Based on Fuli's understanding of Bronya, likely out of caution against the enemy's hidden methods, the girl was far from using her full strength.
The things the little girl had pulled out so far were just one D-rank and two C-ranks.
That's right, the ultra-high temperature plasma cannon firing at twice the speed of sound was only rated D in the weapon category, and the Frost Rain with 70,000 rounds per second and the quadruple launcher with power comparable to miniature nuclear bombs were surprisingly only C.
Fuli had suspected in the past that the people who formulated the weapon grading system had brain problems. In their eyes, as long as it was a technological product, it must customarily be overpriced by half a grade, and their power within the same grade was mostly outrageous.
Later, he learned it was because these things were considered external equipment and were easily interfered with by external environmental effects like EMP, which doomed this category of items to not be highly valued.
Of course, thinking that throwing an EMP electromagnetic pulse interference over would make Bronya lie down helpless is simply thinking too much.
Knowing her own weaknesses but not correcting them—if Bronya were such a person, she would never have become the renowned Silver Wolf of the Urals.
Under the girl's steady progress and precise calculations, this brief confrontation was paused by Fuli hiding his figure behind a certain building.
Wars of attrition were too difficult for a newbie like him with only C-rank energy reserves.
Fortunately, he had already activated Presence Concealment, coupled with the chaotic and complex structural environment of the metropolis.
Even with the crowd evacuated in advance, various factors still hindered Bronya's radar perception.
The Silver Wolf of the Urals, raised as an assassin since childhood, had always remembered a principle:
When the prey's aura suddenly disappears, be careful, because this is often a sign that the roles of hunter and hunted are swapping.
In that case...
Hugging the yellow bizarre doll called "Homu," Bronya raised her eyes, which were slightly lighter in color than her hair.
"Project Bunny, conduct saturation bombing around Bronya as the center until no scattered individuals taller than a wheel exist within a radius of three hundred meters."
She said faintly, "Wheel placed horizontally." (A reference to Genghis Khan's alleged order to kill all males taller than a linchpin/wheel axle).
Receiving the order, Project Bunny 19C's left arm quickly transformed into a futuristic launcher, with electromagnetically driven coils spreading out at the muzzle.
BOOM!!!
The zero-type shell roared out of the chamber, instantly creating a barren zone of nearly a hundred meters in front of Bronya.
This wasn't over. The Lurker Cannon's firing frequency was fifteen rounds per minute.
Project Bunny, holding its master, shifted direction and poured firepower continuously around itself in 360 degrees.
Facing an assassin-type enemy like Fuli, a ranged type should first find a way to destroy the opponent's environmental advantage.
Forcing the opponent to reveal themselves while creating a large open space convenient for observation and counterattack was truly killing three birds with one stone.
Of course, doing so also had disadvantages, which was being vulnerable to frontal assaults from extremely high-speed and highly penetrative enemies.
Like Gojo Satoru's youth version 2.5 facing Toji Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen. Even though he had created a battlefield advantageous to himself, he didn't expect the opponent to hide more special-grade cursed tools than could be counted on one hand.
Bronya didn't have to worry about this because she was armed to the teeth from head to toe.
Star Stone, a rare mineral deposit from World Bubble No. 0958, one of the hardest materials in the world.
Its relatively static special molecular structure makes it almost indestructible. And because it contains a mysterious property jokingly called "Getsuga Tenshō," it can maximize the absorption, release, and storage of heat, energy, and kinetic energy.
Such an effect, like an energy amplifier, is particularly favored by emission-type armaments. For example, if mixed into the pig iron for forging blades in a certain proportion during forging, it would become a C-rank weapon close to Mikazuki Munechika.
If Star Stones are made into shields through special configurations and injected with Honkai energy, the resulting crystal wall force field is enough to withstand a full-force slash from an A-rank strength user.
Hair ornament, earrings, neck brace, chest;
Right wrist, lower abdomen, leg ring, left boot.
Bronya carried a total of eight such force field generation devices on her body.
This was her luxury as Cocolia's adopted daughter and the most outstanding adopted daughter of the leader of the Anti-Entropy Innovation faction.
These shields could also enhance protection through resonance with each other. In the past, she had sparred with many A-rank strength users within the organization, and as a result, those people exhausted their full strength only to barely tear open two to three layers of superimposed defense fields.
Bronya didn't believe Fuli really had a way to break through her defense. In the calculations of Anti-Entropy's most advanced AI "Femirins," an enemy capable of doing this must rival conventional Silver Bullet (Honkai Fission Bomb) levels in terms of attack.
But if he had that level, why would Fuli be playing hide-and-seek with her here?
It couldn't be that he was a lolicon who didn't want to kill her, right? No way, right?
Of course not.
Fuli neither touched Honkai Fission Bombs in terms of attack nor was he a perverted lolicon who would lay hands on Bronya.
If she really wanted to arouse his XP, she would have to wait until Bronya developed into the MMD King with curves in all the right places, the Silverwing: N-EX who could rival APHO Mei on Wallpaper Engine.
The girl's simple and crude large-scale de-urbanization indeed caused trouble for Fuli. Fortunately, she was just sweeping the floor rather than targeting him specifically for assassination.
Consuming only half of the Silver Haze Flower Seed's energy, Fuli withstood this indiscriminate attack.
The only small flaw was being blasted underground, but it wasn't a big problem.
Susannah is really a good girl...
While lamenting the angel investor's generosity and selflessness, he handed the spare phone with the recording and the Escape Dagger to the crystal-blue humanoid figure in front of him.
This was an energy phantom he created using tracer swords, controlled purely by thought without self-consciousness. Its function was to attract Bronya's attention and buy time for him to rush in front of her.
Smack!
After giving a high-five to the phantom with mock seriousness, the two figures crossed paths and rushed towards Bronya from two directions, one front and one back.
Coming!
Data streams flashed rapidly in the girl's eyes, followed by a slight hint of mockery and ridicule.
Thinking to herself, As expected of a chuunibyou who still uses cold weapons in modern society. That crystal-blue thing running over bouncily/stupidly with a recording playing on loop doesn't look like a human at all. Anyone who isn't blind can tell it's a bait.
Bronya had plenty of leeway. Multi-line firing was simply too easy for her.
Cold cannon barrels were set up simultaneously in front and behind. Gazing at the cold weapon users still running towards her, a trace of a smile appeared on the girl's delicate little face:
"Times have changed, Sir."
As the voice fell, the clustered beams fired with a boom!
The torrent of light roared, swallowing the two attacking from different directions!
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