Kato's eyes revealed his astonishment, yet the expression on his face was one of blank confusion. Xiao Ran turned his head, his own face taking on a serious look. Although, as an A-Class Pilot, the enemies before him posed no pressure at all, the necessary seriousness while piloting only a Guardian Type-1 was one of the things this performance required most.
"If you can't take it, grab the seat tight and don't let go." As soon as Xiao Ran finished speaking, he flung the control stick in his right hand to the left. Unit 1 immediately began rolling continuously to the left while maintaining high speed, and Kato instantly felt the whole world start spinning.
The flashing stars and crisscrossing bullets formed a scene of incomparable beauty in Kato's eyes, leaving countless streak-like afterimages in his mind. At the same time, the forces acting on his body from two directions in that instant pinned him against the seatback.
By the time Kato reacted and refocused his attention, which had been scattered by shock and surprise, he saw missiles launching from all parts of the fighter. Trailing long plumes of white smoke, they shot toward the Gamillas formation. Dense waves of missiles spread across his vision, and the white smoke instantly obscured everything ahead.
Kato did not see the fleeting glint in Xiao Ran's eyes. The special effect brought by Quick Lock allowed Xiao Ran to lock onto the maximum number of enemies in an instant and unleash an attack sufficient to cover them. Against over a hundred Gamillas fighters in a frontal engagement, the hundred-odd missiles Xiao Ran released, once dispersed, would not actually pose much of a threat to the enemy.
The dense firepower of the enemy fighters and warships was enough to destroy every missile Xiao Ran had