An Underground Corridor
I wonder if the ceiling will collapse?
I'm so sorry! Milady, are you alright?
It was a shock, but I'm alright.
And you, Loran?
Please, hold on. I'll let you down.
Right here?
We seem to be in the underground Cavern that Sid mentioned.
It's too dangerous for us to head to the surface.
We'll wait here for a little while.
Yes.
Is the White Doll alright after going through that?
It looked like it took a bad hit.
Loran!?
Are you alright?
Yeah. I just fell. I'm fine.
What do you mean you're alright?
That hurt...
I'm sorry.
Wait there a moment.
Sure.
I don't have a handkerchief...
Handkerchief?
Your arm.
It's really nothing.
And just what would you do if the wound got infected?
Please stop, Milady. There's no need for that.
Why is that?
Well, Milady Kihel...
It's like you're treating me far too kindly all of a sudden.
I keep expecting some punishment to come for everything.
Punishment?
You're suggesting that an elegant lady should serve as your punisher? That's rather crude.
I'm sorry...
Get back!
The fight is still going on out there.
The war is still expanding...
Ouch...
Please, pardon me!
You've matured quite a bit these days, Loran.
It's fine.
Thank you so much, Lady Kihel.
What?
The battle's...
Uncle Sid!
Why are you here?
What are you doing in a place like this?
Did the Colonel give you an update?
Not quite. I was forced down here by the Dianna Counter Mobile Suits.
Then, I'm glad you're okay.
What is all of this?
There may be even more mechanical dolls buried underground in this area.
We're excavating to find them.
Even if we only find one, you'd still want it, right?
But there's a battle taking place above us.
We're not soldiers.
Our priority is finding these treasures.
Does that pathway there reach the surface?
I've little interest in what's over there.
Shouldn't we check? Let's go look.
It's not around here.
There's no point to our attack if we can't capture the Mustached unit.
I'll send some of my men out to check for it.
Sounds good to me. The Zenoa team should concentrate on investigating this Mountain Cycle.
Okay.
I'll let that one man find the Mustached mobile suit.
I'll get it for ya!
One more thing...
Dianna Counter will not supply you with more units.
You will have only the two Gozzo.
That's all.
Hey, that's fine with me if it means I don't have anybody harrassing me all the time.
Bruno, Jacop...
Let's head out and find that White Mustached Gundam!
Yes Sir!
There it is.
- What, is the Sergeant some briefcase now? - Did you get in touch with them?
What about the Mountain Cycle?
It's no good.
Dianna Counter's acting like they own the place.
And Vicinity?
They haven't been there.
Sid and his people...Did you find any survivors?
No, I've heard they relocated somewhere else.
But frankly, I can't say for sure.
In short, you're saying we've lost the mechanical reinforcements we wanted to uncover?
Wasn't Nocis also badly damaged?
I've heard Guin Rhineford has abandoned Nocis.
Is that what the report says? - Yes.
The heir has abandoned the capital of Inglessa?
Now that Guin's altered our situation...
Our Militia will reorganize and join forces with Luzianna's Milita.
A Militia alliance?
Correct.
We'll also consider uniting all the Militias in the Ameria Continent.
Gather each of their respective commanders!
Reports suggest that Luzianna discovered...
...another mountain similar to our Mountain Cycle.
I don't like this. He doesn't believe our own mechanized forces are up to the task.
I wonder where Loran went?
We need to gather our respective forces and combine our strengths.
It's been a long time, Sir Guin.
Have you been waiting long?
I haven't been waiting long enough to give me reason to complain.
You could've just come directly to our place, you know?
My father's there now.
l don't want to see him at this time.
So, you're still upset about what my father said.
"One day, Guin Sard Rhineford will be taken down a notch, and I can't wait to see it.",
Is that it?
He was corret.
Then if I'm right, there's another reason you asked me here...
Is it to allow me to get a ride in this great plane?
l have a request.
Go ahead.
From now on... the negotiations between the moon and earth...
...will be held Luzianna, where Duke Borjarno reigns.
My father mentioned that as well. So?
Since l can't be there personally, I'd like to establish an inside source of intel on our enemy's plans.
You mean a spy?
You want me to become your little pipeline of intel?
I could easily do that!
I've been so bored.
Working as a spy sounds wonderful!
Now, would you mind if I take a look inside this thing?
Miss Lily Borjano...
I don't plan on vanishing just quite yet.
Loran, are you sure that you're alright?
You should take a break.
I'm not tired. Milady, allow me to...
...take you to a place where you won't be harmed.
I'm counting on you, Loran.
Counting on me...
Milady, are you alright!?
Did you fall off!?
I'm perfectly fine.
Thank Goodness...
Loran, there's another hole off to the right.
Milday, please wait here for me.
The enemy might be up there!
Is it not around here?
It's here somewhere!
If we can't find it...
Make it come out and find us!
Fire your railgun to draw him out!
Roger that, Sergeant!
Jacop, do it.
Right!
That's right! This is what a man's life should be like!
Hold your fire!
What is it?
Doesn't something seem out of place here?
Go and inspect that one spot by the dust clouds.
We can't go out that way. Let's try going to the left.
This place has the same texture as that one point at the Mountain Cycle.
Why don't we take a look...
Are you alright, pops?
Do I look alright?
Don't bother with me. Continue the investigation!
The old man's getting agitated.
But where do we set up to begin working?
Limestone caverns sitting above volcanic ashes...
...and below the ground has a layer which is loose like sand, and brittle as a wafer.
It has the same properties and features as found in the Mountain Cycle.
I can't see a thing...
Too much interference for the sensors...
Can't tell anything for sure.
Just keep firing your railgun, and I'm sure that'll drag him out.
There's a lot of heat under the ground.
Would that be wise?
Are you afraid of a volcano erupting in your face or something?
Quit goofing around, you two!
Right!
Did that come from the direction where Milady Kihel's at?
Did the battle shift locations?
That sound came from somewhere underground.
It's the sound you hear when gas starts pouring out of the earth.
Those bastards Phil and Zenoa just keep jerking me around!
SHOW YOURSELF!
Do you think our leader's getting fed up with this search?
I wonder if we'll be able to slip away unnoticed?
Ahh, not good, not good!
Why did fate leave us stuck here with this jerk of a sergeant?
Loran Cehack pulled it off?
I don't think they can use their weapons now.
What type of Mobile Suits are these?
Were these made on the moon?
The pilots are gone.
Nothing but the name "Gozzo"
Lady Kihel!
Loran, were there any more enemies?
There was at least one more.
Only one? Then perhaps I can speak with and convince him to stop.
What are you thinking? We're leaving this place and searching for another way out.
I'm sorry. I've heard that...
I resemble the leader of our enemy, so I was hoping to try negotiating.
Milady, I never imagined you'd be able to come up with such radical ideas.
Disguises are difficult things to maintain convincingly.
Lady Kihel must be...
Bruno and Jacop STILL haven't returned with news of finding the White Mustache yet!?
Pops, what is this?
What? Have you found a new treasure?
Here, what's this?
This looks like a bomb from the Mountain Cycle.
Uh oh...
This is bad!
Get out of here!
What's that!?
They have mines in a place like this?
Did that bastardly Gundam sneak in this route?
Ooh, there's people here!
A Mechanical Doll!
- Isn't there another way out? - We can't go back that way!
Those were the ones excavating down here, right?
That's right. It looks like the ceiling collapsed.
Loran, run!
You shouldn't go that way!
Why not?
Some of the enemy's mechanical dolls are over there, incapacitated!
Then where should we go?
I will stay here and keep him back.
Take the lady and get just get her away from here!
Loran?
I'll be fine!
There are some narrow passages in the rocks that you should be able to sneak through.
Sid, I'm entrusting the lady to you!
Okay!
Have its legs been damaged?
That boy will be just fine.
That boy?
He's, by far, the Militia's best pilot.
You damned White Mustached Gundam, I know that you're here...
Come on out!
I knew it'd be that strange Mobile Suit.
Found you!
He... This pilot wants to dual me hand to hand?
You want this?
Please allow me to borrow it.
Old man Sid?
What is it?
The lady asked me to loan her this gun.
I must go back on my own.
- Guard the escape exit. - Right!
Milady...
Kihel Heim.
It's not proper for a lady to use that sort of thing.
It's not what you believe.
Cook, Morris, come with us!
Loran, you're certainly a brave member of the Moonrace.
I can't stand straight!
What!? He's...
Well then Gundam... please forgive me for being so blunt, little miss pilot.
Your Laura Rola, right? Well, badly piloting the White Mobile Suit alone like that isn't courteous at all!
So that's how it is, eh?
The sound of a cave-in...
Kihel Heim...
We can't monitor the battle if we just stand here.
It's not just sulpher. The smell's getting even stronger! Don't!
What's this? Are these the strips of nanoskin that hold the monitor together?
It doesn't matter, the unit's still operational.
The system should still hold up, but...
It's so hot!
The monitor is working now?
That man...
Little miss Laura, you're still not dead yet, right?
There's plenty more where that came from!
Can the White Doll not defend against him?
Come on, move!
It's just as I said, Little Miss Laura Rola!
Do you understand, Miss?
Once that bubbly magma melts you away...
You'll simply be reduced to a part of the earth!
It's not like I've always hated you or anything.
But in my mind...
...there's some strange memories of the Gundam humiliating me!
AND I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!
He hates the sight of "Gundam"?
Why won't you fall, little miss?
Corin Nander!
Her Majesty!?
Milady Kihel?
Excellent work.
Corin Nander, your mission has ended.
You may now leave!
What is this, your Majesty!?
It's the Gundam! Can't you see the Gundam in front of me, right here!?
Since when does a Gundam have a mustache?
It doesn't. The times have changed, and your mission has come to an end.
If you disobey my order, I will have you put to death!
Your Majesty...
You may leave.
You've gained more than your share of sins.
Is this it!?
Fall!
Melt and vanish in the magma!
Corin!
You disobeyed a direct order!
I, Dianna Soriel, now have no other choice.
You are sentenced to death!
Dianna Soriel?
My only desire has been to fight for the Queen's happiness!
Who do you think you are?
Here!
I'm not falling down there!
How did I know?
It was because...
The military had warned me about that particular officer. I had been told he had numerous interesting quirks.
Is that it?
Just the same, you were very brave, Milady.
I was truly very surprised.
Sir Guin trained me to handle a crisis like this.
This issue wasn't any different.
That's true.
There are still a lot of things that I need to learn...
Otherwise, I'll never be as confident with myself.
You've done an excellent job. I too was surprised by you.
Really?
It'd be good if you got some rest.
Milady...
Ojousan
Milady...
Ojousan
You are one, and yet you are two.
Anata hitori de futari kamo
One was born in the sunlight...
Hizashigatsukuru fukuramito
...the other was birthed by the moon's light.
Tsuki no hikari no mou hitori
Two different paths are before you now.
Anata yuku michi futatsu demo
Allow me to help you with my own hands.
Te wo kashimashou kono boku no
The moonlight is shining on your face...
Tsuki no hikari no usugeshou
I've fallen in love with the overlapping shadows.
Kazanaru kage ni koi kokoro
We avoided Dianna Counter's attack...
...and then find ourselves in a valley.
While there, Milady Kihel has an encounter...
...with a digger, Mister Will.
He wants to prove the legend about the Girl of the Moon and his Ancestor.
And I also have an incident with a Miss Teteth...
...while at the hot springs.
Next time... on TURN A GUNDAM...
An Older Person
"The wind of memory excites one's heart."
An Older Person