In a single clash between Great Mazinger and Black Getter, the black Getter suffered severe damage. In that instant, the strength Great Mazinger displayed even left Ryoma Nagare incredulous. He had never expected Tetsuya's power to improve so dramatically after such a short separation.
And it was obvious that being able to cripple Black Getter with a single exchange meant that, during the time before Black Getter fought Great Mazinger—when Great Mazinger had faced both Black Getter and Mazinger Z alone—Great Mazinger had still been concealing its true strength.
Even Xiao Ran could not help but sigh inwardly when he saw Great Mazinger strike Black Getter, cracking its armor all over and setting off bursts of explosions across its body. I never expected Tetsuya and Great Mazinger to grow this strong in such a short time. Had he been hiding his strength all along, or had they received some kind of enhancement over the past few days?
Now, Black Getter was too damaged to remain airborne. Under Ryoma Nagare's strained control, it could only slowly descend to the ground trailing black smoke. The explosions erupting from its body were still under control. After all, Tetsuya had not truly intended to destroy the black Getter. Every attack had deliberately avoided its real vital point: the head.
Thus, Ryoma Nagare himself had not suffered any injury from Great Mazinger's assault. That was the real reason Xiao Ran had merely watched without taking action.
Xiao Ran wondered whether, without his involvement, this battle would still have happened according to the course this world was meant to follow. Would Ryoma Nagare truly have been taken away by Tetsuya? And what changes would that bring to what followed? It was precisely because he did not understand any of this that Xiao Ran had ultimately chosen