The Uses of Super Stink Perfume, Hans's Breakdown, and Will Breakdown

Wasteland Battle Royale—inside Liberty Tower.

"The Mechanical Vanguard Society? That's the name of your organization?"

Yu Yuan looked at the Mechanical Augmenter before him, now reduced to half a body, and asked again.

Shiva stared at Yu Yuan as though he were looking at a demon. His one remaining prosthetic eye was filled with terror.

Nothing remained of the pride and confidence he had once carried as a Mechanical Augmenter.

He couldn't understand where he was or why the self-destruct program in the Control Crystal inside his head wouldn't activate. Normally, the moment he leaked information about the organization, the program would report it to Headquarters and trigger.

But he had already revealed the organization's name. Why hadn't it triggered?

His plan had failed.

"You devil! Why? How can you stop the self-destruct program? That's impossible!"

Shiva's ruined face trembled. Everything he thought he knew was falling apart.

Yu Yuan acted as though he hadn't heard.

He could still smell the overpowering stench of the Super Stink Perfume, and his brow was tightly furrowed.

The Super Stink Perfume worked remarkably well. A single drop had kept the Mechanical Augmenter conscious throughout, but the smell was almost unbearable.

Still, he could endure it for information on the Mechanical Vanguard Society.

They were in the Blood Laboratory on Liberty Tower's third floor. Shiva's half-body was strapped to a hospital bed.

"Where is your organization based?" Yu Yuan held the enormous Syringe dropped by the Doctor Mutant. Some black-green liquid remained inside: Acidic Blood.

"Just kill me. I won't say another word!" With no hope of self-destructing, Shiva wanted only a quick death.

Yu Yuan said nothing. He slowly brought the Syringe to Shiva's neck and drove it through a seam in the mechanical parts, into an artificial blood vessel.

After some initial