Chapter Summaries

Long Huijuan condemned Long Dingkun for mishandling Long Fei’s place in the Long Family, while a rescue operation in Stunk Country exposed Sky Wing Mercenaries’ Healing Gel on live television. Long Fei agreed to let reporters film the treatment of burned hostages using Medical Pods, but ordered his other technologies kept out of view.

• Long Huijuan berated Long Dingkun for trying to seize Long Fei’s technology and warned that the Long Family might one day beg for Long Fei’s forgiveness.
• Long Dingkun offered to recognize Long Fei and his sisters as Long Family members and make Long Fei the next family head, but Long Huijuan left without agreeing to relay the offer.
• Stunk Country’s president stayed to reassure citizens after the terrorist attack, while his approval rating rose and the opposition fell silent.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries and local forces rescued hostages, defeated armed militants, and suffered an explosion and ambush during the operation.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries treated a wounded female mercenary with Healing Gel, and reporters captured the rapid healing on a live broadcast.
• Long Fei approved using Medical Pods to treat burned hostages on camera, while telling Colonel Shrek to keep the mercenaries’ other technologies hidden.

After the fighting on Colony Satellite No. 5, Long Fei’s forces used the Medical Pod to treat severely burned victims, while his family worried that his inventions would put him in danger. As evacuations began, limited transport capacity caused panic among the millions still trapped on the damaged satellite.

• Reporters watched the Medical Pod restore burn victims’ skin, then Sky Wing Mercenaries escorted them away and confiscated their camera before returning it.
• Taoxiang destroyed the remaining enemy MS units, prompting the ground troops to surrender, and then returned to the MS Carrier under orders.
• Long Fei told Colonel Shrek to postpone discussions with Stunk Country’s President and the Saintess about the Medical Pod and Healing Gel until the technologies matured.
• Long Kui and her sisters worried that Xiao Fei’s inventions would attract dangerous attention, then learned that a representative from Skywing Chip Manufacturing Company was coming to meet them.
• Local forces began evacuating Colony Satellite No. 5, but after one hundred spacecraft departed with about two hundred thousand people, unrest spread among the more than 2.9 million citizens still waiting.
• The President of Stunk Country promised that more spacecraft would arrive and said he would remain with the citizens, calming many of them.

Long Fei considered an experimental Alaya-Vijnana System surgery that might restore the paralyzed young mercenary Mellis’s ability to walk, and began preparing for the operation. Meanwhile, Colony Satellite No. 5’s citizens continued evacuating, as a man’s attempt to cut in line turned violent.

• Long Fei read the casualty report and learned that thirteen-year-old Mellis had been paralyzed by severed nerves, then decided to try a surgery he believed might repair them.
• Long Fei visited Mellis in the medical room and explained that the operation might fail or kill him; Mellis accepted the risk because he would rather die than remain helpless.
• Long Fei confirmed Mellis’s background and left to prepare for the surgery, considering the risks and consequences of the Alaya-Vijnana System modification.
• More spacecraft arrived at Colony Satellite No. 5, and the Sky Wing Mercenaries helped local officials maintain order as citizens boarded evacuation ships.
• A tall man took a woman and child’s place in line and insulted a government worker who tried to stop him.
• The tall man shoved the government worker to the ground after she asked him to cooperate.

Sky Wing Mercenaries violently enforced order during the evacuation from Colony Satellite No. 5, drawing polarized reactions online. The local government then hired the Skywing Mercenary Group to use the same intimidation tactics at other sites to speed up evacuations.

• Three Sky Wing Mercenaries beat a tall man who harassed government staff and refused to cooperate, while the female government worker objected to their violence.
• The mercenaries threatened the crowd with a pistol and rifles until civilians, reporters, and camera operators returned to their places.
• Taoxiang watched the scene, remarked that some people would not listen without a beating, and left as footage spread internationally.
• The local government noticed civilians cooperated more readily where Sky Wing Mercenaries were present and asked the Skywing Mercenary Group to send squads to intimidate troublemakers.
• The mercenaries beat civilians who cut in line or otherwise refused to cooperate, while government workers generally looked the other way.

After militants launched attacks on civilians boarding spaceships, Saintess Aina, the Sky Wing Mercenaries, and their allies treated the wounded amid widespread panic. Taoxiang saved a critically injured mother and condemned bystanders who refused to help, prompting someone to step forward.

• Militants infiltrated civilian boarding lines, killed staff and civilians, and planted a timed bomb that Sky Wing Mercenaries discovered and sent experts to defuse.
• Militant attacks struck several areas, including the artificial coastal district, while Saintess Aina ordered her subordinates to treat the wounded.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries used drones to transport critically injured civilians into their warship for treatment in Medical Pods, while Taoxiang and her comrades treated others outside.
• Taoxiang used her last dose of Healing Gel to save a wounded mother whose daughter was beside her.
• When bystanders refused to care for the mother, Taoxiang slapped and berated one man and rebuked the crowd until someone stepped forward to help.

Terrorist attacks worsened the evacuation crisis on Colony Satellite No. 5 while Long Fei learned that medical supplies were running low and reinforcements would take four days to arrive. Kex Country, Maga Country, and Dak Country sent aid and called for an end to hatred, but a secret group plotted to spread the war through more attacks and false blame.

• Taoxiang killed an armed man trying to detonate a bomb as explosions and panic spread across the evacuation zone.
• After finishing surgery on Mellis, Long Fei learned from Shlaik that the Medical Pods were full, Healing Gel was nearly gone, and supplies—including the Barbatos and Astaroth Gundam—were four days away.
• Nearly 1.5 million civilians remained on Colony Satellite No. 5, which was expected to break apart within five days, as spacecraft arrived to help evacuate them.
• Kex Country, Maga Country, and Dak Country sent transport ships and issued a joint statement offering aid and urging Stunk Country to repent and end the cycle of hatred.
• Civilians in several countries called for wars to stop, while a secret group discussed staging terrorist attacks on other Colony Satellites and framing rival nations to prolong the conflict.

Long Fei explained the Alaya-Vijnana System after Mellis recovered from surgery, revealing its power and risks. He arranged for Mellis to learn to pilot an MS and said he would test his compatibility when the new Gundam arrived.

• Mellis demonstrated that he could move freely after Long Fei's Alaya-Vijnana System surgery.
• Long Fei showed the gathered mercenaries data explaining that the system could greatly enhance a pilot and MS but risked paralysis or death.
• Long Fei explained that Mellis's surgery had combined Alaya-Vijnana nanomachines with therapeutic nanomachine technology to improve its chance of success.
• Long Fei told Mellis he would test his compatibility with the Alaya-Vijnana System when the new Gundam arrived.
• Long Fei arranged for an MS pilot to teach Mellis how to operate an MS before the test.

As Colony Satellite No. 5 of Stunk Country broke apart, Saintess Aina and Long Fei helped evacuate its remaining civilians aboard spacecraft. On the Skywing Mercenary Group's flagship, Long Fei shared his food with Sophia and pushed away a reporter who tried to interview him.

• Saintess Aina ordered her fleet to take aboard civilians, and Colonel Shrek agreed to open his warships after searches.
• Long Fei told the mercenaries to call him Captain Long while they followed Aina's fleet toward Colony Satellite No. 4.
• The colony satellite broke apart after all civilians had evacuated, and reporter Wang Xiuling interviewed survivors aboard the Albion MS Mothership.
• Long Fei sat with Lidaya and Sophia at lunch, gave Sophia his chocolate bun and milk, and glared at a man he suspected of taking her bun.
• Wang Xiuling tried to question Long Fei about his Gundam and nationality, so he pushed her aside and had mercenaries remove her and her cameraman.

Long Fei’s fleet headed toward Stunk Country’s Fourth Colony Satellite, where pirates were preparing to seize a Gundam for the Amaterasu Organization. Meanwhile, Stunk Country’s president watched the Skywing Mercenary Group resupply in flight and suspected its covered mobile suits were Gundams.

• Long Fei learned that the route to the Fourth Colony Satellite passed through the pirate-infested ruins of the Sixth Colony Satellite and asked Colonel Shrek when their requested supplies would arrive.
• Sam, Sandak, and Fukada No worried that the Amaterasu Organization had ordered them to capture Gundams, then agreed to attempt the mission after a masked representative said capturing one would suffice.
• The masked representative told the three pirate leaders that the Skywing Mercenary Group would escort civilian spacecraft through their area in two days.
• Sam decided the pirates would try to capture one Gundam and withdraw from the battle immediately afterward.
• Stunk Country’s president watched footage of the Skywing Mercenary Group resupplying while traveling and was told that two canvas-covered mobile suits were very likely Gundams.

Long Fei adjusted Barbatos and Astaroth for Mellis to test, explaining the risks of the Alaya-Vijnana System and forbidding its dangerous limit release without his command. The tests showed Mellis adapted to both Gundams, while observers watched from the fleet and Stunk Country.

• Long Fei warned Mellis that Barbatos’s Alaya-Vijnana System could overwhelm his brain, then adjusted it so Mellis could connect safely.
• Li Xiucheng abandoned his wish to undergo Alaya-Vijnana surgery after Long Fei described the high failure risk for adults.
• Mellis adapted to Barbatos’s system and tested its evasion, shooting, and close-combat performance as Saintess Aina’s group, Stunk Country, and reporters watched.
• Long Fei explained that ordinary pilots could operate Barbatos and Astaroth but could not activate the Alaya-Vijnana System’s limit release, which could cost a pilot their life.
• Taoxiang questioned why Long Fei had developed such a dangerous system, and Long Fei said he would not abuse it or let people with ulterior motives misuse it.
• Mellis completed Astaroth’s test, which produced results similar to Barbatos’s.

The Pirate Group attacked the Stunk Country fleet with six powerful Oni Yasha Mobile Suits, forcing the escort forces and the Skywing Mercenary Group to respond. After Long Fei deployed the Gundams, Ke Jie Xiong destroyed one Oni Yasha with GP04 Gundam, while the other five remained in the battle.

• Sam, Sandak, and Fukada prepared to sortie as the Pirate Group mobilized among the reefs.
• The Pirate Group’s six Oni Yasha Mobile Suits annihilated the force blocking their advance and destroyed its commander’s flagship.
• Saintess Aina persuaded Colonel Shrek to have the Skywing Mercenary Group help repel the pirates, and Colonel Shrek shared intelligence about the Oni Yashas with Long Fei.
• Long Fei ordered the Gundams deployed, and Ke Jie Xiong engaged an Oni Yasha with GP04 Gundam.
• Ke Jie Xiong evaded the Oni Yasha’s Efficiency Boost Mode, overwhelmed its defenses, and destroyed it.

Mellis fought in his first MS battle as Barbatos, destroying numerous pirate units before Taoxiang rescued him from a coordinated attack. As the Skywing Mercenary Group turned the battle in Stunk’s favor, Avina warned Mellis and Taoxiang that three unfamiliar enemy MS units were approaching.

• Sam, Sandak, and Fukada No agreed to identify and capture the weakest-performing Gundam to fulfill the Amaterasu Organization’s mission.
• Mellis piloted Barbatos into his first battle and saved a Stunk pilot by cutting down an attacking pirate MS.
• A Stunk commander saw the Gundams and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Dagger units reverse the battle, while a transforming Gundam was identified among the allies.
• Mellis destroyed multiple pirate MS units and fighters, but seven Guardian Type 2s surrounded him and forced him to evade.
• Taoxiang arrived in Zeta Gundam, destroyed several attackers, and helped Mellis resume his assault.
• Avina warned Mellis and Taoxiang that three unfamiliar MS units, faster than the Oni Yasha Mobile Suits, were heading toward them.

Sam, Sandak, and Fukada No fought Taoxiang and Mellis in their Evil Oni Mobile Suits until Zhou Ya and Zhou Na arrived in Gemini Units 1 and 2. The Gemini Units forced the Oni pilots to activate Efficiency Boost Mode, and the two sides then faced off with their enhancement systems active.

• Sam, Sandak, and Fukada No attacked Taoxiang and Mellis, and Sam and Sandak knocked Barbatos Gundam into a damaged spacecraft.
• Sam and Sandak shocked Barbatos Gundam with electrified whips, but Zhou Ya and Zhou Na arrived in their Gemini Units and severed the whips with a Beam Cannon.
• Taoxiang continued fighting Fukada No while Mellis withdrew from the battlefield on Zhou Ya's orders.
• Zhou Na chased Evil Oni Unit 2 with Gemini Unit 2, while Zhou Ya's Gemini Unit 1 destroyed Evil Oni Unit 1's shoulder laser cannon.
• Sam and Sandak activated Efficiency Boost Mode, and Zhou Ya and Zhou Na activated the PX System in response.

The Gemini Brothers and Taoxiang defeated the Pirate Group’s Evil Oni pilots, captured their mobile suits, and repelled a rescue attempt. Their victory left the Pirate Group’s leader in custody and revealed Taoxiang’s skill to the Zhou Ya Sisters.

• Zhou Na used the PX System to destroy Evil Oni No. 2’s limbs and head, forcing Sam to surrender as Zhou Ya blocked Evil Oni No. 1’s escape and the sisters captured it.
• Taoxiang used the Zeta Gundam to predict Fukada No’s evasive movements, disabled Evil Oni No. 3, and defeated its pilot without striking the cockpit.
• Zhou Ya and Zhou Na recognized Taoxiang’s piloting ability and accepted that she deserved her Ace Pilot position.
• The Gemini Brothers and Taoxiang escorted eight 105 Dagger mobile suits carrying the captured Evil Oni units and their severed parts to the Albion No. 1 MS Carrier.
• More than thirty Pirate Group mobile suits tried to rescue their leader, but the three Gundams held the line and shot them all down.

Long Fei’s forces captured three Evil Oni Mobile Suits and uncovered that the Amaterasu Organization had supplied them to pirate groups in exchange for a share of their loot. After negotiating with Stunk Country and Saintess Aina, Long Fei traded away two captured units and kept one for research as the fleet continued its journey.

• Long Fei refused to hand over the captured MS units without generous terms and inspected an Evil Oni Mobile Suit while his mercenaries prepared for a possible confrontation.
• Taoxiang and Zhou Ya discussed the threat of another battle as Stunk Country’s president and Saintess Aina negotiated with Colonel Shrek for an Evil Oni Mobile Suit.
• Sam, Sandak, and Fukada No revealed that the Amaterasu Organization had armed their pirate groups and demanded a share of their loot.
• Long Fei accepted Stunk Country’s offer, sending two Evil Oni Mobile Suits to the country and keeping the remaining unit for research.
• Four days later, the fleet reached Colony Satellite Number Four; Saintess Aina left Stunk Country the next day, and the Sky Wing Mercenaries escorted her spacecraft toward the Pakri Empire.

Long Fei’s team examined the captured Evil Oni Mobile Suit and judged it a poor research reference, while international media continued to harass the Skywing Mercenary Group and its company. Reviewing development reports, Long Fei considered sending the completed Justice Goddess Gundam Type F Kai and the Judgment Goddess Gundam to protect Saintess Aina’s convoy.

• International reporters followed Long Fei’s fleet and pressured Skywing bases and Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company for information about who developed the Gundams.
• Orbis examined the Evil Oni Mobile Suit’s Fission Power Unit and warned that its placement behind the cockpit posed a radiation and explosion risk.
• Long Fei and Orbis concluded that the Evil Oni Mobile Suit’s frame and systems offered little research value, even if its power unit were upgraded.
• Long Fei explained the difference between hot and cold fusion to Zhou Ya and Zhou Na.
• Long Fei reviewed Li Jiaming’s report on completed and in-progress mobile suits, noting that the Judgment Goddess Gundam was progressing fastest.
• Long Fei considered sending the Justice Goddess Gundam Type F Kai and Judgment Goddess Gundam to Saintess Aina’s convoy if the latter was completed during the escort.

Saintess Aina helped Pakri III present the Pakri Empire as ready for peace and arranged negotiations with its six neighboring countries. As the peace signing approached, Pakri III sought a business meeting with the Skywing Mercenary Group, whose advanced equipment impressed him and his defense minister.

• Pakri III welcomed Saintess Aina and publicly declared that the Pakri Empire wanted peace, asking her to witness its pledge not to initiate war.
• Long Fei and Colonel Shrek discussed the mercenary group's earnings from protecting Aina and how they could use generous contracts to build more Gundams.
• Aina advised Pakri III to hold the peace signing on the capital Colony Satellite, and he sent diplomatic teams to negotiate with the six neighboring countries.
• The neighboring countries accepted the peace proposal after learning its terms, while the Pakri Empire secured the capital district and the Skywing Mercenary Group assigned ground teams to protect Aina.
• Pakri III asked Aina to introduce him to the Skywing Mercenary Group's leadership so he could discuss business, and Colonel Shrek informed Long Fei of the request.

Long Fei discussed company matters with Sakchi while Saintess Aina’s peace efforts brought the seven nations to a treaty. As her fleet neared the Oya Cross Nation, the crown prince of Dak Country staged a coup and publicly executed both his father and the president of Stunk Country.

• Sakchi reported strong sales, corporate spies, and an offer from Long Fei’s aunt, and Long Fei told him to consider the offer.
• Pakri III ordered arrests of war-profiting criminals, and the leaders of seven nations signed a peace treaty witnessed by Saintess Aina.
• Long Fei warned Shlaik that military-industrial capitalists might retaliate, though Aina’s fleet had faced no attacks.
• The president of Stunk Country apologized to Dak Country, and Dak’s king accepted the apology while saying reconciliation would take time.
• Dak Country’s crown prince staged a coup, seized the Stunk president and his own father, and hanged both during a live broadcast.

After coups in Kex Country, Maga Country, and Dak Country reignited the conflict with Stunk Country, Pope David defended Saintess Aina’s efforts to promote peace and explained why he had summoned her home. He comforted Aina, who had shut herself away and blamed herself, and persuaded her to eat with him.

• Kex Country, Maga Country, and Dak Country overthrew their leaders, reversed their predecessors’ agreements, and declared a war of revenge against Stunk Country.
• Stunk Country’s citizens and soldiers vowed to avenge their hanged president, and the prospect of renewed war drew attention to Saintess Aina.
• Pope David’s spokesperson said Aina had returned at the Pope’s summons and that the new leaders’ decisions were not her responsibility.
• After a press conference, Pope David found Aina asleep at her desk, barely eating, and remembered adopting her after her mother died.
• Aina woke and apologized to David, who reassured her that the conflict was not her fault and urged her to care for her health.
• Aina asked David to eat with her, and he called John to heat the food and prepare more dishes.

Long Fei planned a visit to the Rhineman Emirate and discussed new MS weapons and a Pegasus-class MS Carrier with President Sakchi. He and Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming also considered whether the Skywing Mercenary Group should accept wartime commissions, leaving the group’s policy unchanged for now.

• Long Fei told Colonel Shrek he would visit the Rhineman Emirate to see Bizhuo and Zhezhang before returning to the main base.
• Long Fei and President Sakchi discussed newly developed MS weapons, including which could be field-tested or sold, and Long Fei promised to provide Pegasus-class MS Carrier blueprints.
• Long Fei asked Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming about establishing the Skywing Group’s eighth sub-base in the Rhineman Emirate and said Colonel Shrek’s fleet would take him there.
• Long Fei and Li Jiaming discussed the risks of accepting wartime commissions, including damaging the Gundams’ reputation and angering other mercenary groups.
• Li Jiaming recommended that the Skywing Mercenary Group reject all country commissions and continue its existing work.