Jack continued to deflect and destroy incoming fire and missiles as Nathan focused on driving. Quickly having enough of Jack, the super soldiers began to chase the vehicle on foot. They easily caught up while the regular soldiers kept and kept firing.

"You super soldiers are pretty fast. Good for you!" Jack sarcastically commended.

The regular soldiers aren't a problem now since Nathan is driving too fast for them to even hit and even if they get lucky, the car won't be too damaged since it's armored.

When the super soldiers caught up, Jack swung his knives, sending multiple waves of air to mess them up. Due to how fast they were currently moving, the super soldiers could not avoid the equally fast air slashes, which left cuts on their bodies.

"Ugh! DAMMIT! JACK THE RIPPER!" A super soldier shouted at him in frustration.

"HAHA! I LOVE THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE!" Jack taunted as he continuously sent air slashes, which disrupted them enough to no longer keep up. He did this with other super soldiers that tried to chase them.

It seemed like smooth sailing for Jack and Nathan. However, as stubborn as they are in their nature, the super soldiers did not sit by.

"DON'T WASTE ANY TIME AND CHASE THEM!" A super soldier ordered and in the same breath, the military personnel hopped into their vehicles.

Meanwhile, the duo was celebrating their escape.

"Haha! Those pathetic soldiers thought they'd kill me with bullets that easily!" Jack mockingly said.

"Mhmm..." Nathan muttered. As they were getting away, however, Nathan saw military vehicles pursuing them in his rearview mirror.

"...Jack?"

"Yeah, I see them," Jack responded as he watched them. "These buggers just don't let up, don't they."

Jack stood up, setting his stance, and prepared for the inevitable gunfire. He noticed that one of the armored vehicles had a mounted minigun attached to the roof, with a soldier occupying a chair behind it on the roof and aiming it.

"You've got experience with car chases, right mate?" Jack teased. "You're gonna have to put your fast driving skills to use now."

Maybe I should use the chained blades for this.

As the barrel of their minigun started to rotate in preparation to shoot, Jack switched out his knives with dual knives that were connected with a fairly long chain, that was no more than three feet in length.

After its rotating startup, the minigun unleashed a shower of bullets. The barrel was rotating at extremely fast speeds as it fired.

Expertly and with complete focus, Jack held the chain and swung the connected blades at such fast speeds that he was deflecting them all.

Little sparks were generated from his blades as he deflected each bullet, which started to resemble mini fireworks.

"Tsk, how the hell is Jack even doing all this?" A super soldier said to another in a pursuing military vehicle. "He got beaten and arrested by a couple of guys like us years ago and sent to Alcatraz Island. There's no way he should have even escaped...much less gotten stronger!"

Nathan began to pick up the speed, now going beyond 100 mph and continued to accelerate.

As the cars were in pursuit and Jack was preoccupied with deflecting the bullets, soldiers began to peek through the windows of the vehicles that they were riding in and began shooting at Jack.

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Heh...these guys are making me work quite a lot, huh?

Although Jack was still doing well with deflecting the gunfire, a couple of bullets had managed to get past him and hit their vehicle.

"Tsk, Jack...I'm gonna do some evasive maneuvers." Nathan said.

Just as he said, Nathan began to make some sudden turns. Although he was going nearly 200 mph, he was expertly drifting as he turned, a clear difference from his previous driving after meeting the developer for the first time.

"HAHA! THAT'S MORE LIKE IT, NATHAN!" Jack excitedly exclaimed. Nathan was in full focus mode so he had tuned him out.

Just like his first car chase, Nathan had managed to lose some of the vehicles pursuing him. Some tried to keep up, but even if they did, they were unable to get clear shots due to Nathan's erratic but masterful driving.

"Nice, you're doing good!" The developer spoke on Nathan's radio again. "At this rate, you'll reach the forest where you'll be out of harm's way."

Jack would protect me from gunshots so it should be alright if I help too.

Nathan brought down his window and stuck his hand out. From his hand, he materialized and placed down numerous caltrops, while swerving the vehicle so that it wouldn't just be placed in a straight line, but also fully across the road.

Unable to stop in time, the pursuing vehicles ran over the caltrops, which significantly damaged their tires.

"Shit! Those bastards messed up our tires!" A soldier driving one of the vehicles exclaimed as he lost control.

Nathan didn't stop at simple caltrops, however, as he placed numerous metal beams in the way.

"Tsk... they're gonna get away."

"No way they aren't!" A super soldier said before touching his earpiece communication, seemingly turning it on. "We need artillery fire!"

"But what about the buildings?" A super soldier asked.

"This is a war! We don't have time to worry about buildings!" He rebutted.

* * *

"We'll soon reach the destination," Nathan said as he drove at a slower speed due to no longer being pursued.

"Awesome driving, mate! I knew this would have been somewhat fun although I didn't get to murder anyone!" Jack expressed. "But, is it finally over now..."

Tsk, you just jinxed us I bet.

Nathan's suspicions were right, as a spontaneous explosion formed very close behind their vehicle, surprising them both. Jack nearly fell off the vehicle but he held on by stabbing the hood with his knife and brought himself back up.

Jack immediately looked up and spotted the cause. A black fighter jet was now rapidly approaching them.

"Located the enemies." The pilot said on his earpiece.

From a mounted cannon underneath its wings, it fired an explosive at them.

"BOOM!"

Another spontaneous explosion formed behind them, shaking them up.

"Nathan! We've got grenades!" Jack exclaimed. Once again Nathan sped up.

As Nathan drove, numerous explosions with few seconds intervals as the grenades descended after being shot formed behind them. The explosions were causing extensive property damage.

The car's armor was visibly accumulating damage as well.

Excessive sweating and an increased heart rate, Nathan was understandably fearful of being blown up.

Shit! Shit! Shit! These guys are insane! I'm not used to shit like this!

To calm down, however, Nathan began to think of Lilith. Happy memories of interactions with her in his school life flashed through his head. His heart rate and breathing quickly decelerated to regular patterns.

Sigh...okay, I'm a bit calmer now. Thanks, Lilith.

Jack focused and sent air slashes at the grenades as they were descending, to blow them up before they'd land. Due to the grenades which he slashed and exploded mid-air, the explosion, and smoke acted as cover for other grenades to come closer before Jack could slash them, and when he did, the force of the closer proximity explosions somewhat affected the duo.

"Hey, Nathan! Shit...How close are we!?" Jack asked.

"We'll be there any minute!"

Nathan and Jack were desperately trying to do their parts for survival.

"Haha, there's no point in driving, you won't get past a fighter jet with a car." The pilot said.

The car started to steam as it took numerous grenade hits, which Jack noticed.

Uh oh.

After taking a couple more hits, the car started to light on fire.

"Uh, Nathan?"

However, when the chances of escape became lower, a stroke of good luck took place. Beside the road, Nathan's driving were numerous trees.

"We're here! Let's ditch now!" Nathan instructed. Wasting no time, Jack hopped off the roof and Nathan jumped out of the moving vehicle, placing a large, soft cushion as a landing pad.

Simultaneously, the grenade that would have finished the job was hurdling towards the car.

Jack quickly grabbed Nathan and dashed into the forest. He saved Nathan just in time, as the car had fully exploded, turning into a wreck.

"Uhm...I don't think they're dead..." The pilot said in a downtrodden tone.

* * *

Nathan and Jack had gone deep into the forest.

"Alright, you can let me go now," Nathan said as Jack was still holding him like a child. Agreeing, Jack released him.

"Sigh...with all these trees, it does make sense why this place is good for temporarily warding off attention," Nathan said.

"Yeah."

After walking some more, they encountered a small wooden hut. Outside was the doctor and the NPC who were sitting on a porch.

"Well done, you two." The developer spoke on Jack's phone. "You've arrived."