>>5277115‘Well, guess they do have a decent degree of teamwork. But Captain Chicken might live up to his name even more than I thought.’ you note, though looking over to Nox, you see that the other fighter isn’t all that concerned about what’s going on. And… if anything, Mugen actually looks excited, if subtly so. Your skin crawls a little as he briefly looks back at you, not saying a word, but making it clear he knows how much you’re paying attention to this match. He looks back to the fight, a slight nod of his head signaling for you to do the same.
In a burst of speed, Nox is in the ring and has slammed his knee in the back of 16’s head, following up with a ferocious combo that puts the big guy on the defensive. 16 is able to spin around and delivers a powerful punch to Nox’s face, and then his forearm detaches as it becomes a rocket punch! …But that barely moves Nox a few meters back before he’s able to grab it off his face. And he’s smirking now, with his energy spiking up a bit as he looks to get serious. Now that you’re able to better feel his Ki… well crap.
You rub the side of your head. ‘That confirms it, then. Nox is an Artificial Demon. Like Mira, or Fu.’
‘Yeah. But… who in the world made him, then?’ Pantea questions.
“That’s an interesting technique.” Nox comments to 16, still holding the rocketing forearm. “It works like this, right?” He flings the Rocket Punch right back at 16, with even greater force than what the bot launched it with. 16 gets hit in the face with his own fist, and Nox then rises up into the air and forms a barrier around himself… which then fires off a multitude of Ki blasts all around the ring, Ledgic actually getting in the ring and deflecting many of them towards 16.
“Good, good! We do have spectators, after all. Wouldn’t want any to get hurt, hahaha!” Mugen calls out to his fighters, but it somehow feels a bit disingenuous. He’s also… very deliberately observing how well 16 is taking this attack.
>A. All right, what’s your angle here, Mugen?>B. Don’t give up, 16! You’re still in this!>C. Just watch the fight carefully, this is only emphasizing how careful you need to be going forward>D. Something else? 