Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 272 34. Box
After starting the Sanwestan, Oliver got out of the car immediately and watched the aftermath of the explosion sweeping towards Hera. This car, which had just been modified not long ago, was very precious to him and he couldn't let it be damaged by a roadside fight.

Three other people, each with their own methods, got out of the car with him.

As time slowed down, they looked at each other without saying anything.

Jack activated the violent mode and came to the front of the car, with his back to the flames from the explosion. Then he tensed his muscles and lifted the heavy front of the car with his arms. Carl came to the rear of the car and lifted it with both hands.

With the help of Oliver and V on both sides, the four of them forcibly lifted the car and moved it to the aisle on the side.

If someone saw this scene, the four people carrying the car would look ridiculous like a sedan chair. However, not to mention the slow time, even after Carl and the others had safely transferred Hera, passers-by's attention was still focused on the roar and flames of the explosion, and no one paid attention to the car that suddenly appeared in the aisle.

"boom!"

In the violent explosion, the truck packed with people was torn into pieces, and the methanol fuel in the vehicle splashed everywhere, and the surrounding land was almost immediately engulfed in flames.

Even the residents of Night City, who are accustomed to ordinary firearms, will still run when faced with an explosion.

After all, in the time of our grandfathers more than 50 years ago, in the Heywood area near the city center, all those who couldn't run fast died in the nuclear explosion.

"What is this all about?"

Jack put down the front of Hera's car and barely escaped from the range of the explosion. He scratched his curly hair and complained: "What's wrong with the people in Night City these days? How come they can't even hijack a car?"

"Maybe it's not that this group of people hijacked the car, but that they didn't think that the person had a bomb hidden on him."

Carl, who was sitting in the back seat, understood the situation clearly. He saw clearly the whole process of the red light flashing and explosion under the clothes of the hostage-taking suit man: "In order to prevent being hijacked, he even prepared the means of self-destruction. He was so submissive before. We probably didn't expect this."

"That's good. This road is blocked."

Oliver sighed, "I have to back Hera out. The sidewalk here is really narrow. If it's the Civic Center, the sidewalk is very wide and you can drive up there easily."

“Heywood is close enough to the city center.”

As Jack was talking, V approached the fire and looked inside. This action caught Carl's attention: "What's wrong, V, did you see something?"

"I saw some intact guns in there. Maybe we can take them out and repair them and use them again."

It was not the first or second time that V had seen vehicles explode in the Badlands. The experienced V could roughly judge the impact of the explosion on the vehicle with just one glance. According to his estimation, the people on the outermost side and the front driver's seat might be dead, but the guns should be fine and could be repaired and used again.

"Want to pick up a gun and fix it?"

Carl came over. Although they rarely picked up guns now and had left them to Mr. Johnson and the others, if V was interested, it would be fine to pick up a few guns and let V, who had good skills, modify them himself.

It's this fire
"Should we rush into the fire? Wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

"No, I just used Sian Westin, and I feel like I can be faster."

"Faster?"

Carl didn't realize what V was talking about, but he saw V's silhouette begin to blur and rushed directly into the sea of ​​fire. So fast.

Even from Carl's perspective, V's movements were a little too fast.

Is this the Apogee? It is indeed the latest military technology developed, the latest model of Swanstein that has not yet been used internally.

Carl watched as the flames twisted and deformed because of V's figure, and before the broken flames came together, V had already rushed out again with several weapons in his arms.

The footsteps stopped in front of Carl. The standing V looked unchanged compared to before he rushed into the sea of ​​fire, except that he had a few more weapons on his body.

His face didn't turn red, his heartbeat didn't speed up, and even his breathing didn't speed up at all. Activating Swanwestin seemed to have no effect on V at all.

"Now I understand how adaptable you and I are."

Carl said something that V didn't understand and turned around.

Activating the Sianwestin twice in a short period of a few seconds, and the experimental machine Horizon was too much for a former new American lieutenant. This thing can only be used four times at most, but he was not even blushing or out of breath after using it, as if nothing had happened. Even the heartbeat judged from his own perspective did not speed up at all. This adaptability is too exaggerated.

Others have to take a deep breath after running two steps.

"By the way, Carl, I saw something else."

Holding the guns, V put the damaged and intact guns into the trunk. Then he touched his pocket and took out a palm-sized object and handed it to Carl: "I saw this thing shining brightly just now, and thought it might be something precious, so I took it out."

"In addition to the seven guns, you also took something out of your pocket. Your speed is really amazing, V."

Oliver closed the trunk lid of the car, leaned over, and stared at the metal product on V's palm that was slightly distorted due to the explosion: "What is this?"

"Let me see."

Carl took the still warm piece of metal, looked at it, and finally consulted all the knowledge in his mind, and finally came to a conclusion.

[Storage Box]: The storage box is made of special metal and can withstand a certain degree of explosion-proof, waterproof and fire-proof functions. KENDACHI owns the copyright of this design.

KENDACHI COMPANY?

Carl remembered that it was a company located in Edo that specialized in producing melee weapons and special chips. It originated from a blacksmith family in the 16th century and was said to have a 500-year-old craftsmanship heritage.

Could it be that this twisted piece of metal belongs to that company?

According to the information I read, this is a storage box that is resistant to explosion and combustion, so it's no wonder that it's just a little twisted and deformed.

After getting back in the car, Carl told his companions what he knew while trying to open the box. Then, with the strength of his hands, the already twisted box was forced open, and inside appeared a complete chip without any damage.

(End of this chapter)