Yzak's Support

Listening to Diakka's pathetic remark, Yzak roared in exasperation, "You coward! I'm going too!"

"Huh? You—"

Diakka had barely begun to question him when Yzak vanished from the camera's view, heading toward the elevator.

Yet they could still hear him issuing orders to the captain over the comm channel.

"Voltaire is only allowed to provide support from the rear! Do you hear me? Don't come to the front! You'll die!"

As he listened, Diakka struggled not to laugh.

Wasn't Yzak just as certain of those guys' abilities?

Noer, Athrun, Kira—none of the three were opponents he ever wanted to face, but it wasn't because he couldn't beat them.

Thinking of that, Diakka once again found himself questioning the side he belonged to.

He knew the Lacus Clyne aboard the Eternal was the real one. Athrun and Noer were both over there; there was no way it could be fake. That alone proved the Chairman had told the people one enormous lie.

In Diakka's view, someone who dared tell such a massive lie could not possibly have told only one.

And as for the Destiny Plan, Diakka found it even harder to accept.

After all, genes only revealed a person's innate abilities. They did not determine that person's worth.

He had learned that belief from a Naturals girl.

Come to think of it—she hadn't come here too, had she?

The girl's face came to mind, and a trace of unease passed through Diakka's heart.

Just then, Yzak's puffed-up, furious face appeared on the screen.

It seemed he had already climbed into his cockpit.

"Captain Yzak, we're going out too—"

"No!"

Shiho had just started speaking over the comm when Yzak rudely cut her off. "Those three guys out there don't play by the rules. You stay right here and guard the