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"But it has wings on it too." Andrew turned and walked towards the coffee pot, intending to pour himself a cup. "How does my coffee taste, young man?"

"Uh...it tastes good." Kira's reply made Andrew very satisfied.

But then, Rhodes' words reminded Andrew of the sweet and spicy party struggle on the street just now.

"It's very bitter. Do you have any sugar?" Rhodes just took a sip and turned to look at Andrew.

"Hey! Can't you taste the flavor of the coffee?" Andrew felt his blood pressure rise a little. "These are the coffee beans I carefully blended. How can you let sugar ruin them?!"

"But, like I said, I'm a sweet fan." Ross took another sip of his coffee. "Life is so hard, why not treat yourself to something sweet?"

"Tsk, I'm a coffee fundamentalist. There's no sugar here. Just savor it!" Andrew immediately rejected Ross's request. "Besides, I tried this coffee and it's fragrant. Why does it taste bitter?"

Ross could only take another sip, savor it carefully, and then give his answer.

"It's okay, not as miserable as mine."

"Oh... never mind, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's change the subject." Andrew sighed, feeling a sense of exhaustion from the fierce battle between coffee fundamentalists and sugar advocates. "What do you think of this 'whale stone'?"

When Andrew asked this question, the living room fell into silence.

Andrew didn't push them, he was just curious about Ross and Kira's answers.

"...Maybe it's a feeling of loss." Just as Kira was considering reciting a passage from the textbook to get by, Ross spoke up. "The existence of extraterrestrial life was revealed. The next step should have been the era of great exploration, but instead, war broke out."

"Yeah... this thing is really something that makes me both excited and worried." Andrew sat on the sofa and took a sip of coffee. "After this thing was discovered, all kinds of future hopes and possibilities came out."

"Unfortunately, after the war, the 'great pioneering era' you spoke of is no longer within reach."

After that, Andrew put down his coffee cup and waved his hand.

"The Earth's gravity is too strong." Rhodes sighed and turned to sit on the sofa. "Any thoughts that transcend the mundane will be pulled back to the surface by gravity and fall hard."

"This time, I just stumbled when I was striding forward."

"Oh, that's an interesting point. I've never heard it before." Andrew's eyes widened after hearing this, and he was very surprised. "I didn't expect that talking to you would bring such a pleasant surprise."

"It's just standing on the shoulders of our predecessors." Rhodes shook his head.

Just then, there was a knock on the living room door.

"Andy?" A gentle female voice came from outside the door.

"Aisha, come in." Andrew stood up and looked towards the door.

Ross and Kira also turned their heads, waiting for Cagalli to enter.

Kira wanted to confirm Cagalli's safety. After all, the three people here were from the Earth Army and the Dawn Desert, which was very dangerous in this ZAFT base.

Ross, on the other hand, didn't sense any murderous intent towards the three of them, so he was quite interested in seeing Cagalli's new look.

As the door opened, Cagalli, wearing a light green dress and with her golden hair tied up, appeared in front of everyone.

"Ah?!" Kira looked at Cagalli, whose temperament had completely changed, with some disbelief.

You know, the few times Cagalli and Kira met, she was basically wearing relatively neutral clothes. This was the first time Kira saw Cagalli showing such feminine charm, so he was naturally stunned subconsciously.

"Oh, I didn't expect it was a girl. Now she looks pretty in a skirt." Andrew took a few glances and gave his comment.

"A little small, in every sense of the word." This is what Rhodes thinks about it.

"You guys!" Cagalli, who was originally in her "girly" state and blushed slightly, felt the veins on her forehead bulge and her fists were getting harder. So, Cagalli decisively transformed into her "tomboy" state. "Didn't I look like a girl before?!"

"Uh... I've always thought of you as a boy." After thinking for a long time, Kira gave a description that might be... less offensive?

"It's too small to be seen." Ross continued to play steadily and claimed that he took full responsibility for Cagalli's defense breach.

"You two guys...I'm going to give you a good beating right now!"

Although he couldn't beat the Desert Tiger here, it was obviously not difficult to beat up Ross and Kira.

----split line----

PS: Sometimes you have to admit that the software version of Discord is a mess.

I have opened the ladder and tried every possible method, but it just keeps spinning and won't update.

Forget it, I'd better use the web version again to save time and effort.

Today I discussed with a friend what kind of machines can be put into a large refrigerator. I even took the machine parts off his large refrigerator and compared them with various machines of the same specifications.

Volume 34: Chapter : Possibility? Possibility! (Banaji takes over)

"Compared to the clothes you were wearing just now, this one is more like what a girl would wear."

Andrew sat on the sofa and looked at the three people sitting opposite him with a smile.

Ross sat somewhat casually, even complaining that his coffee was bitter, but he continued to drink it mouthful by mouthful. Meanwhile, Kira and Cagalli felt somewhat awkward.

"Tsk...whatever you say." Cagalli picked up the coffee in front of her as if in a fit of anger and was about to pour it into her mouth.

"...If she hadn't spoken, it would have been perfect." After seeing the originally dignified and elegant Cagalli fall apart after she started talking, Andrew thought for a moment and gave his own evaluation.

It was clearly a perfect moment to complain about bad memes, but Ross didn't say anything. He just glanced at the call request on his phone, pressed it, and then turned off the screen and placed it on the coffee table.

"A call from your family?" Andrew glanced at Ross's movements and smiled. "It wouldn't be good to hang up. They might not be able to find you and start getting anxious."

"But it's not a good idea to answer the phone here." Although Ross said he refused the call, the earphones in his pocket were already activated and connected to the communicator. "After all, this is considered a key military base for ZAFT."

Anyone who knew Ross's communicator number was trustworthy. After hearing what Ross said, they probably understood where Ross was.

"It's the headquarters, after all, and certainly a key military location," Andrew waved his hand. "But with the N interference, the Earth Army's long-range strikes here are somewhat limited."

Kagali frowned, put down the coffee cup, and stared at Andrew in front of her with sharp eyes.

"So, is this why you, as the Desert Tiger, put on makeup and strolled around town looking playful?"

"...Your eyesight is excellent." Andrew didn't answer Cagalli's question. Instead, he observed her carefully, narrowing his eyes, but the smile on his face didn't fade. "So sharp, so direct."

"What kind of person do you think I am? Iron-blooded and merciless? Maybe even a murderer?"

"Being the commander of ZAFT's North Africa theater is just a job. It happens to come with a bit of prestige and a bit of danger." Andrew took a sip of his coffee. "You need to keep your work and personal life separate. Am I a robot who doesn't need a break? It's normal to put on some clothes and go out for a stroll every now and then."

"Besides, didn't you come to my town to buy things, little guerrilla girl?"

Hearing Andrew's words, Cagalli and Kira instantly became nervous.

At the same time, Mariu on the Archangel also became nervous.

She had just dialed Ross's number when she heard this heavyweight news. After Cagalli was exposed, she subconsciously wanted to send the battleship sailing.

But soon, with the intervention of Bakilulu and Christina, the Archangel was not launched. But Bakilulu was already running around the town, trying to find a way to rescue the few people inside.

"I don't know which guerrilla group you're from, but your attitude towards me is the same as the guerrillas we captured." Andrew put down his coffee cup and turned to look at Kira and Ross. "But it's almost time, let's talk about one last topic."

"Gentlemen over there, how do you think the war can end?"

Andrew's eyes became serious and earnest.

"You may speak freely, two mobile suit pilots."

"You...how did you know?!" Cagalli said subconsciously, with horror in her tone.

Kira's pupils shrank subconsciously.

As for Ross, he was still drinking his coffee, not even trying to stand up or make a face.

"Being too direct can also cause problems." Andrew stood up casually and walked to a cabinet by the window. "War is not a sporting event. There are no clocks or scores."

"So, how does the war end? Where does it end?"

Andrew reached out, opened the cabinet, looked at the things inside, and pressed a button on it.

"...Are we going to continue until all the enemies are wiped out?" Andrew turned around and raised his hand towards Ross and Kira.

It was a pistol, and the black muzzle was shining with a cold light. The desire to survive made Cagalli subconsciously hide behind Kira. Although Kira was afraid, he still stretched his limbs as much as possible, trying to block Cagalli more.

And Rhodes was still drinking coffee.

"...Give up the idea of counterattack. Even if you are a strong berserker, I don't think you can leave safely after making a big fuss here." Andrew also clearly saw Kira's little movements of looking around.

"Rods! Do something! Why are you just watching?!" Cagalli became anxious when she saw Ross still sitting on the sofa.

"Regarding this, I'm also curious about Mr. Ross. Why didn't he do anything?" Andrew looked at Ross, also feeling a little curious. "Shouldn't a normal person react like these two? It can't be that the bitter coffee I brewed attracted you."

"A friend of mine once said that mealtimes are sacred, and angels descend upon us," Roz said, finishing his last sip of coffee and calmly placing the cup on the table. "Even coffee is no exception."

"As for why I didn't avoid it..." Ross took back his phone, stood up, and calmly stood in front of Kira. "I wrote my will three years ago and now I update it on time every week."

"Hahaha...you really are very interesting."

Andrew laughed out loud, his resonant voice echoing in the living room.

"Okay, enough joking, let's get back to the point... I can sense a similar temperament between you and the other man." Andrew's tone turned serious. "I don't know how good this... Mr. Ross is at driving, but Zafteri does have some intelligence for me to deduce."

"You are the pilot of the Cub, right?"

Faced with Andrew's questions, Rhodes calmly admitted his identity.

"Yes, I am the pilot of the 'Cub' you are talking about."

"Heh... That gentleman over there is also an Adjuster like you, right?" Andrew aimed his gun at Ross. "I've had the pleasure of witnessing him in action before. His grip on the desert, his ability to adjust the parameters of thermal convection, and his swift movements are exceptional, even among his compatriots."

"I'm not stupid enough to think you're natural." Andrew's finger rested on the trigger. "I don't know why you're shooting at your compatriots, but you're my enemies now."

"...I bet there's no bullet in your gun." Ross spoke when Kira and Cagalli were sweating on their foreheads and at a loss.

"Oh, then do you want to bet your life on whether there are bullets in my gun?" Andrew's tone was a little playful.

"Don't even think about it. You didn't even turn the safety on." Although Rhodes wasn't sure what model the gun was, he could clearly see the button pointing to "lock." "Besides, your gun doesn't even have a magazine. I heard you press the release button just now."

After a long stalemate, Andrew smiled, raised the gun and pointed it at the ceiling.

"...What a keen insight! You're worthy of being the ace in the data." Andrew showed the bottom of the grip to Rhodes and Kira, revealing the empty magazine well under the grip.

"But it seems that you didn't refute my previous question, which is to say, one of us must fall completely before the war ends." Andrew smiled, put the pistol back in the cabinet, turned around and reached for a machine.

"You saved my life today. Besides, this is not a battlefield, so I won't start a fight at home." Andrew pressed a button on the machine.

After receiving the message, Aisha opened the door and stood by it, looking at the situation in the living room.

"It's getting late. We've bought a replacement for the goods you destroyed, and the car is ready to take you directly back to where you had dinner." Andrew breathed a sigh of relief and closed the drawer. "I'm glad to chat with you."

Then, Andrew turned and looked at the three of them, or more precisely, at Kira and Ross.

"See you on the battlefield."

Just as Ross was about to reach the door following Kira and Cagalli.

Ross suddenly stopped.

"I suddenly have something I want to ask you."

"Military secrets prohibited." Andrew turned and looked out the window, holding his coffee cup in his hand.

"Are you... a 'New Type'?" Rhodes turned around and looked at Andrew's back.

"...What?" Andrew also turned and looked at Rhodes, his expression somewhat confused.

Rhodes looked at Andrew for almost a minute, and the atmosphere on the scene had become a little awkward.

"...I see. I was overthinking it." Ross smiled.

"Don't you want to know my thoughts on ending the war?" Ross said his thoughts, but his mind drifted back to the moment when he first passed through the wreckage of Julius 7.

"I want to turn everyone into the same kind of person, whether they are natural people or adjusters." Although it was obviously too naive, Rhodes's tone was so firm that Andrew stopped drinking his coffee.

"Then, show them everything about us, about the future of mankind, and about the possibilities of mankind."

"The universe is so vast, and it's just around the Earth. Isn't it sad?"

"...That's a naive idea. What you face will be countless times more difficult than I originally envisioned." Andrew looked at Rhodes and laughed, as if he were looking at a child expressing his unrealistic wishes. "No matter what form it takes, I can expect to encounter the resistance your vision will face."

"But... the world has become what it is. How bad can failure really get?" Ross smiled and turned around. "These ideas, while seemingly naive, do have practical value."

"Is that so..." Andrew sighed, as if he were seeing Don Quixote described in an ancient book. "The intensity of the upcoming battle will increase exponentially. Don't die."

"After all...I'm kind of looking forward to the different future you described."

……

After Ross and his group left, the woman called Aisha finally spoke.

"Andy...the person who just spoke..."

"What's wrong? Aisha?" Andrew put down his coffee cup and walked towards the woman named Aisha.