Chapter 84: The Queen of Time
"You said that guy joined your crew for the first time? Isn’t that obvious? He was on probation; it’s normal for him to act like a good boy," Ricardo said, his mouth curling up into a smirk.
"What do you expect from a runaway girl still naive about life, huh?" Switch replied with self-mockery.
Hearing this, Ricardo let out a sigh.
"Look... I don’t know what your past is, and I don’t want to know either. I saw how you looked at him. And from where I stand, the boss’s brother is nothing like that bastard. He’s a genuinely good man, no doubt about it. Give yourself a chance," Ricardo said, patting Switch on the shoulder before walking away, leaving her with her thoughts.
"Give myself a shot, huh?" Switch murmured to herself.
— Meanwhile — Maximilian’s House —
After returning home, Maximilian checked over his damaged armor and began basic repairs. He needed the suit functional again, but it sustained damage during his fight with Photon Fury.
He had also worn it during his attack on Don Reele’s estate. Still, he had protected the armor by coating its outer layer in shadows using his Umbra Sovereign ability.
However, that appeared to be the limit of what the armor could endure without maintenance. From a brief inspection, the most damage was concentrated on the protective outer layers meant to guard against gunfire. At the same time, the internal systems remained mostly intact. The primary internal damage lies in the kinetic absorption system.
For some reason, although the shadow membrane couldn’t be pierced by ordinary gunfire, its elastic nature provided no real resistance to kinetic energy like bullets or blunt force trauma.
It was like wearing an indestructible silk cloth. While the silk wouldn’t tear, if you weren’t wearing armor beneath it, a bullet could still strike you and drag the silk into your body, which would still be fatal.