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South Korea almost had the Gwangju Unrestricted Fighting Tournament yesterday. Today I took a look at the outline and found that I should write about the political line on Frey's side... Do you believe me if I say this is a coincidence?

It’s time to review the five subjects.

Volume 116: Chapter I can’t think of a title, so here it is.

"The Archangel class...what a magical ship."

Standing on a plank road in the hangar of this Archangel-class ship, Murtagh looked at the three machines he had snatched in front of him, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"I remember when the Archangel first set sail, it was also chased by ZAFT all the way. I didn't expect that we would be chased by ZAFT's new battleships this time."

"...I remember there were rumors that there were only two mobile suits on that battleship." Krot, back in his regular uniform, leaned on the railing, swinging his hip flask. "One of them was a 'White Devil.'"

"Comparatively, our conditions are better, with four Gs and two Daggers."

"According to eyewitness reports, the original White Devil's body was destroyed during the Archangel's landing operation. Even the salvaged wreckage of the Archangel did not contain any White Devil's body data. There were only a few general hangar data marked as 'unknown', such as length, width, height, etc., which are of no use." It seemed that because the combat results of his own design were quite good, Murtagh was even in the mood to explain it to Krot.

"...As expected of him, he is flawless." Krot picked up the small wine flask in his hand and took a sip, but suddenly frowned.

After taking a quick look at the condition of the wine flask, Krot sighed, screwed the lid of the wine flask, and put the empty wine flask back into his pocket.

"You're still drinking heavily while your dosage is down... You won't live long like this." Looking at Krote's current state, Murtagh raised an eyebrow. "Don't die suddenly."

"I wouldn't have lived long after the drug enhancement surgery." Krott calmly expressed his thoughts, seemingly having already prepared himself mentally. "Now that the dosage has been reduced, my combat effectiveness has also decreased significantly. I was already struggling against Duel just now."

"But... as long as I can live until the day I see the White Devil again, that's all." Krott touched the three dog tags strung together around his neck and squinted his eyes. "We must decide the outcome. Either he dies or I die."

At this time, Murtagh took the tablet handed to him by the researcher beside him, saw the information displayed on it, took a quick look, narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Is that so... I wish you good luck." Murtagh replied casually to Krote, then turned around and said, "After all, it seems that my luck has turned a corner now..."

After saying that, Murtagh took out his communicator while moving towards the bridge.

"Captain, descend towards Earth as quickly as possible. The fleet near Grips will help us block the ZAFTs behind us."

"What? Suppose they break into Earth? That would be even better. Earth is already our territory. We can just catch them in a trap..."

Murtagh's voice gradually faded away. Krot glanced at Murtagh's figure and shook his head.

For some reason, Krot always felt that something was wrong with the current situation on Earth, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

The most obvious place is the Findersen Kingdom, which has been responsible for building the cutting-edge model "Destruction". This weird feeling is very strong there.

……

"Do you really want to keep chasing us, even to Earth? Councillor Durandal..."

At this time, a man in a ZAFT uniform on the Minerva appeared panicked. "That's Earth Army territory! ZAFT's previous deployment there has been completely destroyed. We won't find any support there!"

Hearing the man's words, everyone on the bridge looked over.

"First Officer Arthur, I understand your concerns." Durandal sat in the seat diagonally behind the captain's seat and pressed a few buttons next to the chair.

"You also know that whether it is the Earth Army or ZAFT, there are spies on the other side. The Gundam was stolen this time because the Earth Army activated some spies in ZAFT." Having said that, Durandal sighed.

Although he did not feel any anger at the theft of the Gundam, he even said that he was the one who leaked the existence of these machines on purpose.

"To keep it secret, we have been secretly providing assistance to a country on Earth."

A map of the earth unfolded, and a light spot appeared in the European region.

"The Kingdom of Findersen is a small coastal country. Their prime minister is very thoughtful and can play both sides between us and the Earth Army." Durandal began to explain this "nail" secretly funded by ZAFT.

"However, thanks to the Unicorn, the Blue Cosmos' largest investment in the Kingdom of Findersen, Clinton Port, was destroyed. Now their aid to the Kingdom of Findersen has been greatly reduced."

The video footage of the Unicorn fighting in the port of Trinton appeared in front of everyone.

"Now, the Findersen Kingdom has fully leaned towards Plant, and we also have the opportunity to obtain supplies from them." Durandal said, but found that everyone was attracted by something.

"That level of attack... was actually fired from a beam rifle?!" Seeing the red beam shot out from the Beam Magnum in the video, carrying a purple high-energy electric current, destroying the giant MS that could be called a firepower monster in one shot, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"...Based on my guess, the Unicorn's beam rifle can only fire five rounds per magazine, requiring a magazine change after each round." Seeing everyone's interest in the Unicorn, Durandal didn't dampen the conversation and simply continued the conversation. "After firing three magazines... it's probably connected directly to the unit's power source."

"Directly connected to the body's power supply?! That means..." Upon hearing this news, the girl who was serving as a communicator opened her mouth wide.

"You guessed right, Meiling. It's most likely nuclear energy. The worst case scenario is the miniaturization of the battleship reactor." Durandal nodded and did not deny the girl's guess.

"But no matter how much we speculate, it's reasonable for us to land on Earth and take back our stolen machines."

Looking at the map of the earth, Durandal narrowed his eyes.

It just so happens that during this period of time, I can also visit my "old friends".

……

At this time, in a room at Industrial No. 7 of Orb.

Roz had just showered and was wearing a bathrobe, drying her hair with a towel.

Mariu, who had previously been able to suppress Ross physically, now lay exhausted on the bed, falling into a coma.

"Huh...whose communication is this again... Luo?"

Just as Ross was about to lie back on the bed and continue sleeping, his communicator rang. It was Luo Qiuer's call.

"...Roz...the situation is urgent now, I need your help."

Luo didn't say anything nonsense at this time and directly stated his purpose.

"We've recently discovered a formidable organization that seems to be connected to ZAFT's clone troopers," Luo Juel succinctly explained his situation. "They're pursuing me now. Anyway, I need your help. If you can come, I won't charge you for transporting me back to space last time."

----split line----

PS: Today’s update.

I saw the new Gundam and frowned. I looked at the production team and saw a familiar name... Oh, Hideaki Anno. That's ok. I look forward to EVA (sure)

I even thought of the title for the last episode of this new Gundam, which is "Goodbye to All Mobile Suit Gundams"

Volume 117: Chapter : The Eve of the Action and the Chat Between Two Women

Ross had never been clear about the origins of ZAFT's cloning technology. After all, the clones produced by today's mainstream cloning technology would display different brain waves, making Ross feel like they were twins with the same father, mother, and gender.

Perhaps a more accurate description would be twins? After all, cloning certainly doesn't involve just one person.

But according to Andrew, ZAFT's current clone army is a "technology that suddenly popped up" and was brought out by Senator Durandal. However, these cloned soldiers are like photos, with brain waves that are almost the same.

"So... besides the Earth Army, ZAFT, and Cosmos, there's also a 'civilian secret society' joining the war, right?"

On the bridge of the New Argama, Baki Lulu subconsciously rubbed her forehead after hearing Ross's narration.

I thought this war was just because of Blue Cosmos causing trouble, but I didn't expect that ZAFT was no less powerful.

"But if we have to talk about participation in the war, it seems that someone from Orb's family also joined the war." Malu sat in the captain's seat in the center, looking through Orb's information.

Last night, the duel between Malu and Ross ended in a crushing defeat. Even after a night, Malu still felt his waist was sore that he could only sit in the captain's seat and lean back to rest.

"From the Sahak family, someone called Londo Gina? I heard Luo Juel mention him." Ross had some impression of the person Malu mentioned. "He previously cooperated with the Earth Army and participated in many battles against ZAFT and Luo's recycling house."

"But a while ago, he was killed by Luo and that mercenary who seemed to be called... Cong Yunxun?" At this point, Ross shook his head.

"Anyway, this guy is dead. He's not the focus of our discussion. Let's get back to the topic."

"Anyway, according to the intelligence Luo gave me, this organization, through cooperation with ZAFT, has connected their headquarters to one of the more remote colonies with an additional blockchain," Luo Zier said, opening the schematic diagram sent by Luo Juel.

To be honest, Luo Qiuer is a soul painter. This schematic diagram with modeling animation was made after Ross and Big Hello discussed it for a while.

"Look, these connection points are not displayed externally. They use a built-in connection method. If we want to destroy this 'headquarters', we will inevitably tear apart this agricultural satellite." Looking at the connection method in front of him that looked like a hidden water outlet, Rhodes felt that his plasticine instinct was attacking him.

To dismantle components that use hidden sprues and are tightly fitted, either they have to be pried open from the outside using tools, or the internal connections have tolerances that cause them to become loose.

While the New Argama's thermal ram "steel spikes" might work as a "tool," they would undoubtedly cause massive damage to the connected agricultural satellite. Therefore, there was only one solution.

"Hide your warships. Luo Juel and I will remove the links to this secret society's 'library.'" Ross planned to work with Luo Juel to create "tolerances" on these link points, allowing this huge "component" to fall off from ZAFT's agricultural colony satellite.

"Finally, once everything succeeds, we can completely destroy the library's headquarters."

"...It seems there is no other way." People who have served in the Earth Army naturally know how much importance ZAFT attaches to the "agricultural satellite". If the agricultural satellite is destroyed, they may launch a reckless hunt against Ross and others.

If we had known earlier, Junius 7, which was previously instigated by the Blue Cosmos to cause the "Bloody Valentine's Day", was also an agricultural satellite. This is a bloody wound in the hearts of almost everyone in the plant.

"So...any other questions?" Malu closed the screen showing information about Londo Gina and the golden Heretic he was piloting. "If not, let's get ready to sail."

Emotionally, Luo Juel had helped the Archangel a lot; logically, the New Argama was just a good opportunity for combat training, and it could also forgive the debt owed by Ross.

“Eat your food one bite at a time, and do your work one thing at a time.”

"It's like playing a game. If you can't figure out how to complete the main quest and don't know where to start, perhaps doing a side quest will yield unexpected rewards," Rhodes explained.

After he finished speaking, seemingly noticing that Maru's waist was still a little uncomfortable, Ross skillfully walked around the back of the chair and reached out to massage Maru, relieving some of the pain.

Apparently because it was the first time they were showing affection in public, Mariu blushed subconsciously.

"I understand... but from what you said, this place called 'Library' is in great demand for MS technology and ace pilots, even though the information about the Assault has been leaked. But you and your Unicorn are definitely attractive to them." Baki Lulu nodded and expressed her doubts.

"If he wants to unlock my unicorn, he must first have capillaries exactly like mine to pass the authentication." Rhodes said, opening a diagram of the unicorn's body.

"Also, all of my creations use my own special interface. Without the adapter, they can't read any data."

Speaking of this, we have to mention that whether it is a normal clone or ZAFT's clone army, there will be some differences between the capillaries and the originals, just like there can't be two identical leaves in the world.

"As for my gene replication..." Having said this, Ross couldn't help but fall silent.

"...If you think about it carefully, not many people know that Ross is a Unicorn pilot. Ross's identity should still be unknown to the outside world." Mu thought for a moment and expressed his speculation.

"Besides, even if they have your combat records and can deduce rough data, your experience is not something that pilots who learned quickly by watching combat record clips like these can surpass."

"But in the final analysis... the 'Copiers' in the library that Luo Qiuer mentioned are nothing more than imposters to you. You can kill them, right?" Mu made a pistol gesture to Ross.

“…Of course.”

……

The New Argama was ready to set sail, and everyone went back to collect their personal belongings.

Ross also returned to the familiar hangar and continued to inspect and repair the machine.

In the bridge, the only ones left were Mari, who continued to sit in the captain's seat due to a sore waist, and Bakirulu, who was staring at Mari.

"Captain Mariu, I suggest you reduce the frequency of your interactions with Captain Ross." Bakilulu narrowed her eyes, observing how much younger her friend had become. "We're in wartime, after all. Excessive interactions will likely affect our combat effectiveness."

"I guess it can only affect my combat effectiveness." After hearing Bakilulu mention this topic, Mari sighed, "I was exhausted and collapsed on the bed last night, but he still had the energy to discuss intelligence with Luo Juel."

"But, you look like... do you want to join? If you do, I have no objection." Malu stretched, but said something exciting, "I wish someone could come and help me share the firepower, so that I won't be so tired."

"Besides... you've been looking at Ross more often since he rescued you." Mariu looked at Bakilu and said, "I don't believe you don't have any thoughts in your heart. Christina has complained to me many times."

"...I don't deny it." Bakilulu was silent for a long time before she spoke, "But...Mariu, regarding your relationship with Ross, I feel like you're not the same person you used to be."

"Because Ross is a wooden man when it comes to emotions, you'll never have a chance if you don't attack." Mariu sighed when talking about this. "He doesn't really understand things like hints. Expressing your feelings openly has a higher success rate."

"So...it's not that I've changed, it's just that I decided I wanted to attack him."

"If you like him, you have to take the initiative. Otherwise, he will just stay stuck in those machines, and then there won't be any chance." Mariu felt helpless when she recalled how Ross had stayed in the hangar for several days several times.

"...I'll go back and pack my things first." Bakirulu was silent for a long time after hearing Maru's words, and then she spoke. Then, under Maru's gaze, she walked towards the hatch.

"Regarding what you just said..." Baki Lulu stopped in front of the hatch to leave the bridge.

After a long silence, Baki Lulu spoke.

"...I will seriously consider it."

----split line----

PS: Today’s update.

I'm in Hong Kong recently. My cousin's room is too small to unfold my laptop, so I can only type on my phone.

Honestly, I took one look at my cousin's room... and it looks like all it needs is a few galvanized steel bars and expansion screws to make one of those silly renovation videos. "Borrow another ten square meters from heaven."

Volume 118: Chapter : First Encounter with the Library Unit, Defeat Without Full Power

After a day of sailing, the New Argama arrived at the target space sent by Luo Juel.

But obviously, before they arrived, Luo Qiuer, who was waiting here, had already confronted the people who were chasing him.

"That's...Strike?!"

Looking at the five blue and white machines that were besieging the red heretic and a blue heretic, with the "Assault?" logo marked on them, Marilu and Bakilulu both widened their eyes.