Chapter 350: Total Chaos
At this moment, Clotho spoke impatiently to the suddenly intervening Justice Gundam. "I don't care who you are. Since you're interfering in my battle, you can die along with the rest!"
He immediately raised the twin-linked ultra-high-speed shield cannons on his left arm and fired two yellow beam shots at the Justice Gundam.
Athrun executed a Z-shaped acceleration maneuver, easily evading the Raider Gundam's attack, then swung his beam double-bladed lance and slashed at it.
Clotho could only raise the twin-linked ultra-high-speed shield cannons to defend against Athrun's assault.
On the other side, Kira continued to tangle with Shani. Kira tried to close in and attack the Forbidden Gundam with his beam saber, but the moment the Freedom Gundam approached, Shani would immediately accelerate away, giving Kira any chance to get close.
What troubled Kira the most was the Forbidden Gundam's guided plasma beam attack. That curved beam made its attack direction extremely hard to predict or guard against.
On top of that, the energy-deflection armor on the twin shoulder shields rendered Kira's ranged attacks completely ineffective, with the beam rifle shots all being twisted off course.
On the ground, Orga watched the aerial battle and the newly arrived Justice Gundam, muttering excitedly to himself, "Oh? What's that? A newcomer? Then count me in too."
He pulled the control lever and aimed the twin high-energy long-range beam cannons at the Justice Gundam, firing two green beams in a sustained irradiation attack.
At this moment, Clotho—unaware of what was happening—charged straight at the Justice Gundam and nearly got hit by Orga's attack. He immediately halted and shouted angrily at the Calamity Gundam, "Orga, you bastard! What the hell are you doing? You almost hit me!"
But Orga ignored him and launched attacks at the Freedom Gundam instead, switching targets back and forth at random and instantly throwing the battlefield into total chaos.
He then pushed the Calamity Gundam's thrusters to full output, leapt up, landed on an Orb battleship, crushed its bridge underfoot, and continued his disorderly assault.
With a grin, he said, "Heh heh, what are you guys playing? Let me join in too."
Watching Orga's indiscriminate attacks, Clotho said with a look of disgust, "Don't come over here and get in the way, Orga."
Unbothered, Orga jumped onto another battleship. "Clotho, stop whining. You never include me when there's something fun."
After saying that, he once again used the twin high-energy long-range beam cannons to attack both the Freedom Gundam and the Justice Gundam.
Then Shani raised both shoulder shields with a leering grin, using the energy-deflection armor to block the Calamity Gundam's beam attacks, even twisting the beams toward the Raider Gundam's position—almost hitting Clotho.
Everyone was completely baffled by their absurd maneuvers.
Mu, along with Asagi, Juri, and Mayura, all stopped fighting for a moment to watch the spectacle.
The people in Orb's command center were equally confused by what they were seeing.
Even Cagalli was at a loss and asked Kisaka, "What's going on here?"
Kisaka himself wasn't sure either and asked his subordinates, "What is that? Another Earth Alliance unit from a different federal force?"
At that moment, the radar operator reported, "N-no… it looks like it's providing cover for the Freedom Gundam."
The battle continued. Athrun and Kira coordinated smoothly, joining forces to deal with the Forbidden Gundam.
Athrun used the revolving turret machine guns on his flight backpack to unleash a fierce attack on the Forbidden Gundam.
Shani could only raise his shields and rely on the TP armor mounted on them to defend.
Immediately afterward, Kira fired the Freedom Gundam's waist-mounted rail cannons once more, striking the Forbidden Gundam's shields and knocking it backward.
But just as they were about to press the advantage, the Raider Gundam and the Calamity Gundam attacked the Freedom Gundam and the Justice Gundam respectively, covering for the Forbidden Gundam's retreat.
Right in the middle of this chaotic melee, Tolle piloted the Aegis Gundam in MA form and charged toward the Forbidden Gundam at maximum speed.
Just as he was about to reach the Forbidden Gundam's rear, Tolle immediately activated the beam sabers mounted on all four limbs of the Aegis Gundam.
Taking advantage of the moment when it had been knocked back and was completely undefended, all four beam sabers stabbed directly into the mechanical arm connecting the left shoulder shield.
With a high-speed spin, the arm was completely shredded. As he clamped onto the shield and prepared to withdraw, Tolle also injected neo DG cells into the Forbidden Gundam.
After obtaining the shield equipped with energy-deflection armor, Tolle exclaimed excitedly, "Energy-deflection armor—I've got you now!"
Seeing his shield suddenly severed and stolen, Shani shouted angrily, "You damn thief! How dare you steal my stuff—die!"
He then transformed the Forbidden Gundam into MA form, aimed the plasma clustered beam cannon at the Aegis Gundam, and fired a plasma beam.
However, with the loss of the left shield and the beam-focusing field on the rail cannon, the plasma clustered beam could no longer curve.
Tolle immediately pulled the control lever, spun the MA Aegis once more, and easily evaded the attack.
At this point, Clotho laughed so hard he could barely close his mouth. "Hahahaha! Shani, your unit got hit—and your shield was even stolen. This is just too funny!"
"Damn it, shut up, Clotho! I'm not letting this guy go!" Shani shouted angrily while launching continuous attacks at the Aegis Gundam, all of which Tolle dodged.
Just as Tolle was about to accelerate away, a sudden strike from the Calamity Gundam's twin high-energy long-range beam cannons hit the MA Aegis's thrusters.
With a broad grin, Orga said, "Oh! Shani, I hit that guy. I got your revenge for you."
At this moment, Nami informed Tolle, "Master, the Aegis Gundam's thrusters are completely destroyed and can no longer be used. Nami is currently maintaining flight. Please prepare for impact."
Having lost propulsion, Tolle said unwillingly, "Damn it… am I cursed to be a mobile suit killer or what? How did I break another one again?
I'd only just started using the Aegis Gundam and it's already scrapped—and I didn't even get to scare Athrun yet!
Sigh, nothing I can do about it. Nami, I'm counting on you. Also, have you obtained the energy-deflection armor data?"
"Rest assured, Master. The energy-deflection armor data has been successfully acquired and can now be manufactured independently."
"Mm, that's good. At least it wasn't a total loss."
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