Compared to Lavisa Xiu, Xiao Ran's machine was nearly twice as large. The countless rounds fired from the five-barreled cannon on Lavisa Xiu's left hand easily struck Xiao Ran's machine, but they did nothing more than throw up showers of sparks, unable to cause any further change.
Instead, the beam fire and artillery attacks launched by the other machines coordinating with Lavisa Xiu had some effect on Xiao Ran. At the very least, they forced him to alter his movements in response while controlling his machine. However, his intention of charging straight at Lavisa Xiu never changed.
Lavisa Xiu could be called a new model built from the data of the ATX Squad's machines. It possessed a strong ATX Squad style, combining the squad's various tactics and signature weapons into one special machine. Like the ATX Squad itself, it relied on high-speed movement to seize openings and land decisive strikes.
Against other enemies elsewhere, such a machine might have suddenly caught them off guard like the ATX Squad members did, inflicting unexpected damage. As SCHOOL's No. 1, Sakura's Piloting Skill also far surpassed that of Arado and the others who had already joined the Steel Dragon Squad. Even within the Steel Dragon Squad, she would have been among the front-line pilots and ranked near the top.
Moreover, everyone who came out of SCHOOL had been meticulously adjusted, both mentally and physically, by some old woman with an utterly twisted disposition. Thus, those who had once stayed at SCHOOL had another special nickname: Enhanced Children—Enhanced Humans. Their endurance and technical abilities were unquestionably top-tier.
A machine and pilot like that could have caused immense trouble even for members of the Steel Dragon Squad, while ordinary cannon fodder would have been utterly helpless against them. Yet Sakura, whose mind had been affected