“DIE RED DRAGON DOGS!!” I roared out with glee. My blue mecha amplified my sound hundreds of times over, causing it to resound gloriously throughout the entire Red Dragon base.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOO!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOO!!!

The sirens began to blare and the chaos immediately intensified as every single Red Dragon gang member mobilized and tried to get to their stations with great urgency.

I fired a few rockets into the base to increase the chaos.

BOOM!! BOOM!!

The thing about emergencies is that they completely reveal the competence and the cohesion of a group. And judging by the absolute absence of out-of-control pandemonium in the Red Dragon base at that moment even with my rocket barrage and a collapsed main building, my speculations were confirmed. That the Red Dragon gang was no street gang which struck gold and somehow managed to grow big.

It was definitely part of a much larger, far better trained group of people.

Yes, the base was in a mess, with almost every single person running around and shouting into their communication devices. But there was great order in the chaos. There was not a single person running around aimlessly, not a single cry of fear, nor for as far as I can see, a single misstep in what looked like a standard emergency response to a sudden attack.

Within moments, the first fighting elements of the Red Dragon gang had separated themselves from the crowd and tried to surround me.

“Three blue mechas and a dozen other smaller vehicles. One mecha with the vehicles up front approaching quickly, and the other two mechas trying to flank me. Very impressive.”I quickly found out their strength and locations through the resonance that I felt with their machines.

My eyes narrowed in concentration and my heart began to pound. The key moment had arrived.

I released my red energy and had them shoot out towards the blue mechas and the vehicles. Within a quick second, I had all of them firmly in my mind. With a single thought, I disabled a key component in the mechas in front of me and to my right.

BOOM! BOOM!

The sounds of two heavy objects impacting the ground came almost simultaneously.

I aimed my grenade launcher in the area in front of me and fired three smoke grenades. And then I promptly turned around and began to dash madly for the forest just beyond the base.

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Behind me, I could sense the final blue mecha immediately dashing after me in pursuit. The vehicles from the main group began to accelerate as well, but they were destined to fail. Track or no track, no vehicle can keep up with the speed of a blue mecha.

CRASH! CRASH! I smashed into the tree line and plowed onwards. I had not gone for more than a few seconds before loud crashes sounded behind me, indicating that the other blue mecha had joined me in the forest.

I grinned. My plan was going rather smoothly.

With my absolute control over my mecha, I was sure that no other mecha of the same grade can ever beat me in a one on one fight. And I was itching to put that confidence to the test. But my rationality fought down that itch savagely.

It wasn’t time to engage in fun comparisons. That could happen later. The most important thing at that moment was to make sure that the Red Dragon gang did not suspect me of having the red mecha core.

I spun and fired a few quick shots at the blue mecha with my energy weapon.

PEW! PEW! BOOM!

Two misses and a hit!

However, the blue mecha pilot was pretty lucky.

He had raised his shield up as he crashed into the forest to protect himself, and had maintained that position since. My shot was actually blocked by his shield!

Damn the mecha pilot really had dog shit luck! But no matter, I didn’t want to destroy him there. I needed to be further away from the Red Dragon base.

I spun around once more and began to go deeper into the forest.

The blue mecha kept himself hot on my heels and occasionally fired a shot or two at me.

However, unbeknownst to him, he had fallen completely into my trap. I actually had him dancing on the palm of my hand.

First, I had disabled his communication and tracking device, so he was actually fully cut off from the rest of the gang.

Second, I had weakened his power routes, so every single weapon and movement module in his mecha was underpowered.

It was pitiful, really. Amelia Dragonos was probably from one of the richest families in the world, but she certainly had the worst mecha pilots. I had weakened his mecha from the very beginning, and he didn’t even notice.

A few moments later, the blue mecha pilot that was chasing after me began to slow down as he finally noticed that there was something seriously wrong with his mecha. I slowed down as well, and maintained the distance between us at a comfortable fifteen meters apart.

“Base, Base! This is Falcon 2. This is Falcon 2. Do you copy? Hello? Base! This is Falcon 2 requesting backup at my location!” I could hear his panicked voice trying to talk to base.

Too late brother! I grinned happily. I had just decided that we were far enough from the main base, and that it would be a great time to absorb this second mecha.

I spun once more, drew my mecha sword and charged at the blue mecha.

“BASE! BASE! I AM ENGAGING THE ENEMY! REQUESTING BACK UP IMMEDIATELY!” I could hear him scream into his comms even as he prepared his shield to block my attack.

Tsk tsk. People should really understand this. The best defence is offence. The only correct response in dealing with an attack from someone with similar strength as you is to counter attack, and counter attack with far more ferocity and savagery as the attacker. Going on defence is definitely the wrong move.

BAM! My sword hit his shield with startling power, much more power than a normal blue mecha could possess.

Of course.

I had the blue mecha core AND a red mecha core in me.

His mecha fell down unceremoniously onto his knees, unable to withstand the pressure I was exerting.

BAM! BAM!

I struck the mecha again and again, and after less than a minute, the mecha was completely destroyed. I quickly absorbed the mecha core and turned around to run deeper into the forest. However, at that moment, a soft voice rang out from behind me.

“You should kill the pilot.” Emma said.