Chương 273: Hash-Ass-In

"Ori!-" Rebecca exclaims as he stumbles into the hideout, only for him to push her away and walk passed towards the armoury. "What's that for asshole!?"

"Can't talk, don't have much time, gonna get rid of an annoyance before it can ruin more of my shit." he hurriedly says, throwing the already opening metal door open and grabbing a large sniper mounted on the wall.

He throws on a large silencer on the ridiculously sized barrel of the gun, screws on a times fifteen magnification sight, and slides in a comically large magazine of 25mm depleted uranium rounds.

A custom weapon made by Rebecca she fondly called 'Glory Hole', because "If it hits you it's either that or red rain."

Even she, with her specifically tailored Cyberware couldn't fire it more than a couple times due to it essentially being a cannon you could carry. Ori was bruised every time he test-fired it, even if such injuries healed almost instantly. Still, its sheer penetrative and stopping power wasn't to be dismissed... He was hoping this would put Smasher out of commission.

He throws on his old synth-leather jacket and drops the rifle on his shoulder before making his way out, or tries to at least. The short form of Rebecca stayed crossed-armed in his path, clearly on a short fuse after everything that'd occurred today.

"Why are you even going? We got almost everything outta the corp, if you really wanna smash the freak why not plan it like we usually do!? Going out alone is retarded and you know it!"

"It's an assassination job, if I fucked it up I'm running. I can't have the rest of you weighing me down... I promise I'll be back soon, successful or not." he walks past and exits, not even five minutes since he entered.

...

"I'd rather you didn't do that..." V states, standing at the armoury door as Rebecca strapped gun after gun onto herself. "We all heard what he said, going after him is only going to fuck up whatever shit plan he's got ."

"Fuck off, you have any idea how many times that asshole's done this!? He thinks we're all useless, and I've had it! I'm gonna show him that I'm not just his fucking cocksleeve!" she cocks a large sawn-off shotgun before strapping it onto her leg.

Johnny looks at V from where he was sitting on the table next to Rebecca, not that she could see him of course. "Get this girl in line before she gets herself killed. Sure I'd rather you be the one to put Smasher outta his misery, but we both know that ain't happenin'... That said, your boss probably wouldn't appreciate his input getting offed under your watch."

V removes her gaze from Johnny and to Rebecca who'd given up trying to stuff the seventh rifle into a dufflebag, "I get it, but you're being a gonk. Kick the shit outta him when he gets back, don't risk both your lives chasing after him now..."

"But-"

"No. If you're willing to go out now, I say you just leave him. If he's pissing you off so much like this, why are you two even a couple? The sex that preem? Or are you just overeacting?"

...

"The sex is pretty preem-hey, that's not the point!" she shakes the thought from her head and shouts.

V folds her arms and frowns behind her helmet, "Yeah, the point is to get both of you zeroed. But hey, I'm just some gonk who's barely even a rookie here. Do what you want." she shrugs and walks away.

...

Rebecca looks down at her guns and after a moment, throws them all to the ground and stomps off. "FUCK!"

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Ori steps out of the elevator and drops the rifle onto the ledge of the roof, aiming a mile away at the Sekaiheiwa HQ where the Arasaka forces were massing. The NCPD had set up barriers around the outskirts of it, preventing civies from going near the 'combat-zone', and police drones were buzzing around blurting orders, despite the few scavs milling around checking to see if they could klep something in the chaos.

Even the fuckin' vultures were out, media corps looking to eat up whatever drama they could get, maybe even on Hanako's payroll too.

He shakes his head and adjusts the scope, bringing it into focus on the courtyard where the Arasaka soldiers were... "Come on you big borg fuck, you're not gonna miss this after I clowned your ass." he growls under his breath, noting Smasher's suspicious absence.

A shadow passes overhead as an AV blots out the sun above him... It circles around and eventually lands in the courtyard, Smasher steps out first, followed by some ninja-looking Arasaka grunt and a heavily armed squad.

"This the place? Why haven't we flattened it yet? It's already abandoned." Smasher irritably growls, stopping in place to survey the area. Sekaiheiwa had many defences, and while the Arasaka Netrunners were trying to disable them, the fleeing Sekaiheiwa staff were doing the same remotely.

Ori wasn't thinking about this however as he aimed Smasher, the Nanites granting aid with every system possible, calculating trajectory, wind patterns, humidity, and falloff. He takes a deep breath, holds it, then fires.

*BOOM!*

Even with the silencer the sound of the gun firing generates enough force to kick up dust and other lighter items nearby. Ori grunts lightly from the kick alone, but doesn't close his eyes as the bullet breaks the sound barrier with a crack.

He watched it shoot through the air directly at the borg's skull... Unfortunately, Smasher must have noticed something, be it the reflection of the bullet in nearby glass or something from the corner of his eye, the borg had enough time to turn and raise his arms up, taking the heavy bullet straight on.

Sparks flash, and Smasher is covered in a cloud of smoke as everyone nearby panics, civies, media, and even some of the NCPD hurriedly retreat from what to them sounding like a lightning strike.