4-67: Must Wear Safety Helmet (1/2)

4-67: Must Wear Safety Helmet (1/2)

Whoopsie-daisy.

Shinichi jumped once and safely landed without getting caught up in the web of purple electricity.

Meanwhile, everyone else other than the caster herself were on the ground foaming in their mouth, unconscious.

Stun Burst was one of the many skills in Garesto that could neutralize the target without killing.

It was a skill in which electricity ran on the ground to attack the nerves of a person and knock them unconscious

Normally, a light jump would not be enough to escape its effective range, but as one would expect, a jump to the ceiling that is more than 5 meters high would indeed be out of range.

However, thats still not considered a weakness of the skill since its usually too late to jump after noticing the electricity.

Wow, what skill was that just now!? Kouta said.

But of course, to Kouta, the brilliance of the purple electricity that covered the whole area for an instant was much more interesting than the jump.

Kouta looked at Tomoe with admiration and excitement. As it turns out, normal children saw skills as no different from magic.

Y-Yeah, thats right, Tomoe said.

Koutas dazzling eyes made her blush, but she nodded nonetheless.

Amazing, amazing, he praised, and Tomoe could only wryly smile.

Most skills could be used with some practice as long as one had enough rank in the Mind stat.

Of course, the application and the delay until invocation depended on the skills of the caster, but Kouta was praising the phenomenon itself, so Tomoe found it hard to accept.

Tomoe wasnt sure whether to tell him that or just leave him be to get excited on his own, but she didnt have much time to spend on that either.

Hmm?

Huh? WhatYoure kidding, right

Shinichi was the first to notice, then Tomoe a little later.

They were almost right at the center of the warehouse, but they picked up on a sound and noticed that something was moving.

It was the sort of low frequency sound that one could find from a machine.

Tomoe knew full well what it was.

Hey! Now what!?

After all, they had concealed themselves when they broke into the warehouse, so she was able to get a good look at the things this place contained.

As a result she screamed, and Shinichi sighed.

Looks like we held back too much. The normal people here are so fragile, its hard to hold back.

The enemy recklessly swung their arms in an attempt to catch Tomoe and Shinichi.

They sent everything in their path flying as they approached, b ut

Wa, wa wa!! Kouta said.

So what exactly is that thing? Shinichi asked.

O-Onii-chan, youre amazing! Kouta said.

As they easily dodged its attacks without panic, Shinichi asked Tomoe that question.

Kouta was scared at first, but when he realized that they werent even getting scratched, he started looking at Shinichi with admiration. Before long, he start yelling as though he were riding a machine.

She wryly smiled at that, then glanced at Shinichi in dismay because of how ignorant he was in the strangest places. Regardless, she was quick to answer.

Its the new heavy equipment that went on market last year! Its a unit that designed as much as possible with the design principles behind exoskeletons, tuned for civil engineering! It loses out to actual exoskeletons, but its a powerful weapon against any unarmored human!

Oh, I see. They made use of its size. Its big, but it still takes up less space than conventional ones while being easier to move.

Exoskeletons were often described to Earthlings as humanoid flying tanks, of course, with the presumption that they would be human-sized.

Even if that were to be downgraded to a humanoid heavy machinery, its still threat enough to unarmored humans.

Thats why Tomoe was nervous about the oppressive aura of the humanoid heavy machineries giant body even as she dodged all the flying objects.

Shinichi, however, just calmly observed them.

It was smaller compared to your typical excavator or bulldozer, and because it was human-shaped, it was also narrower when standing upright.

When lined up in a row, it was possible to have 2 to 3 of them in a single parking space.

It was also a lot easier to use since people could just wear it and use it like an extension of their limbs.

The limbs also had joint-like parts that could be replaced with different attachments depending on the work and location, making them more versatile and economical.

From the size and depth of the depressions they left on the floor, and the way they crushed objects or sent them flying, these Humanoid Heavy Machineries indeed possessed power befitting a heavy machinery.

Any unarmored human that took on a direct hit from it would surely turn into pieces of meat.

But of course

Its weak point is so obvious.

Against the students of the academy, such equipment were simply too shabby.

For these students who regularly fought against Guard Robots and Exoskeletons in their classes, unless they let their guard down, these Humanoid Heavy Machinery were simply too weak.

But that was a given considering their intended use.

Dont rate a heavy machinery according to the standards of a weapon! These werent even supposed to be able to attack people in the first place! These guys clearly messed with the software!