Charging straight in.
Such an action seemed reckless.
And yet, it was the most appropriate tactic Yu Xiao had chosen, under the precondition of clearly understanding the characteristics of both mobile suits.
After all, as a unit relatively focused on shooting, the Perfect Zeong possessed ferocious firepower.
If they dueled at long range, the balanced-type Tallgeese would surely be unable to gain the upper hand.
But, conversely, if the distance were closed to the point where weapons like beam sabers had to be used for melee combat.
At that time, the comparison of strength would surely be completely reversed.
In other words, it was really just this: close combat is to my advantage!
While thinking this, Yu Xiao pushed the stick further, pulling the Tallgeese’s speed to its maximum.
…But, just as in “Mobile Suit Gundam 00,” that grunt who spoke this line was, before long, instantly killed by the 00 Gundam.
Yu Xiao, holding such a thought, likewise obtained a relatively… regrettable result.
After estimating that it had drawn near the Perfect Zeong, the Tallgeese raised the beam saber in its hand and made a horizontal slash.
However, what it slashed was empty space.
And because of this, the Tallgeese had no time to halt and continued charging forward.
“Dodged it, huh…”
Yu Xiao murmured in a low voice.
As expected of an AI character named after Char Aznable.
Judging by this movement, he would not disgrace the name of the Red Comet.
Of course, Yu Xiao was no longer a rookie who would panic over a single missed strike.
So he merely pushed and turned the stick, maneuvering the Tallgeese into a pivoting turn.
Yu Xiao intended, after turning, to seize the gap in the Perfect Zeong’s movements and use the high-power weapon mounted on the Tallgeese’s right shoulder, the “Dober Gun,” to fire upon it.
If it could not inflict direct damage, at the very least it could serve to restrict the opponent, facilitating his own subsequent actions.
But…
What’s going on, so slow?
Seeing the scene before him, Yu Xiao could not help but think somewhat anxiously.
On the screen, the Tallgeese’s motion of turning back seemed considerably slower than he had anticipated.
That shouldn’t be.
Obviously, relying on the four high-output thrusters on its back, the Tallgeese’s mobility should normally be top-tier even across the entire Gundam series… so why did it feel so sluggish?
Yu Xiao pondered.
Yet a moment later, he grasped it.
But precisely because the Tallgeese’s speed was too fast!
Just like aerial dogfights between supersonic fighter jets in reality.
When a mobile suit’s acceleration breaks through a certain threshold, its turning radius will correspondingly increase.
Not only would efficiency drop, but fuel consumption would rise as well.
In other words, he should not have begun the pivot while maintaining maximum speed.
He should have first used the Super Vernier on its back to jet in reverse for an emergency stop, and only then performed the turning maneuver.
…When he got to use the Tallgeese in battlefield mode, he’d best remember this point.
Yu Xiao thought.
However, before he could finish digesting the experience learned from resolving this one doubt, the next doubt appeared.
After the Tallgeese completed its turn, Yu Xiao again discovered, somewhat astonished, the Perfect Zeong, that conspicuous massive frame… had actually… vanished from his field of view?
Yu Xiao knew that the opponent must have made a further move during the moment he turned, and that now, as long as he searched the surroundings, he should still be able to find its traces…
But… due to the ability possessed by all UC-series mobile suits to release “Minovsky Particles,” a unique particle capable of blocking electromagnetic waves, the Tallgeese’s radar was now in a completely malfunctioning state.
Mapped into the game, it was the same.
So if Yu Xiao wanted to determine the opponent’s position, he could only rely on his own eyesight to search.
But to see accurately amid the vast backdrop of a sea of stars.
How easy a thing was that to speak of?
Of course, since the battle was still ongoing, the enemy’s appearance did not make Yu Xiao wait too long.
The Perfect Zeong soon appeared again before the Tallgeese… in the form of a flying kick.
Bang!
Struck in the abdomen by the Perfect Zeong’s massive foot, the Tallgeese lost balance under the intense impact.
It then spun several times in the cosmos, and only after a good while was it able to stabilize itself with the aid of its attitude-control verniers.
Could this be the legendary Char Kick…?
Facing a simulated AI of Char for the first time, Yu Xiao deeply felt the truth that an MS’s legs were by no means mere decorations.
And then, the Perfect Zeong even separated its arms, remotely operating them via cables still connected to the main body, continuously changing their position while firing at the Tallgeese.
In response, the Tallgeese under Yu Xiao’s control performed continuous barrel-roll maneuvers.
Tumbling up and down in the space of the cosmos, it barely dodged the Perfect Zeong’s unpredictable Mega Particle Cannon attacks.
Of course, Yu Xiao was not without resistance.
But they all yielded little effect.
After all, the opponent had seized the initiative from the very start; to reverse things would require no small amount of effort.
…As expected of funnel weapons, one should say.
Yu Xiao sighed wordlessly.
Even a player of his level found dodging them somewhat strenuous.
He remembered, in the worldview of the Universal Century.
The first large MA equipped with funnels, the “Elmeth,” was called the “Ghost of Solomon” by the Federation Forces of that time because of its elusive all-range attacks.
Right now, he truly did have a sense of déjà vu of fighting a wandering ghost.
In the intervals between intense maneuvering, Yu Xiao could not help but think a little distractedly.
But whether it was a simulated game or a real battlefield, not even a moment of distraction could be permitted.
Seizing the moment when the Tallgeese faltered, the Perfect Zeong grasped the opportunity and opened fire with full force.
Its mouth and abdomen Mega Particle Cannons fired together with its still-floating hands, a total of thirteen particle cannon shots of varying power weaving into a dazzling web of light, firmly locking the Tallgeese within.
Not only that, several of the particle beams struck its frame directly.
Although, protected by the anti-beam coating on its frame, the Tallgeese would not, for the moment, be easily shot down by such an offensive.
…But what it could endure was only for a moment.
If this situation continued, Yu Xiao was clear that his defeat was only a matter of time.
It was practically like a slow death.
How troublesome.
Was there no way left to turn the tide?
Yu Xiao thought with some unwillingness.
Even if it was a method that could not achieve victory, only a draw…
“…Right. That being said, let’s try that.”
And suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.
The controls in his hands also switched templates.
Immediately after, the Tallgeese’s movements, which had been dodging and weaving, came to a halt.
Instead, facing the torrent of firepower the Perfect Zeong poured out, it… without the slightest hesitation, charged right into it?
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