Durandal's undisguised words reached Xiao Ran's ears and left him feeling incredulous. Setting aside whether those words were true or false, the fact that Durandal had said such things openly before Xiao Ran, Athrun, Talia, and Heine meant that he had revealed his true thoughts. There was no deception in them. His unconstrained manner left Xiao Ran somewhat dazed.
"This can't be, can it?" Xiao Ran suddenly felt lost. If Durandal gave up so completely, then with Main Mission Two not yet confirmed as complete, how would the story develop afterward? What would Main Mission Three become? The sudden uncertainty made Xiao Ran feel lost, filling him with an emptiness born from his inability to control the future, as well as worry over the unknown Main Mission Three.
The original big boss had turned over a new leaf, yet all three main missions had to be completed. Without Durandal as the boss of the third mission, who would become the final mission's boss? And how many unforeseen events would occur in between?
The Librarian who had knowledge of everything had also been eliminated and no longer had the possibility of becoming the target of the third mission. Durandal, originally the main target of the third mission, likewise would no longer become the third target because of his change in attitude. So who would the third target be? A force that had never appeared before? Or some existing presence he had overlooked?
Lacus? The East Asian Federation? The defeated remnants now gathered on the Moon? Or problems within Orb? Or perhaps World Intruders who should never have appeared in a normal mission? Xiao Ran suddenly felt that he might have gone too far. He worried that he had fulfilled some hidden conditions ahead of time and triggered something like a G