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Chapter 17 - The Wise Owl Laughs At The Crowd(4)

Aspera bit her fingernails.

And in this case, Mr. President is scared that Mr. N, the front-runner, has been recruiting combatants behind his back. Hence, why stealing the human weapon Liam from Greenland territory without permission is seen as treason.

Mori thought,

She's distracting me by asking these questions. They're not going to surrender. I have to fight here. I thought I had them, but Zinn ruined it.

Mori made a hand signal, signaling Zinn to get out of the area of effect and rendezvous 900 meters south down the street.

Zinn sweated as he spoke, apologizing."Wait, you're going to use the god stick again? I heard the destruction and thought we were done."

As Osprey tapped on his watch, he called for backup, realizing now was his only chance to escape.

Osprey thought,

There was an error. Mori's weapon is AOE, area of effect, damage and destruction.

He wouldn't call his allies to come help him, meaning that fellow Zinn arrived on his own accord. All these guys are likely REZOS, factionless hired killers, so they don't have any real coordination. So, his being here wasn't part of Mori's plan.

For Mori to defeat us, he would have to use an AOE ability, which would also damage his teammate. And that wouldn't sit well with the rest of the team. That means...

As Mori thought to himself, we see a side-by-side of both him and Osprey.

Mori: "This means I have no choice here."Osprey: "This means he has no choice here."

They both thought at the same time,

The attack wouldn't be lethal enough.

Osprey: "His teammate fucked it up for him."Mori: "My 'teammate' fucked it up for me."

Mori thought decisively.

As a sniper, Osprey is far, far faster than I am. He's elite, and his sniping depends on repositioning quickly. He's fast as fuck. I cannot catch him... unless...

As Osprey grabbed Aspera, he smashed through the window and sprinted at full speed down the street.

Mori scoffed."Did you bring the car, Zinn?"

Zinn replied, "Yeah, I got you."

Mori smiled."Okay, bet."

As they ran left toward the street, Mori's smile faded.

Wait. Osprey's vision is too good to let this—

"Fuck."

A massive explosion rang out. Osprey had hit the gas tank of the car, blowing it up.

Zinn coughed."Oh... damn. He really does have a good bow arm."

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