The expansion of the high-purity GN Particles field threw the clone suicide units into a state of total chaos, and for a moment, the Innovators also lost their composure. However, this did not mean the battle was over. The Innovators began to retreat, pulling back behind the ocean of Gags to adjust to the discomfort. Meanwhile, the stray Gags still numbered in the countless, posing a massive threat if left to their own devices.
"Compress particles, Overlimit Release!"
Once again performing an Overlimit Release of the GN Cannon and clearing a vast area, Tieria prepared to recharge the GN Cannon. Against enemies that were numerous but individually weak, the Healing Angel Gundam was one of the most effective Gundams.
But at that moment, a window suddenly popped up on his cockpit screen, causing him to stiffen for a second before erupting into joy.
"VEDA has been reclaimed!"
Although the current Tieria was no longer as narrow-minded as he was at the beginning, thinking only of completing Aeolia Schenberg's Celestial Being Project, he still held a special affection for VEDA. It was a feeling he couldn't quite put into words, a sort of... feeling of a mother?
Seeing that VEDA had been taken back, Tieria was ecstatic. He immediately stopped charging the GN Cannon; he now had a much better way to deal with the endless Gags.
"Archangel!" Along with his shout, the flow of light in his eyes spun rapidly. The backpack of the Healing Angel Gundam detached, flipped around, and transformed into a jet-black Gundam. It spread its arms, and ripples of energy spread out in circles, quickly covering the entire battlefield.
The Trial System, starting from the Nadleeh Gundam and inherited by the Healing Angel Gundam, possessed the function to shut down all units connected to VEDA. The Gadessa, Gadis, and Galezo units piloted by the Innovators were only able to display ace-level piloting skills because of VEDA's assistance. As for the Gags, they were entirely controlled by commands transmitted from VEDA; the clones in their cockpits were essentially just spare parts.
Thus, under the control of the Trial System, all enemy units became like rootless driftwood, floating in space like space debris after they ceased functioning.
"Now! Eliminate them!"
As the Healing Angel Gundam fired repeatedly, destroying several Gadessa units, the others also reacted. They began ruthlessly slaughtering the surrounding Innovators and clones. After all, they didn't know how long the Trial System would last, nor did they know if these enemy units could forcibly cut their connection to VEDA and resume activity. With such a massive threat, they had to strike while the enemy was down!
The Innovators, of course, were not going to just sit and wait for death. They made a split-second decision to sever all links with VEDA, restoring their Mobile Suits' operations.
Tragically, in their arrogance, they had ignored the fact that they had always relied on VEDA to demonstrate such formidable power. Without VEDA's assistance, they were like children who hadn't even graduated, no match at all for experts who had fought their way through countless life-and-death battles.
...
"The... the Archangel has deployed the Trial System! Units connected to VEDA are ceasing activity one after another!" Christina Sierra reported with a look of pleasant surprise.
"We... we've reclaimed VEDA!"
"Yang Hui succeeded. Then... all ships, form tight formation! Charge toward the Celestial Being and occupy it completely! Order the vanguard MS units to leave a few people behind to assist the Healing Angel Gundam in protecting the Archangel. Everyone else, move ahead and find the entrance to the Celestial Being!"
"Understood!"
The Promis Legion launched an all-out charge. Now that VEDA was reclaimed, the Gags were all paralyzed. Control of the Celestial Being ship was regained, and it poured firepower onto the nearby Gags and Innovators. The Innovators' strength had also plummeted, and they were disappearing at an incredible rate under the pursuit of the ace elites.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Celestial Being, Yang Hui was blocked by a white and red Mobile Suit.
"Ribbons Almark?"
"We meet again, Yang Hui."
"You finally have the courage to face me in person?"
"...Hmph! Yang Hui, don't think you've won yet. I still have..."
"The high-ranking officials you imprisoned have been successfully released. Your existence and the truth behind A-Laws can no longer be hidden, and our presence will be officially justified. Without VEDA, without the support of the Earth Federation government, and without A-Laws, how exactly do you plan to win?"
"You are right in front of me. This Reborn Cannon was prepared specifically for you. As long as you are dead, they will be..."
"Heh, it seems your mind is no longer clear, Ribbons Almark."
"Shut up!"
As soon as he spoke, the Reborn Cannon's multiple cannons fired. Dense orange beams streamed toward the Dawn Gundam in succession.
The Dawn Gundam remained motionless. Its wings scattered bits, and a shimmering wall of light blocked its front, reflecting all the incoming beam cannon fire.
"Is this your preparation? Ribbons, it's not quite enough," Yang Hui continued to taunt.
"Tch, a turtle shell. Then how about this!?" Maintaining fierce firepower, GN Particles sprayed from the back of the Reborn Cannon as it rushed toward the Dawn Gundam at high speed. A hand extended from its back, drawing a Super Beam Saber to slash at the Dawn Gundam.
"Heh, one of the three great illusions..." Yang Hui remained calm, the Dawn Gundam's hands still folded across its chest. A thin line of light flashed, and before the beam saber in the Reborn Cannon's hand could strike, it was separated from the arm.
"What!?"
Ribbons' pupils constricted in disbelief. Feeling the threat of death from several incoming thin lines of beam energy, the Reborn Cannon immediately retreated, dodging the cutting lines.
"...The advantage in close combat is mine." Yang Hui smiled coldly. Ribbons was actually arrogant enough to think he could end him with a high-output Super Beam Saber. It was laughable.
"Damn it! Just what is this Mobile Suit!?" The Dawn Gundam did not pursue. Ribbons observed the Dawn Gundam from a distance, beginning to analyze its performance. From previous combat footage, he could determine its armaments: besides the Sword-Gun Composite Weapons in its hands and the two beam sabers at its waist, it had those wings. They could scatter beam energy spheres in the form of Light Dots; his analysis showed their individual destructive power was average. There were also the beam lines generated from the gaps in the wings, which had only been able to entangle Throne Gundam Unit 02 without directly slicing it apart.
The armor defense of the Reborn Cannon was a grade higher than that of Throne Gundam Unit 02. How could it be cut through directly!?
Ribbons was too overconfident; he hadn't watched the Dawn Gundam's battle to the end. Because he had been in a hurry to reach the VEDA host, he hadn't seen Throne Gundam Unit 01 being sliced in half from top to bottom by the lines of the Voiture Lumiere without any resistance. The beam lines of the Voiture Lumiere could be automatically adjusted; entangling Throne Gundam Unit 02 had only been for the sake of restriction.
"The output is decent. You used the Twin Drive system, didn't you?" Yang Hui sneered. "But you have a Twin Drive, and so do I. It's not enough of an advantage to kill me."
"Yang! Hui!"
"Of the three great illusions of life, you've already committed two. Go on, what else? Use it and show me?"
"Damn you! Go! Fangs!"
Furious, Ribbons controlled the Reborn Cannon to change forms. The four large GN Cannons on the front folded away, the visor-clad head retracted, and the chest armor opened to reveal the main thruster nozzle. The arms flipped to reveal new hands, and a new head unfolded from the back. Turning around, it was now the Reborn Gundam.
Eight small GN Fangs and four large GN Fangs detached, surrounding the Dawn Gundam from all sides. At the same time, the GN Buster Beam Rifle in the Reborn Gundam's hand fired desperately to create an opening.
"Fangs? It seems anger doesn't just affect your judgment, it affects your memory too. Did you forget that I am the expert in this field? bits."
The wings expanded, and golden bits were scattered, dividing into over a dozen groups to chase the surrounding GN Fangs. They played a game of cat and mouse; if a Fang paused for even a moment, a bit would cling to it like a parasite, engulfing the GN Fang and then exploding it into fragments.
At the same time, facing the Reborn Gundam's fierce barrage, the Dawn Gundam stepped lightly through space, swaying left and right as if dancing elegantly, dodging every shot from the Reborn Gundam.
"Yang Hui!!"
Zing!
The moment the two units crossed paths, the Dawn Gundam's hands finally left its chest. A cold light flashed, and the Reborn Gundam's left hand, which held the rifle, was severed. Simultaneously, its head was smoothly removed.
"How... how can this be... how could I... how could I..." Having lost its main camera, the Reborn Gundam's cockpit went dark, the screens turning into a mess of static. Ribbons slumped in his seat, his eyes losing focus.
Zing, zing, zing, zing...
"Ugh~!!"
Slight vibrations told him that only the torso of the Reborn Gundam remained. But the beam lines did not stop cutting; instead, they began tracing the edges of the torso, like a slow grinding process, causing the torso to shrink and disappear bit by bit.
Eventually, only the empty cockpit seat remained beneath Ribbons' backside. Every other trace of the Reborn Gundam had ceased to exist.
"Who... who exactly are you!? Why would a mortal like you appear in this world!?" Ribbons asked frantically.
"Can't take it already? Tsk tsk, you really are fragile, Mr. Savior?"
"Yang! Hui!"
Yang Hui had known of the Reborn Gundam's existence for a long time. Although he didn't have detailed intelligence, it had shown performance exceeding the OO Gundam in his memories. But... setting aside the fact that the OO Gundam Setsuna was piloting now was far beyond the one in the original story, the Dawn Gundam was the strongest machine that surpassed everything in the Promis Legion, a culmination of top-tier technology from several worlds.
At the same time, Yang Hui was the strongest pilot, the only one who could freely and simultaneously control the bits and the Voiture Lumiere.
A little brat like Ribbons, who relied on VEDA and hadn't even grown up, actually had the illusion that he could kill him?
Therefore, Yang Hui abandoned the idea of killing Ribbons instantly. Instead, he wanted to completely destroy his pride and self-esteem. It wasn't exactly about avenging those who had died innocently; his actions simply annoyed Yang Hui, and he wanted to vent a bit.
"You never knew, did you? VEDA's highest clearance level was never Level 7, but Level 8. The only people with that clearance are me and your father. Do you know why your father didn't choose you? It's because he saw long ago that you were an unfilial son. While you were smugly thinking you had killed your father and surpassed him, everything was actually within his plans. You... were a discarded pawn from the very beginning. Your so-called savior status was nothing but your own delusion."
"Yang Hui! You deserve to die! It's because of you! I... I... I am an Innovator! I am the savior who will lead humanity! And you! You are just a mortal! Yes, you are a mortal, and I am the savior, I am the savior, I am the savior! Haha... Hahahaha... You are just a mortal, I am the savior! Hahahaha..."
"Tch, broken already?" Yang Hui found it dull. He had planned to say a few more things, but Ribbons had already gone insane, his pupils devoid of focus.
"Since he's broken, let's just clean it up. Boring."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wings enveloped in golden light flapped once. Along with the cockpit seat, the existence known as "Ribbons" was wiped from this world.
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