Should We Run First?

After parting ways with Durandal, Noer returned to the guesthouse.

"Noer?"

Just as Noer entered the guesthouse, intending to return to his room and rest, he heard Athrun's voice from nearby.

"You're not asleep?"

Noer turned around and looked over, puzzled to see Athrun sitting alone on the balcony.

Athrun was famously a well-behaved kid. Unless necessary, he kept an extremely regular schedule.

"I'm having a little trouble sleeping."

Athrun stood and replied.

"That's a rare occurrence."

As he spoke, Noer walked over to the balcony.

After sitting across from Athrun, Noer asked, "What happened?"

"Do you think what Chairman Durandal said was true?"

Athrun asked solemnly.

That was why he had been unable to sleep.

Whenever he closed his eyes, Durandal's words resurfaced in his mind without his control.

Starting a war solely for their own interests?

He knew some people would squeeze out others or destroy the environment to make money, but this involved human lives. This was war!

Would those people truly not care at all if their pursuit of profit cost tens of thousands of lives?

Could they really spend money forged from so much blood without feeling anything?

Compared to motives he simply could not comprehend, excuses like "revenge against the Coordinators" were easier to understand.

But Chairman Durandal had spoken with such certainty and did not seem to be lying. So there truly was an organization in this world willing to start a war that swept across all humanity just to gain money—

"It should be true. At the very least, he had no reason to deceive us, right?"

After thinking it over, Noer replied.

Strictly speaking, he was probably among the first people in this world to know about it.

But what did knowing change?

LOGOS was immensely powerful. It could be said