Thirty seconds later, Xiao Ran found Cruz's AS, the one carrying the sniper rifle. In the three-man team of Sousuke Sagara, Melissa Mao, and Cruz, all three were among the best AS pilots in the world. However, Melissa Mao and Sousuke Sagara were better suited for assaults and frontal combat, while Cruz specialized in sniping.
Cruz was also the most flippant and least serious of the three. When Xiao Ran's AS appeared before him, and after several close-range shots fired under the premise of a training exercise were all dodged by Xiao Ran, Cruz simply threw away his weapon and controlled his AS to lie flat on the ground, shamelessly choosing to surrender.
Only after Xiao Ran drove his machine away again did Cruz breathe a sigh of relief and wipe the sweat from his face. Xiao Ran had dodged several close-range attacks in succession. They were clearly piloting the same M9 model, and he knew this was only an exercise, yet Xiao Ran's machine standing before him had already placed immense pressure on him.
After Cruz lay on the ground and surrendered completely, Xiao Ran did not continue dealing with him. Instead, he went to find the last one, Sousuke Sagara. The reason he had saved Sousuke Sagara for last was because he wanted the pressure and psychological burden on him to gradually build throughout the process.
His merciless attack on Melissa Mao had been for the same reason. Besides that, Xiao Ran also wanted to display his formidable combat power to Sousuke Sagara and all of Mithril. Next, he would ruthlessly force Sousuke Sagara to use the λ-DRIVER.
Cruz's rather embarrassing behavior surprisingly did not provoke anger in the lounge. This was especially true for Mithril's Technicians, who were extremely grateful that Cruz had sensibly lain down on