All Chapters of The Caffeine System: Critical Heart Protocol: Chapter 131
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Chapter 130: Final: Collab Stream Battle
"Ladies and gentlemen, humans and mutants, welcome to the peak of all horrors!" The Coliseum host's voice boomed, bouncing off the thirty-meter-high concrete walls. "Today, we are not just watching a match. We are watching an execution! On one side, the lord of armor, the living legend of the Immortals Guild... TITAAAAN!" A roar of cheers exploded like a bomb in the spectator stands. Thousands of people stood up, chanting Titan's name until the air felt like it was vibrating. "And on the other side... a fighter who somehow is still breathing to this day. The jinx barista... THE COFFEE GUYYYY!" Unlike Titan, the reception for Raka was merely a rain of mockery, boos, and blunt objects thrown toward the arena. Raka stood in the middle of a vast stretch of sand, his barista apron fluttering in the strong wind that carried the smell of gunpowder. Suddenly, a giant
Chapter 131: Damage Detected
"ARGH!" Raka screamed in pain, staggering backward. His left hand instantly felt numb. He could hear a faint cracking sound in his finger bones due to the impact. His cement trowel did not shatter, but his biological hand was unable to withstand the recoil pressure. Titan did not even shift a single millimeter. He just looked down, staring at the spot where Raka hit him, then smiled condescendingly. "Is that all?" Titan snorted. "My turn." Titan swung his giant hand in a horizontal motion that was extremely fast for a body that size. Raka tried to duck, but the pain in his hand made him respond slightly too late. SMACK! The back of Titan's hand hit Raka's cheek. Even though it was not a full punch, the power of Iron Skin made it feel like being hit by a steel electric pole. Raka was flung into the air, spinning twice before hitting the ar
Chapter 132: Speed vs Power
Above him, the giant shadow of Titan covered the spotlight, as if death were spreading its black wings. Titan grabbed Raka's hair with one hand. A cynical smile was carved on his lips."Why are you still trying to breathe, Barista?" Titan asked.He lowered the hand that had been grabbing Raka's hair, letting the young man fall back to the sand in a face-down position."Do you see the screen in the sky? No one is betting on your life. You are just statistical trash." Titan sneered at Raka.Raka clutched the sand. He remembered his father's voice on the radio the other day. Do not go East... Raka, Father is sorry..."I... cannot die yet..." Raka whispered hoarsely. "I have not... met my family."Titan burst into laughter hearing Raka's words which he found absurd. That sound of laughter triggered cheers of mockery from the stands."Family?" he sneered. "In this world, family is a burden that will only make you slow. Look at me! I threw away my humanity for this power!"Titan raised his
Chapter 133: Fast Hand
Raka's eyes, now accelerated by the System's data processing, began scanning every inch of Titan's body. Chest? No. The steel plate was triple-layered with an electromagnetic shield.Head? The helmet was fused with the neck, no gap for a cement trowel.Arm joints? Protected by thick hydraulic hinges.Raka circled Titan's frozen body. He was still looking for a weakness on the back. He saw a sturdy back, also fully protected. Click. Click. Click.6,500... 6,480... 6,460... "Damn it! My time is up!" Raka panicked. The numbers on his chest tumbled down like a waterfall. Suddenly, Raka's eyes caught something when Titan was at the peak of his spin, with one foot lifted slightly off the ground to maintain balance. Raka crawled low under the reach of Titan's hammer spin. He stared toward the bottom of the g
Chapter 134: Forbidden Magical Trick
When the steel hammer head almost touched the tip of his shoe, Raka dropped his body backward. He slid on the sand that was slippery due to blood and dust, right between the giant's legs which were spread wide open due to his attacking stance. The world instantly turned into a very clear slow motion for Raka. He saw Titan's inner thigh. He saw the wide-open armor gap to exhaust the hot steam of the A.E.G.I.S engine. He could even see the black kevlar fibers wrapping the giant's sensitive skin. Raka's left hand moved. Not the movement of a gallant warrior, but the movement of a professional pickpocket who had been trained by the bitter necessity of survival. His fingers darted into the side pocket of Titan's thigh unprotected by steel, snatching one defective pineapple grenade he had stored earlier. With one jerk of his thumb accelerated by the machine in his
Chapter 135: Explosion in the Private Area
"NO! GET THAT THING OUT—!"Titan's panicked voice broke the gripping atmosphere enveloping the Coliseum. The giant in golden armor no longer looked like a god of war.Now, he was jumping around in the middle of the arena with ridiculous movements to try to tear off the steel layer at his groin using his bare hands.Raka was still leaning against the concrete wall thirty meters away. He only smiled faintly while covering both his ears with his palms."Too late, Titan," he replied lightly even though his heart rate was still going crazy. "Your extra hot coffee order... has arrived at its destination."Titan growled, still trying to get the grenade that went into his pants out. "D-Damn Barista! I will t-—"CLICK.The trigger sound of the pineapple grenade reached its endpoint.BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!The explosion did not produce a giant fireball soaring high, because all of its energy was trapped inside the narrow space between the steel armor plates and Titan's body.A very heavy, dul
Chapter 136: GGWP
Raka straightened his back. Even though his body was full of wounds and blood, he walked slowly approaching Titan. Mocking laughter was heard from the audience. Replacing the previous cheers. Raka stopped right in front of Titan who was still kneeling and whimpering. He lowered his body, staring straight into Titan's eyes which were now filled with shame, pain, and hatred. With a very calm movement, Raka drew 'The Builder's Wrath' cement trowel from his belt. He pressed the tip of the indestructible rusted iron blade right under Titan's chin, forcing the giant to look up at him. "D-Damn... you..." Titan hissed. Raka stared at Titan sharply. "Earlier you said I was an NPC, right?" Raka's voice sounded cold, in tune with the mechanical sound in his chest. "Just now, that was a message from construction workers and baristas all over the world. Never underestimate people who are used
Chapter 137: A City in Chaos
"Raka! Don't just stand there like a display mannequin! Run toward one o'clock, now!" Vanya's shrill scream in the earpiece jolted Raka's consciousness which had been frozen in shock since earlier. Raka immediately took a step back as the arena sand dust entered his throat when a 5.56mm caliber bullet hit the sand surface right beside his left foot. "Vanya!" he shouted toward the stands. "They are really shooting at me! You said this was a sports tournament!" Raka began to run following Vanya's instructions. The bullets were still shooting at him. "A sport sponsored by the funeral industry, Raka! Hurry!" Vanya replied with a voice accompanied by the sound of frantic keyboard tapping. "Forget about Titan who is whimpering over there! Your main target is the podium in the middle! That Dragon Heart must not fall into the hands of 'The Immortals' again!" Raka gritted his teeth, still
Chapter 138: Dragon Heart in Hand
"LUNA! DON'T SLOW DOWN! JUST RAM THAT BARRICADE!"Raka shouted until his voice was almost drowned out by the roar of the truck's diesel engine that was forced to work beyond its limits.The Toxic Goose truck dashed out of the Coliseum parking lot and smashed the wooden barricade gate and barbed wire set up by the guards.Raka stood in the half-open rear truck bed with his left hand tightly gripping the support pillar. Meanwhile, his right arm hugged the transparent cylindrical tube as if the object were a newborn baby.Raka began to wince when he felt his right arm suddenly turn hot. He glanced briefly at Vanya, then at the cylindrical tube in his embrace."Vanya! This thing is getting hotter! Are you sure it's safe to hug?!" he complained.His face started to turn red due to the temperature radiating from the tube."Just endure it, Raka! That is a sign that the regenerative nanobots inside are reacting with the frequency of the reactor on your chest!" Vanya shouted from in front of h
Chapter 139: The Most Viral Fugitive
The taillights of The Toxic Goose truck faded swallowed by the darkness of the quiet toll road, leaving the silhouette of the Hive City now smoldering on the horizon. Thick black smoke from the east stands that Vanya blew up could still be seen billowing high, staining the morning sky that should have been clear. In the distance, the sound of pursuit sirens slowly faded away. Raka leaned his head against the dented metal wall of the truck bed. His breath still felt like fire, and every inch of his body screamed in pain. His barista apron was now truly just tattered pieces of cloth covered in dried blood and dust. "Vanya... we really did it," whispered Raka. "We just robbed the most dangerous bank in this apocalyptic world." "Not robbing, Raka. We just claimed the rights to your sweat and blood," replied Vanya from in front of her monitor which was still display