This is... Gundam

"Xiao Ran, this is my gift to you, how about it, do you like it?"

Lowe stood beside Xiao Ran, with a relaxed look on the black machine body placed seven or eight meters away in front of them, and they did not fully assemble it. It still had parts on it like arms, torso, head, and tight.

Lowe already inspects the skeleton. It is still completely intact, including the equipment on the cockpit and even the pilot module. The only exception is there is no battery pack, no weapons, and all the body systems need to be reprogrammed.

It was a brand-new machine that can be put into a battle immediately.

The rest of the missing object can be wholly found on Archangel as Strike Gundam and Astray Gundam share the machine's general form.

Xiao Ran was still in a daze. He really couldn't figure out where this machine came from. He wasn't sure whether this machine was one of the two devices on Heliopolis that were still in parts. After all, the components can be any color like green, purple, or even another red. It's not surprising that Luo made it black, but maybe the machine itself is black.

'Is there a sixth black Astray in addition to the five colors of red, blue, gold, green and purple? But the original green colored is not green actually.' Xiao Ran shook his head, and felt a little unsure. Although he has read the unofficial biography before, not all the information is correct.

He doesn't know a sixth Astray in this world as Astray Noir and Strike Noir share the same backpack, but it has two other swords like Red Frame. As for the sixth Astray Noir, whether it only has black color, nobody knows.

Xiao Ran did not speak. Lowe thought that Xiao Ran was stunned by his great hand. He raised his head and said with an indifferent expression: "Originally, I received a task from the Junk Guild today, saying that they were going to construct a machine near Orb."

"We were still thinking about whether I want to sell it to Orb, but now it seems that this machine is more useful to you. I hope you don't disappoint this child. I can feel it. It doesn't want to sleep like this but want to fight like Red Frame."

"Astray... Gundam? Thank you, Lowe." Xiao Ran took a deep breath and thanking him. His heart was indeed shocked and pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect to be able to get Astray in such a period. Such mecha, although Astray is inadequate compared to the Strike Gundam and its companion, it is better than all Zaft's current conventional mobile suits. The most important thing is that the Astray is equal with the five fighters of the G series in some departments. In other words, it still got room for modification of the said machine, just like the G series.

"It seems you like it." Lowe squeezed his fist and showed an energetic look. "Listening to what you say, your current situation seems to be very dangerous, but it doesn't matter. Just give me a few days, and I can properly install the machine... No! If we add the uncle on the Archangel, we can finish the Strike and this child in a few days!"

Xiao Ran touched his nose, only feeling a little warm in his heart: "Thank you, Lowe. I don't know how to repay you for doing this to me."

Lowe patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder and said generously: "Did you let me visit the Archangel and also showed me the battle record of Strike Gundam? You have to send us Ginn as it also worth a lot of money, and it's a tie."

Xiao Ran smiled but didn't say anything. There were some things he knew, so there was no need to say it. In fact, according to the current situation of the Archangel, it is a good MS that can be used for combat, and it is also a new prototype with a performance that is generally higher than that of the Zaft MS.

Therefore, its value is higher than some combat record of the Archangel. On top of it, Ginn cannot fight in the atmosphere.

Lowe suddenly patted his head and said: "By the way, since the machine is for you, I also want to make some special adjustments to the machine according to your habits. There is a record of your battle on the Ginn, and I will take a look at that time.

"No problem." Xiao Ran nodded and pondered for a while without fear that Lowe would find it strange, and continued: "Then I will trouble you. If possible, it would be good if the overall performance can match the current level of Ginn. If it exceeds, I will think of ways to weaken it because if it is too high, I can't handle it a bit."

"Huh?" Lowe looked at Xiao Ran strangely and wondered: "Isn't the higher the performance of the machine, the better?"

"That's right." Xiao Ran smiled bitterly and said: "But I am not a professional, and I am not as genius as you and Kira. Originally, I was an ordinary person, like a child holding a rocket launcher. Don't miss the key or pick it up, so I need to be able to utilize the body's performance fully."

Lowe suddenly nodded with enlightenment: "You are right to say that. Wait until I read your battle record."

"Yeah." Xiao Ran nodded, and agreed. After thinking about it, he shook his head and put his hand in his arms. After a while, he took out a data storage device the size of his palm and shoved it to Lowe's body: "This is for you, and you will return it to me copying it. Remember not to leak it out."

"What is this?" Luo picked up the data storage device from Xiao Ran in a puzzled way.

Xiao Ran slightly smiles. "The thing that I promised you before."

"Oh!" Xiao Ran saw a ray of excitement flashing in Lowe's eyes and saw that he didn't feel embarrassed about holding things and ran away quickly, not forgetting to turn around and shout to Xiao Ran: "I'll be right back!"

Xiao Ran looked at Lowe hurriedly pulling away from Kisato Yamabuki and shook his head unconsciously. Ten minutes later, Lowe appeared in front of Xiao Ran with excitement, and excitedly took Xiao Ran's hand and said:

"I never thought that Strike's Variable Phase Armor turned out to be like this. Although it is a pity that I still can't get it out, but with this thing, I can modify the Red Frame to become even more powerful in the future. I'll return this to you."

Xiao Ran took the data storage device and kept it in his pocket. Because it is not a plug-in or body component, Xiao Ran can place it in the storage bar at any time. He can convert the interface into a corresponding interface according to different worlds, so it will not be useless if there is a new world that he'll have to go to. Therefore, it is also the reason Xiao Ran can give it to Luo at ease.

He and Lowe stayed in the scrapped spacecraft until they left at night. Xiao Ran did not see anyone in the Junk Guild except Kisato, nor did he know where the others went.

Slowly crawling out of the bottomless pit, Xiao Ran also got into the coming car alone and drove the car back on the same road. Perhaps because of excitement, Xiao Ran drove the car fast along the way, and the time to return compared to He returned to the Archangel within twenty minutes.

When Xiao Ran driving into the hangar from the car passage, the whole area is still brightly lit. All kinds of shouts, the machine's sound, the car alarm, and other noisy sounds directly broke into Xiao Ran's ears. His brows jumped when he looked carefully. All kinds of ammunition supplies, water supplies, and other things that did not know where they came from were piled up in the empty hangar, the maintenance squad, and the soldiers. When faced with these opposing scenes, people are almost too busy to faint, and this has to be counted as half of the maintenance squad personnel are still modify the Strike Gundam.

"How come there are so many supplies?" Xiao Ran looked at the rows of wooden boxes at least two human height and ten meters long and was a little surprised and surprised.

Corporal Murdoch appeared next to Xiao Ran with a towel on his neck: "Where have you been? The Captain looked for you all afternoon."

"I followed Lowe for a trip. By the way, can you quickly let someone free an area in the middle because Lowe will send something over? Remember to ask for a large area." Xiao Ran jumped out of the car and left in a hurry. Before leaving, I didn't forget to leave a sentence: "Lowe piloted an MS to come over as the thing he brings somewhat big."

"Hey!" Murdoch looked at Xiao Ran's hurriedly leaving back and rolled his eyes speechlessly: "It looks like I'm busy again."

When Xiao Ran found Murrue, Badgiruel was reporting on the purchase of materials. Mu hugged his body and listened quietly. After seeing Xiao Ran, he stretched out his hand and said hello to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran nodded to Mu. Calculating the time, Lowe piloting the MS should not be slow. After all, he had to transport an MS that had not been fully assembled for 2-3 times. To avoid the Gundam Astray Red Frame being treated as an enemy, Xiao Ran didn't wait for Badgiruel to report, so he directly interjected: "Captain, there will be two MS on board later. I hope you can issue boarding permissions."

"MS?" Murrue gave Xiao Ran a reproach, and when it was reflected, Xiao Ran said that after two mobile suits. She suddenly looked at Xiao Ran with strange eyes. The same goes for Badriguel and Mu, who showed suspicious eyes.

Murrue asked in surprise: "What's the matter? Where did the MS come from?"

Xiao Ran smiled and said: "As Lowe paid for visiting the Archangel, watching the Strike Gundam battle record and testing, he'll give us a new prototype unit. Lowe will use the other one as a consignment. I returned a little earlier to tell you not to treat the MS that appears soon as an enemy. It was Lowe"

"Prototype machine?" Five G-series machines appeared in Murrue's head. They are also trial machines. The machine's performance has been fully demonstrated at this time, and now another one. The appearance of a prototype machine-made Murrue feels a little weird. What's even more incredible is that Junk Guild can make MS by itself?

Murrue asked in amazement, "They manufactured it themselves?"

Mu and Badgiruel also thought of this. They felt that a Junk Guild could make their own MS. It was incredible. Before Xiao Ran answered Murrue's words, Mu said in a usual frivolous tone: "Xiao Ran, shouldn't it be an industrial machine? Can that kind of machine fight?"

"Don't you think it was a machine made by Lowe and the others?" Xiao Ran curled his lips and said, "The machine I'm talking about is produced at the same time as the five machines of the G series. As for where did the things come from... I don't think I need to tell more, right?"

After listening to Xiao Ran's words, Murrue and Badgiruel looked at each other and said in astonishment: "Heliopolis Morgenroete Inc.?!"

"That's right." Xiao Ran smiled and nodded: "It is the machine produced domestically by Orb. I think it is based a lot on a G-series machine. Therefore it will perform as the G series. so I can also imagine the performance of the body, and because I borrowed from G. The only trouble is the backpack, but with a small modification, it can fit in."

Mu glared at his own eyes as if he was about to fall: "Where did you come across that joke? You want to give you a piece of that kind of thing. I know you guys have a purpose in doing things. Unexpectedly, just paying such a small amount of things gave us an extra MS. This business is a bargain!"

"Major Mu!" Badgiruel gave Mu a dissatisfied look, then turned to look at Xiao Ran: "Although I was very opposed to you taking other people on board at the beginning, now I have nothing to say. However, I will report this matter to the higher authorities."

"It's up to you." Xiao Ran smiled, knowing that Badgiruel was only angry. Therefore, he didn't take it to heart at all: "If there are any other problems, I will talk about it later. Let's make preparations first. Otherwise, we mistakenly treat the guest as an enemy."

Soon, Maru notified all of the Archangel and also informed the Desert Dawn. The news that they will add a new mobile suit to the Archangel quickly reached everyone's ears. Except for the personnel on duty at the bridge, all the other Archangel members gathered in the hangar. There were even excited people who got off the Archangel and ran outside to wait.

Lowe did not disappoint those who were waiting for him. Half an hour later, a vast black voice stepped on the desert and finally appeared in everyone's eyes in the dark—a red machine with white armor and two sharp corners. When the device appeared in everyone's eyes, the Archangel's people made various sounds, either surprised, cheered, or excited. Especially when they saw the black machine that the red machine was holding. They couldn't help but focus on it.

Also waiting for the arrival of MS was Kira. When he saw an MS with only the upper body being held by an MS with the same sharp horns on two identical heads, he also murmured: "This is... Gundam..."