Chapter 133: Black Unicorn
Several days later, a battlefield in the Atlantic Ocean.
The operation to destroy Celestial Being's mothership had failed. Despite the overwhelming superiority of the combined forces of TITANS and Britannia, the opponent's battleship and the surrounding MSs had disappeared in plain sight. This was more like a science fiction story than high technology, and Colonel Scirocco had issued a gag order prohibiting any details of the incident from being released.
So not surprisingly, TITANS and Britannia have become hostile again, and they continued to fight.
The Arios Gundam tore a hole in the defense line with a large cannon, turned into aircraft form, and burst into the TITANS formation at high speed with lightning speed. The containers around its fuselage opened, and a large number of missiles were shot out from them. Even in the Minovsky particle scattering environment, such an indiscriminate strike could still cause considerable damage.
The Arios Gundam continued to create chaos with its high mobility after that, and the TITANS MSs could not catch up to it with their speed.
Colonel Scirocco refused to appear anywhere where there was a GN-Drive, and he gave Emma Sheen temporary deciding authority over this area. Emma Sheen, who was already a captain, was only a common MS pilot before, not a super ACE. The only reason she was able to command the battle was because of another duty she had.
"Let the Number Two MS strike." She gave the order as such, "The others spread out, don't get hurt by mistake."
A black MS ejected from the battleship. Its most striking feature was the golden horn on its head, and its name was Banshee. As one of the participants of the Unicorn Plan, Emma was entrusted by Scirocco with the responsibility of commanding the Banshee Gundam in his absence.
The Banshee Gundam deployed the built-in elf beam cannon from its right arm. The cannon's fire control was achieved by a special built-in sensor, whose data came directly from the Banshee Gundam's mental sensing system and was adjusted by the pilot's consciousness rather than micromanagement, thus achieving a high degree of accuracy.
The high-energy particle beams fired in a rhythmic pattern, and in a short time, the Arios Gundam was shot in the nose and had to change from the aircraft form to the MS form. The Arios Gundam's pilot decisively turned on TRANS-AM and prepared to run away, as light green light particles began to gush out from its crotch and turned into a dazzling red color in a short period of time.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh!" The pilot of the Banshee Gundam let out an ear-piercing scream on the public channel, "Kill you kill you kill you kill you!"
The psycho-frame beneath the armor unfolded and the skeleton glowed goldenly. The horn on the head also separated from it, turning into nine small horns stretching to the sides.
The Banshee Gundam chased after the Arios Gundam at an incredible speed after it transformed. After flying for a while, the Arios Gundam was about to be caught up and had to turn back to fight.
However, the Arios Gundam's right arm was cut off with the beam saber in one blow. With another blow, the lower half of the Arios Gundam's body was also easily torn to pieces, spilling orange liquid.
The Banshee Gundam, which had suddenly lost its target, froze for a moment, but in the next instant, it launched a frenzied pursuit of the Arios Gundam. The fuselage of the Arios Gundam was already torn into pieces by the horrible claws, but the Banshee Gundam did not stop at all.
It was not until five minutes later, when the NT-D's activity time reached its limit, that the Banshee Gundam finally turned back to its unicorn form and floated motionless in place. Emma immediately gave instructions, "Recycle the Number Two MS immediately."
The Britannia army, which had lost the Arios Gundam, was demoralized and retreated in no time. Captain Emma waited quietly in the hangar, waiting for the recovered Banshee to be placed.
As the cockpit door opened, a pretty girl with short blonde hair appeared inside. She was not wearing a pilot's suit, simply wearing the TITANS uniform, unconscious at the moment, strapped to the seat by the seat belt, and her pale face looked extremely haggard.
Emma sighed in pity, went forward to unbuckle the seat belt and picked up the young girl towards the infirmary. She touched the girl's uniform and realized that the girl was already sweating through. Despite being in a coma, the girl was still spasming slightly from the drug overdose.
When she came to the infirmary, she pulled the curtain and cleaned the girl's body, and changed her clothes before calling the doctor. No, not a doctor, the person should be called a researcher. The guy in the white coat ordered Emma to fix the girl on the hospital bed with a belt, then gave the unconscious girl various body measurements, and finally gave her a few injections.
When all this was done, Scirocco came late. He listened to the researcher and Emma's report, and nodded in satisfaction, "Although the consumption is a bit greater, it seems that the reinforced human is barely able to be an NT, and the latest technology really works well. Eliminating a GN-Drive and figuring out how the Banshee Gundam works, Captain Emma, you've done a great job."
Emma bowed her head respectfully, with mixed feelings in her heart, "Stella, she …"
"She's fine, we'll be able to continue using it again after a few days." Scirocco was in a good mood, "Stella was originally a product of our Murayu Research Institute, and now she's just back on the right track. Not to mention she's gone from unstable enhanced human to NT. That's a huge evolution!"
"No one wants this kind of evolution." Emma thought silently, but didn't dare to speak out.
"Let me know immediately when she wakes up. We got some interesting keywords from her, it seems she knows quite a lot, it's worth asking about it." Scirocco said and turned around and left the ward.
The researcher gave Emma some more instructions on precautions before leaving, and Emma silently stood by the hospital bed, guiltily holding Stella's hand. The young girl had just been injected with some kind of drug, and in her unconsciousness, she let out occasional moans of pain, trying to struggle but unable to move with the belt tied around her.
"Shinn, Shinn." Stella murmured unconsciously in her unconsciousness with a hint of crying in her voice.
"We are just simply playing with life, I guess." Emma whispered to herself, "Is this kind of thing really the right thing to do?"
…
"That kind of thing is just plain wrong! If it wasn't for your Celestial Being, Stella wouldn't have died. It's all because of you adults doing some kind of plotting and scheming that Stella died!" Kamille looked at Ade angrily with a tear-stained face and waved his fist excitedly, "I'm just going to teach you a lesson today!"
"Kamille, calm down!" Shinn held Kamille's fist in a hurry, "Mr. Adrien just got back yesterday, what does this have to do with him?!"
"How am I going to calm down, Stella, she, Stella, she!" Kamille struggled for a moment, lowered his fist, and whimpered, "I'm sorry, Brother Shinn, if only I could have stopped her, if only I …!"
"It's not your fault, you did the best you could." Shinn tried to look cheerful and patted Kamille on the back, "Don't cry, Kira-san's baby was born today, you shouldn't cry in the hospital."
"Shinn, I'm sorry." Ade was too ashamed to look at him, "It's my fault, I didn't think she would be affected by GN-Drive, if I …"
"It's okay, Adrien-san, it's not your fault, I understand. Didn't you teach me this years ago, that some people are just unlucky? Stella was just unlucky." Shinn smiled reluctantly, suddenly lowered his head, and coughed. His voice became a little hoarse, "Sorry, I'm a little uncomfortable. I want to go back first, please apologize to Cagalli for me."
"Shinn, you—"
"It's okay!" Shinn turned around and exclaimed, his shoulders trembling slightly, "I'll adjust quickly and it won't affect the action later. So it's okay, um, it's okay, it's okay."
Shinn slowly walked towards the hallway, his back looked thin and sluggish. Mayu gave Ade a complicated look and followed behind worriedly. Until they entered the unoccupied stairwell, Shinn finally leaned helplessly against the wall and whimpered.
"I'm sorry, Mayu, for making you see your brother so humiliated." He raised his arm to shield his tear-streaked face, "Just give me a little more time, okay, I'll be fine soon."
"Brother." Mayu looked at such Shinn and felt her own heart bleeding. She couldn't help but hug him, "Brother you still have me, I will be with brother forever!"
"Mayu, leave me alone, okay." Shinn choked up and said, "Just for a little while, leave me alone for a little while."
"I don't want to! How can I leave my brother alone at a time like this!" Mayu let go of him and shook her head vigorously, "I'll always be there for you, just like you were always there for me when I needed you the most."
"Mayu…" Shinn looked down at his sister, his vision becoming a little blurry, "I'm sorry, I … "
"Brother, it's okay for you to cry out." Mayu gave him a gentle smile and stretched out her arms to take his head into her arms. Shinn couldn't help but bend down after her, "I mean it, please cry it out."
"I, I …" Asuka felt the long-lost warmth, finally letting his tears rage out, "Stella, Stella! "
The soundproofing of the hospital was quite good, but Ade felt as if he could hear the low cries from the stairwell. His heart seemed to be gripped by a large hand, and he was breathing a little hard.
"I'm sorry, I know it's not your fault, it's Scirocco who's to blame, but I just can't help myself." Kamille wiped his tears with her sleeve, "It's obvious that Brother Shinn is the one who is most upset, I have no right to be angry at you at all."
"It's my fault, obviously there are many ways to prevent it, I was the one who was careless." Ade blamed himself and did not dare to look Kamille in the eyes, "I feel better if you give me a punch."
"That's just a cunning adult's self-satisfaction to get rid of the guilt, I guess, I won't let you get away with it." Kamille bit his lip and turned away decisively, "I'll go back first, and also please apologize to Kira-san for me, thank you."
Only Ade was left alone in the empty corridor, and he sat on the bench with his eyes staring at the ground, thinking of nothing. Until the hallucinations on the other side of the stairwell completely disappeared, he slapped his cheeks hard, stood up, and pushed the door into the ward.
Cagalli had just gone into labor this morning, and making a crying face now would be too impolite to her.
The ward is better soundproofed, and the people inside have no idea what's going on outside. Cagalli was holding a baby with a maternal glow on her face. Mineva, Ange, and Lacus were all gathered around her bed with curious looks, and only C.C. and Momoka had a calm look.
"Doctor, you're here." Kira carefully hugged the other little baby and nodded imperceptibly to him as a greeting, moving so carefully that it was a bit comical, "Well, where are the others?"
"Shinn is not feeling well, Mayu accompanied him back first, Kamille too." Ade tried to act as if nothing was wrong, "They asked me to apologize to you."
"It's okay, after all, that happened." Kira was sad for a moment, but the joy of the birth of a pair of children instantly overshadowed the sadness, "Doctor, do you want a hug? I've got to go do some paperwork."
"Can I have a hug?" Ange raised her hand like a schoolgirl, "I'll be very careful!"
Kira placed the child gently in Ange's arms, and went out to do some formalities. Ange made happy faces at the little baby, making "wow~" noises every now and then.
"Little Sora is so cute, with a round, fleshy little face." Ange spoke in a sappy voice while glancing at Ade from the corner of her eyes, "She is so cute, look, she is really, really cute."
C.C. and Lacus looked at each other for a moment. Lacus had an expression like "I've been used to it for a long time," while C.C. couldn't help but roll her eyes, and the maid lady covered her mouth and laughed at that.
Mineva's gaze wandered between them, and finally came to Cagalli's side, making a look of understanding, and did not speak.
"The doctor can also have children." Cagalli gently rocked the little Haruka in her arms, "It would be a pity not to pass down such excellent genes, it's simply a loss for humanity."
"Yes, yes, it's simply a loss to humanity." Ange did the repeater.
"I don't have the energy to think about children now, let's wait until after world peace." Ade said seriously, "Besides, this one is not even ten years old yet, so let's wait until she grows up too."
A smug smile flickered across Mineva's face as she stealthily glanced at everyone in the sickroom, quickly turning back to her good self and staring up at the child in Cagalli's arms.
"Wow ~~~~!"
The child in Ange's arms suddenly cried out, and Ange looked at Cagalli with a helpless, bewildered look.
"Give her to me." Cagalli gestured to Lacus, put the little Haruka into her arms, then took the little Sora from Ange's hands, "Gag her up so she won't cry."
Saying so, Cagalli opened her clothes without any alert. C.C. first reacted and rushed to Ade. Before Ade could see what was happening, he had been thrown outside the ward.
"… ah!" At this point, Ade finally realized what had just happened and his face flushed, "I'm glad I didn't see it, or I would have been killed."
When Kira returned from the formalities, Ade said goodbye to the young couple and returned home. The atmosphere on the road was a little strained, even Ange kept her mouth shut. Ade knew it was all because of himself, so he put on a light-hearted face and said, "Speaking of which, their family can—"
"No need to force yourself. Your acting sucks." Lacus said softly, "No one is blaming you, be sad when you should be sad."
"I'm sorry." After saying this, Ade went silent.
It was night, Ade stayed in his room, sitting on the edge of the bed alone, thinking about something.
The door of the room was pushed open and Mineva, dressed in her bear pajamas, came to him from the doorway, holding a pillow. The little girl did not say anything, but just silently stared at him, and the consciousness of pure and persistent comfort kept coming, touching the softest part of his heart.
"Thank you, Mineva." Ade smiled faintly at her, got up, and hugged the little girl gently, "I want to talk to your Sister Lacus, sleep by yourself today, ok?"
