What do you think about living plastic model?
Well, not like that.
We are made of plastic, mainly polystyrene, with a side dash of ABS to ensure soft movement. We are mass produced, molded into a runner to be cut off and assembled. We are molded in various color, sold and priced accordingly to the size and complexity of final product.
Our very concept and design are taken from this military science fiction anime franchise called Mobile Suit Gundam, as well as numerous sequel and Alternate Universe Spinoff.
The most attention always been given the humanoid vehicle called "Mobile Suit"
"Please, Acguy!"
Early in the 21st century, a new breakthrough in technology gave us a new life, literally. Plavsky particle, this specific particle will form a holographic lattice given enough stimuli. Manipulated, Plavsky particle will also, for yet unexplainable reason, move us plastic model as if we're actual machines.
And even fight each other.
From that point onward, a new trend born and grew phenomenally.
Gundam Plastic Model Battle –usually simplified to Gunpla Battle, everyone put their plastic model at stake, and control it using plavsky-made virtual cockpit console.
Millions of gunpla enthusiasts… each have their own story.
This is just one of such story.
Gundam Build Fighters
-Colorful Rhapsody-
Disclaimer:
Bandai-Sunrise own Gundam
I buy mine from them
Chapter 7: The Crimson Comet
"Hi, Azuma, been a long time since we saw each other." Nanami yelled high from the top of the viewing Platform. "Do you still remember that promise?"
Tamaki had to squint to remember, but apparently Nanami still adamant about that 'date'. "I thought you forgot it, oh well."
Nanami snapped her fingers as she grinned lecherously, "A man cannot go back on his words, right? But you know I'll give you some lenience, if you can beat Tatsuya, consider the bet is null."
"You're asking for impossible." Tamaki shrugged, "Not that I will give up."
Tachibana and Kojima snorted, while Airi and Imai just blinked in confusion. Airi was the one who decided to ask the obvious question, "Azuma-kun, do you happen to know her?"
"Ah yes, she's my neighbor, Sakurai Nanami-san. She also a gudam fan, and a strong gunpla fighter, perhaps even stronger than you or me."
"Yeah, and guess what, she challenged Azuma into gunpla battle few weeks ago and now he owes her a date." Tachibana chuckled like mad, "Isn't that right Kyoji."
"Shut up, fatty." Tamaki kicked his overweight friend right on his ass, embarrassed. "It's really nothing."
Imai though, can visibly see how Airi's expression changed, the sourness of her expression indicate one thing; jealously. The current Airi was hardly the most beautiful girl around, for she looks like an underweight nerd with unkempt lifestyle. Of course she felt jealous when the new girl flirted with her ex…
"Well, senpai don't have to worry, we just have to win against Yuuki-san... even if it's difficult, it won't be impossible." Imai whispered.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." Airi turned her head aside, tried to hide the tomato-red face from her dearest junior.
"Oooh I like this, Azuma-kun your girlfriend look really strong. Now I'm really worried." Nanami carelessly said, "Well, it's not like there's anything special between us anyway."
"Slut." Someone commented from the crowd, though the source is unclear, it was certain that Nanami already gained hatedom due to her unabashed assertiveness.
…Especially amongst Yuuki's admirers and fangirls.
And she knows that perfectly, but it's not like yielding against pressure was something new for her… though, it was totally amusing and worth it.
"Five fighters, would that be acceptable?" Tachibana asked.
"I have no problem with it" Tatsuya nodded, "We'll deploy with three fighters and three gunpla"
"But there are only two of you?" Tachibana was confused.
"He will come, soon…"
Either Kanbara Students were underestimated greatly, or Yuuki was confident beyond mortals. Consider his achievements though, the later probably the correct answer. After he watched Yuuki's combat footage, even Tamaki can feel his stomach being crunched by proverbial fighter instinct.
Besides, no one knew what kind of gunpla they will deploy autonomously, that's what Tachibana's here for. His extensive knowledge of Gunpla will surely help Tamaki, Airi, and Kojima the class rep. Because they know not much about gundam, period.
"Meguru-san."
Aside him, his ex-girlfriend and now fellow fighter, stood still. Cold sweat drop from her chin, she was afraid just like he is.
"Yes, Azuma-kun."
And yet, she didn't step back.
"Let's stick to the plan, Imai."
"Leave it to me, Hirai-senpai."
Kojima and Alice tapped their fists and Tachibana put his hand over theirs. His eyes were teary, his hands were unsteady, and yet…
He's never more ready than this.
"Let's go."
"[PLEASE SET YOUR GP BASE]"
Since the other three ports of the gigantic 6-meter hex are reserved for Seihou's fighters, Airi and Tamaki had to share additional 1.5 meter class Arena as GP base hub. Their close proximity made their friends laughed, at least eased their tension somewhat.
"[Field 5, City. PLEASE SET YOUR GUNPLA!]"
Tamaki and Airi shared a final glance as virtual plavsky wall began to form around them; "Let's give our best" was their final message to each other.
"Neue Ziel"
"Nobel Gundam Deco!"
"Akatsuki Oowashi Kai"
"Unicorn Striker"
"Murasame Recon Type"
"TAKE-OFF!"
As Kanbara gunpla rendezvous, anyone familiar with the backstory will probably laugh considering how disorganized the gunpla they use. Neue Ziel boosted with tremendous speed, having so much room to move at maximum thrust without fear of being thrown out of arena.
Tachibana's eyes scanned the entire area intently, mostly thanks to Murasame's improved sensor. He recognized the area enough, sparse industrial complex and absolutely gigantic composite rod in the sky.
Heliopolis, one of the few space colonies portrayed in Cosmic Era timeline.
"We're inside space colony, if the weird gravity didn't already tell you much." Tachibana informed his teammates "The closer you fly to the central shaft, the less gravity you experience."
"Why there are so few buildings?" Tamaki asked frantically, there's too little cover for his taste. "We're going for straight out combat now?"
"We're in Morgenroette territory; it's mostly industrial complex and warehouses instead of skyscrapers." Tachibana replied, "Bear with it."
"Che"
"INCOMING!" Tachibana rolled his Murasame aside, to evade a barrage of bullets from the corner of the battlefield.
Unicorn stomped the paved floor, its feet croaked due to the sudden shock. A single antitank shell passed just a bit above the white gunpla's head, smashed a warehouse behind it apart.
"Zaku Amazing detected."
Another shell grazed Airi's main boosters from different direction, despite moving at such high speed, such accuracy is incredible.
She shouted at the com-link "ANOTHER ONE!"
"Let me see" Tachibana scrambled the buttons accordingly to get a finer focus on another gunpla, his eyes widened in shock when he saw it "Nu Gundam…. Brave."
" Nu Gundam Brave?"
The gundam stood tall and proud, both arms covered in a composite shield with retractable weapons, almost like a walking armory on its own. The infamous gundam doesn't carry its signature remote weapon rack on its back, and has been repainted white and purple to match the famous sister model Hi-Nu Gundam, which made it even more distinctive.
"Looks old and deadbeat…" Kojima commented bluntly, "Did he break it out of museum or something?"
"I've seen it… once; few years ago… he challenged Iori Takeshi." Tachibana grinned, "It IS old, but its performance are nothing short of outstanding."
"Iori… the same Iori as in Iori shop?" Kojima raised his eyebrow, "Is that guy famous?"
"What the hell, I know you're ignorant about Gundam but knowing is half the battle too." Tachibana scolded his childhood friend without mercy, "How many years since you become a fighter again?"
The person in question responded with simple "Shut up."
"I heard he was a finalist in the second GBWC." Tamaki explained; "Sei-kun is Iori Takeshi's son."
"So who can guess which one is piloted, senpai?" Alice asked "I'm on my way to confront the second fighter, ETA 30 second, he's fast!"
"Logically, Nu Gundam is." Tachibana read all the data he can acquire from Neue Ziel's upgraded sensor, various chart, table, and prediction was shown on his console; "Even if you disregard the discrepancy of technology, Zaku Amazing was built with better durability in mind, it should be able to survive mega particle cannon and came mostly intact."
Kojima whistled in amazement, mega particle cannon was one, if not the strongest weapon a gunpla can carry, and most of the time those that carry it are the heavier ones, such as large Mobile Suits and Mobile Armor. A single shot from mega particle cannon can destroy most gunpla and vaporize the entire city block with ease.
Even at 1/400 scale, Neue Ziel's firepower is not something to be scoffed at.
…
Tamaki muttered; "Meguru-san!"
He tilted his head to give his teammate the signal, Airi nodded and deployed her remote weapon towards the direction of Zaku Amazing. Like a swarm of killer hornets the remote weapons relentlessly assault the crimson gunpla with unrestrained intensity. While most of the attack hit the target, none managed to deliver long lasting damage. The crimson brick decide to retreat fire.
But that was enough clues for them, Meguru never intend to use maximum gun output at all, she preferred rapidity and number of hits.
"That's the one," she said "Zaku Amazing probably AI controlled."
Unicorn dashed forward right toward the direction of Nu Brave, carbine unleashed and set at semi automatic fire. Nu Brave dodged the attacks gallantly without wasting too much movement, none of the attack managed to hit.
"Nu Brave confirmed to be piloted by Yuuki Tatsuya, Tachibana was right." Tamaki added, "Class rep, what's next?"
"I'll handle the fire support duty and Zaku Amazing as well, keep Nu Brave busy and avoid fighting him in open terrain, you two. Imai, be careful."
"Yes."
Neue Ziel changed its thruster configuration to be spread apart, danced through the hail of fire delivered by Zaku Amazing. Kojima retaliated with his own missile arsenal; swarms of explosive warhead slammed into each other and caused a chain reaction that shook the very air with multi-ton explosion force.
"I've seen the enemy!" Alice cried, "Contact in five second."
"Imai's enemy… Gold SUMO?" Tachibana rushed another data processing like his pants on fire, "Huh it's a straight build, but be careful."
"THIS IS MY SUMO! PREPARE TO DIE!"
"THAT'S MY LINE! NOBEL!"
Nobel Deco materialized a giant hoop made of high energy particle and clashed with the unusually-shaped gunpla. The gold gunpla instead use some kind of fan-shaped blade.
However, the moment they met, Nobel was thrown away a dozen meter by the impact, though it didn't lose it's footing.
"The power difference is too much!" Alice panicked.
"Well we DID shed some extra weight from it last night" Tachibana wince, he fired the entire wing-mounted missile to help Alice out of pinch. "Use your mobility, idiot! That was the strong point of Nobel!"
Alice scratched her head in embarrassment, dodged another strike with a simple hop. "Sorry!"
"[Please don't look down on us.]" Gonda contacted Alice, "[My pride as Seihou student is at stake.]"
"I'm sorry, but the real fight started here!" Alice turned her beam hoop into flexible beam ribbons and began her offensive; Gonda hovered backward whilst using his beam submachinegun to keep her at range, dodging the lethal energy whip left and right.
Even without its flight system active, Alice can keep up with him, which made him slightly worried.
"[What do you think Gonda?]" Yuuki appeared on Gonda's comm. Screen, slightly concerned.
"Like you said, they seemed to focus mostly on forward assault and high mobility."
SUMO jumped higher then rolled aside to evade pillars of deadly beam strong enough to put holes on the colony wall. Gonda screamed in panic. He didn't think an MA that small could posses such level of firepower. "Even though it's so small, why is its power output so immense?"
Whoever built that unit is no amateur.
"[STAGE CHANGE]"
The hole on the colony wall began to suck massive volume of air out.
"Shit!" Kojima cursed "Tachibana?!"
"Well we're in a colony soo…" Tachibana rolled his head aside.
"Goddamned dramatic effect, space doesn't work that way!" Tamaki howled as torrent of heavy wind smashed his Unicorn as well as Airi's purple Akatsuki, forced them to brace cautiously with engines pushed to maximum power.
Even with its massive array of booster, Neue Ziel had to put some effort against the opposing windstorm, Tachibana decided to pick the figurative wrench to smash the problem. "Che, might as well…. Kyoji! Use mega particle cannons at maximum output and destroy the central shaft!"
Kojima gave a thought for few second, and Tachibana's solution probably works for the best. "Let's go!"
Letting itself to be dragged by the air storm, Neue Ziel switched off its thruster, the output of its reactor transferred to its huge arsenal faster than usual.
"PRESIDENT!" Gonda warned, realized that Kanbara student were up to something.
"Che!"
Tatsuya commanded the Zaku Amazing to interfere with the charging process; however, before he could accomplish it, Unicorn and Akatsuki flanked him from both sides.
Furthermore, Tachibana and his Murasame intercepted the heavy gunpla with barrage of missiles, forced it to retreat.
Flipped it's shield 180 degrees, Nu Gundam unleashed a physical long sword, longer and heavier than Unicorn's Katana or Akatsuki's halberd blade. In fact, when the weapon meets, Tamaki can feel his sword receive strain and quickly pulled it away, immediately switched to his beam sabers.
"The battle just started, don't forget about us!" Tamaki howled, slashed upward to break the locked blades of Airi and Yuuki. Airi took the chance to deliver a decisive overhead strike.
But the much taller gundam somehow managed to fluidly evade it without wasting any space and even managed to counter with its shield mounted beam saber. Thankfully, Tamaki slipped between and parried the attack again, just barely.
Those two barely evaded the deadly stab delivered by the long sword afterward, and hide from relentless assault delivered by Nu Gundam's gatling.
"That machine isn't just for show." Airi huffed, forcing her heart to stabilize itself and regain full control, "It might looks old and worn out, but the amount of effort put into its customization is clear, Tachibana-kun was right."
Even Tamaki, with barely passable modeling technique and knowledge, admit that Nu Gundam looks like a masterpiece, a veteran of uncountable destructive battles.
"Its power and agility is top notch." Tamaki agreed, "Had we fought it in full condition… I don't even want to imagine it…"
"Weapon fully charged, FIRE!"
Pillars of pink beam cleaved the sky in two, vaporized the gigantic rod in the center of colony in the blink of an eye. The structure of gargantuan manmade habitat began to buckle, and purge protocol is issued to avoid collapse.
Realism kick when it's convenient, Tachibana grinned, since purge protocol in the real Gundam SEED are done to avoid too many casualties, the colony will automatically disassemble itself.
"[FIELD CHANGE: SPACE.]"
~333~
It's now airless zero gravity condition, the pitch black void of space is filled with town-sized debris and metal pieces, it reminded Tamaki of the Shoal Zone he fought on in the first half of the tournament two days ago.
Instead of too little cover, there are too many covers now.
"Meguru-san?"
"Its okay, Azuma-kun; I'm using Shiranui pack thankfully." Airi smiled, Her Akatsuki balanced itself against lack of gravity, with its multitude of thrusters. "With this, my remote drones will be more effective"
Tamaki sneered, "But without proper footing Meguru-style combat will be difficult to execute"
"OH SHIT" Tachibana was hysterical, his tactical judgment just happened to screw their de facto best fighter that much. His Murasame transform into MS form as he approached his companions, its radome had been deactivated to avoid giving their position. "Sorry about that, Meguru-san."
"It's not as if we can do anything under such violent weather either, don't worry." Airi kindly assured him, befitting of her indeed. "Besides, Hirai-kun's Mobile Armor will also perform better here."
Kojima put a palm on his face, "Duh, so I'm now the ace in the sleeve."
"What I'm worried about." Airi mumbled, "Alice… you're okay?"
The tomboy freshman popped out on her teammates' screen "I'm okay; I'm hiding inside a warehouse, currently programming the AMBAC system for space maneuvering."
"Now… how can we start the fight without exposing ourselves too much?" Tachibana brainstormed, thinking the best plan in the subsequent minutes of combat.
"[Reverse psychology.]" Kojima grinned, "[Acting stupid will make them even more worried, though I'm not sure a world class player will fall to that trick.]"
"Ah, hell, it's not like we aim for victory anyway." Tachibana said, "Kyoji, let's go!"
Neue Ziel zoomed out of its cover at full speed, active sensor operated at maximum capacity. Everything about it scream 'shoot at me' which is what exactly what Kojima intended. Meanwhile, Murasame followed in its fighter form with sensor jammer set to maximum output.
Zaku Amazing, being AI controlled, automatically respond.
"GET IT!"
With a sharp turn, the mobile armor zoomed in toward the direction of crimson gunpla, its particle cannon fully charged.
That's when Gonda decided to blindside it with its arm cannon fired, bright green high energy particle beam aimed toward the mobile armor without giving it chance to dodge.
Instead of dodging, the Mobile Armor spun its body, letting the front side of the body to take brunt of the impact.
The beam from SUMO's cannon is mostly neutralized, caused a major scorch mark on the armor but left it intact.
Gonda instantly went into panic mode "I-FIELD?!"
"Gotcha!"
From underneath the armor plating, dozens upon dozens of missile fired at the direction of SUMO, while the fully charged array of mega particle cannon fired toward Zaku Amazing which desperately trying to halt the advance of Neue Ziel with its massive arsenal of ballistic weapon.
Alas, Neue Ziel vaporized the city block sized piece of colony, forced Zaku Amazing to run away. SUMO still have to deal with the missile threat zoomed in with incredible speed, Gonda used his beam submachinegun to swipe the explosive darts out of the sky.
Barrage of bullets from other direction helped SUMO to avoid 90% of the missile, walked out from its own cover is Nu Brave.
"From such a range he's able to intercept so many missiles." Tachibana gulped in amazement, "Holy shit, we're really going to lose."
Kojima chuckled. "Meh, whatever. If we're going down, let's do it with a bang."
Indeed, the plan of baiting the opposing team worked, and once again Unicorn and Akatsuki gang upon the gundam with no mercy.
Losing his cool, Tamaki howled. "[You should be able to defeat us in the first minute we fight, then why don't you do it?]"
Calmly, Tatsuya just smile friendly in response, "You expect too high of me, I've been going all out from the start, Azuma-kun."
Tamaki just sighed in defeat, "I'm not eating that lie just so you know…"
Tachibana suddenly got an epiphany, so that's why Yuuki is hard pressed.
"HE'S NOT USING FULL AI CONTROL." he yelled aloud, "FROM THE START, YUUKI TATSUYA IS CONTROLLING ZAKU AMAZING WITH REMOTE COMMAND."
Airi and Tamaki both left aghast, while it's possible to control a fully equipped gunpla like controlling a funnel, it's impossible to bring its potential to maximum level. Not to mention, the burden on the pilot's brain would be close to inhuman, requiring the highest level of concentration possible.
Anyone but Yuuki Tatsuya would be defeated the moment the battle start.
"That's right…" Nanami muttered, "Tatsuya is unable to use Funnels properly; no matter how hard he trained himself, he can't get the 'right feels'. But this time, it's different, he's not controlling mindless drones, he's controlling both gunpla at once"
"As expected of that bastard!" Reiji laughed, "Even fighting a losing battle, he's able to show his glory, somehow"
"The key of victory… lies on Tatsuya's faith in this boy…" Nanami though as she looked at none other than Iori Sei, the junior high student Tatsuya put so much hope upon, "If Iori Sei answered the call, Tatsuya will win, if not… it's only a matter of time… he will lose."
"I…"
Looking at his distraught sister, Reiji decided to tease her. "You want to seduce that brat into battle too?"
"Shut up," Nanami pouted, "You're a brat yourself, Reiji."
Reiji just made a face in response.
"I am confident I can rope that boy into fighting." Nanami said, "But doing that is the same as trampling all over Tatsuya's effort, because what Tatsuya aimed at is not iori's body, but his heart and soul"
Reiji chuckled, "Awakening his battle instinct huh? Makes sense, let's see if this high stakes battle can be rewarded nicely."
…
In the battlefield, the situation is even more tense, SUMO and Nobel Deco caught in a stalemate, Neue Ziel had to split its attention between three battlefront, Tachibana's skill as fighter is insufficient to make difference but to be another target, Unicorn and Akatsuki slowly gain a higher ground over Nu, just barely…
And Tatsuya…
Nu Gundam might prevail, however, the pilot behind it just another human with human limitation. Tatsuya visibly grew weary with each minute passing, the battle had occurred for more than ten minutes, and even the spectator is silent.
Sei was looking at the fight with horrified expression "Why would he do this…" he bit his lips "Why… senpai"
Sei felt the presence of warm, big hands upon his shoulder and look behind. It was none other than Ramba Ral, the regular patron of Iori Models and also the long time friend of his father.
Sei can't really hide anything from him, that's for sure.
"You still not understand what the essence of this fight, Sei-kun?" Ral asked.
"I do not…" Sei shook his head furiously, "I'm never a gunpla fighter… I don't understand what they think when they asked me to join in this kind of high level battlefield."
"Then don't think, feel it." old man Ral smiled gently, "A fighter does not think, it wasn't their job, their job is to feel the fight…"
Sei looked at his senpai wide eyed.
Tatsuya Yuuki… is smiling.
Even though he's fighting a battle he can't win…
Even though his gunpla receive so much damage…
Sei dropped on his knees, realization hit him with the force of a gundam hammer, and it made him horrified about his cowardice. Yuuki trusted him soo much, and yet all he can only do… is to watch.
It was painful.
As she helped the poor boy to stand, China was really confused with his state of emotion. "Iori-kun… what's wrong?"
"No… I…"
And she thoughtfully looked at him, then at the arena. "…Iori-kun wanted to do something, don't you?"
"Class rep?"
"If Iori-kun wanted to do something, just do it… because if you don't, you might regret it forever."
Sei gasped.
China assured him with a simple nod, "Even if you fail, you can always try again. I'm sure even President Yuuki had experienced defeat in the past."
Sei's eyes sharpened, before taking a deep breath. That's right.
It doesn't matter if Sei remains a loser forever, as long as he can fight, as long as everyone trusted him…
He stood up and walked downstairs slowly, China followed him just a foot behind.
"PLEASE HALT THE FIGHT!"
His voice boomed inside the otherwise silent arena, caused every attention to be focused on him.
"I'm sorry for intruding this match…" Sei bowed, "But more importantly, I'm sorry to make you wait, Yuuki-senpai."
Tatsuya was outright speechless, not only because even he doubted that Sei will actually come, but because Sei do it without a slightest bit of shame. A real fighter will admit his mistake and will not hesitate to fix it…
Yuuki loved it, "I've been waiting for God knows how long, Iori-kun."
"Get it on, brat, you're embarrassing us." Gonda laughed like no tomorrow, "He's going to use Zaku Amazing, is that acceptable?"
"No problem." Tamaki was the first one to answer, much to his teammate's surprise.
Tachibana nodded, "Do you even need to ask?"
"Thank you, everyone!" Sei stepped into the fighter console, taking the shackles that bind Zaku Amazing apart. China stood behind him, confused as another console seems to form around her. Then she realized where she is now…
Her face turned as red as humanly possible, her legs rattled, barely able to stand…
"Uh, Iori-kun, I should just leave…"
"It's okay… Class rep, just stay there…" Sei closed his eyes, "I know it's selfish but please… watch my back."
Looking at how serious he is, China doesn't have the heart to refuse. "I understand… please take care of me…"
Sei step back a little and guide her through the basic interface. "Class rep, can you see the fifth button to the left, labeled camera switch? Push it."
China did as Sei told her, additional screen pop up, filled with numbers China can't possibly recognize. But at the very least, she could read what's on it… barely. It looks like the games her brother and father always play, and everything is in English with Japanese underscript.
"The screen will show what behind our gunpla, allowing me to deal with what I cannot see…" Sei grinned, "Just read the numbers aloud if you see things like missile or large space rocks moving toward us."
"I… I understand." China nods.
Sei returned to the fighter console and grabbed the control spheres. "I have control. Iori Sei, Zaku Amazing, Let's go!"
Zaku Amazing, now under a proper pilot, decided not to retreat but went on the offensive; torrents of missile foiled the sky toward the direction of Neue Ziel. Again, Neue Ziel repelled the attack with its own arsenal, the pitch black sky was lit the very instant the salvo met with each other.
"CHASE HIM!" Tachibana pointed, which Kojima gladly comply. Particle blast rained upon the crimson gunpla but its speed and armor allowed it to come unscratched.
Then it kicked in, Zaku tripped on a debris piece and tumbled around like a pinball. Indeed, Sei was not accustomed to such level of acceleration, let alone on a heavyweight gunpla like Zaku Amazing.
Even Yuuki jawdropped on the entire session, the entire arena exploded into massive laughing fest. Nanami and Reiji rolled on the floor unable to control their urge to laugh.
Tamaki and Class rep blinked before expressed their disbelief, "The hell?"
"A flying brick like Zaku Amazing is a bitch to the laws of momentum." Tachibana explained, "Sei-kun, are you going to give up?"
Sei clenched his teeth, fighting furiously against the embarrassment and his shattered pride. "Thank you for letting me in this fight… as for my answer to that question." Sei took a deep breath, "No."
Using another concrete block as cushion, Sei aimed the green mobile armor with Zaku's anti-armor rifle. His aiming skill was, to put it simply, SUCK. He had to rely on targeting computer, especially because being slow is not written on Neue Ziel's specification.
But no matter what, he will do it.
"THERE!"
He shot the rifle three times, and one direct hit caused the flying armor to shake violently, a crater drilled on its left shoulder. Meanwhile, Tachibana lost one of his wings.
"What firepower…" Tachibana was amazed, the rifle might be large, but he was surprised that the damage is even worse than predicted. "If not because reinforced armor, we'd lose the left binder altogether"
"This might be a lot more interesting that we thought." Kojima snorted in agreement, "Let's go all out."
(I don't even know what I'm writing lol.)