Char La Flaga calmly controlled the Unicorn Gundam, drawing the Beam Magnum Rifle from behind him with one hand. Terrifying orange-red high-energy particles gathered at its muzzle. When the main beam, several times thicker than an ordinary rifle's, pierced through space, it not only incinerated an entire row of missiles in its path, but even the escort units grazed by the beam's terrifying heat instantly tore apart and collapsed.
After the absolute firepower net woven by these ace units intercepted the attack, the Freedom Gundam, its Full Burst targeting system fully deployed, and the Experimental Zaku, equipped with large-caliber high-velocity electromagnetic cannons, fired a final barrage from Meteor's vast carrier section. The remaining nuclear missiles that slipped through became beautiful embers.
Watching the distinct units coordinate their interception without the slightest discord, questions lingered in his mind. Why...?
They stood in absolute opposition to the Earth Alliance, and they had also clearly rejected the olive branch extended by PLANT. Yet burdened by a loneliness that left them with nowhere to belong, they were now desperately trying to protect this land.
Athrun Zala looked at the points of light hovering side by side, wanting to know their true intentions. If they truly did not wish to fight their own people, and did not believe this meaningless mutual slaughter was right... if all they wanted was to stop that irreparable scene of destruction...
I want to talk to them—to Jiliang, to Canard, to Lacus Clyne... and to Char. I want to talk to them and confirm their true intentions.
Even if I had prepared myself to fight, deep down... I absolutely did not want to raise my weapon against them.
The battlefield, briefly frozen by the sudden intrusion of a third party, began moving again as each faction reestablished communications and radar