Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 17 17. Goodbye
After Carl ran around the corner at the end of the passage, what he saw was a large warehouse filled with various machines and equipment. It looked like a canning workshop. Oliver and Jack had already found a steel manufacturing table in the distance as a cover. When they saw Carl coming, they waved to him desperately to come over.

Oliver was holding his Nova in his hand, while Jack beside him was holding the Copperhead that belonged to Oliver. Both of them pointed their guns at the corner behind Carl, waiting for the Vortex Gang member to stick his head out and give her a head-on blow. However, even though they were prepared, Jack and Oliver still didn't know what Carl had just encountered.

"That guy has subcutaneous armor. My Lexington is useless against her."

From a distance, Carl shouted to explain to them why he did not get rid of the Uzumaki Gang behind them, and after hearing this reason, Jack responded with full energy.

"I told you to change your gun."

"I'm regretting it now!"

This time he really didn't listen to others and suffered the consequences. The Copperhead has greater power than the Lexington, but in some cases, the pistol is irreplaceable, and simple accuracy cannot make up for the difference in power. Carl has learned his lesson today.

Carl had only taken a few steps towards Oliver and Jack when he heard very loud footsteps coming from the passage behind him. The man from the Vortex Gang had caught up with them.

"Fuck, do you have to be so fast? I was two seconds ahead of her!"

Realizing that it would take some time for him to reach where Oliver and Jack were, Carl gave up the idea of ​​hiding in the same bunker with them. He looked around and quickly found something big enough to hide.

It was a dumpster filled with discarded steel and equipment.

I do have a affinity with garbage!
The moment the devil rushed out of the passage, what she saw was Carl's back hiding behind a two-meter-high trash can, and Oliver and Jack, who were facing the entrance of the passage, also opened fire at the same time at the same moment.

The dense firepower network formed by the Copperheads and Nova could not make the devil retreat at this moment. She rushed straight towards her enemy Oliver, and relied on her subcutaneous armor to eat the bullets from the Copperheads and Nova from the front.

"Cabrón (son of a bitch), this guy is not going to live, she is going to rush over and die with us, that gun is a crusher, our bunker may not be able to stop the bullets of that gun at all."

Seeing the bullets falling on the demon's body, but only able to penetrate into the flesh and then being stuck firmly in the subcutaneous armor, Jack cursed inwardly, but did not dare to stop pulling the trigger, hoping to kill her with a small amount of bullets before this guy with the shotgun got close enough to tear them apart.

"This guy's subcutaneous armor is even more outrageous than I imagined. How much did she spend on it? Is this the latest model?"

Oliver also complained bitterly. It was bad enough that this lunatic from the Vortex Gang was not willing to die, but she also raised the pistol in her left hand while staring at him and shooting. He didn't know this guy, so was she really going to kill him? He didn't provoke her.

The impact force brought by the kinetic weapon fell on the subcutaneous armor, and most of the incidental impact force was absorbed by the subcutaneous armor. Although a small part of the impact force would still act on the demon's body, this obstacle could not slow down her speed at all. In less than a second, she had reached the most suitable distance for the shotgun.

Throwing away the empty pistol, the demon raised the Crusher kinetic shotgun with both hands and aimed it at Oliver and Jack. A second later, she would blow their bodies and the shelters to pieces.

But Karl wouldn't give her that chance.

He had just hidden behind the cover of the trash can, not to escape, but just to disappear from the demon's six artificial eyes at that moment, because the range covered by the artificial eyes was not easy to hide. Right now, when the demon's six artificial eyes were all pointed forward, ready to watch his enemy being smashed into pieces by guns, Carl climbed onto the trash can and jumped down, flying towards the demon.

The demon's ears caught the sound of the wind, but the weapon in her hand was difficult to turn.

Carl estimated that an adult male's body weighs about 70 kilograms. This weight plus the impact from top to bottom would pounce on the demon. Even though the demon had a heavy subcutaneous prosthesis in his body, he would inevitably be knocked to the ground by Carl.

But all Carl could do was throw himself to the ground.

Just as his hands and feet felt the impact of the ground from the body below him, a clenched fist had already hit Carl's cheek. With just one punch, the fist, which was modified with subcutaneous armor and was like a steel glove, knocked Carl upside down, and the nosebleed could not stop flowing from the broken nose.

"Go away!"

Because Carl's thigh was pressing down on the demon's other hand, the demon threw another punch with the same hand after the previous punch. Carl, who was hit by the second punch, could hardly bear it. His head was like a bell being struck, and his consciousness was a little scattered. However, at the last moment, he still managed to find a chance to resist.

Oliver and Jack had rushed out from behind the cover. In order to avoid accidental injuries, they had dropped their guns and wanted to physically help Carl suppress the leader of the Vortex Gang, but Carl had already grasped the gun again.

It was just him and the people from the Uzumaki Gang who were involved in the fight, so he wasn't afraid of hurting anyone by mistake.

Lexington's gunshots rang out again, and at the same time, Carl was punched in the face again. His face was almost sunken by this punch, but on his face that was so miserable that Oliver and Jack could hardly recognize it, Carl forced a smile.

He fired and successfully shot the finger.

Based on the punches she received, Carl has determined that the subcutaneous armor only covers the back of the Vortex Gang member's hand at most. Her fingers are not covered by subcutaneous armor. In other words, her fingers can be shattered by bullets.

What Carl broke was not the fist that was still powerful enough to hit him even with a few fingers missing, but the other hand of the Uzumaki Ganger that was pinned under his thigh and could not move. In that palm, he was holding the Crusher that refused to let go even after the opponent fell to the ground.

The fingers were shattered by the bullet, and the gun that was no longer easy to hold welcomed a new owner the next moment.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Lively."

Without waiting for the demon to swing his fist again, her six artificial eyes glowing red locked onto one thing: the huge gun body of the Crusher.

"See you next time if there's a chance."

"Pong!"

(End of this chapter)