Inside a strange space, ethereal and shimmering with water ripples.
The Star-Swallowing Whale was aimlessly floating, its massive body slowly swaying, emitting an ancient and profound aura.
Suddenly!
"Now's the time! Charge—!!"
Accompanied by a shout overflowing with chuunibyou energy, a twenty-meter tall, entirely water-blue, cool (and familiar) shark-humanoid mech—the "water walker blue"—suddenly burst out from a wave that appeared out of nowhere!
With lightning speed, it executed a precise grapple, tightly seizing the Star-Swallowing Whale just as it leaped out of the water!
"Take this! You stinky whale! Let me show you the might of the Sons of the Sea (Hilichurl)!"
Inside the water walker blue's cockpit, Elliot gripped the control stick tightly, his face flushed with excitement as he yelled into the communicator.
"Hey! Jesse! Did you get it all? My heroic posture! Don't miss a single frame!"
Elliot didn't forget to remind the off-site photographer.
"Don't worry! Don't worry! Four ultra-HD cameras are pointed at you from every angle! I guarantee we'll capture you being... er, your heroic posture clearly!"
Not far away, inside a submarine with a distinctly different aesthetic, Jesse was chewing popcorn while operating several screens, his tone filled with the excitement of someone enjoying a spectacle.
The original plan was for the quartet to gang up on the big whale, but the moment Elliot saw it, his blood (or rather, moisture) rushed to his head. He forcefully summoned his long-unseen exclusive mech, the "water walker blue," insisting on having a "Man-to-Man 1v1 Battle" and strongly demanding that Jesse act as the live director to record his "Moment of Apotheosis."
"Come on! The moment of the decisive battle has arrived!"
Elliot shoved aside the Star-Swallowing Whale, which was trying to swat him with its tail, controlled the water walker blue to backflip high into the air, and then plummeted down fiercely with the momentum of Mount Tai Pressing Down!
"Crow Sits on a Plane—!!!"
Accompanied by Elliot's roar, the water walker blue, carrying immense force, slammed the Star-Swallowing Whale violently into the water with a loud crash, splashing monstrous waves!
"Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora!!!"
Not letting up while he had the advantage, Elliot pressed the attack. The water walker blue's twin fists moved so fast they left countless afterimages, pummeling the Star-Swallowing Whale's massive body like a pile driver.
The muffled thuds rang out incessantly. The Star-Swallowing Whale was beaten back step by step, letting out deep, muffled whimpers.
"Too weak, too weak! Is that all you've got? Not even enough to stick between my teeth!"
Inside the cockpit, Elliot was getting carried away, delivering a standard villainous taunt.
Inside the submarine, Zane watched the screen, his fists clenching: "That guy really deserves a beating... My hands are itching, my thunder hammer is calling me."
However, just as Elliot's ego swelled to its maximum—
A sudden change occurred!
The Star-Swallowing Whale, which had been continuously suppressed, suddenly raised a massive fin and, with an agility that belied its huge size, precisely grabbed the water walker blue's frantically outputting mechanical fist!
"Huh?"
"Holy crap?!"
The three people in the submarine cursed simultaneously, dropping the popcorn from their mouths in shock.
Something even more jaw-dropping happened!
They watched as the Star-Swallowing Whale's massive tail fin, originally used for swimming, suddenly bent downward, standing firmly like two thick legs! Meanwhile, its pair of huge pectoral fins twisted flexibly, transforming into two powerful arms!
The Star-Swallowing Whale! It! Stood up!!!
The next second, this Fighting Whale, having completed an astonishing evolution, taught Elliot a hard lesson!
Grabbing the water walker blue's arm, it executed a clean Over-the-Shoulder Throw!
Boom!
The water walker blue's massive body was violently smashed into the water, splashing water higher than before!
"No way! How the hell does this thing know how to wrestle?! Referee! It's fouling!"
Elliot let out an incredulous complaint inside the violently shaking cockpit.
But this was only the beginning!
The newly standing Star-Swallowing Whale, as if a strange switch had been flipped, began to unleash a combo attack!
Jesse even subconsciously added sound effects for it:
"Screw Roll—!!"
The Star-Swallowing Whale supported itself with its tail and spun rapidly, striking the water walker blue's head with a fin!
"Aoo!" (Elliot's miserable cry)
"Sleeping Bear Wakes Up—!!"
It leaped up fiercely, using the hardened tip of its tail fin to violently hammer the water walker blue's chest!
"Oh my goodness!" (Elliot's second miserable cry)
"Mantis God Fist—!!"
Its two fins rapidly and continuously stabbed the water walker blue's abdominal armor, like a praying mantis catching prey!
"Ah!" (Elliot's miserable cry started to change pitch)
Finally, the Star-Swallowing Whale executed an ultimate move that made all the spectators (including the three inside the submarine) feel a chill between their legs!
It suddenly bent down, clinched one fin (?), and with lightning speed, thrust upward fiercely toward the weak point of the armor between the water walker blue's legs!
"Monkey Steals the Peach!!!!!!!!"
"Aaaaaaah—!!!!!!!!"
A shrill scream, piercing the sky and sounding as if the soul itself were being torn apart, erupted from the water walker blue's cockpit, penetrating even the sound insulation layers of the mech and the submarine!
Inside the submarine, Jesse, Zane, and Matt subconsciously clamped their legs shut, all turning pigeon-toed, their faces showing expressions of empathetic pain.
Zane gasped, his voice trembling: "It... it hurts just watching..."
Matt's honest face was filled with terror: "Too... too brutal..."
Jesse silently turned off the camera and muttered: "Maybe... maybe we shouldn't put this segment in the documentary... It's too cruel to both the audience and Elliot..."
Looking at the Star-Swallowing Whale fiercely beating the water walker blue, everyone collectively averted their gaze.
Too cruel!