Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2023 Every Second Counts!

The shattered MS, trailing bursts of flame, swept past the group and plunged into the vortex in the chest and abdomen of the petal giant, instantly turning into dust.

Is this a black hole?

Hu Suo gasped, a hint of fear in his voice.

"Concentrate and don't let fear sway you."

Amro reminded him.

"Yes, Captain Amuro."

Huso gripped the control stick tightly, trying his best to keep his V Gundam in the intended position.

At the same time, a faint light that Huso had never seen, but which was indeed rising from himself and from the V Gundam, was connecting with his comrades around him along some kind of guide.

Otherwise, how could Amuro have so keenly detected Huso's subtle fluctuations?

"It seems we've arrived just in time!"

At this moment, the trio of Ernesti who had retreated earlier suddenly appeared and joined the group.

"Wait! That's my Chad Doga?!"

As soon as Quess Palaya saw the machine piloted by Ernesti, she shouted.

"I'm sorry, Miss Palaya. I'll have to borrow your mecha for a while. After all, my mecha doesn't have a psycho-frame yet!"

"El, Artie, Kid, go to the lower side, it's about to start!"

As soon as He Ming opened his mouth, Quess Paraya immediately shut up.

She had already realized that Hathaway trusted He Ming very much, and in order to avoid further disliking Hathaway, she decisively chose to ignore Chad Doga's existence.

After the minor ripples were smoothed out, starting with the Banshee Gundam, supplemented by the Twelve Crystal Floating Shields as relay points, and with the addition of numerous mobile suits equipped with psychoframes, a ball of light instantly took shape, enveloping the collapsing Petal Giant inside.

The moment the sphere of light took shape, the surrounding debris that was being drawn towards it seemed to slow down, with even the more distant debris showing a noticeable deceleration.

"It works!"

Rebil, who was keeping a close eye on the situation, suddenly clapped his hands.

If he weren't so old, he probably would have piloted a mobile suit to participate in this operation.

Although he was still unclear about the purpose of summoning all NEWTYPE pilots and MS equipped with psychoframes.

This scene was also witnessed by Char (Neo Zeon), who had been rescued by the Grimaces but was still watching the changes on the battlefield.

“Gathering NEWTYPE? This Colonel Ming, whom you call the Conflict Factor, seems to have found a way to deal with the device you activated, sir.”

A hint of doubt flickered in Mr. T's eyes, but his mask concealed it well.

"It's nothing but a futile struggle."

"No. That was not a futile struggle."

Just as Mr. T continued to manipulate the device to prove that his setup would not be disturbed, Miss J's voice suddenly came.

The two instinctively turned their gaze to the right.

A puppet girl dressed in gorgeous clothes slowly emerged from the void, her eyes, crafted from an unknown gemstone, simultaneously scrutinizing Char (Neo Zeon).

"Is this the conflict factor you've chosen? It looks quite good."

"Commander-in-chief, this is MISS.J, one of the core members of our Ghost Face Gang."

Mr. T immediately introduced the newcomer to Char (Neo Zeon).

"No. This body is merely a puppet. It can only represent me, not me personally."

After a casual clarification, MISS.J cast the Gem Eye toward the orb of light that was enveloping the giant petal.

"Time. Interesting. The humans of this world have actually managed to touch upon even the slightest trace of time despite the influence of conflict factors." "Time?"

While Char (Neo Zeon) was still wondering, Mr. T had already figured it out.

"Miss J, do they intend to completely erase the timeline of the Iron Mask and the Titans from this world?!"

"Otherwise what? Once the small black hole you create with your giant body takes shape, even time cannot escape from its core. Therefore, the only chance to erase it is right now, before it has taken shape."

"I will absolutely not let them succeed!"

"Mr. T shouted sternly."

MISS.J chuckled, casually summoned two chairs, and gestured to Char (Neo Zeon) that he could sit down and watch.

"Well then, let me see what you're capable of, Mr. T."

"Of course! Please wait and see, Miss J and the Commander-in-Chief!"

"Snapped!"

With a confident snap of his fingers, Mr. T suddenly unleashed a strange change.

"Boom!!"

"Om!!"

The petal giant's collapse speed suddenly increased threefold.

In the blink of an eye, most of the petal giant's body was devoured. As its body was devoured, the fluctuations that had already been affected by the light sphere surged again.

The debris surrounding the battlefield was once again drawn toward the location of the petal giant, and at an ever-increasing speed.

This pulling force was so strong that it even affected the light sphere itself.

It was as if a force was constantly impacting the sphere itself, forcing the mobile suits involved in its construction to increase the output of their propulsion engines in an effort to maintain their positions.

Is that thing almost finished?

Char (Valley) stared solemnly at the black sphere that had devoured most of the petal giant in the blink of an eye.

"Perhaps! Then, it might be a black hole! Char! Are you afraid?"

Amuro chuckled and then provocatively said.

"Afraid? How could I be!"

Xia (Yugu) sneered and looked around.

"Don't get hit by those scumbags, Amuro!"

"Don't worry! You're the one who needs to watch out for the wreckage."

The bickering between the two made everyone shake their heads helplessly, but they didn't have much energy left to dissuade them.

Because, the pressure they felt increased several times over the instant the petal giants were mostly devoured.

The trio of Ernesti, who were not actually NEWTYPE, but relied on their exceptional mental strength as mages to drive their mental perception framework, were the first to show symptoms of pale faces and profuse sweating.

But they didn't complain; instead, they persevered until the very last moment.

Through the connection of the faint light, everyone sensed the situation of the Ernesti trio, but none of them said anything about telling the trio to evacuate. Instead, they silently concentrated their minds and tried their best to become an important node in this ball of light.

"Boom!!!"

With a deafening roar, a tremendous pressure suddenly erupted, and everyone's faces turned pale, but their gazes instinctively fell on the Banshee Gundam.

"It's now!"

The Banshee Gundam, hovering above the Petal Giant, swayed and charged straight down towards the black sphere that was about to completely engulf the Petal Giant's body.

(End of this chapter)