Gundam: The wind blowing through the universe

In the following days, Siegfried fulfilled his promise well. Although ZAFT did not catch up, he never participated in the maintenance of GINN again. Unlike Strike Gundam, the maintenance team was completely unable to maintain this 'enemy' MS alone without his help.

However, although Siegfried refused to pilot the GINN because he had food and accommodation on the Archangel and was unwilling to eat and drink for free, he still took on the maintenance work of the battleship in the maintenance class.

Sergeant Marduk, who knew the ins and outs of the matter, could not blame the boy for his choice, so the GINN has now become an existence that everyone in Gnaku avoids. Everyone knows the conflict between Bucky Lulu and Siegfried, but everyone Everyone can feel the boy's anger, so the entire atmosphere in Gnaku has been maintained in such an awkward manner.

After finishing his usual tasks for the day, Siegfried returned to the dormitory only to find Cagalli standing awkwardly aside holding some clothes. He and Kira were originally assigned to a single dormitory due to preferential treatment from the pilot. However, Cagalli's status was too sensitive and not suitable for sharing a dormitory with other people. Secondly, they did not feel any discomfort with each other during their daily interactions. , so this four-person dormitory is still reserved for the two of them.

After a complete fallout, Siegfried considered that there were a large number of civilians on the battleship and their daily needs were extremely tight, so he offered to return the privileged dormitories, but there was no reply from the bridge.

"Aren't you going to take a shower?" This has always been Cagalli's bathing time. In order to avoid embarrassment, she always chooses to complete her personal cleaning work before Siegfried comes back. As a result, it was unexpectedly delayed today.

"The whole ship has just been notified that due to the shortage of living supplies, personal bathing has been changed to once every three days. Not only water resources, but also food and other supplies are not enough. Meals for non-combatants have also been reduced again and again."

In fact, the Archangel's evacuation was very hasty, and no supplies were received in Artemis. If it hadn't been for a short period of time to collect a wave of supplies before the collapse of Heliopolis, and after accidentally taking in so many civilians, ZAFT wouldn't have bothered to pursue them, and they would have simply lost their combat effectiveness due to hunger.

"Oh, let's wash it the day after tomorrow." Siegfried didn't attach much importance to this issue. Under special circumstances, washing every three days could fully meet his needs. However, the shortage of supplies was like a time coordinate, which made him think of taking the next step. Come down where they are going.

‘Finally, we have to go to the grave to survive. ’ I secretly sighed at the prank of fate. It was obviously a boatload of living people, but I had to go to that place to grab supplies from the dead.

Compared to Siegfried's indifference, Cagalli kept sniffing her arm. Seeing the young man walking in without caring, her body subconsciously distanced herself a few steps away.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't take a shower. It just smells."

The girl's hesitant answer made Siegfried once again take a look at this guy who didn't have any trace of 'girliness' in his body. Because of Cagalli's characteristics, Siegfried would often be selective when the two of them stayed together. Forgot the other person's gender.

"What are you looking at? I haven't washed it for a day. There won't be any smell."

The girl's voice became softer and softer. Unlike the spoiled Frey, Cagalli was not unable to live this kind of life. But it was even more different from Siegfried's "ignorance of gender". As the time spent together increased, her awareness of the gender differences between the two parties gradually increased day by day.

Before he finished speaking in a low voice, Siegfried moved directly to the girl's side. I don't know if he did it on purpose, but he even made a special sound. Then he looked at Cagalli seriously and said, "Well, it doesn't taste good. ,Do not worry."

"Damn it, smell yourself first!" Feeling that her face was getting hot, Cagalli picked up Harrow and threw it at the hateful young man in front of her.

"Hello, hello, stupid women are shy."

Regardless of Siegfried's sigh and Cagalli's shame and anger, Masu finally decided to go to the gravel belt to obtain urgently needed living supplies. From the perspective of a member of the battleship, Siegfried did not have any moral high ground to criticize this behavior. , but when assigning tasks, his request made the entire bridge feel overwhelmed again.

"You said you want to team up with Natal?"

"Yes, I will participate in the material handling work, but I request to be paired with Second Lieutenant Bucky Lulu."

"But you."

"Some problems have to be solved eventually, don't they? Captain Lamias."

Masuo looked at Baji Lulu with some embarrassment, but the capable soldier agreed to the proposal without thinking for too long. In her opinion, no matter how good Siegfried's reasons were, she did not feel that she had done anything wrong. However, leaving precious combat power idle was not in line with the current situation of the Archangel, so since the other party wanted to reconcile, Of course she would happily go.

"Don't go there, that place is not suitable for girls."

Before setting off, Siegfried felt dizzy when he saw Cagalli who was trying to squeeze in. No one on the entire Archangel knew what kind of hell they were about to face. Looking at that innocent look, With an expression of innocence and eagerness to try, Siegfried hesitated for a moment, and after trying to dissuade him to no avail, he could only take Cagalli with him. At least, in this place, she can get in touch with the 'reality' of this world early.

Without any surprise, after the Archangel's transport fleet entered the gravel belt, what appeared in front of everyone was a huge wreckage, or it was an artificial artifact that once existed on the continent, the PLANT agricultural satellite-Junius 7. fragments.

Just when everyone was shocked and speechless by the tragedy in front of them, Siegfried silently took the lead and was the first to officially enter the core area of ​​Junius 7. Under his influence, no matter how much they resisted in their hearts, others also followed suit. They followed one after another.

Cars, houses, and all man-made objects, broken and complete, appeared one by one in front of everyone on the Archangel, as if reminding everyone that this was once the home of 240,000 adjusted people.

The subsequent search operation was also very unsuccessful. The transport team that recruited a large number of non-combatants was almost unable to move in this hell on earth.

"Lieutenant, why don't you leave?" In the other group, Millie had vomited in her helmet until she fainted. Thor's face was also pale. Siegfried had to let them return to the ship first, but Kajia on his side Li completely lost the ability to speak, and Bucky Lulu saw no way to continue the search mission.

"me."

"Go on, Lieutenant, the resources we need, the things we need to survive are inside. Go on, Lieutenant Natal."

In the original plot, although this scene felt uncomfortable for her, who was born as a professional soldier, it was far from being to the point where she couldn't stand it. But now, under the young man's emotionless urging, for the first time, the determined Bucky Lulu suddenly felt a hint of fear. The source of this fear was that in front of the three of them, the well-preserved corpses of mother and daughter were floating in mid-air, with no expression of pain on their faces.

"Lieutenant, is this the justice you want?"

"No, that's not the case."

"You want to say that they are adjusters and monsters in the sky. Therefore, your coalition forces have sufficient reasons to attack an agricultural satellite. Second Lieutenant, come and touch them to see if they are monsters. Maybe they are just monsters." Where is hibernation? Maybe it will be over if you touch it."

"ENOUGH!!! ENOUGH!!!"

Under repeated stimulation, Bucky Lulu's spirit was on the verge of collapse, but Siegfried seemed to feel that it was not enough, and suddenly pushed her behind, causing her to lose balance in a weightless environment, and her whole body turned towards her. The mother and daughter in front floated over.

"No!! No!"

The sharp female voice struck Siegfried's eardrums through the radio. Just before Bucky Lulu was about to encounter the 'scene of hell', the boy grabbed her space suit.

"Look carefully, Second Lieutenant, this is the army that insists on justice in your heart, because 'obedience to orders is the bounden duty of a soldier', so as long as the commander has an order, even if a nuclear bomb is used to attack an agricultural satellite, he will execute it without hesitation. What an excellent soldier A model, isn't it? Natal?"

Is Siegfried scared? Of course he was also afraid. If he didn't feel anything when faced with this kind of scene, it was probably because he had a mental problem. Before departure, he specially applied for a sedative in the infirmary on the Archangel. In addition, he was slightly more aware of all this than others. With some mental preparation, he was able to tear apart Bucky Lulu's pride with great psychological pressure.

Originally, Siegfried only planned to use Junius's environment to make Bucky Lulu understand that civilians often have no ability to protect themselves. He hoped that they would be more careful when handing over civilians to the Eighth Fleet in the future. With a little more care, maybe that tragedy could have been avoided?

But until everything was no longer a two-dimensional picture, but truly appeared before his eyes, Siegfried felt that there was a valve in his heart that had completely lost control.

It turned out that the chance encounter in the restaurant was not the end. One day after that, the little girl's mother came to him again with a sandwich made with simple ingredients, just to thank this person who "wanted to run away to find Hilde from the beginning." This young man, this young man who once stayed in his own hotel for a few days but was so familiar with himself, protected himself for so many days.

The emotions forcibly suppressed by the sedatives boiled but could not find an outlet, and the panic about the future continued to grow in his heart. In the end, all this could only become Siegfried's mental torture of Bucky Lulu, and he tore her apart piece by piece. Faith to live by.

Cagalli, who was leaning on him, kept trembling. The subtle vibrations were transmitted through the space suit to Siegfried's heart. At this time, the young man could only grit his teeth tightly and force Cagalli to Facing all this.

"A flower that has withered once cannot bloom again, and the same is true for life. When your country cannot protect its people, then welcome to hell."