Under the control of Johnny Silverhand, this Yasha Crow should have been able to last for a while longer.
But it took out its hand to support its companion, so it was immediately hit by Adam with a heavy hammer and fell to the ground hard.
Because he arrived in such a hurry, Adam Hammer did not have time to complete a full set of weapons. But this will not affect his combat effectiveness, especially in this kind of close combat.
Adam's Hammer is so named because of the pneumatic hammer integrated in his right hand.
This is a multi-functional combat plug-in tailor-made by Arasaka International for this mercenary. It is both a warhammer and an electric drill. In the most dangerous situation, it can also be used as an arm armor.
After being knocked to the ground by Adam's hammer, the drone's command module was hit hard by the pneumatic hammer again.
Although these hammer blows were not able to completely smash the Yasha Crow, the overloaded current also instantly burned out 30% of the circuits in the drone body.
"Get up! Fight!"
Although Johnny Silverhand was still roaring loudly, his new body was no longer obedient.
After crushing Yaksha Crow's left leg with a heavy kick, Adam Hammer wanted to get up and chase the two enemies who were about to jump off the platform.
However, as soon as he took a step forward, the garbage on the ground that was covered in electric sparks suddenly jumped forward and firmly hugged Adam Heavy Hammer's leg.
Yaksha crow just clung to this leg. No matter how hard Adam hammered him, Yaksha crow never let go.
"Johnny Silverhand..."
Just when Peacock and Takemura jumped off the platform together, they all saw this scene.
At this moment, both of them were extremely shocked.
Although he knew clearly that the drone armor contained only a set of data from a self-proclaimed Johnny Silverhand, Peacock only felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
He couldn't confirm whether Johnny Silverhand's consciousness would disappear because Yasha Crow was killed. Maybe Johnny Silverhand would return to Delamain, but what if not?
At this moment, Peacock once again felt sad for losing his partner. Only then did he realize that he had become Johnny Silverhand as a companion, not a paranoid who only wanted revenge.
When he was on the edge of jumping off the stage, Peacock noticed the situation under his feet. It turned out that there was a slightly smaller speeding platform below the 270th floor.
The people here have just been alerted, so they haven't taken any action yet, and there are obviously fewer guards here than on the platform above.
Even so, the peacock still complained secretly.
Because there is a height difference of two floors between the two platforms, this is already a considerable challenge for Peacock.
While still falling, the peacock tried hard to adjust its posture.
He curled his body into a ball as much as possible to minimize the impact.
Now it was too late for Peacock to regret. He could only gamble on his luck and hope that he would not fall too badly later.
Although he was a beat slower than the peacock, Takemura fell to the ground first.
His body has undergone many modifications. Although he uses the best lightweight materials, this also makes Takemura significantly heavier than normal people.
Even after falling from the second floor, Zhucun was very relaxed. Not only that, he still had the energy to help Peacock.
Just when the peacock was about to land, Takemura suddenly shouted and pushed the peacock forward with all his strength.
Takemura's full push not only dissipated most of the momentum borne by Peacock, but also allowed him to approach the nearest speeding car at a faster speed.
With the force of this push, the peacock rolled continuously on the ground.
When he finally dissipated all the force of his fall from the second floor, he rolled right in front of some stunned drivers.
This driver, who was an unknown powerful person, had just gotten off his master's flying car. He had not yet left because he had to wait for the platform to store the flying car.
Before the man could wake up, Peacock hit the driver in the nose with a headbutt.
This immediately broke the bridge of the other person's nose, and the man's tears, snot, and blood gushed out at the same time. Fortunately, he remained conscious and did not faint.
Of course this was not a mistake by Peacock, but something he did intentionally.
It would be easier for Peacock to knock out the driver. But in this case, he would not be able to snatch the speeding car in front of him.
Today's flying cars all use biometrics for safety verification, and people who are not registered in the car's system cannot open the door at all.
Even if it can be opened with violence, as long as the car machine does not detect the normal physical symptoms of the authorized person, the flying car will not start.
Dragging the screaming driver, Peacock pressed his face against the door of the speeding car.
"Open it and don't make me say it a second time."
Looking at the barrel of the gun stuck in the middle of his eyebrows, Peacock's prisoner shivered for a moment and then succumbed.
He obediently opened the car door, and then started the engine as ordered. Then he was knocked unconscious by the peacock's punch.
After casually throwing the unconscious driver out of the car, Peacock raised the gun in his hand and began to cover Goro Takemura, who was already fighting with the guards of Arasaka Tower.
Although there was no prior communication, the two people cooperated quite well.
Takemura threw the peacock towards the speeding car and asked the peacock to grab the vehicle. But he drew his gun and started to block the enemy who had caught up.
The first person shot in the head by Takemura was a pursuer from the platform above. As soon as the reckless guy poked his head over the edge of the platform, he was shot in the head.
Whether it's the guards on this level or the guys above. As long as someone dares to show their head, the bullets fired by Takemura will catch up with them immediately.
When I finished shooting the first magazine in Zhucun, the peacock over there had already grabbed the flying car.
"Takemura, let's go!"
After hearing Peacock's greeting, Takemura immediately put away his gun, turned around and ran away.
As soon as his suppressive fire stopped, the Arasaka Tower guards immediately had their heads cut off.
However, these people were not able to take advantage, because Peacock had taken over from Takemura and started to greet them with bullets.
It was obviously the first time they cooperated, but Takemura and Peacock seemed to have practiced it countless times.
When the peacock covered Takemura and ran to the speeding car, the bullets in the peacock gun had just finished firing.
Now the guards of the wild version of the tower finally had a chance to come forward, but unfortunately they were still a step too late.
When they were shooting indiscriminately, Takemura had already jumped into the driver's seat of the speeding car.
Of course, the car has good bulletproof capabilities, so although more and more bullets hit the speeding car, it is no different from raindrops falling.
When Arasaka soldiers equipped with heavy weapons arrived, the hijacked flying car had already spouted blue flames and jumped into the air.
"Peacock, sit tight! Fasten your seat belt!"
The person driving the speeding car at this moment is not Peacock but Takemura, which is also a helpless move.
While wandering around the Badlands with the Motorcycle Brotherhood, Peacock had plenty of opportunities to play with a variety of vehicles, so Peacock's driving skills were quite good.
Of course, the only things that the peacock can come into contact with are cars and motorcycles in the traditional sense. Speeding cars are toys for the rich, and wanderers in the Badlands have no chance to come into contact with them.
As a bodyguard, of course you have to be proficient in various means of transportation, and Takemura is like this. Under his control, this flying car appears to be quite flexible.
Takemura is worthy of being the senior security officer of Arasaka International, and he is quite familiar with the defense strategies of Arasaka Tower.
As a 320-story ultra-tall building, Arasaka Tower seems to be easily attacked, but it is actually a 320-story multi-story battle fortress.
In addition to unmanned combat mechs and deeply modified cyber warriors, there are also a variety of defensive weapons.
As soon as Peacock and his flying car took off, several detection signals caught up with the flying car.
So the identification system in the car immediately started working, sending a signal to the Arasaka Tower's automatic defense system that it was a friend, not an enemy.
Just by looking at the configuration of this car, Takemura knew that its owner must be a senior executive of the company, so they should be able to survive the first wave of identification.
But this kind of good thing only happens once. As long as Arasaka Tower's defense system receives the information that the car has been hijacked, their identification signal will be judged as invalid.
As a result, what awaits them will be a merciless attack from Arasaka Tower. Therefore, Takemura must seize the last opportunity and stay as far away from Arasaka Tower as possible.
While counting down silently in his mind, Takemura quickly adjusted the height of the flying car.
As he expected, a few seconds later a beeping alarm sounded inside the car. That was the system warning that it had detected a dangerous radar signal.
Almost at the same time that the red light turned on, Takemura suddenly turned off the jet engine of the flying car, and the flying car, which lost all thrust, immediately fell straight down like a stone.
It was this completely unforeseen line change that allowed their speeding car to escape the lock of the Arasaka Tower defense system.
Without the guidance of the signal, the missiles just fired could only fly around in the air like headless flies.
Looking at the obvious white trails in the sky, the peacock bit his lip and tried not to think that they were rapidly falling to the ground.
At this time, he could only believe in his companions. He believed that Zhucun had not lost his mind. Therefore, no matter what Zhucun did, there was a good reason.
Just when the flying car dropped to a height of less than 50 meters from the ground, Takemura started the engine again.
At this moment, the vector injection engine immediately outputs its full power and contributes its maximum thrust.
With a dull roar, a blue flame of more than 20 meters long shot out from the lower part of the speeding car. For a moment, it was unknown how many people on the ground suffered the disaster.
With the full power of the two engines, Peacock and his friends finally stabilized their flying car after falling for more than 10 meters.
At this time, they were only five stories above the ground, and this was exactly what Takemura wanted.
He held on to the steering wheel tightly and rushed into the complex airspace ahead, filled with high-rise buildings, without hesitation.
Flying at such a height is a test of the driver's courage and skills. Because if you are not careful, the flying car will collide head-on with a tall building.
Takemura is an experienced driver. Of course he knows how dangerous it is to do this, but he has no choice.
As long as they maintained this altitude and continued to advance at high speed, they would have a chance of evading the tracking of the Arasaka air defense system.
Of course, this method is not omnipotent. It can avoid guided weapons that require radar guidance, but it cannot avoid Arasaka's other combat weapons.
After a few minutes at most, Peacock saw the helicopters approaching from the side.
Just by looking at the golden diamond-shaped mark on the opponent's fuselage, Peacock knew that Arasaka's people had finally caught up.
Because the incident happened too hastily, the first wave that came after them were all combat helicopters.
When Takemura drove his flying car out of the narrow passage composed of high-rise buildings, the four helicopters jumped out from the side like ghosts.
These enemies have chosen the most favorable time to appear, and now they are almost right next to the speeding car. The peacock can even count how many missiles they bring.
Holding the gun tightly in his hand, Peacock has never felt so powerless as now.
Now he only has a King Kong that shoots empty bullets in his hand, and his enemy is a murderous weapon that can turn an area the size of several basketball courts into a sea of fire in an instant.
"Mr. Peacock! Sit tight!"
Before these helicopters could completely complete the blockade, Takemura, who was driving the speedster, shouted loudly and suddenly twisted the steering wheel.
In this case, he no longer chose to dodge, but directly bumped into it!
Because it is a vector engine, the flying car is much more flexible than a rotary-wing helicopter.
So when Takemura roared and crashed into the nearest helicopter, although the opponent slowly avoided it, he was still hit in the end.
Although it was only hit by a flying car, what was damaged by the helicopter was the vertical tail of the tail.
After this vital part was damaged, the huge steel monster was immediately unable to stabilize, so it fell to the ground dragging black smoke.
With this collision, the hijacked flying car successfully rushed into the queue of several helicopters.
Now they are so close to each other, so although the other side has a variety of weapons, only the cannon is still available.
"Dong dong dong!"
When the combat helicopter's cannon roared, Peacock felt that the whole world was shaking.
Although his world was trembling, it was not destroyed, and his car could not be shot down by ordinary cannons.
"Onboard! Onboard!"
Facing the opponent's hail of bullets, Takemura, howling, launched another brutal collision.
Seeing the speeding car crashing into it like a bull, the two helicopters blocking its path immediately took different countermeasures.
The more practical one immediately raised the altitude to avoid the head-on collision with the speeding car, while the pilot of the other helicopter also wanted to compete with Takemura to see who was braver.
"Ahhhhh!"
While screaming, the helicopter pilot firmly held the gun's firing button.
When he discovered that his cannonballs could not penetrate the armor of the speeding car, and that the opponent's determination was far greater than his, he stepped on the rudder hard, trying to avoid the mad cow.
"call!"
At the last moment, the helicopter reluctantly moved away. There were only a few centimeters between it and the flying car, but these few centimeters determined the winner.
With a desperate collision tactic, the flying car Arasaka wanted to catch successfully broke through, but the second helicopter started to circle in the air due to airflow interference.
As the helicopter turned faster and faster, it fell to the ground like a weight, and soon exploded into a fireball below.
Although it withstood the shells and impacts from those helicopters, Peacock's flying car was also seriously injured. At this time, many of the armors on the flying car were damaged, and its speed was also significantly reduced.
"These damn footbath people! Were your ancestors kamikazes?"
Looking at Zhucun who was extremely excited due to the collision, Peacock couldn't help but curse in his heart.
When he first escaped, this desert version of the loyal dog was still confused, but now he seems to have been given a shot of blood.
"Mr. Peacock, where are we going now?"
Suddenly hearing Zhucun ask himself this, Peacock was stunned for a moment and then answered.
"We have no choice, Zhucun, let's get out of the city! We're leaving Night City now."
This is an expected, but also really frustrating answer.
Takemura must be unwilling to do so, but he also has to admit that this is indeed their only choice now.
From the moment those Huangban Huazi's guards tried to shoot them, he and Peacock had become enemies of the entire Huangban.
Different from the situation a few days ago, their identities have now been completely exposed. Therefore, although Night City is large, there is not even an inch of space for them to stay.
"Okay! Let's leave the city!"
Forcibly holding back the surging emotions in his heart, Takemura twisted the steering wheel and drove the speeding car towards the south.
The north and east sides of Night City are close to the sea, and only the west and south sides are connected to the mainland, so Zhucun now chooses the nearest route out of the city.
The Sighing Wall of Night City will make many people who want to go out of the city feel discouraged, but now that Peacock and the others have flying machines, a five-story city wall is no longer a problem.
"Takemura! How long will it take?"
"Hurry! You can see the city wall soon!"
When Peacock asked Zhucun this for the third time, Zhucun was trying hard to stabilize the speeding car that was becoming increasingly disobedient.
In order to minimize the threat of Arasaka missiles, Takemura always controlled the flying car at a height of about 50 meters above the ground.
There are obstacles everywhere in the sky at this height, so Takemura needs to concentrate on avoiding those ubiquitous floating billboards and various buildings.
The flying car is not a combat aircraft, so it does not have the function of tracking enemies.
Takemura can still use the multi-function display in front of him, while Peacock can only observe his surroundings with his naked eyes.
So far, although they are embarrassed, they are still going smoothly.
Apart from the helicopter formations at the beginning, Peacock and the others have not encountered any other enemies.
Just like Zhucun said, Peacock soon saw the vague black shadow not far away.
Just when the peacock was about to cheer for him, Zhucun in front of him changed his face drastically.
"Missiles! Damn it, the city self-defense forces are firing anti-aircraft missiles at us!"
Looking at the display screen that beeped wildly again, Takemura issued a warning at the top of his lungs.
In fact, there is no need for Takemura to warn Peacock now about what they have encountered.
Through the window on the left side of the speedster, Peacock could clearly see the white trails rising from the ground.
Each such trail represents an anti-aircraft missile, so now they are being attacked by at least 7 anti-aircraft missiles at the same time.
"Mr. Peacock, we are going to put our luck on the line. Amaterasu God bless us and wish us good luck!"
While making such a roar, Takemura violently twisted the steering wheel in his hand and made a stunt-level roll with this civilian speed car.