Chapter 239: Gundam Seizure Incident (Part 5)

Inside the Minerva, two civilians who came down from the ZAKU attracted the attention of the ZAFT soldiers in the hangar. As a red-uniform pilot, Lunamaria even held a gun to interrogate the two.

Shihe watched quietly as Athrun made an explanation for himself and the girl and made a request for Cagalli's treatment, not intending to intervene at all.

After all, she had to pretend she didn't know the other party. Of course, she was inevitably surprised that the young girl was actually the Prime Minister of the Orb Union.

And, looking at the dependent look in that girl's eyes toward Athrun, Shihe felt that she might eat another big melon...

A national representative being involved in such a thing during a meeting with Durandal in PLANT...

Lunamaria felt it was somewhat tricky. Under such chaos, she couldn't confirm their identities, but based on the basic spirit of humanitarianism, she still agreed to provide treatment for Cagalli.

Next was the verification of Shihe's identity. However, she had originally conducted sortie tests on the Minerva as a test pilot for the Abyss, so there were several familiar faces among the hangar's maintenance crew, and she had also met Lunamaria once, so the identity information was quickly verified as correct.

Seeing Athrun and Cagalli follow Lunamaria to the medical room, Shihe pretended to let the maintenance team change the GINN into actual combat equipment, then took the opportunity to secretly follow them. She really hoped to hear news about Li Boyong from Athrun's mouth.

It was just that before she even reached the medical room, the Minerva began its departure preparations...

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Outside Armory One, Li Boyong piloted the Gunbarrel Dagger and shot down two more GuAIZs that came to support.

This was, after all, the ZAFT military's lair. Although he had successfully blocked the port, it seemed inevitable that scattered patrol units would receive orders from the military headquarters to come and support.

During this time waiting for Stella and the others, he had shot down quite a few enemy machines intermittently. Although the battle results were quite rich, the machine's energy was also consumed quite a bit.

If Stella and the others didn't come out again, the unit outside would really be at its limit.

The Girty Lue also sent several inquiries about whether to judge the mission as a failure and retreat, as it had exceeded the agreed time by a long time, but they were all rejected by Li Boyong.

There was no reason that after he became the masked man, the Three Stooges' seizure of the Gundams would fail. After all, the entire process of the plan should have been no problem.

Finding the wreckage of a sunken Nazca-class ship, Li Boyong piloted the machine and hid near the wreckage.

After waiting for about thirty seconds, Li Boyong saw the outer wall of the satellite break a hole, and the Chaos, Abyss, and Gaia machines came out one after another.

It was just that behind the three machines, there seemed to be two tricky guys following: an Impulse and a white ZAKU Phantom.

"Li, I'll drag the pursuing enemies down; you hurry up and complete the storage of those three machines."

After instructing the Girty Lue, Li Boyong piloted the machine and rushed out from the wreckage, ambushing the passing Impulse and ZAKU.

Four mobile Gunbarrels separated, and began to cover the two machines with firepower from all directions, while the main body of the Slaughter Dagger also fired continuously, cooperating with the Gunbarrel's firepower

For a moment, chaotic beams flashed incessantly in the space around the Impulse and the Zaku, forcing both machines to maneuver and evade constantly.

The Impulse's maneuvering route was quite straightforward, and it was nearly hit by Li Boyong's mobile gunbarrels several times.

But that white Zaku appeared very seasoned; Li Boyong tried several times to use the rhythmic gaps of his mobile gunbarrels to surround it, but failed to hit the opponent.

He remembered that the one piloting the white Zaku should be Rey; like Rau Le Creuset, he should also be a clone of Mula Flaga's father, and it seemed he could also generate some telepathic connection with Mula Flaga.

Thinking of this, Li Boyong mocked himself in his heart, "Young man, it seems you and I aren't very compatible!"

From the start of the battle until now, he hadn't had any connection with Rey. Of course, this was normal; after all, he had no blood relationship with Mula Flaga, and he was just poking fun at the trope in the Gundam series where two pilots often engage in soul communication while fighting with funnels.

While he was still complaining, he had one of his mobile gunbarrels blown up by the white Zaku.

Li Boyong clicked his tongue, feeling slightly troubled; as expected, Dragoon-type weapons were hard to gain much of an advantage with against pilots who also possessed spatial awareness.

Although he was currently able to suppress the Impulse and the Zaku with one machine, his machine's energy was already very tight, and if he kept consuming it, he would likely end up finished here.

Just as he was preparing to break away, another Minerva-class ship flew out from the shadows at the bottom of Armory One.

Li Boyong gritted his teeth, mimicked a "Three Heroes Battle Lu Bu" maneuver, and poured his remaining firepower onto the Impulse.

Several consecutive beam barrages caught the Impulse off guard, hitting its shoulder and leg simultaneously; fortunately, thanks to the protection of the VPS armor, it wasn't blown up directly by the weaker mobile gunbarrels, only suffering damage to its outer armor.

Seeing the Impulse in danger, Rey hurried over to assist in countering the mobile gunbarrels' barrage, and Li Boyong took this opportunity to slip away.

He piloted his machine to return quickly and successfully landed in the hangar of the Garu Di.

Afterward, Li Boyong rushed to the bridge and, imitating Mula Flaga, jettisoned the fuel tanks on both sides of the ship, splashing the pursuing Minerva in the face.

With this, the Phantom Pain unit successfully seized the three Gundams, and the system's rewards were credited simultaneously.

However, although the Garu Di had temporarily shaken off the Minerva's pursuit, the Minerva behind them seemed to have no intention of giving up and continued to follow closely.

Both sides were high-speed ships; it seemed there would be a long, drawn-out tug-of-war ahead.

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The war in space came to a temporary pause, while on Earth, Wang Liumei's operation officially began.

Having completed her control over the Lopez Conglomerate and gained a deeper understanding of this world and the organization known as LOGOS, she could not help but feel a great deal of disgust.

Whether it was the death merchants of LOGOS who wantonly incited wars for profit, the Blue Cosmos who used nuclear weapons out of extreme hatred for Coordinators, or the Atlantic Federation government that was so easily kidnapped and controlled by interest groups.

She hated them all.

Although she was now a member of LOGOS herself, it did not hinder her disgust.

A world with such polarized opposition needed to change!

With this sentiment, Wang Liumei began to make contact with officials of the Atlantic Federation government.

She held a grand banquet and once again invited many celebrities from the military, political, and business worlds. Unlike her previous perfunctory efforts, she wanted to take this opportunity to properly engage with various figures and see if there were any talents she could utilize.

Since the banquet was hosted by the head of the Lopez Conglomerate, the invitees naturally participated gladly.

After all, this young former foster daughter had fully mastered the entire Lopez Conglomerate in a short period, demonstrating astonishing skill and power, a status incomparable to the precarious position she held when she first inherited it.

In an instant, celebrities from all walks of life gathered once again at the Lopez Estate.

Among them was a young girl wearing a pink-purple evening gown, with her wine-red hair styled in an elegant updo.