Chapter Five: Black Zone Simulation

"Seventeen meters ahead of you, three armor layers down." "Rafe. Spear." "What?" "Now!" Rafe threw the training spear by instinct. Astra-X caught it, but did not stab the phantom. It reversed the weapon and drove it into the ground. Leon pushed the frame's full weight down. The spear punched through the armor layers and struck the generator core beneath the plaza. The silver phantom's Star Return failed before completion and shattered from within. The black fog vanished. The system judgment rang through the war zone: "Third Squad mission complete." "Civilian survival rate: ninety-six percent." "Black Zone generator destroyed." "Comprehensive score: S." The stands erupted.