Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 1181 The Way of Shura
The feeling of suffocation had not yet faded, and Graham's eyes, which had been a little dazed and gradually becoming dull, suddenly burst into an intense light, startling Billy Katagiri, who was anxiously trying to rescue him.

“Huh…huh…”

Graham raised his hand to push Billy Katagiri away, breathing in deep gulps of air.

"Graham, Graham, you...you feel...no...can't...go on any longer!"

Graham raised his trembling right hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Billy Katagiri with a gasp.

"Katagiri, this has been... how many times?!"

Billy Katagiri opened his mouth and looked at Graham with pity.

"Including the last time, this is the 99th time. You, Graham, your body can no longer withstand more GN particles!! The red particles we are using now are extremely poisonous! No one can survive under such toxic particles!!"

Billy Katagiri's anxious words did not make Graham back off.

Graham let out a long breath, then reached out to pick up the towel beside him, wiped off the sweat, and spoke slowly.

"Katagiri. When I was learning Bushido from Commander Homer, I once asked him why we had to swing the sword day after day, swinging it hundreds of times, swinging it thousands of times, every day, every month, every year. What was the purpose?"

Billy Katagiri moved his lips, but ultimately could not utter a word to dissuade Graham.

He knew that for Graham, this would probably be the only chance like this.

Either give birth,
Or die!
Billy Katagiri turned around silently, walked to the front of the control console, and continued to carry out the experiment of giving birth to the transformer based on the process summarized from the previous experimental results.

"Thank you, dear friend."

Graham stood up, took off his soaked hospital gown and threw it away, then walked into the experimental cabin located between the two pseudo-GN solar furnaces again in his shorts.

"Graham. If you still have a shred of conscience, don't let me become the executioner who kills my best friend."

After completing the startup, Billy Katagiri raised his head, looked towards the experimental cabin, and met Graham's eyes.

Graham laughed.

"No! Don't worry! My dear friend, there are many people who can kill me, but it won't be you, my dear friend!"

After a pause, Graham nodded.

"Before, it was the 99th time. Next, it will be the hundredth time I swing the knife!"

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have recommended you to learn Bushido from my uncle."

Billy Katagiri put his finger on the start button and spoke softly.

"But, I can't regret what happened in the past! Come on, my dear friend!"

"The hundredth experiment begins!"

Compared with the previous ninety-nine experiments, the particle density of the hundredth experiment reached an unprecedented peak.

At that moment, Graham could no longer see anything, not even Billy Katagiri who was in the control room not far ahead.

All he could see was red.

All I can feel is the pain that tears my soul apart.

I could only smell the blood running down my face.

After that, Graham lost all consciousness until he saw that machine again on the battlefield, the Celestial Being Gundam named Chengying. Then his soul, which was taken away by the red GN particles, gradually revived and returned to the body of Graham Aika.

Graham, who has crossed the brink of life and death and seized the power of change, now has only the enemy in front of him.

"Now, you and I are both in a state of urgency! Then, why don't we use the same power and the same system to decide the winner! The Gundam of Celestial Being!"

The dark Susanoo, under Graham's control, launched a frantic attack.

The fierce attack formed by the swords he swung was the most powerful among all the opponents He Ming had encountered so far. One sword after another, continuous and uninterrupted, as terrifying as a hurricane sweeping across the sky and earth.

But He Ming and Cheng Ying's defense was impeccable and was not shaken at all by the hurricane-like attack.

The situation was at a stalemate for a while.

Graham didn't want to continue in a stalemate. He just wanted to have a smooth fight and then win or become the loser in an instant.

The brain quantum waves surging from the cockpit of Susanoo faithfully responded to Graham's mood at the moment, and also made He Ming aware of Graham's will to fight.

"Luanfeng, Chengying."

He Ming's response made Graham laugh.

"Good! Graham Aika, the Susanoo who crossed the Shura Road!"

In a millisecond, the two men suddenly shouted angrily.

"Trans-AM!!" X2!

hum!
Two figures clad in red lotus light armor instantly intertwined.

Every time the swords collided, bursts of lightning-like light would always splash out around the two machines, which was extremely eye-catching!
"It's so satisfying! It's so satisfying!! It's so satisfying!!! This is the power I'm after! This is the strength I'm after!!! The reformer of heaven and man, can you even look at me straight in the face now?!"

When Susanoo shattered the afterimage left by Chengying with one sword, He Ming's voice was heard.

"As you wish! Graham, take this sword!"

Chengying flew through the void and appeared in front of Susanoo.

The GN long sword in his hand was raised horizontally, pointing at Susanoo, and the fierce momentum continued to rise, one after another, pressing down on Susanoo and Graham like a mountain falling down.

"Is it just the might that scares me? The power of the Reformer can't resist the pressure from the other side?!"

Feeling the huge pressure rolling in, Graham's fighting spirit became even stronger.

Susanoo raised the sword in his hand and took an offensive stance.

The next second, two streams of red lotus light, trailing afterimages, crossed the void and swung the swords in their hands towards each other.

The moment the sword blade broke through the air and the sword light penetrated the armor, the feeling of suffocation overwhelmed Graham again.

Even if the cockpit has a good life support system,
Even if the protective suit you are wearing is still functioning normally,

But the familiar feeling of suffocation still descended from the void and drowned Graham.

Everything seemed to have returned to the time after the 99th experiment.

Suddenly, the heart and lungs, unwilling to fall into silence, tried their best to summon the last bit of strength to pull Graham's consciousness back from the darkness.

When his eyes, shrouded in darkness, were once again blessed by light, Graham discovered that he did not die under Chengying's sword.

Before our eyes, all we could hear were warnings that the aircraft was severely damaged and required emergency evacuation, as well as a countdown to forced ejection from the cockpit.

"Oh!"

When the forced escape device was activated, Graham, who had arrived in space, saw Chengying's shadow of the red lotus armor gradually fading away.

"why?"

Graham asked.

“No reason. It’s just that you shouldn’t die here. Since you have become a transformer, you can only die as a transformer of humanity! Levonz Almark is not worth dying for his ambition!!”

(End of this chapter)