Time passes gradually without anyone stopping, and even the Sword Master wandering in the gap between time cannot disobey the power of time.

Just after Lin Mo planned the arrangements for the next few days, time passed silently for more than ten days.

After getting Xu Wanxue's approval, Lin Mo also began to learn the knowledge course he asked for under Xu Wanxue's introduction.

In the process, he will occasionally play the novel and playable battle game, and gradually become famous in Shenyang's game circle by killing all directions and raging in the game according to his own reaction attributes.

Compared with the deeds and achievements in the past, what Lin Mo is doing now can't help but seem a little troublesome.

But he also enjoyed it, like a general who had finished his battle and finally had to return to the field, and began to enjoy a quiet and peaceful life after returning to the field

However, someone is happy to be idle and still enjoying the "retirement" life.

But the rest of the people who stayed on the grand stage of Night City were also doing their own thing for the past ten days.

......

Heywood, Wolf Bar.

It's a bar in the heart of Heywood, one of Night City's most powerful and powerful gangs

- The Valentino Gang.

As a cosmopolitan city, Night City is compatible with many cultural environments and cultural customs in the world, and can settle in the city regardless of race or ethnicity.

So much so that those gangs entrenched here naturally have also branched out some gangs with unique cultures and customs.

As one of Night City's largest gangs, most of the Valentino gang members are of Mexican descent and adhere to Mexican culture, and it is this cultural identity that binds the group to the locals and forms a family.

In this part of the city, the community's residents loyally protect the gang members, making it difficult for any police officers or companies trying to infiltrate the Valentino gang.

In return, the gang will protect the entire community.

And the Wild Wolf Bar is one of them.

Mrs. Wells, the hostess of the bar, from the beginning of running the bar, adhered to the concept of "no matter who enters her house, any complaints and confessions will be patiently listened to by her", and will also provide a good spicy soup for each complainant, and treat Heywood's people as gently as a mother.

Because of this, even if Mrs. Wells did not join the gang, even the toughest Valentino gang members would give her three points of courtesy.

Her prestige is enough to influence an entire neighborhood.

And the only son of this lady is called Jack Wells.

At this time, in her bar, in a booth on the second floor, an unknown conversation was taking place.

Two burly men sat together on a small, cushioned bench, several empty bottles on the table, and the only two glasses were filled with liquor.

In the bar, where the light is slightly crimson, the liquid of the wine glass takes on a wine-like color.

A strong, thick prosthetic arm reached out, picked up one of the glasses, and with a rude gesture poured the glass into his mouth, and the man threw his head back to finish the drink, and then slammed it on the table.

"TMD, I've been in the hospital for so long, but I have a chance to have a glass of wine, and during that time in the hospital, those guys in white coats fed me incomprehensible medicine every day, so that I mistakenly thought that my tongue was about to degenerate into a piece of rotten meat!" The man scolded.

The strong man sitting opposite shook his head helplessly and smiled, and replied casually:

"They just let you take your medicine on time, and Dolio brings you food every day, and she doesn't treat you badly when it comes to eating, how can you say that your tongue is about to deteriorate? Mann. ”

Mann's expression was slightly angry, his eyes looked at Jack opposite him fiercely, and he almost gritted his teeth and choked the words out of his mouth:

"You are embarrassed to say that I trusted you so much before, but you used the pretext of implanting a prosthesis to trick me into going to the hospital for treatment, and now the old guys in Lao Tzu's body have been demolished, how should you calculate this account?"

"Look at what you're saying, if you don't know, you'll probably think I'm a scavenger with no humanity." Jack smiled:

"Am I not doing it for your good? Besides, I didn't come up with the idea, and your blonde was involved, so why not scold them? ”

Mann pursed his lips, baring his teeth, his expression rather dismissive, and did not answer immediately.

He poured himself a glass of wine and drank it in one go, as if to collect the stuffiness in his stomach in his bladder with the wine, and urinate out of his body when the time was right.

After a glass of wine, his anger was much smoother, and Mann's ugly face eased a lot, but the eyes that looked at Jack were still not good.

In any case, doing something unpleasant against the will of others is destined to be disgusted by the person concerned.

Jack had tricked him into letting him stay in the hospital for so long, even though it was out of kindness, and he didn't even have to pay for the medical bills out of his own pocket, which in Night City would only be done by his own father to save his son.

But the moment he learned the truth, Mann still felt depressed and sad.

Reason tells him that "people do this for his own good", but after all, he is not an AI who always follows rational actions, and it is normal to be a little resentful.

"Don't you know what it's like to lose your personal freedom, those bastards in white coats, in order to prevent me from violently resisting, give me a certain dose of tranquilizers every day, at that time I was really angry and couldn't let it out, now that I've been holding it for so long, you don't think that a meal of wine can make me angry, right?" Mann asked sullenly.

Jack waved his hand and said with a relaxed expression:

"One meal is not enough, how about I invite you to drink several meals every day?"

"Huh? You're so arrogant, you've been working for that kid for so long, and now you've become very generous? Mann narrowed his small eyes and looked at Jack suspiciously, finally fixing his gaze on his shiny back.

"However, not to mention anything else, you also replaced all your ball heads, are you thinking of changing your career and doing a big thing again?" He didn't give Jack time to speak, still asking with a hint of confusion.

I think he finally got out of the hospital, but when he got outside, he found that the whole Night City had changed, and he learned that the little ghost had caused a big trouble, and was rewarded with 100 million by Moore Technologies, and then died under the grand nuclear explosion with a certain big man...

Mann still remembers that day.

He is so confused that he is like a prisoner who has been imprisoned for decades before coming out, and he can't keep up with the pace of the times, and if he hadn't learned the cause and effect from his teammates, he might have been kept in the dark.

As for whether Lin Mo died or not, Mann initially thought that this kid must have burped.

But recently, he learned about Lin Mo's traces from Rebecca, and it is said that the scabbard he was carrying with him had appeared.

In this way, if you think about it with your ass now, you know that the kid must still be alive.

Now that he couldn't find where the kid was, Mann had to come and trouble Jack.

After all, it was Jack who lied to him in the first place, saying that he wanted to introduce him to the latest prosthesis, but it turned out to throw him in the hospital for rehabilitation, and many prosthetic parts on his body were removed.

While it was a pity to see the dismantled prosthetic parts, Mann had to admit that his body was now much more "relaxed and comfortable".

The itching and muscle spasms that used to occur from time to time are now gone.

But these good aspects, Mann will not say, after all, he is here to find trouble now, how can there be any reason to praise the other party?

After that, the two agreed to meet at the Wolf Bar, and Mann finally met Jack, who had been thinking about it for a long time, and just wanted to have a wave of criticism, but he didn't expect to be shocked by the other party's new look.

This guy's ball head is gone, replaced by a shiny and handsome back, and the temperament of a mercenary on his body has also converged a lot, becoming more calm and confident, and even the combat jacket he often wears has been replaced by a delicate suit...

All of these changes left Mann confused and uneasy.

So much had happened in the days of his absence, and the situation was clearly beyond his control.

Now it seems that even his own team has a faint tendency to turn out...

Therefore, this time we met today, Mann also wanted to figure out all the confusion in his heart, and by the way, he was honest about his thoughts.

"Got a lot of money?" Jack repeated the word with a smile, and said in a rather nonchalant tone:

"It's not unreasonable for you to ask this, after all, everyone can know the action that night, 100 million cash was thrown at the door of the Moore Technology Building, and we, the participants, can make some money to some extent."

"So that's why you changed your lineup?" Mann asked.

Jack glanced at him with a deep gaze, nodded slowly, and did not deny it:

"Although after this action, it is Lin Mo's kid who is in the limelight, but as helpers, we will still have a certain probability of being retaliated by the people of Moore Technology, but this probability is not high, after all, we have tried our best to disguise ourselves, but for the sake of insurance, we still have less contact with the business of marginal people."

"That's right, your actions that night were like a big basket, Moore Technology is one of the top prosthetic research and development companies in Europe, you killed the chief CTO of the company, and it is already good not to be retaliated against, you can't let you earn your reputation, and you still think that when nothing happens, continue to mix on the road." Mann said.

Just like the team led by Johnny Silverhand, the rock kid of yesteryear, they once made a name for themselves by bombing the Arasaka Tower with a nuclear bomb, no matter what the cause and effect of the incident was, no matter who the team members were, and what work they did, everyone also made a name for themselves.

It's enough to go home and brag to your future grandson!

"What you said made me look like a coward, aren't I still mixing well on the road now?" Jack smiled and said, "It's just a different approach." ”

"In a different way?" Mann frowned.

Jack didn't explain much, just lowered his head and smiled, took a chip out of his pocket, and placed it firmly in front of Mann.

"Take a look and maybe you'll find something you like." He said in a gentle tone.

Mann picked up the chip with a slight frown and inserted it into his nerve groove, and the information stored on the chip was quickly revealed before his eyes.

[Kang Tao's classic intelligent submachine gun x193]

【Kang Tao L-69 Zhuo Smart Shotgun x206 pcs】

【Kangtao E-86 Eagle Smart Sniper Rifle x112】

......

[List of implants: Phoenix Vulcan-II (81), Moore Tech Gorilla Fist (41), Dinara TX-43 High Power Prosthetic Eye (88), Military Tech Ice Shield 9-F (75)...... Dinaras Anwestein Type 3 (5), Kangtao Smart Nano Skin Soft Layer Armor (3)】

Dense lines of bars flickered before Mann's eyes, and his eyes couldn't help but widen in shock.

It is all new firearms and equipment, all high-end, first-hand prosthetics, and all well-used medical emergency products...

After a long time, when all the information about the chip was listed, Mann raised his head reluctantly, looked at Jack's face with a hint of a smile, and asked hesitantly:

"You want to be an arms dealer?"

"Arms dealers? Heh, where is my little capital qualified..."Jack shook his head with a light smile, the aura of the whole person has long been incomparable with the past, and vaguely exudes the demeanor of a superior:

"I just want to continue to make a name for myself here in Night City, and since I can't mix in the streets like I used to, I can only help the other juniors a little more, and now I'm just starting out, and I just don't have a few people under my hands... Some people who have the strength, qualifications and self-confidence. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the conversation suddenly became clear.

"You want to take over our squad?" Mann glanced at Jack deeply, even though the bar music in his ears was still pleasant, but now the atmosphere between the two was extremely solemn, and he was not a fool, so he could naturally hear the meaning of Jack's words.

"We are all friends, how can we talk about co-ordination, I just want to talk to you about cooperation, just like Lin Mo before, I will spend money to ask you for help if there is something." Jack said with a smile.

"If you just ask someone for help, you won't show your belongings to the other party." Mann didn't believe Jack's nonsense.

He is not a fool, since he was tricked by the other party into going to the hospital for treatment, he understands that the seemingly honest and honest man in front of him is definitely carrying a bad stomach behind his back.

】

However, looking at these latest weapons, Mann was still a little puzzled and asked, "These things, he also gave you?" ”

"It's a gift, he gave me these goods, and I knew what he wanted me to do..."Jack shook his head with a wry smile:

"As for the matter of co-optation, let alone me, even that kid can see that with your heart, you are absolutely unwilling to succumb to any organization."

During Mann's time in the hospital, Jack also learned more or less about Mann's past from Dolio.

As a mercenary who has worked his way up from the bottom to finally have the qualifications to enter the afterlife bar, Mann's experience is definitely colorful, and how can a person like him only talk about cooperation at best, and how can he succumb to an organization.

"So you just want to talk to me about business?" Mann asked in a nonchalant tone.

If Jack just wanted to "do things for money" with him like he used to, he wouldn't be impossible.

But if it is a further "cooperative" relationship, to be honest, he is a little rejecting this kind of side-taking.

"It's not all, everyone is an acquaintance, and the main thing is to have a partner relationship with you, similar to the relationship between Regina and that kid, and I will definitely not treat you badly anyway." Jack said with a smile.

Mann snorted coldly, and said in a somewhat stiff tone, "Are you so sure that I will agree to your request and choose to be your partner?" ”

"I'm sure that although that kid didn't say it explicitly, he should have seen who you are." Jack said firmly:

"In addition to the batch of goods listed in the chips, he also introduced many connections to me, and now I have replaced him as Regina's partner, the most important thing is that this batch of goods is not a one-time one, he handed over to me before leaving is a long-term sales contract of Kangtao Company, and we can purchase weapons and equipment from Kangtao Company smoothly in the future..."

"Now as long as you nod your head, I can arrange for you what type of prosthesis you want in the future, if you feel unwell, you can go to the previous hospital at any time to check your body, and you can make yourself comfortable while becoming stronger, where can you find this kind of excellent condition."

Speaking of this, Jack changed his words and said meaningfully:

"And you've experienced the feeling that your body is out of your control and you're about to become a madman, Mann, think about the people around you, especially Dorio, if it weren't for the effectiveness of this treatment, you wouldn't know where you would have died."

The pursuit of prosthetics, the desire to become stronger, and the continuous implantation of prostheses only to reach the end of the marginal industry, this is the portrayal of Mann's life.

Now, this kind of prosthetic implant service, as well as intimate medical maintenance, will prevent him from becoming a cyber maniac cooperation conditions... Mann could clearly feel that he was shamefully moved.

He lowered his head and looked at the finished wine glass on the table without saying a word.

Jack patiently gave him time to think, picked up a bottle of wine, and poured it into his and Mann's glasses.

Eventually, when Mann's glass was full, he suddenly came to his senses, picked it up as if he had made up his mind, and drank it down.

"Grass, that kid is so accurate!"

"Your conditions, I agreed!"