Pira was in the other vehicle, smugly putting down the Bakeneko in his hand, and then rubbing his hands excitedly saying, "I don't know what kind of treasure these guys are using."
Mercer's choice of tactics was very straightforward, using drones for a feigned attack at three o'clock to attract attention while setting up an ambush using a reverse slope at nine o'clock.
When the opponent moved closer to avoid the drones, he would advance directly with armored vehicles for an assault.
Pira accurately took out the driver, and Rebecca blew up the tires with a rocket launcher, making the assault particularly smooth. The moment the opponent had to get out and engage in close combat, they had already lost the threat to Mercer's team.
Once close enough, V only needed to delay the opponent for 1-2 seconds, and Mercer could guarantee to hack one of them.
In the modified bulletproof hacker car Pira was in, Qiwei and Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, unplugging the cords connected to the drone control system.
"It feels like controlling the swarm isn't precise enough; too much was wasted facing this kind of fire suppression."
Qiwei evaluated.
"I think a more advanced AI should be involved," Lucy gave a direct suggestion.
Mercer nodded and said, "Later I'll let Venus see how to solve this issue... Mainly, it felt fine when I used it myself."
"Huh..." Lucy glanced at him speechlessly; don't you know how many things your brain can control simultaneously?
Mercer shrugged, then said, "Alright, quickly see if there's anything valuable; once we loot them, we must leave hastily before the biotech team arrives at the ambush site to prepare."
"Oh, look at this!" Pira suddenly exclaimed.
He picked up something from the backseat of the truck that looked like a large single-soldier rocket launcher.
"Holy shit, luckily we chose an ambush... If we took a hit from this several kilometers away, we'd all be toast!"
Pira clicked his tongue in wonder, cradling the object, studied it briefly, and said, "Damn, this thing is a single-soldier missile launcher!"
"Let me see! Let me see!" Rebecca loved this big firepower stuff.
Pira continued searching. Eventually, he lifted a large sniper rifle, "Damn, Tsunami Defense custom Asura? This looks twice the size of a regular Asura!"
"An anti-material sniper rifle, specially designed to take out armored vehicles," V marveled, yet casually found an Ajax.
She toyed with the Ajax, "It's decent, custom gear, Zeiss sight, modified Military Science folding grip, suits me well. I'll take it."
"Take this knife and play with it too." Mercer picked up a short knife dropped by K from the ground, studied it briefly, and said, "Arasaka's nano knife, not less sharp than the Mantis Blade; in case of a Mantis Blade mechanical failure, you won't have to use your hands again."
The group swiftly stripped the mercenary team of their gear.
Afterwards, a message box popped up in Mercer's Prosthetic Eye.
[Mann: Faraday is contacting me, asking why we're attacking our own people. I didn't answer the call, what should we say?]
[A: I'll call him back.]
Mercer waved at the group, returned to the hacker car, where a set of pitch-black Single Soldier Armor quietly rested in a corner.
Given its power consumption, Mercer chose not to use it against the mercenaries but saved it for the biotech convoy.
He moved to the armor, gestured to Lucy for assistance, while calling Faraday.
As soon as the video call connected, Faraday glared at Mercer with anger, "A, you must give me..."
Before he finished, Mercer shouted loudly, "Faraday! What are you playing at? Why are there other armed, unidentified factions at the ambush site?
If we hadn't scouted ahead and discovered them, do you know what they have?
A single-soldier missile launcher! If we blundered over and took a hit from that, we'd all be done!"
Confronting Mercer's aggressive accusation, Faraday first laughed in disbelief, then said, "Why didn't you contact me ahead?"
"Contact you? Because this sudden appearance of these guys made us miss our ambush setup and timing; now we have to rush to the second ambush point. When do you think I'd have had the time to contact you?"
Mercer countered, maintaining a cold stare, "You must give me an explanation for this — are they your people? I remember we agreed this deal was ours!"
"It's just a contingency!" Faraday momentarily faltered, internally cursing that guy named K for messing things up.
Let you provide support and be a backup insurance, how did you collide head-on with Mercer's people?
"Contingency? If it's our backup support, why didn't you mention it in advance? Seems like it's meant for a cover-up! Faraday, I warn you, I'll continue this contract, but you must give me an explanation and compensation afterwards.
If you think we're like other mercenary teams and can be played at your leisure, like a doormat, then you're mistaken."
Mercer glared fiercely at Faraday in the video, speaking menacingly, "This matter isn't finished; once the contract ends, we'll talk properly."
He abruptly terminated the video call.
Lucy watched Mercer remove his mask and reveal a relaxed expression; she couldn't help but smirk, "What did he say?"