The glass cracked under the intense impact, and a sensation of droning echoed through Michael's brain.
The jolt reverberated through his augmented senses, leaving his vision disoriented amidst the chaos.
Michael felt his back burn. The numerous injuries on his back had aggravated and the metal shards embedded even deeper into his back, causing an overwhelming pain.
But that was the inconsequential at the moment.
Gradually, a pair of luminous eyes materialized, close to his sight as the figure came into focus.
The neon glow of the cityscape reflected off the figure's face.
The grip around his throat constricted with ruthless intent, cutting off the flow of his breath. Amidst the choking vice, Michael's blurry vision began to clarify.
Slowly, through the haze of pain and desperation, the identity of the figure crystallized before him.
It was actually the captain of the NCED — Ron!
"How could you bare to leave when the fun is just starting?"
The whispers lingered close to his ear and Michael felt his breath leaving him. His faces turning purple as the Enforcer's tight grip choked him.
Even then, his pupils stared fiercely at the man before him, his eyes filled with hate as though the man before him was his mortal enemy.
"Hm, that look in your eye, I've seen it lots of times in chooms like you, thinking how you will get your vengeance once you escape. But guess what?"
The standard-grade headware retracted, revealing the cruelty previously hidden beneath it.
Ron's glowing eyes shone brightly with evil, a cold smile on his lips as he leaned closer towards his prey.
"They all end up half-dead on the street. What happens when an half-dead rat lays in the middle of Rust-Neon slums street?"
Michael reddened eyes glared even more with hatred. Of course he knows why happens when an half-dead person lays undefended in the middle of the street. Within just ten minutes, their organs would harvested and sold as well as their cyberware and everything in them, leaving them with an incomplete corpse. That exactly is how the world works.
You see an opportunity, you take it regardless of how immoral it is. To you must be willing to do everything and anything!
[Warning]: Oxygen level too low! (Time left before organ hibernation: 00:04:43:99<4 minutes>)
[Warning]: Biocell-fuel too low.
Nanites cells unable to sustain healing function.
Cell replicating function terminated, Neural-cyberware terminated. All auxiliary functions terminated. Power redirected to life-sustainance!
Glaring crimson holo lights flashed in his interface and then everything vanished, his neural interface had turned off.
Michael was in no condition to notice any of this.
"Y-you t-ttalk too much!"
Michael exerted all of his strength, thick visible veins popping out his forehead and side of his neck, spreading at all corners of his head until his face turned purple.
Just as Ron frowned, confused about Michael's words and his actions, a cracking sound echoed from the glass before him. He raised his head and saw the crack on the glass wall expanding rapidly.
"You don't dare."
Ron's pupils constricted and he immediately released his grip on Michael's neck, wanting to pull back his hands. But it was too late.
The crack expanded to the edges and the durability of the partition seem to have reached its limit.
Instantly, it shattered to a million pieces!
"Since you want to kill me, let's both die together!"
With face filled with ruthlessness, Michael grabbed at Ron's retracting hand and pulled backwards, along with the fall, letting gravity take the wheel and falling into the air.
"Captain!"
"Sir!!!"
The remaining officers screamed and yelled, watching their captain fall off the floor.
Feeling the wind rush past his face, Michael gasped desperately for air, sucking in large mouthfuls of it. He had really thought he was going to die just now.
But now, he might actually really die from falling off a skyscraper. At least, it was better than being schemed ands used for something he couldn't understand.
Just what sort of situation is this? Just a week after being reincarnated, he had been caught for something he has no idea about!
Fine, count that as his bad luck. But why was he going to be framed for it?
Just as he was thinking, an infuriated voice sounded 3 meters above him
The remaining officers screamed and yelled, watching their captain fall off the floor.
Feeling the wind rush past his face, Michael gasped desperately for air, sucking in large mouthfuls of it. He had really thought he was going to die just now.
But now, he might actually really die from falling off a skyscraper. At least, it was better than being schemed ands used for something he couldn't understand.
Just what sort of situation is this? Just a week after being reincarnated, he had been caught for something he has no idea about!
Fine, count that as his bad luck. But why was he going to be framed for it?
Just as he was thinking, an infuriated voice sounded 3 meters above him, falling with him to the ground. "You actually want me to die with you!"
Managing to twist his waist, changed position, so he fell backwards, he saw the captain above him, also falling along with him.
The captain's face was filled with endless rage. It was as though he couldn't believe that he was trusted in such a desperate situation by someone he previously looked down on.
Feeling the weightless and groundless feeling of air thrusting into his face and the threat of imminent death, the captain's face darkened.
The vicious intent in his eyes thickened to the maximum and at that moment, he flicked his arms sideway. The synthetic skin on his forearms split in half, horizontally. It was as though they were dividing into two separate fragments.
Two sharp mantis blade extended out from within his forearms.
[Cyberware:] Mantis Blades
[Type]: Prototype
[Bio-cell fuel]: 10J/sec (Upon activation).
[Requirements]: 100j, 0.5 physique, 0.5 reflex.
[Effect]: Allows you to slice and dice your enemies with swift, deadly slashes.
[Limit]: 10J, 15 minutes cooldown.
[Mod Slot]: One
Slice and Dice: Increases damage and attack speed with blades by 10%, creating violent crisscross slashed that cuts your enemies to pieces.