Gundam, driving a mass-produced machine will change the world

Chapter 16 Flying Tiger
"Shirou Amada..."

Hearing Shirou Amada's sorrowful cry, Eli couldn't help but fall silent.

He couldn't understand why Shirou, who also had a deep hatred for Zeon, would have such a big emotional fluctuation because of Aina.

If we simply attribute this to love, it would be a bit disrespectful to this emotion.

Don't think about things that you can't figure out anymore. The first priority is to resolve the threat from Apsaras.

"Please lower the aircraft and stop all operations, otherwise your personal safety will not be guaranteed."

Seeing that the two were temporarily silent, Eli spoke again, wanting Aina to surrender.

On the other hand, Aina was faced with the threat of the beam rifle while at the same time enduring Shirou Amada's persuasion to surrender, and she inevitably began to waver.

If we surrender like this, at least we can get rid of this war that continues day after day, right?

Aina is not suitable for the battlefield.

Her hand, which was originally on the joystick, slowly reached out towards the Gundam with the word "08" printed on it on the screen.

In her mind, she thought that was the machine driven by Shirou Amada.

So be it…

"I…"

"Aina, can you hear me, Aina?"

Just when Aina was ready to surrender, the communication that had been disconnected due to the high concentration of Minovsky particles was miraculously restored at this moment!
The voice coming from the communication was exactly that of Ginis!

Aina couldn't help but pull her hand back as if she had received an electric shock, and gripped the joystick tightly.

"…Aina, I can hear you… prepare to pull up Apsalas and head to… Norris has already…"

Apart from the first sentence that Ginias shouted to stop Aina's plan, the rest of the communication was always intermittent.

It all seems like fate has arranged this.

"I heard it, brother..."

Aina lowered her head, letting the helmet of her anti-gravity suit cast a shadow over her face.

"I will work hard for my brother's dream."

She stepped on the pedal and, like a caged bird, manipulated the cage that bound her and intended to soar into the sky.

"Persuading surrender failed, attack!"

The moment Aina stepped on it, Apsaras felt a violent vibration.

The Apsaras, which had been damaged by multiple bombardments, was trembling due to the forced driving.

Even the Minovsky particle flight device on the base was flashing purple arcs.

Faced with this situation, Eli felt relieved.

At least the other party is no longer planning to threaten him with self-destruction.

Then what we need to do is to completely destroy this large MA!

When Eli thought of this, he no longer hesitated and immediately operated the machine to bend its knees and lie on Apsaras.

Then, he tried his best to stabilize the machine and aimed the beam rifle at the cockpit of Apsaras again.

Even though he was moved by the love between Shirou Amada and Aina that transcended their positions, Eli would not hesitate because of such a thing now.

The pink particles gathered at the muzzle again and could be shot out almost at the next moment!

However, at this moment, a faint flash of lightning flashed across his brows again.

The omen of danger almost filled Eli's heart!

Eli turned his head immediately, and this movement was also reflected in the machine. He saw a machine that looked 70% similar to the Zaku, which had just broken through the clouds, holding a red blade in its hand, and charging towards Eli in a slashing posture!

Eli immediately wanted to shoot it down with his beam rifle, but the opponent's speed was much faster than he imagined.

Pull back the joystick and let the machine take a step back to avoid the swift attack from the incoming machine.

But the machine was obviously not a weak opponent, and immediately changed its path, aiming at

Beam rifle!

The beam rifle that had completed charging was cut in half by his sword.

Eli immediately let go of his hand and stretched out his left arm to block the explosion of the beam rifle.

His eyes followed the machine and saw that the other party also raised its left arm and slammed into Shirou Amada's machine, knocking him off the Apsaras. The two machines fell together.

"Is that... a flying tiger? No, that's not right. The timing doesn't match..."

Seeing Shiro Amada being knocked down by the machine, Eli did not panic too much, but immediately compared the machine with the memories in his mind.

After all, the damage Apsaras has suffered is not light. Even if its altitude is forcibly raised, it is still within the limit that the land-based Gundam can withstand.

Eli squatted down and operated the machine. He pulled out the beam saber from his calf with his right hand, but did not light it for the time being. He kept his left hand on his chest, keeping a vigilant posture.

He still couldn't remember the specific model of the machine, but it was definitely a Tiger.

Maybe it was an early model of the Flying Tiger.

In fact, that's exactly what happened.

"Ms. Aina, are you okay?"

Norris sat in the cockpit of the experimental flying tiger and asked Aina.

This experimental flying Tiger was not originally within the scope of development of Ginius, but it was still somewhat worrying that such a huge MA needed to be escorted by Dopp fighters.

That's why Ginias got this experimental flying Tiger from North America, intending to perfect it himself.

However, at the moment, he had only replaced his hands from machine guns with universal mechanical hands. Before he had time to make further adjustments, Norris drove him to the battlefield.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just Apsaras..."

"That doesn't matter. I will take care of the enemy. Ms. Aina, you just need to focus on operating Apsaras!"

Norris did not ask anything of Aina like Ginias did.

He knew that he couldn't put more pressure on Ina.

It’s like Apsaras can’t bear too much pressure now!
Norris slammed the pedal and pushed the lever forward.

The fins on the back of the flying experimental Tiger unfold and then tilt downward to provide greater lift.

Then, the four thermonuclear rocket engines on the backpack and the two thermonuclear rocket engines on the huge legs operated synchronously at high power!
With the support of these, the thrust-to-weight ratio soon exceeded 1, and the -ton Tiger was quickly pulled up!
"I will protect Ms. Aina's safety!"

Norris stared at the screen, with Apsaras's broken armor in front of him.

But soon, he was able to see the view at the top!

"Da da da da da"

Before Norris could confirm the situation, a barrage of bullets came at him.

Fortunately, the experimental flying Tiger climbed fast enough, and the barrage of bullets could only pass by its feet in vain.

No, it cannot be said to be in vain. A bullet still grazed the outer armor of the thermonuclear engine on his right leg, causing Norris to break out in a cold sweat.

"Intuition? That's terrifying."

(End of this chapter)