Boom!
A violent explosion swept down the street. The shock wave lifted Maekawa and Brick's car from the side, sent it rolling twice through the air, and slammed it into the guardrail.
[Brick: Cough, cough. What the hell? Joestar! Joestar! How the fuck did you fire that thing?!]
Joestar hurried over to the car, pulled open its warped door, and reached inside to help his boss out.
"Boss, I don't know either. Doom Doom said something about the voltage being unstable. NCPD's been saying lately that someone's deliberately damaging public infrastructure. Could that be why?"
Smack.
Brick was pulled out of the car. A piece of the chrome plating on his arm had been torn off, and he landed on the guardrail on his ass.
"Fucking hell, what bad luck!"
Soon, Maekawa was pulled out too, but he was in much worse shape.
The Maelstrom's body modification level was already high, and it had gotten even higher after he became one of Lier's test subjects. It wasn't the standard full-body cyberware modification available on the market, but in practice, it was about the same.
It might not have been particularly functional, but it could definitely take a beating.
Even a gang like the Moxes could walk all over him now.
Maekawa snapped out of his reverie, his face changing dramatically. "Brick!"
"I don't like the sound of that, you damn Japanese bastard. You think you're better than us Night City folk?"
Hiss-
But that wasn't the case anymore.
Westbrook had the densest population in all of Night City-and not the kind of density you found in some poor neighborhood.
The two Maelstrom members hurried over as well. The three of them stood behind the upright car and looked at the female war god.
"Holy shit. What do we