Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 223 82. Three
"T-BUG, I need backup."

"Didn't you go on a date with that woman from Military Technology today? Why did you suddenly send an emergency communication?"

"I told you about that group of pilots. This time, they reacted after two of them died. I don't know how they managed to hide it from Blanca, who should be their direct superior, and sneaked into Night City to attack us."

"Oh, then I know what you want me to do."

T-BUG's voice was light and he didn't seem worried at all: "I already know where you are. I'm temporarily checking the surrounding situation. Do you have an accurate location?"

"Can you see me?"

"I can see you're hiding behind a flower bed, right?"

"Four, two hundred, three floors."

"learn."

At four o'clock, two hundred meters away, on the third floor.

T-BUG quickly connected to nearby cameras and found the relevant personnel.

"Found it. There is a man wearing an exoskeleton on the first floor of the house, holding an Ajax rifle. There is another man hiding at the corner of the stairs on the second floor, not wearing an exoskeleton, but holding a melee weapon. Let me take a look."

T-BUG's voice sounded again the next second:

"He's holding two axes. There's an opening on the handle of the axe. It should be a modified close combat axe that can hit things. Tsk tsk tsk, be careful. I've seen this model before. It's military technology. It can fire micro electromagnetic pulse bombs, which are specially used to destroy human prostheses. Don't let it interfere with you. I guess he wants to fire electromagnetic pulse bombs as soon as someone comes upstairs to destroy the human prosthesis, and then use the axe to kill the other person."

"Just three people?"

"I only saw three of them. None of them thought of blocking the hidden cameras in the building. They don't seem to have much experience in urban combat. Are they too well-fed?"

"I don't know, but at least if there are only three of them, there won't be any problem. T-BUG, can you hack through a hidden camera?"

"They are inexperienced, but their equipment is good. Both of their exoskeletons are military-grade ICE (anti-intrusion program). It will take me some time to crack them. And the one holding the axe doesn't have any prosthetics on his body, so it's difficult for me to hack into him."

"how long will it takes?"

"For military grade, two minutes."

"Then I'd better get started."

It took only two minutes to crack the military-grade ICE that came with the exoskeleton. Among all the Night City mercenaries, the only hacker who could do this was T-BUG. However, for Carl, two minutes was still too slow.

"Carl, you're locked in."

"I know."

As the sound fell, bullets attacked again.

Having to endure the nerve pain again, Carl once again sped forward in the slow time.

Not far away.

Without Oliver, it would be a bit difficult for Zhongye to deal with the sniper with an exoskeleton from a few hundred meters away by himself.

Fortunately, we will go to Arasaka Tower the day after tomorrow. By then, according to the support agreement like Morgan Blackhand, I will have to take some Arasaka weapons no matter what.

Carl had approached to within fifty meters, which was also the killing range of pistols in the past. The killing range of the All Night in Carl's hand was naturally more than that, but at this distance, Carl could be more precise.

According to the FBI reports of the past, 15% of the effective hitting distance of pistol combat is 2075 meters, but now in , with the modified kinetic weapon in Carl's hands, it is easy to achieve an accuracy of meters.

That is what is called, hit wherever you point.

The bullets were fired, two.

Carl was aiming at the muzzle of Ajax's gun that had just peeked out from the window on the first floor.

When Carl approached within 50 meters, the man on the first floor suddenly stuck out his gun and tried to attack Carl as a surprise attack. Carl, who was well prepared, naturally gave him two bullets in a friendly manner.

Before he could even start to roar, Ajax was hit by the bullets of the entire night. Just like in the past, one bullet penetrated the entire barrel and caused the gun body to explode, and the second bullet followed closely.

"pong——"

The sound of metal hitting did not come from far away, but the man reacted quickly and disappeared through the window.

'It's really hard.'

As in the past, bullets cannot kill guys wearing exoskeletons, and the weapons and equipment produced by military technology are still of excellent quality.

Carl was not surprised. If the exoskeleton could be destroyed by just a few shots, it would not have become a rare equipment in Night City that was tacitly accepted by all companies and replaced the ACPA's permitted use.

We have to keep some equipment to suppress street 'thugs', right?

While dealing with the attack on the first floor, Carl noticed that the sniper on the third floor had disappeared.

Obviously, the opponent had given up the idea of ​​dealing with him from a distance. At this distance, it was time to use other weapons.

It seems that I have attracted enough attention.

Glancing over the message from Blanca, saying that she had moved to a safe place, T-BUG's voice rang in Carl's ear: "Do you want me to notify Jack and the others?"

"Forget it, wait until they get here and everything will be resolved."

"What about the NCPD?"

"I've already called them. As for the exoskeleton and the company's affairs, it's not easy to let Mr. Johnson and his team handle them. Please notify Rogge for me."

"How to say?"

"Be prepared to pay. There may be two damaged exoskeletons. We are willing to take less."

"We? I didn't do anything. I just helped you check everyone out. Do you think you can share the money?"

"That's enough. Without you, I might have been tricked by the people on the second and first floors. In our team, whoever works harder gets more money. I understand this rule. Don't worry, I will take more. And T-BUG, you should also take more. As for Jack and the others who didn't participate in this, since they worked so hard in the Badlands to modify the car and let me have an easy time, let them take some money for the drinks and leave. After all, we are going to book Mrs. Wells's Wild Wolf Bar tomorrow, and we can't go without drinks."

"I don't have any work to do anyway, so I don't mind."

T-BUG said with a smile: "But judging by their alcohol tolerance, hehe."

"If they heard what you said, they would probably get anxious."

Carl has arrived at the building.

"I'm done communicating, T-BUG. I'll be counting on you to remind me."

"Peace of mind."

After getting a reply from his companion, Carl took off the grenade from his waist and threw it into the window through which Ajax had just been exposed.

As the noise came from inside the house, Karl had already kicked the door open.

In front of him was the attacker who made an evasive move towards the rolling grenade.

The grenade did not explode.

Because it wouldn't have exploded.

“It’s exactly the same training.”

Carl took the opportunity to approach the attacker, waving the monomolecular wire in his hand.

(End of this chapter)