"Report, Captain. Everything is ready."
Standing in the observation room, the masked female captain gave a slight nod at the report in her ear. Then she raised her head and looked at the enormous monster not far ahead.
It looked like an enlarged mixture of human bones and flesh, wrapped from head to toe in bandages like a giant mummy. This monster was none other than the second fusion entity—Kanata.
Frankly, losing the fusion entity Shiraui Tsumugi had indeed been a blow to Sidonia. Sidonia did not know what had happened to Shiraui Tsumugi and Hoshijiro Shizuka. They only knew that after Shiraui Tsumugi and Hoshijiro Shizuka had blocked the Gauna's attack on Sidonia, they had lost contact. Although Tanikaze Nagate's Guardian Mecha unit had searched the surrounding area afterward, they had found nothing.
In the end, Sidonia could only conclude that the two had "died gloriously."
However, thanks to Shiraui Tsumugi's outstanding performance as a fusion entity, the Sidonia crew's revulsion toward human-Gauna hybrids had gradually faded. Furthermore, reconnaissance showed that the Mass Collective Ship had altered its course and was heading toward Sidonia. To defeat the most terrifying enemy they had encountered thus far, the masked female captain had also approved Kishio Kunihisa's activation test for the second fusion entity, Kanata, hoping to further strengthen Sidonia's combat power.
"Are you ready, Kishio?"
"Of course. I am ready, Captain."
"Very good."
Hearing Kishio Kunihisa's reply from the scene, the masked female captain nodded.
"Then begin the activation test for fusion entity Kanata!"
At the captain's command, the personnel below swiftly sprang into action.
"Fusion entity Kanata, initiating phase one... Pulse stable, brain waves normal. No issues."
"All neural networks from the central system to the extremities connected to remote-control circuits. Initiating phase two... Safety locks released."
Soon, the connection