Bang-whoosh!!!
Shinji piloted Unit-01 around behind the Fifth Angel, firing his rifle relentlessly to draw it away.
Sure enough, the whip the Fifth Angel had been about to bring down curved around and lashed behind it.
Unit-01 dodged the Fifth Angel's strike with a backward step, discarded its empty rifle, and ran to the weapon building that had risen from the ground. Shinji took another firearm from inside and kept shooting, creating an opening for Huang Zhetian's Special Unit to make up for his earlier mistake.
Huang Zhetian would never let this opportunity slip, but his main priority now was moving the battlefield so the collateral damage would not hurt Kensuke and Toji.
The Special Unit tackled the Fifth Angel, pinning it down and grinding it hard against the ground.
He successfully moved the fight from the hill behind the city back to the city's outskirts.
The jointed limbs on the Fifth Angel's abdomen kept flailing, but its two whips quickly reacted, striking together to pierce the Special Unit's chest and abdomen!!
Huang Zhetian was ruthless. He immediately deployed his A.T. Field to neutralize the Angel's Absolute Territory, then wrapped his arms around the Fifth Angel and turned the Special Unit around. Fighting through the pain, he shouted to Shinji, "Shinji! Hurry! Destroy its core with a blade!"
The Special Unit held the Fifth Angel from behind, and Huang Zhetian had restrained both of the Angel's tentacles so it could not pull them free.
Shinji discarded his gun, drew the High-Vibration Particle Knife from the mechanism in his shoulder, and ran straight toward the Special Unit.
Underground Base, Command Room
Misato watched the screen with a grim expression as reports from the staff kept ringing in her ears. "The Special Unit is dissolving on contact! Damage at 69 percent!
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