Boom—
Two sports cars roared out from the street corner, approximately 1500 meters from the Dewdrop Inn.
The enemy was experienced, and the netrunner took aggressive measures to prevent Leo's intrusion:
At the moment V severed the enemy's arms, the current from the mantis blade activated the processor chip in the cybernetic limbs through their circuitry, allowing these cyber components to receive Leo's signals.
This instantaneous surge of electricity would be difficult to detect without a deep understanding of the cybernetic system, and most mercenary teams wouldn't have a tech-savvy ripper doc on hand to notice the signal connection immediately.
Once connected to the cybernetic system, the enemy provided a hacking link during their communication.
However, the netrunner reacted quickly, or perhaps they used some code while communicating, and discovered the issue in the communication packet during a single transmission.
Thus, Leo could only convert the data packet being sent into an unmasked sonic shock, attacking the netrunner's senses.
This would at least incapacitate him for half a day.
In this way, the lack of netrunner support in a battle was decisive, and the enemy decisively ordered a retreat—
Clearly, those two sports cars were the enemy!
[Leo: Do you see that car? We chase.]
Mackinaw also sprang into action, with the little octopus driving the car towards the Dewdrop Inn at full speed! Leo decided to pursue in the blink of an eye, but instinctively, he suddenly thought of a problem: since someone was lurking nearby without directly intervening or attacking the Morton, it meant the enemy was coming for them!
The enemy's target was them! The Six Streets Gang was just a cover! This was a flanking maneuver!
Jackie and V, who had long developed a tacit understanding, had already climbed through the window and were ready to get in the car—
[Leo: Stop! Don't get in the car! Don't leave the room!]
Before he finished speaking.
A loud bang erupted in the air above the street!
Boom! The violent sound was like a rocket explosion, and if one reacted quickly enough, they could discern that it was not a single loud noise, but several!
The multiple explosions were sharp and low!
This was the situation V heard; the moment Leo shouted to stop, she activated the Sandevistan, while the little octopus intelligently maxed out the power.
Electricity surged from her spine, and this time, the little octopus activated a new stimulation potential:
Several nerves that had fused with nanomaterials were electrified.
[Sandevistan overload, time-stop effect increased from 18% to 21%.]
In the activated state of Sandevistan, she heard seven explosions behind her, and then in her field of vision, the air twisted horrifically. That was the sonic boom caused by the bullets!
Although V noticed these, she wouldn't make the mistake of focusing her attention on other targets and quickly pulled Jackie back!
Upon hearing Leo's shout, Jackie urgently stopped, using V's strength to halt and back up.
But one of his arms was left outstretched, remaining in his original position, right in the bullet's trajectory!
Bang! In the blink of an eye, Mackinaw's entire car was split in half:
The bullet passed through Jackie's arm, pierced through Mackinaw's car door, shot straight into the driver's cabin, and then effortlessly angled out through the car's undercarriage!
The speeding Mackinaw seemed to be pierced by some invisible nail, the front of the car firmly pinned down, the rear lifted high, flames instantly filling the car's interior!
The car rolled with a loud crash, finally skidding on the ground, producing a piercing sound, and came to a stop.
Sizzle—
This scene stunned everyone; the Six Streets Gang members scurried like headless flies to hide behind the buildings on either side of the street, and Morton took a deep breath, his eyes filled with fear.
As for Leo, he felt the situation was extremely tricky: the bullets were just too fast, and after the impact, the car flipped over, making it impossible for him to determine the shooter's position based on the trajectory in an instant!
He could only roughly infer where the shooter might be based on the enemy's shooting window and the orientation of the surrounding buildings. But that was too broad!
After the shooting, there was a long silence, leaving only Morton's furious roar in the communication channel:
[Morton: That's a damn anti-armor Anti-Material sniper rifle!]
[Morton: Everyone hide, don't stick your heads out!]
Leo could only remain silent: bullets of such power were what he used to take down terrorist task forces; this time, they were being used against them.
On the battlefield, the spear is stronger than the shield, and now Leo was experiencing the feeling of the enemy facing their weapons.
Their
The equipment was strong, and their cybernetics were advanced, but a secretly set up high-powered sniper rifle could still pose a significant threat to them!
He quickly began hacking into the nearby road network and shared this information with Morton to jointly determine the search area.
The street fell into silence, with the Six Streets Gang members nervously searching for cover, the air feeling heavy enough to crush a person.
Neighbors covered their ears and hid in their homes, waiting for the battle to end.
This suffocating silence lasted for about an hour.
[Leo: They should have run away.]
[Morton: Heh, seeing that kind of thing, I'd rather hide in an alley until tomorrow, or even next week.]
[Morton: Anyone who's been in urban combat knows that.]
Leo fell silent as well: the appearance of an anti-material sniper rifle on the streets was undoubtedly terrifying news, as it was a real weapon designed for direct corporate battlefield applications, with a level of restriction far exceeding that of a Nekomata.
Because this thing could genuinely blow the head off any corporate dog from several kilometers away, it was originally intended for dealing with actual armored units.
The anti-material sniper rifle, as the name suggests, fires bullets that are essentially miniature explosive bombs.
The high-speed traveling bullet would draw in high-pressure, high-temperature air through the gap between the conical bullet head and the specially designed shell wall, igniting the primer at the bullet's base, continuously generating small-scale explosions before the bullet hit the target, propelling it forward.
Thanks to this unique structure, the bullet would not slow down before hitting the target; it might even accelerate!
This kind of weapon, both the bullets and the firearm, was outrageously expensive, and due to its special construction, the maintenance costs were similarly exorbitant, making smuggling it even more difficult.
Thinking of this, Leo sent a message to Rogue, intending to inform him:
[Leo: Those mercenaries have anti-material sniper rifles.]
[Rogue: So what? Didn't you guys start it?]
Leo was stunned—
It turned out someone mistook the death warrior bullets he brought from Marvel for anti-material sniper bullets!
Although there was no evidence at the scene to prove that those were anti-material grade bullets, it was clear that no one would argue with Leo about this!
If it were assumed that such firepower could appear on the streets, then everyone would naturally relax their control over such items!
Realizing this, the scene fell into even deeper silence.
About two hours later, the Six Streets Gang's vehicles flew into the area, and another Mackinaw arrived.
In the midst of the chaos, the cars drove away, and the Morton bravely leaned out of the car window, shouting to the neighbors:
"Alright! Get back to work! The terrorists have been eliminated by the Six Streets Gang! Clean-up crews will be here shortly!"
If it weren't for the graffiti reading "666" on the car, it would almost resemble the local police.
Sitting back in his seat, Morton began to send frantic messages, both to command his men and to communicate with Leo.
[Morton: This situation is a bit serious; come to Arroyo to discuss further.]
[Leo: Understood.]