"Which mecha will Dingchuan Academy's second contestant choose?"
Amid the chatter below the stage, Gornia War Academy had already sent out a brightly colored mecha. Its appearance could hardly be called attractive; if anything, it was rather ugly.
The mecha resembled a fish-man from mythological tales, with a seemingly ferocious head and densely packed aqua-blue launch tubes along both sides of its gills.
Its entire body was covered in armor like brown fish scales, while its arms resembled the ugly, pustule-covered skin of a toad. The translucent, bubble-like protrusions made everyone who noticed it... unable to forget the sight.
"This should be Tianhuo Weapons Company's specialty model..."
Someone on the mecha team clearly recognized it. After frowning and pondering for a while, he spoke uncertainly.
"You mean Clownfish? Someone actually chose that bizarre mecha with such difficult controls? I remember Tianhuo Weapons Company nearly canceled its production, didn't they?"
"They officially canceled it six months ago. Clownfish's Floating Shuttle attacks require precise four-line control, which means the pilot must be highly proficient at mid-range combat. But this is also a close-combat mecha. It has to move along the trajectories of its floating shuttles to achieve that surging, back-and-forth charge state."
"With controls that difficult and an appearance that ugly, it was doomed to fail on the market."
Gu Yunyou stood leisurely where he was, commenting to himself.
"How do you know so much about it? And shouldn't you normally be at least a third-year student by your age? Yet you're hanging around in the first year and even joined the mecha competition team. What does that mean to you?"
"Red Cat" Jess had always found himself inexplicably annoyed by this young student, who constantly acted so calm and composed around him.
To put it bluntly, perhaps he simply hated the