The trembling girl got into the car and quickly left. At the same time, the phone rings in D's ear.

"Well done, D, the commission is over, and the money has been transferred to your account. How about partnering with Lucy? ”

"It's okay, it can be used."

D said lightly, in the past, these things were handed over to Lumiel to do, but they were originally ordinary jobs, and any hacker could do them, at least for now, Lucy is quite competent in this regard.

"That's good, by the way, you killed the Vortex Gang?"

"Questions?"

"No......... The NCPD was overjoyed, you know, after you showed up, the crime rate dropped by several percentage points in the entire neighborhood......... It's just that some people aren't happy. ”

"They won't be upset anytime soon."

"Hey..............."

Hearing D's indifferent answer, Rogge sighed lightly.

"D, I understand what you think, but you also have to think about the situation, it's true that the Vortex guys are disgusting, and the scavengers......... To be honest, I'd like to be able to make them disappear completely, but I can't, you know? There are some things that only they can do, but look at what you have done, you have only been in Night City for half a month, but you have almost killed all the scavengers and whirlpools in Night City, you are not a messenger of justice........."

"You've given me no less assignments in this regard."

"That's because I didn't expect you to be so actionable........."

Speaking of this, Rogge also had a headache, and in the half month of cooperation with D, Rogge found that the girl in front of him not only had a very old-fashioned idea, but also a very old-fashioned style. In Night City, gangsters are rampant, and everyone is naturally annoying. But most people uphold the idea that more is better than less, and they usually see gangsters bullying others and just stay away.

Even if there is a case, it is difficult for the NCPD to arrive, for the simple reason that they themselves have a small salary, and they cannot afford to fight with this group of outlaws.

But D is different, as soon as a case happens, she will arrive at the scene faster than NCPD, and kill the gangsters there without leaving a piece of armor. In addition, she is not idle on weekdays, she goes to the gangster's lair everywhere to rob houses, especially the Vortex Gang and the Scavengers, who are beaten by her and almost can't take care of themselves, and now even the boss of the Vortex Gang has been killed by her.........

"It's true that the security in this neighborhood is much better now, and everyone is grateful to you, but what's the use, you're just provoking more troublesome characters, and you're a hero in Night City, and it's not going to end well."

"Those guys are pretty rich, too."

D replied indifferently that in fact, she robbed houses everywhere and made a lot of benefits from the gangsters, such as D's high-end apartment in the city center now, and the white sword in the stone sports car, all of which were exchanged for the flesh and blood (physics) of those gangsters. After all, it's only a few dollars to commission Rogge, it's better to go to the black and eat the black yourself, sure enough, the horse has no night grass and no fat, and people have no windfall and no wealth.

It's no wonder that heroes can eat meat and drink a lot of wine when they don't have to do anything, and those bandits have a lot of money.

After all the hard work and abduction, and finally cheapened the messenger of justice, what those gangsters thought D didn't care, she only knew that she was now rich.

"You know I didn't mean that."

"I know, like this commission, isn't it?"

D snorted lightly, he is not stupid, okay, even if this is the lair of the Vortex Gang, the other party's defense is inevitably too tight. And according to Lucy's scouting, those automatic batteries and mines and whatever, all of them are military stuff, even if the Vortex Gang has a bit of a reputation, how can they get these things?

To put it bluntly, there must be someone who doesn't look down on what he has done, so he has set a trap for himself through this commission, trying to kill or capture her.

It's a pity that if you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work, if you want to deal with yourself, the whirlpool gang is not enough.

Just kidding, when I was investigating in the nest capital as an inquisitor, I experienced a lot of similar things, and this kind of petty fight in Night City, D was really a little unsightly.

"To be honest, I really don't understand what you want to do in Night City, do you want to become a legend in Night City?"

"Legendary? I'm not interested in that kind of boring stuff. ”

"So what do you want to do?"

"The time has come, you'll know."

After saying this, D cut off the communication, looked at Lucy, who was walking towards him, and nodded.

"Thank you for your hard work, so about the reward......... Let's split five-five. ”

"Huh?"

I have to say, hearing D's proposal, Lucy seemed quite surprised, generally speaking, hackers are mostly divided into three, unless it is some task that specifically requires hackers to read data or steal data, after all, their positioning is to assist, and the real battle is still in front, and D is a famous mercenary in Night City, he is a newcomer who has just come to Night City not long ago, in Lucy's mind, the other party is willing to score eighty-two points is already good, but the result is actually five five?

"Can I really take that much?"

Looking at the incoming information displayed in front of her, Lucy also swallowed a mouthful of saliva, after all, no matter where she is, you need money. And she hadn't been in Night City for a long time, and she didn't have much money on her account, so this amount of money was enough to get her through the embarrassing period.

"Of course, I think you might have guessed that Rog introduced you to me, most likely because you asked you to block my gun, and my reputation in Night City is not good, and there are many people who treat me as a thorn in the side. There's no way they're going to get rid of me, they're likely to get you in trouble, and wouldn't hackers need a lot of money to update their devices? I can't use it anyway, so I'll give it to you. ”

"Uh..............."

Hearing D's answer, Lucy's expression was a little embarrassed, in fact, as D said, most of the money of people in this world is spent on prosthetics, it costs money to buy prosthetics, it costs money to repair prosthetics, and it costs money to update the prosthetic system——— so in D's opinion, most civilians in this world are really idle and have nothing to do, you use your arms and legs, you may be injured, but at least you don't need to update the software.

When you are using it, suddenly a blue screen appears in front of you, and then a "Please restart the upgrade after the update is downloaded" pops up......... That's hilarious.

Of course, this does not mean that D does not need money, in this world, most of D's money is spent on cars, houses and food.

That's right, food.

The most unpleasant thing about this world is food, ordinary people can only eat synthetic biochemical food, whether it is beef, chicken, mutton, pork or anything else, almost all of them are the products of "technology and ruthlessness", and real organic food is only eaten by those who are rich.

D was once curious to eat yakitori on the street once, and it tasted so ......... The vegetarian meat and spicy strips sold at the grocery store at the entrance of the elementary school are better than this.

But the real organic food is high-end, so D has to go to high-end restaurants every day, and most of the money he makes is naturally spent on it.

It's really that kind of synthetic food, which is not eaten by people at all.

At least D can't stand it.

"One more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Girls don't smoke."

As he spoke, D glanced at the cigarette in Lucy's hand.

"It's not good for your health."

“………… You're not my mother........."

Lucy rolled her eyes helplessly and extinguished the cigarette in her hand. Seeing this scene, D nodded with satisfaction.

"Do you need me to take you home?"

"No need! I'm still in business! ”

Hearing D's proposal, Lucy hurriedly stepped back and shook her head desperately.

"Alright then, I'll go first."

D waved his hand and got into the car again, and the next moment with a roar, the white car sped away like a husky.

"Hoo ..............."

Seeing D leave, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, she touched her stomach, went to a nearby restaurant, and ordered a meal. But when the steaming tomato soup was served, before Lucy could pick up the spoon and taste it, her mind couldn't help but think of the bloody corpses that had been smashed by D before.........

At this moment, Lucy had no appetite at all.

In the following period, D and Lucy officially became partners and completed a lot of tasks. In D's opinion, Lucy's level is not bad, after all, D's requirements are not high, as long as Lucy can cut off surveillance and communication, and lock the entire entrance and exit, she doesn't need to worry about anything else, this kind of thing can basically be done by a hacker.

But for Lucy......... The mood is a little more complicated.

On the one hand, the reward for cooperating with D is indeed very high, because Rogge gives well-paid tasks, of course, generally well-paid tasks are very dangerous, but most of them are carried by D, Lucy hardly needs to do anything special, and rarely encounters danger.

On the other hand, D's violent fighting style really made Lucy feel a little scary.

It's not that she hasn't seen a bloody battlefield, but D's combat methods ......... Anyway, in Lucy's opinion, it is still unusual.

To be honest, it's not strange to blur the flesh and blood of people, for example, with a shotgun, or with a hand cannon, and the opponent's flesh and blood will fly into several pieces with one shot, which is understandable. Because the power of shotguns and hand cannons is placed here, and the same is true of mine explosions, whether it is an automatic turret, or a heavy machine gun, the power of weapons is the same.

But watching D's little fist smash directly into someone else's head like a hammer to make a pair of piercings is another kind of shock.

In addition to this, Lucy also discovers that D seems to be very fond of doing tasks.

Every time Rogge or another intermediary called her to entrust a task, she would almost always agree immediately, without bargaining or caring about the danger. D also once said to Lucy that every time he takes a commission, it feels like the beginning of a game, and completing the commission is to penetrate the whole game, which is naturally quite interesting.

It's just that even D has his own insistence, that is, he never accepts the company's tasks, whether it is military science and technology or Arasaka, or biotechnology, these large companies, D is not even a bird, even if the other party does not accept the name, directly refuses, and does not give the other party any face.

"If she does this, something will happen sooner or later."

Rogge once saw the company's client with a pale face and walked away, and at the same time lowered his voice and said to Lucy, and Lucy was also deeply impressed by Rogge's words. Although everyone hates companies, they also know that in Night City, those companies really rule the city, and if you anger them, you won't have a good life.

Lucy also has her own information channels, and she also knows that with D's increasingly prominent performance, she has gradually attracted the attention of those big companies, and there is a lot of gossip in private, that is, those companies want to recruit D and turn her into her own "Adam Hammer......... This is the highest rating for the mercenaries of Night City.

And now, around D, Arasaka, military technology, biotechnology, Kangtao and other large companies have begun to fight openly and secretly, hoping to attract her to join. After all, this girl is already so strong before the implant, once she joins the company and equips her with those military-grade prostheses, then who knows how strong she can be.

It is because of Adam's hammer that Arasaka can be powerful in Night City, and other companies that want to fight against Arasaka naturally need their own "Adam hammer".

For now, D is the closest to this level.

If you are a mercenary, even if you don't choose Arasaka, you will accept the olive branch from a large company, but D doesn't care and refuses all. And Lucy knows how dangerous this is, and once D offends all the companies in Night City, then there is only one fate for her.

Lucy was well aware of the idea of these companies, and since they could not be used by them, they had to be destroyed.

That's why Night City legends all fall.

They may have lived a legendary life, but ......... After all, they are no match for the company.

Would D be an exception?

Frankly, Lucy doesn't know.

But to be honest, D doesn't care.

Because for D, there are more important things to do now.

"You know what? Actually, I've always wanted to experience this kind of world. ”

Sitting in front of the window, looking at the rain outside, D suddenly spoke.

And on the terminal in front of D, Lumiel flashed a "question mark".

"You see, it's also a kind of romance, the neon lights under the rain show the decadence and depravity of postmodernism, in a dilapidated office, a detective is smoking a cigarette and sitting in a chair, maybe at some point, this door in front of him will be knocked, and then a mysterious client walks in, starting a whole new story........."

Spread your hands.

"Being a detective is actually quite interesting, of course, just in terms of fun and storytelling. Unfortunately, what we're going to do isn't that interesting. ”

As he spoke, D snorted lightly and looked at the terminal interface in front of him.

"How much longer?"

"At the moment, only 80 percent of the data has been collected, and it will take a little time."

"Go ahead then, I'm not interested in being a legend of Night City."

D raised his head and looked at the silhouette of the Arasaka Tower under the rain curtain outside the window, then reached out and clenched it firmly.

"I'm going to be ......... King of Night City. ”

(End of chapter)