Crisis
The current situation is undoubtedly the same crisis as the one she encountered just now.
Mei looked at the cold and unfamiliar Bronya with a grim expression.
Although Bronya is not as powerful as Welt(Clone) in terms of overall combat ability, with her glasses now taken away, Mei has to defeat Bronya herself...
To be honest, describing it as "difficult as ascending to heaven" is probably the most conservative statement.
Aside from close-range, head-on confrontation, all of Mei's abilities are easily overwhelmed by Bronya.
The presence of Project Bunny has curbed her only advantage over Bronya in close combat.
And these conclusions are based on the analysis of the previous battle.
According to Cocolia, Mei understands that Bronya is now completely an emotionless killing machine.
Compared to the previously unserious Bronya, the controlled Bronya in front of her is undoubtedly more dangerous and difficult to deal with.
Plus, there's also the ignorant Cocolia standing next to her.
This battle is almost impossible to win.
But even so,
It is impossible to retreat.
Seeing the teasing in Cocolia's eyes, Mei knew that this time the opponent would not let her and Kiana escape like before.
So...
"I can only fight."
Mei knew she had no choice but to look stern.
In order to stop Cocolia's plan, protect her hometown, and live safely with the injured Kiana, even with no chance of winning, she could only choose to draw her sword.
"Useless struggle."
Cocolia sneered and commented on Mei's actions. She waved her hand and gave an order to Bronya beside her.
"Bronya, take her down!"
After receiving the order, Bronya raised her head and locked onto Mei with cold, emotionless eyes.
The faint murderous intent emanating from her body seemed to make the air temperature drop several degrees.
Compared to the previous silver-white version, Project Bunny that had appeared to have fallen into a pile of carbon now quietly appeared behind Bronya. The mechanical compound eyes that were synchronized with Bronya glowed.
On the mechanical arm, the close-range combat weapon module emerged, shining under the light.
In the [Black Nucleus] state, Bronya should have used heavy firepower coverage as her main means of combat.
But unfortunately, this is underground.
If too much firepower is used, a collapse could occur and bury them all alive.
Therefore, Bronya judged the surrounding environment as unsuitable for heavy firepower weapons, so she had to choose low-power weapons.
Fortunately, Bronya in the Black Nucleus state originally has a close-combat module.
[Optical camouflage has been activated.]
Accompanied by the cold prompt sound in Bronya's mind, her body slowly disappeared from sight.
"!!!"
Seeing this, Mei was horrified.
Is this... invisibility?!
Having seen this ability in many comic books, Mei looked around in a panic, cursing inwardly. She had no chance of winning against Bronya, and now she had turned invisible. She truly had no chance.
"What should I do..." Mei was anxious upon encountering this unprecedented ability for the first time. Her palms were full of sweat as she gripped the sword's hilt.
The most frustrating thing about invisible enemies is that you can never guess where they are, how they will attack, or when they will strike. In this environment, people's emotions become restless which adds great psychological pressure. Even a short minute becomes psychological torture.
"..."
In her extreme restlessness, Mei didn't collapse. Instead, she calmed herself down after reaching a critical point.
Using the floating method to deal with the sound-based positioning that was usually used to counter invisibility, Bronya's invisibility and stealth were indeed perfect, but it was probably impossible to find any flaws with conventional methods.
But if you think about it,
Why do you have to find flaws to guard against your opponent?
If the opponent has no flaws, then I'll create one.
Thinking of a rough plan in a very short time, Mei took out something she had been carrying.
On the side, Cocolia, who was watching the scene, saw Mei attempting to take something and immediately wanted to order Bronya to stop her.
But after carefully inspecting what it was, Cocolia was confused.
Yes, this was the Salted Tuna Sword, full of slots.
"Is this self-destruction?"
Seeing that Mei wasn't guarding against Bronya but instead chose to take out a salted tuna, even Cocolia with all her knowledge was very confused.
Whether Cocolia was surprised by the sudden appearance of the Salted Tuna or not, Bronya, who had been hiding in the dark and ready to launch an attack, also experienced some emotional fluctuations upon seeing the Salted Tuna.
This directly caused her previously well-concealed breath to become disordered.
This was exactly what Mei wanted.
"Salted Tuna stab!"
After catching Bronya's leaked breath, Mei swung the Salted Tuna sword in her hand without hesitation and activated its special skill.
"Shua!"
In an instant, a huge Salted Tuna emerged from the ground, rushing towards Bronya at a very fast speed.
Everything happened in a very short moment, so even with Bronya's inhuman reaction ability, she couldn't react in time.
It was only thanks to Project Bunny's power that the shield module blocked the Salted Tuna just before it would have struck.
But what was truly outrageous was that the power of the Salted Tuna was so terrifying that even with Project Bunny's strength, it only managed to resist for a moment before the Salted Tuna and Bronya were knocked against the wall with a large sound, causing the wall to tear down!
"...What the hell is this?!"
Because the event happened so suddenly and was beyond imagination, Cocolia was momentarily doubtful.
Why could a Salted Tuna have such strong power?
What's even more outrageous was that the Salted Tuna actually jumped out of the ground.
She'd heard of monkeys jumping out of stones, but never of a salted tuna jumping out of thin air from the ground.
Of course, Mei wouldn't miss this opportunity.
While Cocolia was momentarily confused, Mei grabbed the Salted Tuna and rushed toward Cocolia.
At this point, Cocolia finally reacted. Looking at Mei, she was full of complaints, and her corners of her mouth twitched.
"... Coming directly at me?!"
It would be reasonable for her to be angry.
But seeing Mei holding a Salted Tuna, Cocolia couldn't help but laugh despite herself.
"Alright."
"It's been a long time since I last took action."
Without any fear of Mei approaching, Cocolia grabbed her favorite weapon, which had been prepared and placed aside; Judgment By Dawn.
The broad blue blade possess full of sharp serrations which could easily cut flesh and bone in half.
Effortlessly picking up the heavy Judgment By Dawn, Cocolia smiled slightly.
"Come on!"