Chinese Regional Tournament Begins

After several battles, Reiji eagerly joined the fighting as well.

Setsuna even made a virtual cockpit specifically for him. Like the Battle System, it allowed him to remotely control life-sized Gundams in combat.

This gave Thor the feeling that he was back in his prime, and he utterly crushed Reiji several times.

After nearly a hundred consecutive battles in a single day, the mentally exhausted Thor returned to Iori Rinko's home, collapsed, and sought comfort.

At the same time, he made up some nonsense about being related to Reiji, claiming to be his great-grandfather by seniority.

Iori Sei could not help covering his mouth and laughing, saying that made him Reiji's grandfather too, since he was Thor's adopted son.

Reiji immediately felt like crying without tears. He had come home perfectly well, only to suddenly gain two grandfathers, one of whom was about the same age as him.

Over the following days, Thor returned to Setsuna's world every day with Reiji to train.

After more than half a month, Thor's piloting rating finally broke through to S-rank. Reiji had gained something as well; without the effects of the Gundam's g-force, he was at least at the early A-rank level.

Due to time constraints, Thor brought Li Xiaotao and Wang Xiaolin back to China.

Kamiki Mirai cried for a long time over this. Fortunately, with her younger brother comforting her and their promise to video chat often, she eventually smiled through her tears.

After returning to China,

Thor began preparing his Gunpla for the Chinese regional qualifiers.

Using an OOQ as the base, he reinforced its joints and replaced the armor in certain areas with alloy components. He also added Gundam Zabanya's GN Gun-Suit Unit and Gundam Harute's thruster components.

He even installed three GN Drives, providing such abundant energy that