Chapter 15
Maine was about to tell me to go fuck myself, it was written all over his face, but before he could, I interrupted him.
" Do you know what recent studies have discovered the first signs of Cyberpsycosis? First comes the mood swings, then the inability to control your emotions, and the last step before going psycho is losing control over certain body parts."
Maine's hands visibly shake for a second, and wanting to catch the opportunity I gently throw at him a cigarette, he raises his right hand to grab it, but his hands don't close, making the cigarette hit his arm and fall to the ground, making Pilar, Lucy and Dorio look at Maine with concern visible in their face, Lucy being the one that is doing the best job at hiding it.
" Now, if even one of these shows up, the suggested steps are to remove some implants, let your body rest for at least 24 hours, check if any of the symptoms reappear and repeat until those symptoms disappear." I finished my monologue by lighting a cigarette and taking a big puff.
" And you want me to give this absolute monster of a cyberware? Next thing I know you are in the middle of the city moving like a machine shooting rockets at every moving being or object."
" You don't fucking know me, I am s-" Maine wanted to refute, but I had heard that way of thinking far too many times from people who had cyberwars even up their asses who were steps away from if not actual psychos.
" 23."
"...What?"
" That's how many people I have heard say those words ending up with a bullet in their head, 23."
His jaw hardened, his eyes corrugated, his hands began shaking even more, and he was getting angrier by the second.
" Let's do it this way, I will stay with you for 24 hours, even for a second, anyone of the person present in this room sees you ever showing any signs of Cyberpsycosis I have full permission to deal with you, send you to a Doc and have at least half of your cyberware removed, don't worry though, they will all remain to you, and you are not allowed to use any anti-psycho, your veins are more full of that shit than actual blood."
" Oh really, you will deal with me? A fucking kid wants to DEAL WITH ME, AND WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU TO DEAL WITH ME?" And there were the mood swings and mental instability.
His body rose from the couch ready to shoot me, but I expected this, I expected all of this, and I wasn't worried thanks to a singular skill I had obtained by completing the Hidden Quest.
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FlashBack
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HIDDEN QUEST COMPLEATED
Goal: Save Gloria and David Martinez
Reward: Bullet Time Lv.MAX
Bullet Time Lv.MAX
For exactly 10 seconds, reduce your CURRENT perception of time by 90%, while not reducing your movement speed.
Duration: 10 seconds ( counted from the dilatated perspective), if used for more than 10 seconds, your body will start taking damage.
Cost: 1000 SP, 100 HP/s if used beyond 10 seconds.
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In a few words, I have a Sandevistan always with me that doesn't make a psycho and will always grow with me, the "CURRENT" being the keyword.
I activated the skill and everything began slowing down, aside from me.
First, I threw the cigarette I had in my hand in the air, next with a quick kick, I made the table in front of me fly and smash against Maine's arm, making the incoming bullet barely scratch my cheek.
I followed with a sweep kick-making fall to the ground, the kick had my leg screaming in pain, but I ignored it and ended the fight by pointing my revolver at his head, he currently wasn't at the level of ignoring death while presented right in front of his face, checking the flying cigarette with my free hand and taking another puff and exhale the smoke aiming for his face.
For those looking from an outsider's perspective, everything happened in less than a second, I moved beyond what any human should be able to, dealing with Maine, who was at least 2 times my size, without much effort, while doing a sick trickshot with the cigarette( comment made by Akira).
" You still think I can't deal with you? Maine, I just want you to not die, the last thing I want is for another psyco to go kill himself for something he could have evaded." I said while removing my foot from his chest and sitting back on the couch, the revolver was still out and ready to shoot.
" I DON'T F-"
" MAINE." This time it was Dorio's turn to shout, startling Maine.
" Since when have you known you had these symptoms?"
" Baby, I am not going psycho d-"
" Since when."
"... At least a month."
" Since you already are prepared to go kill yourself I won't do it, but we are doing what he says."
" You want me to work with a fucking kid?"
" The kid kicked your ass," I interjected the conversation getting a nasty glare from Maine and a laugh from Pillar and Lucy.
" It doesn't matter, we can't play with your life in the line, it's just two days, you will rest, nothing more, we can deal with no jobs for two days."
" I have a solution for that, I can simply work with you." I once again interjected.
" As if a kid could get us any job while I am out."
" Dear Maine, have you heard of the name Rookie?"
" The new Merc who has an agreement with most Fixer and is ready to take any job if there are enough Eddies?" Lucy asked, a second later she realized what I meant by talking about him.
" It's you?"
" Hi, I am Akira, and I think we will have a jolly cooperation," I said with a gentle smile.