Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

She was still studying the design drawings of 'Arasaka Tower' a few days ago.

Even though there are some differences in appearance, she can still recognize it at a glance.

"What exactly is going on?!"

Seeing the 'target' appear before his eyes, Lan Ke finally stopped and had time to explain to Lucy.

"This is the 'hall'. You can think of it as the embodiment of a person's desires, and this 'Arasaka Tower' represents the crystallization of 'Arasaka Saburo's' desires. What we need to do next is to find the source of his 'distorted desires' and steal them. Once he loses his distorted desires and regains his normal outlook, he will surrender and confess his crimes..."

Although she was still a little confused about the 'desire for materialization', the previous 'demon' had already given her a heads-up.

Compared to this, the 'fruit of desire' seems nothing.

"So our next step is to 'sneak in' and find the so-called 'crystallization of twisted desires'?"

Seeing 'Lucy' getting into work so easily, Lan Ke seemed extremely pleased.

Although the progress of recruiting Lucy was much faster than he had imagined, the intense approach also helped him better understand Lucy's determination.

Now that there are new members joining the team, we naturally hope to quickly form combat effectiveness.

The so-called "combat effectiveness" not only includes combat capabilities, but also the ability to quickly understand the situation at hand and devote oneself to it, which is actually an incredible ability.

"That's right, but there's no need for 'stealth'..."

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Although Lucy has an information absorption speed far exceeding that of ordinary people thanks to her 'transformed brain', converting this information into knowledge and applying it skillfully requires a certain amount of talent, and Lucy is undoubtedly very good at this.

But the incomprehensible situations that occurred tonight far exceeded the number of times in all these years combined.

Seeing that the 'hall alert value' had reached '75%', Lan Ke was too lazy to delay any longer.

"Rdier, I wonder if you have ever played a 'game'?"

"Which game?"

"If you're a man, go to the 100th floor!"

Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya started charging directly from the first floor towards the "Research Institute" above. At the same time, the alert value that had already reached 75% continued to rise.

The result of this ever-increasing number of alerts being fed back to the 'material world' was that Saburo Arasaka, who was originally staying on the top floor of the 'Arasaka Building', became increasingly uneasy.

It was as if some threat was constantly approaching...

Chapter 56: You, a half-finished product, also want to kill me, the most perfect creation of Arasaka?

After receiving the invitation from the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', Lucy once thought about what would happen if she joined the group?

In her opinion, he would most likely stay in a remote place as a logistics staff member, silently supporting the actions of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', just like the 'Miss Emilia' who saved her and is unknown to the public.

But she never dreamed that Lan Ke would directly hand her a gun and pull her to charge towards the Arasaka Tower.

A group of 'Arasaka security personnel' covered in strange electronic parts kept firing at them.

The 'Rider' who was driving the 'Soul Chariot' was climbing walls and running while constantly firing his gun to call out names of people. As for the 'Docter', he was charging into the crowd with a cane in one hand and a long sword in the other, laughing wildly.

The reason why Lan Ke is so arrogant is because of one and only one trump card——Prince Shi.

A very useful personality mask in the early stage of the original work, ignoring the four attributes of "physical", "gunfire", "curse" and "blessing". Its only weakness is the "thermonuclear" attribute attack.

Previously, after forcibly taming 'Advanced Pixie' in the 'Fairyland', Lan used it and 'Lucky Soul' to combine it to create 'Prince Shiki'.

The difficulty of clearing the special hall of 'Cyberpunk World' is not low. After all, all enemies have futuristic weapons. Even though Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya's attributes have been enhanced because of the 'Personality Mask', they still have no way to deal with the enemy's concentrated fire.

But 'Prince Shiki' solved this problem perfectly.

Neither ordinary kinetic weapons nor gunpowder weapons can effectively kill Lan Ke. The only effective ones are "explosives" and "light energy weapons".

The former is likely to accidentally injure friendly forces, so few enemies are equipped with it. The latter is extremely rare, and until now Lan Ke and his friends have only seen it at the small BOSS.

In other words, although ordinary attacks cannot cause damage to Lan Ke, the impact brought by kinetic energy will not disappear, otherwise Lan Ke alone can clear the entire dungeon.

Compared to the Arasaka security personnel who kept shouting "Repel the invaders" and "Destroy those two monsters".

The "bosozoku" riding on a flame-shaped motorcycle with a skull pattern wielding a "XIan shotgun" shot at each enemy, and the enemies who were hit basically had a big hole in their chest;

The "weirdo" wearing a bird-beak mask held a long staff in one hand and a long sword in the other. Although he could not kill instantly, the wild laughter he made while constantly killing enemies in the midst of swordplay made Lucy wonder which side was the villain for a moment.

But at this moment, along with the roar, Lan Ke only felt the whistling sound of strong wind coming from above his head.

Lan Ke not only did not dodge, but instead tried his best to intercept the enemies around him, but he shouted loudly.

"Rider!"

Emiya Shirou, who had a tacit understanding with Lan Ke, not only did not slow down, but instead stepped on the accelerator and locked the front wheel. The rear wheel drew a black circle on the ground and suddenly accelerated towards Lan Ke.

"boom!!"

After knocking away an enemy blocking his way, Shirou Emiya stretched out his right hand. Lan Ke killed the enemy with a fierce blow, then put the long sword in his right hand into the scabbard at his waist and grabbed Shirou Emiya's outstretched right hand.

"Boom!!!"

"coax!!!"

Amidst a loud roar, a heavy object slammed heavily onto the ground, and amidst the smoke and dust, Shirou Emiya rushed out carrying Lan Ke.

The attacker in the smoke seemed very dissatisfied with this. He suddenly flicked his right hand, and the smoke and dust surrounding him were instantly blown away. Lan Ke and the others also saw the attacker's true face.

The opponent's entire body was covered with black metal, and even his face was mostly obscured, but Lan Ke, who had just fought with him not long ago, recognized his identity at a glance.

"Adam Hammer?!"

Lucy, who had been following Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou closely with an automatic rifle in her hand, was still slacking off...

Of course, it’s not that she doesn’t want to help, but Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou simply don’t give her the chance to help.

Shirou Emiya charged into the battle and pulled monsters at the same time, while Lan Ke, relying on his immunity to most damage, rushed among the enemies like a madman.

Lucy, who was jogging behind them, was trying very hard just to keep up with the two of them. All she did was to shoot the enemy again, or take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack them and fire a few shots.

But when Lan Ke called out that name, Lucy, who was originally breathing rapidly due to running all the way, almost held her breath instinctively. Her eyes, which were originally tired due to the continuous attacks, were filled with anger and even began to show a faint golden color.

"Die to me!!!"

Angry Lucy held the trigger tightly and wouldn't let go until she heard the sound of empty guns firing continuously. Then she angrily went to look for a new magazine.

Unfortunately, although her attack was fierce, that 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' blocked his metal arm in front of him, and the bullets could not penetrate the protection of the black prosthetic body. Countless ricochets destroyed the wall around him, but he was not afraid at all.

After lowering his arms, he sneered in disdain.

"Is that all you've got? You idiot, coming out of nowhere and daring to challenge the dignity of Arasaka!!"

"I don't know where you came from? It seems like you've completely forgotten about me! Adam Hammer!!"

Facing Lucy's roar, Adam Hammer (Shadow) narrowed his eyes and looked at Lucy carefully. After a long while, he revealed a grin of sudden realization.

"Who was that? Wasn't it just 'Subject 531'?"

The codename Adam Hammer (Shadow) gave seemed to deeply hurt Lucy.

"I'm not 'Subject 531'! My name is Lucy! Lucy V. Silverhand!!"

Unfortunately, Lucy's roar not only did not frighten Adam Hammer (Shadow), but he even sneered in disdain.

"Huh~ Silverhand? You actually chose such an idiot's last name. How unlucky."

"But it suits you quite well, since you'll be meeting him soon after all!!"

"Don't worry! I'll make your death just like his...incredibly painful!!"

Although Adam Hammer (Shadow)'s voice was devoid of emotion, the provocation and sarcasm in his words were undisguised.

Lucy's eyes seemed to once again reflect the man who had protected her with his life in the sea of ​​fire. The man who had made her, a lonely child, feel what "family" was for the first time.

But she found that even with a gun, she seemed powerless against the other party.

Lucy fell into confusion and pain.

Seeing this, 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' launched a sneak attack without hesitation.

But Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya will not just stand there and watch.

Lan Ke's purpose is self-evident, and Shirou Emiya, who had also received Lan Ke's "surprise", is also very clear about this.

Lan Ke simply intended to use the pressure brought by the "cognitive world" to force him to awaken his own personality mask.

However, no matter how great the "pressure" is, it is just pressure. Lan Ke will never really let Lucy encounter any danger.

So the moment Adam Hammer (Shadow) launched a sneak attack, Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou rushed forward together.

Lan Ke, holding two weapons, tried to block the attack of 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' with the cane in his left hand, and then used the other 'Demon Sword' to bleed him.

But unlike the previous group of soldiers, 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' seemed to realize that ordinary physical attacks and firearms could not cause any damage to Lan Ke, so he decisively fired the small missile launcher on his shoulder, trying to blow Lan Ke away through the 'explosion'.

The combat wisdom displayed by the enemy was somewhat beyond Lan Ke's expectations, but he was not afraid.

With a powerful blow, he split a small missile fired at him in half, causing it to explode prematurely.

Shirou Emiya had Ghost Rider drive the Soul Chariot to hit Adam Hammer (Shadow) from behind, while he himself jumped out of the car and rolled into the smoke raised by Lan Ke's blasting missile, then raised his hand and shot his opponent in the chest!

"boom!!"

Accompanied by a roar, 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' took two steps back, and a piece of the matte coating on the outer armor on his chest was forcibly removed.

Driven by anger, 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' launched a frantic battle against Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou.

On the other hand, 'Lucy' on the other side did not continue to slack off, but picked up the gun and began to aim and shoot at 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)'.

Unlike Shirou Emiya, who was trained as a sharpshooter entirely through talent and experience, Lucy actually had no shooting experience. After all, she was raised as an 'experimental subject' when she was young. 'Arasaka technology' would sustain their lives, but how could they teach them irrelevant techniques?

However, with the help of the power of the 'chip', she was able to calculate the movement trajectory of 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)'.

At this moment, it was not so much that she was shooting at Adam Hammer (Shadow), but rather that he was directly hit by the bullet after she fired.

But unfortunately, even though Lan Ke prepared a special firearm for Lucy that he bought from this world, he could not cause any effective damage to Adam Hammer (Shadow) unless he hit the only vital part that had not been modified.

The murderer who took away his family and friends is right in front of him, and even keeps mocking him.

"You're just a half-finished product, and you want to kill me, Arasaka's most perfect creation?!"

But she had no way to do anything about it, and strong negative emotions kept hitting her heart.

But she still didn't give up, but gritted her teeth and gripped the gun in her hand.

She won't give up!

She will never give up!!

She opened her eyes wide and bit her lips, almost breaking them.

Almost at the same time, a low moan sounded in her ears.

"Are you frustrated by your own powerlessness?"

Chapter 57: Stop Talking Nonsense!! Come On!! Inaba Hakuto!!!

Suddenly, a strange low humming sound came to her ears. Under normal circumstances, Lucy would definitely be alert immediately.

But at this moment, she seemed to be oblivious to this abnormality, and her golden eyes were filled with pain.

Because she felt that what the other person said was like steel needles constantly piercing her heart.

She was particularly tormented by the memory of her inability to entrust 'Revenge' to the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' not long ago, and the fact that she could not threaten 'Adam Hammer (Shadow)' no matter how hard she tried to shoot.

But at this moment, the gentle and low female voice gradually became higher and higher.

"Are you ready to accept your fate?"

"Do not!!"

"But what can you do?"

That's right, she...can't do anything.

The originally painful golden eyes became more dazzling with Lucy's roar, even attracting the attention of Adam Hammer (Shadow).

Unlike the stupid monsters in other games, Adam Hammer (Shadow) almost immediately tried to attack Lucy the moment he realized something was wrong.

It’s a pity that Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou, who also noticed it, would not allow him to interrupt such an important moment.

Lan Ke rushed to Lucy's front almost immediately.

It’s a pity that even so his speed was still not enough, but unexpectedly, Shirou Emiya suddenly turned the gun and shot Lan Ke in the back!