The difference between the general Mechanist Class and the Bioforger Class Specialization of the Gene Augur Class in terms of their drones is that unlike the drones of a Mechanist, apart from their living characteristics, the nature of a Bioforger’s Bio-bots are almost always rigid.

For example, Leon first got the C-5 drone blueprint as a basic drone blueprint but with his own ingenuity and after seeing the technological utility of a NetRunner’s powers, he used it in his own design.

With it, he made the C-5 drone capable of invisibility.

For a Bioforger, adding such a trait to their drones is not easy. It would require years of growth and evolution from that specific drone, fed and groomed in a certain way to develop such traits.

This is exactly why Lt. Colonel Umar Farouq brought a few of Leon’s invisible C-5 drones with him when he infiltrated the inner ring of Neo Solace.

He couldn’t do it himself.

And with them...

Drone Control Matrix!

BZZZ!

Leon also got access to the inner ring of the Megacity, all of this within their first night of infiltrating into Neo Solace.

Phase "Through the Seams" of Operation Killing Joe was complete!

During the planning phase, with enough data from Lt. Colonel Umar’s information channels and resources, they divided the operation process to assassinate Joe Curry into 3 phases- Phase "Through the Seams", Phase "Information Gathering", and Phase "Night Assassination".

Phase "Through the Seams" took a lot of money and connection-pulling from Lt. Colonel Umar to organize, but with his deeply-rooted network of people, the Lt. Colonel was able to make it a reality, all the way from infiltrating Daddy Puff’s enterprise in Community Kragin to infiltrating Neo Solace, and to now infiltrating the inner ring of the city.

The process of the first phase of the operation alone was extremely difficult and complicated, any mistake would have resulted in disaster.

This was how difficult it was for enemy forces to carry out military operations within Omnicore territory due to the presence of the Omnicore Eye, but this team just managed the first phase of their operation without any major hiccup.

The result?

Umar got access to the inner district, feeding access to Leon through his drones and in extension Talia and Tyla who were in charge of information filtering as the only NetRunners in the team.

Unlike Talia who was in the open after securing a job in the café, Tyla was the one organizing information from the dark.

Her identity was safer and more full-proof as she stole the identity of a Geneform who grew up in another Omnicore Megacity, Red Meridian, working her way up to become a self-sustaining millionaire.

For this mission, they kidnapped that woman, securing her in a safe base where Kain took care of her away from Omnicore territory.

With the CH Mask, it was too easy for Tyla to impersonate her.

Unlike the others, for Tyla’s identity, her reason for entering Neo Solace officially was that she came to visit the city as a tourist.

That story alone gave her more credibility and more room to maneuver and access certain things and places that the other members of the team cannot access.

The moment Umar infiltrated the inner ring, considering that his infiltration was only successful because of Brick’s orchestration and because of the explosion, Brick’s new boss automatically became implicated.

Without a doubt, Omnicore police would visit the merchant this night.

This was the reason why that same night less than an hour after getting his first job in Omnicore territory, Brick abandoned the job and disappeared like a ghost, changing his face and identity with the CH Mask.

He was gone.

...

The next day...

23rd September, Year 714 A.G.

It was a Wednesday morning in Neo Solace. Early that morning, Leon left his small apartment in the outer ring to eat at a public restaurant like most SIN-less in the Megacity.

After paying more than a pound, he got a soft drink and a plate of food to eat, and while to the Omnicore Eye and everyone else he was just a slum rat eating his food, his actual attention was somewhere else entirely.

He was inside his own head where...

Click!

{LIVE footage from Earl Joe’s Mansion.}

The 24/7 surveillance within the inner ring of the Megacity was even tighter than the outer ring, but against a D Rank Warmachine Specialist who knew what he was doing, it was not easy to be detected.

Leon was now like a ’Glitch’ within the dictatorship system of Omnicore in Neo Solace, he was a bug in the Omnicore Eye’s range.

...

Inner ring, Maitama District, Earl Joe’s Mansion...

The Earl’s mansion was everything that Leon expected it to be.

Seated at the heart of Maitama District within the inner ring, it rose like a very contradiction to the nature of its owner- a Geneform who rose against all odds within Omnicore territory, standing as a relic of aristocracy.

Like an ancient estate, the mansion ascended into a towering vertical palace that fused into the skyline above, its upper spires vanishing into a haze of electric fog and haze.

At ground level, connecting the massive fence around the mansion is a silent, pressure-sealed gate that revealed a private courtyard that was untouched by the city’s decay. Around it were multiple guards that were armed to the teeth, flaunting the emblem of the Omnicore Federation and the Earl’s household.

In the sky surrounding the massive mansion, heavily armed security drones hovered in constant motion, monitoring the mansion 24/7.

It was infamously impossible to infiltrate the Earl’s mansion undetected.

The Earl’s private security was top notch, this was the private security of a multi-millionaire with even more channels of wealth than what the public knew.

Within the private courtyard itself was like another world entirely with artificial trees that glowed faintly with bioluminescent veins, their leaves shimmering like coded data streams.

In the center of the private courtyard is a glassy reflecting pool that mirrored the towering structure above.

This was a compound screaming luxury and wealth.

The mansion itself is a seamless blend of old-world nobility and hyper-advanced technology.

Its lower levels are clad in obsidian-black alloys that are etched with intricate, almost baroque patterns that pulsed faintly with energy. Higher up, the structure transitioned into transparent smart-glass with constantly shifting opacity, sometimes revealing lavish interiors while others times reflecting the chaotic skyline like a polished mirror.

Inside, the atmosphere is unnervingly pristine with marble floors and digital display walls displaying scenes of conceptual ancestral conquests and battles that were reimagined with embellishments.

The servants and slaves moved quietly through the mansion, all of them unmistakably Geneforms with most of them underage.

They wore elegant uniforms that were embedded with subtle augmentations- neural links that ensure absolute efficiency while also fitting into the "Omnicore Creation & Construction Code".

Most of their faces were numb as they moved through the mansion, cleaning the floor for the umpteenth time that morning and wiping dust off furniture surfaces. The men climbed floating ladders, cleaning the ceiling and perfuming the air to ensure a perfect scent.

The central hall of the mansion stretched upward through multiple levels, acting as a vertical cathedral showcasing Earl Joe’s wealth.

Suspended platforms drift silently, replacing traditional staircases and elevators, while a chandelier made of fragmented holographic shards rearranged itself constantly, casting light across the room.

At the hall’s core sat the Earl’s throne, a chair that was wired directly into the Megacity’s data grid, acting as a minimalistic command interface.

From here, Earl Joe can oversee all his businesses in the city; the legal ones.

At this moment, the Earl was not seated there though. Instead, he was at the very top floor of the mansion where his personal chamber was.

His personal chamber was the zenith of the entire mansion. It pierced above the smog layer to where the air is artificially purified, giving him a King’s view of the world below.

From here, the sight from the floor-to-ceiling windows revealed a sea of neon stretching endlessly, the city humming like a living organism beneath him.

And there he stood, standing above it all like a mini-god, like a man who had conquered all of his race and was now only aiming upwards.

Dressed in a pristine beige suit, Earl Joe Curry stood like a CEO from urban fantasy novels with his neatly permed black hair, neatly trimmed black beards and mustache, and purplish brown eyes that gleamed with ambition and power.

From the shape of his furred ears, he was a Geneform with Fox DNA.

He didn’t carry himself like a Fox though, instead, he carried himself like a Lion stuck in the body of a Fox.

At this moment, 3 female servants were adding the finishing touches to his attire in preparations for an important noble meeting that morning.

Joe looked at the mirror, staring at his reflection as his lips curled up slightly in satisfaction and pride.

’Just a few more steps till I stand on top of the world...’ he thought.

He looked at the time- [7:22am], and his face changed immediately.

"IMBECILES!" He barked. "WHY ARE YOU SO SLOW???!"

His right hand moved like a bullet, smacking one of the girls on the face before she could react!

SMACK!