Kiwi and Lucy scanned the two uninvited guests at the same time, and got the same results.
Even a preliminary scan revealed extremely chaotic brain-computer interface signals.
Add to that their extremely high degree of cyberware, cyberware that was clearly running in an overclocked state, their incoherent babbling, and their indiscriminate slaughter-
These were two extremely dangerous cases of Cyberpsychosis!
Why had the gunfire grown quieter, then stopped?
Because these two cyberpsychos had slaughtered everyone outside in the few seconds since the explosion!
Their movements were so fast that to ordinary people, they looked like two afterimages constantly clashing!
Dodging the gunfire, Ebara charged toward the veteran at high speed, keeping his eyes fixed on the veteran's finger curled around the trigger-
Just as the veteran was about to pull it, Ebara had moved behind the van.
Bang!
The bullet struck the van's body. Ebara, moving behind it, pulled a handgun from the small pocket hidden beneath his skin.
As luck would have it, the veteran strode forward and pulled a short blade from his clothes, too!
Ebara raised an eyebrow. He heard the enemy approaching.
But they were moving too fast-both of them were moving too fast. He had no time to change his attack!
He dashed out from behind the van, aiming his handgun at the veteran, who had already risen and was right in front of him-
The bullet and the short blade struck their targets at the same time!
The bullet hit the veteran in the neck, while the short blade cut across Ebara's shoulder, leaving a gash.
In terms of depth, the bullet had clearly gone in farther, lodged in the veteran's reinforced bionic neck.
Though the wound from the short blade looked large, it had barely damaged the muscle fibers.
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