Chapter 356 Orb’s decision

After a short wait and a few days of sailing, Aslan, Nicol and Diego also landed on Earth, bringing with them the brand new Justice Gundam, Covenant Gundam and Rebirth Gundam.

"Aslan, what should we do next?" Nigel asked, of the three-person team, Aslan is still the captain. Even if they are shaken, the mission must still be carried out, at least first. Find the location of the Freedom Gundam, investigate those people and facilities that have come into contact with it, and then make a decision.

"...Let's go to the Marshall Islands first." Aslan decided that they didn't have any clues about the Freedom Gundam. Instead of wasting time looking for a needle in a haystack, they might as well do something they wanted to do before waiting for clues from the intelligence agency.

“Marshall Islands…”

Although Nigel did not participate, he heard about the final battle between Strike Gundam and Aegis Gundam from Aslan and Diego, and also learned that the pilot of Strike Gundam was Aslan's good friend. , although the other party is still alive, but... Aslan probably wants to remember him.

"Let's go." Diego had no objection to this. He was humiliated in the Marshall Islands. However, after experiencing so many things, he did not feel humiliated, but complicatedly did not know how to face it. , maybe revisiting his old place can bring him a little guidance.

The three decided to set off directly without arranging a transport plane to escort them. After all, the three aircraft were all nuclear-powered aircraft. The Justice Gundam had its own auxiliary flight system [Destiny-00]. The Covenant Gundam and the Rebirth Gundam did not have the ability to fly in the atmosphere, but Using an energy transmission line to connect the aircraft and the body can also achieve permanent endurance.

The three aircraft set off from the Carpentaria base. In order to avoid a fight with Orb, they chose to make a large circle from Zealand.

Arriving at the Marshall Islands, Aslan saw the wreckage of the Aegis Gundam scattered everywhere, but did not see the wreckage of the Strike Gundam and Storm Gundam.

"It must have been recovered by Orb, right? After all, there is still a possibility of repairing it." Diego said, the reason why the Holy Shield stayed in place was because it exploded into pieces, and there was no point in recycling it.

The three of them circled the island and saw a hut, so they were about to get off the plane and pay a visit. Unexpectedly, the owner of this hut was actually an acquaintance of theirs, Tutor Marchio, and there were several scared people with him. little child.

The three of them all knew Tutor Marchio and bent down to salute him at the same time.

Knowing who the visitor was, Instructor Marchio led the three of them to the hut where he lived.

At this time, the TV in the house was playing news about Orb. The Atlantic Federation's third and fourth naval fleets went south, stopped outside the boundaries of Orb's territorial waters, and issued a request to Orb, asking Orb to sack Aspen. Representative Ha and the parliament were immediately dissolved, Yang Hui was relieved of all his duties and escorted to the Atlantic Federation. At the same time, he also demanded the disbandment of all armies.

This request, let alone Orb, is impossible for any force to accept. This is no longer to force Orb to submit, but to destroy Orb's country!

Anyone who is not a fool can see that the Atlantic Federation did not give Orb any chance from the beginning, and it was clear that they wanted to beat you!

"It seems that a battle is inevitable between Orb and the Earth Army." After hearing the news, Instructor Marchio sighed helplessly, "People can easily become enemies."

"Why did Orb and the Earth Army..."

All three of them could actually see the reason. They also knew that Panama had been captured. The Earth Army had lost all its mass accelerators, and the mass accelerator owned by Orb was the best target.

However, not long ago, Orb became an enemy of ZAFT and took away the territory of Papua New Guinea from ZAFT. They all thought that even if Orb wanted to join the war, he would join the Earth Army to deal with them. , but now...

"Haha, is this neutrality?" Diego said with a wry smile. Before, he really looked down on Orb's behavior of playing both sides and pretending to be aloof, but looking at it now... He was uncompromising in the face of a powerful army. Respect.

At this moment, a little boy came to them and yelled at them: "Bad guy ZAFT! When I grow up, I will kill you all!"

After yelling, he kicked Diego and ran away angrily.

"Don't make trouble!" Teacher Marchio scolded, and then apologized to the three Aslans, "I'm really sorry. He lost his parents in the battle when you captured Carpentaria."

"..." The three of them were silent, and this sentence was another punch to their shaken hearts.

"It's easy to expand the flames of war, but it's even more difficult to extinguish them."

"...Thank you for your guidance." The three of them bowed to Teacher Marchio and felt the fearful and hateful eyes of the children. They did not want to stay here anymore, and...

"What should I do?" Diego asked Aslan.

"War...has always been so cruel." The gentle Nigel couldn't bear it. He was still such a young child and lost his parents because of the war. He understood the cruelty of war, and he also understood that being on both sides of the enemy and ourselves, killing the enemy was the most important thing. Of course, but...the shouting and the hateful eyes still hurt his heart.

"Go to Orb." Aslan decided.

"Are you planning to join the war?" Diego asked Aslan.

"I don't know, but... I think we should go take a look, maybe... we'll find the answer."

"..." Nicol and Diego were silent, and finally nodded. They had not made a final choice until now, but they all wanted to go to Orb to see Orb's persistence, Orb's faith, and Orb, a country that made them love and hate, how far it could go and what kind of character it would show.

Maybe... they could really find the answer they wanted from it.

...

Ob could not have been unaware of the approaching fleet of the Atlantic Federation. After receiving the ultimatum from the Atlantic Federation, even Uzmi and Yang Hongyu, who had always been well-educated, could not help but get angry.

"Ultimatum!?"

"Your country has turned a deaf ear to the current world situation, abandoned its responsibilities and obligations as an Earth country, and insisted on choosing to be alone. Even despite our repeated requests, it still refused to cooperate. Now the Earth Federation will, on behalf of other member states, make the following demands to the United Emirates of Orb:

1. The current government of the United Emirates of Orb resigns immediately.

2. Disarm the country and disband the army.

3. Remove Yang Hui from all positions and escort him to the Third Fleet of the Atlantic Federation.

If the above requirements are not met within 48 hours, the Earth Federation will regard Orb as a country that supports ZAFT and confront it with force."

After reading the official statement sent by the Atlantic Federation, Representative Homra threw it on the table, with helplessness in anger.

"What kind of request is this? They want Orb to be destroyed! Once Panama falls, they won't even do the superficial work!? Atlantic Federation bastards!"

"The Atlantic Federation's fleet has already headed south to the Pacific."

"What they want is the mass accelerator, [Dawn Society] and... Yang Hui."

"I can't agree to it!" Yang Hongyu saw that some of the people present had loosened their eyes, so he slammed the table and stood up and shouted. Whether as an Orb senior official or a father, he couldn't agree to it.

"But... even if we protest against these unreasonable demands, no country dares to defy the Atlantic Federation now. The Eurasian Federation has always been the Atlantic Federation's lackey, and the East Asian Federation is also exhausted. Countries such as the Equatorial Union and the Kingdom of Scandinavia, which have insisted on implementing neutrality, have also joined the Earth Union. It seems that we have to make a choice."

"ZAFT learned of the situation and has sent a proposal for talks from the Carpentaria base. The statement said that as long as we withdraw our troops from Papua New Guinea and return the Torres Strait and the Gulf of Papua, they can provide us with help."

"The Atlantic Federation is determined to divide the world For two! ? "Uzmi cursed, and at the same time questioned everyone present, "It's either a friend or an enemy, and we, Orb, must abandon our own ideals and laws, let them manipulate us, and fight against the forcibly assigned enemies?" "Joining the Union means being an enemy of PLANT; joining PLANT means being an enemy of the Union. Even if we join the Union now and avoid the current disputes, Orb will be gone, and it will repeat the mistakes of Panama in a blink of an eye!" Yang Hongyu continued, "Didn't we make the choice a long time ago, didn't we! ? "After a question, those with firm eyes remained firm, and those with wavering eyes lowered their heads in shame. That's right, didn't they make the choice a long time ago? For the rebirth of Orb, for the inherited fire, they had already decided their own fate. "Representative Yang Hongyu, how is the refugee transfer of the people going?" Uzmi asked. "The last batch of citizens who are willing to retain their Orb nationality have been sent away."

"... What about those who are unwilling?"

"The asylum notice was issued three days ago, and they all left. Now only 3% of the citizens in the country are unwilling to leave..."

Speaking of this, Yang Hongyu is proud, Uzimi is also proud, and everyone present is proud. These 3% of citizens who are unwilling to leave are those who are determined to live and die with Orb. Although it is only 3%, this is also the greatest recognition for them, and the best comfort and affirmation for Orb, which shows that Orb's concept is not wrong!

"Let them leave." Uzimi finally decided. Although he was very happy that there were citizens who were willing to live and die with the country, they were all precious fire seeds. For the nirvana of Orb, they should leave their homeland to seek refuge and wait for the right opportunity to return to Orb.

"I have sent people to persuade them many times, but they just don't want to leave. Alas." Yang Hongyu said with a headache.

"Have you informed Yang Hui?"

"Already informed."

"What did he say?"

"He said... tie them up and send them off on the boat."

"Uh..." Everyone was stunned, then smiled bitterly. It must be said that this approach was very Yang Hui-like.