Soon, Lucy and Panam drove away, while D tightened his grip on the Power Hammer and gazed at the military convoy before him. He let out a long breath.
"Finally, things are back on the track I know best. Rumiere, you can handle those drones, right?"
"Of course, Inquisitor Lord..."
Rumiere fell silent for a moment.
"Actually, I can overload all of their weapons and vehicles..."
"No, Rumiere."
D shook his head.
"If you want people to obey you willingly, you can't rely on such crooked tricks. They'll only find ways to get around you. Throughout history, humanity has only submitted to superior power, and what I have to do is show them my strength. Yes, you could easily overload everything and turn their cyberware, weapons, and vehicles into scrap metal."
"But that would be meaningless. They'd only think I lacked the power to face them head-on, so I have to tell them..."
As he spoke, D tightened his grip on the Power Hammer and stared coldly ahead.
"Not only do I have that power, I'm stronger than every one of them. Those who follow me live, and those who oppose me die. Now, right here, I'm going to make this pack of damned mongrels understand that principle!"
The moment he finished speaking, D suddenly sprinted forward. Man and hammer faced the surging Steel Tide head-on!
"Vrrrrr—!"
Soon, several drones flew toward D, broadcasting a warning at the same time.
"Attention, person ahead. Drop your weapon immediately..."
Before the warning could finish, dazzling blue lightning flashed across the drones. The machines that had been showing off in the sky plummeted to the ground and exploded, turning into piles of scrap metal. At the same time, D leaped into the air like a missile launched from the ground, flying toward the