A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 840 - 587 Target Lockdown_2

Those who sobbed in agony and confessed, "I didn’t think it would turn out like this, I just thought it was the right thing to do," faced nothing but death before the Tribunal’s Iron Hammer.

Therefore, Duanmu Huai didn’t care whether the people aboard the Archangel truly believed in such foolish convictions or if they were using them as a facade to achieve their unspoken goals. The fact was the appearance of the Archangel had prolonged the war and led to the meaningless deaths of humans—it was different from the mutual conquests between two factions and could be considered heretical behavior.

Thus, the moment they were declared heretics by the Tribunal, the fate of those aboard the Archangel had been sealed.

"Thud, thud, thud."

Just then, a knock sounded, followed by Amari walking in.

"Ah, sorry to disturb everyone, but have you seen Miss Jiezi?"

"Jiezi? No."

"Maybe she went out for a walk?"

After all, the Minerva was currently undergoing repairs at a secret ZAFT base. There weren’t many other places to go, were there?

"I don’t know, but her mecha isn’t in the hangar either, no one knows where she has gone... everyone is a bit worried..."

"Lumiaire, investigate."

"Understood."

Lumiaire nodded, then stretched out his hand to tap on the terminal for a moment.

"Found it. Miss Jiezi seems to have received a message from someone, then left."

"Who?"

"A person named Toby... he said he had something important to discuss with Miss Jiezi and asked her to come alone."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai and the others showed no reaction. However, Amari was shocked.

"How is that possible?"

"What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"

"Mr. Toby was one of the companions who came to this world with Miss Jiezi, but... he had already died in a previous battle! His mecha even exploded!"

"So what is this? A ghostly message?"

"...please, don’t joke about that..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Amari turned pale, not expecting that the magician would actually be scared of ghosts.

"Anyway, let’s go check it out."

While speaking, Duanmu Huai stood up.

After all, there was nothing else to do, right?

Meanwhile, out on the snowy field, the battle was reaching its climax.

"Boom!"

The azure mecha heavily fell to the ground, and Xiaoyuan Jiezi staggered out of the damaged unit, gasping for breath.

"Why... why has it come to this."

Looking at the destroyed mecha in front of her, Jiezi’s eyes were lifeless. Not long before, Jiezi had received a message from Toby, who was supposed to be dead. He claimed he had something very important to say and asked her to come to a designated place alone. Although Jiezi was suspicious, she headed to the designated location in her mecha, clinging to a faint hope.

However, when Jiezi arrived at this snowy field, she was surrounded by a group of black unmanned mechas—Jiezi was familiar with these mechas, as they had been chasing her ever since they arrived in this world. And her team leader and Toby had died in combat against these mechas!

Now, they were targeting her!

Though outnumbered, Jiezi didn’t flee but drove her unit forward, wiping out the black mecha legion. However, in the end, Jiezi faced a yellow mecha that was evenly matched with hers.

Just as the two were in a deadlock, suddenly, Toby piloted his mecha and appeared, driving back the yellow mecha.

Truth be told, Jiezi was utterly astounded at this sight, knowing full well that Toby had died, and she had witnessed his mecha explode. The remains of Toby’s mecha had also been integrated into her own. So, what was this about?

Had Toby not died after all?

Just as Jiezi was excited to reunite with her companion, to her shock, he immediately launched an attack on her! Caught completely off guard by this betrayal, she was struck, causing significant damage to her mecha, and only then did the mecha disguised as Toby revert to its original form.

"That, that is......"

Looking at the black mecha before her, Jiezi turned deathly pale; she was only too familiar with this machine—it was the very one that had killed her team leader and Toby!

"Click!"

At the same time, the black mecha’s hatch opened, and soon afterward, a figure jumped out, approaching Jiezi. It was a young man with black hair, who stared coldly at Jiezi, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

"You, who are you?"

"I am Asakim, Duo."

"It was you... who killed the team leader and Toby...! Why did you do this!"

"Why?"

Hearing Jiezi’s question, Asakim smirked and reached out, grabbing her hair and forcing her to look up at him.

"You want to know my purpose? It’s simple; I just want you to suffer. Come on, offer your tears of despair to me!"

Asakim suddenly raised his right hand and slammed it down on Jiezi’s face, knocking her to the ground.

"First, I will engrave pain and fear into your body..."