Athrun Zala Faces the Enemy

Every word Mu spoke, every urgent shout, revealed the immense regret that all he could do now was something so insignificant!

That fact struck his heart like a heavy hammer.

He had no room to hesitate.

In that lightning-fast moment, at the critical juncture that would decide Orb's fate, even the blazing concern in his heart for Mu and Jiliang had to be suppressed.

Xia Ya's gaze became incomparably resolute at that moment.

"...Sorry. I'm going."

Xia Ya's voice was low, carrying a measure of trust placed in Mu, an unspoken apology, and countless tangled emotions.

"Yeah!!—I'm counting on you, Xia Ya!"

Mu's voice carried an almost roaring certainty, filled with resolve and absolute trust in Xia Ya.

Spurred on by Mu's nearly hoarse, decisive urging, Xia Ya did not pause in the slightest, nor did he waver for even a moment. Blaze Gundam's crimson figure cut a resolute straight line through the sky, never once looking back at Strike Gundam as it fought Calamity Gundam to the death, nor at Mu's profound pain and trust.

The thrusters on its back and legs erupted with astonishing thrust once more, trailing scorching plasma flames through the air. Its target was precise and unwavering: the battlefield on the other side of Orb, where Athrun Zala's Justice Gundam was bloodily ravaging Izanami Coast!

Blaze Gundam left behind a deafening roar as it flew toward the heart of the battlefield like a drawn sword.

Justice Gundam's scarlet form was like a demon king descending from hell, slaughtering freely along the Izanami Coast.

Wherever its twin Beam Sabers passed, mobile suits were torn apart, reduced to fragments and flames.

Athrun's cold and efficient combat style had almost single-handedly shattered Orb's outermost and most crucial line of defense there.

At that moment, Justice Gundam was surrounded