Chapter 796 Zhenhe Athrun
After that battle, the Union seemed to have forgotten about Orb. However, the military industrial enterprises and technology development enterprises controlled by LOGOS began to develop new equipment with all their strength. More powerful MS, more powerful weapons, and more powerful Living CPU were all within their research and development scope., now that Orb cannot be taken action, but Orb cannot be ignored, the coalition can only enhance its own combat capabilities as much as possible, so as to capture Orb, the most uncertain factor on earth, in one fell swoop after obtaining higher-level combat power.
However, although Orb is temporarily ignored, the Union also knows that the current Orb also has no power other than defense to attack the Union, so it is relatively easy to deal with the current larger enemy, ZAFT, with all its strength. They even planned an attack on the ZAFT Gibraltar base and an attack on Minerva.
On the day after the battle, Athrun said goodbye to Xiao Ran without waiting for the situation in Orb to stabilize. After exchanging the black Savior Gundam X11, he drove his red Savior Gundam to the Gibraltar base. The departing Athrun did not encounter any obstacles when going to the Gibraltar base. He easily arrived at Gibraltar and then joined Minerva.
Just like in the original plot, when Athrun came down from Savior Gundam, people from Minerva saw this new M S-Class Pilot equipped with Minerva. When it was Athrun, and he was still FAITH with independent authority, everyone on the ship was startled, but Zhen Asuka just looked at this person who originally belonged to Orb in shock, but now joined ZAFT.
Zhen·Niao also hurried back when he saw Savior Gundam entering Minerva when he was shopping outside. Although Zhen·Niao didn't know why Athrun appeared here, he also felt a feeling of being connected with the same fate in his heart, regardless of Athrun What kind of person E was before, but at least in Zhen·Feiniao's understanding, Athrun is a person from Orb, and he is also a person from Orb, but now they have all come to ZAFT, to Minerva.
At first, Zhen Asuka didn't notice the FAITH badge on Athrun's chest. Although he was wearing a red dress, his collar was open. He was holding a plastic bag filled with things. He looked at Athrun in surprise and asked, "Why are you here and joined ZAFT? Are you tired of that princess who doesn't understand anything?"
Fortunately, Zhen Asuka knew his identity and didn't say a single word, making the sentence become "Why are you here too?" Otherwise, the people next to him would definitely look at him, causing unnecessary suspicion.
Athrun was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhen Feiniao's words, but Lunamaria, who was standing next to Zhen Feiniao, quickly pulled Zhen Feiniao and whispered, "Zhen, what are you talking about? He is FAITH."
"Um?" It wasn't until Lunamaria reminded that Zhen Feiniao discovered the badge on the chest of Athrun's driving suit. In shock, he quickly stuffed the plastic bag in Lunamaria's hand, quickly buttoned the collar, and saluted Athrun with a military salute. "Sir."
Athrun did not get angry because of Zhen Asuka's rudeness just now. He nodded slightly to Zhen Asuka, and then said, "Can someone take me to Captain's Room? I want to report to Captain Talia."
Zhen·Niao was just about to say that he was taking Athrun, but unexpectedly, Lunamaria directly stuffed the bag in his hand back onto Zhen·Niao, directly grabbed Athrun's arm and walked out. "I'll take you there."
Athrun faced Lunamaria's Jiraishu and nodded blankly. Lunamaria took his hand and left the crowd. Zhen·Asuka watched the two people leave blankly, then patted his head in annoyance, and then the red Savior Gundam attracted all his attention.
A few hours later, Athrun reported to Captain Talia and officially settled down in Minerva. The unfamiliar environment and the previous interactions with Cagalli, Kira met, and I suddenly felt extremely lonely. I walked around Minerva and then walked out of the ship to the observation deck, lying on the railing in a daze.
And Zhen·Asuka ran to the observation deck for some unknown reason, perhaps just to look for Athrun. After seeing Athrun's figure, he quickly ran to Athrun's side. His hasty steps were also noticed by Athrun. Before Zhen·Asuka could speak, he turned to look at him and smiled at him.
"I know you, Zhen Asuka, were not sure at first. After all, it was two years ago. I think you should have seen me at that time. I remember you were with your family at that time. Why, did your family all immigrate to PLANT? Why did you leave Orb and join ZAFT?"
Zhen Asuka was stunned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly showed a hint of panic as he looked around, but fortunately there was no one else in the entire observation deck except the two of them, so no one knew about the conversation between the two.
After seeing that there was no one around, Zhen Feiniao approached Athrun with a dissatisfied and frightened expression on his face and said, "What's wrong with you? How could you talk nonsense about this? Didn't that guy tell you to be careful when you come here and don't expose the news that my family is still alive?"
Zhen·Asuka's words immediately made Athrun's eyes widen. He opened his mouth and seemed to have stopped breathing for a moment. Then he frowned and smiled bitterly, "What's going on? You must not have been arranged by that adult to lurk in ZAFT."
The sluggish man turned into a real flying bird following Athrun's words. The stiff expression was full of shock and panic, and his throat did not move. It was not until a long time passed that he uttered three words: "Aren't you?"
"Ha..." Athrun smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Hey, a lurker like you is really unqualified. How could you expose yourself without confirming the identity of the other party? If I really chose to leave Orb to join ZAFT, and then lied to you and told Captain Talia about you, do you know what the consequences will be for you in the end."
"No... no... you really weren't sent by that guy to help me?" Zhen Feiniao suddenly started crying and looked at Athrun in panic. He was really worried that Athrun would tell his situation. His eyes were looking around from time to time, and his fists were clenched tightly. It seemed that he was ready to escape at any time.
To be honest, Asuka's fighting ability is not much better than that of Athrun. Both of them graduated from ZAFT school with Melee Combat's first place, so if they really fight, they can be considered evenly matched.
Athrun couldn't laugh or cry after seeing Zhen Asuka's actions, and said quickly, "Don't worry, I won't tell anything about you. Although I am ZAFT now, Orb is equally important to me and has special meaning. I joined ZAFT just to find some answers, and that adult arranged for you to come here. It should be that adult who has some ideas."
"That adult also knew that I would come to Minerva. I also participated in Earth Force's previous battle against Orb, and I participated after joining ZAFT. After all, I It's no different from you. Since he can rest assured and let me leave Orb and come here, it is also a kind of trust in me. He believes that I will not leak your information even after knowing it."
"If you don't believe it, you can confirm it with the adult yourself."
"Really?" Zhen Feiniao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Athrun's words, but still looked a little skeptical.
Athrun nodded affirmatively. "Of course, I can go with you to confirm with that adult."
In fact, even Xiao Ran didn't expect that Zhen Asuka would be so clumsy. Without really confirming Athrun's identity, he took the initiative to expose his identity in just a few words, and Xiao Ran didn't specifically This is also the reason why Athrun was told about Zhen Asuka, and he also believed that even if Athrun discovered something from it, he would never meddle in exposing it, and would instead try his best to help Zhen Asuka cover it up within his ability.
Although Athrun said those words, Zhen Asuka, who obviously knew that he had indeed made a big mistake, did not believe it like a fool. Instead, he dragged Athrun away from Minerva and began to think of ways to contact Orb at the Gibraltar base. Of course, it is definitely not possible to use the base's communication facilities in the base, but as a FAITH and a red shirt, they naturally have their own methods.
Anyway, the current situation is that Orb has not severed contact with PLANT. It is not difficult to contact Orb if you want to.
In the evening, Zhen and Athrun also returned to Minerva. The message was sent to Orb, but I don't know how long it will take to receive a reply from Orb. The Athrun messaging method is an urgent special password that he knew when he served as Cagalli's guard at Orb, which can ensure that this message will be seen by Xiao Ran as soon as possible.
While waiting like this, Athrun also understood Zhen Feiniao's thoughts very well, so he also took the initiative to get closer to Zhen Feiniao. But gradually Athrun discovered that Zhen Feiniao often Although he was nervous, Zhen Feiniao was not the only one who really paid attention to him. The person who had the best relationship with Zhen Feiniao, and who was also the most unlikely person for Athrun, actually paid attention to his every move when Zhen Feiniao was not around.