"Hmm? What happened over there?"

Looking at the martial arts training ground not far away, General Honggu, who was standing on the city wall, frowned.

"Now is not training time, who is occupying the training ground?!"

"Report to the general, it's the eunuch!"

“Those guys…”

Upon hearing this, General Honggu's face suddenly darkened.

"It's not enough to interfere in government affairs, but they also want to interfere in military affairs? What on earth do they want to do?"

“General!!”

Just at this moment, a soldier ran over panting.

"The eunuchs are using the training ground to conduct a test!"

"A test? What kind of test requires the use of the Royal Guards' training ground? And... the latest White Tiger MS is used?"

As the leader of the Royal Guards, Hong Gu is very familiar with his MS. After the previous battle with the Reapers, the Chinese Federation suffered heavy losses. In order to enhance their combat effectiveness, they began to develop the next generation of MS. The White Tiger is the latest mass-produced machine, and its performance data is many times higher than the Steel Skull that the Chinese Federation once had. As standard equipment, it has now been equipped to the entire army.

However, what does this have to do with the eunuch?

"In fact, I heard that His Highness came back today..."

"That one? You mean that prince?"

Hearing this, Hong Gu was also stunned, and then he immediately reacted.

It was not his fault that the sentence was tongue-twisting. Although Hong Gu knew about Fang Zheng's return in the imperial city, his identity was a little awkward. According to reason, Fang Zheng must be a prince, but as Fang Zheng said, now that the emperor has succeeded to the throne, he certainly cannot be a prince. But generally speaking, princes will be given titles, but Fang Zheng has not received any title so far, and they cannot call him by name, so they can only use "that prince" as a nickname.

"Then what?"

"I heard that the prince had a conflict with the chief eunuch because of something, and then both sides proposed such a test. It seems that as long as the prince can defeat these guards, he can do something..."

"Three against one? These bastards!"

Hearing this, General Honggu slammed his fist on the railing.

"These bastards are still as despicable as ever. White Tiger is using the latest mobile suit, and that prince has never operated one before. How can he fight against three Royal Guards mobile suits at the same time? These bastards are really getting more and more outrageous!"

"Ah, that's not the case, General."

Hearing Hong Gu's complaint, his subordinates spoke hurriedly.

"It's not three to one. I heard that His Highness will have to face the attack of four white tigers alone..."

"What?!"

Hearing this answer, Hong Gu widened his eyes in surprise.

"Then what about that prince's mobile suit? Does he have a dedicated mobile suit?"

"No... that... seems..."

At this moment, Honggu's subordinates also began to hesitate.

"What's wrong? Are you still a man? Can't you even speak?"

"No, actually...actually I heard...that His Highness didn't even need to operate the mecha, and he could just fight four MS like that!"

"……What?!"

Hearing this, Hong Gu first thought that his subordinates were playing a joke on him, so he reached out and grabbed the other person by the collar.

"How dare you make such a silly joke... huh?"

At this moment, Hong Gu saw Fang Zheng walking down the stairs step by step, coming to the training ground, and walking in front of the four mechas.

"Is he crazy?"

Seeing Fang Zheng standing there unarmed, Hong Gu yelled and then waved his hand suddenly.

"Quick, stop them!"

"But, that's the great eunuch..."

"Who cares about those eunuchs! The martial arts training ground belongs to the Royal Guards. I have the right to stop all illegal actions here! Go now!"

"yes!"

At this moment, Fang Zheng had arrived in front of the four mechas and was looking at the MS in front of him calmly.

"To be honest, I really don't understand what the point of this iron rack is."

Folding his arms, Fang Zheng looked at the MS in front of him and shook his head.

"With this kind of technology, why not build something else? Why build a useless humanoid iron frame..."

"boom!!"

However, before Fang Zheng finished his words, one of the MSs suddenly rushed over, raised the long sword in its hand, and chopped down at Fang Zheng with force. There was a loud bang, and the next moment a cloud of dust suddenly rose in the entire training ground.

"Royal brother!"

Seeing this scene, the emperor couldn't help but clench his hands and scream. The eunuchs behind her showed a smug smile. They thought that at this moment, the arrogant guy was either frightened and collapsed to the ground or had been killed. Who told him to be so proud that he dared to fight against steel with his flesh and blood... Hey?

However, when the smoke and dust cleared, the scene before their eyes made everyone open their eyes wide.

Fang Zheng was still standing in the training ground, and beside him was the close combat blade of the MS.

The sword, which was supposed to hit the target, did not.

"To be honest, I think a mecha that has enlarged its body several times has no meaning other than being easily hit..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng stretched out his right hand.

“——!”

At this moment, another mecha suddenly rushed towards Fang Zheng and swung its weapon again.

"stop--!!"

At this time, Hong Gu's subordinates finally arrived at the training ground.

"General Hong Gu has ordered——!"

However, before he could finish his words, a dazzling sword light suddenly emerged from the darkness.

The fleeting light of a meteor crossed the entire training ground, and then a mecha arm holding a sharp blade flew into the air, making a loud crash, and fell heavily to the ground.

"What?"

Seeing this scene, the soldiers nearby, General Honggu standing on the city wall, as well as the emperor and eunuchs on the viewing platform not far away were all stunned.

Fang Zheng still stood there, with his right hand raised, but the difference from before was that he now had a pitch-black sword in his right hand. In front of him, the right hand of the mecha that had just launched the attack had been completely cut off, and only the root that was flashing with electricity could be seen.

"Is this... a joke?"

For a moment, everyone thought they were dreaming. A person, without any auxiliary equipment, could just cut off the arm of a mecha with one sword?

Just as everyone was shocked, the mech whose arm was cut off was also extremely surprised. It stretched out its left hand, pulled out a short sword, and stabbed Fang Zheng again. However, facing this attack, Fang Zheng still stood there without dodging, and then he raised the sword and swung it upwards.

"clang!!"

With the sound of metal collision, the White Tiger mecha suddenly lost its balance, its left hand holding the dagger raised high, and its entire body fell backwards. At this moment, everyone saw Fang Zheng suddenly step forward, and the big sword in his hand with a whistling sword energy chopped down hard at the chest of the mecha.

"boom!!"

The moment the mecha was hit by the greatsword in Fang Zheng's hand, it flew backwards as if it had been hit by a punch, and crashed into the wall not far from the training ground, then completely paralyzed and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

“Pah.”

Fang Zheng landed again. He looked at the scrap metal in front of him and sighed.

"Sure enough, it's big but useless. It doesn't even have a shield. The movements are so big, the speed is so slow, and there are so many gaps... What's the point of this thing?"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the three mechas behind him.

"It's a waste of time. You guys can go together."