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Just as the thought crosses your mind, you look over to your companion. She's trying to pry open the small wooden container with a knife. Before you can say anything, she gets it open, revealing a bunch of grenades. It looks to be of the same type that should have blown you up earlier.
>Loot Revealed:>Hand Grenades: Explosives that can deal devastating damage during [COMBAT], but only at close ranges"Grenades... we knew the Cartel was well armed, but this is really something. Ramirez, what are they saying on the radio now?"
"Creo que los veo. ¡Relájate, lo haré yo mismo!" He seems strangely relaxed.
"Eh, one of them says he'll 'do it myself' or something," you say as you navigate your way out of the packed industrial zone of warehouses into something more approaching surface streets. "Do you know who they're talking about?"
"Hmm, in these parts? If I had to guess, it'd be the Cartel operating just south of the border, out in Baja California. You know, around Tijuana, Mexicali, that sort of place. Does the name 'Lalo' ring any bells?"
"¿Lalo? ¿Quién es Lalo...?" you think aloud. "Wait a second, I know that name! It was in the stash of Cartel documents I found! It was right there with Mexicali and Aq-"
"WHAT?!" Something you said got her attention. "That better not be-"
"Oye, cabrón, ahora los veo..." the radio interrupts. "Sí, tienen que ser ellos... No, haré 'el trabajo' yo mismo".
"Uh, I think whoever that is, he's about to be on our-"
As you say that, a number of gunshots can be heard. From your rear-view, you see a classic muscle car (one much, much nicer looking than yours) gaining ground. You can -just barely- make out a hand sticking out of the driver side window with a gun.
"Dammit, it's him!" Jill exclaims. "We're so close to the I-15, too! Looks like we have one more fight to go through before finding out if this 'ticket' that 'John Doe' gave us is any good."
>STAGE 4 BOSS ~ LALOThe muscle car is rapidly accelerating. A high speed pursuit is breaking out on the surface streets as he tries to close the distance. You've been assured that if you can make it to the I-15 you'll be in safety.
Choose your boss fight strategy!
>Floor it! Keep as much distance between you and Lalo as possible without wrapping your car around a tree. Hope that whoever's manning the defenses there has the sense to try to not instantly kill you.>Take a winding path around, trying to go force your pursuer to navigate as many obstacles as possible. If he makes even one mistake, it might be him who wraps his car around a tree! [DRIVE FOCUS]>Slow down and close some distance between you and this 'Lalo' individual. Once close enough, have Jill check to see if those grenades work any better than the one that that almost killed you. [OPTION UNLOCKED THROUGH LOOT]>Pull over and try to have a reasonable conversation with this person. Maybe he's not even from the Cartel but another person seeking to escape from greater LA! 