Chapter 307

ZAFT military, Gibraltar Base.

Due to the Heaven's Base battle, the Logos members were all killed by the Alliance side—of course, the official statement was that all Logos members died in a self-detonation at the command post—a non-public negotiation with special envoys dispatched by both the Alliance and PLANT governments was currently underway at the Gibraltar Base.

Regarding the so-called total death by self-detonation, the PLANT side certainly wouldn't believe it even if they died; did Logos get the script of the "Lion of Orb"?

But what other way was there? According to the original agreement, the conquered Heaven's Base still belonged to the Alliance's jurisdiction. Now, both sides had an opportunity to end the war through a crusade against Logos.

The peace factions of both the Alliance and PLANT hoped to use this opportunity to end this absurd war that started because the wreckage of Junius Seven fell to Earth.

The fact that the negotiation location could be chosen at the Gibraltar base showed that the Alliance side was very sincere, and it also showed that the ZAFT military was not resistant to peace.

The non-public secret negotiations were underway, but it seemed to have little to do with the Minerva members stationed at the Gibraltar base.

As a warship that had been fighting on the front line since the Armory One incident, this time the Minerva was truly on a long vacation for repairs.

In the base's affiliated infirmary, Athrun and a group of Minerva pilots were visiting Shihe.

Ever since the Heaven's Base battle, after Shihe communicated with Li Boyong, a severe headache of unknown cause that occurred at irregular intervals had been plaguing her, making her unable to continue serving as a pilot, so after obtaining Captain Gladys's approval, she moved into the base's affiliated infirmary.

A series of examinations by doctors also failed to find any results, but when the headache struck, the patient's vital signs were indeed on the verge of danger, and they could only use medication to help alleviate the pain.

"Sorry, I made everyone worry." Shihe, in a patient's gown on the hospital bed, smiled at the partners who came to visit, "Because of me, we almost lost a precious machine."

Luna Maria, also a girl, hurriedly waved her hands to comfort her: "It's not Shihe's fault at all; if there's any fault, we also have responsibility for not noticing Shihe's physical condition."

"So, did the doctor check what the cause is?" Shinn interjected from the side, but his tone was slightly stiff, making the atmosphere of visiting the patient a bit awkward.

Actually, his original intention was to care about Shihe and hope to find the problem and treat it as soon as possible, but he didn't know how to express his concern, so once the words came out, it became like this.

Luna Maria immediately gave him an elbow, telling him not to speak if he didn't know how to. And Shinn, who was unconvinced, naturally started bickering with Luna again.

Seeing this, Athrun coughed: "This is a hospital room; you two should restrain yourselves a little."

"Sorry."

"Okay, okay."

Hearing this, Shinn and Luna Maria stopped bickering and retreated to the side to peel small fruits for Shihe—of course, Luna Maria did the work, and Shinn was "guiding" from the side...

"Don't worry about the machine; there's nothing wrong with it, and I've already helped handle the reports and such. Shihe, just rest with peace of mind for a while." Athrun took two steps forward, inserted the bouquet he brought into the vase in the room, and said with a relaxed tone: "Anyway, it's unlikely that any war will occur in the near future."

"That is indeed true; recently the base has been full of rumors saying that secret non-public ceasefire negotiations are being held in this base." Heine took over the conversation from the side, "There have been no conflicts on any front. If we are optimistic, it's even possible to sign a ceasefire agreement directly, so just rest here with peace of mind and check what that headache is about?"

"Hmm, then I'm a bit more relieved." Shihe nodded with a smile, but soon her expression became painful; it was clearly the headache Heine mentioned striking.

"Shihe, are you okay?" Seeing Shihe's expression was wrong, Athrun hurriedly asked: "Do you need to call a doctor?"

"It's okay, this time it doesn't seem very serious." Shihe shook her hand upon hearing this, "I keep taking special painkillers, and I'm afraid of developing a drug dependency, so I'll endure it myself if it's not too serious."

After a pause, she added: "The doctor also suggested this..."

After speaking, Shihe closed her eyes and took two deep breaths; some strange memories flashed through her mind again—hazy, ambiguous, familiar, but not very real.

Athrun and the others looked at Shihe with concern, and seeing her expression gradually soothe, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, I made you laugh." Shihe opened her eyes, saw everyone's concerned faces, and reached out toward Luna Maria, "Luna, I'm a bit hungry for fruit."

"Ah, oh, okay." Seeing this, Luna Maria hurriedly handed over the peeled fruit.

Shihe took it, took a bite, and smiled at everyone: "Don't worry, it's nothing; the recent situation has improved a bit."

Afterward, Shihe talked with everyone for a while, and the atmosphere in the room was not as heavy as before.

Seeing that the time was about right, and that it would be impolite to the patient Shihe if they disturbed her any longer, the group of Minerva pilots said their goodbyes one after another.

After leaving the room, Shinn said fiercely: "It must be that Alliance machine that has something weird about it, which caused Shihe to have problems; what kind of bullshit hero who saves the world..."

For the straight-talking Shinn, although he knew in his heart that it was unlikely, he still attributed Shihe's illness to Li Boyong, who appeared somewhat subtly at that point in time.

Everyone just smiled upon hearing this, letting Shinn vent his dissatisfaction; anyway, if Shinn didn't go around talking nonsense, they didn't need to speak up to shield the Alliance soldier.

However, everyone felt from the bottom of their hearts that the claim that a so-called secret weapon caused Shihe's injury was unlikely.

On the other side, after Athrun and the others left, Shihe quietly got up and came to the vase in the room. She slowly pulled out the bouquet, and after a careful inspection, she found a slit in one of the flower stems. She pried it open with a little force and pinched out the note wrapped inside...

At the same time, Orb territorial waters.

An allied fleet, led by the Orb Expeditionary Fleet and supported by Li Boyong's fleet, was slowly approaching the Orb mainland.