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I Beg of You, Give us Mercy

The difference between Unit 6 and Unit 5 lay in the shoulders and wings.

Unit 5’s Assault Flight Model carried wings for aerial combat, but Unit 6 had none.

Instead, both shoulders bore deployable shields. Even without deployment they offered efficient coverage, layered for maximum protection. They were designed so Fran could charge low to the ground like a beast.

「These shields on both shoulders… how are they built? They hardly hinder the arms at all.」

Fran couldn’t help but voice her admiration.

This was the hallmark of Unit 6’s supplemental armor: a shoulder guard inspired by both the massive ō-sode of the Northern and Southern Courts period and the compact oki-sode of the Sengoku era. Takaba Hyoue had shaped them after hearing Fran’s tactics. They covered the arms entirely without hindering their motion.

When deployed, they expanded to envelop the whole body. The armor thinned, but in encirclements like those by 」 swarms, they