Mission, Phase Three

Hidemoto Kobayashi, a rising star of the Kobayashi family, underwent the family's secret prosthetic body modification at birth, enduring the Kobayashi family's unique "Ninja Transformation," and in the following ten years, had all his body parts replaced with advanced mechanical bodies.

This allowed him to break through the upper limit of "Mechanical City", which is level 30, before he was even 20 years old.

More importantly, he has not only one profession, but two. The unique "ninja system" of the local family, combined with the "swordsman system" passed down from the Empire, gives him super explosive power. He once killed a powerful warrior from the mother city with a single strike.

This even earned him the admiration of a certain war god from the mother city.

In fact, he will soon be going to the mother city for further studies to receive advanced technological upgrades.

The Welfare Gang's attack on the Evil Gang was just a trivial matter he participated in out of sheer boredom.

Kobayashi Hidemoto glanced around; each of the double-flowered red-clad men had a stern expression, and their powerful combat instincts made them feel as if a knife was pressed against their throats.

This is Kobayashi Hidemoto's kill line.

Once the "kill line" is established, no one can escape his execution.

He glanced around, and everyone instinctively avoided his gaze, which emboldened him even more. He slightly raised his chin and looked at Gao Jin.

Seeing this, the leader of the welfare gang's expression slowly darkened. A gurgling sound came from inside his body, causing his body temperature to rise sharply. The surrounding air began to distort, and thick black tubes bulged out from under his skin.

Hidemoto Kobayashi narrowed his eyes, and the latest model of his combat prosthetic eye frantically generated data. In the end, his arrogance diminished somewhat.

"High-ranking leader, it seems you need a little help."

Kobayashi Hidemoto placed his hands on the hilts of his sword at his waist and swaggered up to the other person.

"What would I get in return if I could help you solve this?"

The dark circles under Gao Jin's eyes gradually faded. He pondered for a moment and said, "After establishing the 'Security Company,' I will hire fifty members of the Kobayashi family."

"Anything else?"

"We'll reduce our profits by another 10%, that's the most we can do!"

The Bodhisattva man was startled and opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly his expression changed. He saw a bloody line appear on the Bodhisattva tattoo on his forehead, and then gradually spread, covering most of the Bodhisattva's body.

Kobayashi Hideyuki stared at Gao Jin for a long while before grinning and saying, "Deal."

After speaking, the mechanical swordsman swaggered out of the hotel.

"Let's go too!"

Gao Jin stood up, and as he walked, a black, viscous liquid gradually covered his body. It wasn't like the completely deformed bio-armor; if you had to describe it, it was more like Gao Jin's bio-armor—a black biological version.

Elite teams of assassins emerged from the shadows as he moved.

Unlike the peripheral members, these gang elites are all at least level 10, and their bodies have undergone dangerous modifications that are visible to the naked eye.

As a cybernetic security guard, "the righteous security steward" really likes his job.

Although this profession is not very free, it comes with three essential pieces of equipment from the start: a basic exoskeleton, a reconnaissance-type prosthetic eye, and a sniper helmet.

This is just the treatment of a junior security guard. When he is promoted to security team leader, he will have higher-level equipment, such as a more advanced exoskeleton, a smart helmet that can protect against virus intrusion, or even the company's unique high-tech modifications.

This kind of upgrade and enhancement has far more advantages than the upgrades offered by street technology.

As for a 100-year indenture, what's that? When I'm done playing around, I'll just switch accounts.

At this moment, the security team composed of fully cybernetic security guards was cleaning up the battlefield. Putting aside everything else, the melee weapon attributes of the Welfare Gang are really good. Even the basic ones have quite good bonuses.

Unfortunately, we don't play melee combat; we play with firearms.

The security guard picked up a dog-leg knife.

Name: Recurve Blade

Category: Metal Cutlery

Quality: Whiteboard+

Weight: 5.2kg

Basic Attributes: DPS: 70, Attack Power: 35, Attack Speed: 2 attacks/second, Attack Range: 0.8 meters

Additional attribute: Armor Penetration (+6.9% armor penetration damage)

Plugin bar: None

Note: This weapon is forged using a unique forging technique from Fuqing Island, giving it a hardness comparable to that of an alloy.

"I'm having second thoughts about selling it; I want to use it myself," the security manager muttered to himself.

"Something's spawned! Something's spawned!" a security guard suddenly shouted.

Following his gaze, they could see a young man dressed in a very mechanical style walking towards them.

Each cybernetic security guard comes with a built-in "detection" skill.

Name: Hidemoto Kobayashi

Race: Cyborg

Profession:???

Overall grade:???

Skill:???

Template:???

Note: Severe danger (red)

"Holy crap, I can't tell the level of this monster."

"Is the health bar showing yet?"

"It's lit up."

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Almost instantly, the three security guard players formed a triangular assault formation, their submachine guns sweeping across from three angles.

Compared to other newbies, the cybernetic security guard profession comes with the combo skill "Assault Formation" and "Basic Firearms Mastery", which has made the security guard quite popular on the forum recently. He is nicknamed "If you don't guard the gate, you can't call yourself a pro gamer".

Kobayashi Hidemoto squinted at the rookies, a cold smirk playing on his lips.

The next moment, his figure vanished from the spot.

When it reappeared, the light from the neon lights above flowed down, cleaving a security guard in two.

Fortunately, this game not only has pain adjustment but also visual adjustment.

However, the sheer amount of blood-red mosaic spraying out is frightening enough.

"Damn, this thing too—"

As soon as he finished speaking, two flashes of light appeared, and the remaining two security guards were gone too.

Holy crap! Instant kill!!

The security guard opened his mouth, and the next moment, Kobayashi Hideyuki appeared in front of him.

Almost instinctively, the security manager pulled the pin on a grenade.

However, at the same moment, Kobayashi Hidemoto appeared ten meters away, one leg bent halfway, slowly sheathing his sword in an iaido stance.

The blade was still emitting bluish smoke.

Dozens of cracks appeared on the security guard's body; whether it was his flesh, his prosthetic body, or the grenades, they all turned into fragments in the next moment.

Before he died, the security guard had only one thought.

"Is this the real boss or just a cutscene? It's so damn smooth!"

Suddenly, Kobayashi Hidemoto turned around sharply, brandishing his blue knife. A sniper bullet appeared at the tip of the blade and was sliced in two amidst sparks.

"Damn, it can even cut bullets!?" On a distant rooftop, the security team's only sniper was stunned.

The figure in the scope disappeared the next moment.

"Pill!"

Sure enough, just three seconds later, a head fell from the rooftop.

Hidemoto Kobayashi stared intently at the smooth, rounded cut of the headless corpse.

"My knife is just the appetizer!"

Kobayashi Hidemoto plans to carry out a massacre without the enemy's knowledge.

Unfortunately, this mechanical swordsman was unaware of something called a player forum.

Soon, screenshots, battle records, and attributes of this person were posted in the group.

"Holy crap, the boss is coming!"

"Wait a minute, shouldn't the boss of this quest be that fat guy from the Welfare Gang?"

"All these question marks, what level is this guy?"

"Is this a match we can win at this stage? Where is justice? Where is the law? Where is the compensation? Where is the pay-to-win option?"

"The person upstairs has finally revealed their true intentions!"

"Brothers, shall we fight?"

"If there's going to be a fight, it definitely won't be one person fighting, but dozens of people going in together. Let's see what the top players in the group say."

Sister Ji's Small Group -

"What do you all think? Let's hear your opinions." Sister Ji tagged nineteen people.

"Why are you asking me? I'm dead. Dead people don't give opinions," the plane sent with a cold emoji.

Same as above. A righteous security steward.

[Player 'Airplane' has been banned from chat for one hour]

[Player "Justice's Security Steward" has been banned for one hour]

"Still talking even when you're dead? You deserve a beating!" - Sister Ji

"This won't be easy. This guy can even cut through bullets. How are we supposed to fight him? Should we use rockets?" (Me, the despicable one)

"He can cut through anything with a single bullet, he attacks from every angle! Go for it! What are you thinking if you don't attack the boss?!" - Gold Miner

"You make it sound so easy for someone who just picks up trash. In this game, with such high NP gain, do you think they'll give you a chance to stand still and deal damage?" —Tachi-san

"I've only ever seen this kind of boss, full of question marks, in my own husband."

My older brother sent a screenshot showing a stern-looking old man in a suit, leaning on a cane and looking at an oil painting.

"By the way, my old man is a level 35 gang godfather."

"Damn! A level 30 monster! Did they do any balance adjustments before the game launched?"

"The key issue now is that we don't know exactly how many skills this boss has. If it only uses melee attacks, that's fine, but what if it has other skills?"

"I sent the 'Red Flower Fairy' to investigate." I love Baozi.

"I'm back" - Red Flower Fairy

"So fast?"

"Getting killed and sent back to town, isn't that quick?" The Red Flower Demon rolled her eyes. "I was just about to approach, pretending to be a passerby, when I was killed with a single blow."

"At least I've managed to discover a skill, 'Killing Intent Detection.' The skill description says that if someone shows even the slightest bit of hostility towards the skill's user, it will be detected immediately."

"So, you can't touch it up close?" I love Baozi.

"I'm back too" - Virtual Hidden Force

Virtual Hidden Force is a neural editor. Unlike PP Boss, he is an underground neural editor who does not work for a company but makes a living by taking on orders. According to him, he has dealt with more criminals in the past two weeks than he has in his entire life.

"How so?"

"All four surveillance cameras were destroyed, including one drone."

"Can you hack into his brain?"

"No, not only is 'real-time hacking' a skill exclusive to Cyber Hacker, but even if I had plenty of time, it probably wouldn't work. The opponent most likely possesses mental abilities."

"This person's attire is somewhat reminiscent of a mechanical swordsman from the Demi-human world." —Big Brother Megumi

"What do mechanical swordsmen do? Are they gangsters?"

"The world's mercenaries are far more famous in the colonies than in the City That Never Sleeps."

"As for the Mechanical Swordsman class, it should be a hidden class with high agility, Gao Gong, and a full suite of abilities including stealth, invisibility, and assassination."

"Holy crap, that's incredible!"

"So, are we still going to fight or not?"

"What's the point of fighting? How can you fight a hexagonal warrior?"

"What should we do if we don't do the missions? Just give up like this?"

"Alright, stop arguing!" Baozi immediately muted the entire group.

The mission has been updated.

[Mission Three: Escape]

Difficulty: Hard

Mission Briefing: The leader of the Welfare Gang has hired a powerful mechanical swordsman to hunt you down. His strength is beyond your capabilities. Go to Red Leaf Street, find the hidden accomplice, and seek her help.

Mission Objective: Escape to Red Leaf Street

Quest Reward: The first ten players to reach Red Leaf Street will receive the Inheritance: Basic Mechanics.

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