Dedalus Lunar Base

"What a splendid show that was."

On a silently cruising warship, Matisse watched everything unfold, a teasing smile appearing on her face.

Durandal had probably been startled by that sudden development too.

She really wanted to see the expression on his face.

Come to think of it, did what she was about to do count as indirectly helping him ease his political embarrassment?

If it were possible to stop it, she would have liked to keep watching.

"Lady Matisse, we've arrived."

The warship commander's voice interrupted Matisse's thoughts.

Matisse withdrew her gaze from the screen and looked ahead at the destination of this journey—Dedalus Lunar Base.

At that moment, fighting had also broken out inside the lunar base.

Soldiers in identical uniforms were suppressing the troops of Dedalus Lunar Base.

Requiem, also known as the Omnidirectional Strategic Beam Cannon, consisted of Daidalus Base's beam firing system and five beam-deflection relay stations.

By refracting the beam fired by the emission system through the relay stations, it could launch attacks from the far side of the moon.

It was a strategic-class weapon capable of striking anywhere in Earth's sphere, destroying colonies and lunar bases in a single blow even after multiple refractions.

At that moment, the interior of Daidalus Base had already fallen under the control of the rebelling soldiers.

As the former head of Earth Alliance intelligence, Matisse had long known about Requiem's existence.

That was why she had always been planning how to seize it. With such a powerful weapon within reach, failing to act would truly be a waste of opportunity.

And if she wanted to control Dedalus Lunar Base, the most important factor was—Gibril.

Only by killing Gibril and confirming her superior's downfall would she have a chance to successfully take control of the lunar base.

That was