In the Three Nations Military Exercise zone, the Arios Gundam descended from high altitude carrying another Arios Gundam. They entered the area without encountering any obstruction. As far as the eye could see was endless desert, a vast expanse of yellow that felt unbearably monotonous.
This should have been before the three nations officially began their exercise, yet two outdated MS units that clearly did not belong to any of the three nations' forces had appeared here. Three fully loaded trucks followed behind them, speeding toward the dangerous materials buried in this region two hundred years ago.
At the same time, the figures of the two Gundams appeared on screens inside the Tri-Nation Joint Exercise Command Center.
A CIC officer shouted inside the command center, "The two-way communications device has been jammed. The Gundams' coordinates have been confirmed. Switching to pre-installed wired surveillance."
A middle-aged man with a ponytail stood up. He was Billy's uncle, Homer Katagiri, and also UNION's true commander. Looking at the Gundams displayed on the screen, Homer Katagiri merely waved a hand. "Begin the plan."
The CIC officer immediately got to work. "The plan has officially begun. The new orders are being issued to the originally assigned three-nation exercise forces."
When Lockon spotted the first target of the mission through his sighting device and sensed the eerily quiet surroundings, he could not help clenching his fist. He reminded Hallelujah, "The mission has begun. Be careful."
"Understood." Sitting in the cockpit, Hallelujah steadily piloted the Arios Gundam toward the first target—the three trucks preparing to detonate the dangerous materials and the two outdated MS units—while his eyes constantly swept back and forth across the screens, carefully watching everything around them.
Lockon aimed at the two outdated MS units with his sighting device. The instant a flash glimmered