A simple formation of two BUSTER-MACHINE wingmen, with the Exelion as the mainstay, "slowly" accelerates in the solar system.

Since the length of the first and second aircraft in the split state is about 100 meters, it is really disproportionate compared to the Exelion, which is 7 kilometers, so it is unlikely that they will be able to change to a longer position. And even with the current formation bonus, Noriko Takaya can still feel the violent vibration of the entire body in the aetheric turbulence-

The automatic balancer or gravity control system is now all on standby, which is not a very wise decision, but for Noriko Takaya, who knows that she may still have a little bit of mustard in her heart at the moment, if she can rely on this acceleration tremor to calm herself a little, it is worth the money.

Moreover, according to the report of the DG clone in the "neighborhood", the sister of the second machine next to him seems to have taken the same action as herself. As for the Exelion side in the middle...... Anyway, it has now become a complete unmanned ship, not to mention the mere etheric waves, even if it is directly hit by a few main guns, it is impossible to cause any casualties.

Soon, the acceleration process came to an end.

As has long been marked in the plan, even if it can be speculated that the main battlefield of the battle must be near the orbit of Thunder King, neither Exelion nor GUNBUSTER can directly warp past-

Then, after the self-detonation formation accelerates to a certain fixed sub-light speed, it will gradually switch to a uniform speed, whether according to traditional physics or relativity. Then, naturally, the upper row of the time-stream comparator, the number marked with the objective time of the earth, began to jump wildly.

"Aren't you going to say something? Sister-sama. "It's rare, it's Noriko Takaya who took the initiative to open her mouth.

My sister, who didn't seem to have any emotional entanglements with Roger on this plane, raised her eyebrows slightly, love or something didn't exist in the first place, and Roger wouldn't be directly promoted to immortal after half a year because of some unexpected situation, so even if it had already consumed a full four months in the accelerated voyage just now, so what? However, the question from Noriko is always answered, "Traces of the enemy have been observed, and the current statistics are about one billion or so?" ”

"Will my sister choose to run away too?" Noriko Takaya, who had maintained the conversation with questions again, did not stop moving, and with an ordinary sideways roll, she dodged the first team of high-speed cosmic monsters that seemed to suddenly appear in front of her. This was followed by the incessant return fire of the plasma cannon.

In near-light speed combat, observing the enemy (by optical means) means that the battle begins, so Kasumi Amano is also facing a small force at the front end of the space monster. Beam-like weapon, 360-degree strafing in all directions begins. "So, Noriko, what do you want to know?"

"You decided to stay on Earth, why." The density of cosmic monsters at the forefront of the enemy formation is not large, and the composition is mainly a high-speed type for reconnaissance, but the airborne retraction radar has already marked the dense Exelion-class on the opposite side. Due to the gradual tension of the war, Noriko's side also switched to using the telepathic link as a means of communication.

The number of weapon systems equipped is obviously more than that of the No. 1 machine, but since the small group of battles at the moment is not even a warm-up, so Amano Kasumi, who only used the weakened BEAM weapon from beginning to end, was indeed a little surprised by her junior sister's persistence, so even though the other party asked a question that could be long, she still tried to answer it. "I saw the full record of your mock battle with Jung......"

Noriko Takaya's hands have always been very steady, but the power of the plasma cannon of the No. 1 machine seems to have increased slightly by about thirty percent just now.

But this time, the plane heroine did not continue to ask, but waited for Amano Kasumi to continue to explain.

So, along with the disappearance of thousands of small species of cosmic monsters, explanations are underway.

"You lost that battle."

"Yes."

"But the simulated parameters you used were the raw data of the previous Cizla-Black. On Jung's side, you were forced out of the concept of reincarnation, and the King of Brave was armed. ”

"Before Jung used that equipment, I couldn't hold on."

"But you did block half of the Hammer of Light's attack, using only a single-shot retraction mech. IF YOU CHANGE TO GUNBUSTER......"

"Jung didn't drive either, really, Sizira Black."

"The simulated battle between Kashiwahara and Jung is still at the level of unilateral guidance."

“……”

"That's why I decided to stay on Earth for fifteen more years. Although I should say nobly, staying is so that our alma mater can produce more Sizla troop drivers. ”

"It seems that it is the same as the coach expected."

There are still 500 million kilometers away from the center of the cosmic monster formation.

This was supposed to rush in at once, but probably because of Noriko Takaya's half of the sentence "as the coach expected", Amano Kasumi subconsciously slowed down the speed of the second machine, and the result was essentially a reenactment of the "sister-sama hesitation scene" in the original book of the so-called plane.

On the side of the unmanned ship Exelion, the sirens sounded.

Since the escort distance has been extended by billions of kilometers less than when it was first encountered, the density of cosmic monsters around the self-detonation formation has now increased by several orders of magnitude. So just a slight distraction on my sister's side, the originally relatively tight and stable Exelion's outer defense line was torn open. If it weren't for the emergency change of the plasma cannon strafing mode of the No. 1 machine, maybe the opposite cosmic monster would really be able to inflict a real blow on Exelion for the first time.

Next, slightly different from the original book, the No. 2 machine piloted by Kasumi Amano only temporarily slowed down, and did not directly take reverse jet to prepare for a U-turn. Therefore, after the 1st aircraft launched a timely compensatory attack, the BUSTER 2 aircraft seemed to wake up from a dream at the same time, and the engine doubled and returned to the escort formation in just a few seconds.

The Cosmic BEAM weapon was activated again, and Exelion's defense crisis was instantly lifted.

"Roger coached him, what did he predict?" Among the spiritual links, this time it was Kasumi Amano who took the initiative to provoke the topic.

"There are still 450 million kilometers left, and the super Exelion class is beginning to appear." Noriko Takaya's voice sounded in the communicator, not deliberately ignoring her sister's problem, but mainly so that the records of this operation could not be faulted. The next few sentences are said in the spiritual link, "The coach has said more than once that my sister's seriousness, if no one corrects it in time, it is always easy to use the wrong place." ”

As if to add convincing power to the lines of the first heroine of the plane, the first super Exelion-class cosmic monster that rushed straight over was decisively hit head-on by the plasma cannon, and before it had time to release the light bullet dimensional knife or other offensive weapons or techniques, it was martyred one after another, and the nearby cruiser class was also affected.

For Noriko Takaya, this was just a seemingly ordinary standard direct shot, but from Amano's vantage point, she could clearly see that the enemy on the opposite side had not only sacrificed the dimensional gravity double shield, but also made at least three temporary orbit changes on the seemingly gapless dive route. Theoretically, not to mention a plasma cannon with a "bullet" flying speed much lower than the speed of light, even a standard laser main gun may be easily dodged by the opponent.

But Noriko Takaya seemed to have simply pressed the firing button lightly, and the over-Exelion-class that was being targeted was unluckily scattered into cosmic fireworks.

This is definitely not only explained by "AI correction", but even "DG clones with extremely high computing power secretly help each other".

But before Kasumi Amano could turn her questions into words, the explanation of the plane heroine had already been transmitted in advance, "In my memory, my sister has never been a person who loses confidence in herself because of a momentary setback. ”

yes, you're right. I'm only being overtaken by you for the time being, if only I have enough time, if I can work harder than before......

Kasumi Amano's heart still didn't get a chance to be vented this time, because those heartfelt words from Noriko Takaya still continued: "But, like Coach Roger, I actually want to know that what my sister firmly believes in is her future self or her current self?" ”

Your future self? Who you are now?

Is there a difference between the two?

Of course, there is!!

The head that was originally slightly lowered suddenly raised, and his senior sister's usual standard and strong words were hitting the bull's-eye at the moment.

"It seems that I really am still on the tip of the horns." Under the butterfly-like binding of the yellow headband as always, the long ponytail also swayed slightly.

The most gorgeous excuses are still excuses after all.

Considerate and proper admitting defeat is always admitting defeat.

If you fool yourself into thinking that if you just change to a few steps slower for the time being, and then run again after proper adjustment, even if you can catch up with the speed of those guys in front of you again, the distance that will gradually be pulled away in the whole process will still only get bigger and bigger!

When did this ordinary, junior high school math "pursuit problem" example style evasion silently verify its weakness?

The BEAM of the second BUSTER machine was turned on at full power, and the cosmic monster exploded and fell like rain, but it still couldn't alleviate the wavering in Amano's heart.

I'm used to taking the unyielding mask for self-protection, and when it's dismantled in front of me, it's really unpleasant.

BUSTER II, BEAM weapons, power increased again?!

No, this is a different set of weapons systems of the same type that have not been used before.

The second, third, and even eighth super-Exelion-level cosmic monsters were all wiped out in an instant under the "ordinary" cross-cannon fire of the twin-shot BEAM.

"If you have to force me to catch up with you here, Noriko, you're a complete blackmailer!"

There are still 370 million kilometers away from the core of the cosmic monster formation.

Noriko Takaya didn't answer the sentence just now, so on the second plane, which gradually grabbed the main attack position, Kasumi Amano's murmur that seemed to be talking to herself continued, "...... So, did Coach Roger also say that if I continue to be depressed, I may lose the battle that won in the original book? ”

"No, only on this point, the coach has emphasized it." She didn't rush to grab the kill numbers with her sister, and Noriko Takaya, who temporarily retreated to the auxiliary attack position, freely used four plasma cannons to kill the cosmic monsters that barely escaped the strafing of the second machine BEAM without any omission. "This battle will definitely be won."

"Yes...... Is that so? ”

"Yes, my sister. Although the coach didn't continue, I could hear it. Even if Kashiwahara and Jung are used, even if he himself goes into battle again in person, this absolute defensive battle of the solar system will definitely win, and it will definitely win. ”

"Well, after all, we're just, the first batch."

"No, not the first, the only one. This is a battle that belongs only to GUNBUSTER, and we can't give it to anyone else! ”

“……”

In Amano's silence, the BUSTER No. 1 returned to the main attack direction at some point.

This time, several, dozen, nay, even hundreds or even hundreds of super-Exelion-level cosmic monsters were all crushed by a single blow from a mere "ordinary" plasma cannon.

That is, the extremely strange in the eyes of Kasumi Amano, Noriko Takaya who was completely serious.

It's like, it's Coach Roger, who is riding thousands of horses in the Exelion return battle.

"Therefore, I have long made up my mind that even if it is only me, no matter if I am alone, I will definitely rely on my own efforts to win this victory!"

No, it's not just a scrappy, just like Coach Roger.

The massive amount of data that was instantly transmitted by the DG clone carried by the second machine and almost instantly submerged Amano Kasumi was not only electromagnetic fields, gravitational fields, dimensional faults, and subspace signals......

Everything, the bright red contrasting value, is already above the original Roger.

"So, my sister. No, Kasumi Amano. ”

Not tentatively, but with a standard of incomparably straightforwardness.

"You're going to fight with me, together, right?!"

Always, always, it's like this, it doesn't make sense, it's straightforward.

There are still 290 million kilometers away from the core of the cosmic monster formation.

"I know the truth, Noriko." He didn't look up, but it was clear that his eyes had refocused on the course he was heading for.

"Let's fit together!"

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, sister!"