UNION ANTI-GUNDAM INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE
First Lieutenant.
Is it true that the Human Reform League fought the Gundams in space?
Yeah.
Judging from the scattered debris alone, over twenty Tierens were badly damaged.
Oh boy.
Kinda scary just to imagine going up against those Gundams.
No kidding.
The difference in mobile suits' abilities...
...isn't the only thing that determines the outcome of a fight.
I'm counting on you, Flag Fighters.
So, those special particles are diversely mutable photons after all.
That's not all.
The Gundams are creating these special particles in their engines.
I don't know how else to explain...
...their seemingly limitless flight range and extended operation time.
It must also have something to do with the fact that until now...
...only four Gundams have appeared.
Aeolia Schenberg was a man of formidable intellect.
To think he discovered this particle over two centuries ago...
...and solidified its basic theory.
Why would a man like that...
...begin something as unrealistic as the eradication of war?
A warning to humankind...
...who seem on the verge of bringing the seeds of war up into space with them.
That's how I see it.
nee konna katachi no deai shika nakattano? Was this the only way we could meet?
kanashiine It's so sad
anata ni shindemo ayamete hoshikumonai... I don't want you to die or kill anyone...
onegai Please
unmei sae nomikomare We're sinking into a sea
shizumisouna umi e to A sea that swallows fate itself
negai yo kaze ni notte May my wishes ride on the wind
yoake no kane wo naraseyo And ring the bells of daybreak
tori no you ni May they fly like birds
My wishes over their airspace
musuu no nami wo koe asu e tachimukau anata wo You face tomorrow, crossing myriad waves
mamoritamae Be protected by my wishes
My life I trade in for your pain
furimukazu habatake Keep beating my wings without looking back
kono omoi wo hakonde Carrying my hopes and dreams
ano sora wo tondeku Fly through the sky
negai wa darenimo uchiotosenai Wishes can never be shot out of the sky
ALLELUJAH
In this military operation by the Human Reform League...
...Kyrios was nearly captured...
...and Nadleeh was revealed to the enemy.
Sumeragi Lee Noriega, as the commander of this operation...
...this is all your responsibility.
I'm sorry.
But you know, I'm only human.
It's natural that I'll fail on occasion.
That's hardly an excuse for what happened.
Consider how much this hinders our plans!
You're the one who showed Nadleeh to the enemy.
If I hadn't, they would have had me.
Even so, you're partially responsible.
Don't blame it all on Miss Sumeragi.
You're fortunate that you're still alive.
From now on, I'll be giving Veda's commands top priority.
Excuse me.
That was tense.
He didn't have to rush in and say things like that in front of everyone.
That's so cute of him to be so uptight.
Taking out his anger at himself on other people.
That machine...
A high-mobility Super-Soldier version of the Tieren.
There's no mistake about it. The one piloting it was the same as me.
They're not still continuing that, are they?
That accursed project.
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE LOW ORBITAL STATION
The data on the winged Gundam collected during its capture...
Images taken from Tieren's mission recorders...
...of Celestial Being's mother ship...
...and the Big One purging its armor.
That's far too little in return for the cost of several hundred thousand probes...
...and the loss of over twenty Tierens.
I have no excuse.
I am prepared to accept any punishment.
I have no intentions of removing you. And I will not accept a resignation, either.
The operation did fail...
...but my evaluation of you hasn't changed.
It's a case of the Gundams' abilities surpassing our expectations.
Excuse me for saying this, but sir, we still don't know their true limits.
Continuing capture operations could prove costly to our military...
I'm aware of that as well.
The Chairman is currently conducting secret negotiations with the Union.
The Union?
It means the handling of the Celestial Being situation has moved into its next phase.
Second Lieutenant Peries.
Please avenge First Lieutenant Ming...
...no, all our comrades, in the next operation.
I will carry out my missions the best I can.
That reason and that reason alone is why I am allowed to exist.
Stay back! Stay back!
As the Second Lieutenant's Taozi approaches...
...the Gundam pilot experiences more pain.
As we thought, the Gundam pilot must be affected by the quantum brain waves.
There is one. Test subject E-57.
E-57.
After quantum brain wave treatment, a new personality manifested...
...ferocious tendencies...
After data was collected, disposed of.
This isn't good.
Should the top brass find out about this...
What did you find out from the Taozi's mission recorder?
Sir!
Nothing yet, sir.
I believe the Gundam pilot and Second Lieutenant Peries are the same type.
I can't deny the possibility of other nations researching quantum brain wave treatment.
If there are, then it just shows how twisted this world is.
I agree with that opinion, Lieutenant Colonel.
What should I do? Should I report this? Or...
There's only one thing to do.
Hallelujah.
That detestable laboratory still exists...
...and is churning out people like us one after another.
That's an act that promotes warfare.
So you're telling me to crush our comrades?
Those like us?
Is the kind-hearted Mr. Allelujah too good for that kind of work?
Then hand your body over to me.
I'll deal with it real quick.
Just like that time.
Are we gonna die?
No way! I don't wanna die! Allelujah!
Not a chance!
You're gonna die!
Allelujah...
No.
My name is...
Stop it, Hallelujah!
We don't have to kill them.
We could take them into custody.
What kinda future does a person who's been modified for combat have?
You know that better than anyone.
Yeah? Celestial Being's Mr. Gundam Meister.
No! The reason I came here was...
Because fighting is all you're capable of.
No!
That's our destiny!
No! I'm...!
Setsuna...
Something wrong?
No, it's nothing.
KINGDOM OF AZADISTAN
I understand construction of the receiver antennas has fallen behind schedule.
The construction has been interrupted on a number of occasions.
There are those among our citizens who are against solar power generation.
Please prioritize the safety of the engineers we've deployed.
Should something happen...
...we would have no choice but to leave the country.
I have conveyed that to our military.
Princess.
Why not make a courtesy visit to the construction site?
That would certainly improve the morale of the soldiers and engineers...
So that she can be assassinated?
Shirin!
Ambassador, why did the United Nations...
...decide to grant technological assistance to Azadistan?
There are many countries that are technologically behind in the Middle East.
So, why?
Because you requested it.
The United Nations would like to make a model case out of Azadistan's situation...
...and extend help to all lands in the Middle East.
In addition, the existence of Celestial Being is also a concern.
Celestial Being?
Since they seek the eradication of war...
...it is only a matter of time before they intervene here in the Middle East...
...where, though on a small-scale, some conflicts always take place.
Rather than send assistance to rebuild...
...I believe it is more important to help in removing conflict.
Your thoughts are very noble.
Ambassador Corner...
Can you swear by your God that those feelings and sentiments are true?
Yes, I can.
For Azadistan's future, I would swear even to your God.
What's the matter, Allelujah?
Are you mad, too?
I guess you would be. You've been through a lot.
I'm sorry for being such a lousy tactical forecaster.
Are you drunk?
Is that a problem?
You should ease up a little.
No way. I can't continue living without this.
Hey. If you don't have anything to...
I have a mission plan I'd like to propose to you and Veda.
A mission plan?
An armed intervention mission against an institute that aids warfare.
This institute is involved in my past.
I've gathered detailed data.
Please take a look, when you're sober.
Excuse me.
Human Reform League Army, Super Soldier Special Duty Organization.
So it is true...
I will cut this nightmarish chain of events.
And this time, it'll be by my own will!
This is amazing, Louise!
I'm so moved that you can prepare Japanese cuisine this masterfully!
Try some. It's really good.
Do you like it?
Yes. It's very good.
Mom says it's very good, Saji!
Huh?
Thank you.
Just because you can cook doesn't mean I approve of your relationship with Louise.
I will, however, acknowledge that your cooking is delicious.
I'm glad you like it.
No good.
How do you expect to trace your way to Aeolia Schenberg?
All of his blood relatives are deceased.
Even if you tried to track him through his finances...
...data security was terrible 200 years ago. It could easily have been edited by now.
It's impossible.
That's why we've come here.
And why exactly is that?
It's them!
Who are they?
The Union's Security Bureau.
Security Bureau?
They've been after Aeolia...
...and I received information that...
...they've already been here three times this month.
Th-This isn't good, Kinue.
If they should find out what we're up to...
W-Wait, Kinue!
I looked through the operation plan as well as your past history.
We have reason for an armed intervention, and Veda recommends the operation too.
But are you sure? They're just like you...
I don't mind.
What does the other you say?
There's no need to ask him.
Are you sure about this?
I'll face my own past, and I'll do it alone.
All right, then.
Exia, Dynames, you'll follow the plan...
...and commence armed intervention in the South African border conflict zone.
After the two units have taken off, change Ptolemy's course to Lagrange Four.
We will perform an armed intervention...
...against an HRL Institute at the Quanqiu space colony.
Launch preparations complete.
Transferring timing control over to Exia.
Don't do anything crazy just because I'm not there.
Roger.
Exia, Setsuna F. Seiei, taking off.
Next, preparing for Dynames' launch sequence.
Commencing container loading.
Dynames to the catapult deck.
I looked through the operation plan as well as your past history.
But are you sure? They're just like you...
I don't mind.
Allelujah Haptism.
I see. He is...
Humanity...
How could people ever do anything so foolish?
Matsubara
They wanted to know the whereabouts of your great-grandfather?
Yes.
I was told not to tell anyone.
The Security Bureau was gathering information on my great-grandfather...
...who went missing two hundred years ago.
What kind of person was he?
They tell me that he was an authority in materials engineering...
...but I don't know the details.
So in the end, we don't have any clues.
That's not necessarily true.
Aeolia Schenberg was likely scouting scientists for this project back then.
Even if you can hack into data, you can't do that with people.
It's starting to come into focus.
The shadow of a man who died two centuries ago.
SOUTH AFRICA BORDER REGION
An easy win down here, but I wonder how Allelujah and Tieria are doing.
Kyrios, Virtue, launch complete.
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE SPACE COLONY QUANQIU
0042 until mission start time.
So that's the HRL's space colony.
I never thought I'd return here.
I'll take care of these guys as planned. You take out the target.
I appreciate that.
If that man is being corrupted by the thing he calls a past...
...then he needs to purify himself with his own hands.
That's what it means to be a Gundam Meister.
Takeover of security system complete.
From here on, I'll just wing it!
Wh-What the...!
A Gundam?!
It's Celestial Being!
- Where are the defense forces?! - They're fighting another Gundam outside!
Seal the hatch immediately!
It's no good! Our data's been overwritten!
The Gundam is entering the colony!
I'm caught up in the air currents.
Synchronizing Kyrios to the rotation of the colony.
Celestial Being is here?!
Don't they know there's a treaty prohibiting any combat inside colonies?!
Terrorists don't care about things like that!
But what is their objective?
Just as Miss Sumeragi forecasted, they won't fight within the colony.
- Stay back! - Stop!
- It hurts!
They're here. The ones like me.
In that accursed place!
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE SUPER HUMAN INSTITUTE LABORATORY
I won't hesitate.
Because I'm a Gundam Meister!
- Stop it! - It hurts!
- M- My head! - Oww...oww...
l-Is it really necessary to kill them?
I could take them into custody, and...
You're so soft-hearted.
Hallelujah!
How will you take them into custody? How will you raise them?
Have you been able to live a normal life after escaping this place?
Stop thinking about things you can't do!
I know, but they'll have lives of misery if I just leave them here!
Misery...?
Misery, you say.
Those kids in the lab don't think of themselves as miserable.
But they'll feel that way eventually.
Do you think that girl aboard the Tieren thinks of herself as being miserable?
That's not the case, is it?
Don't push your own feelings onto others.
No matter what pretty words you use, your kindness is just hypocrisy.
You're pretending to be nice only to make yourself feel better.
But they're alive.
After being altered!
And then one day they'll come to kill us!
Don't show the enemy mercy!
But you do have an option.
Are you gonna rely on me again...?
Are you just gonna close your eyes to what you don't wanna do...
...and say that you did nothing wrong?
I'd do it.
I don't care about anyone else!
I fight to ensure my own existence!
I couldn't...!
Then why did you come here?
I came as a member of Celestial Being...
You came here to kill, right?
No! I came as a Gundam Meister...!
You're killing people because it's your job?
Pull the trigger with your own emotions!
Pull it with your own ego!
And do it without mercy!
I don't wanna shoot...
Allelujah!
I don't wanna shoot!
Good work!
That was nicely done, my other self!
Things are sure going to get interesting.
Sensors are picking up Kyrios and Virtue.
Mission complete.
Christina, leak information about the Super Soldier Institute to the media...
...as planned.
Roger.
Human body reconstruction on soldiers by the Human Reform League.
This is gonna be a huge scandal!
Stop it!
Allelujah.
Apparently Celestial Being attacked Quanqiu.
They targeted the Super Soldier Institute that you belong to.
Th-That's impossible...!
An attack on a research facility that not even I knew about.
One of the Gundam pilots had to be from the Super Soldier Institute...
...and you knew that.
Am I wrong?
No, I had no idea.
I am using my authority to close down this research facility.
And you will be thoroughly interrogated.
Wh-What?! Please wait a moment!
This incident has already been leaked to the world.
You failed to report this properly, forcing us into an unfavorable situation.
Your crimes are very grave.
Take him away.
Celestial Being is going to get a lot of credit for this...
Lieutenant Colonel.
Hm?
We're on standby, Second Lieutenant.
Return to your station.
Yes, sir.
What is it, Allelujah?
Have you come up with a new plan?
Miss Sumeragi.
Can I have a glass of that, too?
Why?
I just really want one.
I can't give this to a minor. I'd be breaking the law.
But we're already notorious terrorists.
Still, I can't give you a drink.
It's okay now.
Huh?
According to Greenwich Mean Time, I just came of age a few minutes ago.
Is that right?
It feels odd to say at a time like this, but congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Why drink something so bitter?
You'll understand soon enough, I'm sure.
zetsubou wa amai wana Despair is a sweet trap
tozasareta sono tobira The doors are locked securely
kokoro ga senjou dakara Because our hearts are a battlefield
darenimo sukuenai Nobody can save us
zenmai no shinzou ga unmei ni ayatsurare Wind-up hearts are manipulated by fate
buriki no heitaitachi wa satsuriku wo hajimeru The hollow tin soldiers begin the massacre
ai wo shirazu yureru yurikago The cradle rocks without knowing love
moetsukiteku nemuri no mori de As the sleeping forest burns to ash
tomoni ikiru yorokobi sae mo Even the joy of living together in peace
kieteshimau tooku Vanishes into the distance
yasashisa wo shinji subete wo yurushite Let us believe in kindness, and forgive all
itsukushimuyouni Let us treasure each other
tada wakachiatte wakariatte Simply sharing and understanding
A civil war breaks out in Azadistan...
...and Setsuna is sent to his homeland.
What is the condemnation that he receives there?
Next episode, "To the Limits of Holy Teachings".
Behind hope, despair can sneak in.
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