Tonight's gathering is both unexpected and reasonable.

After last night's incident, Mr. Goodwin is now dead and can't die anymore, and he has finally solved an uncertain event that has been suppressed in his heart.

In addition, this is also the first time since I formed a team to let my teammates deal with the incident, and my role is just the end.

On the bright side, last night's incident was the team's first joint operation since its inception.

So Lin Mo decided to get his team together, and the location was also chosen in this restaurant in Japantown.

And Mann's team would appear here, which Lin Mo never expected.

After all, he didn't tell the other party about the party, and Mann was still in a state of "avoiding the limelight", so he couldn't just wander around with nothing to do.

Could fate really be so wonderful?

As for what happens after that, it's much simpler.

Lin Mo's original intention was to let Jack take David to talk about life, and let him, a senior, teach this junior.

Even in the chat communication before tonight's gathering, Lin Mo shamelessly lied, saying that this kid named David has admired your big brother for a long time, and Brother Jack, you can tell him some life experience and let this kid learn from you.

Knowing that he still has such a fan, Jack seemed very surprised, thought for a while, and did not refuse such a small task of serving as a "small classroom instructor".

And David's side is even better.

Today is Saturday, and when class is in the morning and noon, Lin Mo directly bragged to David, saying that his current skills were taught by Brother Jack.

If you kid wants to defeat Kitagawa Hiroshi one day, then you hurry up and go to Big Brother Jack to learn the scriptures, and his methods are well kept.

Until now, Lin Mo still remembers that David's eyes were a lot brighter at that time, as if he was imagining the dream of learning peerless martial arts and beating Beichuan Hao.

So, the afternoon class ended.

Under the leadership of Lin Mo, David also came to this restaurant for the first time, where many marginal people gathered every night, and Jack, who was wearing a black leather jacket, was also waiting here early.

Because of the "white lie" that Lin Mo said in advance, one regarded the other party as his fan brother, and the other regarded the other party as his mentor who "drifted for half a life and eventually met", and the first meeting and conversation between the two were very harmonious.

After giving the two of them space to talk on their own, Lin Mo also walked into the restaurant, tasting a not-so-delicious dinner, waiting for Kitagawa Hao's arrival.

Unexpectedly, Kitagawa Hao didn't wait, but it was Mann and his party who came first.

After all, they were also acquaintances, and Lin Mo couldn't avoid it, so he just walked out of the restaurant, so that Mann and his party met with Jack and David, and they were familiar with each other.

Later, in the troublesome situation of Rebecca persuading him to drink alive and dead, fortunately, Kitagawa Hiroshi arrived in time and relieved him.

Eventually, under Rebecca's unhappy gaze, the two also went into the restaurant to discuss what happened last night.

Speaking of now, it is just time to finish a dinner and supper.

"Does Lin Jun want to go out?"

After seeing Lin Mo get up, Beichuan Hao also got up, like an excellent entourage always inquiring about the master's movements.

"After the matter is finished and the food is finished, if you don't go out, do you still stay here and watch them have a good time?"

Lin Motang replied with a smile, and walked out of the restaurant leisurely with his hands in his pockets.

Kitagawa Hao also went to the front desk and paid for Lin Mo's dinner, and immediately followed Lin Mo.

"By the way, do you know why Sasha hasn't come yet?" Lin Mo seemed to remember something, and turned his head to Kitagawa Hao and asked.

Kitagawa Hiroshi thought seriously for a moment, and finally shook his head and replied helplessly:

"I don't know, I don't even know as much about this hacker lady as Lin Jun, and I haven't met her a few times, and in last night's operation, we only communicated through private channels."

"That's weird." Lin Modi muttered.

Because it was a rare team reunion, it could also be regarded as an "icebreaking" gathering for team members, so Lin Mo also invited Sasha over.

But now, why is there no one to be seen?

During this time, he also called Sasha, but her reply was only "something delayed for a while, and I will be there soon." ”

"Anyway, since she gave her the Trauma Team Platinum membership card that night, she's become mysterious, what the hell is she doing?"

While thinking, Lin Mo also walked to the small parking lot outside.

At this time, this small empty parking area is still lively, and nothing has changed because of his arrival.

Steaming food stalls, fringe people chatting loudly on rudimentary plastic tables and chairs, random parking of all sorts of cars, loud laughter, and vulgar invective are the scenes that happen here every night.

Mann and the others, who were sitting on the side drinking and chatting, naturally noticed Lin Mo's arrival, but they didn't bother when they saw him walking straight towards Jack.

The Heywood man also occupied a table, his sturdy body huddled into a cramped plastic chair, and the folding wooden table was filled with bottles and cans.

Sitting across from him was David, who had also drunk a lot of wine, holding a bottle of wine in his hand, and laughter rang out from time to time between the two.

"Did you have a good conversation?"

Lin Mo walked over, pulled a chair by the way, and sat down at the table.

Kitagawa Hao, who was following behind, also took a chair and sat opposite Lin Mo, and the small table suddenly formed a "momentum surrounded by all sides".

"This kid has a lot of appetite for me." Jack glanced at Lin Mo, replied briefly with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and then looked at David again, his eyes full of appreciation.

"Oh? yes, but don't talk too much, it wouldn't be good if you made this kid complacent. Lin Motang said with a smile.

As if stimulated by Lin Mo's words, David, who had drunk a lot of wine, had a slightly red face, hazy eyes, and slapped his palm on the table with his palm raised high.

"How can I be complacent! It just so happened that taking advantage of this opportunity, Brother Hao... You come, you come and fight with me, so that you just see what I have learned. ”

As soon as the words fell, David was like a newborn calf, not afraid of Kitagawa Hao, who was sitting silently on the side.

Hearing David's confident words, Kitagawa Hao was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth hooked up an inexplicable smile, and he replied in a low voice:

"Yes."

Here's a few glasses of wine... Drunk like this.

Lin Mo looked at this scene speechlessly and found it in front of his eyes, seeing David stand up in high spirits, and followed Beichuan Hao to the side to start warming up.

The two of them were high-spirited, looking at each other, their eyes were full of fighting spirit, and other emotions, one was more joking, and the other was brave.

The nearby marginal people also saw this scene in their eyes, as if they realized something, and let out cheers one after another, as if they were cheering for the two.

He looked at Jack, who was smiling beside him, and leaned over and asked in a low voice:

"What have you taught him, this kid has changed so much?"

"Confidence." Jack smiled heartily and seemed pleased with his teaching.

"Confidence?" Lin Mo was a little puzzled.

Jack sighed and looked at Lin Mo:

"Didn't you ask me to teach him a few hands, about how to become a mercenary, to be honest, this kid doesn't lack anything now, and he has good basic skills, but he just lacks a little self-confidence."

"In a way, he and I are quite similar, and at his age, I was still thinking about what I could do in the future, whether I would learn from my mother to run a bar, or go to the Valentino gang... As you know, I haven't achieved much so far. ”

"So, the only thing I can do is to unravel this kid and make him more confident, and stop being as naïve as a little hairy child."

Lin Mo was silent and nodded approvingly.

Because it is true that as Jack said, he and David both have one thing in common, both of them have a mother who cares about them.

In the game, Jack's mother, Mrs. Wells, also disagrees with this rough man making trouble on the streets outside, for fear that her only son will die outside one day.

However, it turns out... Her fears were correct.

Rather, the people on the fringes of Night City enjoy almost unfettered freedom from the law, and even if they are restrained, no one cares about them, but in reality there are very few people who can die well.

As for letting Jack and David get to know each other, and letting Jack teach this bastard boy to choose his future aspirations, it is also part of Lin Mo's plan.

Otherwise, it would be against his original intention to let this kid hesitate and make a decision and make up his mind.

Now, seeing that David dared to challenge Beichuan Hao, Lin Mo was also very pleased, and there was a sense of joy that the character he had worked so hard to cultivate had finally grown.

So, he also maintained this joyful mood, and watched the opening of [David vs Kitagawa Hiroshi] with great interest.

The so-called competition actually ended at the beginning.

Although he didn't know what ecstasy soup Jack poured into David, it actually allowed him to overcome the fear of his instructor in his heart and take the initiative to challenge Kitagawa Hiroshi.

But the gap in strength is not something that can be made up by the hairy boy's enthusiasm after all.

The competition between the two ended quickly.

With only five punches, one punch to the chest, two punches to the stomach, one punch to the chin, and one punch to the shoulder, five punches hit David in a row, and within a minute, the duel between the two was suddenly "game over".

David fell to the ground, his hands propped up on the ground, his face grinning and inhaling cold air, looking very painful, and he couldn't get up for a while.

Because the competition ended too quickly, people on the fringes who were watching the excitement around also booed with disdain.

But David still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but because of the slight pain coming from his body, this smile seemed a little reluctant.

As the victor, Beichuan Hao stood in front of him expressionlessly, and after being silent for a long time, he slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to help David up, and his originally cold face also dissipated the frost at this time, and the corners of his mouth stretched very relieved:

"Good job, can take me five punches, and... He also gave me two punches back with a backhand, and there was progress. ”

David took his hand and stood up with a force, his brows furrowed slightly, his face was still in pain, but the smile on the corner of his mouth did not dissipate.

After the discussion just now, his wine also woke up, and said jokingly:

"Brother Hao, can't you just let me punch a few times?"

Kitagawa Hao snorted coldly, knocked David's forehead with his arm equipped with a metal prosthetic, and retorted:

"You can leave this to the enemy, see if they will let you make a few moves, if your childish words can take effect, then my metal arm will not appear here, let alone beat you so painfully!"

David held his head and fell silent.

......

Seeing that the competition between the two was over, Lin Mo also retracted his gaze and said to Jack with a chuckle:

"Do you want to get acquainted with that Japanese man, you know his name, Kitagawa Hao, he can be regarded as my deputy."

"You know, how can you not know, when I talked to David's kid just now, he didn't say anything bad about this man."

Jack looked at David with a smile, and as soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, and asked casually:

"By the way, didn't you say there's another hacker on the team? Where's she? ”

"I don't know, I haven't come yet." Lin Mo shook his head.

Jack took his gaze back from David, looked at Lin Mo, and just wanted to say something, but his mouth opened slightly, he didn't say anything, his eyes passed through Lin Mo, and he looked behind him.

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows, sensing Jack's gaze, and just as he wanted to turn around, a familiar voice came into his ears.

"Yo~ Kobayashi Mo, are you the only one chatting with the strange uncle? Do you want my sister to accompany you? ”

The voice is pleasant and lively, with a sense of vitality, but the tone is so... frivolous, full of the teasing of the old-timers who gave birth to a boy after flirting.

The boy silently stopped turning his head and looked into the distance as if he was looking at the scenery, with a look of "I don't know what you're talking about".

Jack, on the contrary, looked behind him curiously, and saw the girl with a double ponytail and green hair, carrying a bottle of wine in each hand, raising her eyebrows slyly like a fox, and a playful smile on her lips.

Seeing that Lin Mo didn't speak, the girl looked a little frustrated, sat on the chair next to her, and put her wine bottle on the table, and with the other hand, she held the top of another wine bottle with two fingers, and shook it a few times in front of Lin Mo's position.

"Come, accompany my sister to have a drink, Xiao Lin Mo." Her tone was coquettish.

Lin Mo had no choice but to sigh, retract his gaze from the distance, looked at the wine bottle on the table helplessly, didn't say anything, silently picked it up, and drank it like a strong man going to death.

"Obedient, I thought you forgot your last bet." Rebecca chuckled.

Jack, who was sitting next to him, suddenly lit up and asked curiously:

"Bets? Girl, can you satisfy our curiosity, what exactly is the bet? ”

He knew that Lin Mo was allergic to alcohol, but this girl actually made this kid obedient in two or three sentences, and it didn't look like an idle person!

Rebecca looked at Jack, a trace of doubt flashed in her big eyes, as if she was thinking about who this person was, and then remembered Lin Mo's introduction when they first met tonight.

Looks like his big brother, his name is Jack?

"With a small bet, he fought against me and lost to me, so I made him drink some wine as punishment." Rebecca explained with a smile.

Bang.

The wine bottle was placed heavily on the wooden table and made a crisp sound, Lin Mo, who drank half a bottle of wine in one go, exhaled a long breath, his immature and delicate face was slightly red, and he only felt that the breath he spit out was warm.

Jack asked worriedly, "I said Lin Mo, are you okay?" ”

Lin Mo shook his head, "It's okay, it's just a little wine, in fact, this little symptom of alcohol allergy has been fine a long time ago." ”

In the past, he always thought that the [nanotherapy robot] implanted in his body would only take effect if he was injured.

However, over the years, he has gradually discovered that the effect of this biological component implant is far better than he imagined.

Minor problems such as alcohol allergy are also within the scope of its "treatment".

"Damn, I knew that you used to mention alcohol allergy, and it was used as an excuse!" Rebecca's eyes widened, and she feigned annoyance.

Lin Mo shrugged his shoulders, very innocent.

He's a good excuse, but he's not really a drinker anyway.

Mann smiled and waved his hand, and relieved Lin Mo of the siege:

"Sister, don't say that, think about it differently, in this way, aren't you the first person to let this kid break his drinking ring? This is his first time! ”

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows, and was very surprised that Jack suddenly teased himself like this.

Okay, you Jack, you look thick-eyed and big-eyed, I didn't expect you to look like this.

"Don't be sarcastic about me, Big Brother Jack—" he replied with a wry smile.

Rebecca, on the contrary, looked at Lin Mo playfully, and her big eyes were full of banter:

"Eh, Uncle Blame is right, Xiao Lin Mo, are there any other things you are not used to, sister, I will help you adapt to it."

"Nope." Lin Mo decisively vetoed.

"Eh, let's talk about it, don't be embarrassed, there are no outsiders here." Rebecca then urged.

Lin Momo sighed, looked at the sky speechlessly, and listened to the crooked chatter of the girl next to him, and suddenly felt that his head was big.

However, fortunately, the girl's speech did not last long, she stared at Lin Mo and bombarded repeatedly, but in the afterglow of her vision, she inadvertently saw a person suddenly walking over from the side of the restaurant.

"Eh, that's....?"

Sensing that Rebecca was paused when she spoke, Lin Mo also glanced at her curiously, followed her gaze, and looked at the restaurant together.

Just like that, his boy shrank suddenly.

The person who came to the restaurant - a familiar but unfamiliar white-haired hacker woman.