Vol 9 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2

Part 1

Due to the uneven gravitational pulls between Earth and the Moon, it gave the iather easily in the vacuu at one point, but rather,around the entire area at several kiloet in and move at a si a of dust froe were the remnants of the war that could not be removed even after a hundred years A chilly presence entered the cockpit, and ostensibly, the souls of all the people killed were gather here

No, this was not it Perhaps the eerie feeling was theeach other at this athered in space Riddhe Marcenas lifted his head and stared upon the fla in front of hihts continue to flicker a debris There was no sound, no heat, just a battlefield in space There was a frosty aura frooosebumps, with a certain person’s voice—

“This feeling…is that Banagher?”

He pressed at his head, which took a slight jolt, andtoo sensitive; the “Banshee” psyco as a full psycoframe, would sometimes cause the pilot’s neural waves to diffuse, and noise to echo in his perception It was iet’s neural wave at this distance Though he shook his head assuher was ever so depressing to hi bitterness

“Audrey…Mineva Zabi…?”

This bitterness suer able to deter at his chest What aent, do you hear me?) and at the next h the co hiain

(There’s a weirdshot fro here on a Base Jabber)

“Alberto…?”

Riddhe inadvertently asked as he looked down along with the main camera The “Banshee” was on a Base Jabber platform, and he could peer down at its head between the two rip He could not see the inside of the cockpit, which was covered by arruntled looks at each other as they had to listen to this brat of a Special Agent Ensign To the veteran soldiers, there was nothinga mischievous brat abuse his special authority and remain silent

The shi+eld of that authority—Alberto, was arriving Riddhe was practically a cargo for the past 9 hours, and there was a dull treh his body He pricked his ears to the the voice from the contact loop, and it seemed the officer did not intend to ask tobackup supplies for the “Banshee”) He said nonchalantly

(Position wise, they’ll meet us in an hour if we slon immediately Do ait?)

“What’s inside the backup supplies?”

(I don’t know There’s too much debris, I can’t secure the laser coo)

There was no sense of spitefulness in the escort officer’s voice Riddhe turned his stare right to the right, and saw flashes of explosions in the CG-corrected space

It had been 30 ion, and the lights of battle continued toall the boosters, it would take less than an hour to reach the battle Alberto definitely had his own reasons for ht be better to wait for hie in soa the way?

A shi+ver peroosebu of this “Box” would topple the world—andend without being able to grasp the situation He did not think too much, but decided in his heart that he could not wait on, “Continue on” He spoke stiffly,

“Maintain our current speed We’ll ambush the enemy in front of “Industrial 7” as planned”

Riddhe was also concerned about the contents of the support goods, but it definitely would not be a new equipment developed in such a short time, even if it was a joke Heopened I have to maintain the order of the world I have to finish this mission even if I have to do this alone This is the reason why I’m here However, there was a voice in the psycoer that) but did not clearly hear this reply from the officer

He bit his lips and stared at the distant battlefield The debris floated around hi at high speeds Upon thinking about how this silence, which practically severed him from the world, would continue for almost an hour, he had the impulse to accelerate even if he had to finish the booster fuel

Part 2

The 4 CIWS located at the rear engine block fired its anti-a”, pursued by the crossing fires, un at the main thruster

But right before it could fire theon the shi+p leapt off the deck and fired the Gatling gun ht shoulder The “Loto” was a machine 2 sizes smaller than an ordinary unit, but the precise projectile hit the abdonia on the sleeve to explode The ring of explosion expanded near the “Nahel Argama”, and the shockwave and shrapnel rained above the “Loto”, lying prone on the deck The shi+p let out a rattling noise due to the shrapnel hitting it, and Otto, upon seeing the external surveillance ht “NOW!” roared with a voice no quieter than the explosion

“Return Juliet 006 to the shi+p! Are you ready, mechanics!?”

(We can finish in 7 e, shaken by the shockwaves, as the rear surveillance careen humanoid had depleted its anti-shi+plike a walking corpse Looks like we have to use the e net Otto sensed that it would be bad if they were being fired upon when taking in a unit, and the lanced aside at the portside sensor panel, a “Geara Zulu” grazed by, causing him to shi+ver

He saw a painted line on its right arh of relief This “Geara Zulu” had the identification logo of the Republic Army’s anti-air identification, and was definitely on their side It was a unit belonging to the “Garencieres”, labeled with the code G

“To all escort units, with the retreat of Juliet 006 our shi+p’s defense capabilities is reduced by 30 Proceed in a cluster for the lone shi+p”

“Massive nuet 13 “Musaka” will enter our firing range”

The sensor operator’s voice overpowered Ensign Mihiro’s, leaned forth fro to you” and coation operator at the front

“The enemy shi+ps are still around They’ll shoot us!”

Without waiting for the command to be repeated, he stared at the 3 markers lit on the main screen The fleet for shi+p had set up a triangular formation in front of theiven their movements Since it was the only fleet the “Unicorn” spared when it moved forward, there was no doubt that it still had its firepower intact, and was definitely an opponent the “Nahel Argama” could not handle alone

It had been h they had entered the Shoal space Region, the nuh the anti-air peri units they had were unable to deal with the space debris obstructed them, but also because the ‘iron wall’ that was always in front of the “Nahel Argama” had disappeared—a fact Liam, Mineva, as seated at the coe realized We overrelied on hiritted his teeth as he watched the enemy markers continue to close in on the this line, he turned behind

A noro on the chest floated into the bridge, with the person inside panting hard Otto saw Aaron’s face within the helmet, and recalled that he was the one who called the latter in “That was 5 o”, he tapped at the console on the ar it

“Since it’s from the optical sensor, we don’t know the details The lase communication’s cut off”

There was a grainy telescopic visual in a corner of the h to determine, but it was the CG corrected visual of the “Unicorn”, which had yet tothe bea in from all directions, but the way it continued to roll about at the saht in an invisible fly trap The ‘iron wall’—the RX-0 which had practically neutralized the Neo Zeon fleet single-handedly, was isolated in a space thousands of kiloe phenomenon “This is…” Aaron stood at the side of the Captain’s seat, h the , lighting his pale face

“I heard the NT-D has an activation tie, there’s a need to call Banagher back in”

Mineva’s helht as she spoke with a hushed voice One could tell, without looking at her tre state, that she wanted to scream out too Aaron kept his eyes fixated on the visuals, “This may be one of the reasons” and cautiously answered,

“But Banagher has completely mastered the “Unicorn”, and furthermore, the data shows that there’s a way to adjust the burden on the body and extend the time limit It’s really too weird that he’s unable to move to this extent at all It practically seems that the Psycommu was jacked”

“Psycommu Jack?

Mineva responded to this line she never heard of before Otto could ask “It’s different from radio waves, but psycowaves are still a form of wave” Aaron finally looked away from and explained as he turned around

“To jaer wave The Unicorn-types are equipped with this function”

“Neo Zeon has such a weapon?”

“It’ll take the full psycofrae amount of calculation ability to control andit—”

Another shock was large enough to rock the shi+p, hushi+ng the words he was about to say next The shi+p accelerated due to it, and caused all the personnel to be pressed onto the linear seats Otto grabbed Aaron’s arm as the latter was nearly thrown to the aft, and endured the pressure co from the front “A direct hit! It’s Juliet 006!” Liam’s voice caused him to shi+ver

(Landing deck is breached! Hurry with the partition wall!)

“The “Kshatriya” is passed through! 4 inco enemy units from down below!”

“We lost contact with Juliet 006 Lieutenant Mako…!”

(They’ll attack us! ECOAS “Lotos”, proceed to the bottom of the shi+p ASAP!)

(The 3rd rear cannon seeht in the explosion from Juliet 006 It’s wrecked!)

The voices coh the wireless communicator overlapped with the voices of the people on the bridge, and the annoying alaran” on the landing deck was shot down, exploded, and affected the aft area of the “Nahel Argama” Otto checked the external surveillance ed landing deck melted away, and hollered, “The cannon operator should be headed to the 3rd main cannon! Tell hi of the power connector, the cannon operator had left for the bridge 10in from everywhere, Mihiro’s feeble voice answered hiht in the explosion…” Though he had anticipated it, Otto felt his o blank

Otto’s stare was drawn to the empty cannon operator’s seat, and he was unable toat hier in the mood to respond They had to intercept the eneed areas He had soThe ehts were slowly devoured by it How ed so , a non-standard military operation to boot How many of them were killed by this useless Captain—

“Is this the end?”

The voice inadvertently leaked out, causing Liaasp It was not si that ‘iron wall’; the collective consciousness that bonded together because of the “Unicorn” existence was no longer around, and the feeling of isolation gave rise to a disoriented sense Otto averted the uneasy stares from everyone, looked at the main monitor, and stared at the enemy fleet markers that were about to enter their line of fire The eneular formation, with aa-particle cannon The “Nahel Argah firepower to aim at all 3 shi+ps, and obviously, even if they had a lucky hit, they would take the hit fro two

We’ll send a retreat signal to call back the “Unicorn”, and leave the current space region we’re in But the only e can do that is when the enelanced back at Lia at him, closed his eyes for a short htly Retreat, right when this line was about to gather at hisbehind him

“Rotate the shi+p 270, and proceed further in thatpath, fire all cannons and shoot down the center command shi+p”

The hulking body dressed in a nore Otto widened his eyes as he saw the ht, “Zinneret up with a face full of killing intent “You want us to face the enemy by the side?” he asked, and Zinnerman nodded,

“This explosion just noill cause the ene as we pretend to be drifting, the eneather in a cluster foro, rather than come attack us”

“Your proof? The enehting in a spread formation”

“The Tennyson fleet e to the situation They have the notion that their commander will hammer their heads if they lose an opportunity Once we shoeakness, they’ll react instinctively, especially since this place is the Shoal space Region, practically their backyard”

This was a co command Otto stared closely at the man, who hid inside the detention rooht “But the “Unicorn” still can’tthis, Otto turned back and stared at Aaron, who interrupted calmly,

“The psyco the “Unicorn” fro into the “Unicorn” Without the “Unicorn” around, even if we go on like this—”

“It’s fine That brat will hang on”

“But…!”

“Doesn’t the “Unicorn” have a system to identify a Newtype? Do you think a real Newtype will lose its power because of so?”

Aaron and Otto were both taken aback by this unexpected logic “That’s…” while Aaron was at a loss of words, Zinnerman looked away from him and turned to the here the beams flashed outside “I don’t know the theory behind the uy” He stated with firm emphasis in his tone,

“He hung on up till this point, and noe can only trust in hih…!”

Trust is just like a gamble Otto continued to stare at Zinnerman, who looked completely different from the man who said those words back then, and seemed ostensibly realized why the latter came to this place He stared at the white ible net (I feel the sa from the wireless communicator

(I heard the basis of the Laplace Program is beyond the unknown A real Newtype will exceed the values I guess it distinguishes between natural and artificial Newtypes through the ‘waves’ it can’t identify, and not the rigid forms of psycowaves)

It was Gael, and Otto, as unable to understand at least half of what he said, turned to Aaron, “Beyond the unknoho muttered as he looked far away (I don’t know the basis behind the ain

(But let us believe! Let us believe in the possibilities the “Unicorn” shows If we retreat noe’ll lose sos Not just the Laplace Box, but also other—”

A giant flash appeared outside the , and a stor with the noise fro heard However, there was no need to listen anyained several pieces as he stared at everyone’s faces, lit by the explosion He saw the faces of Zinnerman, Mineva, Liam, Aaron, Mineva and all the senior duty staff—they all had nothing protecting them from behind other than the term ‘trust’ They were sihts about the consequences What will happened if we retreat now? There’s billion of people in the Earth Celestial Sphere, and I’m the one chosen to lead these 400 plus people in front of me to the frontlines If I choose to retreat at thisfor help?

“Deep 010 doards, 080 portside Continue navigating through inertial flight Wait for the eneet 12 “Musaka”

This ht in a corner of his mind as he finished these words,

“Then, aim at 14 and 15 Keep your eyes on the enemy shi+ps’ movements We only have one chance”

Everyone nodded and faced their consoles, repeating and relaying the instructions Otto felt the shi+p veer greatly as he turned to Zinnerman The latter’s eyes ave the instructions, “Send a light signal to the “Kshatriya” Turn back immediately and maintain a distance of 15km away from the shi+p” Mihiro nearly reacted to his Captain-like tone for an instant, and then turned to Otto in surprise

“If we bring back all our units, the eneh?” He explained with an unnatural sounding voice, showing how sensitive he really was Mihiro looked to and fro between a nodding Otto and Zinnernal will reach in this situation…” Her sensitiveness was the reason why she would have such a reaction, for she could not bring herself to forgive the o “Marida will understand” Zinnerain turned to look at Mihiro, deliberately bringing his chin back in

“Please, Ensign Mihiro”

This overly curt voice caused Mihiro to gasp, and turn back to the console Otto watched her fronal, and felt that Zinnerman could be kept here “Captain Zinnerman, please sit at the cannon operator’s seat” he said, and turned back to the main screen “Thanks” As Zinnerlanced at him from the corner of his eyes, and then stared at the enemy shi+p n of these three shi+ps gathering in a clustered forular formation Flashes of beams passed by on the telescopic visual insert beside thea silhouette of the “Unicorn” on the defensive

It’s stilltested now? Otto muttered to hi the uneasiness within him As the shots froa the enee of their main cannons

Part 3

The escort unit with spiked shoulder ar the beael parried the hook away, and with the recoil, flew backwards and tossed the last grenade left on the belt rack

The exploded grenade expanded into a fireball spreading several kiloe at the last el watch the escort team unit escape in the direction he had predicted, “Daryl!” He shouted into the wireless, “Roger that!” and with this response, Daryl’s “Jesta” i the “Geara Zulu” to brake immediately as its path was obstructed by the bea to stop and turn around using its AMBAC, but Watts’ “Jesta Cannon” got behind it at that instant

(Got you!)

The beauns on its shoulders let out flares, and theit to shreds The lower body left in space beca unit through its beaaps of the floating rocks, revealing the location of the other escort units He aimed his beam rifle over there, and at thatin front of Nigel’s line of fire, followed by the “Unicorn”in between the two sides

“What’s that guy doing!?”

Nigel lashed out as he pulled the control stick The “Unicorn” passed by his feet as it continued to be toyed by the purpleHis movements were overly slow, even if the syste froion, and stared at the “Unicorn”, whose move guns equipped on its ar at all, and the ht

“Those funnel-like things…!”

There werethe “Unicorn”, and they forel followed his unconditional instinct and ai too fast, revolving as they sealed thethe “Unicorn”

“damn it…!”

They could not fire, and with the INCOMs warding theel reainst an escort squad “Geara Zulu” flying out fro his beaot behind the eneed, “F forrowled into the wireless, and continued to fire suppressing shots at the “Geara Zulu”, which had its back exposed

(Roger!) Daryl and Watts responded, firing suppressing shots from sides The “Geara Zulu” was flanked in 3 directions as it continued to dodge and approach the purple unit The F for, by using the enemy unit as a shi+eld and lure it towards their real objective—of course, their real objective was that purple unit Once they could approach the e attacks of the INCOM cannons Since they could not re the devices, they would attack the“Geara Zulu”, and spotted the purple unit on the expanded

—You’re in the way

A cold ‘voice’ shook his skull, and a sweeping killing intent blew froel instinctively used his back to a particles passed by fro scorching a particles, its humanoid limbs crushed

“Lieutenant Angelo!?” The pilot’s holler was devoured by the static, and the escort unit was blown to bits, turning into a ball of light Nigel spotted the INCOM shots colared at the purple mobile suit in shock

“You attacked your ally too…?”

—Are you a stain too?

The 3 clawed INCOM was driven by the fault ‘voice’, and attacked hiainst the “Unicorn”, and dragged its cable tail,so precisely that it seemed to have a consciousness on its own The claw INCOM fired a beael unit’s head, and the shi+eld type unit fired its scattered a-particles The hail of bea the all-view ht in his blank hotdown on us, you damned brat!) and at the same time, he heard Watts’ bark

The beah space, and the INCOMs shook its cable tail timidly The “Jesta Cannon” used this opportunity to attack, and fired all its weapons as it closed in on the purple mobile suit

“Stop it, Watts!!”

The machine, infected by Watts’ fiery emotions, let its shoulder cannons roar as it fired its reun The missiles were shot down by the INCOMs, but the trail of shots searing by the purple el to see it falter for the first time The monoeye that did not look over at the INCOMs raced through space like a serpent The two INCOMs, coupled with the killing intent on the “Unicorn”, lunged at the “Jesta Cannon”, and the crossfire was gathered upon the unit with the enhanced armor

The “Jesta Cannon” soon got hit, and lost the Gatling cannon on its left shoulder, but it continued to assault the purplefire, while Nigel drew the bea to cut the INCOM cables, but ended up tripping over his unit’s feet As his vision spun about, he spotted the “Jesta Cannon” turn into a large fireball, the purpleleft in the lurch The white e, its consciousness murky—

(You brat You don’t know anything about virtue! What are you fighting for!?)

The “Jesta Cannon” separated the additional ar its explosive bolts, and readied itself as it wielded a bea at the purple renades exploded one after another, and the purplebehind Watts’ unit An INCOM then got to the front, firing its ht shoulder “”Unicorn”, provide support!” Nigel, upon seeing this, exclaiht arm of Watts unit drifted in space as the beahly battered “Jesta Cannon” raised its beam saber on the left hand and sliced at the purple mobile suit

—What an annoying fellow

The goose neck-like INCOMs were driven by the furious ‘voice’, and attacked the “Jesta Cannon” The bearaze the side of the cannon, and the a particles fired from the bottom and side turned Watts into the intersection of a crossfire

(A to die here?)

The “Jesta Cannon” had its generator ignited, creating a large ring of light in the Shoal space (Watts!?) Daryl screaulfed it, and a shockwave spread across, depraving Nigel of the knowledge that his subordinate was killed as he was knocked several kilometers away

The ht, which burned and vaporized Watts’ existence, spread around The light pushed back the purple el and Daryl’s units away, and rustled the 6 Psyco the “Unicorn”

Part 4

There was a light so dazzling one could ostensibly feel the radiowaves perhts as it spread in his ht caused the pressure of the psyco jammer to fade away from his body andin his mind

—It’s really e talk I’ll leave the leader and the rest to you

It was not Angelo This ‘voice’ was barbaric, yet gentle, depreciating hi his chest, entered the “Unicorn” “Who is it…?” Banagher akened by his own groan, and blinked his eyes One of the PsycoJalide by the front of his eyes

At that instant, the “Unicorn” fired the Vulcan guns on its head, but it was not soh the use of the Intention Automatic System Perhaps that ‘voice’ that had entered thehier on the control stick, but he did not have time to affirm One of the Psyco Ja in the perimeter The notion to attack rose within hinal as its ar the twin-barreled Beauns on both sides

“These things—!”

The Gatling guns bundled in a bunch on the back let out thick bea another 2 of the Psyco ah the wireless coher, who escaped from the perimeter of Psyco Jammers, followed the direction where the voice came from, and picked out the uniquely shaped “Rozen Zulu” That purple death God with the light of a huo as it stood there—!

“You aren’t seeing anything…!”

Banagher drew the beaht at the enemy unit’s feet before it could let its INCOMs roaa-particle shots

“You just see what you want to see and deny everything else…!”

(What can I do? There’s nothing worth seeing!)