V also looked at a corpse and made a sarcastic remark; the Vortex Gang's obsession with cybernetic modification is something that ordinary people absolutely can't comprehend.
If Adam's Hammer came here, he'd definitely feel like he's home.
"They must be crazy. Even if they weren't originally, after installing so much, they're not far from completely losing it."
After Mercer spoke, they arrived at a security room on the makeshift second floor made of iron frames. He went inside, found a laptop, remotely relayed a program to check it first, and then plugged in the cable.
"Let me see... Got it! Lucky us, or should I say, the Vortex Gang actually only has an internal security server here? Anyway, I've got access to the basement cameras."
Mercer said, his prosthetic eye flashing as he switched to the camera feed.
"Fortunately, it seems they're still torturing our Night Shadow Hero and don't intend to shoot him immediately, V, Rebecca, follow the route I mapped out for you, to the designated location I marked.
Once you're in position, I'll start hacking and take care of the highlighted guys, leaving two left who are the Vortex Gang's third in command, or rather, the real second in command Royce and his lackey.
I'll give you the signal when I start hacking, then you move immediately, and try to ensure the safety of the hostages as much as possible."
After Mercer finished speaking, V and Rebecca nodded and set off with their weapons.
Mercer didn't plan to go with them, so they could fight to their full potential without worrying about him as a vulnerable hacker, and he could hack remotely using the cameras, at most just a bit slower.
He sat at the security room's computer, controlling the basement cameras through the computer, checking the situation in the basement.
At that moment, in the basement, the poor 'Night Shadow Hero' was almost beaten to a pulp.
He was tied to a chair, head drooping, his face bruised and swollen to the point where it was almost unrecognizable as human, one arm removed, while a Vortex Gang member nearby menacingly waved a chainsaw.
Royce sat on a chair opposite him, with a burly Vortex Gang standing in front of Royce with arms crossed.
Six more Vortex Gang members stood around watching the spectacle.
Maintaining the plugged-in state, Mercer turned up the camera's audio to listen to what they were saying.
"You are indeed tough. Most people spill after a night of this. You're really something, huh?"
Royce spoke slowly while staring at the oddball in front of him who called himself 'Night Shadow Hero'.
Night Shadow Hero weakly replied, "It's because I have nothing to say. Of course, you can't get anything out of me."
"So you want us to believe your bullshit about being a 'righteous hero'? Damn, if you ask me, you should be shoved in a microwave and roasted to avenge our brothers!"
A Vortex Gang member behind Night Shadow Hero, who was wielding the chainsaw, said fiercely, looking at Royce for approval, "Should I take off another leg for a test?"
"So, you expect me to believe that a corporate slave, who obediently works by day and exploits this city's people, suddenly grows a conscience at night and turns into a 'superhero'?"
Royce sneered, "I think you're fucking taking me for an idiot!"
"What a moron... Falling into the hands of idiots who can't even make sense, my death is truly miserable." Night Shadow Hero laughed bitterly, having seemingly abandoned hope.
Royce's half-face, with a red eye glowing, stared intently at him for a moment before decisively pulling out a pistol: "Then I'll treat you as a crazy idiot..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Royce's expression suddenly changed, he turned to look at the camera, instinctively raised his gun towards it, and pulled the trigger.
But before the bullet even left the barrel, his movements froze; first, his arm went out of control, then he only had time to curse loudly before turning to the Night Shadow Hero with a fierce glare, intending to kill him first.
But before he could act, a series of gunshots rang out, causing him to slump to one side and fall to the ground.
"You're the one who's an idiot..." At that moment, Night Shadow Hero's response wasn't even finished when his swollen eyes caught a sudden flash of red light and then heard continuous gunfire by his ears.
His body trembled, instinctively thinking the opponent had pulled the trigger.
However, what followed was the roar of a shotgun.
The guy standing behind Night Shadow Hero with a chainsaw was immediately blasted away.
The chainsaw-wielding Vortex Gang member was sent flying from the shotgun blast, the hard iron bones and flesh shielding part of the bullets only to endure a greater impact, sending him diagonally two to three meters before crashing to the ground.
Rebecca descended from above, exclaiming excitedly, "Awesome! That blast was intense!"
V, with a relaxed expression, holstered his pistol and turned off Sianwistan, as the remaining Vortex Gang members were already screaming in agony, holding their heads, turned into humanoid torches by Mercer's hacking.
"Quick work," she gave a thumbs up at the camera.
The camera nodded up and down, showing it accepted her compliment.
"Are you the Night Shadow Hero?" V walked to Night Shadow Hero's side and shot the deputy who was still writhing on the ground behind Royce, giving him a quick death.
"Who... are you?" Night Shadow Hero struggled to open his swollen eyes, trying to see V's face clearly.