"Are you alright? Aldesia. As soon as He saw the wreckage that was still billowing smoke near the Meteor Gundam, he guessed how critical the situation was before.

The Meteor Gundam maintained a vigilant posture as it slowly approached the No. 1 machine under the impetus of its thrusters. At the same time, Artesia said without relaxation: "Well, it's okay. Akemi and the others are still in the escape pod. My lord, do you feel anything?"

"Feelings?" He inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Lin Mingmei was okay for the time being. Then he concentrated slightly to sense his surroundings, but he couldn't sense anything useful. "Nope! How? ”

After controlling the Meteor Gundam and raising her shield to block most of her body, Aldesia said slowly, "I don't know. It's just that whenever I feel murderous, I'm attacked. ”

"Murderous?"

"Yes, it's like there's an invisible enemy hiding next to me, waiting for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow." Aldesia said in a solemn tone. It seems that the two inexplicable attacks before did make Aldesia quite jealous.

"Invisibility?" He inexplicably read it for a moment, and then shouted: "Really! ”

"Peripheral optics as well as environmental variable data are now being analyzed." After mentioning the keyword of invisibility from Aldesia, she immediately began to collect spherical space data centered on the Meteor Gundam and the No. 1 Machine, which spread 5 kilometers outward. Under the high-speed computing power of Zhen's own super computing power, an unexpected result made Ardasia feel unbelievable.

"What? No? Aldesia was stunned, if it weren't for the murderous aura that made her feel too deep, she might have believed what she said. But right now, there was still that chill in her mind. "Impossible! You just attacked me, the Meteor Gundam!! ”

He frowned inexplicably, and after asking Zhen again, he got exactly the same answer as just now. According to the simulated spatial data established by Zhen, there are no anomalies in the environmental data in the vicinity. In other words, at this time, they were inexplicably in this airspace, and no one else existed except themselves. Not to mention the appearance of enemies.

"Aldethea, it seems that the current situation is that the unknown enemy has run away because of my arrival. Now let's recover Akemi's escape pod! He thought for a while, and then said.

"Understood!"

Although he had really decided to leave this unknown enemy, He still felt a trace of mismatch. But he thought about it, but he couldn't come up with a reason. What's more, he also followed what Aldesia said, constantly mobilizing brain quantum waves to sense the surrounding space, trying to find a clue from it. But the result was frustrating.

"Really, will it be a challenger?" He inexplicably thought of this possibility.

"There's a 70% chance." Zhen replied.

In the world of Gundam SEED, the one that can have stealth is undoubtedly the Thunderbolt Gundam. And now, Project G, to which Thunderbolt Gundam belongs, is still stranded for some reason. It was not until after the Nova Battle and before the start of the Kaohsiung Defensive War that the research and development program was slowly carried out with the funding of some people of insight. Therefore, the invisible enemy mentioned in Aldesia was inexplicably no longer in mind other possibilities than the challenger.

At this time, the Meteor Gundam, which was holding the escape pod in both hands, also returned to the No. 1 unit. At the same time, a familiar voice came from the communication.

"Inexplicably, you're here!" Lin Mingmei said softly.

"Well, I'm here to pick you up. I just didn't expect this to be the case. He inexplicably turned his head sideways, looked at the transport ship that was gradually engulfed in flames, and smiled bitterly.

"How so? Didn't Major Kang Cheng say that his whereabouts were not announced? Lin Mingmei said suddenly.

"Probably the luck of this transport! Recently, there have been quite a few encounters like this on the Nova side. He sighed inexplicably, and then continued: "Okay! Aldesia followed. Our boat is nearby. ”

"Yes."

Under the leadership of He Moming, the No. 1 and the thrusters of the Meteor Gundam flew towards the waste merchant HOME mothership located not far away at maximum power. And not long after they left, three warships appeared in the distance. At a glance, it turned out to be ZAFT's Nazca-class high-speed battleship and Loracia-class MS carrier. The first is the USS Vesalius, a NASCA-class high-speed battleship that recently left Nova Skyspace, followed by two Loracia-class MS carriers.

At this moment, on the bridge of the Vesalius, a man with a silver mask was solemnly watching the picture that was being played on the main screen. It was an empty space full of wreckage. There is the wreckage of his own reconnaissance Jean and the wreckage of the transport ship of the Earth Union, and the wreckage pile formed by the mixture of the two is constantly being moved by the aftermath of the explosion, flying towards the distance.

"It's miserable!" Kreuzer sighed after pressing his forehead with his hand.

"How so?" Artis looked at the tragic situation in disbelief. Just now, when the Vethalius, which had completed a week's rest mission, led two Loracia-class MS carriers to pass through the nearby airspace, they received a request for help from their own MS. Therefore, Kreuzer ordered Artes to change course and rush over. As a result, it was frustrating for them.

Even though they were fast, when they approached the airspace where the distress signal was issued, they realized that the battle on this side was over. And it was empty, except for the billowing smoke and the wreckage that was still exploding.

"Looks like this battle is over." Kreuzer was silent for a moment, then said, "Artis, let a team search this side as much as possible." Let's see if we can get some information? ”

Artis was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked, "Captain Cruze, did you find something?" ”

Kreuzer nodded slowly and said, "Sort of! You heard the call for help. The signal mentions Nova monsters. ”

"Nova monsters?" After Atis let out a low groan, he exclaimed, "Are those three new MSs?" ”

After witnessing the power of the three new MSs led by the No. 1 aircraft in the rear, he developed a deep fear of them. He had no idea that the MS technology that ZAFT was so proud of would one day be surpassed by the Earth Union. As the most elite Xigu of ZAFT at present, he is also unexpectedly unpopular with the No. 1 pilot.

After glancing at Artis in deep thought, Kreuzer said in a deep voice, "It seems that Artis, you have already had a profound influence on that Nova monster. ”

"Captain Kreuzer, no one would ever forget about a monster like that." Artis smiled bitterly.

"Well, that's right. What's more, I've had to face it face-to-face. Kreuzer nodded sympathetically, and then said, "That's why I'm going back to the headquarters and telling it all the truth." In order to make it clear to the headquarters that not only is our strength increasing, but the enemy's power is also growing rapidly in corners that we cannot notice. ”

Looking at Kreuzer with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, Artis excitedly agreed aloud, echoing everything Kreuzer said. From the frenzied glint that flashed in his eyes, it could be seen that Kreuzer had completely convinced the captain in this not too long, not too short time.

Kreuzer smiled and reassured Artis before letting him continue directing the task of clearing the battlefield. He got up and left the bridge and returned to his room.

As soon as the door closed, Kreuzer casually locked the automatic door. No one was allowed to enter his room without his permission. Then, Kreuzer opened the drawer, rummaged through it, and took out a chip from it. Kreuzer held the chip high, put it in front of his eyes, and after looking at it a few times, he inserted it into the slot that popped up from the table.

As the data inside the chip is read, a screen pops up.

I saw that the picture was pitch black, without any patterns, just simply pitch black.

And Kreuzer, who saw this picture, was not in a hurry, and waited calmly, waiting for something to happen.

Sure enough, under Kreuzer's patient waiting, the pitch-black picture suddenly moved. I saw that on the pitch-black picture, several rays of light suddenly appeared.

As soon as the light appeared, it writhed rapidly, constantly writhing, leaving traces in the dark picture. As the traces mounted, a messy pattern with a hint of order quickly appeared in front of Kreuzer.

Just when Kreuzer thought that these dazzling patterns were about to stop, a burst of white light lit up without warning. In the next second, only a new image remained on the screen occupied by white light—a book.

"What a fancy!" Kreuzer scoffed.

"Sorry! That's not what I intended. As the book on the screen opened, a strong male voice sounded.

Kreuzer raised his hand, groped the back of his head a few times, and then slowly removed the mask, revealing his masked face. I saw him raise his hand and touch his already somewhat aged face and said, "You guys caused the battle just now?" ”

"Sorry! It's us who are impatient. The male voice continued: "Originally, we didn't shoot at that person so quickly. It was only by chance that after getting that important information, I hurriedly decided to do it. ”

Kreuzer snorted and said mockingly, "Really? Thanks to you, we know that there is more to the monster than the original number! ”