[Arasaka Corporation: The enemy is not resisting. Continue advancing and carry out the second phase of tactical deployment.]
Arasaka Corporation's armored vehicles advanced toward Pacific State in unison, without encountering any resistance.
The armored vehicle transporting Adam Smasher stopped by the bridge, leading the corporate troops in doing something usually handled by the NCPD: blockading the district.
But he remained silent. After all, he was a fighter, not a commander, and Arasaka wouldn't let him command. Most of the time, he was just Yorinobu's commander-or an intimidating symbol brought out now and then.
The Hellhounds shot down the first wave of drones. The second wave soon advanced amid exploding bombs, scanning Pacific State in the dark as Arasaka's convoy moved in.
He watched as everything seemed to be going smoothly, though no one knew what he was thinking.
Boom-
Two explosions went off in succession. An armored vehicle engulfed in flames plunged from the Santo Domingo overpass like a meteor, and Arasaka's drones were hit by electromagnetic projectiles!
The sound of roaring flames in Pacific State's silence was once again replaced by the sound of engines. Those Mackinaws were moving again!
There was a slight change in Smasher's brain state:
"Interesting."
Two bursts of fire erupted first in the darkest part of Night City. Even the people high up in Dogtown could see them clearly!
Crack-
Jackie's powerful body pushed the rubble aside, but both his eyes were bloodshot, as if they were about to burst!
Hansen stumbled out of the ruins, and the first thing that met his eyes was a scene of utter devastation.
The terrifying shock wave had wrecked the high-end implants in his body, but they had at least helped him escape death.
One side of his face was bright red. Blood seeped from