Although the people in Arasaka did not know the existence of Johnny Silverhand, they must have discovered something unusual about the Tengu drone.
So when Johnny Silverhand wanted to do it again, the Arasaka dog he hated most made the first move and killed the Tengu drone with one shot.
Seeing that one of the generals on his side was missing before the fight actually started, Peacock couldn't help but become even more worried.
Although Johnny Silverhand just quit the battle, fortunately, Takemura is still trustworthy.
Just when the drone in the sky turned into a ball of fire, the former Arasaka elite suddenly disappeared on the spot. When he reappeared, Takemura was already among the crowd of soldiers.
"Drink!"
Following Takemura's roar, he hit the ground hard. This heavy blow immediately produced a strong shock wave, and all the soldiers around him turned into gourds on the ground.
"Arab Saburo's loyal dog is really powerful!"
Just by taking a look at Takemura's performance, Peacock knew that Uncle Footpot could definitely buy him the time he wanted.
There is a fierce general who is fighting in and out of the enemy group, so he will not be disturbed for the time being.
"Judy, I'm sorry, I'm going to break my promise."
After silently reciting this sentence, Peacock closed his eyes and tried his best to relax.
When he felt he was quiet enough, he began to chant softly:
"O Black Goat of the forest who gave birth to thousands of descendants! You are the one who gave birth to life in the beginning of time.
In the silent forest on this full moon night, I have howled crazily as a sacrifice to you.
Yeah! Yeah! Shub-Nicholas!”
The mantra used by the Life Sect to hypnotize is so simple, but its effect is always so strong.
After reciting it softly once, Peacock couldn't help but recite it a second time.
For some reason, these strange words gave him a strange pleasure, so he couldn't help but let go of his voice.
When Peacock read the name Shub-Nicholas again, there was already a faint echo in his voice.
This sound not only hit Peacock's own eardrums, but even the soldiers in the distant army felt a buzzing in their ears.
"It's coming! It's coming!"
Just after reciting the prayer for the second time, Peacock felt something.
At this moment, he felt like a piece of cake. Just now, an invisible spoon fell from the sky and took a hard spoonful of his piece of cake.
"Is that what I lost? Is that the sanity I paid for?"
Probably because he had taken Penfluridol beforehand, Peacock found that his thinking was not only not blurry, but also became sharper.
He clearly felt that something was being separated from him, which made him reluctant and palpitating, but he knew that this was the price he had to pay.
In order to summon the invincible power of withering, he must first lower his rationality and actively become a psychopath.
Only in this way can he control the excessive extraction of sanity by the power of withering, preventing him from being drained of his sanity and turning into an incurable lunatic.
"Last time I was crazy about killing, and I don't know what kind of random effects I will get this time. I hope I won't be too crazy and ugly..."
After noticing the familiar suction force appearing on his right hand, Peacock knew that the power of withering was about to come, and he was quickly becoming a psychopath.
Although the hypnosis ritual of the Life Order solves the problem of controlling sanity, it can also cause users to suffer from various psychotic symptoms.
The most deceiving thing is that these symptoms are completely random. Before using this ritual, no one knows what the symptoms will be.
In order to repel Adam Hammer, the mercenary king of Night City, Peacock received guidance from a mysterious man who claimed to be the Order of Life, and used this ritual for the first time.
That time he randomly got the effect of bloodthirsty, so he immediately turned into a war maniac who only knew how to kill.
Today, Peacock was forced to use this prayer again, so he was very worried because he didn't know what he would become like later.
At this time, Takemura was still shouting and fighting, but the chaos he could create had been controlled within a certain range.
Although the soldiers surrounding him continued to fall, more people would soon fill up.
Those well-trained soldiers of the lucky army have been narrowing the encirclement and beginning to squeeze the scope of activities of Zhucun.
In this way, Takemura could only continue to contain the soldiers surrounding him. While more soldiers from the Xing army were free to wait for Hino Hidetomo's order.
"What? That person is the peacock, right?
I heard that he made a big fuss at Arasaka Tower, so I thought he was some great person.
Now it seems that he is really far different from the men in our Bigfoot Basin country.
Even at this point, Goro Takemura still dares to fight, but what kind of peacock only knows how to hide behind and scream?"
After taking a look at Goro Takemura who was still fighting, Hino Hidetomo, who was holding a military fan in his hand, decided to deal with the easier-to-deal with Peacock first.
Where his military equipment points is the direction in which the soldiers of Xing's army will attack.
"Go out as a team! Try your best to catch those alive. If that doesn't work, you can kill them."
As the military equipment in Hino Hidetomo's hands fell, a group of soldiers from the Sachi Force who were already impatient immediately ran forward.
You must know that the peacock is an important prisoner who can be exchanged for a bounty of 1.2 million, so these soldiers who are lucky enough to be able to attack are all fighting to be the first, and no one is willing to fall behind.
"Attention everyone! Prepare to engage the enemy!"
When a squad of soldiers saw Peacock finally picking up his rifle, their captain immediately shouted out the latest tactical instructions.
As he shouted, the shield soldier at the front of the queue checked the shield in his hand again, and his companions behind him also quickly reorganized their formation.
Lucky troops often fight in cities, so their equipment and tactics are quite targeted.
What Hino Hidetomo just dispatched was two groups of twelve soldiers. They were arranged in two columns. At the front of the group were soldiers holding shields.
Different from the large metal shields commonly used in military technology, Arasaka International's bulletproof shields are lighter.
When traveling together, the size of this shield is only 60 centimeters and can be easily carried on the body.
Once put into use, Arasaka's folding shield can be expanded three times immediately, and this protective area is enough to protect an entire assault team.
Arasaka's folding shield not only has excellent defensive performance, but can also be used to assist assaults.
On the front of this shield is a flash device that emits intense white light.
Its brightness is no less than that of ordinary flash bombs, so it is most suitable for using to trick people.
In addition, there are two cameras on the front of this shield.
They can simultaneously transmit the image in front to the display screen on the back of the shield, so even if the shield is fully opened, the shield hand does not have to worry about affecting the line of sight.
According to standard enemy contact procedures, the first two shield bearers had already fully opened their large bulletproof shields.
Behind them were other members of the assault team following closely.
One after another, these people put their hands on the shoulders of the front team members.
In this way, the entire group becomes one. Whether advancing or retreating, the second-ranked group leader only needs to change the strength of his hands to let the shield soldiers understand his intentions.
When they saw the peacock raising his gun and taking aim, the two shield soldiers continued to move at the same pace as before, with no intention of stopping.
To be selected as shield soldiers, the first condition must be outstanding strength. In addition, their psychological quality must also be strong.
Not everyone has the courage to face bullets. Even if they know that bullets cannot penetrate shields, there are still many people who can't stand the pressure, so shield soldiers are very courageous.
As for the requirements for strength, that is the most basic indicator.
To withstand the impact of bullets, shield soldiers must have sufficient hip strength. When the enemy's bullets come, they must catch them steadily without making any mistakes.
The Xing troops are elite troops, so their training standards are much higher than those of ordinary troops. Their requirement for shield soldiers is to be able to withstand direct hits from rocket launchers with their shields.
Only when encountering heavy weapons such as rocket launchers, these shield soldiers will squat to resist the impact.
Now their enemy only has an assault rifle, which is not enough.
For the shield soldiers of Xing's force, the impact of the assault rifle is no different than raindrops, so they don't need to stop at all.
Just as the two shield soldiers thought, when the bullets flying from the opposite direction hit the shield, they were all bounced away without any suspense.
Apart from causing some tinkling noises, those bullets had no other effect.
The two shield soldiers didn't even shake their hands, and their pace didn't even slow down.
Probably because he saw that it had no effect, the wanted criminal on the opposite side immediately became anxious, so the man fired another row of bullets.
This attack was naturally no different from the previous ones. The shield soldiers continued to move forward, shortening the distance between the two sides to about 20 meters in one breath.
At this distance, those non-lethal weapons can come into play, so the team leader responsible for carrying out the arrest was ready to stop the shield soldiers.
To make the shield soldier stop, the team leader does not need to say anything. He only needs to gently squeeze the shield soldier's shoulder, and his team members will understand immediately.
Just when the team leader was about to do this, the junior officer was stunned.
Just when he looked at his left hand, the officer noticed that his hand had become thin and dry without even realizing it, almost like a mummy's paw.
"How is this going?"
Seeing that his left hand continued to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, the team leader of Xing's unit was stunned.
When his eyes moved downward inadvertently, the team leader almost screamed out in surprise, because he saw that there was also a mummy's paw on his left shoulder.
The frightened team leader tried hard to shake off the ghost claws on his shoulders.
Who would have thought that not only did he fail to get rid of the thin and dry palm, but he also broke his entire left arm.
Seeing his left arm first fall to the ground, then cracked and turned into a handful of black ash, the leader of the assault team suddenly fell into a petrified state.
The broken arm was an extremely serious injury, but he felt no pain at all because the wound on his broken arm was no longer flesh and blood, but a brown stubble like dead wood.
Before the team leader could figure out what was happening to him, the shield hand who had stopped waiting for instructions suddenly softened and fell towards him.
Although it hit his comrade, the shield soldier fell apart in the next second.
Just now he was a soldier of the Lucky Force who killed without blinking an eye, but he was more fragile than glass.
With just such a touch, his body was reduced to large and small pieces, and not a drop of blood was shed.
The same thing happened to another group of people. The two shield soldiers fell to the ground and turned into dust almost at the same time, and their companions were exposed to the peacock's gun.
"Have I become stronger again?"
Seeing the two shield-hands withering like dirt, Peacock was equally surprised, but his men showed no mercy, so more bullets with withering power flew towards those soldiers.
After many previous tests, Peacock has a general understanding of his abilities.
This power called withering gives the bullets he shoots terrifying power. As long as such bullets touch the body, the opponent's flesh and blood will turn into fly ash.
In the past, enchanted bullets had to be in direct contact with people for the withering power to take effect. But now it seems that this ability can actually evolve.
Just now, Peacock shot almost half of the magazine in one go, but the bullets were blocked by the two large shields and could not directly hit the soldiers.
It should be that after more contact, the quantitative change produced a qualitative change, so the shield soldiers who blocked everyone's bullets were hit even though they were separated by shields.
After many close encounters with the power of withering, the two shield soldiers were eventually infected by this power.
Not only that, the power of withering continued to spread along the shield soldier's body, so the team leader who put his hand on the shield soldier became the second one.
"Ahhh!"
When those bullets wrapped in the strange black mist were shot into the crowd, the true colors of the lucky troops, who were said to be the strongest in attacking the enemy, were immediately revealed.
In the face of that mysterious power that cannot be explained by science, no matter how strong the armor or the best cyber plug-in is, it is useless.
Compared with those who are directly killed by bullets, those who die from the power of withering are a hundred times more miserable.
From the time the withering power enters their bodies to the time they turn into mummies, it takes about ten seconds.
In these ten seconds, those people watched with their own eyes as their originally plump muscles quickly collapsed, and their tight skin first became loose and then turned into dry bark.
At this time, even if these soldiers still want to fight back, their bodies will not allow it. Any movement will cause their withered bodies to be broken into two pieces.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Arasaka dog turns out to be nothing more than that!
Hey! Those corporate dogs in front of you, listen to me:
I'll count to five. You'd better get out of here while you're at it. Otherwise, I'll make you disappear.
One, five...
Okay, the time is up! Since you won’t leave, then all of you will die here!”
After killing the 12 lucky soldiers with one magazine, Peacock immediately began to taunt the large army of lucky soldiers in front.
While giving such an ultimatum, he knelt down on the spot and started shooting at the stunned guys.
No one in Xing's team expected that not only did the two groups fail to capture the Peacock, but they were all defeated by three attacks.
They were stunned by the huge shock, and Peacock struck first, so the bullets knocked down at least five more people.
When the members of the Xing Force finally began to fight back, Peacock had already relied on those abandoned military technology patrol vehicles to engage in a shootout with a squad of the Xing Force.
Peacock's shooting skills are still as accurate as ever, and his enchanted bullets are indestructible. So as long as he shoots, someone on the opposite side will basically fall down.
However, Xing's troops were not weak troops. After the initial panic, they quickly stabilized their formation.
Although Peacock's marksmanship was accurate, he could not sing alone. As a group of soldiers opened up their front line, he was quickly surrounded.
Now whenever the peacock shows his head, at least five people will shoot at him.
Taking advantage of their numerical advantage, the first group of Xing's troops began to use the leapfrog tactic.
They used enough firepower to suppress the peacock, while the others kept pushing forward.
Although during this process, people from the Xing troops would be shot and killed from time to time, they still pushed the front line right under Peacock's nose.
In order to kill the guy who tried to place a machine gun in front of him, Peacock had to take a risk. He lowered his head immediately after knocking down the man with one shot, but he was still a little slow.
"Snapped!"
When Peacock heard the gunshot from the side, he knew he couldn't dodge the shot.
Now he can only hope that the bulletproof vest he is wearing is strong enough, and he must not let him die here like this.
"Wow!"
Just when Peacock was waiting for the bullet to hit him, he didn't feel any impact. He just heard a crisp cracking sound, and then the bullet was bounced away.
"Not my bulletproof vest?"
After quickly touching his body, Peacock first confirmed that he was not injured, and secondly, he confirmed that the bullet was not blocked by the bulletproof vest.
If it hadn't been deflected, the bullet should have hit Peacock's right rib. However, there were no traces on the body armor in that area, and it didn't look like it had been shot at all.
"What's this?"
Because of the physical examination, Peacock noticed something abnormal about himself.
At this moment, a crimson halo appeared around him. They were like smoke and mist, spinning around him.
"What the hell is this?!"
Because this thing came from under his feet, the peacock immediately looked in this direction, and then he discovered an even more incredible situation.
The location where Peacock is now is the place where Takemura fought with the military technology patrol just now. Counting the 12 members of the lucky troops, there are no less than 40 corpses lying here.
When Peacock looked at the ground here, he was shocked to find that red light was slowly escaping from all the dead people.
When such red light exists alone, they are not conspicuous at all. Unless you look carefully at the light, you cannot detect their existence at all.
But these strange lights are now gathering towards the peacocks.
To these red lights, the peacock is a big magnet. They are all attracted to him and are eager to gather towards him.