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 interfaceā
He was performing prosthetic surgery on himself!
Carterās frame also exploded after he took down the last underling, the explosion originated from the legās balance motor.
The motor burst, spraying electrolyte.
"Royce, that old fat fuck isnāt here..." Carter muttered to himself.
"Need you say more? Hurry up and sit down, Iāll change your leg... Remember this? Itās 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 doctorsā 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.
Brickās 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, heād pull an electrical cable; if high-energy fuel was needed, heād pour in ethanol; if unbalanced, heād add counterweights, and if lacking power, heād attach a motor...
Adding on and on, Brick didnāt even realize he had connected his own neural circuits to the leg already attached to Carterā
He then chopped off the neural linkage and collapsed to the sideā
"Still missing a leg..."
Smack.
Jack and V arrived on the scene, the spacious hangar now housing two monstrositiesā
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, didnāt expect these guys to be even more outrageous."
V flicked out her Mantis Bladeā
"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 footās thruster instantly activating, propelling her right over Brickās head!
She thought she had the upper hand, the Mantis Blade swinging toward Brickās shoulder, only to discover his shoulders and elbow joints undergoing unnatural twists, likewise ejecting expansion gas!
Brickās 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 Carterās 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 Carterās 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.
Brickās 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 Brickās rapid change of tactics.
Carterās 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 didnāt even need to communicate; the two stabilized their stance and launched another attack!
The linear frameās fans and muscles burst forth with power, their enemies countering with full force!
But Jack and V swiftly dodged past their previous opponents!
Vās height in the air paused momentarily due to the fanās force, just enough to fly over Brickās head towards Carterā
In Si Anweisitan mode, Carter could only see clearly but couldnāt keep up with Vās movements, his arm swinging directly at V, posing no threat and missing him altogether!
And V, seeing Carterās 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 wasnāt as refined!
His joints deformed in an instant, a large amount of mixed liquid being squeezed out by the twisted jointsā
Bang!
With a loud noise, Brickās arm uncontrollably flew backwards.
Meanwhile, V stood on Carterās 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 dingā
Liquid and parts shattered on the ground, Brick, watching Carter powerlessly kneel, his red eyes became even more glaring, uncontrollably smashing towards Jackā
But Jack wasnāt flustered at all, blocking with one hand while the other, now in propulsion mode, smashed fiercely into Brickās stomach!
This punch perforated Brickās stomach!
With his hand piercing the body, Jack realized he had grabbed hold of Brickās spineā
Crack.
The spine was crushed, and Brickās 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 donāt skimp on installing prosthetics into themselves."
[Lille: The Terrorist Mobile Team has passed, bring the person out.]
[Lille: Panāan 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 Carā
Except he himself... With the Enhanced Finger Tiger on, he couldnāt use such a refined weapon anymore.
"Sigh." Jack shook his head with a sigh, handing over the gun to V.
V chuckledāshe had been eager to try this thing too.