"Scared the hell out of me."
As Emperor Ragnar's armored vehicle drove away from the battlefield, Holt breathed a sigh of relief.
It wasn't that he was a coward, but cyberpsychos launching suicide attacks in AVs were pretty rare.
He should've taken an AV.
Still, reality was on his side-on the side of the rich. Once again, his investment in Woolie had proven wise.
The lunatic who'd come out of nowhere had plenty of guts, but so what?
The rich just had tougher lives. Wooly Crawley was proof of his ability to skim money.
The more he skimmed, the more money he had; the more money he had, the tougher his underlings were; and the tougher his underlings were, the tougher the life of the big boss became.
Wipe away the sweat, light a cigarette, and relax.
Boom-
The Mackinaw roared so loudly it sounded like its engine was about to blow. On the empty street, a Mackinaw suddenly came speeding out!
The driver's heart tightened:
There was something magical about Mackinaws. Anyone who saw one got nervous.
It wasn't that they were cowards. This car was just plain eerie!
The armored vehicle yanked its steering wheel, narrowly avoiding the Mackinaw that had burst out. The raging beast charged straight toward Woolie!
Bang!
With a deafening crash, the Mackinaw's hood caved in. Woolie, who weighed over a hundred kilograms, was sent flying again!
The Mackinaw was part of reality too.
The onlookers by the roadside were dumbfounded. Given how things had looked just moments ago, nobody would've thought Kanek could survive!
But reality had sent the one who'd been winning flying instead: Woolie!
A flash of pain crossed Woolie's face as he was knocked away, but before he even hit the ground, his high-end Cyberware automatically corrected his posture!
His