The long-awaited journey to the universe has finally begun.
Under Olga's arrangement, the partners assigned to the mission boarded the shuttle to the universe.
"It's finally time to leave, Miss."
Fumitan, who was sitting in the door seat on the left side of the first class cabin, looked at Gudelia who was sitting across the aisle.
Gudelia nodded slightly.
It's just that her mood doesn't seem to be too early.
Apparently, it was influenced by the chance encounter on the farm a few days ago.
Fumitan's eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't say any words.
She knew that even if she opened her mouth, the girl who was regarded as hope by the Martian people might not be able to get out of the trap deliberately left by the other party in a short time.
Because Fumitan was just a maid from beginning to end.
Compared to the master and servant, who had their own thoughts, Olga sitting in front was a little nervous.
The mole has been identified as Todo Milconnen.
Moreover, after prying out the information related to Orcus from the mouth of the mole, Olga made a series of arrangements for this.
But even so, Olga still felt unsure.
Orcus is not a threat to the new Tekkadan.
The real threat to Tekkadan is the mountain standing behind the Orcus Chamber of Commerce - the Gallarhorn Mars Branch.
While there was still some time before the shuttle was launched, Olga re-examined her plan in her mind, trying to find any flaws in it.
While thinking, Olga couldn't help but cast her eyes ahead to the two empty seats.
That's where Remmic and Lux sit.
According to the arrangement, Lei Mingkai and Lux were on the list of those who took the shuttle into space this time.
But on the eve of his departure, Lei Mingkai changed his mind.
He flatly rejected the plan to take a shuttle to space with everyone in Tekkadan, and then go to the Ark to transfer to the attack transport ship - Yuhuo, which was just added to Tekkadan's name.
Olga tried persuasion, but was rejected again by the determined Lei Mingkai.
Especially when Olga showed that on Mars, only a shuttle could successfully enter space, Lei Mingkai's attitude was still firm, and even had an air of no doubt.
This gave Olga a big headache, but there was nothing she could do.
After all, Lei Mingkai is now not only the client, but also the investor of Tekka Group.
If it weren't for Lei Mingkai's timely investment, Tekkadan might not even be able to board the shuttle.
"Olga, are you thinking about your Excellency?"
Eugene, who was sitting behind Olga, stuck his head out and looked at the pensive leader.
"Well, there is something. I don't know how Mr. Lei Mingkai will join us?"
This question obviously cannot be answered in a short time.
Because, the shuttle was launched.
The burden brought about by that instant of acceleration immediately made everyone in the Tekkadan shut their mouths and concentrate on fighting against the strong overload caused by the shuttle's escape from gravity.
It wasn't until the shuttle crossed the sky, broke through the constraints of gravity, and successfully entered space that everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Somewhat subtly, Gudelia, who endured the physical burden caused by overloading when she escaped from gravity, actually felt a sense of relief after the shuttle successfully entered space.
It was as if the problems that had been bothering her for several days disappeared without a trace at this moment, and what was left was the boundless emptiness she felt when facing the vast expanse of space.
"Next, all we need to do is enter the low-orbit terminal and wait for the pilot spacecraft to arrive?"
Fumitan, who was in a better mood, asked Bisquet who was sitting in front.
"Well, yes."
However, just as Biskate responded, Olga, who was sitting further in front, stood up.
"No! Before that, we need to solve some problems! Orcus's ship showed up in advance."
"What?"
Except for Eugene, the other teenagers followed Olga's gaze and looked out the porthole.
I saw a dark green armed transport ship sailing at a constant speed above and to the right of the shuttle.
"Is that Orcus's ship? It's so early!"
The teenagers were amazed that the entrusted party came to the appointment in advance.
But Olga sighed slightly.
"Everything is indeed as expected! Then, Biskate, go and inform Mikazuki to prepare for the attack! Eugene, come to the cab with me! This shuttle must speed up!"
"Ah! Yes!"
Biskate happened to miss the opportunity to interrogate Todo Milkonnan because he had to go to the farm to help, so he was confused by Olga's order.
But there was no hesitation in his actions.
In the surprise just now, Bisquet clearly saw three points of light appearing from behind Orcus's ship and speeding towards it.
There is no doubt about it.
Those three light spots are the light emitted from the MS thrusters.
"Let's go! Eugene! We can't stop here!"
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There was a gust of wind.
Starting from early in the morning, the sound of wind lingering around the Tekkadan base gradually became a little noisy.
Tekkadan's financial accountant Dexter Kurast led the remaining teenagers who stayed at the Tekkadan base and stood at the gate, quietly looking at the machine standing on the wasteland - freedom.
Gundam.
"It's almost time! Captain and the others should have entered space."
Dexter glanced at the time and murmured to himself.
Dexter was also present when Remingley refused to take the shuttle into space.
Like Olga, he could not understand and had no way of knowing why Lei Mingkai refused to take the only shuttle on Mars that could enter space.
But Dexter knew that he was lucky enough to see before Olga the reason why Reiming Kai refused to take the shuttle into space.
"Did BOSS Dexter join the group leader?"
The eyes of the teenagers standing next to Dexter were very curious.
They all know that the Freedom Gundam can fly.
However, the teenagers knew that no matter how hard the MS flew, it would not be able to successfully escape the constraints of gravity without the help of external conditions.
Facing the teenagers' questions, Dexter nodded silently, but could not say anything that could resolve the doubts in the teenagers' minds.
You know, he himself was also doubting.
Under the gaze of the doubtful teenagers and Dexter, the Freedom Gundam standing in the wasteland was making final preparations before departure.
"The energy system is driving normally and the connection is normal!"
"The nervous response system is normal and the concentration is within the normal deviation value!"
Lux concentrated on looking at the data displayed on the screen in front of her, reporting over and over again the various values currently possessed by the Freedom Gundam.
As for Lei Mingkai, he put his hands on the joystick, waiting for the last moment to arrive.
"The time is almost up."
As the voice of Type Zero sounded, a shadow appeared behind the Freedom Gundam along with the arrival of a strong wind sweeping through the wilderness.
It was a beast with faintly visible edges and corners, so huge that it could almost be as big as the flat head of a Freedom Gundam.
However, in the fierce wind that gradually became fierce, Dexter and others could not clearly see the appearance of this beast, but they could only vaguely feel that something appeared behind the Freedom Gundam.
"My preparations are complete."
As the beast's shadow completely appeared on the Freedom Gundam, Zero raised his head and glanced at the sky.
"It's started over there too. Kai, it's time for us to set off!"
"Um!"
Lei Mingkai nodded.
"So, Lux, are you ready?"
Lux, who was monitoring the various data of the Freedom Gundam, smiled sweetly, then relaxed her body and leaned into Lei Mingkai's arms.
"Yeah. I'm ready!"
Pink hair gently brushed Lei Mingkai's nose.
Lux's laughter sounded crisply.
"The process of breaking through gravity with a single machine, I believe it will be a very good experience!"
Lei Mingkai smiled loudly.
"Maybe! So, let's get started! Zero!"
"clear!"
The sound of the wind suddenly became extremely noisy.
In the strong wind that stirred up gusts of sand, Dexter and others saw the Freedom Gundam breaking through the wind and sand and flying high into the sky through the gaps in their arms that resisted the wind and sand, and heard the sound coming from the sky.
"Dexter, and everyone in Tekkadan, just to be on the safe side, step back a little further!"
Lei Mingkai's voice was mixed in the wind, but it reached the ears of Dexter and others very clearly.
Without hesitation, Dexter immediately led the teenagers back into the base's facilities.
"Okay! The audience has gone away!"
Zero urged again and again, seemingly impatient for the battle taking place in the void above his head.
"Transfer of Glory, activate!"
This is the second time that Liberty Gundam has been fully activated since it received the Glory Bearer.
The first time it was activated was when it resisted the attack of Genesis.
Now, it is Lei Mingkai who is trying to rely on the unparalleled acceleration of the Radiant Carrier to break through the gravity of Mars and break through the gravity well in a stand-alone manner.
As the Radiator was activated, the steel wings of the Freedom Gundam fell off one after another, and under some kind of force, they once again gathered into a huge ring behind the Freedom Gundam.
The moment the ring appeared, lines distributed according to a certain pattern suddenly appeared on the surface of the ring. Even with the appearance of these lines, the same but with some subtle differences began to appear behind the Freedom Gundam.
Textures appear.
"Brother of Glory, activation is complete! Type Zero, it's up to you!"
The moment the halo fully unfolded, Lei Mingkai's voice reached Zero's ears.
Then, a thunderous roar sounded from the wasteland swept by strong winds.
"roar!!"
At the moment of roaring and shaking, the wind and sand in the sky were torn apart by a beam of light filled with electric sparks that shot straight into the sky.
"boom!!"
The target of this beam of light is not the sky above our heads, but the Liberty Gundam that has fully deployed the light transmitter.
The moment the terrifying light pillar burning the wind and sand in the sky touched the transmitter of light, a dazzling light even more dazzling than the light pillar, like the arrival of a star, bloomed its own brilliance wantonly in the Martian sky.
"boom!"
The stars come,
Thunder rolls,
The torn sky filled with wind and sand was filled with endless lightning bolts, as if sending blessings to the Freedom Gundam that broke through the gravity well for its long journey.
Attracted by the thunderous roar, the people who rushed out of the bunker could only watch blankly as the star that shone with dazzling light and broke through the blue sky at a speed they could not imagine disappeared from the field of vision.
Mars space, in low orbit.
A chase battle is unfolding fiercely.
Under the influence of Remingkai, she knew in advance that Orcus would betray her, and Olga, who had made first-hand preparations, did not hesitate to have Mikazuki attack when she discovered Gallarhorn's mobile suit, and
Let the shuttle accelerate out of low orbit and fly directly to the coordinates where it meets the fishing fire.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The smoothbore cannon in Barbatos' hand kept firing shells one after another, trying to attract the Gallallhorn MS that was chasing the shuttle as much as possible.
"It feels very easy to aim. Their movements are not as fast as the Freedom Gundam!"
Looking at the MS that was accelerating in front of her, Mikazuki murmured calmly.
Perhaps, compared to other militia organizations, Gallallhorn's mobile suits and pilots are at least second-rate or above.
But after being personally trained by Lei Mingkai (pressed and rubbed on the ground), when faced with the siege of five Grazes from the Mars branch of Gallarhorn, Mikazuki didn't feel any pressure at all and seemed to be at ease.
Among these five Grazes, there is naturally the Graze Commander piloted by Mars Branch Chief Connor Conrad.
With all kinds of calculations in his mind, he would not miss this great opportunity to keep Gudelia around Mars.
If it weren't for Barbatos's long-range attacks being really difficult, Connor would have been clinging to the shuttle.
"Damn it! What happened to this machine? Is this the machine that killed Kronk?"
The conspicuous little horn on the head of the Graze Commander made Mikazuki particularly aware of its existence.
As a result, most of Barbatos's bombardment was focused on it, which also made Connor very angry.
In desperation, Connor could only retreat and command his men to launch a siege on Barbatos.
"Ain! Come on! This may be the murderer who killed Lieutenant Cronk!"
After giving the order, the attack of the Grazes who besieged Barbatos became fierce, almost blocking all Barbatos' retreat routes, as if they were determined to fight to the death.
"Tch! Are you involved?"
Mikazuki frowned slightly and glanced at the radar subconsciously. She found that the shuttle had almost escaped the maximum range of the radar, but behind the shuttle, the armed transport ship of the Orcus Chamber of Commerce was holding on.
"What should I do? Olga."
In front of him were the Graze troops besieging him and Barbatos, and in the distance were the armed transport ships clinging to the shuttle.
This is the dilemma Tekkadan is currently facing!
Under the fire net woven by the Grazes, a ray of light quietly appeared and headed straight for the armed transport ship that was clinging to the shuttle.
At this moment, whether it was the Grazes or Barbatos, their radars all issued piercing warnings of the presence of ultra-high-speed objects!!
It was a ray of light that appeared above the Martian atmosphere without warning.
It was also a light that caught everyone by surprise, but caught up with the Orcus armed transport ship in the blink of an eye.
It was also a terrifying brilliance that made the Orcus armed transport ship unable to avoid, was directly smashed into two pieces, and exploded with a bang!