To Cheng Tian's Dominator Radar, every humanoid unit was impossible to hide. So whether it was Frey's name that he had deliberately brought up while chatting with the Commander-in-Chief earlier, or the act he had just put on of pretending not to understand, it had all been intentional ever since he detected Kira Yamato.
As the theoretically strongest Coordinator in the SEED setting, after a fierce internal struggle, Kira immediately understood that Cheng Tian had discovered him long ago.
At Super Robot Wars Y's point in time, SEED and SEED DESTINY took place after the end of their TV versions, while also incorporating a small portion of the previous work's setting.
Athha Sala had joined Orb and become Representative Cagalli's right-hand man; Shin Asuka had been frequently reassigned before being taken on as Domon's disciple; meanwhile, Kira Yamato had temporarily secluded himself here in SIDE3, under Neo Zeon's control.
If nothing unexpected had happened, Kira truly had not intended to return.
No matter how strong he was, his shattered heart rejected, from the bottom of his soul, the brutal reality of war and taking others' lives.
But when he heard Cheng Tian deliberately mention Frey, and learned that Cheng Tian could even save counterparts from other dimensions, Kira could no longer sit still.
Frey had been the first woman in this world to share an intimate relationship with him. She had been the first emotional anchor for someone so inexperienced in love, and the eternal guilt that frequently appeared in his nightmares because he had been unable to save her.
That "dead first love" quality was devastating enough to make even the strongest Coordinator, burdened by the aftermath of war trauma, choose to return—and willingly let Char treat him as payment!
And Kira Yamato wanted only one thing—
To save