Chapter 252: The Falling Tombstone (Part 8)

Let us move the world back a bit. When Li Boyong crossed paths with Shihe again and again on the wreckage of Junius Seven, Wang Liumei had just finished her first LOGOS member meeting.

Leaving the venue, she looked back at the beautiful private estate behind her, and a feeling of nausea surged in her heart.

Especially after listening to the arrogant speech of a certain oily-headed sissy alliance leader who thought he was right, that nausea reached its peak.

It could be said that a group of big shots standing at the top of the world's power, when the Earth was facing a crisis, gathered together to discuss not how to save the Earth's crisis, but how to start a war after the crisis and seek huge profits for the military enterprises under their hands.

"Big Miss, do you need to temporarily take refuge on the moon?"

The bodyguard beside her asked Wang Liumei, who walked out of the estate.

Although Wang Liumei successfully mastered the Lopez Conglomerate and became the veritable head of the conglomerate. However, out of her own personal interest, she still preferred her subordinates to call her "Big Miss."

Hearing the subordinate's inquiry, Wang Liumei pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Facing the huge satellite wreckage falling from the sky, the moon was safer. Moreover, she should be able to meet that guy on the moon and discuss future plans.

After all, just now, the LOGOS members had laid the tone called war for the future world situation.

Under the arrangement of her subordinates, using the privileges of the conglomerate, Wang Liumei soon arrived at the Florida coast and boarded a shuttle to the moon at the launch base there.

If it was large-scale transport of materials and troops, it would indeed require a mass driver to achieve it.

But for the transport of a few VIPs, the nearest private aerospace launch base was the best choice.

Boarding the shuttle to go to the sky, when rushing out of the atmosphere, Wang Liumei saw with the naked eye the four light spots falling toward Earth in the distance.

According to the latest information, that should be the wreckage of Junius Seven that had already split.

"Tsk..."

Seeing this scene, Wang Liumei laughed at herself, "It seems that I am no different from those disgusting guys..."

She could certainly use the power in her hands to escape to the moon when the disaster came. But the people left on Earth didn't have such luck.

As the shuttle continued to fly toward the moon, those light spots representing the Junius wreckage slowly disappeared from Wang Liumei's field of vision.

It seemed that at the last moment, she saw new light spots appearing.

"Probably, it's the wreckage splitting into new fragments under the operation..."

Carrying self-comfort that could reduce guilt, Wang Liumei sat upright in her seat and closed her eyes.

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Above the Junius wreckage.

As the wreckage gradually approached the critical point of falling, the MS on the ZAFT side also began to return to the mothership one after another.

Yzak and Dearka piloted their seat units back to a safe altitude and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

During the low-orbit battle of the last Great War, both had the experience of single-unit entry into the atmosphere. Although they landed safely relying on the performance of the Gundam at that time, that kind of life-and-death experience was really enough once.

"Wait, where is that guy Athrun?"

At this time, Yzak suddenly noticed that there was no Athrun's unit nearby.

"Didn't see him, that guy wouldn't still be staying on the wreckage, right?"

Dearka answered, his face carrying a trace of worry.

"Tsk, does that guy want to show off at this time? Does he really want to become a hero who saved the world and then be sacrificed by future generations?"

Yzak shouted dissatisfiedly.

"He is not that kind of person..."

Dearka retorted.

"Of course I know that kind of thing!"

Yzak smashed the console indignantly and was about to pilot the unit to return to the wreckage.

But he was stopped by Dearka in time, who advised: "Stop, with our current units, we will really die if we go down this time."

After a pause, Dearka continued: "And we still have a VIP to transport now, don't forget your duty as a captain."

Yzak heard this and turned the head camera toward the mothership. Over there, a shuttle was slowly entering the hangar of the Voltaire, and Chairman Durandal was on it.

Because the Minerva's captain decided to let the battleship fall to Earth together with the Junius Seven wreckage and perform extreme crushing operations with the ship's bow special artillery in the atmosphere.

So Chairman Durandal, who was originally on the Minerva, was transferred to the Voltaire.

"Tsk... I know."

Finally, under Dearka's persuasion, Yzak gave up his reckless behavior.

He looked at the Junius wreckage that was still falling and said, "I hope this time, that guy can be as lucky as he was when he shot down the Strike."

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On the Junius wreckage.

Athrun was piloting the unit to perform setting operations on the last remaining Meteor Breaker.

While operating, many past events couldn't help but surface in his mind...

Suddenly, he saw the signal of the Impulse Gundam approaching on the console.

"The return signal has been sent for a long time, why are you still dawdling here?"

Shinn piloted the Impulse and came nearby, saying to Athrun.

"Since you know, why are you still here?"

Athrun didn't answer this question but asked back.

Because he didn't know how to answer this question either.

Was it because this incident was caused by the Zala remnants, so he felt guilty in his heart?

Or was it just because he wanted to protect Cagalli's country?

Or, did he just simply want to die here?

For Athrun's counter-question, Shinn couldn't give an answer either.

To say it was to protect the Naturals on Earth, that's why he was still staying on the wreckage at this time, that's impossible.

But apart from that, what would it be for?

Attracted by the glory of Athrun, this former Great War hero?

This kind of thing, Shinn Asuka would rather be beaten to death, fall from here to Earth, than admit it.

"Damn it, I really don't know why you would stay in that kind of country."

Seeing Athrun still working hard to set the parameters, Shinn shouted dissatisfiedly and went over to help, "If you don't want to be blown into pieces by the Minerva's ship bow cannon, you'd better move fast."

Shinn's words were by no means alarmist; the actions of the two were really very dangerous.

If they didn't hurry up, they would either be blown into pieces by the Minerva, or be dragged by Earth's gravity and fall to Earth together with the wreckage under their feet.

But at such a critical moment, Athrun and Shinn both saw the enemy unit's approach signal.

Both of them sank in their hearts at the same time. It seems... if things go wrong, they really have to be buried with the satellite wreckage under their feet.

But even if the situation was very bad, Athrun and Shinn were not the kind of characters to be captured without a fight, so they piloted their units to face the last enemies respectively. ===== CHAPTER 253 =====