"Ingram's prized recruit... tsk tsk."
In his sights, a black mech silently stepped out.
"I'll crush you bit by bit..."
Kazuo Kotaro wore a mocking smile as he lowered the 3D optical sight.
However, before he could finish speaking, a massive shield came crashing into his field of vision.
In his view, the shield grew larger and larger, hurtling straight at his face with unstoppable force.
Kazuo Kotaro was instantly enraged.
It actually wouldn't even give him a chance to finish talking.
Who did it think he was!
Even Ingram and Han Qianyun, those outstanding young talents, would not dare treat him like this.
Kazuo Kotaro's furious gaze locked onto the Extreme Soldier. The Albatross spread the wings on its back, and the slender, ornate rifle in its hands fired a dazzling beam of white light.
The white light collided with the black silhouette, yet the scene he had expected—of the shield being blasted away—did not occur.
With a tremendous bang, a ring of compressed air burst in midair. Yet the rapidly spinning shield only trembled slightly before continuing along its original arc, violently piercing through the air toward the ground.
"How is that possible?!"
Shocked and astonished, Kazuo Kotaro slammed a hand onto the control panel. The white Albatross instantly shot up from its original position.
Boom!
The shield tore through the air at an angle and plunged straight into the soil.
The wisps of green smoke rising from it told the story of what had just happened.
Hovering in midair, the Albatross looked at the Extreme Soldier in the distance, still holding its throwing pose, as a vicious voice rang out.
"You actually..."
"Shut up. I hate that kind of name."
Mu Fan's calm voice came through. From the moment he learned of the Dark Curtain, whoever it