Transformers: Leader's Proof - Fragile, but Hard to Kill

Chapter 138 Myself~Scared~Myself

Not long after the training ended, everyone had just entered the hall when they heard Blackface say that he had detected a Decepticon signal.

But it was underwater, far from the shore... Rosa glanced at her armor, hesitating. If there were gaps, wouldn't it be heavy if water got in?

“I have a feeling that I’ll hear you say the word ‘land bridge’ soon…” Sideswipe said, placing one hand on the spaceship at the Tomb of Ai.

"I've been researching this ever since the last mission, and the land bridge's functionality should be perfected by now." After adjusting the land bridge system, the black-faced god started the elevator and lowered himself down.

"Should?" Hengpao looked at the Black-faced God uncertainly, hoping that something might go wrong.

“It’s for sure.” The Black-Faced God turned around and stepped out of the Tomb of Ai’s airship, while Rosa had already removed her armor and was preparing to depart.

"Aren't you wearing armor?" Bumblebee asked, noticing that Rosa had put her armor back and was now leaning against the wall.

"No, the resistance would be too strong in the water." Rosa shook her head slightly, a somewhat helpless expression on her face.

“Let’s go, the fastest shortcut to the Decepticons is via the land bridge.” Bumblebee nodded and said to the others.

"Let's go through time!" Bumblebee clenched his fist, making a cheering gesture.

Rosa nodded without saying anything, and was about to step onto the land bridge when she saw the others sighing helplessly.

?How is this going?

Rosa looked at everyone in confusion until Bumblebee explained to the others, "This...this is how it's called on Earth!"

Rosa then belatedly realized that Bumblebee was shouting a slogan... He always shouts a slogan before setting off, did he learn that from Optimus Prime...?

Okay... Rosa's lips twitched.

Oh right, speaking of which, how's Optimus Prime? Rosa suddenly realized that she hadn't asked about the others' conditions yet.

If something happened to Cybertron, are they still on Cybertron?

Rosa looked at everyone who had already entered the land bridge and decided to wait until the mission was over before saying anything more.

The reason is simple: she dislikes the feeling of countless streams of water flowing from her mouth into the converter and then into the fuel tank. If she had to describe it, it's like feeling something crawl into her fuel tank and forcibly dilute the energy inside.

Then, for a while afterward, her core would cool down very slowly because the energy was diluted, a feeling she disliked.

After that, everyone entered the land bridge.

Before even reaching the end of the land bridge, the first thing that hits you is a gust of wind-like force, followed by a chill.

It is water, because the target is underwater and the opening of the land bridge is also underwater, so it will naturally enter the water the moment it enters.

Rosa announced that from now until she leaves the water, she will not move her mouth and will only communicate via internal line or screen.

"Everyone, turn on your external lights!" Rosa gestured in advance, and also turned on her own lights. Rosa chose to extend her tail as a flashlight.

However, at this moment, through the countless layers of dark water and the light shining down from above the water, one could see what appeared to be a small watercraft flashing by in the distance.

It was a small submarine, which soon transformed into an octopus-like shape. It was obvious that this was a Decepticon fugitive.

Bumblebee took the first step forward to investigate. He also saw that the Decepticon seemed to be moving rocks, and under those rocks, what was being obscured looked like a larger Cybertronian spaceship.

Rosa is now very uncomfortable in the water; everything feels resistant, and every step feels heavy. It seems she was right not to come wearing armor.

Speaking of which... can absolute solvers be extended here?

Rosa recalled some works she had seen before, as well as a certain entity that appeared in various stories.

"Bumblebee is calling Blackface." After seeing the prisoner, Bumblebee contacted Blackface. They needed to determine if the prisoner was in danger and if he had any special abilities.

"Please speak, Lieutenant," said the dark-faced man standing in the flooded junkyard, where water had just poured in because of the land bridge connecting the underwater sections.

"This Decepticon looks like an octopus from Earth..."

While Bumblebee was still talking, Rosa was trying to use the absolute solver in the water.

She had wondered if there would be any problems using it in water, such as water getting into the body during the extension process, causing electrical leakage or malfunction, or something like that.

But nothing happened until a small section of the large torso extended out, giving it a streamlined shape while also allowing a pair of small, thin, bat-like wings to extend from the tail end.

As it turns out, this is just 'scaring yourself'.

Rosa also tried it out, moving her slightly extended, streamlined body to move her "fish tail".

The moment the membrane fanned the water, she was indeed pushed forward a distance—she succeeded! She then tried adding some long, thin "wings" to the back of her extended body.

However, she stretched the wing into the shape of a fish fin to make it easier to adjust the direction of movement in the water.

Bumblebee over there has already obtained information about this Decepticon called Octopod, as well as his various crimes, habits, abilities, and so on.

Just after confirming that the call had ended, I turned around and saw Rosa trying to swim around in the water. Iron Fist and Steel Lock were still exclaiming in amazement and asking how she did it.

"Rosa?! This..." Bumblebee was stunned for a moment, looking at Rosa with her fish tail, and finally realized that it was probably the solver's doing, that it was the effect of extending her body.

Noticing Bumblebee's gaze, Rosa quickly swam to him, her slender waist undulating as she propelled her tail through the swirling water...

From the first moment I saw her, I was struck by her incredibly beautiful face and the graceful movements she made while swimming...

"What's wrong?" Rosa's mouth didn't move; it was a voice transmitted from inside the machine. She stopped in front of Bumblebee and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"How did she do that?! Why did she turn into... uh." Hengpao was also shocked, wondering why his companion had suddenly changed like this.

"This is a product of extended bodies... a characteristic of their absolute solvers," Bumblebee said helplessly, watching Rosa's massive "fishtail" sway slightly as she stopped in front of him.

The fish tail looks more like some kind of giant bat wing, not only in structure but also in color.

However, because it is large enough, and with its extended body, it moves in a very streamlined way, which doesn't look out of place at all.