(o) The Machine God Is Dead
"..."
Since he had a definite target and sensed something was amiss, the Machine God—who didn't quite believe anyone could dismantle a Gundam with their bare hands—naturally planned to meet the little girl whose "stats" seemed to be overflowing.
However, as the Machine God, the only deity in this world and its master, he had no need to go in person and intervene directly. He only intended to run a brief simulation and see what was going on.
After all, having to personally "descend" and live through an entire lifetime every time was far too much trouble. Billions upon billions of years ago, he had created a simulator to model his "descent" onto a planet, where he would lead humanity or the machine race to unite the galaxy. If he was satisfied with the result, he would have his system—the Heavenly Dao—carry it out according to the simulation. He only needed to send a wisp of his divine consciousness. There was no need to personally go through a long, repetitive life.
This time, he planned to do the same.
So, with a wave of his hand, his system conjured a dazzling screen before him.
"Now then..."
"I'll set that little girl as the target and simulate an encounter. Let's get a rough idea of her strength first."
"Begin!"
Soon, after he specified the target, the system—the Heavenly Dao—started running its first simulation on the dazzling screen before him:
[Preparing to begin simulated deduction...]
[Deduction begins...]
[Great God of Mecha Pilots, you discover that the stats of a little girl named Annie, a "chosen mecha pilot," show signs of overflow. You therefore plan to descend in person and make contact.]
[You take the form of a wisp of divine consciousness possessing a substitute...]
[In the