“No, don’t kill me!
Whatever Militech paid you, I can give you double!!”
The moment Kochi saw Maine, the expression on his face turned to one of extreme terror, and he quickly raised his hands to beg Maine for mercy.
“That is indeed…
a bit tempting.”
Hearing Kochi’s words, Maine blinked his eyes.
“Right!
As long as you let me go and let me finish the deal with Arasaka, I can give you double the money!”
Hearing this, hope flickered on Kochi’s face, and he continued to make promises.
“But unfortunately, if this job is botched, we won’t have an easy time in the future, so…”
After saying that, Maine raised his pistol and aimed it at Kochi.
“No!!!”
Bang!
Screech—
“Huh?!”
The instant Maine fired, a dark shadow flew past.
Accompanied by a piercing sound of metal being sliced, the roof of the chevillon emperor was instantly ripped off, and Kochi, who had been right in front of him, vanished at that same moment.
Only the bullet hole in the car door nearby remained to testify to what had just happened.
Realizing something, Maine snapped his head to the side of the road, where he saw a tall figure clad in black exoskeleton armor.
The figure was holding Kochi with one hand and a katana in the other, standing there quietly.
Kochi’s face was pale yet slightly flushed at the same time, his heart racing from the intense shock.
“Retreat…
Arasaka…
Reinforcements…”
“Sasha?!”
Shhh—
Only then did Sasha’s voice finally come through, but it quickly turned back into a wall of static noise.
“Damn it!!!”
From the few words Sasha managed to get out, Maine extracted the key information: Arasaka reinforcements had arrived!
Furthermore, their communications had been cut off!
“Retreat!!!”
Without hesitation, Maine immediately raised his pistol and emptied his magazine toward Rain ahead of him, shouting the command at the same time.
The moment Rebecca and the others heard Maine’s shout, their movements stiffened.
Falco’s car suddenly surged out from a corner at that moment.
Rain placed Kochi in front of him, using his own back to block all the bullets, and then glanced at the man.
“Hide to the side.
Someone will come to assist you in continuing the mission shortly.”
“B-but…”
“Hmm?”
Seeing Kochi’s hesitation, Rain lowered his head to look at him.
The unfriendly tone in the raspy electronic voice immediately made Kochi as quiet as a cicada in winter, and he nodded hurriedly.
Seeing this, Rain shifted his gaze away from Kochi.
His body blurred, and he instantly vanished from the spot.
Seeing this, Kochi swallowed hard and scrambled behind a nearby car wreck.
“Where is your captain?”
At this moment, Rain patched into the communication channel of the Arasaka Agents on-site.
“Minister Rain, the captain has been killed in the line of duty…”
“Understood.
Go protect that guy.
If there are any more mistakes, you can commit seppuku to apologize.” Find the original chapter at g.com.
“Yes, sir!”
As he spoke, Rain had already appeared in front of Maine.
“Damn it!”
Maine’s pupils shrank violently.
He swung his arm toward Rain’s face, but before the blow could land, a large hand covered his entire field of vision.
Bang!
Rain slammed his palm into Maine’s jaw, then drove him down into the ground.
“Cough!”
Maine spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out immediately.
“Maine!!!”
Seeing this, Dorio in the rear was instantly enraged.
She vaulted over a car, raised her rifle, and began pouring fire toward Rain.
In response to the attack, Rain raised his katana.
Countless silver blade flashes appeared before him.
After a burst of sparks, numerous bullets fell to his sides.
Whoosh—Snap—
Then Dorio heard a terrifying sound of breaking air, and a cold sensation seized her throat.
“Gah…
gah…
You…
bastard!!”
“Hmm…
Block the local network and data.
Don’t let the intel from here leak out.
Then capture this group alive.
They are…
useful to me.”
“Copy that, Boss.”
Facing Dorio, whom he held up by the throat, Rain had no intention of talking.
After giving orders to the Special Operations squad, Rain applied pressure to his grip, choking Dorio into unconsciousness before tossing her aside.
“You bastard, how dare you?!!!”
Rebecca, who had seen everything, had eyes bloodshot with rage.
She frantically raised her weapons and began firing wildly at Rain.
“Are you crazy?!
You’ll die!!!”
Pilar grabbed Rebecca and pulled her back, while urging Falco to drive away quickly.
Though Falco’s eyes were also filled with fury and grief, he maintained a shred of rationality and slammed his foot on the gas.
Screech—
“Bastard!!!
Let me go!
I’m going to kill that corpo rat!!!”
Swish—
Just as Rebecca finished her roar, a figure descended from the sky, landing directly on the hood of their car.
Bang!
After a loud crash, a pair of crimson eyes looked at them.
“Bas—”
Falco’s pupils shrank.
He had just started to curse and hadn’t even reached for his gun when the person in front of him punched through the glass and knocked him unconscious.
“Damn it, Rebecca, run!!!”
Reacting, Pilar kicked Rebecca out of the car. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
He pulled out a submachine gun and began firing frantically at Canris.
However, Canris simply raised his arm and blocked everything with his exoskeleton armor.
Then, a massive force suddenly struck.
“AAAAAH!!!!”
“Annoying fellow.”
After tossing aside a severed hand still clutching a gun, Canris ripped open the car roof and dragged Pilar and Falco out, one in each hand.
“Everyone…”
Watching the scene unfold, Rebecca murmured in agony, her expression becoming increasingly distorted.
Swish—
However, before she could act, Rain’s figure instantly appeared in front of her.
“It’s over, Edgerunner.”
After he spoke, Rebecca felt a sharp pain in her neck, and her vision went black as she fell unconscious.
“Boss, how should we handle this?”
“Hmm…
First, suppress any news about them, then take them to the sub-base in Watson and lock them up.
They are part of one of my arrangements; don’t let anything happen to them, or else…”
“Yes, yes, I understand!
I understand!”
Hearing this, Canris nodded hurriedly.
“Good.
Call the company people to clean up the mess…
Also, have the PR department contact WNS to condemn Militech’s attack on us regarding this incident.
As for our other actions, they know what to say.”
“Copy.
By the way, Boss, there’s one more straggler over there.
How do we handle her?”
“Hmm…
Bring her over.
She’ll return to Arasaka with me.
I have some things to ask.”
“Understood.”
As Rain’s orders were issued, security personnel from the Special Operations Department jumped down from aerodynes in the sky.
The NCPD officers arrived late and were promptly barred from the scene by the Special Operations security.
Rain even saw the embarrassed, reddening face of one officer and another officer beside him trying to talk him down.
The captured Sasha was brought over, held by two men.
Sasha looked at Rain with eyes full of resentment, mixed with a hint of despair.
She…
hadn’t had time to find the truth for her mother yet.
Was it going to end like this…
And Maine, Rebecca, and the others, were they all…?
Thinking of this, tears gradually welled up in Sasha’s eyes.
“Take her to the car.”
“Yes, Minister!”
Instantly, hearing the word ‘Minister,’ Sasha felt her vision go dark.
They had actually run into such a high-ranking figure!
Should she say they were lucky or unlucky?
With a bitter smile, Sasha silently lowered her head.