The robot lunged for Heiji, who quickly stepped aside, allowing the robot to barrel straight into the sheet covering the statue's body. Immediately, the statue grabbed for the robot, catching it by the neck (or what passed for a neck on a robot, anyway). The machine beat furiously at the statue, but it was made of stone and thus rather more sturdy than Heiji and Sasuke would have been.

"We're ready!" said Heiji, backing off a little so that he was out of Sasuke's immediate line of sight. "Try and aim for one of those exposed bits!"