After Zechs left, Caitlin smiled at Duo before taking her leave. Duo stood there blankly, watching her retreating figure, not even noticing that his neck had been reddened by the dagger.
It was not until Heero walked over to Duo with a frown that he saw Duo's dazed expression.
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing." Duo suddenly came back to his senses and patted his face, sounding bewildered. "Just now, I think I saw a demon lady who had walked out of hell. She subdued me in an instant, then used magic to charm me so I couldn't make a sound. It had to be magic. Otherwise, why would I have been completely unable to resist a lady? That's not like me."
Duo's words left Heero somewhat stunned. "Zechs probably has nothing to do with the conspiracy currently unfolding on this satellite. He told me that more than a thousand MS are hidden inside it. Also, the MS that the New Federation supposedly scrapped were never actually scrapped. We have to get to the bottom of this."
"What about here?" Duo pointed in the direction of the hotel, referring to the reception and Lilina.
"If someone could subdue you without any resistance from you, that means their individual combat ability surpasses ours. Zechs will protect Lilina. We don't need to stay here." Heero fell silent for a moment before adding, "A thousand MS. Without Gundams, there's nothing we can do against an enemy like that."
Duo also fell silent and looked up at the sky. "Gundams... that guy's machine should still be around, right?"
"Wufei..."
Not long afterward, Zechs returned to the plaza. El-Elf was still sitting where he had been and had not left. Once Zechs sat down again, El-Elf merely glanced up before lowering his head to continue his