Chapter 410: The Beginning of the Gundam 00 Story 3
The Union visitors in the stands were watching the live broadcast on their phones, streamed directly from the AEU, showing a demonstration of their new mobile suit, the "Enact."
"It looks like the Human Reform League's new Eagle is much better than the AEU's Enact.
That Enact is just a clumsy imitation of our Union Flag. And the imitation is way too obvious."
A companion beside him nodded in agreement. "Yeah. The Human Reform League's Eagle is definitely more creative. Even though it uses the old-era fighter jet appearance, at least it has a three-stage transformation. That kind of versatility really boosts its overall usability.
Its mobility isn't bad either—it can compete with our Union Flag.
And that automatic repair, resupply, and reloading system is pretty impressive. Compared to that, it looks like the AEU has run out of ideas."
Listening to their conversation, Tolle snorted inwardly. Talking nonsense with a straight face. It's clearly way stronger than the Union Flag. The Eagle I built is a B-rank unit—an entire tier above your C+ Union Flag.
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Human Reform League in the viewing stands listened to the discussions from various nations. Although there were mixed opinions, most of them were praise.
He looked at the Eagle with a proud smile, thinking to himself that choosing this very day to unveil the new unit alongside the celebration had indeed been the right decision.
Just as the discussions grew more animated, the transmission signal from the AEU suddenly cut off completely. Immediately afterward, the communication signals at the event venue were also disrupted.
"Hello? Hello?"
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"Why did the signal suddenly cut out?"
The audience in the stands was completely caught off guard by the sudden change.
The Chief of the Human Reform League also looked shocked. He immediately turned to the people beside him and said, "Contact the control tower immediately. Find out what's going on."
Someone beside him replied nervously, "Chief, we're already trying, but because of signal interference, we can't establish contact at all."
"What? How could this happen? Investigate immediately! I want to know exactly what's going on."
Only Tolle remained calm inside his cockpit, silently scanning the sky around him, waiting to see who had come to "eradicate conflict" on the Human Reform League's side.
Before long, he spotted a cluster of green light in the sky, rapidly approaching the live combat training field.
Tolle narrowed his eyes, then licked his lips and muttered, "Oh? I didn't expect it to be Arios Gundam. Perfect. Since I'm piloting the Eagle, I can have some fun with Allelujah."
Tolle immediately grabbed a linear rifle and a Gatling gun from the automatic repair, resupply, and reloading system.
Transforming into Guardian Mode, he charged toward the Arios Gundam in the sky.
When Andrei saw Tolle suddenly sortie, along with the approaching fighter glowing green in the sky, he immediately stepped out of his cockpit and said to the other Eagle pilots beside him, "An enemy is attacking! Hurry and follow Instructor Dax. Coordinate with him and engage together."
"Yes, Second Lieutenant Andrei!"
The other pilots immediately returned to their cockpits, switched to Guardian Mode, and took off from their positions, flying toward Tolle.
As Tolle closed in on the Arios Gundam, he deliberately opened the broadcast channel and announced, "Final warning. The fighter ahead, leave the Human Reform League's celebration venue immediately, or I will regard you as an intruder and engage you.
I repeat, final warning. The fighter ahead, please—"
Inside the cockpit of Arios Gundam, Allelujah muttered to himself after hearing Tolle's voice, "This Eagle and that voice… Is this the Celestial Being reserve pilot Wang Liu Mei mentioned?
Looks like I should pay attention. According to Miss Sumeragi's instructions, I'll cooperate with this reserve pilot and put on a show."
In MA mode, Arios immediately aimed near the Eagle's wings and fired its GN Submachine Gun in a feigned attack.
Seeing the sudden assault that wasn't directly targeting his unit, Tolle knew that Wang Liu Mei and Celestial Being's tactical forecaster, Sumeragi Lee Noriega—also known as Lisa Kujo—must have discussed this beforehand.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be holding back.
In that case, he might as well properly act out this performance with Allelujah.
Tolle returned fire, raising the Gatling gun and linear rifle, spraying shots toward Arios Gundam.
Relying on Arios Gundam's superior mobility, Allelujah easily evaded Tolle's attacks.
He fully showcased the Gundam's performance in the sky, occasionally counterattacking with bursts from the GN Submachine Gun.
As they exchanged fire, the two gradually descended closer to the ground.
At that moment, the other Eagle units arrived and launched a coordinated assault against Arios Gundam.
Streams of Gatling gun rounds shot toward Arios like fiery serpents.
But Allelujah wasn't nearly as lenient with these pilots. He immediately accelerated, dashing straight toward them. Upon reaching close range, he transformed into MS mode.
Raising the GN Submachine Gun, he fired at point-blank range at the Eagle units.
The pilot of one Eagle had no choice but to activate the emergency escape system, ejecting from the cockpit in his seat.
Soon after, the remaining Eagles were also shot down by Allelujah one by one.
However, all the pilots managed to eject safely.
In the end, only Tolle's Eagle remained on the battlefield.
The two continued their aerial chase, the roles of attacker and defender constantly switching.
Inside the cockpit of Arios Gundam, Allelujah frowned and said, "Miss Sumeragi, does that really look like someone I need to go easy on? Even with a standard unit, his reactions are almost on par with Arios Gundam. No wonder VEDA took notice of him. Looks like I'll have to get serious."
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Eagle (VF-1 Valkyrie Fighter downgraded modified version)
B-Rank Unit
Terrain Adaptability: Sea–Land B / Air A / Space B
Fixed Weapons: Gatling Gun ×1; Thermal Short Sword ×2
Optional Weapons: Linear Rifle ×1; Mounted Missiles ×24
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Union Flag
C+ Rank Unit
Terrain Adaptability: Sea–Land B / Air B / Space B
Fixed Weapons: Linear Rifle ×1; Defense Rod ×1; High-Vibration Plasma Saber ×1; Machine Gun ×1; Missiles ×6
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Enact
C+ Rank Unit
Terrain Adaptability: Sea–Land B / Air B / Space B
Fixed Weapons: Linear Rifle ×1; Defense Rod ×1; High-Vibration Blade ×1; Leg Missiles
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