Chapter 152: Stealing the Show
As Argama was about to arrive at the intended location, everyone from Londo Bell entered their MSs, and only Bright and Amuro were left in the briefing room.
"The special atmosphere reminded me of the One Year War for some reason." Bright showed a slightly nostalgic look, "It still feels like something that happened last year, but it's been almost ten years."
"I'm just an ordinary soldier, I can't tell the atmosphere. For me, every battle is the same." Amuro gave Bright an impish wink, "Maybe you're getting older, Captain, so you've become prone to reminiscing about the past?"
"Nonsense! I'm still young!" Amuro seemed to have come across some forbidden words, Bright was provoked, but soon calmed down again, "This is probably considered to be the last battle. All in all, Amuro, you must return as usual."
"What are you talking about, Captain? I am an active officer of the Federation, and as long as I am not retired, there will not be a final battle." Amuro unknowingly removed the FLAG and raised an eyebrow at Bright, "I don't understand what your higher-ups are planning, nor do I need to, but I guess you're getting a promotion after this battle is over, Captain? Maybe I need to call you General later?"
"Don't guess." Bright coughed, but still unable to hide the joy on his face, "I heard that the bigger your rank is, the lesser affairs you need to deal with. It seems that in the future, I will have a lot of time to spend with Hathaway."
"Congratulations in advance. It is a significant thing for decent and capable people to be promoted." Amuro smiled gratefully, "Although I still think Char is completely unreliable, Adrien is still trustworthy. Even if I'm just a tiny NT, as long as everyone does their best as well as I do, the days will always get better, right?"
"You're a lot more optimistic, maybe you really have to thank Brigadier Hymem in heaven." Bright smiled, "In the past…"
"Stop thinking about back in the day, Captain, you're obviously still young." Amuro smiled and gave him a standard military salute, "Colonel Noa, Amuro Ray strikes."
"Ah." Bright nodded and suddenly called out to Amuro as he was about to leave the room, "By the way, don't use F91's MEPE (Metal Peel-off Effect) if you can, it's expensive to maintain."
Amuro felt speechless. He said goodbye to Bright, changed his clothes, and went on F91.
F91's MEPE is formed by heavy metal particles peeling off the surface of the fuselage at high temperatures and speeds, and after Ade's improvement, it now had a special metal coating that was especially for this purpose. Although Anaheim was selling this special coating to Londo Bell, Bright still felt pain when thinking of the price.
As for the hi-v Gundam, it has been stored in the hangar for a long time. F91's performance on Earth was better. But whether it is hi-ν Gundam or F91, Amuro likes them very much — Ade's MSs were very easy to handle, giving Amuro a comfortable experience.
After leaving the ship, Amuro followed the bridge's instructions and arrived at the battle zone shortly after. The first thing that caught his eye was the mothership of Celestial Being in the distance, and then he saw a Gundam with feathered wings on its back harvesting mass-produced MSs at an extremely unscientific speed. The other side also immediately spotted F91 and quickly pounced on Amuro. The two did not talk nonsense and battled together in a very silent manner.
F91, as one of the most versatile MSs, was richly armed. Wing Gundam Zero didn't have as many weapons as F91, but because it was just produced this year, from the power to armor to mobility and so on, its overall performance was stronger than F91.
The surrounding TITANS soldiers couldn't help but sneak a look at the battlefield, and silently felt the shock in their hearts after watching. As long as they were not killed in action, they would take a second look after a while.
Amuro was not a war maniac, but in the face of such an opponent, even he could not help but felt an itch of battle in his heart. Ade often said that he was the strongest NT in the world, he just took it as a joke, but he still occasionally thought about where his limit was in the end.
"Even though Captain Bright told me not to use MEPE, I can't help it." Amuro began to adjust his breathing for the intense exertion that would follow, "There will probably never be another chance like this again, let's fight to decide the winner!"
F91's visor opened, small wing-like heat sinks extended from the shoulders, and the MS's speed became faster and faster, leaving only a dizzying trail of residual shadows in the air. At first glance, it seemed as if there were dozens of F91s flying in the sky, or shooting, or swinging swords, or dodging, or blocking, each doing a different action.
Almost at the same time, Wing Gundam Zero's fuselage obviously did not change, but its speed also became faster and faster, keeping up with F91's rhythm under Amuro's stormy attacks.
None of the MSs in the distance dared to approach. They could only see two dots of light flying around, changing their spacing rapidly, but when they looked closely, they could only see a blur and could not distinguish any details.
"You're really…" Although the other party did not speak in order to keep it a secret, Amuro still recognized Kira by his movements. The two had fought side by side in the One Year War, and he would never be mistaken. "Amazing strength. Amongst so many ACEs I've met in my life, you can be called the strongest."
As soon as he exclaimed, a ding sounded in his head and Amuro dashed to the side without thinking. A harsh particle beam managed to aim at him under the interference of the residual shadows, and grazed F91's fuselage.
"Excellent!" He and Kira stopped and separated at the same time, only to see an unseen Gundam speeding towards this way, "No identification signal, who is it?"
"That Gundam over there, stand down." The pilot of the Gundam said coldly on the public channel, "Amuro Ray will be defeated by me!"
Kira, who had never uttered a word on the public channel, spoke up. He read the words displayed on the screen emotionlessly, "Lord Ribbons Almark, what brings you here?"
