Chapter 704
Black Suit Declaration
Chapter 704 Black Suit Declaration
Yitzhak and Diego left.
Just like the Kamok, they also received a direct order from the ZAFT headquarters, requiring them to reach the Yakin Duvi Line as quickly as possible and report to Lao Lu Kreuzer who had arrived there first.
Isaac's words before he left left Aslan unable to calm down for a long time.
However, in the morning, Aslan, who thought he had disguised himself well, watched Lacus slowly fall asleep under the effect of the drug after lunch, and then he gradually felt a little disturbed.
During these few days, Aslan did not reveal any information about Siegel Klein as Isaac had guessed. He even worked with other people in the hospital to weave a lie, trying to make Lacus Klein mistakenly believe that Siegel Klein was too busy and could not get away to visit his beloved daughter.
But Isaac's ruthless revelation made Aslan panic, and he also doubted whether he really didn't understand Lacus Klein, his fiancée.
Behind the fact that he temporarily concealed the news of Uncle Siegel's stabbing death for what he thought was Lacus's own good, did Lacus Klein, who was lying on the hospital bed, already know the news?
Lacus, lying weakly on the hospital bed, was also weaving lies in the opposite direction to what Aslan was weaving, making Aslan mistakenly believe that she did not know that her father had been stabbed to death.
Thinking of this, Aslan couldn't help but grit his teeth.
indeed.
He admits.
He really didn't understand his fiancée.
"Yitzhak, you are right."
Aslan sighed inwardly, subconsciously stood up, walked to the window, and opened the curtains a little, making the light in the room a little dim.
However, when he returned to the bed, he found that Lacus Klein, who should have been asleep, had opened her eyes.
"Lacus. What's wrong? Does it hurt anywhere?"
Aslan was startled and spoke quickly, then covered Lacus' right hand with both hands and held it gently.
During these few days, Aslan seemed to have gotten used to this, and Lacus did not resist such action.
Lacus moved her gaze to look at Aslan, her lips moved but she didn't speak.
But Aslan saw a glimmer of crystal falling from the corner of Lacus' eyes again.
At this moment, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Aslan discovered that what Yitzhak said was true.
Lux,
Lacus Klein knew about Siegel Klein's death from the beginning.
"Lacus..."
Aslan gritted his teeth but could not utter any words.
Because he knew that any words of comfort were false.
Aslan, who had also lost his relatives, knew that at this moment, no words could soothe the tragic memory.
Athrun clenched his hands, finally leaned over and held Lacus in his arms.
“Lacus, Lacus, I’m right here! I’m right here!! So…so…”
Aslan's clothes were soaked with hot tears.
The silent crying continued as the light dimmed.
It was not until a reminder bell rang that Aslan realized that his clothes were mostly wet with tears, and Lacus in his arms had fallen asleep at some point.
Aslan's heart softened, and he gently put Lacus down and covered her with a blanket.
However, when Aslan was about to get up and change his clothes that were wet with tears, he found a group of people standing outside the door.
The man in the lead was someone Aslan knew: Johnson, one of his father's right-hand men.
"Aslan, the Speaker asked me to inform Miss Lacus that the time has come."
"Time? No. Lux is asleep now."
Aslan was a little confused, but refused.
But Lux's voice came from inside.
"I'm awake! Help me change my clothes!"
"Lacus, you!"
Aslan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and went back to the room, only to find that Lacus, who should have been asleep, had sat up.
Looking at the stunned Aslan, Lacus showed a bitter smile on her face.
"Sorry! Aslan, next, I have something I need to finish."
"Lux, your body, your injuries..."
Lux shook her head.
"It doesn't matter anymore!"
Then, Lux looked out the door again.
"Let someone help me change my clothes!"
As several maids walked out of the crowd, a middle-aged woman walked up to Aslan.
"Master Aslan, please wait outside for a while."
Aslan, who was unable to react for a moment, walked out of the ward and stared at Johnson.
The latter showed a helpless expression.
"I'm sorry! Aslan. This is an agreement between the Speaker and Miss Lacus. I was not aware of it in advance."
"What exactly is going on?"
"I don't know the details, but in a few hours, there will be a memorial service for Junius 7 and a state funeral for former Speaker Siegel Kalain."
"Really? So, it's already this time."
Aslan understood.
CE71.
2 month 14 day.
This is the one year anniversary of Bloody Day.
At the same time, on the occasion of this memorial day, the Supreme Council of PLANT publicly declared a national funeral day after the assassination of Siegel Klein, chairman of the Supreme Council of PLANT.
One year ago, more than 7 compatriots of Junius died.
One year later, on this day of death, Speaker Siegel Klein, who was respected and admired by the citizens of PLANT and worked hard for the peace of PLANT, was stabbed to death.
The occurrence of these events caused the atmosphere in PLANT to suddenly deteriorate.
Since the war began, the joy of gaining the advantage on the battlefield with the huge advantage brought by MS has disappeared at this moment.
What is left is sadness, anger and confusion.
Clearly having gained an advantage over the Earth Alliance on the battlefield, why was the Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council stabbed to death in April City, the capital of PLANT?
Our ZAFT is so powerful, but it can't resist the enemy's assassination?
The citizens of PLANT were very confused.
ZAFT's soldiers were also confused.
At this moment, both the citizens and the soldiers of ZAFT need an explanation, or a support, a belief that will allow them to continue fighting and believe in PLANT and ZAFT will definitely defeat the Earth Alliance.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the members of the Supreme Council, dressed in black, walked slowly from the audience to the stage, led by Patrick Sala, who was also dressed in black.
Patrick Sala, with a serious face and sharp eyes, strode to the podium and looked around, at his compatriots, at the ZAFT soldiers present, and at the camera pointed at him.
He knew that from now on, PLANT, and even ZAFT, would no longer have the possibility of negotiating peace with the Earth.
"Acting Speaker Sarah! Please wait a moment."
At this moment, a weak but strangely familiar voice came from the audience.
The next moment, when everyone saw the source of the sound clearly, there was an immediate sensation.
"That, that's Miss Lacus Clyne!!"
"That's Miss Lux!"
"She, what's wrong with her?"
"Isn't Miss Lacus in the hospital?"
No matter who you are, when you see the figure wearing all black, with beautiful pink hair covered by a black veil, and sitting in a wheelchair, you will all exclaim in pain.
Especially when they saw the scene where Lacus had to be picked up by Aslan in the red ZAFT uniform and walked slowly onto the stage when facing the stairs, almost everyone present had tears in their eyes, and were either holding back their tears or suppressing their anger.
"Acting Speaker Sarah, please forgive my willfulness! No matter what, I want to say something here."
After sitting back in the wheelchair, Lux raised her head and looked at Patrick standing on the podium.
The latter, without the slightest surprise, just nodded slowly.
"You, are here as expected. Then, go ahead, Lux."
Patrick walked down from the podium and patted Aslan on the shoulder as he passed by him.
"From now on, Lacus Clyne will be handed over to you. Athrun Zala."
"Yes! Father."
Aslan heard the hidden meaning in Patrick's words, but he didn't understand it for a moment.
And right now, there is no time for him to figure it out.
"Aslan, can I trouble you again?"
When Lacus' voice came, Aslan immediately understood and stepped forward, took off the microphone and handed it to Lacus.
Lux smiled back and then faced the audience.
"My fellow compatriots, one year ago today, PLANT lost Junius 7, and we lost 24 compatriots. Among these 3721 compatriots were our relatives and our friends. From that moment on, the scar called Bloody Valentine was deeply engraved in our hearts."
"One year later, PLANT lost its Speaker Siegel Klein, who fought for peace and to protect all PLANT compatriots from oppression, suffering, and the threat of a second Bloody Valentine."
"And I also lost the father who loved and protected me today."
"Why did it become like this?"
"Because we established PLANT and ZAFT, we made it impossible for the Earth Federation, which occupied the Earth and the resources that humans depend on, to oppress us again and again, and to demand that we meet the unreasonable demands of the Earth Federation with unfounded reasons!"
"No matter how difficult and painful our experiences were, the Earth Alliance never took us seriously!"
"All that is left to us is the insignificant "charity" that is called care and gift!"
"For this reason, we who live in the colonies have repeatedly requested the right to freedom and independence, but have been ruthlessly rejected and trampled upon by the Earth Federation."
"Even after our repeated requests, the Earth Federation not only did not restrain itself, but instead intensified its oppression against us and the PLANTs, and even sent warships to our PLANTs' doorsteps."
"For this reason, we PLANTs rose up! We established ZAFT to fight to protect PLANTs and citizens! We also fight for independence and freedom!"
"us···"
Lux, who was speaking, suddenly blushed and started coughing violently.
"Lux!"
Aslan, who was standing beside her, quickly leaned over to check, but was shocked to find that the palm of Lacus' hand blocking her mouth was covered in blood.
"Lacus! You can't say that anymore! We have to go back right now!"
But before Aslan could pick up Lacus, the other party grabbed Aslan's sleeve.
"Aslan, let me go on."
The red at the corner of Lux's mouth made her face look unusually sad and beautiful.
This moment was also captured by the camera and clearly presented to everyone present.
"No···"
Unexpectedly, a voice calling Lux was suddenly heard on the field.
"Lux!"
"Lux!"
"Lux!"
Gradually, voices calling for Lux rang out from every corner of the field, gathering into huge waves of sound.
Aslan looked back and saw that the audience was full of faces with red eyes, some angry, some with tears, and some with pity.
At this moment, all these faces were moved by Lux.
"Aslan."
Lux called softly from behind.
Aslan was dejected, and finally took a half step back, stood beside Lacus, leaned over and gently wiped the blood from the corner of Lacus' mouth with his sleeve.
Then, Lux picked up the microphone again.
"My father, Siegel Klein, who was beloved by the citizens, is dead!"
"why?"
"Because the Earth Alliance is afraid! They are afraid that we, who have gained the upper hand on the battlefield, will win again in rhetoric under the leadership of Siegel Klein!"
"In this way, the ugly face that the Earth Federation has been hiding will be exposed! The oppression they have been exerting on us PLANTs will have nowhere to hide!!"
"We must never forget the oppression and crimes committed by those rats of the Earth Union against the PLANTs and us!"
"This sorrow and anger must never be forgotten!"
"The death of my father, Siegel Klein, tells us this very clearly!"
"Forgetting this anger, forgetting this sorrow, forgetting the oppression we have suffered, will only lead to endless oppression from the Earth Union!"
"So, now, we should gather this anger, gather this sorrow, and defeat the Earth Alliance! Defeat those self-righteous rats!"
"Only in this way can we achieve true freedom and gain true independence!"
“This is the only way we can give the 7 compatriots who died in Junius 24 rest in peace!!”
"God bless PLANT!!"
As soon as Lux finished speaking, shouts of "God bless PLANT" were heard from the audience, on the street, or in the room.
Amidst the waves of noise that were getting louder and louder, the ZAFT fleet, which was ready to go, attacked in full force.
Whether in the universe or on Earth, the ZAFT army on various fronts launched a joint attack on the Earth at this moment.
CE71.
February 2th, 14:17P.M.
The Earth Alliance is in crisis on all fronts!
Within half an hour, most of Victoria Airport fell, and the Earth Federation garrison was on the verge of collapse.
(End of this chapter)