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The next second, a blood-stained pencil accurately pierced the adjutant's temple.

As soon as Gerard reacted, he saw his adjutant lying in front of him with a bloody pencil stuck in his head.

"you you……"

Gerard was already panicking at this point. The battle, which was resolved almost instantly, left the civilians present stunned.

"...Don't say anything else to someone who's about to die."

Roz nodded at Christina.

Then, in the cafeteria, the communication records between Gerrard and others began to be played.

"I've been monitoring your communications since you came aboard."

The radio broadcast Gerard's outrageous remarks such as "Kill all the people on the Archangel" and "Clean up the civilians if necessary", which made everyone present very angry.

"Uncle Madoc, can I leave the hangar to you?"

Ross glanced at the maintenance team who were already picking up weapons.

"Don't worry, leave it to us!" Madoc had already prepared for the battle. He was originally concerned about the identities of his colleagues, but after knowing the current situation, he had no choice but to pull the trigger at them.

"...Christina, can you hold on?" Ross sighed, looking at Christina, who was holding her head with one hand. "Remember what I said? If you start to feel hallucinations or strange sensations, stop immediately. Are you still awake?"

"...Yeah, no problem, I can continue."

After using Si'an Westin, the illusion that constantly surrounded Christina's feelings was slightly weakened by Ross's words.

Christina glanced at the new Marines who had just rushed into the mess hall. The sleeves of her white coat suddenly burst, revealing her arms. At this moment, her arms disintegrated, revealing two sharp blades with structures like mantises.

Her eyes flashed a dangerous red light, and two mantis knives extended from her arms. She flashed in front of the Marine and easily stabbed him through the body.

Amidst the shock on the faces of the Archangel's crew and the horrified expressions of the civilians, Christina pulled the Mantis Blade out of the lifeless Marine's body.

----split line----

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"You...she..."

Gerard, who was pinned to the ground by Rhodes, looked at Christina in horror with her hands holding out the mantis blade.

An inexplicable sense of fear rose in his heart.

"Done?"

Rhodes didn't care about Gerard's struggle, but just increased his strength to pin him down.

"...Audio analysis completed."

Christina's mouth didn't move, but Gerard's voice came from the cafeteria's radio.

"Very good, give them the order to send the Archangel for resupply, Christina."

After saying this, Ross turned his head and looked at Gerard who was struggling desperately.

"You're useless."

Rhodes calmly recounted Gerald's fate, then pointed the gun at his chest and fired the remaining 24 rounds in the magazine. The holes created by the bullets instantly oozed bright red blood like a shower, staining Gerald's white uniform red.

The magazine was emptied to prevent Gerald's heart from moving to other places and allowing him to fake his death and escape. For the sake of others on the ship and to avoid this from happening, Rhodes chose to shoot Gerald into a sieve.

Ross had originally intended to put the gun directly to Gerald's head. After all, Gerald's words, "Clear everyone on the Archangel," had already been sentenced to death in Ross's eyes. However, considering that there were a bunch of civilians at the scene who had rarely seen blood, Ross chose to shoot Gerald in the torso.

After all, it was just clothes being stained red, and the impact was definitely not as great as brain matter flying everywhere. After Ross blew up the Blue Cosmos Research Institute, he couldn't eat for two whole days.

"I remember... your name is Arnold? That's your name, helmsman."

Rhodes took the magazines Christina handed over and reloaded his empty pistol. Then, he turned and looked at the man who had just confronted Gerald.

"It's me, what's wrong?" Arnold swallowed his saliva. After all, the two people in front of him reversed the oppressive situation in an instant, and even had the leisure time to monitor Gerrard's communications.

Although it's unknown why Christina hasn't spoken or used any electronic equipment, it's likely that her hands are some kind of custom prosthetic limbs. After all, in this era of space colonization, prosthetic technology is constantly improving.

"I need you to take your men to the bridge and prepare. We will set sail immediately after I bring Captain Malu and the others back."

Rhodes checked his equipment and put the remaining magazines in his pocket.

"The civilians stay in the mess hall, and the rest of you follow Christina to clean up the remaining Marines."

"Kira, your mission is important. Are you listening?"

Ross walked up to Kira and patted Kira's shoulder.

"You will follow the maintenance squad to the hangar and pilot the Strike Gundam with its gun-mounted backpack. Once the Archangel sets sail, you will attack. We need your firepower to charge out."

"Can it be done?"

Facing Ross's questions, Kira continued to take deep breaths.

At this moment, he first had the thought of "wanting to pilot a Gundam." The desire to fight to protect his companions was burning in Kira's heart.

Kira felt someone pulling his sleeve, and he turned his head to see a woman with long crimson hair looking at him with concern.

"It's okay, Fleur. I can do this."

Kira nodded to the woman named Frey and stood up.

Ross patted Kira's shoulder, his tone serious.

"From now on, whether we can rush out depends on you."

……

Rhodes moved quickly between several space assault craft.

Now all the messages on the Archangel have been intercepted by Christina, and some instructions have been forged, making everyone think that the battleship has been controlled, and the relevant surveillance has relaxed its vigilance.

Rhodes didn't have the time or materials to make a silencer by hand, so he could only fire as little as possible.

Several small cargo ships flew by. Christina had just forged an order that the Archangel would be sent back to the Eurasian Federation, so they were now carrying out routine resupply.

"Go to the B2 passage. Turn left and there will be an elevator. I've already hacked in. The elevator goes up to the twelfth floor."

In Rhodes's headphones, Christina was giving him directions, but Rhodes could occasionally hear the sound of Marines being pierced by mantis blades.

But what Ross was more concerned about was Christina's rapid and heavy breathing.

"Your breathing is rapid. Does anything feel wrong?"

"Ha... Ross... After the elevator reaches the twelfth floor, there's an area guarded by two guards. That's where Mariu and the others are."

Christina was obviously not in a good state, and Rhodes couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"The Archangel has been cleared of enemies... I'll be waiting for you in the dorms."

"...I understand. Don't run around. Wait for me, okay?"

Ross sneaked onto the elevator and pressed the floor button.

Ross's dormitory is a single dormitory. This is the treatment given by Mariu against all odds, considering that Ross is one of the only two people on the Archangel who can drive a mobile suit.

Although Rhodes had anticipated Christina's current state, he still couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

"Cyberpsychosis" is a series of mental illnesses caused by excessive loading of prosthetics, which leads to various problems caused by the nerves and self-consciousness being unable to perfectly control the body.

Christina's current state might be even more radical than the character named "Hammer" from one of Ross's previous games. After all, Hammer still retains a portion of his body. Meanwhile, Christina's group possesses only their original brains. It's understandable that she might develop cyberpsychosis.

"Ding……"

The elevator doors opened and Roz made his way forward, leaning against the wall.

The journey was smooth. It can be seen that this floor is used as a guesthouse and conference room. The only room used now is where Mariu and others are imprisoned, so there are only two guards guarding it.

Rhodes quickly came to a corner, and when he looked out, he saw two guards standing in front of a door.

Rhodes's position was not very good. If he opened fire rashly, another guard could use the body of the killed guard as cover and fire at Rhodes. Rhodes's position was far away from them, and there was no cover in the entire corridor.

Just as Ross was debating whether to launch a forced assault, the entire Artemis Fortress began to shake.

Artemis' communication channel suddenly became chaotic, and everyone was confused.

Obviously, this is a rare opportunity.

……

Outside Artemis Fortress.

In the originally quiet space, a blurry figure appeared that could only be seen from a close distance.

"Where is Artemis's umbrella...?"

Nicol, sitting in the Thunderbolt Gundam, was constantly scanning the surface of the Artemis Fortress.

The experimental camouflage system, called "Mirage," offers both optical and radar stealth. Since the Thunderbolt Gundam is a specialized reconnaissance machine, it was a natural fit for the Mirage system to be tested on it.

"If you don't see them...then we can only lure them out."

After saying that, Nicol controlled the Thunderbolt Gundam and casually fired at the asteroid shell covering the Artemis Fortress.

Although the 50mm high-energy beam rifle of the shield attack system on the right hand of the Thunder Gundam was continuously firing, the Mirage System was still not disarmed by the active attack.

The attacks never stopped and came from nowhere, and finally the Artemis Fortress reacted and prepared to open the "Umbrella of Artemis".

The cannon-like beam shield generators, which were originally hidden under the camouflage of the asteroid's shell, also rose up in an orderly manner.

"Found you!" The Thunderbolt Gundam, flying almost close to the asteroid, naturally detected the change in its target. Almost instantly, Nicol saw the beam shield generator.

The propulsion nozzle of the Thunderbolt Gundam accelerated briefly and rushed to the vicinity of the beam generator. The beam saber integrated into the attack and shield system easily cut this weapon, which had a very bad reputation in Zaftari, in half.

"Captain! The Artemis Umbrella has been destroyed!"

At this time, Cruze, who was sitting on a Nazca-class high-speed battleship, received Nicol's signal.

"Very good... Nicol, continue destroying the Artemis Umbrella. The battleships begin to advance, and the mobile suits are released!"

……

"Ah? What happened..."

Outside the reception room where Malu and others were being held captive, the two guards subconsciously took two steps forward due to the violent shock and looked up at the ceiling.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, a crisp gunshot rang out, and a bullet hit a guard's shoulder accurately.

"who?"

The other guard instinctively raised his gun, ready to fire at the location where the gunshot came from.

The next second, a bullet hit his chest accurately.

Rhodes appeared from the corner and calmly fired at the torsos of the two guards. When one guard was hit, he switched to the other.

After a short distance of just ten meters, Ross quickly reached the door of the reception room. Seeing the guards still struggling on the ground, Ross formally shot each of them in the head.

"Mariu, are you in there?"

Roz knocked on the door and shouted.

"Rhodes! We need their ID cards to lock the door!" Mariu's voice came from the room. At least from the sound of it, they seemed to be in good spirits.

"Be careful, Roz. Four guards heard the gunshots and are heading your way, the way you came."

Ross quickly took out a key card from the guard and swiped it on the combination lock next to him. Then Ross began to aim at the corner he came from.

"Ding ding." Along with the sound of the door lock, the door that was originally locked was opened.

"Rods!" Facing Ross who had just released them, although he didn't know why he had his back to them, Mariu still felt inexplicably relieved.

"Hurry up and pick up your weapons, we are going to fight our way out!" Rhodes didn't waste any words, but stared at the road he came from.

"I'll cover you." Mu quickly picked up the assault rifle on the ground and patted Rhodes on the shoulder.

Maru and Bakilulu also picked up the guard's pistol and another assault rifle from the ground.

"Follow me." Rhodes began to approach the corner quickly.

Just as Rhodes reached the corner, the guard also ran to the corner and the two sides bumped into each other awkwardly.

Rhodes quickly grabbed the rifle of the guard closest to him and pressed the muzzle hard to the ground to ensure that the muzzle was under his control.

Rhodes fired the RE-45 continuously, quickly hitting the three remaining guards in the body. With the three guards screaming in pain, Rhodes pointed the gun at the unfortunate man who was holding the rifle and shot him twice, destroying his intention to fight back.