There's only one bionic robot left, but Tom just can't kill it no matter how hard he tries. Instead, the prolonged fight triggers the robot's mimic mode, copying and pasting all of his attack trajectories.
This leaves Tom increasingly on the defensive.
There's no chance to land a decisive blow.
On the contrary, the bionic robot is now preemptively predicting his attack trajectories, pushing him to the brink of danger.
Several times he was almost run through by the bionic robot's alloy longsword.
Tom is being beaten back step by step.
He wants to use the Sprite Ball Bomb but just can't create enough distance between himself and the robot.
Tom swears to himself, after this battle at the pawnshop is over and he goes back, he'll make sure to learn close-quarters combat properly from Taotie and Mantis.
To avoid being humiliated like this again if he faces another bionic robot.