Rebuild World: Volume 2 Part Two [Parts 1 to 10] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 59: The Fruits of Good Luck (or Bad)

Akira took another shot at Nelia’s head. His bullet struck the ground beside her, sending her tumbling a short distance.

I missed again?! he snapped.

Calm down, Alpha said with a soothing smile. Frustration will only make your aim worse.

Can’t you give me a hand with this?

All this damage has destabilized your suit. It might malfunction if I try to force through any more external commands—tearing off your arms if you’re not lucky. Would you like me to try anyway?

No thanks!

Looking as she usually did, Alpha stood at Akira’s side once more. Nelia couldn’t see her now that Akira had destroyed the relic that allowed the thief access to the map of the ruins.

Just as Akira raised his rifle to fire again, Nelia started speaking out loud.

“If you kill me, you’ll die too,” she said with a smile.

Akira pulled the trigger anyway. Once again, his shot flung her a short distance.

Yet Nelia continued, “My accomplice just stabbed me in the back. He wants us both dead, and he’s sent his powered armor into this building on autopilot to do the job. It has a self-destruct system designed to take his enemies down with it. The bomb will go off as soon as you’re within its kill zone, and it’s at least powerful enough to collapse this building—probably to blow the whole place sky high. And the armor will chase you to the ends of the earth, so don’t even think about running.”

Akira ignored her, stepped closer, and took another shot. This time, he hit her chest, disintegrating everything left below her neck. The blast sent her severed head rolling across the floor.

“There are only two ways to prevent it from detonating: destroy the control system, or hack in and shut it down. The computer is somewhere in its torso, but finding and smashing it through that heavy armor won’t be easy. I can hack it—in fact, I’ve already started, and I’m delaying the blast as we speak. If you kill me, it will go off immediately.”

Akira stepped closer and fired. His bullet grazed Nelia’s ear and struck the floor, flinging her disembodied head aside again.

“Oh. Well, suit yourself—it’s your choice to make. I wouldn’t mind dying with someone I’ve flirted with,” Nelia said, with the same smile she’d worn while hitting on him.

He was already quite close to her. Now he walked up and lifted her head by the hair, glaring straight into her eyes. “Got any proof?” he asked. What was to say she wasn’t lying to save herself?

“None,” Nelia answered.

Her honest answer left him no nearer to the truth. Was she lying? Akira couldn’t know.

But before he came to any conclusion, Alpha interrupted sternly, Forget that and move! Right now!

Akira obediently started running, still clutching Nelia’s head. The building shook as Kain’s armor began forcing its way inside. Running on autopilot, the massive machine acted without any concern for self-preservation, smashing its steel bulk against a weak point Kain’s barrages had left in the building’s facade.

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