Wild West.

The dust in the sky was scattered by the wind, rolling up a khaki world, which was very desolate.

In a weathered stone forest, Mann and others were hiding behind dirt and rocks, their faces full of anxiety and tension, and traces of blood spilled from the corners of their chapped lips, which were dried and scabbed by the dry yellow wind.

Mann frowned, beads of sweat fell from his forehead, and his broad chest whirred like a blower.

Repeated use of military-grade Siamwestein placed him under a huge physical load.

Under the scorching desert sun, he suffered both physical and mental burns.

Rebecca discovered that Mann had been shot in multiple places on his body. Although the subcutaneous armor blocked some of the damage, the heavy fire bullets still left burn marks.

She said with great concern: "Mann, can you still resist? It can't be used anymore!"

Mann endured the pain that penetrated his bones and forced out a smile: "It's okay, I'll just rest for a while. Are they chasing me?"

Rebecca carefully poked her head out, checked the surroundings, and said in a deep voice: "They are still looking. There are more rocks here, which is enough for us to hide for a while. We have already contacted Dolio and the others, so just wait."

Pila took out the few high-explosive grenades she had left on her body and clamped them all between her metal fingers for a final counterattack, and then cursed angrily: "You guys, if I had known I had brought more grenades, I would have killed them all."

Send it to the west."

Rebecca couldn't help complaining: "I've already said that the four-eyed guy is unreliable. He didn't even talk about credit. He attacked us backhand and said there was a missing piece of goods. Why don't you blame those useless guys for just robbing us?"

Come here with something."

Mann could only smile bitterly. The muscles of the wound were stretched and stretched, and he grinned in pain: "It was careless. He probably had no intention of letting us go from the beginning."

He estimated that it was Dolio and the others who helped David secure the goods and were discovered by Faraday.

Just now, Mann chased the hijacked convoy as planned. After a chase, the goods were about to be obtained, but another team appeared halfway.

The sudden attack knocked Mann and the others to the ground.

Mann discovered that the team that attacked them turned out to be Arasaka's troops, which were well-equipped and even equipped with plasma heavy artillery. Their posture looked very similar to Tang Yu's troops that night at the abandoned steel factory.

Arasaka Elite Team?

What surprised Mann even more was that Faraday was also included in the team.

At first, Mann thought it was just a misunderstanding. Just as he was about to get out of the car to explain, he was violently attacked by the opponent. He had to activate his rapid neural response and hid with Pyrrha and Rebecca.

All the people who hijacked the convoy died without exception.

Immediately afterwards.

Mann saw a man in a white suit among the crowd in Arasaka. After giving Faraday some instructions, he approached the amphibious armored vehicle, opened the trunk door and got in. The vehicle then started to drive towards the city.

Faraday stayed and led the Arasaka Elite Team to continue clearing the area.

After several confrontations with the elite team, Mann killed two of the opponents, and was also shot and injured. In addition, he was exhausted from turning on Si'an Westan many times and his body was overwhelmed.

Since the weathered stone forest is relatively vast, the three of them took advantage of their speed to hide behind large rocks, and it was difficult for Farah to find their traces for a while.

But this is not a long-term response. If you keep waiting, you will be killed by the opponent sooner or later.

Faraday put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked slowly in the weathered stone forest. The three prosthetic eyes on the left side of his face kept moving to scan the surrounding environment.

At the same time, the Arasaka elite team cooperated in searching for traces, and the Arasaka armed aerial vehicle in mid-air above their heads emitted a laser matrix to increase the detection range.

Faraday was sure that Mann and the others were hiding nearby, and said confidently as he walked: "The quality of your Sian Westan is amazing to me. The equipment is the experimental type of military technology. Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't expect you to really be willing to be a part of it."

Little guinea pig. It seems that the guy from Arasaka Company thinks highly of you. Are you running errands for him?"

The sand and wind rustled, and no one responded.

But Faraday didn't care. He believed that Mann could hear him, so he continued to stimulate.

"To be honest, the man named Tang from Arasaka is no longer reliable. I'm afraid today will be his last day in Night City."

"After he is overthrown, it will be difficult for the middleman at the Lizzie Bar and you guys to stay any longer."

Faraday felt that he was pretty lucky. Tang Yu, the senior executive of Arasaka, supported the new middleman Gloria, forcing him to temporarily give in and lose the big order from military technology.

This made the military technology sector extremely disappointed with him, and even Mann no longer listened to his orders, which made Faraday extremely angry.

Unexpectedly, time passed so quickly and everything turned upside down again. Arasaka Company executives actually took the initiative to contact him.

Faraday used the known intelligence about Mann's team and Gloria to communicate with the Arasaka Special Operations Department and confirmed that the Arasaka company executive who supported Gloria was Tang Yu.

For this reason, Arasaka once again gave him a chance to stand up, assisting Xianzhi Ye to get the goods, and at the same time cut off Tang Yu's wings, the Martinez mother and son, and the Mann team.

Ye Bai Xianzhi had just received the prosthetic body he wanted. As for the other item, it was left to David Martinez for the R&D department and was not within the scope of his consideration.

When Rebecca heard Faraday mentioning Tang Yu, she suddenly became furious and wanted to know urgently what would happen to Tang Yu today.

But when they saw that Mann was seriously injured and everyone was in danger, they still gritted their teeth and endured the conflict, and kept cursing in their hearts: "Damn! Damn! Damn!"

Mann looked helpless. Almost everything Faraday said was true. Unexpectedly, the secret was discovered in the end.

He was worried about this issue at the beginning, as cooperating with Tang Yu would involve the Mann team.

Internal fighting between companies goes far beyond one person's life and death.

But Mann knows that without Tang Yu, they might not be where they are today.

He was the one who insisted on wearing the military-grade Sianwistan, and he was the one who owed Tang Yu favors time and time again. No wonder the others.

Mann's eyes gradually became firmer. If he could exchange one life for another, maybe all this would end here, and at least it would help Tang Yu gain some buffer time.

He looked at the stone forest environment around him and planned to attack east and west together. He would find the right opportunity to rush forward and fight to the death with Faraday to buy time for Rebecca and Pyrrha to escape.

Rebecca saw something was wrong with Mann's expression, and began to reappear in the daze and trance before. She immediately understood his thoughts and reminded: "Mann! Cheer up, we can escape, Dolio and the others will be there soon.

Just come over!"

Mann's stiff face showed a somewhat calm smile: "Pila, you will use the grenade to cover my actions later. After detonating it, you can seize the time to escape."

Before Rebecca could refute, Mann raised his hand and hit her hard on the back of the neck, knocking Rebecca unconscious.

Seeing this scene, Pyrrha said helplessly: "Are you sure?"

Mann nodded heavily, his eyes were firm, and his mind was clear at this moment.

His quick nerve reaction ability is enough to use it over a long distance, so he can kill Faraday with some certainty.

The Sianwistan implanted by the Arasaka Elite Team is also of good quality, slightly inferior in speed and reaction time, but has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers.

Mann only has one chance to take action. If he succeeds, he can exchange it for one. If he fails, he can only buy some time for Pyrrha and Rebekah to escape.

Seeing that Mann had decided on his plan, Pyrrha suddenly said seriously: "Mann, if we can go back together, I swear to find you a better arm cannon so that you won't get stuck at critical moments."

Mann smiled. After resting for a few minutes, he clearly felt that the temperature of his spine had dropped a lot, and it was not as irritating to the nerves as before.

He tried hard to calm his chest breathing, and at the moment when his whole body relaxed, he shouted: "Let's go!"

Pyrrha obeyed the order and quickly threw all the grenades towards the Arasaka Elite Team.

Explode! Explode! Explode!

Many Arasaka personnel immediately fled the explosion site, but were still affected by high-explosive grenade fragments.

In chaos.

Mann immediately activated his rapid neural reaction, quickly swept out from the other side, took advantage of the aftermath of the explosion to aim at the target Faraday, and rushed straight away.

Farah's third prosthetic eye rotated at high speed, trying to catch the attacking figure, but the opponent's speed was too fast and he had no time to react.

A blast of wind roared in, and Farah's fourth eye widened, and his vision was filled with a black muzzle.

Sudden.

The corners of Faraday's mouth raised.

Sizzle.

An electric spark suddenly appeared from Mann's spine, and his whole body suddenly lost all strength. Due to the inertia of the rapid movement, he fell out and rolled continuously, throwing up a cloud of dust. He lay on the ground twitching and unconscious.

Faraday put his hands firmly in his pockets, looked sideways at Mann, and sneered disdainfully: "Cyberpunks who don't care about their lives should at least learn to have a long memory."

The Arasaka elite team immediately resumed their formation, and then they quickly followed up and blocked Pyrrha's path with plasma cannons.

Pyrrha was carrying Rebecca, facing the muzzle of the arcing gun, not daring to make any move.

Faraday raised his hand, just about to give the order to kill everyone present.

Sudden.

A huge invisible pressure enveloped him, as if a thousand pounds of pressure hit every joint in his body.

Almost instantly, a circle of ground centered on him sank.

Faraday's bones and joints were destroyed by this invisible weight, and his entire body was knocked to the ground with an extremely exaggerated curvature.

His legs were folded over his head, half of his cheek was pressed against the dirt, and his three prosthetic eyes popped out, full of disbelief.

When he saw a humanoid robot arriving at the scene, Faraday understood the situation.

His eyes widened with reluctance, and he tried his best to open his mouth and murmured: "You, you are just a low-level bastard from Arasaka, how dare you."

Poof!

Another heavy pressure fell, and blood, water and flesh splashed, directly crushing Faraday into a pulp.
To be continued...