(Yi Zui would be taking a break tomorrow, so there would be no update. Two chapters would be posted the day after tomorrow. I also wished everyone an even better 2017. New year, new beginnings—those without a partner should hurry up.)
There was indeed a situation, and it was the kind Xiao Ran found most troublesome. A participant who understood technology had actually gone over to the side of another boss who understood technology and also possessed both strength and influence. Put those two together, and who knew what kind of chemical reaction they might produce? One plus one might become greater than two.
If this had been a Real Robot world, Xiao Ran might only have been wary. But the key was that this was a Super Robot world, a world where things like the λ-DRIVER existed. That participant might also possess Super Robot technology from other worlds, perhaps even new Energy Technology. They might end up creating a Super Robot Mecha that combined Super Robot technology from another world with this world's λ-DRIVER.
With Xiao Ran unable to use the λ-DRIVER, facing a λ-DRIVER mecha that incorporated technology from other Super Robot worlds would not be easy even with his current strength. After all, the mecha he was using now was not the Justice Gundam he was familiar with, nor did he have Tactical Armor available. It was merely a Variable Fighter manufactured in this world.
Without a Solar Furnace or GN Dragoons, Xiao Ran, as an Innovator, simply could not bring out his full strength.
Xiao Ran suddenly remembered that although Renard was a senior executive of Amalgam and every one of Amalgam's λ-DRIVER mecha was connected to him, Renard's own goals were completely different from those of the organization. His relationship with the other senior executives