The unique magazine design allows it to fire eight individually igniting bullets in an instant, and these bullets can hit eight different enemies with the smart system's lock.
It's not only powerful at close range but also one of the few shotguns that can accurately lock and hit targets at mid-range.
Each magazine provides the user with four firing opportunities. The firing speed of 0.8 seconds per shot isn't fast, but it's definitely not slow for a shotgun.
Reloading is also very convenient; just replace the large magazine with a new one.
The only downside is that the bullet design is somewhat weak in armor penetration, but the advantage of smart locking allows it to concentrate firepower on vital points...
"Bought it."
Mercer wasted no time placing the order.
Kangtao's weapon prices are among the top in the smart weapon field, providing good value just at 8,000 Euros for the official Zhuo-style Shotgun, but...
Smart weapons, like heavy machine guns, are expensive mainly because of the ammunition.
Mercer bought five magazines, priced at only 50 Euros each, but the bullets for five magazines cost 3,200 Euros.
Because Mercer chose to purchase more advanced 'Intelligent Burning Bullet,' which can produce high heat upon impact, melting enemy skin and igniting their prosthetic body.
On average, a bullet costs 20 Euros.
Mercer then bought 500 extra bullets without a discount, losing another 10,000 Euros.
After wandering around the company plaza, about over 80,000 Euros were gone.
Mercer then took a stroll around Marolian, a manufacturer specializing in custom high-end weapons. After asking about the prices for custom weapons, his hanging hopes were completely dashed.
A custom firearm starts at 100,000 Euros.
From Old Captain's deal, he only earned 180,000 Euros in total—Old Captain gave him this much only because he was impressed by the tough programs, along with providing him a hardware design blueprint as a gesture of friendship.
Wagako tasked him with grabbing biotechnology, and if this deal had no extra surprises, it would earn him 300,000 Euros.
Alas... still poor!
No longer aimlessly wandering around, Mercer settled his lunch by himself and called V.
"V, are you sober?"
He asked in a humorous tone.
V, having lunch with Qiwei, lit up his eyes during the video call as he looked at Mercer: "Sober, sober! If you don't believe me, ask Qiwei!"
"Take you to the prosthetic doctor this afternoon. Tell Qiwei she needs to come too."
After Mercer spoke, V was initially surprised, then exclaimed joyfully: "You mean..."
"Your clunky body struggles with everything. To do good work, one must first sharpen the tools. I need to upgrade your junk."
After Mercer was done, he paused: "Qiwei also needs a network receiver and must align with the Deep Dive Capsule and Black Customer Service; what kind of hacker doesn't have these?
Don't worry, consider them loans from me, and I'll deduct from your salaries later."
V was so excited he didn't want to eat anymore, placing the fast-food Mexican roll on the table: "Shall we go now?"
"The doctor also needs lunch and a bit of rest. In an hour, at Little Chinatown, Misty's Spirit Communication Hall, the doctor we need is in the alley behind the Hall.
When you get there, just say you're looking for Dr. Victor; Misty will guide you, she's my friend.
I'll go ahead and have a talk with Old Wei about other matters, you estimate the time and come."
After Mercer finished speaking, he watched V excitedly speculate on the video call: "What are you planning to upgrade for me? Subdermal armor, Muscle Enhancement Module? Prosthetic Eye? Or something else?"
"I want to change everything, but for this time, focus on the key project—Sianwistan."
Mercer finished, watching V laugh heartily and give him a thumbs up: "Bro! A, you're like my real brother! Choosing to stick with you is the best damn decision I've ever made in my life!"
"Alright... see you then."
Mercer hung up the call and then called Rebecca, inquiring about the situation.
Rebecca appeared smiling on the video call, waving the large shotgun painted green in her hand: "What do you think, isn't this gun that my sister picked up looking quite good after some repairs?
I call it Iron Gall! Isn't that badass?"
"How's the mission?" Mercer couldn't comment on her colorful taste, feeling that the Animal Gang's shotgun was painted like a toy gun by her.
It's just uncertain if this 'Iron Gall' is the same one from the anime, the one Rebecca used after swapping to a Gorilla Arm.
"Everything's smooth! We've got what we needed and picked a good car as the target from the Old Captain, a corporate dog's sports car, Quadra Type-66.
We're on the way to that corporate dog's underground parking now. Old Captain said for him, a car of this condition can start selling at 110,000 Euros. Once we finish this, we're going to be rich!"
Rebecca laughed excitedly: "Mercer, I never thought making money could be so easy! This is 110,000 Euros! 110,000! We can split... uh... Pira!
According to Old Captain, what's the acquisition rate at 60%?"
Pira, unable to hide his excitement, said: "Over 60,000 Euros!"
"Haha, even after deducting the team's 20% public fund, we'll still have... uh... over 40,000 Euros in hand!"
Rebecca, so happy she even blew Mercer a kiss through the video call: "A, if you were next to me, I'd really kiss you!"