Gundam, Gravity Elegy

'Beep beep beep beep'

Suddenly, a loud alarm blared from inside the bridge, almost completely drowning out Andrei's voice.

"captain!"

When the adjutant looked around, he only saw that the old captain had closed his eyes.

"That's what I'm worried about—those black... no, Gundam units were clearly equipped with auxiliary flight devices when they intervened in the battlefield, so they must have a complete logistics system."

On the screen, after clicking on the cloud, a jet-black steel migratory bird appears.

The Median-class transport aircraft—those turbine-powered transport aircraft that look like they're carrying a large cargo container—of course don't have main guns or anything like that.

However, it was equipped with military equipment.

When the cargo hold opened, Andrei could already see the extended long-barreled cannons:

"Tsk, a steel tank, huh!"

'boom'

…………

'boom'

'Boom'

Above the sky, the most primal signal exploded, and the conspicuous bright smoke billowed in the air, detectable even without optical equipment.

"Retreat signal—"

Upon seeing the smoke dissipate, Marlene Kahn no longer hesitated.

Wielding his longsword to force back the troublesome Ifrit, the white demon immediately activated its hovercraft engine, leaving a visible jet trail across the yellow sand.

The roaring sound of the long-distance movement made Shirley's eyes widen in surprise:

"They actually ran away!"

A soldier's instinct compelled her to use Ifrit's rocket engine to give chase, but her gaze involuntarily fell upon the battered machine in the distance.

"Never mind..."

"So they didn't catch up?"

Seeing that the black 'Federal Ifrit' had completely given up the pursuit, Marlene subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, she felt that she wouldn't be able to defeat her opponent in a one-on-one situation.

"If only we weren't inside the zone of gravity—"

If it weren't for the damn gravity binding her, she wouldn't be unable to even provide support.

Now...

“莉莉娅！”

Having found the still-standing High Mobility Zaku, Daimyo reached out and patted her shoulder:

"We should leave now; we can still rendezvous with the ground troops."

Under contact communication, the sound echoed clearly within the channel, but Marlene did not receive a response immediately.

“Lilia…”

Amidst the interference of the particle environment, Marlene faintly heard the sound of sobbing.

Immediately following was an overwhelming sense of sorrow.

"team leader--"

Beneath the sorrow lies a flame that gradually ignites and surges.

Although the Earth's environment can hinder perception to some extent, Marlene is now able to perceive it clearly.

and so……

"Now is not the time."

Speaking of which, what would Lord Dozru have said in this situation?

Marlene frowned as the image of that imposing figure flashed into her mind.

If it's that person...

"Don't let those who trust you down. Think about what Major Sangrim, whom you trust, would do in a time like this."

"He would whip me—"

"?"

In an instant, Marlene suddenly felt that her previous feelings of sadness and respect were nothing but a joke.

I'm sorry, Your Excellency Dozru, I shouldn't have compared that beast to you.

"In any case, let's retreat now."

After shaking her head, Marlene managed to clear her mind of those chaotic thoughts.

"Follow orders, Lieutenant Falbet, the Duchy needs you!"

"—The Principality"

After the choked sobs subsided, Marlene heard a response:

"Yes--"

The chaotic aftershocks continued to reverberate across the battlefield.

For both the Federation and Zeon, if a victor cannot be determined in a short period of time, this pointless tug-of-war will only increase their losses.

Thus, the battlefield, which should have been chaotic, suddenly became clearly divided.

On the Federation side, tank units gradually gathered, but did not pursue them further. Meanwhile, on the Zeon side, the white Doma roamed the battlefield, gathering the remaining Zeon troops like sheepdogs. The mobile suits slowly retreated until they were out of the range of interference.

"Everyone get ready, Zanzibar is going to bombard the ground with the best bombs."

'Boom'

Without aiming, there was naturally no accuracy whatsoever, but the dropped high-explosive bombs cut both sides apart like a deep chasm.

Whether they won or not, no one knows; only the devastation and pain remain.

"Well--"

Faintly, Marlene felt she heard some kind of whistling.

Sandstorm?

cry?

Or perhaps... a lament?

"What is that?!"

The white demon looked back at the battlefield, its single, scarlet eye reflecting the thick smoke of battle.

The flames of war surged silently under the blazing sun, enveloping the unmoving black mobile suit. The rising shells and the howling shadows pieced together like the remains of the dead gradually coalesced into a fleeting shadow.

"...Is it just my imagination?"

However, the sound of the wind and sand, which seemed to be crying, became even clearer.

Author's message

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It's a cover-like composition, but the AI ​​is unstable, so there's no need to run a dedicated image for it.

As an aside, I haven't read the Silver Gun manga in detail. In the novel, Lilia wasn't initially a crazy woman; she even tried to stop Malet from sabotaging the peace talks. In the Silver Gun manga, the real reason she couldn't understand things after Malet's death was that she got caught up in the mess with the other Zeon remnants.

Then, and most importantly: Lilia only has NT qualities and can play with Braubro, but she hasn't fully awakened.

Then, she actually got involved with Stockholm, and Malet would whip her if he was unhappy, but she felt that Malet was her superior and she was a soldier who had to obey orders.

She can only be described as an indecisive and abstract woman.

Chapter 112: Are you also looking for your mother?

"As Deacon also said, the children of the universe are hope, and they represent human evolution!"

Amidst the shimmering light, Gao Ren could vaguely hear such a sound, and when he came to his senses, he found himself standing in front of a house.

In the completely enclosed city, there is no sunlight at all; when you look up, all you can see is another urban area.

"This place..."

Although he had never been there, he had seen the structure of such a city in books—a fully enclosed colonial satellite.

Perhaps because of the lack of sunlight here, in that cold factory environment that lasts 24 hours a day, it seems that even one's personality can become irritable or even... neurotic.

"So you are the chosen one, and now that Deikun is dead, you must bear the future of Zeon."

Mania, agitation.

He could see a woman talking incessantly to a boy, as if she were preaching, and what was even harder to imagine was that they were actually a mother and son.

"As a new human, don't let Deikun down, and even more so, don't let Zeon down!"

"...Is that so?"

Looking at the scene unfolding before his eyes, Gao Ren felt he understood something.

Although he didn't know the specific principles, what unfolded before him was a scroll called memory, but the protagonist was clearly not him.

He was an ordinary-looking boy from Side 3, born in an ordinary, enclosed colony and raised in an ordinary family.

The only melody in this family was Deacon's speech before his death and Deakin Zabi's declaration. They ate the cheapest meals every day, but their minds were full of so-called new human theories, as if the poorest people in Side 3 would proudly stand tall because of the universe's optimal theory.

However, even this kind of life did not last long.

One day, the woman who had been working away from home never returned, so a group of soldiers came to her door.

'Air Tax'

'Labor value'

While speaking in incomprehensible language, the boy was taken away.

“They told me that because my mother died, no one would continue to pay the federal air tax for me, so I had to prove myself that I had the right to live and breathe air.”

Therefore, he was deprived of the right to education and sent to the army—the army of Zeon—at an extremely young age.

"Mobile Suit gave me the opportunity to prove myself. Through it, I proved my abilities and gained the honors and status that my mother had always dreamed of. Those high-ranking officials who used to be arrogant towards us had to kneel down to listen to me."

The boy became a soldier, rose through the ranks at rocket speed, and eventually came into contact with power.

"Then I realized that everything was fake. The speeches were fake, the race selection was fake, and even Dekend's ideals and Zeon's ideology were all fake. The only thing that remained unchanged was this."

'Bang'

Amidst that seemingly angry voice, Gao Ren looked up and saw only a single, scarlet eye.

Zaku—the blue Zaku.

"The world is nothing but a great jungle, and only the true warriors, only the hunters, survive."

It traverses the universe, travels between the moon and various sides, and participates in all kinds of battles.

On the lunar surface, side 4, and even... side 5 Lum, as it traversed, the power pipe at its mouth resembled a bone belonging to some kind of creature, held in its mouth.

Seeking blood and hunting prey, like a one-eyed, bloodthirsty hound—that's probably the first thought that comes to mind.

But Gao Ren actually prefers to call it this way:

"A stray dog."

The moment the words left his mouth, a giant black hand struck.

Under the crimson gaze, Gundam grabbed the crimson power pipe and slammed it hard to the ground.

The smoke and dust scattered, and the defeat completely shattered their glorious achievements.

Ultimately, the ending of this story is quite simple.