Gundam, Gravity Elegy

'boom'

Without even the strength to adjust its posture, the Cyclops, whose power pipes had been blown apart, crashed into a warehouse, fell to the ground like a child, and never moved again.

Seeing this, Norris's eyes widened in astonishment:

"Lieutenant Mei!"

"I...I'm fine."

A weak sound echoed.

"The cockpit and reactor are intact, but I feel like I have a few broken bones... I'm very sorry."

"Tsk tsk, after all, they are just 'kittens' who have never actually been on the battlefield. No wonder they only distribute the defective products of the Zimad Company to you."

"Lenchev!"

"Alright, Major, enough of that nonsense. Now that the enemy has shown themselves, isn't there only one thing we should do?!"

Suddenly, the green giant turned abruptly, raised his arm, and the shield attached to it shifted, revealing fingers that served as cannon barrels.

'Bang bang bang bang bang'

The next moment, a fierce tongue of fire exploded directly on the bridge of the Gallup-class warship, but before the 75mm 'grenades' could explode and scatter too much, a shield directly blocked the remaining attack in front of it.

"There may still be our personnel on the bridge!"

"So what! If you're on the battlefield, shouldn't you be prepared to die?"

When confronted with Norris's questions, Lenchev simply responded with a maniacal smile:

"Major, playing games of brotherhood in this survival-oriented meat grinder is just asking for trouble... just like this guy did."

'Didi Didi'

Amidst the locking alarm, the silhouette of the speeding ground-based Zaku appeared on the cockpit screen.

'Bang bang bang bang'

The Zaku machine gun kept firing, but all of it was blocked by the shield.

Just as he was about to retaliate with his finger cannon, he saw the black thing smash directly towards his face.

"Tsk, thank goodness we didn't fire..."

As he dodged and looked up, he saw the ground-based Zaku leaping high over him.

At last……

'boom'

The heated battle axe slammed directly into the special shield.

"What an excellent battle strategy, but unfortunately, they misjudged the capabilities of both sides."

'Zizzi'

Looking at the shield that had already been chipped open but hadn't been able to advance any further, Gao Ren couldn't help but purse his lips:

"Tsk, there's no way to cut it off immediately..."

But soon, he realized that the situation was even worse.

"Wait, why in the context of a power struggle..."

"Because our MS also has a gap, little boy."

"what?!"

Suddenly, the noisy yet clear sound of contact communication echoed in my ears.

When he came to his senses, the 'Zaku' in front of him had completely 'shaken' him away.

"The effort they put in is not even in the same league?"

"Hmph, tigers and Zaku are not the same, unlike Zaku!"

Then, a ring of red light rushed straight towards the cockpit.

"This is... a whip?"

It was only at this point that Gao Ren realized that the enemy's weaponry was quite different from that of the 'Zaku'.

The left hand is a 'cannon', while the right arm has no palm structure, only a long whip-like ejection device!

"Don't you have hands?!"

'zizi'

"Ding"

"Um?!"

As if the attack came even faster, a sharp pain shot through Gao Ren's mind.

"Get out of the way!"

It's like someone is whispering in your ear:

"If this continues, we're doomed!"

With both feet instinctively pressing the pedals, Zaku's legs suddenly took a step back in sync with the movement.

"Hmph, trying to dodge? You're not fast enough!"

With a sharp roar, the giant's arm jerked, and the whip that shot out wrapped directly around Zaku's arm.

"it's over!"

Lenchev pressed the button for further attack, but at the same time, he felt a strange loosening sensation.

'Pfft'

Almost as soon as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Zaku's shoulder joint became strangely loose.

"Wait, could it be..."

"Left arm electronic circuit cut off, mechanical structure fully unlocked!"

"boom"

The bound arms of the ground-type Zaku came off directly, and the sudden collapse caused his machine to involuntarily tilt backward.

Just as the machine briefly lost its balance, the jazz music that was still playing suddenly stopped due to force majeure.

"Damn it, did this guy already know about the effects of the electric whip?!"

'Om'

Just as the machine was about to crash, he saw the land giant raise its arm.

Lenchev swore he had never felt such oppression from the machine called 'Zaku'.

In the silence, he could even hear his own heart pounding.

"It was clearly just... a model modification!"

'Boom'

Just like a classic throwing motion, the thermal tomahawk, heated to its maximum, is released directly from the hand.

Unable to dodge?

Shield?

Can't catch up?!

"Damn it, if my arm were intact I could use a thermos!!"

'boom'

"Guwa!"

The tomahawk was embedded directly into the cockpit at a tricky angle.

'Zzzzzzz'

'Bang'

Like a drowning person struggling, the giant instinctively tried to reach out, but his single, scarlet eye eventually dimmed.

The result of this brief exchange caused quite a stir on the Zeon side:

"The captain... the captain was actually killed?!"

"Calm down, don't fire without permission. Hitting the fusion reactor will cause even greater casualties!"

"Shoot down both machines."

'boom'

Like a warrior whose strength could no longer sustain him, the Zaku, having lost his arm, finally knelt on the ground amidst a crackling arc of overload electricity, and the scarlet viewfinder dimmed.

"Tsk, has it reached its limit?"

Author's message

…………

I forgot to post the picture of Lenchev this morning. He was from the front lines of Zeon and later joined Fenrir's squad... a bastard who did a lot of dirty work under the guise of "no rules on the battlefield".

Then, a prototype of the Tiger was added to GTO. It was essentially an enhanced version of the Zaku. The experimental armed model did not have hands.

Chapter 52: Contingency Plans and Unexpected Events

'Didi Didi'

"Turn off the head viewfinder, turn off the power system, check..."

On a pitch-black screen, a scarlet alarm flashed.

"The optical imaging system is completely destroyed, the internal systems are malfunctioning, the generator power is reduced, the communication module is damaged, but the most troublesome thing is that the fuselage braking structure is completely destroyed."

I tried typing on the keyboard in the cockpit, but the blurry image that didn't respond conveyed only a cold, hard truth:

"Completely immobile?"

A wave of frustration washed over Gao Ren, and he unconsciously clenched his fists.

"If it weren't for the fluid pulse structure, the situation might not be so bad... No, it should be said that if we had noticed the anomaly earlier, it wouldn't have turned out like this."

Both the weapon and its far greater efficiency than the Zaku symbolize its distinctly different identity:

"A tiger..."

Although Gao Ren didn't ask too many questions in the afternoon to avoid arousing suspicion, the female soldier named Alma Stirner mentioned that the new type of machine, 'Ifrit,' had not been mass-produced.

In other words...

"It looks like this is Zeon's real new MS. The specific feature is a shield with a completely different design. Hmm, it might also have special weaponry. Tsk, why don't Zeon's MS have the corresponding identification model stored in them?"

After rubbing his inexplicably throbbing temples, he pulled out an anti-jamming communicator from his pocket:

"This is 'Elegy.' The MS's plan to seize control and suppress has failed. The backup plan is now activated."

"Gundam is ready."

However, the voice echoing within the communication was not the familiar one that had always been there:

"Ms. Lutz... how is the diver?"

"She was injured by flying reinforced glass and is resting now."

"...Is that so?"

In any case, it seems that no one was killed in the previous shooting, which is quite fortunate.

"Then let's find a way to get the Gundam to launch."

"Are you alright?"

"It's fine."

'boom'