Chapter 4: Peerless (I)
"Since Shirley's melee combat is exactly my shortcoming, let's use missiles to distance myself at first." Catherine calculated as she activated the missile burst on her left shoulder. And at this moment, Shirley actually rushed directly towards Catherine.
"Front?!" Looking at Shirley's head-on charge without dodging, Catherine was a little puzzled for a moment, "What does this guy want to do?" Obviously she saw me turn on the missile device, isn't she worried about being hit? β
The ever-changing battlefield left Catherine with no time to take care of so many minor issues, and five missiles were fired directly at Shirley. If she doesn't dodge, the orange-haired girl will inevitably be hit by a missile. In the face of an imminent threat, Shirley took out the Zagu machine gun in her left hand at this time.
"Beanie gun? Sniping a missile with a physical bullet? Catherine stared blankly at Shirley's actions, becoming more and more unable to understand how many strange tactics this roommate had all day and night, "Even if it can really hit, but the physical bullet is too slow, it will still be ...... by the blast wind"
However, before she could finish thinking, the next moment, Shirley made a move that made everyone jaw-dropping. The machine gun that she had held in her hand was thrown directly forward, along with a grenade.
"Bang!" With the explosion of the grenade, the machine gun was exploded in an instant, and the bullets in the magazine flew out in all directions.
"Bang! Bang! "There was a series of explosions, and all but the first of the five missiles that Catherine had fired before were detonated by scattered bullets, except for the first one that exploded with a grenade.
"Whoosh-" Without the slightest hesitation, Shirley piloted the mech directly through the smoke screen of the explosion, and quickly approached in Catherine's direction. Catherine did not panic in the face of the menacing Shirley, nor did she have the intention of dodging, but aimed her head at Shirley, and dozens of bullets on both sides of her head were fired in an instant. She knew very well in her heart that although the mecha was protected, the bullet still had a certain killing and diversion effect.
"Ding Ding Ding-" The bullets that hit Shirley's body were indeed bounced off by the mecha one by one, but her body still shook a little. However, Shirley still stubbornly charged at her opponent, and in an instant she was already in front of Catherine.
At such a close distance, continued use of physical bullets could be affected by ricochets, so Catherine immediately changed her attack pattern and raised her beam rifle. As if unaware that she had been locked onto by the beam rifle, Shirley's thermal axe shone red and slashed decisively at Catherine. Suddenly, the image seemed to freeze, except for the severed axe and the green beam of light shooting from the rifle.
"W-" As the thermal axe fell, the green beam hit the side of the axe, as if Shirley had cut it off with her axe. Catherine, who couldn't retreat, was slashed by the axe blade on her left shoulder, and the missile launcher was cut off her left shoulder, flying far away before falling to the ground with a loud bang.
"Did you get crooked because of that gun's beam?" Shirley changed her left hand and moved her right wrist, slightly disappointed, "The first knife failed, and it will be difficult to handle it later." β
And Catherine directly pulled the distance farther away at this time, Shirley's style of play was too bad, which made her who was good at long-range shooting a little unbearable. She couldn't help but complain: "Are you crazy? Even if you're good at close combat, but you're so desperate to sprint head-on, are you so sure I can't hit you? β
"I've had a lot of luck since I was a child." Shirley grabbed the thermal axe with her right hand again, seemingly completely unaware of the danger of the right talent, "So, it's not that you're sure you can't hit me, but that I'm sure I won't be shot." β
Her tone was full of naΓ―ve confidence, not contrived or adulterated at all, and there was an inexplicable convincing power.
"Luck?" Catherine thought of the previous process from detonating a missile to an axe slashing beam, if this was calculated, others might have it, but Shirley was not a character who would calculate like that, so she couldn't help but believe her statement a little, "Fight with strong luck?" It's the first time I've heard of it. β
She couldn't help but smile bitterly, if this was the case, then there was really no chance of winning. Who can say for sure when it comes to luck? But Catherine always felt that Shirley was not as simple and innocent as she seemed on the surface. When you think about it, it doesn't seem surprising to say that everything just now was just a pre-planned tactic.
Whether it's the strength rating on the data sheet or the quick wins in the previous games, it shows that Shirley must have something in her that Catherine hasn't explored. It seems that trying to win this game is not as easy as expected.
But, so what? Shirley was sure that she would not be hit, but Catherine was sure that she would win.
"Not quite." Shirley raised the thermal axe in her hand, and the blade of the axe glowed with a bright red light as if it had been burned, shining in her clear eyes, "After all, I have trained hard - but at critical moments, luck beyond ordinary people can always save my life." β
"So? However, just as you are so sure that you will never be shot, I am also very sure that you will hit the target. After all, I've been trained hard and rigorously. Catherine raised the beam rifle in her hand and faced Shirley without flinching, but the delicate face of another girl came to mind.
Saber, let me see if I'm qualified to fight alongside you!
"Hehe, Sister Yi looks really beautiful when she gets serious, so let me understand it." Shirley said no more, and stared at Catherine unceremoniously, her eyes showing a fervent fighting spirit that was completely different from her usual natural dullness.
The unparalleled shooting, and the natural strong luck, like a spear and a shield, cannot exist at the same time, and can only be entangled with death and win the battle. However, it may only be who is more confident in themselves to decide which side is stronger.
"The missile launcher of the wing is gone, and the bullets of the automatic gun have been used up a lot just now, only the beam rifle and the railgun on the right shoulder are left." Nagisa stared at the changes in the situation on the field, silently estimating Catherine's remaining combat power, "Due to her weak melee ability, the beam sword is estimated to be useless, so it will not be considered for the time being." β
"Shirley still has two grenades, two explosive bombs, and the main weapon should still be a thermal axe. Hawkers, it's comparable, Shirley has a slight advantage in being good at melee combat, but Tsubasa seems to have more combat experience than her? It's hard to say how it turned out. Shouzuru, who was sitting next to Nagisa, also calculated what Shirley would do next.
At this moment, the two people in the field were facing each other motionless, and they were well aware of themselves and the remaining number of each other's armed forces. At this point, it is more accurate to say that it is not so much a contest of combat ability between the two sides, but a game that requires luck.
Sure enough, such a stalemate is not in my style. Sister Yi, I'm sorry, but we'd better make a quick decision. Before she could finish speaking, Shirley took out a bomb from her back and threw it at Catherine. The bomb slices through a parabola, eventually hovering below Catherine.
"Don't get too close to the bottom." Catherine glanced at the blaster below. She knew that there were two conditions for the explosion of this explosive bomb, either when the enemy approached or when the owner detonated it on his own.
Shirley's movements did not stop at all, and she directly raised her axe and rushed towards Catherine, who immediately raised her beam gun to meet it, and the green beam was aimed at the oncoming Shirley and was ready to attack. However, at the moment of launch, the beam that had locked onto the target flew into the distance with an extremely slight deviation from Shirley's body.
"Hey, it's not a bit of luck." Rao is well-informed, and after Nagisa saw that several beams of light had failed, he was still slightly shocked and pouted, "It's a foul!" β
"No, that's Shirley's strategy." Shoutsuru immediately shook his head and denied Nagisa's claim.
"Strategy? Shirley's? "Although I don't know each other, because it's Tsubasa's opponent and roommate, Nagisa still did some research on the orange-haired girl in the field. It was hard for him to imagine that such a girl would think about strategy.
"You don't know if you haven't been in the desert, beam weapons are blocked in the desert. The reason is simple, due to the uneven density of the air, the scattering and refractive index of the beam in the desert are high, making it difficult to aim. Shoutsuru explained the secret of Shirley's incredible gliding of the beam, "Actually, the five missiles that Shirley detonated by her luck just now changed the density of the air in that area to a certain extent, so as to achieve an environment similar to that in the desert, but the duration is limited, so you can only use it once." β