Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 206 Rescue ([-])

Tommy didn't let him succeed and moved with him.This was not his intention, but his nerves couldn't stand having such a Covenant creature on his back.

"We can't get anything done all day long like this, pervert Tommy." Ellie complained dissatisfied, "Hurry up."

Tommy took a deep breath, tried to suppress the urge coursing through his blood, and allowed the little thing to float behind him.He felt the panel of the energy shield generator installed on his back being removed, and there was a sound of sparks flying there.

Under normal circumstances, a team of three technicians would be needed to remove the safety of the "Thor's Hammer" armor and enter the nuclear power plant, but now he had to accept the crude conditions and pray that he would not be sent to the sky by a sudden explosion. .

Tommy swayed uncomfortably. He didn't like it at all, because his fighting instinct was hammering his head.

He tried to say something to distract himself from whipping out his pistol and shooting the engineer—at least not now.

"Ellie, isn't it the engineer who helped me in the engine room last time?"

"No." Ellie stared at his eyes, as if she could see through what he was thinking, "I know you don't like to always burn bridges, so I asked another engineer to take charge of this job." She looked at it. The alien creature who was busy beside him said, "Actually, the two are almost the same, but if it makes you feel better, that's enough."

Tommy couldn't help but laugh at himself for his self-deception. If it were him 20 years ago, he would probably want to shoot him now.

"What are you doing sneaking around here?" Cortana's voice suddenly came from the communication channel, and her holographic projection also appeared on the side of the scrap cabin.

Ellie walked up to her, hands on her hips. "As you can see, it's just repairing equipment."

Cortana sniffed, glanced at the messy environment with disgust, and then looked at them, "Here?"

"It's right here. You don't want to know the reason. I suggest you leave as soon as possible." Ellie said.

At this time, a wave of static electricity enveloped Tommy, and a tingling sensation first flowed along his spine, and then wrapped around his torso. You could hear a "pop" sound inside, and the entire "Thor Hammer" armor also had dots. Mars.

The engineer let go of the tentacles that entangled him and screamed with excitement.

Tommy put on his helmet and diagnostics appeared on the heads-up display.The shield energy indicator bar in the upper right corner flashes red and slowly fills up amidst the beeping alarm sound.

"It's fixed," Tommy said.Having the shield again made him feel more at ease, although he would not forget the combat situation without the shield.

The experience also served as a sobering warning to him: Don’t rely too much on technology.This also reminds him that the success or failure of most battles depends on his own mind, and he must think clearly before engaging the enemy.

"Congratulations." There was only sarcasm in Cortana's tone, without any joy.She changed the topic and pointed directly at Ellie, "Why should I leave here? It seems that this ship does not belong to you alone."

Cortana's tone of voice was sour, and Tommy wondered if she had gotten here under the influence of gunpowder.Ever since her wandering around Halo's Forerunner computer systems, she's had a bad attitude toward other people, even the Master Chief.

The engineer floated to the bulkhead where the monitor was installed and started repair work again.Cortana never took her eyes off it.

Tommy checked the scrap bay door to make sure it was locked securely.He looked at Ellie, "Forget it, just stay here, she will understand." Ellie crossed her arms, "She has to understand even if she doesn't understand, right, Cortana?"

Cortana's eyes wandered between the two of them, "What riddles are you playing with me?"

Tommy turned back to the engineer who had just repaired his armor and started repairing a broken control panel as if the work would never be done.

"Life will never go smoothly, and every time I do something like this, I hope it's the last time." Tommy muttered to himself, pulling out the Magnum pistol and aiming it at the back of the head.

Two of the engineer's six eyes were fixedly staring at the muzzle of the gun. One of its tentacles split into many tiny detection tentacles and stretched out towards the pistol, touching the blue-gray metal shell. "The structure of this weapon is intact and does not need repair?" it gestured with other tentacles.

Ellie closed her eyes, as if she couldn't bear to see what happened next.

Cortana's holographic projection took a step forward, "What are you going to do-"

Tommy pulled the trigger, and the sound of the gunshot echoed in the small cabin, sounding like the explosion of a cannonball.The bullet shattered the engineer's head, splattering blood and tissue on the control panel it had just been repairing, and the air was filled with the stench of ugly deeds.

"Are you crazy?!" Cortana screamed.

The airbags on the engineer's body were deflated, and he fell to the ground tremblingly, twitching with no life left.

"Is there something wrong with your head?! He just helped you repair your armor!" Cortana pointed at Tommy and shouted.

"Sorry, but I have no choice." Tommy put the gun back on the magnetic hanging point on his leg, then arranged the engineer's body neatly and dragged it to the middle of the double airlock door.

He paused, turned around, neatly folded its tentacles and placed them on the body. "I'm sorry, you didn't deserve to die."

"What are you talking about here?" Cortana demanded. "Why did you do that?"

Ellie stepped in front of Cortana, blocking her gaze from Tommy.

"I really wonder why you have to ask this question, Cortana, the situation is so obvious, don't you understand?" She tried her best to suppress the rising anger, because Cortana's tone of questioning Tommy was too harsh. Oh no.

She continued to explain: "This engineer has just personally come into contact with our shield technology. We stole this technology from the Covenant troops and improved it. If this engineer can escape and return to the Covenant troops, then this technology An improved technology will become theirs."

"Would you like to see this technology used by them to improve personal shields to equip their elite warriors, or to improve the performance of their warships?"

Tommy was grateful to Ellie for defending him.He pressed the button on the airlock door, and there was a muffled sound inside as the air was sucked out.The engineer's body was spinning and floating in space, and a layer of light blue frost slowly formed on the surface.

(End of this chapter)