Cyberpunk: 2075

Chapter 504 117. That's it?

To capture a thief, first capture the leader. Placide may not understand this principle, but he knows one thing very well, that is, among all the enemies on the field, KK is the most threatening, and as the most capable fighter in the Voodoo Gang, he naturally wants to fight the leader.

Why did he take action when he saw the KK team reveal their true faces and said that they would not accept the mission?

This question never existed in Placide's mind for a moment, because even the dumbest person should now understand that the KK team is not well-intentioned, and they have already understood that the purpose of the other party's arrival may not be a good thing. If he does not start Sian Westin first, and waits for KK to take action first, will he still be alive?

Placide is like all the capable fighters in other gangs. He has more or less studied KK's fighting methods through various video materials. Although only a very small part of the video materials he consulted are real KK's battles, and the rest are imitators, he has still summarized KK's fighting methods in his own way.

KK has excellent marksmanship, and his close-range weapon is a single-molecule line. He may have installed Krenzikov or Sian Westin, and his actions are extremely fast. He also has the ability to invade data. For this kind of enemy with almost no blind spots in all aspects, the only way to achieve victory is a surprise attack.

Kill KK before he can show his ability, and never give KK any preparation time. If KK reacts, then even a tough guy like Adam Heavy Hammer, who can easily clean up their entire voodoo gang, can't do anything to KK.

Surprise attack is the consensus of everyone who has seen KK's combat data. They all think that they have to deal with KK's surprise attack.

But they all know this, how could Carl not know it?

In battle, those who act first can seize the initiative, whether it is attacking or retreating, they can prepare in advance. This truth is self-evident, and even gives people a sense of obviousness.

But Carl did not move.

He did not move in the face of Placid's surprise attack, as if he did not react at all.

"KK didn't react!"

Placid was ecstatic as he watched KK not move during the slow time.

Even for people who also have the Sian Westin or Krenzikov prosthesis, the first move in the battle is very important, because after one person activates the prosthesis, the other person's slow time will be prolonged, and that prolonged time is enough to determine the outcome.

In order to ensure the surprise attack, Placide did not shoot. He held a meat cleaver that he carried with him and usually used to slaughter animals.

This meat cleaver was made by Placide using very good materials. When slaughtering, even if it encounters bones, it can be cut like tofu, whether it is an animal or a human.

The blade has approached Carl's neck, but Carl still did not move.

But his eyes turned around and stared at Placide.

At the moment Placide swung the knife, his eyes met Carl's.

There was only calmness in his eyes, just like the blade that Placid swung over and could cut off his head in the next moment was so insignificant.

Before Placid understood what this look meant, a knife had already inserted into Placid's swinging trajectory from an oblique direction.

"Dang——"

The sound of metal clashing like iron hammering resounded in Carl's ears, which made Carl frown slightly and complain: "V, you are too slow."

"Sorry, Carl, you know, I have to shrink my neck in wide clothes to play Lucy, otherwise my height is not suitable. I just stretched my muscles and pulled out the knife."

While saying this, V was staring at Placid in front of him.

At this time, Placid held the thick and wide meat cutting knife with both hands, and the blade of the knife was facing the samurai sword raised by V with one hand, and its power was constantly pressing V's samurai sword down.

"This guy is quite strong. I need to spend some time."

"After you deflected his knife from the side, you shouldn't have gone up to fight with one hand. You should install an auxiliary power prosthesis on your arm. After I get the access port after this job, let's go find Lao Wei together."

"I think it's good to take supplements. I have to participate in the boxing match for the same reason as Jack. I have to show Lao Wei that I can beat people even without the hand prosthesis."

As he said that, V held both hands on the hilt of the knife. He actually relied on the posture of the samurai sword that was not easy to exert force from the bottom to diagonally block the meat cleaver pressed down by Placid, so that the meat cleaver blade pressed down by Placid slid on the blade of the samurai sword.

When he realized that his power was offset and his body was unbalanced, Placid forcibly stabilized his tilted body. The power-accumulating jump auxiliary parts installed on his legs made his body suddenly pause and jump around.

This kind of action of forcibly changing the rules of action by using the force of the parts while leaning forward was obviously very burdensome. Placide already felt a tearing pain in his legs, but this pain also saved his life.

When the blade of Placide was deflected and his body fell forward, V had already stepped to the side and raised the samurai sword with both hands.

V, who was originally prepared to swing his knife to take Placid's head when he leaned forward, was slightly surprised to see Placid jump to the side with an inappropriate action. He couldn't find an accurate adjective to describe his current feelings.

What is this action?

Jump sideways?

"The leg parts are twisted, and the skin and flesh are probably torn during the pulling."

Carl could see clearly: "His power leg is useless."

Carl had also played a similar operation when facing Adam's heavy hammer, but at that time he forcibly took over the prosthesis and restarted it after it lost power, but he didn't force it to move sideways like Placid. There is still a difference in the damage between the two. Compared with Carl's completely acceptable damage at the beginning, Placid, who lost a leg, has lost his only support in front of V.

Looking at V walking towards her with a knife, and the Voodoo Gang members who were knocked to the ground by Jack and Oliver with guns or fists, Placid desperately tried to call the leader on the communication, wanting to tell her to move quickly.

Unfortunately, pulling the plug before taking action has always been the trick that the KK team is most skilled at.

After discovering that the communication was invalid, Placide activated Sianwestan for the second time in a short period of time, wanting to roar to attract attention, but V would not give him this opportunity.

As V, who is now considered a killer in the industry in Night City, he has a kind point that must be mentioned.

That is, he is really fast.

When the activated thermal warrior blade was about to cut through the head, the man was still completely unaware.

"Voodoo Gang, that's it?"

This was the last sentence Placide heard before he fell into darkness.