Chapter 2443: Bouncing a Ball
As a Super Robot pilot whose offense relied on roaring and whose victories relied on explosions, Selucius displayed extremely competent control over the finer details before Xiao Ran. Precisely because he was a Super Robot pilot, the high-intensity burst born from unity between pilot and machine allowed him to display fully qualified A-Class Combat Power. For a short time, he did not fall behind Xiao Ran, who was piloting Mazinger Kaiser—but that was all.
For Xiao Ran, there was simply no possibility of any explosive surge of power when Mazinger Kaiser was in his hands. Part of that was due to himself, and part of it was because the machine did not suit him. It was like holding a plain weapon with zero critical-hit chance, its output running along an utterly stable straight line. That so-called burst was only something Xiao Ran forcibly produced through his own technical traits. It was the equivalent of using skills while holding that plain weapon to enhance the attack strength. It had absolutely nothing to do with the weapon itself—the mecha. It was awkward as hell.
Selucius advanced in coordination with his machine, whereas Xiao Ran was basically dragging his machine along behind him. Under such circumstances, it was no longer strange that Selucius could contend with Xiao Ran.
After a series of close-range struggles, Xiao Ran had roughly understood Selucius's machine's speed, agility, output, and so on. He had also formed a rather subjective evaluation of the opposing machine. In that seemingly reckless exchange, which actually demanded considerable attention to operational details, Selucius had held on for so long that Xiao Ran had more or less figured out the limits of his output under those circumstances. With that information in hand, Xiao Ran could guarantee that if Selucius