Chapter 359 Kira's Determination
After Xiao Ran's conversation in Archangel, no one except Bargyll asked Xiao Ran why he blocked Eternal's communication at that time, everyone could see that Xiao Ran seemed to have a heartfelt disgust for Earth Force, especially after Earth Force used a nuclear bomb on PLANT, that disgust was elevated to a very extreme level.
But in fact, Xiao Ran does not have any good impression of Earth Force. It is okay to say that he hates it. The real reason that made him block Eternal's communication, although it has a certain relationship with Earth Force launching nuclear bombs towards civilians, is not the whole story. The more critical issue is exactly what Xiao Ran himself said. Before Genesis is destroyed, the level of both parties must be truly brought to the same level.
ZAFT no longer has Genesis, Earth Force no longer has the numerous fleets in the universe, and without the most important outpost of the lunar space base, ZAFT can contain each other with Earth Force, so Only Orb will have a chance to stand up. It involves Ultimate Mission and Side Mission that are triggered later. One penalty for failure is obliteration, and the other penalty is a big unknown. Xiao Ran doesn't dare to make any jokes about it.
Moreover, due to the intrusion of the librarian, Technical Strength of Earth Force seems to have been even more enhanced, with a large number of MS appearing in places where they should not appear. Of course, it is also possible that the librarian has controlled someone at the top of Earth Force, or Earth Force reached some agreement, but in short Earth Force already had such a thing as a nuclear bomb before Cruze handed over N-Jammer Canceller, and started the decisive battle in advance, which shows that Earth Force's confidence is definitely more than what he showed.
So whether it was to keep the plot going and allow him to complete the task safely, or because of his relationship with the librarian, Xiao Ran would definitely stop anyone from reducing Earth Force's losses. Even in the previous battle, Xiao Ran only fired at Earth Force, and never pointed the gun at ZAFT's mobile suit.
Although Xiao Ran Naluo interfered with Lacus's full-frequency communication warning to Outside World on Eternal, Lacus did not come to ask Xiao Ran why. Although he seemed young, Lacus's political acumen was comparable to Bargyll is much higher than Mwu, Cagalli, etc. I may have been puzzled for a moment, but after I figured out the reasons why Xiao Ran stopped me, I accepted Xiao Ran's approach. As for whether it affected my impression of Xiao Ran, I can't say clearly.
On the other hand, Kira fell into inexplicable self-blame. He was such a good teacher before, kind and responsible, brave and strong. He always protected these students who broke into Archangel. In order to protect him, he made countless things and arrangements, but just because he protected them and Archangel The people on, the people who protected Orb, turned such a good teacher into what he is now. Although he was still friendly to his own people, he treated anyone who was not one of his own as if he didn't know him at all. Kira couldn't believe that this was the teacher he knew before.
And everything started to change when he got on Strike Gundam. All of this was because of his relationship. Kira blamed himself for this.
Whether it was Athrun, Lacus, or Cagalli, they all saw the remorse and sadness in Kira's heart, but the three of them misunderstood Kira at the same time. I just thought that Kira was feeling sad because he didn't stop Xiao Ran from massacring Earth Force, and he didn't stop Xiao Ran from blocking Eternal's communications.
After a long time of nonsensical comfort, Lacus, a careful little woman who could be considered caring about the other party, noticed Kira's true thoughts, and immediately shook her head in confusion.
Lacus gently held Kira's hands with both hands, and asked softly, "Do you think it was because of you that your teacher became like this, so do you feel guilty about it?"
Kira nodded silently. "Yes, it's all because of me. If I didn't sit on Strike Gundam at that time, the teacher would not be like this today, bearing so much pressure to protect the earth from In the hell that Genesis's beam has become, we have to protect PLANT from being doomed by Earth Force's nuclear bomb attack, and we also have to bear the pressure of protecting Cagalli and bearing all the pressure of Orb."
"Is this what you think?" Lacus looked at Kira and shook his head slightly. "As you said, Mr. Xiao Ran is under a lot of pressure. This pressure comes from you, from us, and from Orb. He is worried that any of us will be harmed in this war, and he has tried every means to arrange everything from before."
"Mr. Xiao Ran had a very bad sense of Earth Force before. It is said that it was caused by some reasons. When Heliopolis was at that time, his stable life was broken by the Gundam created by Earth Force. For Earth Force Both E and ZAFT have become even more disliked, even though you have no choice but to join Earth Force, who has a bad sense of yourselves, and the most suitable escape route has been prepared for you and everyone on Archangel."
"But Orb's peace did not last long. Earth Force began to attack Orb. The peace was broken again, and even more so that Representative Asaha, who had always trusted him, died because of it. I think you should be able to understand what he was thinking, the idea of being angry at Earth Force's wanton behavior."
"Especially this time Earth Force once again launched a nuclear bomb towards PLANT. What Earth Force did finally touched the belief and bottom line that Mr. Xiao Ran held fast in his heart. I can see that, Mr. Xiao Ran is a person who sincerely hopes that the war can stop, and has been working hard for it, but in his heart, what he really cares about are the ordinary people affected by the war, and he does not take the war between national forces into his heart."
"It is natural for him that soldiers die on the battlefield, but anyone who dares to attack ordinary people is regarded as an enemy by him. Now Earth Force has become his enemy because of the launch of nuclear bombs. From Mr. Xiao Ran's point of view, attacking the enemy is what he should do."
Lacus was silent for a moment, glanced at Kira and sighed softly, "Although the next words may be a bit cruel to you, I want to say that Mr. Xiao Ran's actions are not wrong. There is nothing wrong with stopping me from sending warnings to Earth Force. In a strict sense, I must also express my gratitude to him on behalf of the ZAFT soldiers and the civilians in PLANT."
Kira raised his head and looked at Lacus in shock, not understanding why Lacus said this at all.
Lacus's stunned expression when he saw Kira also explained to Kira, "Earth Force's power in the universe is too huge, and it has military strength that is several times or more than ZAFT. We can destroy Genesis can shoot down all the nuclear bombs launched by Earth Force again and again, but we can guarantee that every attack by Earth Force will be stopped by us. Earth Force attacks PLANT again and again with a huge strength advantage, can we stop it?"
"As long as Earth Force has a huge military advantage, they can create more nuclear bombs and attack PLANT again and again, one day, two days, one month and two months. Sooner or later, PLANT will really be hit by Earth Force's nuclear bomb. At that time, it will bring more wars and sacrifices, and the sacrifices will be civilians who are more important in Mr. Xiao Ran's heart."
"The reason why Mr. Xiao Ran is doing this now is because Mr. Xiao Ran has seen through this. Compared to the death of civilians, Mr. Xiao Ran would rather those Earth Force who are like beasts to him die. Moreover, it can also greatly consume Earth Force's military strength, making Earth Force no longer able to attack PLANT."
"Without the advantage of military strength, Earth Force can wake up from this huge loss, and will restrain each other with ZAFT, so that the war in the world can stop, and Orb can stand up again."
Kira looked at Lacus in astonishment. "Are you saying that all this is an arrangement that the teacher has already thought of? Then Earth Force becomes weak, will ZAFT let Earth Force go? Will we have to fight ZAFT to protect Earth Force at that time?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Lacus shook his head slightly, answered Kira's two questions at the same time, and smiled slightly at Kira: "But I feel that Mr. Xiao Ran has seen through the future development of the situation, even ZAFT There should also be speculation about the internal and PLANT trends. In fact, more people within PLANT have made anti-war demands, and some have begun to take action. As long as Earth Force can choose to stop fighting, there will be no problem on ZAFT's side, so there is no need for you to worry."
At this time, Kira's room heard a voice coming from outside the door. "Kira, Lacus, Genesis has launched again, the target is the moon..."
Lacus and Kira looked at each other, and they quickly opened the door and saw Athrun standing outside the door with a hesitant look on their face. "Earth Force's reinforcement fleet was completely destroyed, and Moon Base was also destroyed by Genesis. Judging from the explosion reaction of the Earth Force fleet that was completely wiped out... No, you can directly observe the huge nuclear explosion reaction with the naked eye, which is more than the nuclear explosion reaction of the Earth Force fleet that was hit by Genesis before."
"Is it possible to observe directly with the naked eye at such a distance?" Kira asked incredulously after being shocked.
Athrun nodded heavily. "Yes. Although it is a bit inappropriate, I am really glad that Genesis's second attack is aimed at that fleet."
"Athrun..." Kira looked at Athrun and opened his mouth, and finally nodded slightly. "I understand Lacus, the teacher made the right choice. Although this is the case, I also have my own firm beliefs and the way I want to do it. I will definitely stop the war, and I will definitely make the teacher return to the way he was before."
It will start to explode tomorrow