lived in for over ten years. Although everything was just fleeting scenery to him, the relationships he had built were...

During this time, he often traveled around the world, witnessing countless people suffering from energy shortages and famine due to the neutron jammers dropped by PLAN.

There are people who starve to death, cities trapped in chaos due to the energy crisis, and people who die of thirst in cities that have come to a standstill.

He felt nothing.

Strangely, Tsurugi, who usually felt angry about these hardships, did not this time.

Is it because both sides deserved their fate? Or is he simply a numb person?

It wasn't out of love, nor out of hate, but simply to save the world as if completing a mission...

He stopped smiling, revealing a listless, almost numb expression.

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Forget about that unnecessary thought; he'd better focus on what's in front of him.

He had been to the Earth Alliance, so naturally he had also been to Orb.

Therefore, he described this country as the embodiment of Japanese fantasy.

A small country with advanced technology, which, through its leader's strong political skills, navigated between major powers and won a leading position in the world.

In addition, with its Japanese-style architecture and facilities everywhere in Orb, it's no exaggeration to say that this country is exactly what the Japanese aspire to be.

However, in Tsugumi's opinion, although Orb is very hypocritical, it is indeed much better than the Earth Alliance and PLAN, two organizations full of lunatics.

However, hypocrisy is ultimately a quality that cannot win the favor of most people, especially the fickle behavior of someone like Orb.

Tsugumi's thoughts flashed through his mind, then he closed his eyes and softly asked...

"Have we arrived, Kruze? Have my friends come yet?"

At this moment, within the maximum range that Heliopolis could detect, a Nazca-class high-speed warship had already evaded all detection and quietly approached this place.

Without a doubt, they were Kruze and his squad members, who were carrying out the joint development plan to seize Earth and develop a new type of mobile suit.

Tsugumi's only request of Kruze was that he continue to infiltrate PLAN. Tsugumi didn't have much need for intelligence; he was more interested in Patrick and Siegel's reactions to what he had done.

After all, you've already put on a show, so what's the point if you don't get a reaction?

Undoubtedly, the Egyptian Instrumentality Project completely convinced these two old guys that Tsugumi really possessed some technology they had no idea about, and Patrick became even more 'enthusiastic' in his desire to capture Tsugumi.

After all, he still held onto a sliver of hope, a sliver of hope that he could reunite with his wife.

Dongjiang wasn't the type to break up other people's relationships, so he was happy to oblige the old man.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived. Is there anything I can do?" Kruze, who was in the middle of assigning tasks to seize the mechs developed by Orb for Naturals, paused, speaking while communicating with Tsugumi in his mind.

"No need, let them come. I'll wait here. Also—remember to clean the room I've reserved for me."

The communication was then cut off. Kruse blinked. To be honest, he felt a little uneasy about his newfound leisure time.

He would rather Dongjiang assign him some difficult tasks, since that would at least prove that Dongjiang needed him, but now... sigh, Kruze sighed inwardly, and then summarized the tasks for the young masters in the team.

"We are about to land. Reconfirm operational objectives. Remember the following: Engage in combat and search; once completed, withdraw!"

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711.Butterfly Effect

Heliopolis is burning

The Orb civilians living here, who were truly foolish enough to believe that peace still existed in this chaotic world, fled in panic, searching for the entrance to the shelter.

Meanwhile, on the satellite's perimeter, amidst the alarms sounding for an attack, three towering steel giants were already walking backwards onto the ground.

Zaft's MS takeover plan proceeded exceptionally smoothly. The Heliopolis satellite, which prides itself on neutrality, has always been extremely unvigilant about defense issues. In addition, given the characteristics of the Nazca-class high-speed warships, they were unable to open the satellite's basic defense facilities from the start of the attack until the completion of the intrusion.

It's a complete mess. With such a war-savvy mentality, how could they possibly survive as a third party in this chaotic world?

Aslan's team advanced deeper into the enemy territory, and their plan to seize the territory proceeded smoothly.

"Athrun, we're heading back now. You should hurry up too!"

Yzak, who was piloting the Duel Gundam, said this, and then, as if he wanted to compete for some kind of No. 1 spot, he immediately controlled the Duel Gundam to head towards the mothership.

Having completed the mission and filled his backpack, it was time to leave. Only Aslan was caught up in a confusing side quest.

"Kira, and Messiah, how could you...?"

Aslan stared in shock at the two figures before him: one lying in a pool of blood, and the other standing beside him.

"Ara ara, it's been a long time, Athrun." Tsugumi looked at her childhood friend from this world and waved with a smile.

"While I wouldn't mind catching up now, I think the most urgent thing right now is to save this kid, right?"

Tsugumi pointed at Kira, who had fainted on the ground, her face pale, blood seeping from her chest, barely clinging to life.

"Kira...Kira!!!" Only now, snapping out of his shock and belatedly realizing what he had done, Athrun let out a mournful cry and lunged forward.

"Hang in there, Kira!"

Tsugumi watched this scene with great interest—or perhaps it was the butterfly effect he had created that allowed Rasti, who should have died under Maru's spear, to live—or perhaps Maru wasn't even here at all.

Instead of noticing something was wrong and following up as in the original storyline, she missed the chance to reclaim the Strike Gundam. Now, that Strike Gundam has been taken away by that extra who should have been killed in the first episode.

As for Kira, he was once again unlucky enough to get caught up in this mess, but before he could even reveal his identity, he was shot by Athrun.

Even a Super Coordinator will not escape death if their heart is pierced.

Holding the gradually cooling Freedom in his arms, Aslan's heart was filled with pain and regret, and he wailed with tears streaming down his face.

"I can save him," Tsugumi said playfully, squatting down in front of Athrun.

"Oh, for the sake of friendship, I'll give you this miraculous cure for free, though it has some minor side effects..."

Aslan didn't even finish listening before snatching the glass bottle from Tsugumi's hand and, as a last resort, forced Kira to drink it.

Then, Athrun, who had initially given up hope, stared in disbelief at Kira's chest wound, which was healing at a visible speed.

What kind of medicine is this that's so potent?

A miracle doctor! A miracle doctor!!!

Then, without hesitation, the kid pressed the muzzle of the gun against Tsurugi's forehead.

"Messiah, come with me." Aslan looked apologetically at Tsugumi, but still endured the pain and said firmly.

"I don't believe you and Uncle Moses betrayed PLAN and stole weapons of mass destruction! Come back with me and we'll clear things up!"

"Oh? Is that how your dad promotes me? But you, kid, you really are disloyal." Tsugumi rolled her eyes at Aslan, then looked up at the gradually burning factory and said calmly.

"But—it seems the butterfly effect I've created isn't limited to just these..."

Boring, or feeling bored?

He didn't even have the thought of hating these humans or cursing them for deserving it.

A heavy rumble echoed above the factory, the tremor beneath his feet nearly causing Aslan to fall. He looked up, only to hear explosions emanating from within the factory above.

What happened? Did the captain and his men launch an attack? At this time? Where did they attack?

"It seems this colony is doomed ahead of schedule, Aslan. See you later."

Tsurugi laughed and said that when Aslan went to look, he had vanished without a trace, as if he were a ghost.

Not far away, Tsuruga arrived at the place he had mentioned as the 'butterfly effect'.

In the central axis area of ​​Heliopolis, a golden-white Gundam stands in its hand, with a large rocket launcher that has just been fired on its shoulder.

Right in front of it, the protection of the central axis region supporting the entire satellite's rotation and core structure was prematurely activated, and then a shot was fired at the most vulnerable part of the core.

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The direct result was that the entire Heliopolis stopped rotating instantly, and the entire satellite structure began to collapse in a cascading manner from there!

"Let the hundreds of thousands of lowly people on this satellite be buried with my heretics, Uzumi. Now you can no longer maintain your hypocritical peace."

Inside the golden Gundam Heretic, the one who did all this, Rondo Gina Sahak, spoke with a crazed expression.

Why would he do such a thing? It's simple: all the mess he made in Heliopolis was a collaborative effort between him, the heir and Coordinator of the Sahak family, one of the five great families of Orb, and other major Orb families.

It's not that he's a pro-Unity "banana" (a derogatory term for a Westernized, pro-Unity) type of person, but he believes Orb should have its own military power, a powerful force strong enough to stand on its own in the world, capable of deterring the Earth Alliance and PLAN.

Therefore, he wanted to contact the Atlantic Union to develop MS for them while stealing their technology, and then develop their own Orb-based power.

—And the product of all this is the five Astray Gundams hidden beneath the Dawn Corporation factory.

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If this were a normal country, such thinking wouldn't be wrong, but unfortunately, he's an Orb person, so his thinking can only be described as being out of his mind.

It's true that Orb leans towards the Atlantic Federation, since Orb's homeland is not only on Earth but also separated from the Atlantic Federation by only half an ocean. Whether it can remain neutral and even survive depends entirely on the Earth Federation's desire.

With Orb's territory being only the size of a booger, lacking both strategic depth and a strong defense, even a half-day speedrun through Orb would be considered slow if the Atlantic Federation were to follow the original storyline.

However, this would be foolish for a leader who truly loves Orb, but Gina Sahak is no ordinary person.

As the main antagonist in the early stages of the spin-off manga, he can be considered a reincarnation of a Showa-era strategist. His dissatisfaction with the neutrality policy of Uzumi Yura Athha, the head of state, is what caused all this trouble.

The reason for choosing to develop mobile suits in the universe controlled by PLAN rather than on Earth is that Orb was never a monolithic nation, and everything Gina did was essentially for his own benefit.

To seize power from the Sahak family, for their own ambitions, and for a whole host of other ridiculous reasons.