Chapter 540 - 511: The Final Obstacle (Supplement)

The entire warehouse was shaking!

The Caster Kai Hovercar was merely a civilian floating car, even though it was Susan’s vehicle, it was her private vehicle.

Normally, she would drive the military technology-enhanced Scorpion-tailed Lion Armored Hovercar for routine missions, but the current task was sudden and didn’t warrant deploying the company’s armored vehicles.

Therefore, the protective capabilities of this car were indeed at the level of civilian floating cars!

Lille aimed at the central control computer of the hover car. His shot allowed the electromagnetic gun to easily penetrate the lower jaw of the car, pierce through the body, and hit the central control computer directly. Additionally, the electronics built into the electromagnetic projectile caused severe damage to the circuit board, causing the floating car to lose control on the spot.

The hover car then crashed at an extremely high speed, smashing directly into the roof of this warehouse building!

At the same time, two missiles hit the rear armor of Mackinaw squarely, with the blast wave transmitting inside along the open vehicle, flinging the more than 300-kilogram Jack into the air!

Jack was sent flying, and then this heavy man slammed into Lille, who was setting up his gun behind him...

But V was quick and agile, pulling Lille out of harm’s way to avoid the fate of being ground into the floor by Jack.

Bang—

The two slammed hard into the ground, slid several meters away, and finally crashed into the steps inside the factory.

The interior of the factory was in utter chaos, the Animal Gang, who were fully prepared, were momentarily baffled by the hole above their heads:

The Caster Kai Hovercar had smashed through the ceiling, half its front protruding in, and was sinking lower under the force of gravity.

Broken concrete blocks and snapped steel bars fell around the hole, crushing many muscle-bound men who were accustomed to their daily bench presses, deadlifts, and squats. Some were spitting blood, desperately bench-pressing the concrete and rebar on their chests, hoping this wouldn’t be their last time.

By the time they regained their senses, Lille and Jack had already stood up, and V raised his pistol, aiming at this group of brawny men—

"I hear this place is by invitation only," V said, "but we... Burger King big shots don’t need an invitation to go where we please.

Any objections?"

Sometimes, people find themselves to be strange creatures.

Although the warehouse was filled with screams and carnage, there were still about a dozen survivors, each a harmful pest in their own right, and a few NCPD officers would not be enough to handle them.

But...

Natalia of the Animal Gang was panicked. She was spooked by the Octopus Arm behind Lille, the Power Armor on Jack, and even... even by the small pistol in V’s hand, she was panicked.

The gang underboss, strong as an ox, swirled her eyes and raised her gun from behind cover...

Bang!

A burst of bullets knocked her hand down again.

"Don’t shoot!" Natalia hurriedly yelled, "I’m just here to do a job; this isn’t our turf!"

Although V was pointing her pistol at Natalia’s Animal Gang, her eyes were fixed on the smoke-billowing hover car.

There was no sign of Susan.

She whispered to Lille, "What do you say?"

"Then get lost!" Lille said, standing up with the help of Little Octopus, scanning everything in the warehouse and finding a way down.

Natalia swallowed hard and waved at her brothers—

If they didn’t retreat now, would they wait for the NCPD to come before doing so?

The NCPD might not shoot them, but being locked up in jail was no joke.

Lille led the way towards the underground passage, Jack and V kept an eye on the floating car, and followed behind—

Just as the three made their move and the Animal Gang began to prepare for retreat, all the electronics in the warehouse flickered!

Red electronic messages scrolled across every visible sign: "Go back."

The blood-red messages became the only source of light in the warehouse, startling the Animal Gang!

Industrial arms started swinging madly; Jack intercepted a claw swinging at him with a single hand, the machine’s tonnage of torque shattered upon his resistance!

But the Animal Gang was different, they were dumbfounded!

The claw brought down with formidable force, smashing an Animal Gang brute’s skull, using the crushed flesh and fresh blood to depict a phrase:

"It’s not too late."

The terrified Animal Gang began to scream in horror, and Natalia felt chills down her spine!

But it wasn’t over yet!

The laser engraver suddenly activated, and V swiftly sliced the nozzle that was about to release a high-temperature laser—

The Animal Gang, plunged into panic, faced another blow: without high technology, they didn’t even notice the Naxi laser engraver powering up!

The high-temperature laser that could etch into metal instantly blinded a man’s eyes; the falling camera hit his head, and high-voltage electricity paralyzed the muscle-bound brute.

The laser corroded the flesh of the man as he fell, the air filled with the scent of roasted meat, and these words appeared on the corpse:

"The end."

Boom!

The forklift charged about wildly, but was effortlessly deflected by the Octopus Arm.

The rapidly operating forklift collided with an Animal Gang member trying to escape, the powerful engine pinned him against the wall, and the counterweight from the crane fell, mashing him into mincemeat.

The forklift spun manically, the two forks flinging corpses, smearing the final word onto the wall—

"Warning."

V smacked his lips, "That’s a bit creepy."

Jack shivered as well, "I’d rather fight with Frost... Where is she?"

"Don’t be foolish, watch your step, an don’t step on any wires..." Lille said, as the three of them entered the underground tunnel.

Looking down the dim tunnel, he yelled, "Stop fooling around like a ghost, come out and talk if you dare!!"

[Sssss—]

[Perares: I’m very disappointed, Burger King, you actually chose Ryan.]

[Lille: Your wife is in my hands, and you don’t even dare to face me; you should know that the mercenaries you called are ready to blow your wife to kingdom come as well.]

[Perares: What wouldn’t I dare to do?]

Lille raised an eyebrow.

Could it really be happening right here?

...

Outside the building, Susan chose to bail out of the floating car during the final moments before its crash.

Frankly speaking, it was a truly jaw-dropping move.

Jumping out of a car moving close to two hundred miles per hour was tantamount to suicide, not to mention that she was bailing in mid-air.

Her advanced Dynamic Vision allowed her to pick a landing spot, landing on the adjacent building, but both her legs were practically rendered half-disabled, and her clothes were torn and tattered from the collision, exposing severely worn synthetic skin and the Subdermal Armor beneath.

As for why she didn’t pursue, she was indeed the Federation’s sharpshooting Executioner who never missed a shot, but she wasn’t a hot-blooded naive young lady—

Ryan had already reached his destination, and even looking back at the entire... mission to kill Ryan, he could have been killed at any point.

Military Technology never made a move, and now the man had been delivered to Arasaka’s hands.

As she had thought from the beginning, this job had almost no chance of success for anyone, and the survival rate was virtually zero.

These three men were like moths to a flame, devoid of any future except for uncovering a "truth."

In Susan’s mind, Ryan had already died during some previous stage, and even if he hadn’t, he had to be dead now.

So did Ryan really die?

Did Arasaka really take action?