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In four days, Estardo will surrender to the Federation. During that time, the Freiden is told they should leave by “the best route they know.” Something smells fishy. Prince Willis orders a dinner with the crew of the Freiden, despite the cold advice of the Chief Advisor against it. Roby finds Yurina’s small arsenal and remarks that people here are all the same. Everyone is seen at “The Last Supper” in not the best of moods. Willis wishes Garoad could stay longer to teach him how to be strong. Tifa waits in the background while they talk, longing to be with Garoad. Jamil has a word with one of their advisors about Prince Willis, but it is unclear about what. Roby did not return, but the Leopard remains. The Prince is then instructed to do something. Lt. Miraru Drido is next in line to try and defeat the GDX or die. His nickname was the “Killer Machine” in the Indo Campaign of the war. Yurina has a very uncomfortable conversation with Roby about leaving, but before he does, Yurina’s guerilla buddies confront him. After Federation soldiers show up, they escape out the back window. As she is escaping, a Feddie snipes her and dies in his arms. Willis, as it turns out, is being smuggled out of the country, despite his ambivalence for it. GDX and Airmaster Burst launch to meet the “Killer Machine.” The Gundams keep on firing, but they cannot dent the armor of the mysterious mobile suit. Tifa has a bad feeling, which is the Gastarl Main Force approaching to kill Willis. Yurina comes back for a second to tell Roby to return to the Freiden and to the one he likes there. Tetsu, one of the guerillas, sacrifices himself so that he can get back. Drido is meanwhile messing up Garoad and AB. Jamil even heads out in the GX Divider, but can’t cause any damage because of the I-Field generator on the MS. Roby gets there just in time and departs out in the Leopard. He purposely lets Drido capture him, while Leopard lets out all the missiles in its payload. The rest of the MS finish Drido off with the beam rifles. The Frosts head off just as the Gastarl arrive. Garoad is asked to use the satellite cannon, but Willis decides to surrender himself to them, no matter what the cost. He will fight in his own way. As it turns out, Rooks wasn’t playing dirty, he was turning over his own life in place of the Prince’s to take the blame for the war. He just wanted to make sure Willis was ready to rule. The Federation won this battle in Asia, but time moves forward.
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