Although Shara had kindly warned her, and Haman had taken the warning seriously, she had clearly still underestimated Annie's abilities. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been defeated by Annie in fewer than twenty turns, in a way that seemed utterly unbelievable to both her and every spectator.
Haman's loss wasn't unfair, really. After all, who could have imagined that the MA-M3 heavy slash sword, which clearly had no propulsion, could be thrown like a boomerang by the Scarlet Zaku in the extreme situation where it was about to be killed by the funnels the very next second—and turn the tables at the last moment?
Honestly, any pilot there, whether aboard the Tibers or either of the other two battleships, would have let their guard down in that situation. Especially after seeing the Scarlet Zaku caught in a death trap woven by funnels, with absolutely no way to escape.
But at that very moment, hunter and prey suddenly switched places in a way no one had expected. The result spoke for itself.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing their own Haman lose so absurdly, Kamille Bidan—the very instigator of the whole provocation—burst into unrestrained laughter in the training room and pointed at the big screen as he shouted.
"She actually lost..."
"Looks like..."
"Our 'High and Mighty Empress' can get humiliated after all, huh?"
From that, it was clear that he might have been annoyed because Haman had stolen his chance to stir things up—or perhaps he had never gotten along with her in the first place.
Either way, he was taking great pleasure in her misfortune now.
"......"
"......"
"......"
Then, just as expected, his companions Amuro, Anavel, and Setsuna all shot him meaningful looks, or warning glares.
"All right!"
"Just pretend I didn't say anything..."
Seeing their reactions, Kamille Bidan—short-tempered though he was, and