Akiba heard Akane's instructions loud and clear, having taken a moment to retreat to a safe distance from the ghosts surrounding the kaiju. He could see the Kiryu suit flying nearby, though not exactly near enough that he could give Akane a hand-wave. "Glad to see Kiryu isn't getting rusty," Akiba said, confident enough in his comments that he left his comm on.

'[i]Well, if shooting the ghosts doesn't matter, I need to change my tactics,[/i]' Akiab thought as he flew higher into the air. As always, the fact that the maser cannon was on his back provided a limitation combat, and once again Akiba was about to make an assumption about this kaiju's movement ability. So far it seemed rather... two-dimensional. So Akiba's current strategy, now that he had reached an acceptable height, was to dive straight down towards Pac-Man's head and fire, and pull up at the last moment.