Chapter 92: Trending Topics: Murphy's Law
Panda Car ...... Well, exactly what Ryan expected.
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A replica of the second-generation Fiat Panda made by AMIS, covered with white and black fur to mimic a real panda. The car is comfortable and cute, with a panda doll hanging in the rearview mirror. A completely unimaginative packaging company is too lazy to do custom cars.
If the panda hadn't given him the key beforehand, Ryan wouldn't have touched the thing with a nine-foot pole. Even so, he felt that it was wrong to put his hands on the steering wheel.
"I feel like I'm cheating on my long-suffering wife with a filthy whore," Ryan said, fondly reminded of his Plymouth rage. "I'm full of regrets!" Remorse and pain!"
"Shut up and keep going." Atomic Cat said as he sat in the front seat while repeatedly looking in the rearview mirror, looking for traces of Pluto. The two came to the outskirts of the city, soon approaching an overpass.
Massive concrete pillars lifted the highway off the roads of New Rome like bridges and loomed over the shacks where the city's poorest inhabitants lived. Although Dy
AMIS put in some effort to keep the highway functional, but they apparently didn't take that into account.
However, the sun is beginning to set, and Augustus has not yet appeared. If all goes well, the two will arrive at the meeting point near the Amalfi Coast at nightfall.
"Hey, you're the one who stopped us from driving a better car!" Upon seeing this annoying car, Ryan immediately wanted to "borrow" the nearest sports car, but the kitten was too good to let him borrow it. "It's your life hanging by a thread. There is one anyway. β
"Now it's your turn. Augustus would have targeted anyone who helped me. Felix sighed. Sorry for being so impatient, Ryan. I appreciate your help. β
"Are you in love with me?" The courier teased him as his phone rang. Lucky girl. "Because your sister is dead, despite my best efforts."
"You shouldn't be talking on the phone while driving," Atom said gruffly, and Ryan picked up the phone on the way to the traffic light.
"Fortuna, my dear, how can I make you happier today?"
"Ryan?" To his surprise, she seemed confused by the handsome courier's call. "How is it possible, I was about to call Felix!" You can never go wrong with my strength!"
"Well, your wish has come true," said Ryan, and Felix shook his head like a madman, "and he's right there for me, begging me for protection." β
"Is he?" Fortuna asked, while her brother glared at the courier. "Oh my Ryan, you are such a perfect gentleman who foresaw my wishes before I even thought about them!" Now, hand him the phone!"
"I don't want to," Felix said, as Ryan hung his phone over his partner's head.
"Come on, don't be stupidβ"
The traffic light above their heads fell off the pole supporting it and seemed to be about to hit the panda car.
Ryan activated his energy, looked out the window, and then expertly drove the car away from the object as time returned. The traffic light smashed on the ground. "Oops, what's wrong with public service?" Violet asked, then shoved the phone into Felix's ear.
"Stop......" the hero grumbled, until he heard Fortuna scolding him on the other end of the phone. Yes, Fortuna, I'm alive. No, I can't tell you where I am. β
Ryan tried to relax, but didn't have time because he noticed a car coming from his right. The messenger had to turn at the last second to dodge the oncoming madman. "Are the people in town driving crazy?" Ryan grumbled. The traffic of New Rome killed him twice on the first day. "At least I can stop time!"
The atomic cat tensed up. "It wasn't an accident," he said, pushing his phone away. "Can you feel it?" Is it cold?"
What's cold?
"Is that her?" Ryan looked in the rearview mirror, but didn't notice anything unusual. "How wide is her range of activities?"
"I don't know, but if I can feel the effect, she'll be able to track me."
Damn it. "Ma'am," said the courier as he picked up the phone, "I'll call you back." β
"How dare you hang up on me again, Ryanβ" The courier hung up Fortuna, put the phone back under his suit, and turned to head for the highway.
Soon, the Panda car climbed onto the huge highway and left New Rome completely. This massive road supported by pillars overlooks the lush countryside surrounding the city. The urban jungle has been replaced by woods, country roads, and isolated houses. In addition to a few diesel cars, Ryan has a path of his own.
"Kitten, are you sure she can track people with her superpowers?" After all, it wasn't until they met in the previous loop that Pluto noticed that she had tagged Rya
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"Yes." Felix said, looking in the rearview mirror repeatedly. "Once she marks a target and activates her curse, it creates a sympathetic connection between them. The closer she gets to her victims, the stronger she becomes. I don't fully understand her abilities, but at least I do. β
If Pluto's range is so great that they can't even see her, and if she can really sense her target, then there's no way they can surprise her.
Felix looked out the window and gasped in surprise. "Yes!"
Ryan froze time and looked out through the Atom Cat's window.
A familiar black Lamborghini drives through the woods below the highway. A few hundred meters away from the panda car.
To make matters worse, there were two people escorting the car on motorcycles. The driver was a scrawny man, dressed from head to toe in a black bodysuit. the other was a woman in a red leather jacket with crimson hair flowing from her motorcycle helmet; She was holding a gun.
They followed the road back to the highway, at an intersection about a kilometer ahead.
"Kitty, strap on your belt, we're going to rock." Time resumes, Ryan warned. The courier slammed on the accelerator, and the panda car drove faster and faster. With a bit of luck, they'll reach top speed and get to the junction before their pursuers.
"Vampires and Daredevils." Felix said, then looked at the speedometer, the speed had risen to 120 and it was still rising. "Can this car go faster than a Lamborghini?"
"Alright, kitten, don't be stupid." Pluto drives a Lamborghini Galla
do, twice as fast as the Panda car. Dy
AMIS can reach speeds of up to 150 kilometers per hour. "You mean Daredevil?" I think I've heard the name before......"
"The Blue Genome of the Seven Killers" I don't know what his power is, only that it activates in the dark. β
"Oh, it was at night?" Ryan was glad that some of the Seven Killers used appropriate names based on their abilities. "What about vampires?" She sucked you dry?"
"Not exactly, she can use pheromones to make people do stupid things, or even kill them on contact. I should have known they were going to send a genome that I couldn't blow up with direct contact. The atomic cat looked through the window, gritting its teeth. They accelerate. They know we've noticed them. β
Thankfully, the Panda car passed the intersection first and has now reached its maximum speed. However, when Ryan looked in the rearview mirror, he noticed that the black Lamborghini and its guards were chasing them.
Pluto and Ryan engage in a car chase on the highway.
She had no idea who she was dealing with. "Go get them, Tiger!"
"Happy". Felix opened the window and threw an explosive dart at their pursuers with a frenzied dexterity. While the motorcycle of the "Night Terror" dodged the attack, the shell exploded catastrophically in front of Lamborghini, sending dust everywhere.
A truck next to the panda car suddenly deviated from the track, and one of the wheels broke. Thanks to numerous stunts and the selective use of time stops, the courier managed to dodge the vehicle that fell off the highway.
"There is no reincarnation today!" Ryan laughed at the truck, but he immediately had to avoid the next pickup. From what he saw, this car had the same problems as the previous one.
Ryan had a bad instinct, and he checked the various parts of the panda car. He soon realized that their car was not spared either. "Oh, great, the brakes are failing. It's not that I needed them before, but ......"
When Pluto's Lamborghini emerged unharmed from the dust cloud, Felix warned: "The closer she gets, the worse it gets." At the same time, the vampire raises her gun and aims it at the panda car. "Get down!"
Ryan doesn't need warning. He and Felix lowered their heads, and a volley of bullets shattered the window behind the Panda and hit the windshield. One of the shards of glass deviated from its natural trajectory and was aimed directly at the throat of the atomic cat. The courier stopped time, grabbed the projectile and, once time was restored, threw it out of the car.
"Does Pluto have any weaknesses?" Ryan asked, looking at the road ahead. The sun is beginning to disappear behind the horizon, if the power of the night terror really works in the darkness......
"I think she can only target one person at a time." Felix said, throwing another dart at Night's Fear's motorcycle. The Assassin skillfully dodged the shell, though at least it prevented his backup from aiming.
Judging by the glass shard incident, Ryan guesses that Pluto is directing her power at the Atomic Cat. If the two heroes aren't in the same car, this would be a great counter-attack asset!
"She needs physical proximity to enhance the effect," Atom said, grabbing a new dart from his bracelet, "so if we go far enough, it loses its potency." "Maybe then the brakes will work again."
"What if she walks ten meters away from us?"
Felix frowned. "Heart disease".
Ryan hopes it won't take more than 40 seconds.
There must be a weakness in her strength. All yellow genomes have strange limitations. They distort reality, translating imaginary concepts or narratives into the physical laws of the universe. They changed the logic of the world.
"This world." Ryan muttered loudly.
Pluto's powers may inevitably lead to the death of her victims, but the purple world belongs to the purple genome. Just as he ignores Fortuna's luck, the messenger can break Pluto's grip on cause and effect by selectively stopping time. Ryan also doesn't think that Pluto really controlled the disaster she caused, or she would have let their car explode.
She is Fortuna's evil adversary.
She was...
"She's our final destination," Ryan said.
"Excuse me?" Felix asked, as Night Terror tried to bridge the gap between the two cars, and the vampire prepared a second salvo.
"Haven't you seen that movie?" Before a deer hits the panda car, Ryan turns to dodge it. A deer. On the highway!" Spoiler alert, the heroes will survive to the end!"
But they died in the sequel. He had better not mention it.
Ryan has seen the consequences when the atomic cat's explosion stops the vampire from aiming her gun, forcing Pluto's car to slow down to avoid being blown off. The highway seemed to tremble, and Kouira used her abilities to deduce the structural damage caused by the explosion.
Eventually, what was meant to happen happened.
In front of the panda car, a pillar supporting the highway collapsed 24 meters above the ground, causing the car to fall. A large hole is formed between the two sides of the road, one slightly higher than the other.
"Catch!" Ryan said the Panda car is now an unstoppable missile. One side of the road is a little higher than the other, so they have a chance to walk through. "I'll take care of it!"
"Are you sure?!" The atomic cat panicked, and he quickly fastened his belt.
"Even if I want to slow down, I can't!"
Ryan froze time for a few seconds, calculated the correct angle, and jumped on the restart.
Just as it was inspired by majestic beasts, the panda car soars gracefully and majestically through the air. The craft passed through the hole at full speed, and Ryan adjusted its movements slightly to land perfectly. Then he strikes a strong, confident pose because you have to look like that character as well when you're brave enough to jump.
Then came the moment of truth.
The panda car slammed to the ground, Felix almost jumped out of his seat, and the car continued to drive. Ryan heard the sound of the wheels tightening on impact and realized that they might soon flatten.
The Daredevil, the coward, flinched in fright, and suddenly stopped only a few inches from the entrance of the cave, much to the vampire's chagrin.
And Lamborghini Galla
DO has been accelerating. The car soared through the air like a panda car, jumping up, while Night Terror turned around and looked for another way.
Unfortunately, while Ryan is undoubtedly the most experienced driver in the world, Pluto is driving twice as fast as himself. Lamborghini began to make progress, rising from 300 to 200 meters.
A chill ran down Ryan's spine, like the hand of death crawling on his back. His heart beat faster and his breathing shortened. The messenger felt like a rabbit hearing the faint footsteps of a nearby predator. His vision began to blur, his fingers twitched, and he could hear his own heart beating in his skull.
Pluto's evil eyes were staring at him.
"Hit her! He growled at Felix, Pluto's power making him extremely anxious. "Hit her, hit her!"
"I'm here!" Felix panicked, unbuckled his seatbelts, and struggled to find a new projectile. "I'm running out of darts!"
In this case...... "Kitten, hold the steering wheel." β
"What?" Felix hurriedly grabbed the steering wheel, and Ryan kicked his door open, pulling a pistol from his suit. Then, as his cat struggled to keep the panda car on the tracks, the courier stepped out of the car.
"Haven't you heard?" Ryan shouted to Pluto, who froze time and took aim for the Lamborghini. "I am immortal!"
He fired several shots, two at the windshield, one at the engine and two at the wheels.
Almost all the bullets were bounced back.
"Bulletproof car?" As time passed, Ryan angrily took the steering wheel back and closed the door. "They have bulletproof cars, but we have Fiat Pandas?"
To make matters worse, a puff of smoke erupted from the hood of the Panda car, and flames rose from below. Disaster has already begun to target the engine.
"Leave me and run!" Felix shouted as he found the only thing he could throw around: a panda doll hanging from the rearview mirror. He grabbed it and prepared to throw this deadly projectile like a grenade. "They're just chasing me!"
"Impossible, let me think!" Ryan roared, his breath getting shorter and his body getting colder. The sun had already set, the night was covering everything, and the enemy's car was already within a hundred meters. "Let me think about it, I can think of-"
"Caesar".
Ryan was stunned as he recognized the voice coming from behind him.
He didn't even dare to look back. He looked in the rearview mirror, and he saw it.
It was dark outside, and blood was flowing in the back.
He was exactly the same as Ryan remembered, a terrifying mass of humanoid blood. He remembered.
"You're dead......" Ryan whispered, his voice shattered with primal fear. You're dead. β
"Because you killed me!" His arms pounced on Ryan's throat and began to choke him, just like he had done when he was a child. The messenger lost his breath and lost the ability to control the steering wheel. "Your own father!"
"Ryan, what's going on?" Felix panics because he abandons his plan to throw the doll to regain control of the car. Unfortunately, he couldn't. With no brakes, no intact engine, and no good driver, the Panda car went off track.
The car crashed through the guardrail and fell off the highway.
Felix screamed in horror as the panda car prepared to crash into the woods below. Ryan activates his time-stopping device, which is the instinct of the dead.
The bleeding hand disappeared with his ghost, though the pain in the messenger's neck did not go away. The panda car froze a few meters above the ground, interrupting its fall.
Completely intuitive, Ryan kicked the car door and grabbed Felix, who was frozen in time. He and his friend jumped out of the car, and both were rolling on the soft grass a few meters away from their car.
When time was restored, the panda car crashed into the ground and exploded in a violent explosion. Smoke rose from the wreckage, illuminating the darkness. Blood is nowhere to be found.
He hadn't been there at all.
"One...... Hallucinations......" Ryan said hoarsely, regaining his breath and standing up. An illusion that can harm the target. Is it physically and mentally traumatized?" Night terrors?"
"No time!" Felix said, pointing to the highway above. The Lamborghini stopped on the edge of a cliff, and Pluto and Sparrow got out of the car to inspect the wreckage of the Panda.
Just as Sparrow notices them, Ryan and Felix immediately flee into the woods. The assassin unleashed a crimson beam from her vantage point, setting a tree on fire, but the two heroes managed to escape into the darkness.
The hunt has just begun.