044

Ep. 44

'This is a reinforced suit I've never seen before.'

I looked down at the limp body of Officer 112.

'It looks like an upgraded reinforced suit.'

My defense has increased significantly compared to before, so if my body had not been strengthened, I would have felt quite burdened. Even when I tore open its chest with my fingernails, I was surprised at how much stronger it was than I thought.

In addition to the helmet, a gas mask that covers the entire face, and a psychic shield that protects against psychic powers are all elements that are not found in mid-level reinforced suits.

'The basic is a mid-level reinforced suit, but we added a few options for advanced reinforced clothes.'

High-level reinforced clothing boasts far superior specifications compared to mid-level reinforced clothing, so it is a bit more expensive. At first glance, it costs about half of the plasma equipment, so it can be considered quite expensive.

'It looks like they're developing a cheap high-end reinforced suit.'

In the game, Megacorp players have a lot of credits and don't have to worry about the lives of mercenaries, but this is reality. The equipment that protects living soldiers will continue to evolve in line with the development of new weapons.

Of course, since it is a cheap type, the shield attached to this reinforced suit is inferior to that of a high-end reinforced suit, but it still seems to be able to block even the normal bullets of Gauss weapons.

The Maginot Line of weapons that ordinary people, not the rich, can use is laser weapons, so even a shield like this is usable.

Looking at that, it would be safe to say that the enemy was definitely fully prepared.

If the opponent had been an 'ordinary human', he would have won easily.

'If you're an ordinary human being.'

Since they came to me while chasing Sander in the first place, they don't know my true identity. They probably think of him as a Space Dog spy or smuggler.

Sander was also captured before the enemy entered the apartment, and the parasite sent a wave of thought towards me. Sander was punished for trying to tell the police about me.

'It's a bad idea to use a sander anyway.'

I should either find another broker or take advantage of the chaotic situation and secretly rob the port district.

If you plant a new parasite on the police before you leave this apartment, it won't be too difficult to find the broker.

'Anyway, the kids fight better than I thought.'

It was they, not me, who successfully hunted the enemies who entered the apartment for the first time.

Before the police entered the apartment, I taught No. 26 and Adhai the weaknesses of androids and humans. Android's power position, lack of autonomous thinking ability, the fact that humans are weak-minded, etc.

Thanks to this, Aadhai was able to kill one android on the first floor, and No. 26 was able to kill one police officer on the second floor from the third floor.

'Aadhai was attached to the ceiling.'

The guy hung from the ceiling and waited until there was only one android left.

Currently, androids assume that their enemies are humans. Unless you are a special race like Wolf or Insect Man, it is impossible to stick to the ceiling.

So the android had no idea that there was something on the ceiling and was helplessly defeated by Adhai's psychic attack, Psychic Impact.

Psychic Impact is the lowest among psychic attack techniques, but it can inflict effective damage to enemies without psychic resistance.

So much so that if you aim accurately, you can destroy the android's power source.

'If Android had a shield, it would have failed.'

If the android had prepared for a psychic power attack at all, Aadhai's attack would have failed. Psychic impact is easily blocked even by psychic resistance.

'He knew that too and targeted the androids instead of the police.'

There are also anti-superpowered androids, but they did not come to this apartment. Since the only enemies with supernatural defense capabilities are police officers wearing reinforced suits and shields, this guy must have been targeting androids on purpose.

For a young Blue Gallagon, his skills are definitely not bad.

Anyway, the guy who safely destroyed the android escaped the house through the window and joined No. 26 on the third floor.

'No. 26 did well too.'

I don't know if it's because he's grown, but his psychic power ability has become much stronger than before. Now, it has become possible to cast 'Bind', one of the skills that the Sea Demon has, without difficulty.

Binding is a powerful skill that ranks in the mid-range among psychic power abilities. It is a technique that puts pressure on the opponent with supernatural powers and restrains them. As the caster becomes stronger, the number of targets that can be restrained and the effect of the technique increase.

Number 26 had hunted with me a few times, so he knew well what human weaknesses were.

The guy hiding in the 3rd floor hallway showed off a double restraint on an enemy who came to search on the 2nd floor. Thanks to this, the poor police officer found himself in a situation where his body and head were playing separately.

'It's still not enough…'

In the game, the Sea Demon was powerful enough to bind dozens of players at the same time and suffocate them to death. No. 26 has not yet reached that level.

Still, it was barely enough to make Sihyeon Eugene immobile before, but the growth is truly remarkable. Won't it become stronger in the future?

'They did a good job, so now it's my turn.'

There was enough groundbait.

I can feel the vibrations as they come up the stairs.

I called them with the voice of dead police officer number 112.

"Ahh!"

"!"

The enemies outside are nervous.

The number of enemies felt is 5 humans and 2 machines. I got out of the house through the window. With the corpse at his side, he crawled along the outer wall and moved to the next house.

Meanwhile, two androids took the lead and broke through the door of the house where I was hiding just a moment ago.

"Search begins."

Leaving the android's harsh voice behind, I crossed the next door and came out into the hallway.

I could see the police at the back about to enter the house. I stabbed him in the neck with the sting of my tail.

I quietly caught him as he fell down without even moaning, and I crawled up the hallway wall to the upper floor.

They opened the window of the unoccupied upstairs house and threw the police and the body into the house.

"…."

I can see the fearful eyes behind the policeman's mask. Only after being caught by me did he seem to realize exactly what he was dealing with.

You probably think this way. They should have brought the military, not armed police.

As always, it's already too late to regret.

He seems to want to somehow get my information out to his colleagues, but that's impossible. The neurotoxin floating through the blood vessels in his body is constricting his entire body like a snake that has caught its prey.

I grabbed his head with my fighting arms. He sensed what I was going to do and gave me a pitiful look.

'Unfortunately, I cannot grant that wish.'

When he tightened his hand, the claw-like nails cut off his head. A belated response came from downstairs when the policeman's head was cut into a watermelon by a watermelon cutter.

"This is number 106. Answer 110!"

The colleague who was behind you just now has disappeared, so of course you are embarrassed. I literally destroyed the police communicator called 110.

'I need to shake it a little more.'

Confusion and fear paralyze reason.

I think I'm still in good spirits, so I'll need to take some more medication. I turned on the 112 communicator again.

"Ahh! "He's torturing me!"

"shit! Number 112!"

"This is M01. Everyone, please calm down."

"Damn it!" Number 110 right behind me has disappeared!"

"Ah! Please help! "This is the 5th floor!"

After shouting like that, I turned off the communicator. I can hear them talking and being agitated downstairs.

The police officers protest, asking how they can remain calm when two of their android colleagues have gone missing.

The enemy is getting bogged down.

While they were hiding, I came out of the house and destroyed the lights in the hallway one by one with my tail. Only when they heard the noise of glass breaking in front of their house did the people on the fifth floor stick their heads out the door.

"Which son of bit*h is making such a ruck... Ugh...!"

"Aaaah!"

They screamed when they saw me in the dark.

When I growled once, their faces turned pale and they ran out of the house. I left the residents running up the stairs.

I followed them like a sheepdog.

At that moment, the police and androids were coming up from the downstairs.

"Unarmed target. "No shooting allowed."

"this! It's a civilian! "Everyone be careful!"

As the panicked police hesitated, I extended my upper arm toward them. A saw blade tentacle shot out from the palm and wrapped around the head of the android beyond the civilian. The sharp saw blades on the tentacle's surface were firmly embedded in the android's small, hard head.

"Enemy attack detected."

The painless android pointed the Gauss rifle on its third arm at me, but it was already too late. When I pulled my arm back as if pulling a rope, the android's head that was hanging on the tentacle was pulled out.

"Enemy raid. "Attack please."

"Fuck! What is that!"

The android behind me recognized my attack faster than the police and sounded an alarm. Belatedly, the police also aimed their Gauss rifles in my direction.

Tungsten bullets rained mercilessly where I was standing. A civilian who was running late was hit by a blind bullet and disintegrated like paint spread on water.

We've used the civilian shield well, so now it's time to retreat.

'this.'

I quickly backed away, but perhaps because it was bigger than before, I was unable to dodge it completely and got hit in the tail a few times.

Thanks to the body strengthening type and various characteristics, there was no major damage. However, with this, the enemies would have figured out how strong my defense was.

For a normal human being, it would be difficult to tell if you have taken a significant hit during a battle, but it is different for androids. This is because every battle with the enemy is recorded unless the power source is removed and the operation stops.

It is certain that enemies will switch to special bullets with enhanced penetrating power.

Penetrating bullets can also damage the inner skin. Most likely, the android will be instructed to aim for the arms or tail, which have relatively thin skin.

I have the regenerative ability, so I can recover if a limb falls off, but it's slow. For Aimorph, whose body itself, not equipment, is a weapon, it is not very welcome to have his arm, which can be said to be his main weapon, damaged.

Therefore, it is best to avoid penetrating bullets at all costs.

'This is why androids are annoying.'

Although their autonomous thinking ability is poor, their information gathering ability is superior to that of humans. Megacorp players also use Android a lot for scouting and support purposes.

'Thanks to you, I had a bit of trouble fighting Megacorp.'

If you don't annihilate them all at once, it's quite annoying because all of your characteristics, pattern weaknesses, etc. will be passed on to the other player.

'We must annihilate them from this place.'

The now-eliminated androids were destroyed not by firearms but by special attacks. The fact that I am not human should have already been stored in the Android's built-in recording device.

I don't know about the police, but we need to destroy all the android recording devices here.

I, who was hiding inside the house, sent a wave to No. 26.

[Zuzuz, zuzuzu (come up and help)]

｢Yes. It's a little baby. "Big baby is calling."

While I was calling them, enemies entered the hallway. Perhaps because they knew that the enemy was not a normal human being, their movements were much more cautious than before.

I shouted loudly in my 112 voice.

"Here!"

They stopped when they heard my voice. Next, the enemies switched positions to enter the house.

There could have been noises from footsteps or clashing between guns and equipment, but the movements were so agile and quiet that you couldn't hear them unless you were close. It was clear that he had received a lot of training.

'It may have been unfortunate that I was the opponent.'

If it had been any other enemy, I would have easily defeated him. No, if I wasn't Amorph, I wouldn't have won so easily.

If it weren't for Aimorph's extra senses, he wouldn't have been able to read the enemies' movements so easily.

I stood in the doorway and aimed the spine launcher.

'Is this it?'

After adjusting the muzzle to a point where it could hit a target about 20cm above my head, I waited for a moment.

When the android got close to breaking down the door, I fired a spike bone. A dull sound was heard, like plucking cello strings, and the thorn bone broke through the door panel.

"That enemy, that enemy, that enemy,

that enemy is shooting!"

Through the small hole, an android can be seen falling down with a small hole in its head.

I braced my legs and hit the door panel. The hinges were torn off like toilet paper, and the android standing in front of the door, along with the door, were torn to pieces by my rush.

The police officers held their breath when they finally saw me from a close distance. After stomping on and destroying the recording device among the android's remains, I pulled out a saw blade tentacle and wrapped it around the leg of one of the police officers.

"evil!"

As the saw blade swept past, the white bone was exposed. One person fell and the three police officers next to him aimed their Gauss rifles at me.

But I am not the only monster they have to deal with.

Adhai, who flew out holding No. 26, attacked the police officers.

Aadhai's tentacles covered the policeman's head. Translucent tentacles broke the glass of the policeman's mask and burrowed inside.

"Off it! Agagagagak…."

The police officer trembled while making strange noises. This was because the sucker at the end of the tentacle stuck to the policeman's face and began sucking blood.

I could clearly see the tentacle sucking up the red liquid while making a gurgling sound. The police officer, who lost a large amount of blood in an instant, collapsed on the spot in shock.

"Ugh…Ugh!"

"100 million!"

The other police officers were shocked and tried to point their guns at Adhai, but then froze in that position. Purple energy engulfed their bodies as No. 26 landed in the hallway.

I grabbed the heads of those captured by No. 26 with one hand and tore them off. The blood gushing from the throat floated in the air as if in a state of weightlessness due to No. 26's psychic power.

Aadhai, who had mummified a police officer, flicked his tentacles and swallowed the blood floating in the air.

[Zuzuzuz (Good job)]

｢Yes!｣

｢Easy｣

It was such a disaster that anyone who saw it would be horrified and vomit, but I was proud of the people who assisted me so well. I wanted to give them time to enjoy their loot, but there are still enemies left.

'This is the first time I've had someone's back and fought.'

Of course, I had never experienced anything like this when playing as Amorph. It was a refreshing experience to fight like this because I had no friends in real life as well as in the game.

If you use them strategically in future hunts, it will be of great help.

'Now all that's left is the android downstairs.'

If you organize them, all obstacles to escape will completely disappear.

The time to enjoy the spoils will be after the hunt is over.