Chapter 96: Masquerade Party (10)

Chapter 96: Masquerade Party (10)

Ptpshhhk!

Booooom!

Next!

Hey, give me one more shot, hm? Ill really do it right this time!

Shut up and give me the ammo! Hurry!

Glaring at Vex, who only returned rejection to his desperate pleas, Hyde placed another warhead into the RPGs muzzle.

Tch, no fair I didnt come out all the way here to do something boring like this Anyone can make a mistake, so why cant I?

Ptpshhhk!

Yeah, if it was just one mistake. Every single shot that you fired missed! Its thanks to you that the monster got this close to us! If we had kept a safe distance in the first place, we wouldnt have been

[Guuwaahh!]

Booooom!

[Guhgah!]

In a pinch like this! Next!

Landing the shot exactly on the monsters neck, Vex cut off the scream just about to leave its mouthshooting an RPG in the back of the open trunk of a truck dashing through rough terrain. It wasnt a task that any average person could do. It was only possible for those like Vex who had an abnormal level of balance.

Beep beep!

With the sound of the trucks horn, the two hurrying to reload the ammunition could hear Ians voice from the front.

Hyde! Crossroad upcoming!

Uh to the left! Turn into the left alley and go uphill!

Skreeee!

Aghhh! Jaw! Cant you be a little gentler?!

What am I supposed to do when Hydes telling me where to go when were right at the corner?

Crashhhh!

As the truck took a sharp turn, the boxes and firearms stored inside the cargo came crashing down, and Vex and Hyde, who secured their bodies with harnesses attached to the cargo bay, struggled to continue reloading the RPG-7 in the midst of the chaos.

Ahhhh! Everythings getting dumped out!

Hey! Parasite! Hurry up and give me the next shot!

The box fell over! The one Im giving you right now and the one in my pocket are the last ones! I need to untie this if I want to go get more!

What? The RPG warheads are rolling around in the cargo right now? Hurry up and pick them up first! The destinations! How many destinations do we have left?

Uh.

With a face battered with bruises, Hyde quickly dug through his memories while untying the string attaching him to the walls of the truck.

Normal RPG shots did minimal damage to Old Picture, barely managing to make it flinch, so he devised a new plan.

A plan that was possible thanks to Hydes unbelievable ability, separate from Professors quick thinking, to search up the memories of anything that hes seen at least once.

Two places! Ones just around the corner, past this alleyway! Vex, hold on to me!

Damn it! In the first place, why did he make the plan so dangerous? Hepburn, that bastard! Im going to beat him up when he wakes up!!

H-He was probably in a rush! Vessel was pretty out of it too, you know, hahhahahah

I Its still technically a plan that came out of Gyosus mind, so it counts, right? Its definitely not a plan I could have ever thought of when I was inside!

So as Hyde thought to himself, he leaned his body outside the truck just as it slowed down to turn the corner.

Earghhh!

Vex held on to the rope that attached him to the truck with one hand and tied the rope around Hyde with the other.

Almost completely depending on his weight on the rope, Hyde leaned even more out of the truck and used the crowbar held tightly in his hands to fish up the box located in the temporary camp of the Executive Department.

Because he caught the box while the truck was still moving, it felt like his arms were going to pull out of their sockets, and a few of the contents spilled out

I got it!

How many are left?

Two, four, six seven of them!

But they still managed to pull it into the car.

The master solution Hyde suggested regarding their lack of firepower.

Thats seven more mortar rounds we have now! Its a total of forty-two we have now!

It was to loot the mortar bases, where the Executive Department shot the mortars, and collect all of the remaining shells. Hyde managed to dig out all of the memories of Gyosu when he scanned the streets with the shoe cluster in tow. Based on the locations of the empty bases after the Executive Department either died or ran away, they traveled to each location and collected the shells.

Beep beep!

Heyyy! Howd it work out?!

We got it! We just need to stop by one more spot now!

Damn it, lets say we get the firepower! So where are we going to use all of these? If we just let it rip on the ground, the most it will do is blow up a chunk of its body! It wont make a critical blow!

I know that already! I have a plan, so just go for it now! Past that hill over there!

Bloody hell Gyosu must have had something in mind! Ive never fought a losing battle following what he said!

Vrrrrrrrmm!

The Raptors stolen armored truck let out a growling roar as it started to race.

Hyde! The warheads! Now!

This is the last one!

What? Wheres the rest?!

I think they rolled out of the truck when we went around that corner!

Hm. It was more than possible. The guy had been nagging him every time they faced reality about how he wanted to shoot a gun. Considering his nature of wanting to do what he wants, he would have gotten his hands on one.

Once he connected with the feeling in his hand, he slowly connected with the other senses that Hyde was experiencing. It felt like he was taking it all in through a frosted window with only a vague silhouette.

So this is how Hyde was looking at the world.

Hm, it was decided. Next time, when this situation was settled, he was going to let Hyde borrow his body for about a day or two. It wasnt like he could see anything, nor would he be able to see it at all. It was irritating looking at things like this for just 10 seconds, but the guy had been sharing my senses like this ever since he was born.

That was all the time he had for sidetracking. Gyosu concentrated on the fuzzy senses he was slowly becoming accustomed to. A familiar voice was yelling and another familiar Ah, this must be Vex. Vex was desperately trying to say something.

.Hurry! The guy crazy.!

The more he heard it, the clearer it became. Like how eyes become accustomed to the dark, his eyes slowly started sharing the information from Hydes vision

..Huh?

In front of his eyes was the massive head of Old Picture.

What about the escape plan? Did it fail? No, everyone looks too fine for that. Hm aside from one person. But psychowave is a wide-ranging skill. It shouldnt be able to make just one specific person go crazy like that.

At the corner of Hydes vision, he could see Ian flopping around, tied up in a thick rope used to secure large furniture on trucks. His expression right now looked like he was witnessing the end of the world and was desperately trying to stop it.

Nein! Nein!! Was zum Teufel machst du denn? Hoer dich auf! Ich bin sicher, dass es noch bessere Wege geben! Bitte! Lass mich frei!!!!! (No. No! What are you doing right now, stop it right now! Theres gotta be a better way than this! Im begging you, please! Let me go you fing bastards!!!!!!!)

.I dont know what youre saying, but sorry, Jaw! This is Gyosus plan!

Vex! That monsters throat is almost done regenerating! Were going to get directly hit with its shout if we waste any more time! Leave that idiot alone and step on the axel!

Wenn der Schaden zu gro ist, ist es bedeutungslos, den Kampf zu siegen! (In battle, when the losses are too great, the victory becomes meaningless!) I cant do it. That car is my family and companion, and it was with me through all of my Wasteland years! To hell with fate! I wont let you do that to my car, you bastards!! Vex, you bastard! Do you think this is the reason why I taught you how to drive?!

It wasnt that I couldnt hear it. It was incomprehensible from the start. Ian is pretty similar to Vex when you think about it. How they speak nonsense, or German when their emotions are elevated. Either way, you cant understand them.

Vrrm! Vrrrrmm!

The sound of the engine roaring to prepare its takeoff shot sharply through the air. He still couldnt draw a complete picture of the situation, but one thing was certain: Hyde either didnt see the memory he left him or ignored it. Instead, he created his own plan and reached the climax of it.

Skrrrrrkrkkkkkk!

With the sound of the wheels scratching the ground, the truck started to push bravely forward.

Parasite! Hyde! The three of us are seriously screwed if you miss this time!

Dont worry about a thing, my guy! Failure gives birth to success! Although I wasnt really born that way, I definitely got the hang of it from my two failures!

Vrrrraaaaaammm!

Thunk spt!

After fully pressing on the axle up to nearly the tip of the viewpoint, Vex quickly opened the door and fled the car.

Crash!

The black armored car that crashed through the metal railing of the viewpoint then flew onward towards Old Pictures face.

Now, then, Metal Jaw! Say goodbye to your old friend!!!

I thought, Hyde, you were truly my friend!

When you gain one, you lose another! A snail leaves its old home to go into another, and when a person makes a new friend!

Ptpshhhk!

You have to let go of your old one!

Ian had the expression of Caesar when he was stabbed by Brutus. And so when Hyde pulled the trigger whilst sending Ian a wink, the RPG warhead left its home and shot towards the armored car that crashed square into Old Pictures face.

The bullet struck exactly at the cargo area of the truck. And then

BANGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

Explosion.

[Hey, Hyde. What did you do?]

Huh? Oh! Vessel! Did you sleep alright? That must have been too loud for a wake up call, my bad.

Reading the memories of Hyde as he hid from the explosion and its aftermath, Gyosu buried his face into his hands.

Damn it! Who would have thought he made such a dangerous and unstable plan! Hepburn, that bastard, Im going to beat you to a pulp when you wake up!!

Sorry, Jaw! This was part of Hepburns plan!

Nein, mein LKW!! NeinNNNNNN(No, my truck! NOOOOOOOOOOO)!!!!

.He was scared. That guy was one of the ones that went into that warzone of a bunker in Area 45 just for a single car.

[.You hold onto this body until you solve that problem.]

Kehe! Ohh, Im so dizzy~ My consciousness is~ fadinggg~

Whooosh!

With Hydes last statement, a ray of light shone through the darkness, and everything slowly started to brighten. What that meant was clear.

[You caused this entire mess, and youre going back in?]

What, isnt it the results that matter?

As if a fog was fading away, his senses and vision started to clear up. After completely regaining control over his body, Gyosu turned his gaze to Ian, who was tied up and screaming out German with foam forming in his mouth, and Old Picture, who was slowly crumbling down with the place where its head had been completely blown off.

P-p-p-plop, p-p-p-p-plop!

A headless Old Picture, who the Investigation Bureaus Exosuit troops would have dealt with.

Ahhhhhhhh! Uuuahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Ian was bawling his eyes out as if he saw his best friend explode in front of his eyes.

Results. Results, you say They were one step closer to resolving the current situation, but this

No matter what happens, Im going to find a new body for you, Hyde.

[Oh! Were you impressed? I gotta say, I did a pretty good job!]

No. I cant beat you up if youre using the same body as me.

Looking at the situation they were now deeply involved in, which would have been completely fine to leave to the others, Gyosu thought that his vision was darkening just a bit again.