Chapter 321 - 296 Frankenstein_2

Brick looked at the equipment he had seized in the warehouse, gripping a thermal knife in his hand, and suddenly swung it toward his own power-depleted leg.

The knife struck the linear frame, emitting a hissing sound, and as he exerted more force, it slowly cut deeper...

Bang!

Electrical sparks burst forth as Brick pulled apart the broken leg, grabbing a sturdy thigh from his spoils and directly smashing it onto the interface—

He was performing prosthetic surgery on himself!

Carter’s frame also exploded after he took down the last underling, the explosion originated from the leg’s balance motor.

The motor burst, spraying electrolyte.

"Royce, that old fat fuck isn’t here..." Carter muttered to himself.

"Need you say more? Hurry up and sit down, I’ll change your leg... Remember this? It’s the military technology we stole years ago, never used it for all these years...

All fucking cowards, too scared to switch this, too scared to switch that."

"Stop nagging, get moving, we still have to smash Royce!"

Although many unscrupulous prosthetic doctors’ skills were poor, often dubbed as "slaughter-like" surgeries, that was merely an expression.

But now, Brick was indeed performing a slaughter-like surgery, with no exaggeration.

Without a doubt, they could now be considered as cyborg psychopaths.

No prosthetic surgery is conducted this way.

Yet, they could still roughly communicate normally, the scene somewhat eerie.

Brick’s twisted prosthetic system scanned both himself and Carter, and the scanner received all distorted data, sheer gibberish.

Yet, this garbled and erroneous information, processed through his chaotic mind, resulted in completely irrational actions...

But miraculously made those randomly connected prosthetics and enhanced equipment functional.

It was like the scene of creating a Frankenstein: the doctor, driven by conviction, stitched various organs to the spots he deemed correct, adhering to the belief "I think I can assemble a living person like this"...

If prompted with insufficient energy, he’d pull an electrical cable; if high-energy fuel was needed, he’d pour in ethanol; if unbalanced, he’d add counterweights, and if lacking power, he’d attach a motor...

Adding on and on, Brick didn’t even realize he had connected his own neural circuits to the leg already attached to Carter—

He then chopped off the neural linkage and collapsed to the side—

"Still missing a leg..."

Smack.

Jack and V arrived on the scene, the spacious hangar now housing two monstrosities—

Two mechanical-style "Frankensteins."

(A bit shorter, around 2.2 to 2.3 meters, just as a rough estimate, you can imagine the rest)

"Holy moly..." Jack tapped his own enhanced knuckles, "I thought our gear was already handmade-style enough, didn’t expect these guys to be even more outrageous."

V flicked out her Mantis Blade—

"Just goes to show, looks can be deceiving!"

Brick and Carter, having lost the ability to discern friend from foe, suddenly turned around, ripping all the cables from their bodies, their voices amplified to the extreme by their metallic throat prosthetics, this electrical noise nearly muffled all subtle tones of emotion...

Leaving only the buzzing of electricity!

The numerous discordant motors and structures filled the warehouse with the sounds of metal grinding and electronic buzzing!

A true heavy metal concert!

The battle was on the verge of breaking out!

V charged at Brick, but just as she was about to face him directly, she lightly tapped the floor, her foot’s thruster instantly activating, propelling her right over Brick’s head!

She thought she had the upper hand, the Mantis Blade swinging toward Brick’s shoulder, only to discover his shoulders and elbow joints undergoing unnatural twists, likewise ejecting expansion gas!

Brick’s body sank, but his fist smashed toward V!

V had no choice but to dodge by retracting her belly!

Bang!

Jack faced Carter head-on, his fist meeting Carter’s with an impact that even stirred up a visible gust of wind!

The air pressure spread the lingering smoke all around!

Equally matched!

Both retracted after one strike, swinging out their other fists!

"Try this on for size!" Jack adjusted his stance, the turbofans on his enhanced knuckles burst forth!

The explosive propulsion maximized the power of his punch, Jack felt as though he had taken flight!

Boom!

But Carter’s punches were just as hard!

Jack gained no advantage at all, uncontrollably stepping back after the clash of fists!

The first round of attack ended almost in a draw!

V leveraged the rising force, his feet clinging to the metal frame, while Jack nearly held his original position.

Carter and Brick stood back-to-back, each fixing their gaze on their respective opponents...

But they only stared, while Jack and V had their own strategists, who immediately scanned their exposed mechanical structures into the network:

Si Anweisitan could still speed up their reactions.

But speeding up actual movement required hardware support.

Brick’s arms were more nimble, and one could even see four omnidirectional joints on an arm, which, judging by the burst of air during a punch, might have a double-jump mechanism installed.

This was the basis that supported Brick’s rapid change of tactics.

Carter’s arms, however, were much sturdier, but this was due to a simple structure.

It was clear that four thick, high-strength structural tubes had been added externally to his arms, providing great stability, but they made bending impossible.

Under such circumstances, even if his reactions kept up, as long as V was flexible enough, he had no way to respond.

So in this situation...

[Lille: Change opponents.]

Jack and V didn’t even need to communicate; the two stabilized their stance and launched another attack!

The linear frame’s fans and muscles burst forth with power, their enemies countering with full force!

But Jack and V swiftly dodged past their previous opponents!

V’s height in the air paused momentarily due to the fan’s force, just enough to fly over Brick’s head towards Carter—

In Si Anweisitan mode, Carter could only see clearly but couldn’t keep up with V’s movements, his arm swinging directly at V, posing no threat and missing him altogether!

And V, seeing Carter’s arm, let out a sinister grin and thrust his Mantis Blade straight into his spine!

Carter could only watch helplessly as the Mantis Blade sliced through the surface of his arm like tofu, stabbing into the side of his neck!

Simultaneously, Jack and Brick clashed fists head-on!

But Brick wasn’t as refined!

His joints deformed in an instant, a large amount of mixed liquid being squeezed out by the twisted joints—

Bang!

With a loud noise, Brick’s arm uncontrollably flew backwards.

Meanwhile, V stood on Carter’s arm, the Mantis Blade stabbing into the side of the neck, shredding the spine.

The signal was cut off, the entire prosthetic system ceased functioning, and Carter kneeled.

Ding ding—

Liquid and parts shattered on the ground, Brick, watching Carter powerlessly kneel, his red eyes became even more glaring, uncontrollably smashing towards Jack—

But Jack wasn’t flustered at all, blocking with one hand while the other, now in propulsion mode, smashed fiercely into Brick’s stomach!

This punch perforated Brick’s stomach!

With his hand piercing the body, Jack realized he had grabbed hold of Brick’s spine—

Crack.

The spine was crushed, and Brick’s prosthetics also lost control.

Thus, both Brick and Carter lost their ability to move, the two brothers knelt on the ground, their heads drooping, their bodies trembling slightly.

V retracted his Mantis Blade, standing shoulder to shoulder with Jack.

"That settles it... How are these prosthetics so bizarre?"

"Truly fucking bizarre." Jack retracted his arm, shaking off the unidentified liquid, "These maniacs... they don’t skimp on installing prosthetics into themselves."

[Lille: The Terrorist Mobile Team has passed, bring the person out.]

[Lille: Pan’an is marking the location outside, just shoot down the Floating Car and run after you do it.]

They would report it as collateral damage in combat to their employer later.

Both understood well, Jack taking out a gold, vicious old lady equipped with a new adaptor from his pocket...

This thing could definitely penetrate the roof and mess up the Floating Car—

Except he himself... With the Enhanced Finger Tiger on, he couldn’t use such a refined weapon anymore.

"Sigh." Jack shook his head with a sigh, handing over the gun to V.

V chuckled—she had been eager to try this thing too.