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Seeing Mikazuki's serious face, the pain on Flay's left cheek somehow subsided considerably. She raised her hand as if to strike, but found she couldn't bring herself to do it.
So she snorted coldly and stormed out of the mess hall, returning to her room. Sai immediately followed. He wasn't angry with Lacus, because he also felt Flay had gone too far. If she didn't change her temper, she might indeed regret it later, just as Lacus had said.
Mikazuki scratched his head and came before Kira. "Although it's somewhat insincere, please apologize to her for me."
"...Alright," Miriallia said. "But, Mikazuki, are you really okay? Flay said such harsh things..."
Mikazuki shook his head indifferently. "It's fine. Being called a monster isn't a one or two time thing for me. Maybe I really am a monster." Although the last sentence contained a hint of jest, it still made those who heard it feel heavy-hearted. They thought of Lacus's words just now, 'A child fighting to survive...' Was she referring to Mikazuki?
Murrue, at the entrance of the mess hall, leaned against the wall, her left arm crossed over her right. Her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, constantly replaying the conversation she had just overheard. "Mikazuki... what exactly are you...?"
After Mikazuki and Lacus finished eating, Mikazuki said he was going to exercise his body and digest his food. Before he could invite Lacus,
Lacus jumped in, "I'll come too." So the two went together to the gym in the recreation area. The recreation area had gravity similar to that on Earth, otherwise the food in the mess hall would float in the air. The gym in the recreation area also had gravity.
Mikazuki took off his shirt, exposing his upper body. He grasped a horizontal bar with his left hand, and with his right hand behind his back, he performed pull-ups with one arm, and at a very fast pace.
Lacus looked at Mikazuki's formidable physical condition in awe. Doing pull-ups with one arm and at such speed... there were no Coordinators in the ZAFT military who could do that.
But Mikazuki had already done nearly fifty, and besides some sweat beads visible on his body, the speed of his pull-ups had not slowed down. After doing fifty, he released his left hand and switched to his right,
continuing for fifty more. Lacus looked at Mikazuki's well-defined upper body, her face slightly flushed as she chuckled, "Mikazuki, your body is very strong."
"Hmm, it's because my work requires moving very heavy things, so I can't do it without strength."
"Work, huh..." Hearing his reply, the blush on Lacus's face faded, and her bright eyes gazed at Mikazuki with tenderness.
The next day, Murrue informed Mikazuki that they had received a communication from the 8th Fleet's advance party, and they were expected to rendezvous today. Mikazuki's reaction was calm.
"That's great." Although he said "that's great," his expression showed no fluctuation. Or rather, he showed no reaction at all, which made Murrue let out a bitter laugh. "Anyway, once we successfully rendezvous, you won't have to work so hard fighting."
"Oh, really?" After parting ways with Murrue, Mikazuki put on his headset and conversed with Orga. "The Archangel is about to rendezvous with their headquarters. Are we going too?" Orga mused for a moment. "Hmm... let's see. If they have any crooked ideas, we'll just pilot Barbatos and charge out.
The Earth Alliance headquarters is on the moon anyway. It'll be just like when we first landed on Earth with Tekkadan. We'll find something to block the atmospheric friction and directly plunge into Earth. Barbatos has more than enough fuel for the distance between the moon and Earth."
Mikazuki had planned the same. If the Earth Alliance had any twisted intentions, he would raise hell and then take Lacus with him to Earth. He knew the Earth Alliance's attitude towards Lacus, and he had also said he would protect Lacus, so he absolutely wouldn't abandon her.
After Murrue parted ways with Mikazuki, she coincidentally ran into Lacus, who was looking for Mikazuki, in the corridor. Murrue greeted her amicably, "Good morning, Lacus."
"Yes, good morning, Captain Murrue. Excuse me, have you seen Mikazuki? I went to his room to look for him earlier but didn't find him." Lacus, who had intended to find Mikazuki for breakfast, was a little unhappy not seeing him when she woke up.
Murrue turned slightly to her side, looking behind her. "He should have gone to the mess hall."
"Oh, I see. Thank you." With that, Lacus reached out and used the conveyor belt to move forward. As she glided past, Murrue spoke, "Um, Lacus, would you mind talking for a bit?" Lacus released the conveyor belt and stopped in the zero-gravity air. She paused, then chuckled, "No problem."
"Then, let's go to your room to talk."
"Alright."
In Lacus's room, Lacus sat on her bed, and Murrue sat on a chair.
"So, Captain Murrue, what did you want to talk about?" Lacus was a little curious. After all, given her identity, she was either an enemy or a potential hostage for Murrue.
"Do you know Mikazuki very well?" Murrue spoke, but her words surprised Lacus. She wanted to ask about Mikazuki? Not about her identity? But she quickly recovered, gave Murrue a deep look, and said, "Has Mikazuki not told you much about himself?"
Murrue shook her head. "He only said he was the leader of Tekkadan. Aside from his name, I know nothing about his origins. Oh, right, I once saw his back, and he only said one name, but didn't explain, saying it was troublesome. I remember he called it Alaya-Vijnana, right? Do you know anything about that?"
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