Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 29 Lakeside Town ([-])
The hillside next to Lakeside Town.

It was getting dark, the wind on the hillside was getting stronger and stronger, and the temperature had dropped to unbearable levels.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

Back at "Beauty", Tommy took out a blanket and put it on Rebecca. She was staring at the starry sky outside the car window in a daze.

"Uncle, what do you think that is?" Rebecca suddenly pointed to the sky and said.

Tommy was about to lean over to take a look when Ellie's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

[I detected the UNSC beacon, which is a Pelican, code-named Echo-426. ] Ellie said in amazement that encountering a Pelican here was as incredible as a human frigate using a "Shiva" tactical nuclear missile to kill a Covenant CCS-class cruiser.

【where? 】

【Right above you! 】

Tommy suddenly opened the car door and stuck his head out, only to see a flash of light in the bright starry sky descending rapidly, dragging smoke.

"Rebecca, sit tight, let's catch up!" Tommy quickly retracted into the car, stepped on the accelerator, left the road and chased the Pelican.

A few cacti grow sparsely in the barren desert. The engine of the "Beauty" roars, and the gravel is sucked into the tires and then thrown out along the tangent line.

"Uncle! What is that?" Rebecca asked wearing a blanket.

"Hope to leave Night City!" Tommy turned the wheel, avoiding a cactus.

[This is Pelican Echo-426 calling, please answer if you hear it.Repeat, any UNSC personnel hearing this please respond. 】A female voice came from the communication system.

[Roger, Echo-426, this is Spartan Tommy-027, Captain Morton, can you hear me? ] Ellie is trying to contact the Pelican.

【receive!Spartan warrior, I was following the Autumn City to make a jump jump, and I arrived here in the blink of an eye. Now the Pelican's power system has failed, and I'm afraid it will have to make a hard landing! ] There was a hint of panic in Captain Morton's voice.

It should have been a long time since we escaped from Reach. Why would the Pelican jump over at this time?

[Captain Morton, what time does your mission clock show? ] Tommy asked.

【2552年9月1日15：17。长官！我马上要迎接撞击了！】莫顿上尉大喊着，随即通讯器和汤米的不远处都传来了“轰！”的坠毁声。

[The impact was too strong and it was difficult for her to survive. ] Ellie said pessimistically.

Driving over a hillside, the crashed Pelican can be seen from a high place - thick smoke is coming out of the main engine cabin, and fire flashes from time to time.The cockpit has been completely deformed, and a small part of the fuselage surface has been broken open, exposing the structure inside.The hatch was unlocked, and the "blood plate" inside was clearly visible.

"Beauty" came to a stop not far from the Pelican.

"Wow, what kind of aircraft is this?" Rebecca, who had already gotten off the car, exclaimed to the Pelican. This was the first time she had seen such a unique aircraft.

"This is the Pelican, let's go in."

The two walked into the cargo hold, and Tommy went straight to the cockpit, but the cockpit door could not be opened normally due to deformation.

[The vital signs disappeared and she died.] Ellie said with great sadness.

Tommy released his hand that was about to force open the cockpit door, and then gave a military salute.

"Pilot her."

Tommy shook his head, did not respond to Rebecca, and instead began to check the available supplies in the Pelican.

打开机载武器储物柜，里面放着一把反器材狙击步枪系统S2 99C型和一把M45E战术霰弹枪，以及能够武装30名陆战队员的各式武器弹药和M9-破片手雷。

This is?Tommy noticed that there were two blue plasma grenades in the corner of the locker. They were probably captured from the Covenant in some battle.

Tommy forcefully removed the onboard weapons locker and carried it toward the car.Rebecca was still feeling around in the Pelican, exclaiming from time to time.

"Rebecca, let's go! The homeless gang will be attracted by the flashes and explosions later!"

"What are you afraid of? Let's just kill them all!" Rebecca shouted to Tommy who was putting the lockers into the trunk of "Beauty".

[Ellie, start its self-destruct program remotely, don’t let the company get it. 】

[Okay, starting. 】

"Rebecca, it's going to explode!" Tommy struck first and then said.

"Huh?! Why is everything going so good suddenly about to explode?"

The lights in the cabin suddenly turned red, and the engine began to make a loud noise.

"Uncle Smelly, wait for me!" Rebecca was startled, then jumped off the Pelican and ran over on her short legs.

After getting away from the Pelican, there was a "boom!" explosion at the crash site, followed by air waves, and the flying sand particles hit the car with a "crackling" sound. "Uncle, it turns out what you said is true. That plane is not something we can have at all." Rebecca was still immersed in the majestic appearance of the Pelican.

[Call: Kamano Nana]

It's early morning, why did she call?

【Punana? ] Tommy unconsciously slowed down his tone.

[Mr. Devil~ I think you can’t sleep because of it~] Kamano Nana said coquettishly into the phone.

[Well.] It was too difficult for Tommy to think of an appropriate reply at this moment.

[Hehe, I’m not kidding you anymore. Do you still remember the concert I talked about last time?It was actually delayed because some guy blew up the truck delivering the equipment and scared the staff on it half to death. How infuriating! 】Tommy's mind pictured Nana Kamano puffing her cheeks and waving her little fists.

【Yes, true.】

[Tommy, someone is following. 】 Tommy's words were interrupted, and two big red dots appeared on the motion detector.

Looking in the rearview mirror, two unknown Rangers gang vehicles were hanging off the back.

【What is it really? 】 Kamano Nana asked when Tommy didn't respond for a long time.

【It’s so annoying. 】

"Uncle! There are two cars following us, what should we do?" Rebecca also noticed the car behind, took out a pistol and asked.

"Get a grenade." Tommy pointed to the weapons cache.

"Okay! Watch me blow them up!" Rebecca crawled toward the trunk.

[It’s too much~ I actually went on a date with that short winter melon~ and also participated in such an exciting chase event~] Kamano Nana deliberately joked that she was very confident in Tommy’s strength and was not worried about him at all.

Rebecca opened the storage cabinet and was attracted by the two blue balls in the corner at first sight. She picked up one and turned to Tommy and asked: "How do you use this blue grenade?"

Tommy was thinking hard about how to respond to Kamano Nana, and casually replied: "Press the orange switch above and throw it out."

Rebecca looked at the plasma grenade carefully, and sure enough, there was an orange switch.

"Wait! You got it wrong!" Tommy suddenly realized something was wrong.

He said it was a step too late. Rebecca had already thrown the plasma grenade with blue fire.

The plasma grenade hit the front of a car behind and stuck to it.

"What the hell is this?!" the wanderer sitting in the driver's seat asked his companion.

"I don't know, maybe"

Before his companion finished speaking, the plasma grenade lit up with a blue light, and then the air within 4 meters was heated to a temperature close to the surface of the sun. Everything in this range was melted and then disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, a high-temperature shock wave knocked away another car next to it.It kept rolling in the desert, and at the same time began to burn due to the high temperature of the shock wave, and the passengers inside let out horrifying screams.

"Wow, this is so exciting! Hahaha!!" Rebecca was first surprised by the power of the plasma grenade, and then laughed.

[Oh~ Nana, I will take you to this project next time. ] Tommy shook his head helplessly.Such a big killer was actually used here.

[Waiting for you~ I’m going to bed, mua~] Tommy’s helmet was filled with the smell of peach.

"Is there anything else? Is there anything else besides the remaining one?" Rebecca crawled back and asked, tapping Tommy on the shoulder.

"No more, you used the second to last one."

"What a pity~ If there were more, I could roast them into rotten meat."

After driving for a few more hours, the two of them were not far from Night City.

The darkness of the desert was dispelled, dots of golden light broke out from the skyline, stars broke through the dawn, and the Night City ushered in a new day of its own.

Rebecca curled up in her seat with a blanket and fell asleep.

[Caller: Lucy]

Why was she calling?How's the commission going?

【how is the situation? 】

[The car broke down. We are on the highway. Come pick us up. ] Lucy's tone reminded Tommy of Rebecca leaning against the container that night.

[Why are we arriving right away? 】

(End of this chapter)