death of hope

Chapter 1082 "Psionic Storm" (155) "Sengoku Foot Soldiers ProMax" Combat Mech

Unit 2 arrived quickly to provide support; it was a "Sengoku Footwear ProMax" manufactured by Nagoya Denki.

This one is noticeably lighter and faster. The previous "Unit 1" had heavy armor and powerful firepower, and was mainly used for fire suppression. This one is a close-combat specialized type, and its mechanical model is closer to human.
The "Sengoku Ashigaru ProMax" mech boasts elegant and fluid lines, with thin armor that is still sufficient to withstand individual weaponry. Its power source has been upgraded from a gas turbine to a diesel-electric hybrid drive.

The lightweight materials and ingenious joint design give it unparalleled maneuverability and agility. The mech is equipped with scaled-up melee weapons with distinctively Japanese characteristics, and the crew members are all masters of Japanese martial arts.

"Teihara! We're waiting for you to make a name for yourself!" Higashiyama Ruriko encouraged her subordinates over the radio.

"Mission accomplished, boss!"

The speaker was the commander of "Unit 2," Hidetora Tsubakihara. He was a master of spear fighting from the "Hozoin School," and had won every battle in various martial arts tournaments. He had only suffered one defeat in his life, which was against Yang Shanhe, the eldest disciple of the "Yang Family Spear Technique." He was rarely matched in the martial arts world.

After being rehired by the company with a high salary, Hidetora Teihara underwent training to become a mecha pilot. His weapon was still the familiar Sengoku period retro spear, but it was replaced with a huge one suitable for mechas, and he also had a samurai sword that was enlarged to the same proportion as a secondary weapon.

Unlike the previous hesitant and indecisive locomotive commander, Hidetora Teihara was an extremely warlike martial arts fanatic. Upon seeing the locomotive being instantly defeated, he concluded that the psychic was an unparalleled master. Instead of fear, he was excited and eager to try, thinking that if he could defeat the locomotive, he would have made a great contribution to the company and gained immense wealth and glory.

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The "Sengoku Foot Soldiers ProMax" mech began its run-up from a distance, and when it was still several hundred meters away from the target, it assumed its battle stance, displaying the ultimate technique (finishing move) of the Japanese "Hozoin-ryu Spear Technique": "Piercing Thrust Through Armor".

This profound technique abandons all defense, disregards personal safety, and gains absolute piercing kinetic energy in exchange for a single, fatal blow, perfectly aligning with the samurai's fanatical culture of "special attack" and "death mania."

The combat mechs, weighing hundreds of tons, charged and thrust with spears as big as telephone poles, accompanied by the sound of iron feet pounding the ground and the whooshing of the wind. Their momentum was so fierce that it seemed they could pierce through the entire research institute building. Such a powerful attack, used on a delicate blonde girl, was almost unbearable to watch.

"Yuna-neechan! Run!" Toshio screamed in fright.

"Damn pointy ears! Let her go!" Li Ang roared hoarsely.

The ancient evil god of the Dark Enchantress Clan whispered in Yuna Jinguji's ear, further harassing and controlling her mind:
"The company wants to kill you and use your body for research. Other companies, the Federation, and those who claim to care about you and love you are all deceiving you! They all want to use you, to exploit your talent, to achieve their own ambitions! There is nothing left in this world worth your concern! So... embrace the darkness!"

Use the skills I bestow upon you to carve a bloody path! Follow in the footsteps of the Enchantress Queen to the dark city of Comoros, and arrive at my temple.
I,
The Great God of Hatred
Mephisto Nyarlathotep…

It will give you…

Mercy and liberation!

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Yuna Jinguji's eyes were vacant, completely ignoring the shouts of Li Ang, Junxiong and the others. Like a puppet on strings, she raised her hand towards the charging mech.

The psychic talent was transformed into dark spiritual power by the surging malice, which rapidly condensed and compressed in the air, like a huge piece of pitch-black paper.

This seemingly thin and fragile piece of paper headed towards the super alloy spearhead of the Hozoin-ryu spear technique, "Piercing Thrust," which was said to be able to break through all defenses.

The martial arts techniques passed down for thousands of years, the mad killing instincts of the controllers, and the combat mechs forged by the powerful industrial capabilities of Terran humans—all of this is meaningless in the face of this primordial dark force, which is older than the Big Bang.

The 'psychic paper' sliced ​​through the chromium-molybdenum alloy gun head, which had a hardness exceeding 85 HRC, as easily as a hot knife cutting through wax. It then cleaved through the gun shaft made of polymer material.

Faced with this pure power, the mech's composite armor and alloy frame were as fragile as rotten wood gnawed by maggots for a hundred years; when the metal was cut, it emitted a teeth-grinding scraping sound.

The upper half of the mecha froze for a moment in an eerie way, then smoothly moved and landed, leaving an incredibly smooth cross-section. It then slammed hard onto the ruins of the research institute. The mecha's legs also quickly lost their balance and fell over, kicking up a cloud of dust.

When the smoke and dust cleared up a bit, it became clear that all three pilots in the mech's cockpit had been brutally severed at the waist, with sticky internal organs spilling all over the ground.