The Battle Begins 7

"That was... what Mr. Azrael mentioned!" Jiliang's voice suddenly escaped through clenched teeth, urgent and carrying a rare trace of shock.

That was right! Among the top-secret intelligence about the Earth Alliance military that Muruta Azrael had revealed to them as an "important ally" within the twenty-four hours before the battle began were the detailed specifications and potential threats posed by these three units!

If that's the case— Jiliang swiftly made a bold deduction.

Since these three new mobile suits had appeared on the battlefield at this very moment and had directly targeted the Archangel, then—this was no coincidence!

They might even have come specifically for them, specifically for the Freedom Gundam!

A sense of foreboding suddenly surged through her like a tide.

Under Jiliang's control, the Freedom Gundam instantly pushed its energy output to the limit with resolute determination.

She drove the machine to accelerate once more in a manner that nearly defied the limits of physics. Like an arrow loosed from its bow, it tore through the sky with a long, piercing shriek that seemed ready to rip the air apart, racing without hesitation toward the Archangel.

As she flew at high speed, Jiliang's slender fingertips rapidly and precisely switched between camera angles on the console.

Her gaze moved like an electronic scanner, swiftly and sharply sweeping frame by frame through the continuously changing real-time images on the screen, trying to clearly capture the more detailed appearances and characteristics of the three enemy machines amid the rapidly shifting battlefield, the interwoven flashes of light and shadow, and the billowing smoke.

Amid a succession of dazzling, rapidly changing images, Jiliang clearly caught sight of the three mobile suits.

That machine had a deep, subdued khaki color scheme, exuding a cold military air. Most striking was its back, which bore