"Cool~" V couldn't stop touching it, the smooth nanomaterial surface felt incredibly slick, almost like it was oiled.
Mao Jun made a very feminine shy gesture, placing its hands in front of itself: "I should introduce myself first... could you wait a moment before checking my metal face?"
V felt a bit like a bully being rejected face-to-face, awkwardly withdrawing her hand, while Rebecca suddenly turned to look at her own round, black Tank No. 01...
Then, she turned meaningfully to Mercer: "It's great, V even has such shapely and beautiful armor..."
"There's no helping it, you're short, but you also need armor thickness... a lightweight mecha wouldn't be much use to you. Just reducing your height to 165 was already the limit.
I even considered trimming some height more to ease your operation, but considering the circuits and various weapon adaptions built into the armor, it's already as much as possible... you understand."
Mercer truly had no way around it; he couldn't reduce armor thickness just for beauty's sake, could he?
Although her mecha... uh, did look a bit round, he guaranteed it was absolutely flexible enough, and the armor thickness was definitely much more than V's.
No matter how expensive V's nanomaterial metal was, it couldn't compare to Rebecca's thick armor at the chest area, with its dozens of centimeters in front and back, in terms of defense.
The strength was definitely greater too—Mercer felt that he had done his best, it was mainly because Rebecca was short; if it were Mann or Jack, it would definitely appear imposing, rather than the current... short and stocky, but very cute too.
"Tch..." Rebecca looked down at her figure, biting her teeth angrily.
She thought she could develop a bit more, but... even Lucy has already reached 164 this year!
Yet she's still just over one and a half meters, damn it.
Listening to Rebecca's jealous tone, V felt even more pleased, stepping back and gazing at her mecha: "Tell me, what special features do you have?"
"Uh... I only have a shoulder cannon installed, capable of firing 40mm caliber grenades, with an accurate range of five hundred meters, ammunition capacity of eight rounds, both arms loaded with intelligent weapon connections, and adapted to your Mantis Blade prosthesis..."
Mao Jun began introducing its weapon configuration but stopped after just a few words.
"That's it?" V was a bit dumbfounded, then turned to look at Mercer.
She remembered Mercer boasting a lot about how much he had spent.
Mao Jun whispered: "I also have an electric drive enhancement system, and I fly very fast, with strong endurance, and the nanomaterial armor is very solid..."
"Be more confident, Mao Jun." Mercer frowned and after he said that, Mao Jun snapped straight like with a shock: "Yes! Very sorry! Creator!"
V, however, turned to glare at him: "Don't scare my mecha!"
Mercer stood with hands on hips, speechless—love indeed is transferable.
"Uh, it's fine to have fewer weapons systems, it's alright, I quite like it." V reached out, hugging her mecha fondly, "As long as it can run fast, as Mercer would say, 'Speed is invincible in martial arts!'"
"Yes, yes! I'm strong! Really strong!" Mao Jun's forced confident tone made people chuckle.
Mercer shook his head but just smiled, covering for it a bit: "Don't be fooled by her weak tone, the AI simulation tests scored her highly."
"You even have tests for the AI?" V asked curiously.
"Of course, these specialized mecha AI have to not only test character stability and intelligence but must also go through simulated combat tests before being officially deployed.
Those who don't pass the tests are re-optimized, and those with major issues even need rebuilding."
Mercer finished speaking and glanced at Mao Jun with a smile: "Your AI set is the one I'm most satisfied with—it's due to multiple optimizations that she always seems lacking in confidence, but I believe in real combat, it will amaze you."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go? Hurry up and try it in Evil Land!" V said excitedly, continuing, "Let me put it on first to see what it feels like!"
"Alright, you and Rebecca can both change and try them on... go to your room! You have to take off your clothes to wear it, uh, even underwear," Mercer said, facing V's suspicious look calmly, "because I've embedded a nanometer combat suit inside that will automatically adapt to fit your muscles and body shape, wearing it over clothes will make the suit's sensors faulty.
Don't worry about breaking the mech, it's just like a tight suit, you need to put on the combat suit first, then enter the mech, and usually, the combat suit can be taken out for separate washing."
V then hugged her mecha and said: "Then you go start the car, and once Rebecca and I change into the mecha, we can go!"
"Actually, you don't have to hold me..." Mao Jun didn't finish speaking before V carried it back to her room, leaving everyone amused.
Rebecca's excitement lessened somewhat, patting her somewhat round mecha that was taller than her by a head, only saying: "Let's go."
The Tank moved forward, like an automatic robot following by her side, its steady voice carried little emotion: "Though from an aesthetic perspective, I may not compare to Mao Jun, please trust me, I will be your most loyal and reliable combat partner."