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Chapter 18 - Chapter 018: A Grenade That Can Even Melt Metal?

Several mechanical spiders pouncing over were again slain by A2.

It was under her cover that the man she had invited to this world emerged from his shattered armor.

Looking at his condition, numerous metal fragments had pierced his body and were forcibly pulled out by him. The depth and amount of bleeding looked extremely dangerous.

"I'll send you back immediately."

"No, if you send me back now, I'm afraid I'll die even faster."

He urgently replied, somewhat breathlessly, and then violently coughed up blood.

But it was precisely these words that made A2 stop her finger, which was about to press the return button.

A2 now remembered that when he arrived in this world, judging from the marks on his body, he had clearly been fighting something on the other side.

Sending him back with injuries like these would accelerate his death?

This indicated that his situation in his original world was even worse than now!

So, A2 didn't say anything more and continued to clear away the attacking mechanical spiders, while he was easing his injuries, seemingly regaining some strength.

At this moment, a crimson laser hit the giant machine, striking the hole he had dug out.

At the source of the light beam, A2 saw another aircraft, a YoRHa unit's aircraft, piloted by 9S.

He was sniping, trying to further enlarge the hole that had been damaged.

Unfortunately, this strike didn't seem to cause much damage, because before it shot into this wound, numerous spiders had already covered it, significantly reducing the laser's power.

The next second, A2's expression changed drastically because the giant robot's chest released a large number of energy balls and missiles, which posed a huge crisis for her and him on the ground at such close range.

However, a unit quickly flew over, and she and he were carried into the sky together. Their vision spun as the fighter jet evaded energy balls and missiles.

The person who saved them was 2B.

To be precise, her original purpose seemed to be just to save him, but because he suddenly rushed to his side and grabbed her, she was also saved along with him.

As for why the YoRHa person wanted to save him, it was of course because he was human in 2B's view, and the mission of androids was to serve humans.

"The weak point is that hole I just dug out, right, Miss 2B?"

"According to scan results, inside is indeed this super giant machine's weak point. Just destroy the protective device inside, and its power system can be destroyed."

While answering, 2B, piloting the fighter jet, had already aimed the jet's gun at the hole after finishing most of the evasive maneuvers, and pressed the trigger again, bullets pouring out frantically.

"Is there only that one layer? Just destroy it and it's done?"

Ejie, with one hand gripping the side of the pilot seat to stabilize himself, narrowed his eyes to look at the image in a window popped up from the fighter jet—the image showed the hole he had poked with his chainsword.

About five meters deep inside, there was something like a huge metal ball.

"Yes."

"Good, please cover us and drop me and A2 down."

Saying this, he also handed something to A2.

"This is a melta bomb. I'm not sure if its power can be fully exerted here, but if it can, destroying that layer of defense shouldn't be a problem."

"Melta bomb?"

A2 looked at the grenade-like object in her hand, which appeared to be one size larger than a normal grenade.

Could just one such bomb destroy the defensive device that even 9S's laser couldn't shake?

"I refuse your proposal!"

2B unhesitatingly rejected his battle plan, not because she didn't believe in the power of the bomb-like device in his hand, but because she didn't want him to risk his life again.

Especially with his current injuries—although they seemed to have healed somewhat, they were still quite serious, and one mistake could really cause death.

"Overruled, I reject your rejection~"

"9S, take over cover support, remotely operate my fighter!"

Leaving these words, 2B, her expression changing drastically, unhesitatingly jumped out of the cockpit, closely following that human who had jumped out.

Yes, when he was speaking, he immediately jumped out, and A2 did the same.

The two also chose a very good timing—when the fighter jet was just rolling over to the giant machine's back.

The reason for not evading far from the giant machine was that distance would make it easier for the opponent to unleash full firepower; when entangled, it would be harder for the opponent to deploy a large amount of firepower for attacks.

"You're really putting me in a difficult position~"

As 9S's complaint came through the communication, he immediately took over 2B's fighter, providing covering fire and clearing spiders trying to interfere.

Thus, under cover, the three successfully landed on the giant machine.

2B mainly followed this human, her current mission being to protect him.

.....

[Fallen Saint Black Cat: Ah, he must be Golden Toilet!]

Such a statement suddenly popped up in the chat group.

[Whisperer: Golden Toilet?? Who?

Dr. Kouzuki: Interesting, he's the one invited by A2, and turns out to be male]

So far, all group members had been female, and now a male appeared, which indeed made Yuuko Kouzuki find it interesting.

Was it a coincidence that all previous invitees were female?

Or was it deliberately arranged this way?

And as the only male so far, he should have something special, right?

Well, he did indeed seem extraordinary at present; despite such injuries, some wounds had already stopped bleeding and even healed.

This kind of self-healing and regeneration could truly be described as miraculous.

So, what kind of biological technology could achieve this level?

Furthermore, injury and self-healing must consume considerable energy, yet he, who didn't look to be in very good condition, had action capabilities no less than when wearing armor.

Was he even more powerful after abandoning the armor?

No, it was just better flexibility, which created such an illusion.

Climbing on such a giant machine, that heavy equipment couldn't be fully utilized.

Now, after shedding the heavy metal blocks, it was easier to move around on this giant machine.

It seemed there was no suspense; they were approaching the hole he had dug out earlier.

If his grenade was special enough to destroy the interior in one go, then the goddess of victory was already beckoning to him.

When they all reached the hole, he and A2 quickly threw in the grenade-like devices through the path cleared by the recently shot laser.

The moment it hit the internal defense device, it released intense flames, and the defense device melted rapidly like foam material being burned by fire.

This grenade was a bit beyond imagination; considering that the laser hadn't caused much damage, the energy released by the grenade melted it.

And then, so suddenly, the livestream screen instantly turned white.

This startled Yuuko Kouzuki, but she immediately understood what had happened.

Most likely, the core power had exploded.

The question was whether it was the explosion caused by the grenade, or a self-destruction.

If the latter, it would be much more serious, with power definitely far exceeding the former.

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