Chapter 63: Yuka Passed Out (1)
In the control room, Kenji leaned forward, staring at the screen with a growing sense of excitement in his chest, anticipating Yuka’s demonstration of her true capabilities.
Deep in the no man’s land, Yuka took a deep breath. She raised her mechanical arm, firing two consecutive shots at the swarming parasite insectoids in front of her. The parasites were numerous, and even though Yuka’s shooting was imprecise, as long as she didn’t fire into the sky, she could blast many of them, making them disintegrate into streams of data.
Due to the lack of sufficient cooling time, the barrel of her gun started to overheat. Firing another shot would risk an explosion. The leading parasites had already clung to Yuka’s mechanical legs.
Glancing back at Ayoi and the others, Yuka noticed they had run far away, reaching a safe distance.
Yuka turned and stepped on a parasite trying to crawl past her, then slowly moved to block the path of the others, allowing most of them to climb onto her mecha. The parasites wrapped around the surface of the mecha, forcing their limbs into the joints and causing Yuka’s mecha to tilt and kneel on the street.
"What is she trying to do?" Kenji frowned, pressing his hand on the controller, ready to remind Yuka not to attempt suicide by doing nothing, which would be considered as a negative approach to the test.
In Yuka’s view, her health bar kept dropping continuously, about to hit the last segment.
Boom—Boom—
Two more cannon shots rang out. The parasites blocking the barrel were blasted away, hitting their companions.
The overheated barrel had reached its limit. Yuka forcefully pulled her mechanical arm, directing it towards her cockpit amidst the enveloping parasites.
The parasites on the cockpit slowly turned their heads.