Bab 173: Company Politics

"A deal? I'm interested." Aldrich already held Aarav in far better standing than Colonel Davos. Aarav had the courage to sit right next to Aldrich knowing how dangerous Aldrich could be.

Though Null Ore could dampen powers, it was not it they just erased Alter Cells and Organs entirely.

Null Ore worked mainly by compromising the proper functioning of the Alter cells and organs, severely disrupting the processing of additional energy.

But the physical strengthening that Alter cells and organs provided from years and years of enriching musculature, blood vessels, bones, and so on remained.

For someone like Aldrich who Aarav had every reason to expect had a massively high AC count, it was an entirely reasonable threat for Aldrich to just reach out and snap Aarav's neck, especially considering the fact that technos tended to have weaker bodies even with high AC counts.