novelraw Chapter 698 [116] Battle and Sacrifice
Chapter 698 [116] Battle and Sacrifice
Chapter 698 [116] Battle and Sacrifice
When the border town special zone was attacked, Zhang Daju and Zhang Xima, the chief engineers of the Ecological Tower construction, were in the construction site office.
Screams and sounds of fighting came from outside. The two men, drenched in sweat, were sorting through data chips and paper blueprints. Above the filing cabinet was a sealed glass jar full of smelly socks, its surface reflecting the brothers' busy figures.
"It's too late! We can't take these recording devices with us, so smash them!"
Under Zhang Daju's orders, Zhang Xima pushed all the recorders on the table to the ground and crushed them completely with his construction boots and his own weight.
The office iron door was suddenly pushed open, and the night wind that rushed in made Zhang Daju and Zhang Xima shiver.
After calming down a bit, they realized that the intruders were "Hime-chan" and Skinny Monkey.
The skinny monkey shouted, "What are you two dawdling about? The young master wants you to go to the Ecological Tower for refuge right now!"
Zhang Daju continued rolling up the paper blueprints and stuffing them into his NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection briefcase.
"These are the structural blueprints for the eco-tower. If they fall into the company's hands, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Zhang Xima originally intended to put the data chip in his inner pocket, but after turning it over and over, he felt it wasn't safe. With a heavy heart, he swallowed the data chip directly.
Although the data chip was small, its sharp edges caused Zhang Xima, whose esophagus was injured, to give a bitter smile.
"The young master has shown us great kindness, we can't reveal the secrets of the Eco Tower unless the company kills us..."
Two screams suddenly came from outside the door. Zhang Daju turned around and saw that the two guards on duty had indeed met with misfortune.
Dozens of mechanical ninjas stormed the narrow office entrance, but Hizen no Oni and Skinny Monkey worked together to hold them off.
A ninja used the "Phantom Substitution Technique" to get behind the two. He revealed his bladed claws, about to slice open Zhang Xima's belly.
Without hesitation, Zhang Daju took the smelly sock glass jar from the filing cabinet and hurled this treasured item at the ninja.
The ninja instinctively used his arm guards to block. The glass jar shattered, and the room was instantly filled with an unbearable stench of feet.
The company's mechanical ninjas are manufactured using "farmed humans" as raw materials, making them, strictly speaking, semi-mechanical ninjas. Their sense of pain is weakened, and they lack free will, but their senses of sight, hearing, and smell are enhanced for locating enemies.
The ninja was doused with a stinky sock; the overwhelming stench filled his nostrils, as if a burly man covered in body odor wearing boxing gloves was punching his brain. His sense of smell overloaded him, rendering him immobile.
Skinny Monkey reacted quickly, using his massive prosthetic arm to knock the ninja down. Hizen no Oni followed up with a finishing blow, his heavy power hammer smashing the ninja's brains.
Under the cover of Hizen no Oni and Skinny Monkey, the Zhang brothers quickly retreated towards the Eco Tower. A mobile base vehicle was moving nearby. The ninjas relentlessly pursued them.
The closer you get to the Eco Tower, the more Night Dragon Society warriors you'll find. Since civilians and ninjas are now separated into different levels, heavy weapons are already available.
Submachine guns, electric rifles, pyrotechnic guns, phlogiston grenades, grenade launchers... all aimed at the enemy and unleashed a barrage of fire, causing heavy casualties among the pursuing ninjas.
"Hahaha—you despicable ninjas, now you know how powerful you are, don't you?" Hizen no Oni tilted his pig-like head back and laughed uncontrollably. "Useless trash who only know how to hold civilians hostage! Next..."
A razor-sharp chain came hurtling towards the Zhang brothers, who were about to rush into the refuge hole. Skinny Monkey and Fat Ghost, who were covering the rear, reacted one after the other.
The T forces have made their move!
Without a second thought, Skinny Monkey used his body to block, his prosthetic arm protecting his chest. He wasn't confident he could withstand Razor's flying chains. The worst-case scenario was that he and the Zhang brothers would all be cut in half at the waist.
"Watch me! Don't even think about hurting my son!"
Hizen no Oni unleashed his Wild Frenzy ability once more, turning his entire body black. He suddenly blocked the way in front of the skinny monkey, swinging his power hammer, intending to smash the Razor Chains back.
With a muffled "ding," Hizen no Oni actually succeeded!
However, the second flying chain shot out rapidly, piercing through the muscles and chest with perfect accuracy, wrapping around Hizen no Oni's heart, and tearing it away from his body.
"Ooh!"
Hizen no Oni screamed and fell backward, his power hammer crashing to his feet. Skinny Monkey rushed over to check on his comrade, only to find Hizen no Oni's mouth full of blood. After his powers faded, his pig-like face quickly returned to white, but it was a deathly pale color unlike anything he'd seen before.
"Fat pig! Why did you save me! What will happen to my mother if you die!"
"Haha...haha..." Hizen no Oni continued to laugh, his increasingly dull eyes looking at the sorrowful-looking skinny monkey.
"I...I'm not going to live...Your mother still has you, right...Before I die, could you call me Dad...?"
He died before he could finish speaking.
"You bastard! Come back here!" Skinny Monkey cried, lying on the corpse. "I'll never object to you marrying my mother again! If you can come back, I'll call you 'Dad' as many times as I want!"
The guards pulled the emotionally distraught skinny monkey away. The Zhang brothers, knowing that the ghost of Feiqian had sacrificed himself to save them, looked ashamed and felt quite reluctant.
"We and our brothers from the Night Dragon Society will definitely avenge the Demon Brothers of Hizen!"
The mechanical ninjas' charge was unsuccessful. Three T-unit members, T-017, T-018, and T-019, emerged from behind the thick smoke and led the mechanical ninjas toward the Eco Tower.
"Everyone into the tower, close the tower doors!" Vale shouted, waving her hand as she jumped off the mobile base vehicle. She was exhausted and covered in sweat.
Granny Qianxing jumped out from behind her and instantly rushed into the mechanical ninja battle formation. After cutting down seven or eight ninjas, she quickly jumped back to her original position.
"Stupid dog, I'll stay outside and hold off the T forces. You go up to the tower and have them activate the active defense system."
In the face of life and death, Vale didn't care about being called a stupid dog, since she was often called that by Granny Qianxing anyway.
What if the active defense system accidentally injures your mother-in-law?
"Then make them switch to manual mode! I'll defend at the base of the tower to prevent them from getting close to the base and the shelter entrance. Whenever I create distance between myself and the enemy, you guys bombard them with machine guns!"
Inside the Eco Tower, the subspace alarm blared incessantly.
Each member of the T unit can independently create a subspace, and they each bring more than ten ninjas to parachute into the Eco Tower.
Under Qin Jiandan's orders, the civilians in the Eco Tower had already begun evacuating to underground shelters. However, the company's attacks on both inside and outside the tower were almost simultaneous.
The pizzeria owners on the ground floor turned off the phlogiston valve before evacuating to prevent a fire.
However, T-014 arrived at the first level with ten ninjas. T-014 bombarded the crowd with its shoulder-mounted machine guns, creating chaos, while the ninjas scattered to find targets to slaughter.
The glass door of the pizzeria was smashed. The husband, cursing "company dog," struck a ninja on the head with a pizza shovel. The shovel was blocked by an arm guard, but the husband was kicked against the wall, coughing up blood and breaking three ribs.
The wife screamed and tried to save her husband, but another ninja grabbed her by the hair and dragged her on the ground. Then, a ruthless claw attack ended her life.
In despair, as the ninja lunged at him, the husband turned the phlogiston valve to its maximum and, with his last strength, kicked over the phlogiston stove and the flour sack.
A massive explosion occurred, mixing dust and phlogiston, killing the husband and several ninjas. The once-thriving Naples pizzeria was reduced to blood-stained ruins.
At Lao Wang's fried chicken shop not far away, Lao Wang and his employees were evacuating a large number of customers. They walked behind.
Ninjas suddenly appeared from the subspace and jumped into the crowd, hacking and slashing indiscriminately. Old Wang rushed into the kitchen, picked up the boiling oil pot on the stove, and poured it at the ninjas.
The ninjas retreated in pain. Old Wang instructed Linda Lulu and the ratman Aku on her shoulder to continue evacuating the customers, while he picked up a fire axe to cover the rear.
“Eee—” “Eee—” The ninjas made strange noises. Two ninjas used the Phantom Substitution Technique to get close. Old Wang swung his fire axe, but it was blocked by one ninja with his arm armor. The other ninja then used his bladed claws to cut off Old Wang’s right hand.
"Ahhh!" Old Wang knelt on the ground in pain. When Linda Lulu saw this, she wanted to turn around to save him, but Aku on her shoulder grabbed Linda Lulu's earlobe to stop her.
"Going back would only be suicide. Listen to the young master, we must go to the shelter immediately! The boss doesn't want us to go back!"
Linda Lulu followed behind the refugees, closing her eyes in anguish. Aku, however, kept his eyes wide open, glistening with tears, wanting to send Old Wang off on his final journey with his gaze.
Surprisingly, the mechanical ninja's claws were held back by the other ninjas.
The people who came to the rescue were Shiro and Goro, who were under Xia's command.
Xia initially thought everything was alright inside the Eco Tower and didn't evacuate immediately. She asked Shiro and Goro to help her protect the property of the "Sakura Grand Hotel" to prevent the staff of the "Shengzhi Grand Hotel" across the street from taking advantage of the chaos to make free purchases.
The T forces used subspace to bring mechanical ninjas into the tower and wreak havoc, making Xia realize her naivety. She hurriedly led Shiro and Goro towards the underground shelter, but on the way, she saw Old Wang in danger.
The young master and Old Wang, the owner of the fried chicken shop, are friends. Xia, wanting to earn the young master's praise, ordered Si Lang and Wu Lang to go and rescue him. Si Lang and Wu Lang, unable to contain themselves any longer, drew their long swords and leaped forward.
"You imposters, let me show you the power of a real ninja!"
Shiro parried the mechanical ninja's claws, while Goro plunged his sword into the mechanical ninja's flesh.
The mechanical ninja didn't immediately collapse. He broke free and wildly tore at the air with his claws before finally stopping due to excessive blood loss.
Shiro and Goro gasped. Shiro shouted, "We're not going to gain much advantage, Team Leader Xia, you'd better retreat quickly!"
Goro helped the man with the severed hand, Old Wang, catch up with the refugees. Xiaxia drew her Rakshasa and Shura-maru swords from her waist and used them to block the pursuit of a mechanical ninja. Shiro then stabbed the mechanical ninja in the rear with a sword.
"Yeah!"
The mechanical ninja let out a strange cry, coughed up blood, and collapsed to the ground, powerless.
Shiro was very excited and gave Xia a thumbs up, saying, "I've discovered the weakness of these fake ninjas!"
Suddenly, a razor-sharp chain swung horizontally. Xia dodged it with a "backbone bridge" move that almost twisted her waist. When she could see forward again, drenched in cold sweat, she found that Shiro's head was no longer in the same place.
"Damn it! They killed Shiro again! Where is the young master? Come and save us!"
(End of this chapter)