Durandal slowly put down the document in his hand, closed his eyes, and sat quietly without saying a word.
It wasn't until the news of the visitor came from outside the door that Durandal opened his eyes and welcomed the visitor.
"Sorry! In the midst of your busy schedule, I asked you to come to my place."
The person coming is the Holy Lion Knight.
After receiving the summon message from Durandal, the Holy Lion knight who was debugging the new machine to protect freedom immediately came to meet with Durandal as soon as possible.
"No! This is what I should do. Speaker."
The Holy Lion Knight responded to Durandal in a neither humble nor condescending manner, and then asked again.
"Speaker, are those insects acting strangely again?"
Durandal first shook his head, then nodded.
"There are indeed some changes. But overall, it is a good thing."
"Good thing?"
The Holy Lion Knight seemed stunned for a moment, unable to understand what Durandal said.
Durandal did not explain much, turned around and picked up the document he had consulted before from the desk, and handed it to the Holy Lion Knight.
"Kay. This is information sent back from a confidential channel not long ago. It is information about Paradise Island and the Minerva."
"Minerva?!"
The Holy Lion Knight was startled and asked while taking the document:
"I remember that the Minerva disappeared after the X1 rift crisis broke out. ZAFT sent out search fleets many times but could not find any trace of it."
"Well, yes."
Durandal nodded, and after pondering for a moment, he smiled bitterly.
"There is no doubt that the Minerva disappeared. It's just that our direction and thinking were wrong. The Minerva was not missing from the beginning. From the beginning to the end, the Minerva was performing the mission of rescuing D.S.S.D.
.It’s just that the Minerva was already offset from our time at that time.”
"Is time and space displaced?"
The Holy Lion Knight's eyes swept over the document, and he quickly read the paragraphs above.
"Perhaps, this is the reason why the Minerva cannot be found. So, how did the Minerva appear on Paradise Island?"
"Perhaps there is a reason here that we don't know!"
Durandal shook his head, then walked to the tea table, picked up the empty cup and gestured to the Holy Lion Knight.
"Just clear water, Speaker."
"Kai, sometimes you don't have to be so harsh on yourself. You are not an ascetic!"
Although the Holy Lion Knight asked for water, Durandal still prepared a cup of fragrant black tea for him.
"No. Now is a special period. There is no need to spend so much money."
The Holy Lion Knight looked at the black tea brought by Durandal, and finally reached out to take it.
"That's true. But as the speaker, I can still prepare a cup of black tea for you."
Durandal chuckled, poured himself a cup of black tea, and took a sip.
"Yeah. It's not bad. Kai, why don't you give it a try?"
Hearing this, the Holy Lion Knight picked up the cup, took a sip, and nodded, thus approving Durandal's tea-making skills.
"Actually, before this intelligence was submitted, ZAFT's intelligence department had received an urgent communication from Paradise Island."
"Is he one of ours?"
As far as the Holy Lion Knight knows, the big man who controls Paradise Island will not take the initiative to contact PLANT.
Not to mention urgent contact with ZAFT, the United’s arch-rival.
"Well. That communication only lasted less than ten seconds before being disconnected. According to the analysis of the intelligence department, Paradise Island was indeed on the verge of collapse at that time. And the Minerva joined the battle at this time.
."
The Holy Lion Knight pondered for a moment and then asked:
"The Speaker wants me to go to Paradise Island?"
Durandal waved his hand.
"No. We don't need to worry about Paradise Island anymore. Because the battle there is over. Although Paradise Island paid a heavy price, they still won."
This time, the Holy Lion Knight did not speculate or speculate again, but waited for Durandal to continue.
"It just so happened that our new friends on the moon sent us a message."
Durandal stood up again, took out another document from the folder holder on the desktop of his desk, and handed it to the Holy Lion Knight.
"The Empire of Britannia. This is the message sent to us by our respected United Intelligence Admiral Halbarton. After the battle on Paradise Island, the Minerva will most likely go to this country to rest. In other words
In short, it is necessary for PLANT to send a diplomatic mission to this country to communicate and rendezvous with the Minerva."
"Is this my next task? Speaker."
Durandal smiled and said:
"The Brittanian Empire already has a candidate. Kai, your mission is to go to the moon with me to visit our new friends."
The Holy Lion Knight was a little confused at first, but after he opened the new folder, he understood Durandal's arrangement.
Because, in addition to the Britannian Empire, there is not only the United Moon Base controlled by Halbarton on the moon, but also a mysterious country named Free.
Judging from the intelligence, this mysterious country that suddenly appeared may also be an unknown force that suddenly appeared on the moon after the X1 rift crisis broke out.
Moreover, it is a country ruled by the royal family.
Standing at the top of this country is the princess named Shanamia Atelna Vla.
Below it are the Holy Knights, led by Grandon Gossen, who control the country's armed forces, and the civil service group, led by Dania Goth, dedicated to assisting the princess.
This is the information sent from Halbarton.
"I'm afraid this joint intelligence general wants to drag us into trouble, right?"
The Holy Lion Knight put down the document in his hand and expressed his guess.
"Maybe! But, this is the result I want. For us now, the more allies we can win over, the better."
Durandal put down the teacup in his hand and sighed slightly.
"The war situation on Earth is still unclear, but the situation in the universe is still not optimistic. Even if we have an advantage now, it is only temporary."
In response to this, the Holy Lion Knight stopped talking and just stood up silently and saluted Durandal.
"I understand the next task! Please allow me to take my leave first, Speaker."
Durandal nodded slightly.
"Well, please! But don't overwork yourself. You are the hope of us, all the citizens of PLANT!"
After watching the Holy Lion Knight leave, Durandal breathed out slowly, then stood up and walked to his desk, pressing a special communication button.
"Didi didi"
After a ringtone, the large screen on the wall lit up, showing a picture of many technicians busy around an object.
"How's it going?"
Durandal stared at the object surrounded by many technicians and asked.
"Yes, Speaker. We have just completed a new round of testing. The result is that we have successfully activated a quarter of the cells in the Holy Lion's body."
A technician wearing glasses appeared on the screen and responded to Durandal's question.
"Duration."
Durandal asked again.
"75 seconds."
"75 seconds? It's far from enough. Have you found out what the problem is?"
Durandal knew that activating the black lion statue would require a huge amount of energy.
Even if the energy of the entire colonial satellite is invested in the activation work, it may not be enough.
For this reason, Durandal ordered that the work of activating the black lion statue be classified as top secret and elevated to the highest priority.
"It's still a lack of energy power. In addition, there seem to be other unknown reasons. We are stepping up investigations."
"Keep hurrying! We don't have much time."
"Yes! Speaker!"
Black lion statue.
This is the mysterious object discovered by PLANT in the X1 rift before the X1 rift crisis broke out.
At the same time, near this mysterious object, the exploration fleet discovered a man sleeping in the escape capsule.
That man is the Holy Lion Knight "Lei Mingkai" who is praised and respected by all the citizens of PLANT.
Although with the cooperation of PLANT and ZAFT, the citizens of PLANT have recognized his identity, but in fact there is still a little bit missing, a lion that can create miracles again.
"Can you catch up?"
Durandal was silent for a moment and then stopped dwelling on this issue.
He has more important things to deal with.
"Send someone to inform Miss Lux. There are matters on the council's side that we need Lux to handle."
Listening to the response from the other side of the communication channel, Durandal nodded.
"Yeah. Yes. Also, prepare the escort fleet and shuttle."
"Understood! Your Excellency, Speaker."
Sweet singing came from the flower-filled courtyard, and the girl surrounded by many bouncing and lively electronic pets, Harrow, also walked out from among the flowers, sat on a chair nearby, and looked up.
Towards the orbital elevator that leads to the universe, looming in the clouds and mist.
"Miss, I'm sorry! I disturbed your mood."
At this time, a girl wearing ZAFT's red military uniform looked apologetic, walked over the flowers, walked to the edge of the chair, and said softly.
"It doesn't matter. I just sang a song on a whim."
The pink girl smiled softly and casually caught the red hello that jumped up.
"Mayu, what's the matter? I remember that today's public event has ended."
"It's a request from the Council."
The girl in red paused and tried her best to put on a serious expression.
"parliament?"
The pink girl blinked her eyes and raised her hand to pat the noisy red Harrow to calm her down.
"Say it! Parliament, no, what did the Speaker say?"
"It's a request for diplomacy. According to the report submitted by ZAFT's intelligence department, we have discovered the whereabouts of the Minerva and determined that the Minerva is likely to appear in the Empire of Britannia.
territory. Therefore, the Parliament requests Miss Lacus Klein to conduct a visit to the Britannia Empire in the name of PLANT diplomatic ambassador, and at the same time confirm the whereabouts of the Minerva."