章 266: Parade
[Becca, Sasha, stay at Yamamato street and keep an eye out for bots. Delivery drones have been banned in a half a mile vicinity around the parade, there's a jammer to bring them down if they break it so if you see anything flying shoot it down.] - Ori
[Leo, Sasha, you'll be on the float behind Yorinobu Arasaka's, do anything that could even be considered threatening and you'll have two dozen ninjas on you. I trust you Sasha to keep the rookie in line.] - Ori
[Oi, I'm older than you are, boss or not!] - Leo
[You're right, I am the boss, so shut up and listen.] - Ori
[Falco, you'll be driving with V and Kiwi in the back, keep close enough to disrupt any Runner operation. Lucy'll be deep diving to watch out for any enemy AIs or daemons so let her handle that... Last, David, you're with me on Yorinobu's float, keep your mouth shut and thank me later for the fact you weren't forced into a kimono.] - Ori
[I'll thank you now, last time I wore one of them was in the Academy, learning about tea ceremonies and the rest of that crap.] - David
[Yeah, well, that can wait for after. Yorinobu isn't as strict as his daddy, but he's probably got a rep to uphold... There are about a hundred other Sekaiheiwa soldiers around, so use them if shit really hits the fan, you're technically their superiors anyway. Keep on your toes, any of you fuck this up and it's not just your head, but the rest of us on the chopping block as well.] - Ori
He cuts off the comms and boards Yorinobu's float, his Quadrano, Quadbarreled shotgun slung across his back, revolvers and knives on his hip, and Cyberware thrumming in anticipation for action.
"Meat, the boss wants you." a voice growls just as he gets in position atop the float, and when Ori turns he's surprised to see just who it was...
"Smasher... Can't say I expected to see you here, Yorinobu really that nervous for this?" he questions. The parade was all for publicity, to push Yorinobu to the front line as Arasaka's new CEO, having the mass murderer Adam Smasher right up next to him wasn't going to help his image...
The cyborg snorts in slight irritation, "The boss wants you, fuck off runt."
Shrugging, Ori makes his way down to the private rooms and slides up the panel on his helmet as he spots Yorinobu, sitting in seiza in front of a low table and looking out the glass opposite into the hanger where the float was stationed. "You needed me?"
"Sit," he gestures at a cushion on the floor beside him. "This is the first time we have met in person... How are things proceeding?"
"Security-wise? As good as we can make it, but I'm sure you already know that given you got the boogeyman making his wage. You don't trust us to do the job? Or is something else up?"
Yorinobu sends a tired look his way, "It is not that I do not trust you, or to be more accurate, your work ethic, but I have the... What's the word, sensation? Feeling? That something bad is going to happen. Smasher will allow you to act and limit civilian casualties should anything occur, I doubt anyone would be able to harm the man after the centuries he's fought."
"You sure? Smasher doesn't seem the sort to give a shit about bodyguard biz, sure, whoever attacks will die, but you might be caught in the crossfire."
Yorinobu chuckles lightly, "It may surprise you to hear, but Adam Smasher is perhaps the best bodyguard available to me, most of his body has been designed for that purpose. He possesses more scanners than most know exist, can endure tremendous damage, and has the reflexes to assure my safety."
...
Ori shrugs, "If that's what you want..."
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Back in position, the parade soon began. Almost half the city arrived for the event, even if most people didn't give a shit about Saburo Arasaka, the discounted drinks, food, and other items all but assured the event would be a success.
The Arasaka floats were in the center of the formation, next to those were security, and then the other corporation floats were beside those, advertising their goods and 'celebrating' the life of the Emperor.
Ori scans the buildings around the place, ignoring the obnoxious lights, cheers of the huge crowds, and holographic entertainment. He'd already scanned and marked twenty-five highly wanted criminals on the NCPD database, but he doubted they'd risk doing anything.
Rebecca reported a few fights that'd been started, most between drunk partygoers, but a rare few had been gang conflicts between the DragonClaws, primarily due to the prior relationship the TygerClaws had with them. Regardless, that was all cleaned up too.
A bright multicoloured firework goes off from the float, signalling Yorinobu's time to speak... An elevator lifts out of the vehicle and raises Yorinobu up with Smasher at his back.
The speech was, well, to be honest Ori wasn't listening to it, whatever Yorinobu was saying didn't count for much considering he killed his own father. His attention was quickly drawn however when his Cyberware all burst to life, freezing time around him.
He could see it, the bullet shot directly for Yorinobu's head... Before Ori could move Smasher boredly smacks the high-speed projectile out of the air, surprising him with fast he was even when both of them were using Sandevistans. The borg even had the nerve to throw a cocky look over his shoulder at Ori...
Ori shakes his head and looks for where the bullet had come from, quickly locating a shadow ducking from a nearby roof. [Rebecca, Sasha! Sniper at Building 42 on Karashi central!]
[On it!] - Rebecca
*CLANK!*
Smasher smacks yet another bullet out of the air, this time from the building opposite the first sniper. The lift Yorinobu was riding was hurriedly lowering, but it was a snail's pace in comparison to how fast everything was happening.
[I have this, meat, deal with it!] - ???
"Of course It's Smasher..." Ori shakes his head and moves, wanting to see who was stupid enough to start trouble now of all days. Maybe this was just bait from Yorinobu to catch his true enemies?
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章 267: Twisted
The pursuit was on, while Rebecca and Sasha chased for the first sniper, Ori went for the second, leaping from the float and grapple-hooking up the building with his Monowire, stabbing the kunai attachments to create points to launch from. Combined with his Sandevistan, he reached the rooftop in barely under ten seconds.
He flies up and rolls as he hits the rooftop, his ankle propulsion Cyberware activates the next second and he blasts towards the opposite side of the building before sliding to a stop. His eyes dart frantically, scanning everything and everyone, through the windows of the opposite building to the street far below.
Civilians, low-level criminals, corpos... None of them was what he was looking for, the assassin couldn't have escaped so quickly unless they had a sandevistan faster than even David's...
There! He notices a faint indentation a hundred yards down the road just under a window. The dust from it hadn't completely settled, and the damage itself wasn't simply wear and tear.
He leaps over the street and lifts the unsurprisingly unlocked window before slipping inside... Only to then tilt his head as a mantas blade skewers the position his eye had just been.
"Painted black combat suit with a Militech helmet, for all your attempts to-" he parries another blade with the back of his armoured hand, "-Conceal your identity, you're leaving a lot to show." he drawls almost boredly, catching and snapping the next stab aiming for his heart.
He twirls the blade in his fingers for a moment before stabbing them into the other mantis blade, specifically the failsafe mechanism designed to stop the user from accidentally castrating themselves while taking a piss. With it severed, the blade instantly retracts into the arm, forcing the assassin to draw the dagger on his hip.
Another stab aimed at his neck, he grabs the blade and brings it to a halt, but the assassin lets go and leaps backwards... Ori throws the dagger and the assassin doesn't even react, taking it to the neck which spills white synthetic blood. Not that the fatal blow mattered, given the faint beeping he could hear from the guy's chest. "Suicide bomb? Not today." he growls, using his sandy and punching through the guy's chest and grabbing his heart.
*SQUELCH!*
Still in accelerated time, he spots the beeping device attached to the side of the organ and runs outside, throwing it high into the sky...
*BOOOOM!*
Windows shatter, car alarms shout, and people scatter. The bomb would've been strong enough to collapse the entire building, which wouldn't have boded well for the huge crowds below it.
Unfortunately, while he'd managed to get rid of the 'insurance' of the assassin, he'd had to kill the guy in the process... If luck was on their side Yorinobu would be able to find something from the guy's identity, but he doubted.
[Rebecca, Sasha, grabbed your guy yet?] - Ori
[Fucking shit! Yeah, but the asshole flatlined himself!] - Rebecca
[Another bomb?] - Ori
[Yeah, but Sasha and Lucy deactivated it... Didn't stop the guy from blowing his own brains out! Fucker!] - Rebecca
[Is Yorinobu secure?] - Ori
[Should be, he and Smasher made off with the float back to the landing sight.] - Kiwi
[Good, get Judy to send an AV, our job is to make sure Yorinobu isn't killed today, parade or not we'll fulfil it. Oh, and get the clean-up teams, they'll want the bodies.] - Ori
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Ori grunts as he hops into the AV from the apartment window, joining the rest of the crew in the cabin. Has Kiwi or Lucy heard any updates?"
"Nah... Nothing apparently..." Rebecca shrugs.
"Arasaka will have put up jammers around the VIP in case someone infiltrated."
"Hah, doubt anyone could do something with Smasher about." Leo remarks while impatiently tapping his pistol on his knee. "Guy's a fuckin' monster, even locked up you'll know that... Especially locked up."
"Not shit, no one fucks with the borg of borgs." Rebecca snarks, and quit that or you'll not have to worry about accidentally shooting your tool off." she growls, snatching Leo's gun from him.
"Hey!"
*Zip!*
David's form flickers as retrieves the gun and drops it in Leo's lap with super speed. "Chooms, let's focus on the terrorist attack, yeah?"
"Mind your own biz, Dimples! I'm as focused as possible... Actually, more than that! I'm ultra-focussed!"
Ori sighs and bangs on the wall connecting the cabin from the cockpit, signalling the Sekaiheiwa pilot to get moving.
"You four still good to go? I'm not putting it past whoever did this to try a bomb next." he asks.
"You really think so?" David questions rather sceptically.
"Never know with Corpos, he's the CEO of Arasaka, most of the world probably wants a piece of him." he looks
Ori steps to the side and glances at the cam displaying the outside, the facility Yorinobu's float had entered looked fine, no units scrambling, no smoke, no nothing. Meant the man was probably secured. Probably.
Once they land Ori leads the crew through the place and into the offices where Yorinobu should be, he pushes past the Arasaka guards and spots the large form of Adam Smasher standing protectively in front of a door.
"Meat, 'boss wants to see you." the borg gestures at the door.
...
Ori nods at his team and steps inside, finding Yorinobu sitting in a chair facing the window. "Any ideas on who tried to kill you? It'd help narrow the list down at least."
...
"Yorinobu?" he asks, stepping forwards at the man's lack of response. He spins the chair around and feels his breath falter. Yorinobu's eyes were glasses, his throat torn out and his kimono completely covered in blood. Realisation hits him instantly... "Oh, shit."
*BANGBANGBANG!*
*THUD!*
*CRASH!*
Ori kicks the door open and sees Smasher with his fist embedded into a wall, Rebecca on the floor nearby with David standing over her.
"Sandevistan? A rudimentary implant." the borg growls and pulls out his arm, causing part of the wall to collapse into itself.
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