After Idarong Sheng finished speaking, everyone looked at him as though he were an idiot. Masaki did not know whether he should be happy or upset that his machine had not been destroyed and he had not been captured. He held his breath, his face turning red as he turned his head away.
But Exeline was not as easy to bully as Masaki. She grabbed Idarong Sheng by the ear, making him howl in pain. A black cat and a white cat stood by Masaki's feet, giving Idarong Sheng disdainful looks as they spoke in unison: "Idiot."
"Why weren't we destroyed? Are you saying you wanted me to get destroyed like you and then fished out of the sea?" Exeline looked at Idarong Sheng with ill intent, frightening him into hurriedly shaking his head. "No, no. I absolutely didn't mean that."
"Hmph." Exeline gave Idarong Sheng a look that said he knew better, then released his ear and crossed her arms. "Don't forget, the one dealing with us wasn't that black machine. If that machine had been fighting us instead, you would have ended up exactly the same way."
Xiao Ran had no idea about the commotion aboard the Steel. By then, however, he had nearly wiped out the group of Void Envoys that had descended from space. The insect-like drones were nothing more than weeds to him, easily harvested and destroyed. Like playing a shooting game, he cleared every insect robot around him.
Only a handful managed to flee into the distance, only to be swarmed by DC forces and destroyed without even scraps remaining. As for the dozen or so MS units, several had been lost beneath New Jior's missile barrage. Then Ozma and the Skull Squadron took out another two. The remaining machines tried to escape, but