There were few times when Gary would witness a clear display of emotions on Kai’s face, and this was one of those times. Before he could even say anything, Kai had already exited from the vehicle and was on the roof of the car.
"Hey, what do you want me to do? Should I keep driving or what?" Park asked.
"Yeah," Gary replied. "Keep going. Kai, he'll do a good job, and he can catch up to us."
Kai leapt from his vehicle and immediately landed on top of the roof of another. His claws dug into the top of the metal roof, firmly keeping him in place. The vehicle tried to move left and right, aiming to swing him off but nothing was working.
Lifting one large paw up from the top, Kai then scratched at the roof, ripping a large chunk off. He quickly dipped his head inside and bit down right at the driver's neck. The car started to veer off, going close to the guard rail, and seeing this, Kai then leapt off the vehicle and went right towards another in the air.
It was a large leap, but the other vehicle that was following was prepared. The window was rolled down, and a strange device that looked somewhat like a harpoon was sticking out.
It fired out a large spike that was electrified and going through the air. The One Gang members were using some of the top anti-Altered weapons one could get their hands on.
Seeing this, Kai quickly used his strength to somewhat kick the air, and in doing so he moved, allowing for the large spear object to go right past and land on the ground.
"Damn, you missed!" one of the gang members complained and slapped his colleague on the back of his head.
"What was that for!" the man shouted back. "It doesn't matter if I missed; now that damned wolf isn't on top of us, we can leave it in the dust and go after our target."
The others smiled as they realized this, but the smiles didn't last long. It was only a few moments later that they could see the large gray wolf head right by the side of their window, bobbing up and down.
The man then stared out of the window to look at the ground and could see that the wolf was running across the floor. They were in a vehicle and yet somehow this large wolf was able to run by their side and keep up with them?
It was quite clear that this was no ordinary wolf. Before they knew it, Kai had gone for the tires, slashing at them with his claws. The sudden stop of the vehicle had caused it to flip and topple over several times, but now two vehicles were no longer following them, and Kai was continuing to run from behind with Gary’s vehicle in sight.
"He's doing well, just like you said he would," Marie claimed as she had her head stuck out the window the entire time watching the whole thing.
Gary had only been seeing things now and then through the rearview mirror.
"I'm not the only one that's gotten stronger. I know full well all of you guys have been trying your best as well."
Gary knew that, based on how well the rest of the Howlers had done when they had defended the city from the Phoenix gang without him. Sin wasn't the only strong individual, and it was the same here for the One Gang.
Although the plan required him to fight against Harvor alone, if they hadn't gone through with the plan and Gary was to try and take on Harvor and the One Gang on his own, it would have been impossible.
"I have a feeling that the One Gang won't just stop there; this is light work," Olivia said.
Right on cue, that was when even more vehicles were starting to arrive. Despite Kai having gotten rid of two of them, there were even more vehicles—a fleet of around thirty or so of them.
Immediately, they had pulled out all sorts of different weapons—crossbows and more—and started to fire away the anti-Altered equipment. With Kai in his wolf form, he was quick and able to avoid them with ease.
At times though, there were close calls, and Kai had to use his paw to knock the equipment away.
'This is beginning to become a bigger pain than I thought,' Kai was trying to calculate. If he went on a full attack maybe he could stop them, but he would be even further away in distance from Gary.
"I can catch up, I should be able to catch up... but I'm worried that this is just the start of it."
A row of electrified arrows came at Kai, from above and below, and it was hard for him to jump up or continue running forward; he was already traveling at max speed.
From the corner of his eye, he saw something fling past him, and a resounding bang sound was heard vibrating the whole area. The sound exploded with energy and caused all of the arrows to immediately collapse on the floor.
When Kai looked ahead as he continued to run, he now could see someone else standing on the roof of the car.
"You brought us along for a reason, right?" Olivia said with a smile. "Besides, I haven't really had the chance to try out this new whip that you got me."
The whip had already raveled back into her hands and twisted over her forearms—a new whip they had gotten from the Dark Marketplace after her old one had been ruined.
In the row of vehicles following from behind, there were a few guests that were inside.
"It looks like Stanley was right," the voice said. "Gary Dem would have some respectable people protecting him and following him. I guess it's a good thing we Zodiacs came after all."
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