"Hey hey hey, are young people these days really this terrifying?"
With a long trail of Genes chasing behind him, Mu simply couldn't find an opportunity to counterattack them.
Limited by his mobile suit's performance, if this were a chaotic battle without concentrated enemy fire, he might have been able to break through.
But right now, there was truly no way, so while desperately trying to preserve his own life, Mu could only keep an eye on the battle situation.
He pinned his hopes on the two allies being able to free up their hands and lend him a hand, considering they were all in the same sinking ship.
Then he witnessed something that made his eyes nearly pop out. Originally, Mu had been counting on Wang Hu.
Because no matter how you looked at it, Wang Hu's skills were the most reliable. But...
Wang Hu and Creuset were locked in their intimate dance. From Mu's perspective, those two were clearly slacking off. Instead, it was Kira and Athrun!
"Hiss."
Taking another sharp breath, Mu personally witnessed Kira fiercely slash a deep gash across the opponent's Aegis Gundam.
Then the Aegis Gundam returned the favor without hesitation, giving the Strike Gundam a taste of its own medicine.
With a beautiful spin like a top, the claw on its foot also knocked away the shield in Kira's hand.
Then the two Gundams, controlled by their enraged pilots, tangled together again.
Looking at them, you wouldn't find it strange even if someone said they had killed each other's fathers!
"This won't do, continuing like this!"
For a moment, Mu fell into deep worry. He quite liked that kid Kira too. If things continued like this...
Kira would die here!
But!
Knowing his own limitations, even if Mu wanted to rescue Kira, his spirit was willing but his flesh was weak.
He simply couldn't do it!
"Wang Hu!" So Mu could only place his hopes on that one person, shouting loudly through the comms.
"If you don't get serious, Kira is going to die!"
"Heh." Wang Hu, still entangled with Creuset, heard Mu's roar. He had also been keeping an eye on Kira's situation.
Death?
While contemplating whether Kira might die here, Wang Hu pulled up his mobile suit's nose and deployed the wired-controlled Beam Cannon Pods, casually spraying fire at Creuset who was closely pursuing him.
Perhaps this was an opportunity - a chance for Kira to obtain the power he was meant to have.
"Aren't you worried about that side?" Creuset also inquired through a private comm channel.
Unlike the other party, Creuset himself wouldn't worry about Athrun's life or death. Winning would be good, but losing and dying would be even better.
That way, Patrick who was already close to madness would definitely go completely insane.
Then his long-cherished wish would be within reach.
"Kira won't lose." Wang Hu responded to Creuset with confidence, then shifted his focus to the Archangel.
They were about to reach the predetermined coordinates, and as time slowly passed, the event he was waiting for was about to occur!
"What are you looking at?"
Even though Creuset absolutely couldn't see where Wang Hu's gaze was directed, he unreasonably seemed convinced that Wang Hu was watching something.
"Is it the Artemis Fortress?"
The question was posed as a statement, and Creuset also turned his gaze toward the pitiful fortress currently engulfed in the torment of water and fire.
After a careful examination, Creuset had every reason to feel proud. Under his command, this fortress, once the pride of the Eurasian Federation, was on the verge of falling.
Couldn't he see? The fleet he had assembled had already closed in on the surface of the Artemis Fortress, and numerous Genes were further suppressing the fortress's defenders.
To seize the entire fortress, even the marines from the battleships had launched airborne assaults, entering the fortress to eliminate enemy resistance.
"Wang Hu, what do you think about towing this fortress back as a medal to adorn my military achievements?"
Provoking and testing Wang Hu, Creuset used this method to try and figure out what Wang Hu was really after.
"Boaz Fortress?" Wang Hu, who was exchanging fire with Creuset, replied with a laugh.
"I heard that when the Nova campaign began, there was such a discussion within your ZAFT Forces."
"What? Failing to succeed against us, are you now trying it with the Eurasian Federation's Artemis Fortress?"
"Let me warn you, compared to Nova, the Artemis Fortress of the Eurasian Federation is far less impressive."
"..." Creuset fell into silence, mainly because of what Wang Hu had said.
The idea of towing the Nova Fortress back and converting it into a defensive fortress for their own use left him puzzled and uneasy.
This plan had only been mentioned once during a ZAFT military council and was never brought up again.
Yet, even the name of such a stillborn plan was known to Wang Hu!
"Do you have spies in the upper echelons of ZAFT Forces?"
Originally thinking he was the biggest traitor within the military, now another had suddenly emerged.
And it was highly likely to be a spy even more damaging than himself. It was foreseeable that Creuset would soon find it hard to sleep or eat peacefully.
"Who knows?" Wang Hu said playfully, his smile deeply unsettling.
At the same time, while Wang Hu was still exchanging words with Creuset, the Archangel had already reached the predetermined coordinates.
Seeing that they had arrived at their destination, Li Chengzhi raised his wrist and glanced at the mechanical watch on it.
"Captain Li Chengzhi, what do we do next?"
Natarle Badgiruel asked Li Chengzhi, who was checking his watch. Since they were acting on his orders, it was only natural for him to decide the next course of action.
The safety of the entire ship rested on his shoulders—surely he wouldn't tell them to wait now!
"Wait." The word Natarle Badgiruel least wanted to hear came out of Li Chengzhi's mouth.
Commanding the battleship to turn around, he took over Natarle Badgiruel's tactical command duties.
"Wait?" Anxious both visibly and internally, Natarle Badgiruel stared at the screen.
The Buster Gundam and numerous Genes were pouring fire toward their ship.
Even though the Archangel was equipped with robust laminated armor, making it difficult to severely damage in combat, there was still a limit.
Based on the firepower outside, it was only a matter of time before the Archangel was shot down!
Mentally calculating how many missiles their ship had already taken, Natarle Badgiruel was horrified to discover that, under Li Chengzhi's command, the Archangel had not taken any evasive maneuvers since turning to engage the enemy.
But there was clearly an immortal being on board capable of executing a perfect hard port evasive maneuver!
"Dodge it now!"
Another missile came streaking in, coordinated with Buster Gundam's artillery fire.
Seeing that Li Chengzhi still hadn't issued any evasive orders, Natarle Badgiruel couldn't hold back any longer.
"We can't dodge! Just hold on a little longer, just hold on a bit more is enough!At this critical moment, Li Chengzhi's voice roared even louder than Natarle Badgiruel's, his irritable tenor instantly drowning out her voice.
"This?" Having experienced the events at Heliopolis, the ship's divine helmsman chose to follow Li Chengzhi's command this time.
He forcibly suppressed his instinct to turn the helm.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The beams and missiles struck Archangel with pinpoint accuracy. The violent explosions sent shockwaves that shook the entire vessel.
The impacts sent everyone on the bridge stumbling about in disarray. As the shaking subsided and Natarle Badgiruel just steadied herself, she furiously demanded:
"Captain Li Chengzhi, this is outright criminal! You're gambling with the lives of everyone on this ship!"
"Though I don't know what you're trying to achieve, for the sake of this ship I'm relieving you of command!"
"This ship—this ship absolutely cannot sink here!"
"Shut up!" Li Chengzhi snapped his head around and glared viciously at Natarle Badgiruel. He had finally waited for what he wanted.
What Wang Hu had been waiting for too. The tide of battle was about to shift at this moment, and the dawn of victory would soon shine upon Wang Hu and the others!
Before everyone's eyes, the Eurasian Federation Army's Artemis Fortress now resembled a volcano dormant for five hundred years.
The magma that had been brewing deep within the mountain for so
long now urgently burst through its rocky confines!
The fortress exploded!
Infinite thermal and kinetic energy erupted from the fortress core, sweeping up everything in its path!
"Damn Allied Forces! Did they use the Cyclops System again?"
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