Takemura spoke while taking up his usual defensive position, not forgetting to continue working even as he expressed his shame.
However, his condition was quite poor: Hellhound's full-force strike had turned most of his prosthetics into scrap metal.
This ninja prosthetic design wasn't as extreme as Heavy Hammer, but it excelled in electromagnetic protection and concealment. However, this design failed with one violent strike, and was completely ruined in a high-spec electromagnetic pulse.
The prosthetics shut down completely, and the brain-computer interface's safety mechanism activated—as a ninja, he didn't need to work with his brain like a hacker. When the prosthetics' damage reached a certain point, he became a ninja fighting with physical strength, dragging metal scrap.
Although his combat ability had fallen, he could still move, and if he could move, he could still be loyal.
Arasaka Saburo did not react, slowly reminiscing about everything that happened that night.