Chapter 182 The Battle Between Two People for Aslan
The Kulain residence is very big. As the official residence of the former chairman of PLANT, it is impossible for it to be not big.

Even on a colonial satellite in the universe, where every inch of land is valuable.

Due to Kulain's personal cultivation, his mansion is not only large, but also has interior furnishings and gardens.

It’s not particularly magnificent, but it’s definitely something that makes people linger.

Everyone who has been here has praised the environment inside.

It is not an exaggeration to call it a tourist destination.

But that is in the past.

Aslan walked through the mansion he had visited many times before.

Strictly speaking, a short time has passed.

In just three or five days, this once bustling manor has fallen into decline.

Angry adjusters can be seen everywhere on the walls outside the manor, writing curse graffiti to vent their anger.

The situation inside the manor was not much better. Before Aslan and others arrived, it was not known whether it had been searched by the secret police.

Still, it was smashed by the fellow adjusters who have always claimed to be highly qualified.

In short, the interior was in tatters and dilapidated, nothing like what Aslan remembered.

"Lux."

Aslan came to the garden and looked at the place where his nominal fiancée often stayed.

Because of the order from his father Patrick, he needs to return to his homeland to get new equipment.

He and Nigel returned from Earth and luckily escaped the Battle of Alaska.

However, I witnessed what happened afterwards and experienced the impermanence of life firsthand.

"Maybe if I had fought in the Alaskan campaign, maybe that would have been better?"

Moved by the scene, Aslan, the blue-haired nobleman, didn't know what emotions he was feeling.

He said something tantamount to suicide.

"Aslan, did you find anything?"

Nigel walked over and asked. Although his friend's words were very low, they did not escape his ears.

However, he pretended not to know or hear anything, and did not try to comfort Aslan on this matter.

"not at all."

Shaking his head, Aslan had never actually stepped into the door of the main house of Kulain mansion since entering the manor.

He was just wandering around the manor in a daze.

"I see." Nigel sighed and forced a smile on his face under the full-coverage mask.

Although Nigel was wearing a mask, he believed that Aslan could still guess his expression as long as he had any expression.

"Mr. Kulein made a mistake."

"Hmm?" Aslan reacted a little after hearing his friend's words.

"Do you also believe that Mr. Kulain really committed treason?"

Aslan was only speaking to Nigel. If he dared to say outside that Culain had not committed treason,

Or maybe Kulain had his reasons for doing what he did.

I'm afraid he would be beaten up by the adjusters who heard it.

The defeat in the Alaska Campaign caused every household in PLANT to hang up white sails, and wherever you went you could hear cries of pain and grief.

"No treason?" Nigel asked in reply.

"Haven't you seen the video of the ZAFT military's internal warehouse storing the Freedom Gundam?"

"And the Freedom Gundam did appear on the battlefield of the Battle of Alaska."

"Then there is a reasonable explanation for the East Asian army's ambush on our army at the right time."

"That was our former speaker, Mr. Kulain. He secretly leaked our military deployment plan to the East Asian Army early on!"

"This." Faced with his friend's well-reasoned analysis, it is also the analysis recognized by the general public in PLANT.

Faced with the ironclad facts, Aslan could not say anything to excuse Kulain and Lacus.

"is it really like this?"

It’s just that Aslan is different from his father, even though Mr. Kulain had become an enemy of his father in the later period.

Became mortal enemies.

He still felt close to Kulain from the bottom of his heart.

"I'll go in and take a look."

Ever since the incident happened, I have been wondering why my future father-in-law did this.

But Aslan, who couldn't figure it out, said to his friend.

Then, without waiting for Nigel to answer, Aslan quickened his pace and fled away.

Looking at Aslan who was fleeing in panic, Nigel stopped where he was and watched his back as he left.

"Aslan Sarath, don't forget your name. As a Sarath, you only have one choice."

Muttering to himself, Nigel stroked his mask, the cold mechanical prosthesis touching the cold mask.

Feel nothing!

"Lacus." After escaping from his good friend Nigel, Aslan came to Lacus' former boudoir again.

Perhaps Aslan didn't want to believe that Kulain was guilty of treason, and there was also the reason of the pink singer who once lived here.

After all, they were once de facto fiancés, and if it weren't for the current war, they might have gotten married soon.

"Wait, this is it?"

After all, he is Lacus's fiancé, and there is a tacit understanding between the two in a sense. Aslan discovered what others did not discover.

Staring at a certain spot in the messy house, Aslan seemed thoughtful.

"Did you find anything?" Before Aslan could go forward to take a closer look, his good friend Nigel appeared again.

"No, it's nothing."

After taking a few more quick glances, Aslan forced a smile and claimed that he had discovered nothing, then he fled once again from Nigel's sight.

"Oh?" The mechanical palm clenched into a fist. Nigel would not believe Aslan's nonsense.

He waved his hand, and the adjuster agent from the secret department who had accompanied them appeared in front of him like a ghost. "Follow Aslan."

"Yes."

He was unaware that his every move was being closely monitored by his good friend Nicholas.

After Aslan left the Kulain house, he behaved very normally for a while.

When he thought the time was right, the blue-haired nobleman quietly left the PLANT capital.

It appeared in District 5 of Junius City, a building that was converted to agricultural land.

The entrance to the White Symphony Theatre, which is about to be demolished.

There are still some promotional posters for Lux's concert here.

"This should be the place." After looking around, Aslan found nothing unusual.

He ran in hurriedly.

"is it here?"

In fact, Nigel, who was following him, saw Aslan go in.

Then Nigel led a large number of special department members to surround the entire theater.

Not knowing what was happening outside, Aslan entered the theater with a gun in his hand and was on high alert.

"This is?"

Suddenly, he heard bursts of beautiful singing, as if guiding him.

"Lacus!" After listening carefully, Aslan rushed towards the place where the singing came from.

Following the singing to the end, Aslan's sight saw the person he had been thinking about day and night.

On the stage that looked like ruins, there was only a beam of light shining on Lux.

That Lacus Kulain in a blue performance costume and twin ponytails.

She seemed unaware of Aslan's arrival and continued singing loudly on the empty stage.

"It's her." Aslan confirmed that the person in front of him was Lacus. He slowly walked over, supported himself with one hand on the edge of the stage and jumped up.

Aslan raised his gun and questioned his ex-fiancee.

"why?"

"Didn't you come here after understanding the situation?"

Lacus smiled as he looked at Aslan who was pointing the gun at him.

"So it's true that you colluded with the spies?"

Staring at the other person's pretty face, Aslan found it magical.

Why, why does Lux in front of me seem to have no regrets at all for doing something wrong?
Or is it that the situation is really not what I think it is?

A glimmer of hope arose in Aslan's heart, and he was eager to know what the real situation was.

"I didn't collude with the spies. I just gave the new sword to Kira."

With her head slightly tilted, Lacus fully grasped Aslan's psychological activities.

Trying to guide Aslan step by step.

As expected, when Lacus said Kira's name, Aslan showed visibly strong emotional fluctuations.

"Impossible." Aslan stared at Lacus in disappointment.

"Kira is dead, in."

"Killed by Aslan himself, off the coast of Orb."

"Athrun avenged Captain Cruze and also avenged many of his colleagues in the ZAFT Army."

Suddenly, when Lacus and Aslan were talking.

The door of the performance hall was opened with a bang, and Nigel, wearing an iron mask, walked in.

"Well done, you are worthy of being Aslan. Thanks to you, we were able to find the traitor Lacus Cullain."

"Nigel?" He met an uninvited guest, and this uninvited guest was his good friend.

After a little thought, Aslan figured out why Nigel appeared here.

Is there any other reasonable explanation other than that the other party has been monitoring me?
However, when Aslan saw Nigel pushing the door open, he couldn't even utter a word of blame.

After all, I was the one who deceived the other party first!

"Nigel."

Turning around, Lacus no longer cared about Aslan in front of her, and looked at the former little piano prince who rushed in aggressively.

Today, he exudes a murderous aura and wears a steel mask on his face.

Lux glanced unnoticed at the neatly arranged chairs below the stage.

"Lacus Kulain, you have committed treason, what else do you have to say now?"

"I advise you to go back with us honestly."

After entering the room, Nigel didn't say anything to Aslanda, his purpose was very clear.

That is to capture Lux and bring him back for trial!
"I have not committed treason."

Lux shook her head at Nigel's accusation. Deep down, she actually hoped that the evil foreign guest would arrive later.

But fortunately it was Nigel who came, Lux thought again.

Maybe it's a good thing?
"Nigel, what is your will to fight? For the medal or for some order?"

Lacus tried to shake Nigel's mind by asking the same questions she was going to ask Aslan.

However, in the original world line, Aslan would waver in his state of mind when Lacus gave him the news that Kira was still alive.

As a result, he was unable to give quick answers to Lux's series of questions.

But Nigel!
As the successor of Kruze in some aspects.
"Bah, bah, bah."

The sound of gunfire echoed throughout the opera house.

Nigel, who was standing at the door, fired several shots, and it was clear from where he was standing.

The one hiding under the chair who can't be seen at all is a master from Kulain who is good at protecting Lux!
But now those good players have become dead bodies on the ground.

(End of this chapter)