Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2017: An Unexpected Accident for Char (Neo Zeon)!
"Axis?!"

A gasp of disbelief came from the Nightingale, which had retreated some distance.

Char (Neo Zeon) stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the satellite fortress that suddenly sprang from the void—Axis crashed into the Flower Bud Giant, forcefully suppressing the Flower Bud Giant's powerful attack.

Moreover, on this suddenly appearing Axis, Char (Neo Zeon) heard a voice that he didn't want to recall, yet which was undeniably real in his ears.

"Haman Kahn!?"

On the bridge of the Lullura-class space battleship, Nanai, who was clutching her head and somewhat disoriented, suddenly regained consciousness.

At the start of the battle, she suspected that Haman Kahn of this era was hiding somewhere on the battlefield, waiting for the right moment to deliver a devastating blow to Neo Zeon.

However, she got the beginning right, but she didn't expect the outcome.

Haman Kahn did indeed arrive, but she and her Axis appeared on the battlefield in such a way that they stunned the Flower Bud Giant on the spot.

"Where is Ilya?"

Nanai, supporting her somewhat weak body, quickly searched for the Neo Zeon pilots she could contact, and her expression immediately dimmed.

In the shockwave just now, the Flower Bud Giant's indiscriminate attack also caused our side to suffer considerable losses.

Ilya Pazom is among those on the list of losses.

"Commander-in-Chief! Did you already know about this plan?"

Nana couldn't get an answer.

Because, among all the people on the bridge, she was the only one who could barely stay conscious, while everyone else had already fainted on the spot from the previous shockwave.

If Nanai had known about this plan from the beginning, she definitely wouldn't have agreed to it.

After Nanai figured out the key to the matter, she gave a helpless bitter smile. Then, she could only stand alone on the bridge, watching where this war, which seemed increasingly absurd to her, was headed.

"It's been a long time! Char Aznable!"

After escaping the spatial jump with Axis and forcefully suppressing the Flower Bud Giant's ultimate attack, Haman Kahn, piloting the white Qubeley, scanned the battlefield before finally fixing his gaze on Nightingale.

Char (Neo Zeon) could hear the resentment behind Haman Kahn's cold tone.

Just like the moment when he reunited with Harman Kahn during that era he lived through.

“Haman Kahn, I am not the Char Aznabul you know.”

Char (Neo Zeon)'s lips twitched slightly as he spoke stiffly.

Whether it was the Haman Kahn of his past era or the Haman Kahn of this current world who appeared before him in such an astonishing way with Axis, she was an extremely troublesome woman to him.

"Heh! Is that so? But for me, it doesn't matter how many Char Aznables there are. Because, no matter how many there are, I will kill them all with my own hands!!!"

The white Qubeley suddenly erupted under the murderous tone of Haman Kahn's voice, releasing all its floating cannons.

This scene was all too familiar to Char (Neo Zeon).

"Haman Kahn. Don't think you can defeat me with your drones!" Nightingale moved swiftly, escaping the drone attack launched by Qubeley in a few flashes.

Upon seeing this, Harman Kahn's lips curled up slightly.

"It seems Char Aznable from another world does indeed possess some skill. But, if you look at me and Qubeley with the perspective of someone who's been there..."

Harman Kahn's gaze narrowed slightly, and an even stronger killing intent transformed into a terrifying storm that swept over Nightingale.

Furthermore, the moment Harman Kahn's mental fluctuations reached a certain level, the armor on Qubeley's body opened one after another, revealing the mental sensing framework that had been hidden by the armor.

Red, green, and then gold—the psycho-frame that completed several energy leaps in the instant of activation astonished Char (Neo Zeon).

"A psychoframe?! Harman Kahn, you also have Colonel Ming's support?!"

"Heh! You figured it out? But there's no reward! Char! Prepare to die!"

Enveloped in golden light, the white Qubeley waved its right hand. With the powerful enhancement provided by the psycho-frame, the floating cannons released by the Qubeley became even more ferocious, forcing Nightingale to constantly dodge.

"What's wrong, Char Aznable? Do you really think you can seize Neo Zeon, which I'm about to establish, with these petty tricks?"

Before joining the battle, Haman Karn had learned all the information about this place through He Ming's intelligence channels. Therefore, she also knew that the one in front of her, Char Aznable, was leading the Neo Zeon that she originally planned to create.

Seeing his hard work being taken away by Char Aznable in the future, all the grudges of the past turned into the purest rage at this moment, vowing to burn Char Aznable (Neo Zeon) to ashes.

"Tsk!! Damn it!! This crazy woman is such a nuisance!"

Char (Neo Zeon) could sense that the Haman Kahn of this era seemed, no, definitely, far surpassed the strength of the Haman Kahn he remembered.

Such a fierce, precise, and terrifying attack, capable of killing with the slightest carelessness, was simply beyond the reach of the Harman Kahn he remembered.

In some ways, Haman Kahn of this era is even purer than Amuro and Char (The Valley)!
It was as if Harman Kahn was no longer bound by anything, devoting all his energy to this self-enhancement.

"Axis is here. Then, is Minerva also on Axis?!"

Thinking of this, Char (Neo Zeon)'s expression changed, and he shouted sharply.

"Haman Kahn! Are you trying to kill Minerva?"

"Minerva? To be put to death?!"

Upon hearing this, Harman Kahn immediately sneered.

"I didn't expect you to actually care about Princess Minerva's safety. But, Char Aznable from the future, if you're truly worried about Princess Minerva's safety, why don't you bring her back here as well? Instead, you've taken the Neo Zeon fleet back to the past alone!!"

"you!!!"

Char (Neo Zeon), who originally intended to use Minerva to shake Haman Karn's will, finds himself the one being shaken.

No matter how much Char (Neo Zeon) thought about it, he would never have imagined that Minerva, which he wanted to use, had already been arranged by He Ming to be in the fleet and on the planet where Vajura was located, making it exceptionally safe!

Otherwise, why would Harman Kahn have become so pure, no longer bothered by anything in the world, and focused solely on becoming stronger?

(End of this chapter)