At 23:00, a fierce competition was taking place in the hangar of the Osiris. The two participating parties sat in the cockpits of two "lifeguards" and decided the winner through computer simulation.
"Hit her! Knock her down!"
The contestants control humanoid weapons as if they are actually fighting, and their duel pictures are projected on the hangar screen. The crew all wanted to see who was more powerful, their ace, Sergeant Anton, or the new EU's Captain Charlotte. Naturally, they wanted Anton to win. Firstly, they were all in the same boat. Secondly, Captain Charlotte was too arrogant and everyone wanted to see her defeated.
There was a big bump on Anton's forehead, which was caused by Charlotte's headbutt. He held back his anger without saying a word, determined to take revenge in the mock battle.
As expected, Charlotte only had the upper hand at the beginning, and she was chased by Anton thereafter. Others would have surrendered long ago, but she kept struggling until she was shot down by Anton.
"That's not fair!"
Charlotte got out of the cockpit, pointed to the cockpit where Anton was, and said, "I have defeated you two in the front, and I am not familiar with the Covenant's humanoid weapon operating system!"
"Hey! The eldest lady of the new European Union can't afford it!"
"Who was the person who just said arrogantly that you could beat Sergeant Anton to the ground even if you turned on the lifeguard?"
The crew members burst into laughter. They had already seen the results they wanted, and went back to the accommodation area to rest in groups.
Anton walked out of the cockpit and looked at his defeated Charlotte with pride. Charlotte refuses to accept the request and fight again, but is ignored by Anton.
"I want to compete again! Where is the pilot of the black machine? Ask him to come out and compete with me!"
Charlotte pointed to Unit 2 parked in the hangar, which was the black unit she was talking about.
Miao Haosi, who was following Anton, joked: "Go to bed early, madam, you may get pimples if you stay up late!"
But Anton stopped. He turned to Miao Haosi and said, "Go and call Lin Ao over."
"Eh? Sergeant, do you really want Lin Ao to fight that woman?"
"It would also be good to give Lin Ao multiple training targets."
Just like that, Lin Ao was dragged from the room to the hangar by Miao Haosi. As soon as he entered the hangar, Lin Ao felt the electric gaze from Captain Charlotte.
"Is this the kid?" Charlotte asked Anton.
"Why have you heard about Lin Ao?"
"I heard that the Moore Chamber of Commerce developed humanoid weapons codenamed Ten Swords. One of the black ones is on board the Osiris. I'm curious about how much its driver weighs."
Charlotte knocked away Anton and walked towards Lin Ao, looking at him with interest. Although Charlotte was a beauty, Lin Ao knew her temper and was so scared that he didn't dare to move when he saw her.
Charlotte asked: "Boy, how did you get that black machine?"
Lin Ao was not half as nervous as he was now when he faced the camera in the morning. He felt that Charlotte wanted to eat him and had other agendas. It took me a long time to say:
"Someone else gave it to me..."
"Huh? Someone gave it to you? Why haven't I met such a kind person?"
"A person I know entrusted Unit 2 to me before he died..."
Lin Ao closed his eyes and waited for Charlotte to laugh, but no such thing happened. When he opened his eyes, he saw Charlotte with a serious face. She said to Lin Ao:
"Boy, do you like fighting?"
Lin Ao shook his head: "To be honest, I don't really want to..."
"Then give me that machine, and you can do whatever you want!"
This was obviously an attempt to grab the second machine. Miao Haosi opened his mouth to curse, but Anton covered his mouth. He said to Charlotte: "Aren't you going to fight Lin Ao? If you can beat her, I will let you fly the No. 2 machine."
Charlotte opened her eyes wide. She didn't expect that Anton would readily offer such conditions. And none of the other crew members expressed any objection, even Miao Haosi who wanted to scold someone was honest.
How is this going? Charlotte didn't understand, but she decided to fight first.
"Don't regret it!"
Anton smiled mysteriously: "I'm afraid you won't be able to drive."
Charlotte didn't understand the meaning of Anton's words and only took it as a provocation.
The two entered the cockpit. Lin Ao had only trained on the lifeguard a few times. His familiarity with the system was about the same as Charlotte's, and he had no home field advantage.
The site of the computer simulation is an urban area. Lin Ao knew that Charlotte's combat experience far exceeded his own, and that she was not flying the No. 2 machine now, so he decided to hide in the stadium to avoid exposure.
However, time passed by and Charlotte did not appear. Some of the audience members who had just stayed lost their patience and went back to sleep, and Lin Ao couldn't sit still anymore. He rushed out of the stadium, only to be attacked the first second after he emerged.
Lin Ao was puzzled: "Has Charlotte discovered her hiding place a long time ago!?"
In fact, the reason is very simple. When driving a 20-meter-tall humanoid weapon into the city, many recruits will choose to hide in the stadium.
"It's easier to guess than the computer-simulated enemies!"
Charlotte fought out triumphantly, but Lin Ao's left arm was damaged and had to retreat to the block. But before he could take a few steps, he triggered a trap prepared by Charlotte and his leg was blown off.
"Ha! Do you think I was just waiting for you to show up?"
Charlotte vented her unhappiness by shooting wildly at Lin Ao's body, which was unable to get up. The simulated battle ended in an anticlimactic manner.
Lin Ao walked out of the cockpit and heard only boos. He lowered his head in shame and felt a little scared. He usually didn't mind being defeated when training with everyone, but being defeated by an outsider like Charlotte made him worry about the possibility that he would be killed if he flew a machine other than Unit 2.
Anton was not surprised by this result, but he did not expect that Lin Ao would be killed instantly after showing up. He patted Lin Ao on the shoulder and said: "Tomorrow for the morning run, you will run twice as fast as others."
Lin Ao's legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
Charlotte said proudly: "You're going to let this kid pilot the No. 2 machine? You're really looking for death! Why don't you let me pilot it!"
Anton nodded: "Yes, yes, you win."
"As agreed, give me the No. 2 machine!"
Anton's lips curled up at Unit 2: "If you can start it, go and try it!"
"Isn't it just a machine? What can't be turned on?"
Charlotte entered the cockpit of the No. 2 machine with a look of disdain. She tried to start the machine, but no matter how she operated it, the No. 2 machine did not respond at all.
"What's going on! Is it something bad?"
The others couldn't help laughing when they saw her struggling to start the machine in the cockpit.
"Hahahaha! It's not broken! To tell you the truth, this machine is the same as Thor's hammer. Only people with high moral character can use it, hahahaha!"
Charlotte was furious, blushing the same color as her hair. Only those with high moral character can use it, the system is obviously locked! This kind of situation is rare in the regular army. Even if it is Charlotte's special machine, others can open it if they want. She walked to Lin Ao angrily and wanted to drag Lin Ao into the cockpit. Lin Ao was afraid that Charlotte would force him to start the No. 2 machine and refused to follow her, but he was tripped by Charlotte and carried into the cockpit.
Everyone thought Charlotte wanted Lin Ao to activate the machine and escape, so they ran over to stop her from messing around. But Charlotte jumped into the cockpit and sat down, then let Lin Ao sit on her lap.
"Damn! Are you trying to seduce Lin Ao and steal Unit 2!" Miao Haosi was envious.
"Stop farting on me! Only this kid can pilot this machine, right?"
Seeing everyone nodding, Charlotte continued to curse: "Now that you know, how do you two hundred and fifty people train him in peacetime? At his level, he will be killed very quickly in actual combat!"
"Well..." Lin Ao said: "Actually, I have fought many actual battles, and the number of kills is..."
"Shut up! You are just relying on luck and the performance of Unit 2. Do you know how many people like you I have seen die from complacency and arrogance? Let me teach you how to drive a humanoid weapon!"
