The shining Shoko Toyokawa

Xiangzi's attention followed it, but in the next moment, he lost sight of Penelope.

“You’re quite good at this, Aine!”

Cosi drew out his beam saber and slashed it downwards. A dazzling firework-like light instantly burst out, accompanied by a huge repulsive force.

This was a trick she had used last time, and Aine had learned it quite quickly.

"Why not launch floating missiles?"

“What the hell are you launching missiles?” Aine grumbled in response. “Until now, everything in front of my eyes is pitch black. Why are your fighting methods always so radical? If Xiao Deng hadn’t helped me, you would have killed me before I could even recover…”

Due to the intense overload maneuver, Aiyin suffered severe blackout.

Blackout, as the name suggests, is caused by a strong overload of blood in the head, which is thrown to other parts of the body. Due to the lack of blood supply, the eyes are completely dark, and even thinking is affected.

But it doesn't matter, Aine has another pair of 'eyes',

'Shields up, anon!'

The shield borrowed from Unit-01 saved Aine's life. At this point, her vision had somewhat recovered. Without hesitation, she manipulated her shoulder cannon, aiming at the shadow that was so close, illuminated by the light of the burning metal and fibers.

Then pull the trigger!

Cosi dodged flexibly, but Penelope took the opportunity to kick him in the side skirt armor.

Because Penelope was restrained, Unit 2 finally found an opportunity to kill it.

Under the restraint of the beam, Cosi had no way to avoid it, and there was no time to turn the direction of the shoulder gun, so he had to throw out his shield and smash it towards Unit 2.

"hateful!"

The shield hit the shield of Unit 2, causing the surface armor of the shield to be slightly deformed.

By the time Lixi had stabilized the machine, Cauchy had opened up a considerable distance.

"Xiangzi, you lose,"

Su Shi's voice came through the radio waves. Li Xi took a deep breath, calmed down and looked. With the three fighting mobile suits as the center, more than 10 floating missiles were arranged in a sphere.

"Retreat,"

Li Xi was originally wondering why Su Shi had not launched an attack yet. It turned out that he was inspired by Xiangzi and 'slowly' laid out a net of floating missiles.

It is naturally difficult for a person to do multiple things at once, but no matter which direction Cauchy retreats, Su Shi can control the floating missiles in that direction to launch a siege.

This time was different from the last time. Unit 00 was always far away from the battlefield. The beams fired at this distance could not pose much threat to Su Shi.

The same "hit the snake at its most vulnerable part" approach as last time will definitely not work.

"Retreat, Xiangzi!" But there was no need to worry about the beam rifles. Instead, Su Shi was worried about the missiles from the fleet.

She didn't believe that those guys would not launch the nuclear bomb in order to avoid implicating them!

"They might launch a nuclear bomb at any time!"

It was already dark at this time, and the dark environment exacerbated Su Shi's uneasiness.

"You are still so naive..."

Cosey used his shoulder gun and beam rifle to pin down the two Gundams.

"Su Shi, you are still so naive! If I pretend to retreat and ask you to let me out, will you make way for me?"

This is a disadvantage. Although Cauchy's engine is powerful enough, its output is limited.

It is easy to find that the particles consume energy faster than the engine can replenish it.

The last time this happened to a Kshatriya, it was due to the driver's random shooting.

Mr. Char, the commander-in-chief of Neo Zeon, who was pinned down by Amuro's three-step layup on Axis, also had his machine's output reduced by firing the Mega Particle Cannon indiscriminately.

"The winner must be decided as soon as possible!" Xiangzi felt heavy-hearted.

For a moment, the ideas of the two drivers reached a consensus from different angles.

"Of course," Su Shi replied without hesitation, "Only someone like you, Xiangzi, would disdain to use such despicable means! So, Xiangzi, you will retreat, right? Okay?!"

"Who would retreat?! I won't retreat until the White Trojan Horse is sunk!"

"Toyokawa Shoko, what on earth are you thinking about?!" Li Xi had never been so angry before, "Xiao Deng and your childhood sweetheart Xiao Mu are both on the white wooden horse!"

"And then?" Xiangzi asked, "Am I going to run away in disgrace, with my tail between my legs, and let America continue to dominate the world?! It was America who killed them and dragged you into the war! I'm not wrong!"

"Toyokawa Shoko... Toyokawa Shoko! You're the worst person. All you think about is yourself!"

"In this respect, you and Hailing are quite compatible," Xiangzi said sarcastically, "but you are quite cold to Hailing!"

"Huh?! I'm being cold to Hai Ling?!"

"I see, I see... Hai Ling is truly pitiful. From the beginning to the end, someone didn't realize Hai Ling's feelings at all."

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Li Xi said angrily, "You are so smart, can't you see the feelings that Xiao Deng, Su Shi, and Ai Yin have for you?!"

"Lixi, be careful!"

At Aine's reminder, Riki managed to block Cosi's shoulder cannon with his shield.

But the shield was scrapped.

"hateful!"

Unit 2 threw away its shield and fired at Cosi with all its might.

"Didn't I tell you that I can't be a mother or sister who only loves them, so naturally I can't reciprocate their feelings!"

"You said nice things, but when you abandoned them and attacked them, you were ruthless! You're so smart, can't you think of a better solution?!"

"Stop being so willful. How can there be so many happy endings in this world?!"

"Stop arguing!" Su Shi yelled through the communication: "Li Xi, Ai Yin, retreat quickly, don't get in my way!"

"Damn it!" Li Xi reluctantly controlled Unit 2 and left the range of the floating missiles.

"Hey, Xia Ya-san..."

"I may not have told you, Aine," Xiangzi interrupted Aine who was about to say something, "I hate nagging, troublesome, and willful women the most!"

"!!!"

Even though she knew Xia Ya was lying, she still felt like crying.

"Hey, Xia Ya-san... No, Xiangzi, please don't die!"

After saying this, Penelope did not stay any longer, but quickly left the "Dragnet".

“Aine… help me!”

“…I understand.” Aine was silent for a moment before launching her own missiles. “Go ahead, floating missiles!”

The reason she said this is not because she is a middle school student, but because language is the surface "code" of human thinking.

By shouting it out loud, the brain will feel it more realistic and can focus more on controlling the floating missile.

"Exactly what I want!"

Cosi's skirt armour rose, and then -

Launch the floating missile!

The output of the thermonuclear engine also soared to the limit, and in an instant it was ejected like a cannonball.

The 'Sky Dragnet' also shrank rapidly, creating a 'place without sky and earth' in an instant.

Floating missiles are coming from every direction, and there are enemies in every direction!

However, the floating missiles released by Cauchy did not attack the enemy aircraft.

Instead, they rushed towards those floating missiles that came too close.

The machine body pounced towards the bottom of the encirclement!

"From this angle, if there's an explosion!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The floating missiles exploded one after another, including those from Penelope, Unit 00, and Cauchy.

"Hey, Sushi, don't stop!"

The engines of the floating missiles that formed the dragnet suddenly stopped working.

Aine suddenly felt something was wrong. She glanced at Sushi's position and realized that the fire and smoke raised by the explosion had obscured Unit-00's vision.

Floating weapons often do not obey "rational" instructions, but rather the uncontrollable brain waves when they are emotionally excited.

For example, a strong desire to survive, or, in this case, when the vision is blocked, the fear of killing a friend is indecisive.

"Be careful! Lixi!"

The 'voices' of Aiyin and Xiaodeng overlapped in Lixi's ears.

A shadow was rapidly approaching in the darkness, but before Li Xi could react, the dazzling beam saber illuminated the cockpit of Unit 2.

"Toyokawa Shoko!"

Unit 2 swung its mechanical arm, trying to block the slash with the beam saber on its wrist.

But when the beam saber's light illuminated the attacking shadow, Li Xi was horrified to find that the two Mega particle cannons on Cosi's shoulders, which could easily melt and cut through Odysseus's armor, were already aimed at him.

The 'flowing light' like a waterfall of fire almost flooded the entire Zhoutian screen.

The explosion and the whistling sound of the spreading particles rapidly decelerating in the air came from all directions.

"Am I...going to die?!"

The purple eyes of the black-haired girl reflected the flowing particle beams, the mechanical arm of Unit 2, and the white-hot light at the broken end that was like lava.

The weightless feeling of falling in a nightmare came, and Li Xi exhaled the last breath in his chest.

Along with it flew out those last words, "Live on..."

Who should survive?

Are they his two companions, or do they also include his 'enemies'?

I'm afraid only Li Xi himself knows the answer to this question.

Chapter 174: The Sun (Thermonuclear Weapons) and Icarus, the Fall of Penelope

Are Lixi and Lenai still alive?

Aine couldn’t be sure.

'Failed, failed, failed...'

All she knew clearly was that her plan to severely injure Cosi with the floating missile and escape with Xiangzi had completely failed.

Unit 00 has floating missiles mounted on all possible locations. Compared to Penelope, its payload is still too small, and there will only be one chance to launch the "Sky Net".

Penelope is not Aine's wings... The reason she is still alive is because a gray-haired girl gave her soul.

The beautiful dream that allowed countless people to ascend to the universe was shattered by the cruel reality, but was reunited by the 'blonde' girl on that night of stars and dandelions...

right now,

What should she do?

What else could she do?

Do nothing and watch Xiangzi being killed by a nuclear attack?

Or let Xiangzi risk his life to destroy the white Trojan horse?

"Shaya-san... I don't want to think about anything anymore!"

"Toyokawa Shoko!!!"

Aine finally made up her mind, and the missiles poured out, rushing towards the shining demon at Mach speed!

"don't want…"

'anon!'

She ignored Su Shi and Xiao Deng's calls, pushed the power of the nuclear fusion reactor to its limit, and rushed straight and recklessly towards Cauchy, whose altitude was constantly decreasing.

"As long as you treat her as another person, as Li Xi said,

"If I just treat her as another stranger who has nothing to do with me..."