"Athrun! What are you doing!"
Yzak stared at the Strike Gundam, wrapped tightly in the Aegis Gundam's four legs, and for a moment he could not find anywhere to strike. All he could do was dart madly around it.
But after searching for ages, he still could not find a suitable spot to attack—or rather, he did not dare attack.
When the Aegis Gundam deployed this mode, it could not activate its Phase Shift Armor.
If he cut down the Strike Gundam with one slash, the explosion it triggered would definitely catch Athrun's machine in the blast.
"Our mission is to capture or destroy the Strike. Capturing it is acceptable too!"
Hearing Yzak's questioning, Athrun pressed his lips together and found himself an excuse.
"What did you say!?"
Yzak was so angry his lungs nearly burst, but what Athrun had said was honestly impossible to fault.
"Aegis Gundam is returning with the captured Strike Gundam—"
Athrun did not answer Yzak. He merely reported his current situation to the Gamow battleship.
"Athrun!!!!"
Yzak naturally heard Athrun's report too, and he was so furious he almost chopped Athrun along with it.
Dearka, meanwhile, frowned slightly, his expression somewhat displeased.
What the hell? We worked our asses off fighting for so long, and now, just when it was about to end, you came over to steal the prize?
It was only because this person was Athrun, and because the other party could not deploy Phase Shift Armor, that Dearka held back. Otherwise, he would have gone up and kicked him at the very least.
And so, the Aegis Gundam seized Kira and accelerated away from this sector of space.
The other three Mobile Suits followed one step behind.
"Athrun... what are you trying to do?"
Inside the Strike Gundam's cockpit, Kira realized Athrun's