Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 53 31. Confronting the ACPA
"May I have your name."

Listening to Carl's words, the target who was held in his arms like a princess was silent for a while. Just when Carl suspected that she had fainted from excessive blood loss, she asked Carl's name in an extremely small voice.

"Carl, my name is Carl, you can call me KK too."

Glancing at the girl in his arms, Carl said, "If you don't have the strength, don't talk. Talk less, and you'll have a better chance of being rescued."

"But Karl, you are telling me this now, aren't you just trying to get me to say something?"

The girl's face turned a little paler, but her expression suddenly became serious at this moment. Then, as if she was talking about something very important, she moved her cherry red lips with a hint of paleness and said her name:
"My name is Haruko."

"Haruko?"

Noticing the girl's seriousness, Karl kept walking and responded, "I remember that in Japanese, the meaning of Haruko should be no different from that in Chinese. The meaning is the same, that is, a child of a sunny day. Were you born on a sunny day?"

"It doesn't match the always gray Night City."

Haruko's smile always seemed so bright whenever she smiled: "Maybe it's because of this incompatibility that I'm hurt."

"superstitious."

Carl wanted to show a bit of disdain, but facing Haruko's pale face that didn't match the colorful Night City at all, he couldn't show such an attitude.

"Hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon."

Carl really wanted to stop a car on the side of the road, then put Haruko in the car and drive all the way to the Kanbi Building. However, perhaps because the gunfire from the two sides fighting in the distance was too loud, Carl didn't see any car approaching along the way. The only car that was originally heading this way turned its head quickly after hearing the gunfire, drifted, and turned away.

"Why are you so good at driving?"

It's impossible to even carjack a car. The quality of this city is so poor.

Also, how many meters?

The normal walking speed of an adult male is 1.7 meters per second to 2 meters per second, and Carl's pace is very fast. Even if he slowed down by holding Haruko, he was almost at the level of jogging, which means he could move forward six meters per second. He estimated that his current location should be less than one thousand meters away from the Ganbi Building, which means he would arrive in about two minutes.

Can Haruko hold on for two minutes?
Carl's mind flashed through the knowledge of the trauma team.

If a normal person is shot in the abdomen, as long as the vital organs and arteries are not injured and heavy bleeding is not caused, they can usually hold out for about fifteen minutes.

Fifteen minutes, how long has it been since the battle started? If you count the time I spent procrastinating, I should still have fifteen minutes.
About eight minutes?
More than enough time.

Carl now regrets one thing, which is that when he watched Trauma Team Mewtwo, he only watched the combat Mewtwo, such as the medical ones. When he thinks about it carefully, he actually didn't watch any of them.

'One more lesson learned from my mercenary career.'

It would be great if the person who came was Oliver. With his medical skills, he would most likely be able to handle the emergency, instead of being like himself, afraid to touch the wound for fear of aggravating the injury.

Carl's thoughts quickly disappeared.

After ten seconds, he began to feel lucky that it was not Oliver who came to rescue him.

Because if it were Oliver, he wouldn't be able to deal with such an opponent.

Looking at the huge figure that suddenly appeared and blocked his way, Carl swallowed his saliva and said to Haruko in his arms with a somewhat dry voice: "Is this also a test?"

"Maybe not." Haruko's eyes were filled with deep thought, but the deep thought quickly disappeared. She revealed an indescribable expression: "It seems that we have to die together, Carl."

"Although you have beautiful eyes, I hate office dogs. It's not necessary for us to die together."

Carl slowly placed Haruko next to the flower bed beside the road, letting her sit for a while and lean against the green plants.

Even in 2075, there are real green plants in the flower beds. I just don’t know if they will get two more nutrients today.

Carl's movements were steady, and Haruko did not feel any unnecessary pain. After carefully putting her down, Carl looked at the combat auxiliary armor in front of him, who was two meters and five meters tall and holding a machine gun in both hands, and smiled.

[Machine gun]: A weapon with a caliber greater than 20mm and a continuous firing mechanism.

ACPA, ACPA, they are really here.

Is this a dream come true?

"Cat and mouse?"

Carl didn't believe that the driver in the ACPA armor had only just discovered that they were chasing him. Judging from the way he walked slowly and blocked their way, it was obvious that he had deliberately left them here and then appeared again.

This kind of evil fun of seeing hope appear right at the moment but immediately extinguishing it, if it’s not cat and mouse, then what else is it?

The driver in the ACPA armor glanced at Haruko, but Haruko didn't seem to be very important in his eyes at this moment. Although she was the assassination target of this mission, he seemed more interested in Carl.

He raised the machine gun in his hand, but did not aim it at Carl. Instead, he stretched out his armored mechanical glove and tapped the muzzle, then slid all the way down to the middle of the barrel and stopped there. Then he used the finger of the mechanical glove to tap his fully covered helmet.

His action instantly made Carl understand who the driver was.

The bullet passed through the gun barrel and then hit his head and exploded. There was only one person who was treated like this by Carl.

"It seems that I should have tried my best to kill you before."

The armored driver did not say anything, he just slowly raised the machine gun in his hand.

This was a little fun action for him, as he enjoyed watching his prey struggle to death. The other party's reaction was not important.

I want you to die with a clear conscience, is that maybe the idea?

Carl's breathing suddenly stopped, and then he turned and ran to the side.

Just kidding. Facing ACPA, he can only rely on his prosthetic body and weapons?

He doesn't have that ability yet!
"Hmph, you want to escape?"

The mecha pilot had seen situations like this countless times in the past, and he was very skilled at handling them. So, almost the moment Carl turned around, he raised the machine gun in his hand, wanting to tear this coward who tried to escape from him into pieces from behind.

Just as he raised the machine gun, he found something rolling towards him.

That is
'Grenade?!'

(End of this chapter)