Riku POV
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“It doesn’t matter to me if ya see it and the Turn-XCEED isn’t something you can just defeat just by knowing about it. I’ll take ya up on that offer, but the Turn-XCEED’s builder’s currently a three times Mejin Cup winner, think ya can handle it?”

Riku narrowed his eyes a bit, detecting a bit of a challenge to those words, "I built the Yamato, didn't I?" he asked Kai, tilting his gaze over to where the flagship was currently resting, "Trust me, I can handle it." he hadn't noticed until now that Naoki was walking in along with one of the two mercs from the other day. Looked like he only managed to snag one of them.

"May I have everyones attention!!! I'd like to introduce the 6th member of Team Imagine Victory, Ryoichi Seiten!"

"...As for everyone else, its nice to meet you," he greeted, bowing slightly. "It'll be a rollcoaster battling alongside you all."

"I'm Riku." he said to the new guy with a bit of a lazy wave, "I guess you could say I'm the resident engineer around here. You know, if for some reason you need help with builds or repairs. The Yamato over there is my pride and joy, so try not to get it destroyed, yeah?" he said this with a quick point of his thumb over the direction of the resting flagship.

"Oh yeah, and speaking of..." he pulled out his smartphone, "...I've made some adjustments to her, Naoki. Here's the updated specs for you." he sent over a text file containing the Yamato's latest specs. Most of the improvements were minor, but there were two notable changes. Firstly, the GN Drive/Condenser setup had been replaced by a more energy efficient Twin Drive System. This allowed for the second notable change to the specs. The Wave Motion Cannon's 60 second charging time had been reduced to approximately 58.5 seconds. 1.5 seconds didn't seem like much to an untrained eye, but was a significant difference in battles where every second or fraction of a second could count.

"And on that subject, I need to give the cannon a new test run. If anyone's interested in lending a hand on that front." he had a test in mind, but running it would be much less tedious with an extra set of hands or two helping him. If he did his math right, the ship's new Twin Drive System might have also increased the actual power of the cannon as well, and this was what needed to be tested.

"So guess yer up for the challenge? Well I can at least say that it's gonna be as much of challenge as the ship Yankee." Kai grinned, he was giving a challenge with his words. After all, the gunpla known as the Turn-XCEED wasn't just another gunpla. It was his partner, his pride and soul. The Gunpla fighter turned as the new member of the team had arrived with Naoki. It had looked like his guess was in fact correct and it was one of the mercs from the other team.

"Sup. Name's Kai. See yer still kinda annoyed about last time. Though Guppy? That's rather interesting, I tend to call him Loudmouth myself." Kai didn't bother introducing himself any further than his name and his own nicknaming tendencies, not really saying anything about his own ability with Gunpla. He wasn't someone who needed to brag about himself. He was strong and he knew it, that's all that mattered. Kai turned back to Riku.

"Well if yer helping with the XCEED and I'm helping ya get better with yer own Gunpla, then adding another thing to my plate isn't too big of an issue. So how do ya need the cannon tested?" Kai asked the Gunpla Builder

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