BXBX NOVEL Chapter 247: Prosthetics Retrofitting
Chapter 247: Prosthetics Retrofitting
Following Cowboy\'s departure, Adam pondered his own situation in silence for a long while.
Essentially, there was a deranged adapter who had completely mastered Yamata no Orochi\'s powers out to kill him.
Adam didn\'t know many powerful adapters of this caliber, and he could only think of three adapters on the same level that he could potentially recruit to help him, namely May, Sadou, and the director.
They were the most powerful adapters that he knew who had a neutral or positive affiliation with him. Out of those three, the director was the only one that Adam was certain would be able to defeat Hebi no Miko, but the director wasn\'t on his side. Furthermore, Adam had no idea what the director\'s objectives and desires were, so there was virtually no chance that he could get the director to help him.
As for Sadou, even though they shared a master and disciple relationship, they weren\'t familiar with one another at all, and Sadou had only taken him in on the basis of a request from Cowboy, so it was also very unlikely that Adam would be able to recruit his help.
The final candidate for consideration was May. Out of the three aforementioned people, she was the one that Adam was most familiar with, and it was exactly because of this that she was also aware of just how cautious she was.
She had refused to help him when he was caught up in the conflict between the two congresses, and now that he was in even more severe peril, there was no reason for him to expect assistance from her.
Just as Cowboy wasn\'t willing to die for him, those three definitely had no incentive to risk their lives for him, either.
With that in mind, the average person would\'ve most likely completely given up on recruiting assistance from others, but the current Adam was extremely shameless.
After completely fusing with Clown, Adam had lost all concept of humility, and he decided to contact those three on the off chance that one of them would be willing to help him.
The first one that he contacted was Sadou.
"Hello, Teacher, long time no talk!... Yes, it\'s me, Adam... Ah, so you\'ve been watching the news. Yes, I have become a special psychic police officer... Thank you, I couldn\'t have done it without you... I have something that I need your help with, Teacher... You\'ll definitely be willing to help? That\'s great! So recently, I\'ve made a powerful enemy... Her name is Hebi no Miko, and... Hello? Fuck, he just hung up!"
Adam stared at his silent communicator for a while before dialing May\'s number, but she refused to pick up.
She must be pretending to be unavailable.
As the leader of the largest privately owned intelligence organization in Sandrise City, there was no way that May wasn\'t aware of the situation with Hebi no Miko, and the fact that she was refusing to answer Adam\'s call was already a clear indication of her attitude.
In the end, Adam had no choice but to send Hailey a message through a special avenue.
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In Shadow City, Hailey was currently being surrounded by a bunch of renowned psychic combatants.
Right now, she was the manager of a champion, commonly known as a "champion manager".
This was an extremely sought-after title among managers. In the entirety of Shadow City, there weren\'t many managers for S tier combatants, and there were even fewer champion managers. Only a single champion manager arose each year, and everyone knew just how difficult it was to secure the final victory in the battle royale.
On top of that, the recently concluded edition of the battle royale was the most brutal and spectacular edition in the past 10 years, and the ferocity of the competition and the extremely high death rate meant that the champion title for this edition held more weight than that of previous editions.
Hence, Hailey was currently a very hot commodity. Countless psychic combatants were trying to sign her up as their manager, and she had finally fulfilled her dream.
.
Looking at the bunch of psychic combatants gathered around her, Hailey was practically glowing, and she was just about to say something when she suddenly received a message on her communicator.
The message had been sent through the dark web. There were certain obstacles between Shadow City\'s network and that of the outside world, so messages had to be sent through special avenues, one of which was the dark web.
Initially, Hailey didn\'t pay much attention to the message, but after briefly scanning through its contents, she immediately took it far more seriously.
"I have some matters to attend to today, so I\'ll have to ask all of you to leave for now. I\'ll be sure to go through all of your files and pick out the ones among you with the most potential."
After dismissing all of the psychic combatants, Hailey laid down onto the sofa and began to read the message more thoroughly.
"He\'s being hunted by Oni no Miko\'s sister, and he\'s asking me to request assistance from the director? What\'s up with that?" Hailey\'s brows were tightly furrowed, and despite her youthful appearance, she was wearing a very adult-like expression. "Is he close with the director? Why would the director help him? Also, who\'s Oni no Miko\'s sister? Is she strong?"
Hailey sent Adam a message containing all of these questions, but the response that she received was quite an infuriating one.
"Little kids shouldn\'t ask so many questions? Get fucked!" Hailey slammed her fist down onto the sofa in indignation. "Does he not know that I\'m the most sought-after manager in Shadow City right now? I\'ll help you just this once for old time\'s sake, but if the director doesn\'t let me into Shadow Fort, then there\'s nothing I can do!"
Hailey sent Adam an emoji to express her anger as she spoke.
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Adam couldn\'t help but chuckle in amusement at the sight of the angry kitty emoji that Hailey had sent him.
He then made his way into the veterinarian hospital while calling out Diana\'s name.
"Diana, are you there? You\'ve been dying to get some revenge, haven\'t you? Now\'s your chance! Oni no Miko\'s sister has just touched down in Sandrise City!"
Due to the immediate peril that he was in, Adam temporarily put his investigation into the Compassion Company on pause so that he could briefly go into hiding and do two things, the first of which was to have prosthetics retrofitted, just as he had always been meaning to do.
For that, he went to Baldie Lin. It had to be said that Baldie Lin\'s skills far exceeded those of the average retrofitting technician, and he was able to install an exoskeleton, a set of spider legs, and a small rocket booster onto Adam\'s body, all while ensuring that his neurons remained unaffected.
The exoskeleton was essentially a suit of armor that connected with the bones and muscles of his entire body, and upon activation, it granted him immense physical strength that significantly boosted his speed and power.
The spider legs were installed onto his back, and they were going to be extremely helpful both in combat and for climbing up places that he would\'ve previously been unable to.
As for the rocket booster, that was retrofitted beneath the spider legs, and it was designed to help Adam escape from or pursue enemies depending on the situation.
"What a pity..." Baldie Lin was both proud and a little forlorn as he inspected his own handiwork. "In all these years that I\'ve spent in Shadow City, these are my best creations. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of powerful weapons that I can\'t install onto your body. If I can install a flamethrower, a miniature tracking missile launcher, a miniature battle UAV, and a laser gun, in addition to your existing prosthetics, you\'d be the perfect bionic warrior!"
"You can totally retrofit a miniature UAV onto me. Firearm prosthetics are prohibited in the civilized world, but you can just make the battle UAV a reconnaissance UAV instead," Adam suggested.
"You\'re right! Why didn\'t I think of that?"
An enlightened look appeared on Baldie Lin\'s face as he immediately returned to work, using an electric drill to remove one of the spider legs before beginning the process of installing a reconnaissance mechanical bee.