Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 504 117. That’s it?

To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. Placide may not understand this truth, but he is very clear about one thing, that is, among all the enemies on the field, KK is the most threatening, and as the most capable person in the Voodoo Gang, he naturally has to fight against the leader.

Why would we take action when we see Team KK reveal their true colors and say they will take action if you don’t accept the mission?
This kind of doubt never existed in Placide's mind for a moment, because even the dumbest person should have realized that the KK team had no good intentions, and that the purpose of their arrival might not be a good thing. If he didn't take the initiative to activate Swanwestin and wait for KK to take action first, would he still be alive?
Placide, like all the other capable fighters in the gang, had more or less studied KK's fighting style through various video materials. Although only a very small part of the video materials he consulted were real KK fights and the rest were imitators, he had still summed up KK's fighting methods in his own way.

KK has excellent marksmanship and is accustomed to using single-molecule line as a close-range weapon. He may have installed Krenzikov or Sian Westin, is extremely fast in action, and also has the ability to invade data. For such an enemy with almost no blind spots in all aspects, the only way to achieve victory is to launch a surprise attack.

Kill KK before he can display his abilities. Don't give KK any time to prepare. If KK is given time to react, even a tough guy like Adam Heavy Hammer, who can easily clear out the entire Voodoo Gang by himself, will not be able to do anything to KK.

Raid is the consensus of everyone who has seen KK’s combat data. They all believe that they must deal with KK’s raid.

But they all knew this, so how could Carl not know it?

It is so self-evident that in battle, those who act first can seize the initiative and be ready for both attack and retreat.

But Karl didn't move.

He remained motionless in the face of Placide's sudden attack, as if he had not reacted at all.

“KK didn’t react!”

Praxite was ecstatic as he watched KK not move in the slow time.

Even for people who possess the same Swanwestin or Krenzikov prosthesis, taking the initiative in a battle is very important, because after one person activates the prosthesis, the time it takes for the other person to be slow will be prolonged, and that prolonged time is enough to decide the outcome.

To ensure the raid was a surprise, Placide did not fire his gun. In his hand was a meat cleaver that he carried with him and usually used to slaughter animals.

This meat knife was made by Placide using very good materials. When slaughtering, even if it encounters bones, it can be cut like tofu with one stroke, whether it is animals or humans.

The blade was already close to Carl's neck, but Carl still didn't move.

But his eyes turned and looked at Placide.

The moment Placide swung the knife, his eyes met Carl's.

There was only calmness in his eyes, as if the blade that Placide swung over and could chop off his head in the next moment was so insignificant.

Before Placide could understand the meaning of this look, a knife had already been inserted from an oblique direction into the trajectory of Placide's knife swing.

"clang--"

The sound of metal clashing, like the sound of iron forging, rang in Carl's ears. This made Carl frown slightly and complain: "V, you are too slow."

"I'm sorry, Carl, you know, I have to wear loose clothes and shrink my neck to play Lucy, otherwise my height won't match. I just stretched my muscles and pulled out the knife."

While saying this, V was staring closely at Placide in front of him. At this time, Placide held a thick and wide meat cleaver with both hands, and the blade of the knife faced the samurai sword raised by V with one hand, and the force of the knife was constantly pressing down V's samurai sword.

"This guy is quite strong. I'll have to take some time."

"After you deflected his knife from the side, you shouldn't have gone up to fight him with one hand. Your arm should have been equipped with a prosthesis to assist your strength. After this job is done and I get the access bay, let's go find Lao Wei together."

"I think taking supplements is a good idea. I have to participate in the boxing match for the same reason as Jack. I have to show Old Wei that I can beat people even without hand prosthesis."

As he spoke, V grasped the hilt with both hands, and actually used the katana's position, which made it difficult to exert force from below, to diagonally block the meat-cleaving knife that Placide was pressing down, allowing the blade of the meat-cleaving knife that Placide was pressing down to slide on the blade of the katana.

The moment he realized that his power was being shifted and his body was unbalanced, Placide forced himself to stabilize his tilted body. The power-charging jump auxiliary parts installed on his legs made his body pause suddenly before he jumped around.

This kind of action, which requires forcibly using the force of parts to change the rules of action at the moment of leaning forward, is obviously very burdensome. Placide already felt a tearing pain in his legs, but this pain also saved his life.

The moment Placide's blade was deflected and his body fell forward, V had already stepped to the side with his samurai sword raised high in both hands.

V, who was originally prepared to swing his knife to take the head when Placide leaned forward, looked at Placide with a little surprise as he jumped to the side with a movement that didn't match his body size. For a moment, he couldn't find an accurate adjective to describe his current feelings.

What is this action?
Horizontal jump?

"The leg parts are twisted, and the skin and flesh are probably torn apart from the pulling."

Carl could see clearly: "His power leg is useless."

When facing Adam's hammer, Carl also performed a similar operation, but at that time he forcibly took over the prosthesis after it lost power before starting it again, but he did not forcibly move sideways like Placide. There is still a difference in the injuries between the two. Compared with Carl's completely acceptable injury at the time, Placide, who lost a leg, has lost his only support in front of V.

Looking at V who was walking towards her with a knife, and the Voodoo Gang members around her who had been knocked to the ground by Jack and Oliver with guns or fists, Placide tried desperately to call the leader on the comms to tell her to move quickly.

Unfortunately, pulling the plug before taking action has always been the trick that the KK team is most skilled at.

After discovering that the communication was invalid, V activated Sianwestan's Placide again in a short period of time, wanting to roar to attract people's attention, but V would not give him this opportunity.

As V, who is now considered a killer in Night City by the industry, he has a kind point that cannot be ignored.

That means he acted really quickly.

The man was completely unaware when the activated thermal samurai blade almost slashed through his head.

"Voodoo Gang, that's it?"

These were the last words Placide heard before she fell into darkness.

(End of this chapter)