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"Ah, that's right. If it weren't for Mr. Kira, I would still be floating in the space of Julius 7." Lacus withdrew her hand naturally, but her expression showed a sincere smile.

Obviously, apart from Kira, Ross was the second person who showed kindness to her, which made Lacus breathe a sigh of relief.

"I originally came here to hold a memorial service for Julius 7, but then a series of events happened... Fortunately, you saved me."

"It's a pity that I sent a distress signal, but there was no search and rescue team..."

Having said that, Lux lowered her head slightly, with a helpless expression.

"Search and rescue team... Mr. Ross, it's that one..." Kira recalled the specific details and suddenly remembered the King whose resistance was destroyed by them.

"Well... it's that Jinn. Kira, you did a good job this time. You didn't detonate their battery pack." Ross took a bite of the food on the plate and confirmed Kira's idea.

"Because ZAFT has been pursuing the battleship below us, it is now in a wartime state. Captain Malu should have told you so."

"But as a civilian, even if you're from a plant, Maru and the others shouldn't make things difficult for you..."

Just as Ross was eating and analyzing the situation Lux might face next, the situation began to improve slightly.

"Enough!" Frey's voice rang out in anger, filled with questions. She stared intently at Ross, who was about to put his food into his mouth. "How can you talk to this adjuster so calmly? You are also a natural person!"

The tit-for-tat atmosphere, which had been warming up slightly and even gradually dissipating, reappeared.

Ross paused for a moment while eating, but still put the food into his mouth smoothly, chewed it twice, and swallowed it.

"Ah... I remember now, Kira, didn't you immigrate to Orb from Plant? When fellow villagers meet, we should have a lot in common, like chatting about the scenery and development of our hometown..."

Ross stretched out his hand and fanned himself, as if it were very hot.

"Oh, the air conditioning in the cafeteria is just average. Kira, take Miss Lacus back to her room to chat. Remember to bring the food, otherwise Miss Lacus will be hungry."

"Ah? Ross?!" At Ross's wink, Thor stuffed the meal he had prepared long ago into Kira's hands. This made Kira exclaim in surprise.

"Ah... So Mr. Kira also lived at the plant?" Lacus was clearly no naiveté and understood Ross's meaning. "A lot of interesting things happened at the plant. Could you please help me get some food?"

"Ah, ah... okay." Just like that, Kira took Lacus out of the cafeteria in a daze.

After the two of them left the cafeteria for some distance.

Lux spoke up.

"Mr. Ross is a gentle person just like Mr. Kira."

"Ah... yes, Ross is very good to us..." Kira was a little confused and could only follow Lacus's words.

"Didn't you notice? Mr. Kira... Mr. Ross was protecting us," Lacus said to Kira, expressing her own judgment. "He didn't want you and your companions to fall out, so he used an excuse to get us out."

"...Yeah, I know." Kira was silent for a moment, his expression a little troubled. "The cafeteria's air conditioner...has been functioning normally. There's no problem with the power at all."

"So, Mr. Ross is a gentle person." Lux was a little confused at this time.

"But why are you so sad, Mr. Rhodes?"

……

In the cafeteria, Ross did not continue eating at this time, but waited until Kira and Lacus left for a while.

Ross finally spoke amidst the silence.

It was not the kind of funny tone they were familiar with, but rather a rather calm tone that made people feel that he was somewhat dissatisfied.

"So, Fleur, what are you afraid of?"

"Me? I... I'm not afraid at all!" Frey turned her head away and didn't look at Ross.

"I just... I just have an instinctive dislike for the Adjusters, yes, that's it."

Facing Ross's question, Frey was obviously a little frightened.

After all, no one except Christina had seen Ross's expression at this moment. Even Kaz, who had just been joking with Ross, couldn't help but sweat a little from his forehead.

"There's clearly no disease... yet they're tampering with our genes and attacking us. This kind of thing..."

Frey was still muttering, as if she wanted to vent all the dissatisfaction in her heart.

"So, what's the point of getting angry at civilians like you?"

Ross put down the cutlery in his hand and stood up.

"I...she's ZAFT. Shouldn't you be more angry than me?!"

Frey was startled by Ross standing up, but she still bravely refuted him.

"You didn't answer my question, Fleur."

Ross walked up to Frey in full view of everyone.

"What can you achieve by getting angry at a civilian of the same status as you, who is even chatting with good intentions?"

"I……"

Fleur was silent.

She tried to figure out what getting angry at Lux would do, but she couldn't think of anything.

Fleur fiddled with her hands on her dress, trying to ease her embarrassment.

"Kira is also an adjuster, a civilian like you." Ross's tone did not change, but the hand in his pocket seemed to be ready to move.

"When you unleashed your anger and resentment on the civilians of the Adjusters, did you consider Kira's feelings?"

Under Ross's series of questions, Frey became a little panicked.

"Answer me, Freyr, who is Kira fighting to protect this ship, to protect you!"

Facing Ross's fixed gaze, Frey could only stammer in her response.

"It's... the Adjuster." Frey's voice dropped as she spoke, as if a sense of annoyance and regret welled up within her.

"...Kira could have ignored this ship, and you all." Ross sighed, stating a harsh truth. "He's the sole pilot of the Strike Gundam, and an Adjuster. If he had surrendered the Strike Gundam to ZAFT, not only would he not have faced any consequences, but because he's an Adjuster, he would have been accepted by ZAFT and even received a commendation."

"He has no reason or obligation to pilot the Strike Gundam to protect you, his compatriots, and his childhood friends." Ross didn't know if his words could wake Frey from her stubbornness, but if talking didn't work, he could only choose option two.

"Did you know? The one sitting on that Aegis Gundam that often battles the Strike Gundam is Kira's childhood friend."

"He's being caught in the middle, being stretched thin and stretched to the limit."

Having said that, Ross sighed, took the water glass handed to him by Kaz, took a sip of water, and placed it on the bar beside him.

At this time, Frey had lowered her head, and her hands were tightly grasping her dress, as if she was about to tear it.

"Gene adjustments can only change physical factors like appearance and nerve reaction speed, but can never change a person's personality. Kira chose to protect you because of his inherent kindness, but you have been pushing him in the direction of ZAFT."

"……sorry."

Just then, Frey whispered an apology.

"The one you need to apologize to is not me, but Kira, the civilian named Lacus."

Ross pointed out the person who was hurt by Frey.

"As for Kira... I have no problem with that, but what if that Lacus is a ZAFT and is here to hold me hostage..."

Frey was obviously still a little resistant in her heart and did not want to apologize to Lux who was hurt by her words.

At this moment, she felt a huge force coming from her collar.

Ross reached out and grabbed Frey's collar, then, with his right hand, which had been stirring for a long time, slapped Frey in the face. This unexpected slap made Frey cry a little.

Although Ross tried to control the strength, the slap still caused Frey's left cheek to feel as if it were burning with pain.

"You...you...you actually dare to hit me?!"

But then, a feeling of humiliation and indignation surged in Frey's mind.

"My dad never hit me!"

"It's because I never beat you that you are like this now!"

Then she felt her collar being loosened.

Then, she watched as Rhodes's upper body spun around, and his right hand hit her face again at an extremely fast speed.

The enormous force caused her mind to go blank for a moment, and then she fell onto Mirialia behind her.

Kaz, who was about to come over to stop it, was also stunned.

No one expected Ross to suddenly take action.

"The second time... This is the second time you hit me!"

When Frey came to her senses, she covered her stinging face with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm not Kira, so I won't spoil you." Ross's expression was very cold at this time. He shook his right hand, which was numb due to the reaction force, and put it back into his pocket.

"You should be glad that you are a girl. If it was Kaz who said those words to me just now, I would have punched him twice and sent him to the infirmary!"

"Ah? Me?" Kaz next to him was also a little puzzled as to why the firepower was transferred to him again.

"At this point, you're still harboring hope, thinking that what I said was all fictional and a future that will never come true. You still think that your harsh words towards Kira, your savior, are correct and reasonable." Ross was already getting annoyed. Although this matter had nothing to do with him, Kira had been fighting with him for some time after all, and Ross really couldn't stand it.

"And you, without any reason, are transferring your prejudice and fear of the Coordinators to a civilian Coordinator. This indiscriminate targeting of both ZAFT and civilians alike is no different from the Blue Cosmos you claimed to be denying."

It was only then that Frey began to reflect on her own actions amidst the pain and Ross's scolding.

Sometimes, you have to admit the impact of family upbringing on people. Although Frey, under her father's upbringing, didn't go after the Adjusters like Blue Cosmos did, she still held a distaste for them.

Fortunately, Frey is not an unreasonable person, or in other words, if Frey really is that kind of person, she would not be able to play with Kira and the others.

After Ross's violent correction, she began to sober up a little and look at herself from a different perspective.

"Mirialia, take her to rest."

"……it is good."

Mirialia supported Frey as they passed by Ross.

"Frei, remember this. If you speak without restraint and completely disregard your companions' feelings again, I promise to hit you harder next time."

After hearing Ross's words, Frey, who was about to complain, couldn't help but shudder, and quickly left the cafeteria with Mirialia's support.

……

"...Hand, does it hurt?" Christina sat in her seat, calmly watching everything that happened before her. After Kaz found an excuse to leave, she began to ask Ross.

"My hands are a little numb, but it's okay. I didn't use too much force." Ross relaxed his stern face. After all, if he wanted to correct Frey's thoughts, he couldn't use his usual cheerful tone.

Although he didn't say it, Rhodes, who reproduced the "Great Spin of Virtue", felt a little relieved in his heart.

"I guess the news that you slapped Frey twice will get out soon." Christina glanced at Ross's hand in his pocket and reached out to pick up the spoon on Ross's plate.

The spoon carried the food to Ross's mouth.

"Open your mouth, ah..."

----split line----

PS: I just finished watching the new PV of Chenbai Forbidden Zone today, and I can only say that my wallet is not as good as my teeth!

Although it is a bit difficult to make a camera into a pistol, I no longer have any expectations for their gun design. I will just treat it as a gun-shaped wand.

Volume 1: Chapter 13 Yes, I am a waste (Proud Cat Head.jpg)

When Ross received the notice from Mariu asking him to go to the bridge, the news that Ross slapped Frey twice had already spread among the crew of the Archangel.

The rumors even became more and more outrageous during the process of spreading, with abstract rumors like "Rhodes just glared at her and used qigong to knock Frey away."

This caused Ross to always feel people looking at him strangely whenever he went to the bridge.

"Pfft..."

"I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, Ross."

After the door of the bridge was opened, Mu came forward with a strange smile on his face.

"You won't be liked by girls like this."

"At worst, I'll just give up and stay single." Ross rolled his eyes at Mu and drifted into the bridge. "The price of correcting Frey is just another bad name for me. It's better than Kira being affected."

"Besides, haven't I been getting scolded ever since I suggested going to Julius 7 to get supplies? This one won't make any difference."

"Forget it, let's just let this matter go. We have something to discuss with you." Looking at Ross who looked proud, Mariu, who had originally had a weird expression on his face, had to sigh.

"Well, go ahead." Ross floated to the railing nearby and leaned against it.

"Kira retrieved a life pod, you know."