[u][b]Riku POV[/b][/u]
[@Crimson Lion][@Blade17][@Renny] - [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMCAM8y-bM8]Fly[/url]

[i]That curtain won't stop me![/i] Riku didn't slow his speed down in the slightest. It was almost as if he intended to crash right into the GN Curtain. Because that was exactly what he intended. He knew Izanagi could slice through it easily. And if that Curtain was being directly powered by both of Kobayashi's GN Drives, then the weapon's handgaurd could also use the close contact to drain particle energy from [i]both[/i] machines to quickly power up for a Shining Flash follow up. Kobayashi could either save his energy and deactivate the curtain (allowing Riku to get within reach to slice him and his teammate into scrap metal), or he could leave it up and let all of his particles be drained into the sword. Riku would win the clash either way.

[i]"This is a Top Priority order to all in Zone C, and absolutely must be followed. Lock the Wave Motion Cannon onto my broadcasted position, and in 180 seconds from now, fire." Naokis voice said over the comms.[/i]

This gave Riku a brief pause. Was he serious? They were going to use [i]it[/i]? He couldn't say he was disappointed by this. Truth be told, the longer this Tournament went on, the more Riku felt an insatiable itch to unleash the power of their trump card weapon. But wait, that trajectory... it would shoot right through one of the sections of the Colony! Perhaps Naoki wasn't aware that Tomi was still in there? Or maybe he was counting on the weapon not doing enough damage to the colony to endanger Tomi? Regardless... Riku unfortunately knew better than that. Even if the cannon didn't destroy the colony on its own, there was still a strong possibly of Tomi getting caught by debris or the blast causing some kind of chain reaction.

For the briefest of moments, Riku closed his eyes for a moment of thought.

[u][b]Chisato POV[/b][/u]

"Ah, I see. Thank you, Takemori-san." Chisato responded politely. Some of it still went over her head, but it sounded like Riku was doing quite well so that was enough to satisfy her. Right around now, she saw Riku's golden Gunpla appear to stab its sword right through the energy shield his opponent had put, "Oh, so it can cut shields as well? That really is a special sword, isn't it?"

"Oh, look Miss Chisato!" said Yuna, pointing at the battle, "See how that energy looks like it's being drawn into the handguard? That's the other special ability of the sword. Riku told me once that the hilt and handguard are laced with a different coating, separate from the blade. He called it Absorption Coating, I think. Apparently it can draw in particles from enemy beam attacks and shields to further empower the blade. If it absorbs enough, Riku can unleash his ultimate attack: The Shining Flash. That must be what he's planning down there. He's gonna use the Izanagi to drain energy from that person's shield to empower himself for a counterattack."

If he was listening in on this, then Takemori would likely take note of the weapon being laced with two separate coatings. He would also realize that he'd never seen Riku in possession of either of the coating sprays in question. That would lead him to only one conclusion: Riku didn't actually make that sword himself. Someone else must have.

[b][u]Riku POV[/u][/b]

Riku's eyes shot open again after his split moment of thought. First things first, "Tomi!" he said into the team comms, "In three minutes we're going to fire the trump card at Naoki's coordinates. The shot's trajectory goes through the Colony. It won't hit you directly, but it could cause a chain reaction of explosions or you might get caught by debris! Forget the Zone for now, get out of that colony!"

With that covered, he moved on to the second step, "Haro, establish a screen-share with me!" he said, this time broadcasting to both Haro and Blade, since he needed Blade to hear this as well. "I need to be able to see what you see so I can walk you through the steps. Naoki wants us to fire the cannon in approximately 3 minutes, but the cannon will take you approximately 1 minute to actually charge. When 2 minutes pass, divert all power to the cannon and activate the Trans-Am System. From there it will take 60 seconds for the weapon to be ready to fire. Your other weapon systems will only slow down the charging speed if you use them, so let me worry about defending the ship during that time. Got it?" at this point, he now had a small screen pop up in the corner showing Haro's cockpit view. Haro would also receive a similar screen showing him Riku's cockpit view as well.

"Blade, there's a chance that Merc might catch on to what we're doing once he sees the Yamato start glowing red. He may try to disengage you and make a break for the ship to stop it. Don't let him. Keep him engaged with you no matter what. When you see the Yamato start glowing, that's your signal that you have 60 seconds remaining before the cannon fires. Make absolutely sure you are [i]outside[/i] the Yamato's line of sight by then or you [i]will[/i] be vaporized. Now let's put an end to these chumps once and for all!"

Whatever Kobayashi had decided to do about his curtain wouldn't change Riku's plan of attack that much. If he left it up, Riku would just hold his ground let the Izanagi drain him dry, after which he would go for a powerful Shining Flash in the hopes of taking both opponents out in one stroke. If Kobayashi deactivated the shield early, Riku would still go in for close combat. Only instead of using the Shining Flash, he would instead be dual wielding weapons, the Izanagi in the Gunpla's right hand and one of the yellow beam sabers in its offhand.