Several more days passed while Xiao Ran went to the Homeland to learn about the new unit. The final inspection had been thoroughly completed. Its energy systems, circuitry, weapons, systems, and UI had all been tested and reached ideal standards. All that remained was the final practical operation test.
However, Xiao Ran did not immediately bring the unit out for testing after the inspection was complete. In fact, after sitting in the cockpit for less than half an hour to set up the login lock, he sent the machine straight aboard the Black Steel. Accompanying him to the Black Steel were Luo, Graham, Basak, Zechs, Nalu, Saki Maski, as well as Hishikawa Ryoto, Murong Liu, and Luni. (Some readers in the comments said Yi Zui had gotten the name wrong earlier, so it had now been corrected.)
It was not just that Luo, Graham, Basak, and Nalu, the four B-class Pilots, had been stuck at their current level for far too long. Saki Maski had as well. Part of that was because she was not truly a Real Robot pilot, but it was also because she rarely fought during missions, instead staying by Xiao Ran's side as a qualified secretary.
This time, Xiao Ran decided to dispatch all combat personnel in the team to the Steel Dragon Squad, aside from El-Elf, Billy, and Moses, while Cruze remained behind to command the fleet. For some time to come—or rather, throughout the entire second phase of the mission—they would act alongside the Steel Dragon Squad.
Their first mission after joining the Steel Dragon Squad would be to head to Hades Island and completely wipe out the Rebel Army and Shadow Mirror Unit entrenched there. They would also drag out the lurking Lone Wolf and the remaining Zovok remnants, then eliminate them completely,