"That's right, we have mechs!" Yomogi was the first to react, raising his control terminal.
"Let's do it!" Koyomi and Yume chimed in, quickly pulling out their devices.
Chise nervously glanced at the crowd closing in around them. "I hope these controlled people won't jump up and drag us down..."
Shima had already taken out his terminal. Though his head was still wrapped in bandages, his movements were decisive. "Quit talking and summon them!"
Five beams of light flashed at once, and five Dynazenon mechs appeared in the open space. Everyone quickly boarded and started the engines.
"Move!" Shima ordered over the comms. "Break through to the northwest. Knight's warship is parked there!"
The mech squad had only just taken off when a blazing beam grazed Yomogi's mech and blasted through a nearby building.
"What was that?!" Cold sweat broke out on Yomogi's back as he hurriedly maneuvered his mech aside.
Everyone turned toward the source of the beam and immediately sucked in a breath.
A massive monster had appeared in the middle of the city at some point. It had a purple, metallic-looking shell and multiple glowing red eyes. It looked both mechanical and biological, utterly bizarre. Even more shocking, a girl stood atop its head.
She watched the airborne Dynazenons with cold, silent eyes.
"That's..." Shima's expression instantly turned awful.
Through gritted teeth, Shima said, "Mujina... So they really are behind this. The current situation really was caused by those Kaiju Eugenicists."
Mo Wang guided his mech closer to Shima's and asked curiously, "You know her?"
Shima looked like he had swallowed a fly. "Sort of... We've dealt with each other before. I never expected her to show up like this."
"All the monsters in this city have been under their control from the start."
While they were