Chapter 360: 360 Gundam SEED
I am Gundam Meister of Celestial Being. I possess the Double O Quanta Full Saber.
The world I chose was "Gundam SEED." Since I obtained a Gundam, it seemed only natural to go to the Gundam world.
[Avatar is being created.]
Kira Yamato
Age: 16
Gender: Male (Coordinator)
Traits: Kind, likes people, and although lacking, has a personality that tries to live up to the expectations of those around him. Outwardly gentle but inwardly strong.
Starting point: Beginning of the original story
Lacus Clyne
Age: 16
Gender: Female (Coordinator)
Traits: Gentle, kind, elegant, a princess who seems like she stepped out of a fairy tale. Always gives hope to those around her with her gentle attitude, and her voice is soft and uses polite speech.
Starting point: Beginning of the original story
I go directly.
Setting: 18-year-old student at Heliopolis Industrial College
Starting point: Beginning of the original story
It didn’t seem necessary to change the setting here.
’Hmm... but should I just change the age a little?’
Setting: 16-year-old student at Heliopolis Industrial College, orphan
Starting point: Beginning of the original story
(Points: 0)
If it were reality, I would have set it to 18 without question, but since it’s a future space world, it didn’t matter. In the Gundam world, where children younger than 16 shoot guns and ride "Mobile Suits" to fight, age wasn’t an important factor. Besides, the main characters in SEED are all 16, so I needed to match them. And the reason I set myself as an orphan is because Heliopolis, the colony of Orb, is destroyed not long after the original story begins.
[Shall we proceed as is?]
"Yeah."
The world of Gundam SEED begins after the third world war, as the power of religion weakens. Humanity created a new breed of humans through genetic manipulation, and they came to be called "Coordinators." On the other hand, ordinary people born without genetic manipulation were called "Naturals."
Coordinators possessed abilities that overwhelmed Naturals in almost every field, including academics, arts, and sports. As a result, Naturals felt an increasing sense of crisis, and criticism and discrimination against Coordinators grew more severe day by day.
Eventually, many Coordinators left Earth and migrated to space colonies. Although the environment was difficult for Earthlings to adapt to, it became a new home for Coordinators who had gathered there to escape discrimination.
These colonies served as large-scale industrial bases producing necessary supplies for Earth, and people called them "PLANTs." However, the Earth Alliance continued to make unreasonable demands on the PLANTs, and the angered Coordinators joined forces to form their own independent military organization. That organization was "ZAFT," and they eventually pursued independence through war with the Earth Alliance.
But not all factions were divided into the two camps. There were factions that declared neutrality, and one of them was "Orb." Orb discriminated against neither Coordinators nor Naturals and was a nation with excellent technological capabilities.
Realizing the importance of Mobile Suits through their war with ZAFT, the Earth Alliance secretly commissioned Orb to build Gundams and a new type of battleship capable of operating them.
Since Orb was a neutral nation, it was difficult for them to easily assist, but due to pressure from the Earth Alliance and internal collusion, some factions were forced to participate. However, this was not the will of all of Orb, and the leader of Orb was completely unaware of these facts as the situation progressed.
The place where the original story begins, Orb’s colony "Heliopolis," was where those Gundams and the battleship were being built. But ZAFT also noticed this and launched a Gundam snatch operation through the "Creuse Special Task Force," thus beginning the story of Gundam SEED.
After the space shifted, when I opened my eyes, a class was in full swing. It seemed this was the industrial college in Heliopolis. I immediately raised my hand and spoke.
"Teacher! I’m not feeling well, so I’d like to leave early."
"What nonsense are you talking about! Class is almost over, so just bear it a little and go to the nurse’s office! You look perfectly lively, what are you even saying..."
Hahaha~
At that, all the students started laughing. I wanted to go out into space right away and summon my Gundam, but this teacher guy wouldn’t let me leave easily. I should have pretended to be a little sick; it was a mistake.
I could have just ignored him and left, but if I did that, they might come looking for me and derail the original story, so I couldn’t do that either. The protagonist, Kira, had to safely board the Strike Gundam. Because that’s how the original story would begin.
I had no choice but to sit back down and look around. Because maybe Kira was in the same class. Among the students, I noticed several with outstanding appearances; they were probably Coordinators, born through genetic manipulation. Of course, even they weren’t as good-looking as me.
Then I spotted Kira with brown hair and a black top. It seemed his friends were probably in the same class. And this guy, true to being a Coordinator, had a fairly handsome face.
’As expected of the protagonist, I guess?’
I ended up not being able to leave until class was over, and when I finally got outside, female students gathered around and blocked my way.
"Excuse me, I have somewhere to be..."
"Jin, your joke today was funny."
"It made the boring class fun~"
"Won’t you go get some ice cream with us?"
"Jin doesn’t like things like that! How about some cheesecake with me..."
"How about karaoke..."
Apparently, according to the setting, I was popular. But I couldn’t keep this up. In a little while, ZAFT would attack and everything would go to chaos, so I needed to send these female students away so they could also go somewhere safe. So I calmed everyone down and spoke again.
"I’m sorry, everyone, but I have somewhere urgent to go today."
"Aww~ that’s too bad..."
"Then can you hang out tomorrow?"
"Of course!" ’Not a chance.’
Only after I said that did the female students start to leave. I tried to head outside again, but this time the guys called out to me.
"Jin! Still busy with the girls, huh."
I was busy as hell, but they kept calling me, so I turned around, annoyed, ready to snap at them, and there were Kira and his friends.
"Oh, it’s just you guys."
"I wish I looked like Jin. Being that popular, I mean. Right, Kira?"
"That seems incredibly tiring, doesn’t it? Jin has that kind of face, too."
Maybe because he’s the protagonist, he seemed to be able to read people’s feelings a bit. I wondered if that was also because he was a Coordinator.
"I’m busy, so I think I have to go. See you later."
"I don’t know what it is, but you really do seem busy. Alright, see you later."
I immediately moved quickly to a place where I could see space and then went outside.
Since it was my first time in this world, I couldn’t teleport directly out. Then I used [Clairvoyance] to teleport a little farther away, took out the ’New Odyssey,’ which is capable of operating in space, went inside, and immediately ordered the AI to activate the active camouflage panels and stealth mode to hide the ship.
"Phew... I can finally catch my breath now."
I took a moment to have a cup of coffee and catch my breath, then went to the hangar and took out the ’Double O Quanta Full Saber.’ The New Odyssey wasn’t larger than the ’Archangel,’ the main battleship in Gundam SEED, but it could easily accommodate a Gundam.
Then I slowly piloted it to a spot with a good view of Heliopolis’s hangar. For the sake of the original story, I planned to just watch. I would take action only after Kira boarded the Strike Gundam and the Archangel safely escaped Heliopolis.
’Besides, I have things to make.’
I waited slowly for the Archangel to appear, making what I needed to make. Then finally, ZAFT ships launched the Mobile Suit ’GINN’ and began their operation. It was a bit disappointing that I couldn’t see Kira’s first battle in person, but I was still watching the scene with interest.
Then Heliopolis began to develop holes, and the radar picked up intense fighting inside. It seemed Kira had safely boarded the Strike Gundam and was engaged in combat with the GINN Mobile Suits.
’Looks like he boarded safely as in the original story.’
I watched the scene and waited a little longer. Then countless lifeboats began to launch from Heliopolis, and finally, as the colony collapsed, the Archangel was also confirmed to have safely escaped.
’But even so, I wonder if it’s really okay to carry out such a reckless operation when there are so many civilians. What is the morality of this world...’
But upon thinking it over, I realized that Earth in reality isn’t much different. In the world I lived in, nuclear weapons were recklessly fired without regard for the suffering of civilians. Reflecting on that, the promise in war to ’not touch civilians’ seems like nothing more than a hollow declaration.
’This is why war is terrifying.’
Anyway, it seemed okay to act now, so I immediately went to the hangar and boarded the ’Double O Quanta Full Saber.’
"Jin, Double O Quanta Full Saber, launching!"
It felt like I had to say that line at least once when launching, so I shouted it and went out into space. Of course, I had stealth mode activated.
Then I saw Kira in the Strike carrying one damaged lifeboat, and the Archangel transporting it. That lifeboat probably carried the woman called the "great villainess," ’Flay Allster.’
’Flay Allster’ is a supporting character in the work and the protagonist Kira’s first love. She was a woman with no abilities other than being beautiful, and after losing her father in the war, she uses Kira to take revenge on Coordinators.
In the process, she abandons her fiancé ’Sai,’ tames Kira with sweet gaslighting and honeyed words, and even sleeps with him, using him as a pawn. She also encourages him to fight recklessly to avenge her father.
Though she eventually comes to truly love Kira after a bout of jealousy, her reputation is poor enough to be nominated as one of the ’three great villainesses of Gundam.’ But from my perspective, I thought he was ’lucky.’ If a beautiful woman gives herself to you and cheers you on to fight hard, isn’t that a reward? The gaslighting and such could just be ignored, and I could just take what I wanted.
’That Kira guy is blessed. Being able to receive encouragement in the flesh from his first love.’
While I was thinking this and that, the ZAFT ships finally tried to attack the Archangel using the Gundams they had stolen. Those Gundams were the ’Aegis Gundam’ piloted by another protagonist, ’Athrun Zala,’ the ’Buster Gundam’ piloted by ’Dearka Elsman,’ the ’Blitz Gundam’ piloted by ’Nicol Amalfi,’ and the ’Duel Gundam’ piloted by ’Yzak Joule.’
In response, the Archangel launched Mobile Armors (fighters) and the Strike Gundam. Then, the Aegis Gundam and Duel Gundam moved to intercept the Strike Gundam, while the Buster Gundam and Blitz Gundam moved to engage the Archangel and the Mobile Armors.
I also began to stretch my limbs and prepare to move.
"This is my first time fighting with a Mobile Suit without fighting directly myself. It should be fun."
I deactivated my stealth, moved quickly, and first attempted to engage the Buster Gundam and Blitz Gundam that were attached to the Archangel. Then, surprised by the appearance of a new Gundam, communications started coming in one after another from ZAFT and the Archangel. Probably to determine whether I was friend or foe.
· "This is the Archangel, unknown unit, identify yourself immediately!"
· "This is ZAFT, unknown unit... damn, we’re connected."
"I am the Double O Quanta Full Saber Gundam of Celestial Being. My purpose is the elimination of conflict."
Both sides seemed baffled by my words.
· "Celestial Being? What is that..."
I decided to show them through action rather than words and began to quickly approach the Buster Gundam, which was attacking the Archangel.
· "This unbelievable maneuverability!"
Then the Buster Gundam hurriedly tried to stop the Double O Quanta Full Saber’s approach with its sniper rifle and missile pod, but it was completely futile.
Phweee phweee phweee phoom!!!
I quickly sliced all the missiles with the ’GN Sword V,’ then brushed past and sliced the sniper rifle itself, and pointed my sword as I spoke.
"Go back. If you don’t, I will take your life."
Since the communication was open for everyone to hear, they all would have heard it. Then, after a period of no movement, as if its functions had stopped, the Buster Gundam cursed and turned its machine around, returning to the ZAFT ship. The Blitz Gundam, which had been watching, also returned.
· "Damn it! Curses!"
Probably, after seeing the unexpected variable and the overwhelming performance difference, ZAFT had decided to withdraw their Gundams. Then, I moved to where the Strike Gundam was still fighting. They must have heard the communication too, because as soon as I arrived, they seemed to tuck their tails and return to their respective ships, but only the ’Duel Gundam’ piloted by ’Yzak Joule’ did not leave and charged at me with a ’Beam Saber,’ swinging it.
Zing-! Zing-!
But there was no way such a sloppy attack would work on me. I casually evaded and quickly sliced off the Duel Gundam’s wrist with the GN Sword V.
Swish—!!!
Boom! Crackle crackle!!
· "Th-this can’t be..."
Then a small explosion occurred at the severed wrist of the Duel Gundam. But it wasn’t damaged enough to render the unit inoperable. The flustered Yzak hesitated for a moment before Athrun’s shout brought him back to his senses.
· "Yzak!"
· "Tch, damn it! Just you wait!"
With that, Yzak also spat out lines like a third-rate villain, turned his machine around, and followed Athrun back to the ZAFT ship.
I also sent a communication to Kira, who had been watching and unable to do anything.
"Kira, go back."
Startled, Kira spoke to me.
· "How do you know my name?"
"That’s because I’m Jin."
· "W-what! Jin, what is the meaning of this..."
"I have decided to end war. Together with this Gundam."
At my words, Kira was flustered.
· "What do you mean! That’s impossible!"
"No, it is possible! Anyway, go back. I’ll provide escort for a while."
With that, Kira had no choice but to turn his machine and begin returning to the Archangel. The Archangel, tense as I approached, had its guns pointed at me. So, to tell them to relax, I sent a communication to the Archangel.
"Don’t worry. As long as you don’t commit hostile acts, I won’t attack."
· "How can we trust that?"
Captain ’Murrue Ramius’ responded from the Archangel. She was the captain who, in the original story, provided many service scenes as a wavering MILF.
I immediately sent a signal to the New Odyssey to deactivate its stealth. Then, the New Odyssey began to appear directly above the Archangel.
· "Huh! Since when..."
"If I had any intention of attacking, that ship would already be space dust."
Actually, that was a lie. The New Odyssey had no weapons. It was for the Avengers, so that was the case, but they had no way of knowing. I was just using it as a threat.
"You’re a captain with a pretty voice. What’s your name?"
· "Flirting in a situation like this... This is Captain Murrue Ramius. What exactly is your purpose?"
"Didn’t I say it before? Conflict prevention."
I immediately transmitted a video I had prepared in advance to the entire Earth, as well as to the PLANTs. I had hacked and prepared this in advance. With the New Odyssey’s AI and my hacking abilities, this was entirely possible.
The video showed me sitting arrogantly in a chair wearing a suit, speaking. Because I was young, the presence was a bit lacking, but it couldn’t be helped.
· "I am Jin, belonging to the armed faction of Celestial Being.
Our organization was born from the ’Bloody Valentine.’
To ensure that humanity never repeats the same tragedy, we were formed to plunge into the midst of conflict and suppress war with overwhelming force.
Even at this very moment, countless civilians and soldiers are losing their lives meaninglessly in places all over the world.
We no longer rely on meaningless dialogue.
Having judged that dialogue alone can no longer resolve the issues, we have decided to take action.
Celestial Being exists to protect the future of humanity.
We will end conflicts, stop meaningless deaths, and open a new era.
Even if that path is painful and arduous, our mission will not waver.
Humanity, remember.
We do not remain silent.
We do not retreat.
We act.
And we will surely, without fail, create a new world."
With that, the declaration ended, and the video finished. With this, the concept was solidified.
