Time passes.

More than a month has passed since the impact of Junius.

Aslan, who had just received an emergency message from PLANT, arranged everything about DDSD, finally returned to his motherland that had been away for several years and stood in front of the Ministry of National Defense again.

With brown sunglasses, Aslan held the suitcase in his left hand and stood silently at the entrance of the national defense department for a while, and finally stepped into the gate again, just like when he was a red-clothed elite at ZAFT a few years ago.

What Aslan didn't expect was that there was already someone waiting here behind the gate of the Ministry of Defense, waiting for his arrival.

"Aslan. Long time no see!" The former short-haired boy had already become a comrade-in-arms of the elegant noble boy with long hair and tied his ponytails behind his head, and Nigor Amafi, who was also close friend, was greeting Aslan who returned to PLANT with that smile as usual.

"Nigol?!" Aslan was stunned when he saw Nigol appearing in the Ministry of Defense. He then came to his senses and saw Nigol wearing a ZAFT white military uniform. "Nigol, have you returned to ZAFT?"

Although Aslan has been in DDSD for several years, he has maintained correspondence with Nigor. He knew that Nigor, who loves music, was not the kind of warlike person. The reason why he joined the army was because of the tragedy of Junius No. 7 and the response to the call to defend his homeland. Therefore, after the war, Nigor retired with Aslan.

However, why did Nigol, who should have been a pianist, join ZAFT again, and even put on a white dress and become the captain?

Nigol, who had expected this, smiled relaxedly and said frankly: "Aslan. This is my personal wish. It has nothing to do with others. So, don't worry!"

"Is that?" Aslan frowned, and finally gave up asking Nigol about returning to ZAFT.

"Yes." Nigol nodded, then turned his head and raised his hand to the Ministry of Defense and said: "Come on. The Speaker is already waiting for you."

At Nigol's reminder, Aslan finally remembered why he was in DDSD and was recalled to the mastermind behind PLANT.

"Speaker, why did Speaker Dylandal call me back?" Walking in the aisle, Aslan asked this question softly.

Nigol lowered his eyes and thought for a while, shook his head, saying that he was unaware of it.

"I don't know either."

But then, Nigol's eyes quickly swept around, and seemed to have confirmed the situation around him, lowered his voice and said:

"This is just my personal guess. You should know the impact of Junius, right? I heard from Yizhak that you were there at that time."

Aslan nodded and gestured to Nigol to continue with his eyes.

"Due to the impact of Junius, the earth has been surrounded by an aurora-like optical phenomenon. Although this has not had any impact on human space activities, given the fact that the optical phenomenon is too mysterious, both the United, PLANT, or the neutral camps such as Aubu have always wanted to unveil the mystery."

Listening to Nigol's words, Aslan was very puzzled. Although before that, he had witnessed the entire process of the impact of Junius at close range. "What does this mean?"

Nigol nodded and continued to lower his voice.

"Not long ago, the aurora-like phenomenon on Earth showed signs of decline. This made countries staying in low-Earth orbit for research. According to some statements, it seems that countries with stronger power are already in the stage of breakthrough."

"Recession?" Aslan keenly captured the key. If his guess was correct, the reason why Dylandal called him back might have been revealed.

Next, Nigol stopped talking, and Aslan did not continue to ask. The two tacitly acted like they were doing business, and walked through the corridor one by one, and stood in front of Speaker Dylandal's office.

As the door opened, Aslan also saw the slight changes in the office, but there was a faint sense of familiar decorations.

"Captain Nigol, thank you for your hard work. The conversation may take some time. Next, please take a good rest!"

Dylandal stood up from his chair and nodded to Nigol.

"Yes. Then, Speaker, I'll come to welcome Aslan Sara later." Nigor saluted Dyrandal with a straight posture, then turned around and left the Speaker's office.

After Nigol left, Dyrandal took a step, walked around the desk, came to Aslan, and enthusiastically stretched out his right hand and said, "Long time no see! Aslan Sara. The last time we met was after the battle of Yakin Duwei!"

Aslan glanced at Dyrandal's right hand and held it out with it. "Long time no see! Your Excellency Speaker."

After the two exchanged some greetings, Dyrandal called Aslan to sit down. Immediately afterwards, Dyrandal did not create too much topics in the weak relationship between him and Aslan, but instead spread the topic outright.

"Aslan, can I call you like this?" said Dyrandal's opening remark.

Aslan nodded, saying that he had no objection.

After obtaining Aslan's permission, Dyrandal's mouth showed a kind smile.

"Aslan, sorry. I knew you had no intention of fighting in the battlefield and devoted your wholeheartedly to the great cause of exploring the universe. There is no doubt that this is a great and magnificent ideal."

Dyrandal's smile gradually restrained and replaced by solemnity.

"But the current situation has vaguely exceeded my control. So, after weighing the pros and cons, I can only call you back."

"Scene?" Aslan thought silently, and immediately thought of the news that Nigol had revealed to him just now.

Looking at Aslan who was in deep thought, Dylandal undoubtedly had him. In his opinion, as DDSD, who had countless forces with various countries and had chaos, naturally had its own information channels. What's more, what he was going to say next was more related to DDSD.

"Yes. The situation." Dyrandal raised his hand and pressed a button on the desktop, and a picture was then placed on the huge wall behind the desk. When he saw the picture, Aslan immediately blurted out a name.

"Junius shock!!"

"Yes, Junius impact, Aslan. The reason I had to call you back from DDSD is because of it." Dyrandal nodded, and said with a serious expression.

"I believe you should have discovered something when you are in DDSD. Now the "shock" surrounding the earth has gradually declined. Whether it is United, neutral countries such as Aubu, or PLANT, they are caught off guard by the "shock". Since the impact occurred, most capable countries have begun to investigate this mysterious phenomenon."

Dyrandal was interrupted by Aslan before he could speak.

"I guess PLANT has already made a breakthrough?"

Dylandal smiled and shook his head helplessly and said, "How is it possible? No matter how our country studies the impact now, it cannot crack this mysterious veil in just one month. After all, it is "the power of gods."

"God?" This is the eighth time Aslan has heard this title. Before he came back, DDSD, a technical organization that is cutting-edge scientific research, some people privately described the aurora-like phenomenon left over from the impact of the Junius.

"Yes. God." Dylandal pressed the button on the desktop again to switch the screen to another period of time.

Aslan looked closely and found that it was the video of the incident that occurred on Junius No. 7. Judging from the images on the screen, it should be a few minutes before the impact of Junius.

"Apart from the gods, I cannot explain from any scientific perspective that a mere machine can push hundreds of thousands of tons, or even nearly a hundred tons, of wreckage from the earth's gravitational circle, and fly into the depths of the void with the wreckage of Junius 7 broken into two pieces."

Speaking of this, Dylandal seemed to smile a little depressedly.

"If this cannot be called a "god", then what else can be called a god in this world?"

Aslan, shocked by the frustration shown by Dyrandal, was a little unable to believe his eyes. Although he had not had many contacts with Dyrandal, his impression of Dyrandal was a good man who could maintain his rationality and calmness in any situation.

However, this unbearable performance now shocked Aslan.

"Haha." Dyrandal smiled unconcealedly, quickly sorted out his emotions and admitted his rudeness calmly. "It's rude. Aslan."

Aslan shook his head and said he didn't care.

"So, Speaker. What do you want me to do? To collect the power left by the gods?"

Dyrandal shook his head, looked up at Aslan's eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Aslan Sara. If you have the power of God, how would you use it?"

“Eh?”

"Didn't you expect it?" Dyrandal, who was still a little depressed just now, seemed to have changed to another person, becoming calm and rational, and even faintly seemed to be a demon tempting mortals.

"Aslan. Not only you, I didn't expect that before the impact of Junius, although the world maintained a relatively peaceful situation after the Battle of Yakin Duvey, it was full of dangers in the dark. Maybe on that day, the war would break out again."

Dyrandal's eyes were clear and sincere, as if they were about to penetrate into Aslan's heart.

"Aslan, as a witness to the impact of Junius, you should know what kind of existence that force is. After the impact occurred, most countries on the world and the earth actually reduced the intensity of military conflicts and began to seek the truth about Junius' impact."

"Speaking of this, maybe you don't believe it. But the reality is that due to the impact of the Junius, even the union that is extremely hostile to our PLANT, has invited us to study the impact of the Junius many times. What does this mean? Aslan, do you know?"

Dyrandal's words penetrated into Aslan's heart like a needle, causing him to subconsciously say the words he was thinking of at this moment.

"Peace?!"

"Just like this is the peace?"

"Haha." Dylandal smiled. "Maybe."

But immediately, Dylandal's tone changed.

"What if the mysterious phenomenon of the Junius impact remaining on Earth disappeared?"

This question stunned Aslan. Aslan, who was completely brought into the rhythm, subconsciously thought about the answer to this question. Suddenly, Aslan's mind flashed. "That is to find Junius No. 7 flying into the void."

Looking at Aslan who suddenly realized, Dirandal secretly showed a look of satisfaction.

"PLANT has made an agreement with United and the neutral camp led by Ob. In a few days, humans will form a joint fleet, catch up with Junius 7, which is flying into the void, and study and crack the mysterious phenomena that still exist above."

"Aslan Sara. Are you willing to join this mission? As ZAFT, no, even as a citizen of PLANT."

After a pause, Dylandal added.
Chapter completed!