Mikazuki looked calmly at the charging Gene, and Marida couldn't help but remind him.
"Careful."
"It's fine."
When Gene was about thirty meters from Barbatos, Barbatos suddenly raised its knee, kicking Gene's longsword flying.
Then its foot quickly landed, and it bent down. Its rear thrusters ignited, pushing it forward. With a shoulder bash, Gene's cockpit armor dented, almost crushing the cockpit interior.
Inside, Rasgasa suffered the impact, his face greatly shocked.
"Damn it, what's wrong with this mobile suit? Its output is insane. Where did it come from?"
Marida was equally horrified. Although she wasn't the pilot, as a direct participant in the development of the new mobile suit, she understood the performance of her own Gundam and ZAFT's Gene very well.
Gene's armor, though not as powerful as Gundam's PS armor technology, was still made of very sturdy material, several times stronger than tank armor.
But it was dented by this unknown mobile suit. Even a Gundam couldn't do that.
Mikazuki looked around. Besides Gene, who had turned into a pile of scrap on the ground, there was only this one.
"Only two units, huh? Never mind... quickly finish you off."
"Finish me off? Don't joke around, I almost became a Red Coat!"
Rasgasa felt underestimated. His emotions were immediately stirred by Mikazuki. Piloting Gene, he gripped his sword with both hands, deployed his rear thrusters at full speed, and charged towards Barbatos.
"Idiot..."
Yes, foolish. Rasgasa's attack at this moment was no different from before.
Mikazuki easily dodged. Gene's sword struck the ground in front of Strike.
Barbatos swept out a leg, kicking Gene in the abdomen. Rasgasa suffered another impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"How could this be..."
"Get lost, annoying fellow."
Mikazuki said indifferently. He raised the hammer mace in his hand and stabbed it into Gene's cockpit.
Boom.
Red liquid overflowed from the completely crushed cockpit. Kira Yamato, watching through the screen on Strike, turned pale and looked as if he was about to vomit.
Marida's face also looked unwell. The pain in her arm made her frown. She looked up at the unknown MS standing powerfully in front of them, carrying a huge hammer mace on its shoulder.
"Is that mobile suit secretly developed by Orb... But... Tekkadan? What's that?"
Shaking her head, she opened public communication to talk to Mikazuki.
"Mikazuki Augus, although I'm very grateful for your rescue, I still need your cooperation in my investigation. I need to confirm your identity and mobile suit."
"As you wish, I don't care."
Mikazuki scratched his face, took a date from his pocket, ate it, and looked at the shuttle display. There was no sign of any increase.
"Hey, Orga, didn't you say that fighting would accumulate energy? What's going on?"
"Ah, it did increase, but only by a little over zero point one percent."
Mikazuki heard Orga's words and tilted his head. He tried to count on his fingers to understand how much zero point one percent was. He couldn't. He was uncultured.
Orga was also a bit speechless about Mikazuki and said,
"It's probably because the opponent was too weak. In short, it did increase a little, which is good.
Now, what's more important is that..."
Orga was naturally referring to Marida inside Strike. The other party said she wanted to investigate him. Although they now had a legitimate identity, they were still civilians. How could Barbatos be explained?
Mikazuki heard Orga's concern and said calmly.
"No need to worry. Orb is a neutral country. And she should be from the Earth Alliance. Although I don't know why Orb is helping the Earth Alliance develop those five mobile suits.
But a neutral country and the Earth Alliance are not on the same side. Even on the surface, they wouldn't cross the line."
"That's true... Hey, Mikazuki... What should we do next?"
Mikazuki was startled. He thought of his most trusted family member on Earth and what she told him. He smiled faintly.
"Why do you even ask?"
His answer was exactly the same as that day. He pressed the Iron Flower on the display and looked at it. Orga seemed to smile.
"That's right, let's go back."
"Hmm."
Both said in unison.
"Return to Tekkadan."
...
Barbatos followed Strike to an open park. Kira found his companions. Marida informed them to drive the transport vehicles hidden deep in the factory.
Marida lay on a long bench, eyes tightly closed. Her wounds seemed infected. She had fainted after giving instructions.
Fortunately, Kira's female companion, Miriallia Haw, knew emergency treatment. The situation was much better now.
Kira, Shinn, and Tolle looked at the two Gundams. Barbatos especially caught their attention.
"Hey, hey, are these new MS from the Earth Alliance? So cool, especially this one, it looks so wild!"
Kira frowned, looking at Barbatos. From the conversation between Marida and Mikazuki in the cockpit, he could confirm that Barbatos was not an Earth Alliance mobile suit.
"Hmm..."
Marida opened her eyes and woke up at this moment. What greeted her was Barbatos's low-key yet wild appearance.
"That mobile suit..."
Miriallia, who was watching over her, saw her wake up and immediately asked with concern.
"Are you awake? How do you feel? Do you want some water? Kira, she's awake!
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