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“MY ROBOTS will finish you,” Gao muttered Joe held hi “You can hear the Stay here and they’ll destroy you Run and they’ll hunt you without mercy”

Kurt grabbed the identifier that hung around Gao’s neck and yanked it free, snapping the lanyard “I’d be more concerned hat happens when they find you, Mr Gao”

“What is that?” Nagano asked

“A transnore,” Kurt said “I saw one of these in Han’s factory Turns out that visit was highly educational”

Gao squirainst the hold Joe had put him in “That’ll only protect one of you”

“More importantly, it won’t protect you,” Kurt said He turned to Joe “Let him up”

Joe released Gao, who stood and rab for the electronic device in Kurt’s hand

Kurt pulled back out of reach and held the point of the sword forward It kept Gao at bay “There’s a stairway in the north corner of the building If you run, you et back to your underground lair But I wouldn’t wait around if I was you Like you said, they’re co”

Gao looked at Kurt with hatred, but not for very long He took off running, heading for the north corner of the building

“Nice of you to give hi chance,” Joe said

“He has no chance,” Kurt replied “And we could use a little distraction Let’s get the wing to the front edge of the building We’re going to have to drop in pretty hard to get enough speed”

Working together, they shoved the wing across the rooftop and set in on the wall at the front of the building They helped Nagano up onto the wing He dropped to his knees and wrapped his ar

Kurt and Joe took their positions and raised the chute until it caught the wind and rose up behind them

The sound of gunfire rang out several floors below One staccato burst, followed by a shout Two more bursts echoed and then silence

“So et out of here”