"Robbery?"
Tanaka Katsuo paused for a second, as though he had heard something hilarious, then clutched his stomach and laughed.
"Hahahahaha-you're saying you're going to rob me? Look at your body. How much longer have you got? A year? Two?"
Lier shook his head. "Four to six months, to be precise."
Tanaka Katsuo stalled again.
Lier continued, "But if you don't hand over your valuables, you definitely won't live past today."
David swallowed in the corner. Whatever he was thinking, he suddenly darted out and planted himself in front of Lier.
"What are you doing, Martinez? Are you a criminal too? Come to think of it, what does your mom do to afford sending you to the academy?
"Don't tell me..."
David said nothing. His face darkened, and he threw a punch-
Smack.
Tanaka Katsuo blocked David's fist with one hand and gave him an amused smile. "What kind of bargain-bin Shard is that? A freebie?"
As he spoke, he made a series of "Mmm-mmm-" noises and pushed David's hand back. All David could do was grit his teeth.
But it was completely useless-Tanaka Katsuo abruptly swatted David's hand aside and unleashed a frenzy of punches with both hands, each stopping precisely less than three centimeters from David's face!
His punches were so fast that David couldn't even follow his movements!
"Atatatatata-"
Tanaka kept making strange noises, and the pressure building inside David left him staring, dumbfounded.
Lier suddenly spoke. "The Gorilla Arms 400-Series Shard. Slot it in, and you can fight as though you've learned martial arts. Pretty decent for civilian tech."
Tanaka kept punching and laughed haughtily. "This is the gap between us!"
David had squeezed his eyes shut, but three seconds later, he could still hear the punches whipping through the air.
Meanwhile, Tanaka Katsuo had started