Chapter 272: Return Arrangements 2
Tolle then placed the compressed-space wristband onto Mina's hand.
A moment later, a spherical three-dimensional projection suddenly appeared above the wristband.
Inside the sphere, only two things were displayed: the Mirage Kai in its flight configuration, and a three-dimensional projection of a set of nano-armor.
Under Tolle's demonstration, the high-performance electronic brain was stored inside the compressed space.
In the projection, a tiny black dot appeared. Only after zooming in could one see it clearly—this was the high-performance electronic brain just now.
After selecting it and tapping "retrieve," it returned to Mina's hand.
Mina held the high-performance electronic brain while looking at the compressed-space wristband on her left wrist.
Curious, she asked Tolle, "Tolle, how did you do that just now? Can this thing make objects appear out of nowhere?"
Tolle looked at the curious-baby-like Mina and couldn't help laughing before explaining, "Mina, this is a compressed-space wristband. Inside it is a compressed space ten meters in diameter.
That high-performance electronic brain was stored inside that space."
"So that's how it works." As Mina tried to tap on the projection to retrieve the Mirage Kai—
Tolle quickly stopped her in a panic. "Wait—Mina. You absolutely can't take that unit out right now. If it suddenly appears inside this room, it'll crush us to death."
Hearing that, Mina broke out in a cold sweat and replied, "Whew, good thing. If I'd tapped it a little faster, we really would've become a pair of doomed lovers."
Tolle then went over some precautions for using the compressed-space wristband.
He also let her try storing various items in the room, as well as experiencing the feeling of equipping the nano-armor.
Excited, Mina gave Tolle a French kiss, then—with a serious expression—said, "Tolle, are you really giving me something this important?
Aren't you afraid I'll tell someone your secrets and put you in danger?"
Tolle answered with a confident smile, "Of course. If I'm giving it to you, then it's yours. Besides, I trust you. With your character, you'd never betray me."
He lightly kissed her on the lips, then continued, "What comes next might be even more unbelievable, so you need to be mentally prepared…"
He then repeated the story he had made up when talking with Nicol—the one about receiving technology from a parallel world and experiencing two cycles of rebirth.
Nami created a compiled storyline of Mina's experiences and transmitted it into her brain.
After the Panama Campaign, in order to stop the Earth Alliance from attacking Orb, Mina and her brother ran around seeking support, eventually helping the Earth Alliance overrun Victoria Base.
Because of Uzumi's mistaken insistence on neutrality, Orb entered a war in which it was invaded by the Earth Alliance.
After losing the war, Uzumi—together with the Sahaku patriarch and the other clan leaders—self-detonated inside the Heliopolis, destroying the Morgenröte facilities and the mass driver.
In the end, the nation of Orb disappeared from the surface of the earth.
After that, Mina piloted the gold-colored Astray Gundam "Amatsu Mina" alone, traveling across the world to save civilians suffering from war—along with various events from *SEED DESTINY*.
Her brother Gina, piloting the gold-colored Astray "Amatsu," attacked the junk dealer Lowe.
He was defeated by Lowe in his red Astray and Gai in his blue Astray.
Then, refusing to accept defeat, Gina attempted to sneak-attack the red unit, but Gai—piloting the blue unit—killed him.
Afterwards, librarians resurrected him as a copy.
The copied Gina even modified his own body, becoming a complete monster.
In the end, Lowe, Canard, Prayer, and Gai joined forces to defeat him once again—the storyline including all of this was transmitted as well.
When Mina finished receiving the memories, she woke with tears streaming down her face, crying as she leaned against Tolle's chest. "Tell me… were those memories real?"
Tolle first nodded, then shook his head and coaxed her, "They're both real and not real. Those events happened in another future, but for this future—our current one—they're no longer inevitable."
Tolle then transmitted everything that had happened to him in Orb up until Nicol's death. He comforted her:
"You saw it too—on the original path of fate, we barely had any real interaction. Just a little bit.
But look at us now, lying together on the same bed. Isn't that already a change?"
Mina, smiling through her tears, lightly tapped Tolle on the forehead. "I can't believe I ended up letting a brat like you take advantage of me. What was I even thinking before?"
She turned over, leaned on Tolle's shoulder, and stared at the ceiling with a serious expression. "Yes… now that we know, we have to be careful. Some people need to be dealt with."
Tolle complained inwardly: *If you mess around like this, how am I supposed to get my Destiny Gundam, Strike Freedom Gundam, and Infinite Justice Gundam?*
*At the very least, we need those excellent machines and technologies to appear first. Only then does it make sense to shake things up. Otherwise, if we mess up the plot and world peace arrives early, how am I supposed to obtain those units?*
*I can't rely on developing everything myself—way too exhausting. Copying things is way more fun.*
He countered her idea out loud, "True, but there are some things we can't overdo.
If Cagalli doesn't mature properly, that would be a huge problem.
If Orb is left to her without her growth, wouldn't that doom Orb all over again?
Some sacrifices are made to build a better future, so certain necessary trials can't be removed.
And I've been through this twice. Turning the known into the unknown isn't necessarily a good thing.
Besides, our power is limited. There's no way the two of us could completely uproot an enormous organization like Blue Cosmos.
That's why the future still needs people like Yuna Roma Seiran and Gilbert Durandal."
Tolle added in his heart, *Of course, I'll add a safety measure. I've already given Yuna a permanent debuff—he'll never be able to lift that thing again.*