After selecting their loot, the two Siren girls brought back all the blueprints and so Teigu.
These would be handed over to the Engineering and Bio departnts for study and improvent, with plans to produce mass-manufactured versions.
For most people, the teleportation function of Dinsional Formation was especially practical.
As for the weapon-type Teigu, shipgirls and Spirits might not need them, but ordinary humans could be equipped in larger numbers.
After their gene ascension, both Gudako and the Demon Slayer team had physical attributes far surpassing normal humans.
They could easily handle the strain of using multiple Teigu at once.
Once the loot was distributed, Setsuna turned his attention to the massive black ch.
The National Defense Machine God.
In the original Aka ga Kill story, the Little Emperor had been tricked by the minister into using it at the end, causing a lot of trouble for the revolutionaries.
As for its supposed "godlike power"...
Didn't really see it.
Maybe the natives equated 'godlike' with 'able to blow up a mountain in one shot.'
"National Defense Machine God? The na is impressive, but... it's kind of ugly."
The shipgirls all looked up at the giant hulk.
Made entirely of black tal, its enormous cape draped over its sides and back.
Its head was shaped like a square skull with a crown forged in tal and embedded with a giant red gemstone.
Its shoulders and head were fitted with what looked like energy emitters.
"Only soone with royal blood can pilot the National Defense Machine God. It's the ultimate weapon forged from a fusion of alchemy and Teigu."
Najenda and Esdeath looked at the ch with awe.
Their knowledge of it was mostly hearsay.
The thing was always locked away by the minister, and even the Emperor could barely get near it, let alone anyone else.
"Royal blood, huh?"
"He's an emperor, and so am I. You think so native emperor can compare to ?"
Setsuna scoffed and decided to give this "first and strongest Teigu" a try.
Only sothing like this was worthy of him.
Click—
With a couple of moves, Setsuna climbed into the cockpit.
He didn't feel any sort of rejection from the ch.
He had always had great compatibility with tech from other worlds.
So-called royal blood was just a trick to intimidate the Aka ga Kill world natives.
The control system was pretty basic, relying mostly on ntal input combined with physical gestures.
Since fusing with his starship, Setsuna hadn't piloted a ch in ages.
Even the second-stage Gundam transformations were more like Susanoo-style skills than actual piloting.
"You can operate it?!"
Night Raid and Esdeath were surprised.
"It's not that hard. Strike Freedom and Turn A were way more complicated."
Boom—
The lower hatch opened, and Setsuna piloted the National Defense Machine God down to a clearing.
"Mm..."
"This thing could probably wipe out a modern army in ground combat."
"Honestly, it's impressive the natives could build sothing like this."
Setsuna turned his head to look around.
The cha was much larger than Turn A—nearly 200 ters tall.
Standing on the ground, it felt like a towering colossus.
Looking down at the cities and forests below, everything seed like ants.
In the age of swords and spears, this thing was terrifying.
"But if the Empire's craftsn could build chs like this, why didn't they just modernize and mass-produce tanks?"
"Then what would they have to fear from rebels?"
After musing a bit, Setsuna decided to test the ch's firepower.
Zzz—
The red gemstone on the cha's forehead glowed with an intense crimson light.
Zzzzzap—
Boom—!!!
A high-energy beam shot out from the ch. In the distant forest, a mushroom cloud rose.
A violent shockwave radiated from the impact point, leaving devastation in its wake.
Towering trees were snapped like twigs, the air turned scorching and suffocating, and everything within hundreds of ters was reduced to scorched earth.
"Laser cannon? Well, at least the natives managed sothing pretty Ork-like."
Setsuna snorted.
"Oh, looks kinda like a mini positron blaster cannon."
The shipgirls aboard the Eternal Snowstorm comnted.
For most tech-based weapons, the simplest evaluation standard was: how big a crater does it make?
"Purge mode."
Setsuna triggered the National Defense Machine God's secret function.
Clatter clatter—
The entire Teigu transford like a Transforr, turning into a dragon-shaped ch.
It looked much more imposing.
Boom—!
Another shot. A beam of crimson energy blasted out, hitting a mountain in the distance and causing an even bigger mushroom cloud.
A mountain nearly a kiloter tall was sheared clean in half.
Hiss—
The Heroic Spirits gave impressed whistles.
That was approaching the level of Anti-City Noble Phantasms.
It was fortunate the Little Emperor never got to pilot the thing, or a direct confrontation would have been ssy.
"Hmm..."
"From a cold weapon era perspective, this thing is absolutely overkill. But for us, it's still kinda lacking."
Setsuna tested the cha's capabilities and ca to a conclusion.
In Purge Mode, it had roughly H-bomb-level firepower, but it couldn't sustain it for long.
—Originally, the pilot would be ntally corrupted by the Teigu, making long-term use impossible.
His problem, however, was that the ch was too weak—after a few maneuvers, it started to overheat.
"Maybe bring it back and give it an upgrade? Install more advanced weapons?"
Everyone ca to the sa conclusion.
The blueprints were already on hand, and retrofitting it with modern systems was totally possible.
"Add propulsion systems and anti-gravity tech so it can operate both inside and outside the atmosphere. Swap its weapons for super-graviton cannons. Ditch the useless arms and retrofit the fra..."
Formidable started counting on her fingers.
"Congrats, you've just built yourself a space frigate."
Richelieu rolled her eyes.
"..."
"Fair point."
Formidable had a sudden realization.
"Why not have Purifier and Builder implant Wisdom Cube into the Commander and let him absorb the National Defense Machine God?"
Taihou suddenly offered a bold idea.
"Nope. This thing lacks style."
Setsuna flatly refused.
Even with a full overhaul, the cha would still fall awkwardly between a Gundam and a starship.
It lacked the agility of a Gundam, and couldn't match the Eternal Snowfall's devastating firepower.
Stuck in the middle, it just didn't fit anywhere.
"You want it?"
Richelieu looked at Gudako, who always had an eye for weird things.
"No way! It's ugly."
"What do you take for, a junk bin?!"
Gudako shook her head.
"Besides, it's way too big. Can't even fit it inside Chaldea."
"..."
After a mont's thought, Setsuna jumped out of the cockpit and recalled the cha.
"Hand the prototype and blueprints over to Akashi. Let her fully analyze the Teigu and the alchemy behind it."
"Right now, this thing doesn't deserve to be called the National Defense Machine God. One day, I want to build sothing with divinity—a true god-level ch."
"..."
"Divinity?"
Gudako thought for a mont.
"Commander, you an an EVA?!"
"I'll check so maps when I get back. If I can get my hands on it, it might actually be doable."
Setsuna coughed.
"I'll pilot Unit 01, you take Unit 02, and together we can turn all of humanity into orange juice."
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