Chapter 100: Forced Killing
Jake shrugged, completely unconcerned that the spears might pierce him.
"Who I am isn't important. What's important is that I feel we might be able to cooperate."
"Cooperate?" Furiosa looked at Jake suspiciously. What could they possibly cooperate on?
"You just came back from Gas Town, right?" Jake didn't answer the question but instead posed his own.
Furiosa didn't know what Jake was up to, but she nodded anyway. "That's right."
"You're preparing for this afternoon's trade, aren't you?"
"Yes." She nodded again, not sensing anything amiss. The three-way trade was no secret in this desert.
Could it be that Jake was planning to raid their water source?
Furiosa wasn't underestimating Jake, but he couldn't possibly raid it alone.
Jake reached into his pocket and, under the watchful eyes of the War Boys and Furiosa, pulled out a lollipop, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth.
People in this world had never seen a lollipop before, so they naturally didn't know what he was eating, but it looked appealing.
Under Furiosa's irritated gaze, he forcefully bit the candy off the stick, swallowed it, and let out a long breath before saying, "It just doesn't feel right if I don't have something in my mouth." However, when he met Furiosa's eyes, he immediately said, "Excuse me, let's continue our previous topic."
"You're planning to run away with Immortan Joe's five wives this afternoon, right?"
His words were calm, but they struck Furiosa like a thunderbolt.
"What!" The first to speak were Immortan Joe's die-hard supporters, the War Boys. They roared and looked at Furiosa, wanting an answer.
Before Furiosa could deny it, Jake waved his hand to stop her from speaking. "The cooperation I'm talking about is right here. I'm going to kill Immortan Joe, take his territory, and then, I don't care if you want to take your people away. It's a win-win situation."
Although the actresses playing Immortan Joe's five wives were young models, they weren't essential in Jake's eyes.
Swoosh—!
Suddenly, a spear shot toward him. Looking up, he saw it was launched by the War Boy furthest from Jake. He seemed enraged by Jake's words, and judging from the direction of his attack, it was aimed at both him and Furiosa.
Jake didn't dare underestimate this spear; it was strapped with explosives, capable of destroying even a heavy metal vehicle. Jake didn't believe his body was tougher than solid steel.
However, this spear was thrown manually, its speed greatly limited.
Jake suddenly flipped over, grabbed the spear, and swung it with force, sending it flying back at an even greater speed!
With a deafening roar, flames erupted, and the entire vehicle was overturned.
A battle was about to break out.
The War Boys didn't care about anything else, and began hurling spears at Jake, a dozen spears raining down from the sky.
Glancing at the stunned Furiosa, Jake lunged toward her, grabbing her and rolling across the sand. With each movement, the continuous rumble of explosions echoed from behind.
The heat from the explosion slammed into Jake's back like a sledgehammer. Even in his combat suit, Jake could clearly feel the scorching heat.
The two tumbled for over sixty feet before stopping, a feat made entirely possible by Jake's equipment.
When they finally stopped, Furiosa, already dizzy, struggled to her feet and vomited profusely.
The pale, murky vomit made Jake grimace. He was secretly relieved that he had deployed his suit's protection in time, or he would have been covered in it.
"Rest here for a while," he said.
Killing Charlize Theron—or rather, her character—was something Jake couldn't bring himself to do, and seeing that she wasn't offering any resistance, he decided to leave her alone.
He stood up, brushed the sand off his shoulders, and with a flick of his wrist, two pistols fell from his sleeves into his hands.
Now it was time for him to demonstrate.
Holding guns in both hands, he stomped his feet and leaped into the air, kicking away a spear with a powerful kick. Simultaneously, two shots rang out: one shattered the spear he'd kicked away, and the other blew the head off the War Boy who had thrown it!
This was just the beginning; the power of gun-fu wasn't just about accuracy.
Seeing Jake's marksmanship, the remaining War Boys jumped off their vehicles, roaring and lunging at him with long knives.
Next, Jake demonstrated the true power of gun-fu with his own strength.
Powerful close combat, coupled with accurate shooting, taking on multiple opponents single-handedly—that was gun-fu!
He swung his guns, slamming his pistol grips into the faces of the charging War Boys, knocking them to the ground.
He pulled the triggers, firing two more shots, hitting two more War Boys squarely in the forehead!
Just as the two War Boys who had been knocked to the ground were about to get up, they were met with Jake's knees slamming down.
Jake drove his knees into the chests of the two War Boys, sending them sprawling, coughing up blood.
Using his flexibility and the slight rebound from his suit's augmentation, Jake incredibly launched himself three feet into the air, performing a backflip.
In mid-air, his arms outstretched, his dual pistols firing continuously!
Bullets, reflecting the blazing sun, sliced through the hot, dry air, accurately piercing the foreheads or chests of the War Boys.
When he finished firing, all the standing War Boys lay on the ground!
Thud!!
After the backflip, Jake's feet landed on the ground beside the two War Boys.
The continuous attacks left the two poor War Boys coughing up blood, staining their teeth red, unable to do anything else.
Jake placed his pistol barrels against the foreheads of the struggling War Boys and pulled the triggers!
The battle was over.
Furiosa had stopped vomiting a minute ago, but what she saw next shocked her.
In less than a minute, the man in black had used such elegant, almost dance-like movements to slaughter all the War Boys, as easily as if they were nothing?
"Is this your confidence?" Furiosa took two deep breaths, clearly still feeling dizzy.
"Only a small part," Jake said, brandishing his pistols with a flourish before quickly retracting them into his sleeves.
This sight made Furiosa's eyes widen; such exquisite technique had long been lost in this wasteland world.
Perhaps it really could succeed? Furiosa couldn't help but have this thought. She had originally planned to escape this afternoon, and cooperating with him was obviously a possibility.
Looking at the vomit on Furiosa's mouth and chest, Jake frowned. Luckily, she hadn't vomited while they were rolling around, otherwise he would have been disgusted beyond measure.
He himself hadn't expected that his first time in close proximity to a character played by an actress like Charlize Theron would turn out like this.
The character had a buzz cut, hadn't bathed in ages, and was missing her left arm. Not only that, but she'd also vomited!
What happened to the heroic encounter?!
"Use this to rinse your mouth," Jake said, taking out a bottle of mineral water and handing it over.
Although he also had energy drinks in his backpack, those were custom-made for him by Simms, and he wasn't going to just give them to a stranger, especially since this version of Charlize Theron looked so rough.
Dr. Simms's custom-made energy drinks were expensive, while mineral water was commonplace, although it seemed quite precious in this world.
Furiosa hesitated slightly before taking the bottle of mineral water. With a twist of her left mechanical arm, she violently ripped off the cap and poured the water into her mouth.
Although she didn't have many opportunities to drink water normally, Furiosa was far from being deprived of it; after all, she was an Imperator under Immortan Joe, and her benefits were quite good.
Watching the character drink water with such intensity, Jake's eyebrows twitched.
Suddenly, Furiosa's eyes widened, her frantic gulping stopped, and she carefully held the bottle.
"What...what kind of water is this?"
It was supposed to be for Furiosa to rinse her mouth, but he hadn't expected her to swallow it all, causing Jake's eyebrows to twitch again.
"Just ordinary purified water."
He seemed to have forgotten that in this world without modern technology, having water to drink was already a luxury; purified water? Who would even think of that?
It seems only Immortan Joe has specific requirements regarding what he drinks, but his bizarre habit of drinking mother's milk...
Furiosa looked at the bottle in her hand; unfortunately, she had already consumed most of the water, leaving only a small amount at the bottom.
"You have… you have this much water?"
"Yeah, if you mean something like that, I could use this to give you a shower." He looked Furiosa up and down; aside from lacking her left arm, her figure was still impressive, but even so, Jake couldn't muster any inappropriate thoughts given her current state.
"However, that's not what we should be discussing now."
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