On Sheryl's side, because she was taking part in this concert, Gaius had specially customized a set of transformation equipment for her, just like the Valkyries used. During this time, Sheryl had been rehearsing with the Valkyries and had long since become extremely proficient with the equipment. Things like leaping down from midair and slowly descending were easy for her.
After Xiao Ran and Sheryl entered the Eagle's cockpit, everyone else also jumped into their own machines' cockpits. Only Aiba Shinyo, clad merely in his transformation gear, stood beside the Eagle and boarded the armored lift with it as it rose toward space.
A Gaius staff member on the bridge looked up and saw Aiba Shinyo standing beside the Eagle. His eyes widened, and he sprang up from the ground in a panic. In his eyes, Aiba Shinyo's act of standing beside the Eagle and riding the lift upward was no different from suicide. But another thought instantly filled his mind: Oh no! How did that person get onto the lift?! An accident, a major accident!
Just as the staff member opened his mouth to shout, he saw a flash of red light before his eyes. It enveloped the young man who had somehow entered the lift like crystal. The red light vanished in an instant, and the young man disappeared without a trace, replaced by a peculiar suit of armor, armor that looked mechanical.
The staff member rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he had seen. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only force out a few sounds. "Uh... th-this..."
Aiba Shinyo, now transformed into Iron Man, also noticed the staff member staring at him. Red light flashed from the eye section of his helmet, and he gave the staff member two slight nods