Chapter 152: Pentagon Raid 1
Mira thought for a while before saying 'I choose Predator's Prey'. She had the Soul Map but getting information about the details of various races was a chance she could not overlook. She could give Night City those details which would save them a whole lot of investigations.
'You have acquired one evolution ticket. You have two evolution tickets you have completed the evolution quest:
[Acquire 2 evolution tickets – reward: a chance to evolve – status: 2/2 evolution tickets acquired, possible (complete)]
'You can now evolve if you wish to'
Mira checked her new stats:
[Previous State:
Strength: High (low)
Agility: High (intermediate)
Stamina: High (low)
Durability: High (low)
Intelligence: High (low)
Senses: High (intermediate)
Energy: Transcendent]
[Current State:
Strength: Pinnacle
Agility: Pinnacle
Stamina: Pinnacle
Durability: Pinnacle
Intelligence: Pinnacle
Senses: Pinnacle
Energy: Transcendent]
[En-code State:
Strength: 0/1,000,000
Agility: 0/1,000,000
Stamina: 0/1,000,000
Durability: 0/10,000,000
Intelligence: 0/100,000,000
Senses: 0/1,000,000
Energy: 0/10,000
Unattributed: 0/114,010,000]
Mira nodded and said "I'm fully stacked!"
Mira could feel the jump in power. Her body felt so easy to move, it was as if she had always been ill before now. Her senses were so sharp she felt she was watching a high resolution movie when she looked around her. Her mind processed thoughts so fast she felt like she was high on drugs.
Seeing Mira's amazement Kenny said "Amazing right? The Hunter job quest is hard to complete but it pays well". Mira nodded and said "What are we fighting next?"
Kenny answered "You can decide that yourself. You have the Soul Map now. I work better when I'm alone so we'll separate for now. See ya! We'll pick you up in an hour" Kenny's figure disappeared from Mira's view and she couldn't sense him anymore.
Mira had a look of confusion as she knew that Night City didn't have teleportation technology but it looked like Samuel literally just disappeared. His intent and every trace of his existence were gone along with his figure.
Jake said "We'll be going now" and waved as Charlotte activated her spell and left with him.
Mira sighed and thought 'I shouldn't face any monsters that are good at stealth'. She activated her Predator's Prey skill and asked her IP 'What requirements did I meet to get this job?'
As a long list of races appeared in front of Mira her IP said 'You hunt solitarily and with assistance. Your opponents always know when you are hunting them. The knowledge never helped them'. Mira nodded and thought 'True, I guess the IP gives me a job that it feels should suit me by judging my actions' as she inspected the list and she asked again 'Will I be able to choose Hunter privileges when I get to Rank 11?' Her IP responded 'Yes'.
On reaching Rank 11 all creatures get a chance to choose another job privilege.
Mira glanced through the extremely long list of names. Her IP showed the races that were closer to her first while the others that were farther away were in another list shown on anther screen. On the list before Mira some names were colored red, they were the names of races that were within 70 miles from Mira. If she targeted them they would be alerted and know that she was coming after them. The other names were written in black.
Mira was looking for a race that wasn't necessarily weak to her abilities just one without too much specialization. She wanted a challenging opponent to use as practice for her Diamond skill and to get used to her stats. But she couldn't get information on the capabilities of the races she saw just from their names, she would have to target them to find out.
If she targeted any of them she would get their full details and the direction they were in but she wouldn't just stay in one place forever. When she moved and got within 70 miles of the race they would be alerted.
Mira thought 'Maybe I should just stop trying to avoid them noticing me. I'm a Predator even if they know I'm coming they can only run or die'… Mira was silent for a moment before she laughed at her own stupidity and thought 'They can also call higher Ranked members of their race to deal with a bully like me'.
Mira sighed, she didn't know what to do. Evolving was the right thing to do now but she had to wait for Samuel to finish evolving in order not to reduce the military power of Night City.
Jake suddenly appeared in front of Mira along with Charlotte and Kenny, Kenny asked "You called, what up?" Jake looked at Mira and said "Today is the day we raid the Pentagon".
Mira's eyes widened, raiding the pentagon to get knowledge on nuclear missiles was a mission Jake had put off because of the weakness of Night City but to suddenly say he is doing it out of the blue, Mira couldn't understand his reasoning.
Jake said "It's just like how I found out when and where you were going to appear Mira. I can predict a bit of the future and just now I sensed that today is a perfect opportunity to raid the Pentagon".
Mira nodded and said "I don't know what your prediction saw but I can scout the place out if I know the distance between here and the place. But they'll know we're coming".
Jake nodded and said "When I predict things like this everything usually always falls in place." Jake pointed in a certain direction and said "About 40 miles from here".