Chimera, Enclosed Space

89. Chimera, Enclosed Space

"What the hell is that?!"

Staring at the enormous thing that had appeared in the footage, Oliver was stunned. "A weapon of war? Even tanks aren't that big. I don't personally dislike spiders, and I even kind of like grilled real spiders, but this mechanical spider is way too ridiculously huge."

"Hard to bite into, or just too much to eat?"

Jack still had the leisure to crack a joke. "Your appetite isn't much, then."

"Both, probably. My teeth aren't good enough to bite directly into a steel spider."

After replying, Oliver asked, "Does anyone know what this thing is? Hansen's ultimate secret decisive weapon? I've seen those Japanese braindances that imitate old styles—whenever war gets involved, they always seem to pull out some kind of decisive weapon."

"Probably not to that extent."

V examined the steel spider in the footage Johnny had sent over and analyzed it based on his experience.

"It looks like something built specifically for street fighting and urban warfare. See all those Barghest troops surrounding it? Looks like they're about to activate it."

"If this thing showed up in the Dogtown brawl, it'd probably give New America quite a few surprises."

While his companions chatted, Carl studied the thing. The more he looked, the more familiar its material seemed, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

After thinking back for a moment, he remembered.

"This is a Chimera."

Carl said, "I've seen fragments of this thing before. They said it was an all-terrain urban combat robot Militech developed during the Unification War to take Night City."

"Militech leftovers?" V looked at the steel spider. "Is this thing strong? What's it like in a fight?"

"Hard to say. It's a specialized weapon designed for urban warfare. The original plan was to