Chapter 6

"The Defender" is the sixth chapter of Tsuyoshi Takaki's Heart Gear manga.

Summary
Chrome continues to fight Wilhelm with his combat mode. While in a fight, Wilhelm realizes that he will die in the area and he prepared himself for death many times. Wilhelm remembers his past from his memory data in which he was sent as a backup for the war. He was given the name "Wilhelm The Iron Wall" even though there are many gears with the same name as his, the human states that he is the only iron wall.

The war happened. After the war, the human tells Wilhelm that the enemy of theirs changes their route of invasion resulting in them needing to relocate, but they cannot abandon the bridge point. Hence, Wilhelm was given the mission to not let anyone pass the bridge until they get back.

After the flashback, Chrome defeats Wilhelm and takes out his head. Roue cryingly approaches Chrome and tells him to stop. Roue then tells Chrome that she is afraid that Chrome will never go back to normal and the Chrom he knows will be gone forever. After hearing Roue's words, Chrome contemplates on what is he, that he doesn't know that he is equipped with such a system.

After thinking, Chrome tells Roue that he wants to know more about himself, the world and Roue. Roue responds that she feels the same way and continues to head forward.

Meanwhile, a gear looks at Wilhelm's memory, stating that she's curious about Chrome but she's after Roue. She then crashes Wilhelm's head.

Character in Order of Appearance

 * Chrome
 * Wilhelm
 * Roue
 * Reis