Chapter 388: Heist Intrusion (1/2)

Chapter 388: Heist Intrusion

"Y'all ready?" Clint said, his massive body dwarfed by an enormous rock pillar he stood behind He was dressed from head to toe in a brown no winds

The winds, when scrutinized closely, had s ever so faintly shi+ trails that indicated that they were packed with raw ether froeostor over Meteor Labs

"Ready to blow so like mad under her own nomad cloak Behind her were the Blackwater students Tox, Ace, and Alexis

"hell yeah, that's the spirit!" roared Clint, though with the loud winds, his voice was only audible through the coht in front of Clint was Kris, the techno from the Phantom nomad tribe, Diamondback, and Alan and Falco

"Pipe down, Clint We're due for action in just ten ainst his ear tentatively "Looks like audio's clear Kris, if anyone tries infiltrating us, we're counting on you to set up a tough firewall"

"Yeah, you can count me," said Kris

"And ot a neural operating systeoes down, I can step up as a Netguard"

Most earpieces these days were compact temporary implants that attached directly into the ear canal to prevent getting dislodged physically, but this sensitive placeer fro it in the ear to very unpleasant effect

It was thus iuard, someone who could directly link with the earpieces via neural link to protect their network

Out of everyone here, only Kris and Alan were technos capable of neural interfacing Showed in their appearance too They were the onlytons of firepower in his cybernetic body while Kris's thinner build and cool-weave black bodysuit indicated he was geared towardshis operational capacity in Cyberspace

Cybernetics were comy would suggest Many Alters like Mutants were not coh to operate on, not to , there was no need to replace flesh with metal

Hence, technos with proper neural interfacing were extreal and illegal

"I'd rather you didn't risk your ive the kid access If by soo down, it's nice to have backup"

"I'm a Phantom, you know?" said Kris, a little miffed "Best of the best on this side of the whole dae that," said Diamondback "But nobody is infallible Do what I tell you I hired you, after all"

"Yeah, got it," said Kris He nodded to Alan, pale blue goggles lighting up

Alan's red eyes flashed as he received information mentally from Kris

"Got access," said Alan He whistled "Holy, the encryption your working on is top notch It's just as good as the ot a chance to ith once Phantoms don't play around, I see"

"We don't When we say we're the so," said Kris "Hope you don't play around either, kid"

"Won't have to if you don't hed "This kid's got soot balls too, boss!" said Falco He eagerly held onto his gun, a colorful green laser-rifle froy weapons and decorative flair

The gun was spray painted with red wing patterns on top of that, showing that Falco had put quite a bit of love and time into it "I'll show you e start blastin' em!"

"When did I becoonna be your daddy Though I do respect the spirit"

"Not otten too old and too safe He'd never take a fight like this A fight that reallyaround the Wastes,deals with corporations and mercs and whoever

He never stands up for himself anymore He always takes the easy way out He isn't like you, the Unbreakable," said Falco, quietly He looked up at Clint with bright eyes, and it was obvious to everyone there that he saw Clint as the man he looked up to, not his father

"Kid, there's a hell of a lot to respect about your pa For one, the fact that he could even get hard enough to uess all that Qi training in China was actually useful after all" Clint laughed

"He isn't standing up for hi up for his tribe," said Diamondback "There's a difference A difference that shows itself in the fact that the Hawks have had the fewest casualties out of any nomad tribe across the entire US in the past decade

A difference I soure out" Diaure that out, heh, no?" Clint chuckled, but his laughter was cut short when his ears twitched They grew larger, pointed, bat-like His brows furrowed