In order to explain how the sheets were made into handkerchiefs, Li Pan casually compiled a martial arts article and wrote it in the daily newspaper and handed it in as a mission progress report, saying that he carried the handkerchief in his pocket and kept it safe.

I never expected that the company was incredibly generous in terms of monster settlement, as long as the manager judged that there was no problem, and directly counted the task as completed, and made up a silver key for him.

In the end, Li Pan also finished a day's work, touched the fish on the Internet for a day, stepped on the point to get off work, and came to the agreed place to see Uncle Chen.

This is the junction of the old urban area and the commuter area, under the canal bridge, the small restaurant at the tip of the river view terrace, the restaurant is a triangle, one window faces the high-rise buildings row by row, and the other side overlooks the lights of the apartment shacks in the distance.

burger

It's not Li Pan's personal opinion, it's the name of the restaurant, THE SHIT BURGER......

By the way, this restaurant sells burgers...... What the hell is the name......

As soon as I entered the door, the flow of people was not bad, and there were takeaway robots queuing up to pick up food.

"Xiao Li, this way."

"Yo, Uncle Chen, I'm so early, I'm sorry, it's too congested after work, you've been waiting for a long time."

Li Pan sat opposite Uncle Chen with a smile, and at this time, a handsome guy with a wheat complexion wearing a hamburger waiter's uniform came over with a plate.

"Hello, you're ready for your meal. Make your meal enjoyable. ”

Okay, I brought everyone over.

Li Pan smiled and said nothing, Uncle Chen didn't care to speak,

"Try it, this burger is a little more expensive, and it tastes really good."

"Thank you for the compliment, please slow down."

Kawasaki Ayato smiled and nodded to Li Pan, and turned to receive other customers.

Li Pan looked at his back and smiled at Uncle Chen,

"He speaks Chinese quite well, is he really proficient in eight foreign languages?"

Uncle Chen took out the Coke from the plate,

"There are 14 kinds of native languages, and there are very few young people who don't rely on intelligent assistance for self-learning these days."

Li Pan nodded again and again,

"Yes, yes, this kind of aspiring young people are really pillars of public safety! Let's see if the warehouse is too big and overused? ”

"It's okay, he's still in the internship period, and he came in through the back door, so he's not a pillar, it's just right to come to you to practice."

Uncle Chen sent a photo from the communication channel, which is the picture of three young police officers, wearing police uniforms and ceremonial uniforms, taking an oath to the Security Bureau.

Standing on the right is Ayato Yamazaki, of course, this must be a pseudonym, but the name tag on the police uniform has been removed and replaced with the sign of the Fourth Investigation Division.

Li Pan Khan one, "Ah, this...... Uncle Chen, tell me this kind of secret in the bureau casually, does it really matter? ”

There is a sentence that Li Pan didn't ask, but your mission in the third place is not 'confidential'? ?

"You can find out before he joins the company, what kind of secret."

Uncle Chen opened the lid of the coke, took out a small Xiaoice cube from the cup and put it on the table, and if you looked closely, you could find that there was a transparent worm in the ice cube.

"Nanobots, for positioning and tracking. Anti-detection, it will only be activated when the ice melts, it doesn't matter, he's here to check on me. Recently, they have been on the key focus list, and they will investigate whoever they contact.

Since the project has been established, it will eventually infiltrate the investigator to your faction, and this kind of stunned youth is not just right. ”

Li Pan swallowed,, he wasn't looking forward to this kind of infiltrating investigator......

"No, the fourth? Counter-espionage Investigation Service? Turns out I'm a spy?? ”

"The Fourth Division investigates all hostile forces against the Security Council, and when it was first established, the main targets were the defeated side of the previous generation's wars, the remnants of the Legion forces. Now the fourth division of the 0791 sub-bureau mainly investigates the split extremist terrorist organization Chitengu after the surrender of Takamagahara. ”

While eating a hamburger, Uncle Chen used encrypted communication to talk to Li Pan,

"That kid was originally going to go undercover in Takamagahara, but our liaison over there was thrown off the roof, and that line is temporarily unsafe, and there is no place for him in the bureau, aren't you short of people recruiting, so I transferred him here to investigate you. Regardless of his background, just use it well. ”

Li Pan was speechless for a while, how could he not mind this, how dangerous the company is! If this thing accidentally killed the monster, I thought he had done it! You can't even wash yourself off when you jump into Tokyo Bay!

"No, Uncle Chen, just say what you want, I'll just be a worker, what do you tell me, it's a big deal, I don't want it for two thousand and five months, can't I resign!"

Uncle Chen grunted and snorted Coke,

"So you don't have to care, they are just dealing with the rules and doing things according to the law, who told you to suddenly appear in the past few days, and you are frequently involved in the internal affairs of Gao Tianyuan, and you have a deep relationship with the Ye Clan, so several departments have noticed you.

But in fact, the Security Bureau and Monster Corporation have cooperated for a long time, and they know each other well. They just don't have enough access to it.

In fact, as a member of the Security Committee, your company has always been the third person in charge of our key secrecy department, and has the first priority on the security list.

Because it is too cumbersome to do things according to the laws and regulations on the table, there is no room for maneuver at that time. The people of our three departments, as well as your local managers, will maintain private communication to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts between the Security Bureau and you, and if necessary, they can even use the power of the entire Security Bureau to assist you in dealing with monsters.

Of course, most of the time, it is actually we who entrust you to assist in handling and keeping the monsters, after all, you are experts in this area, and most of the general managers are external monster consultants hired by our three departments. And we, too, are your consulting company. ”

It turns out that there is this kind of tacit understanding under the table, the security department, or the company's security guard......

Then Uncle Chen took the fries and dipped them in the sauce,

"But Xiao Li, I also have to suggest to you, since you have occupied the light of the company and mixed it to the fifth level of strengthening, don't run around the streets and kill people everywhere. There is such a big commotion, the security bureau is watching up and down, and we can't mess around, we can only wait until you are caught in the bureau and then released on bail. Everyone is in trouble, so why bother? ”

Li Pan understood, "Hey Uncle Chen, look at what you said, I'm not a new recruit, now I understand, try to avoid it, and promise not to leave a living mouth to cause trouble to you." ”

Uncle Chen smiled,

"Ayato Yamazaki this time is just incidental, mainly to show you this photo, and there are still people who have an impression."

Photo?

Li Pan took another look, the oath photos of the three young police officers, on the right is Ayato Yamazaki, on the left is a cold-faced man, in the middle is a local Oriental, with a Chinese face, lying silkworm eyebrows, looking very distinctive, Li Pan is really a little familiar when he takes a closer look, and he remembers it when he thinks about it again.

“…… Ah, yes, yes! ”

There is a one-sided relationship.

When Li Pan rushed to the interview, he passed by this person, and then when he entered the interview, an examiner also had the same face shape, almost a mold printed.

Yes, that interview! At the College of Engineering, the interview with the starship non-commissioned officer! Throw people in the garbage heap that time!

"It's this guy! Didn't he go to heaven, why did he go to the Security Bureau again...... Wait a minute, that interview, is it really Starfleet recruitment? ”

Li Pan suddenly understood a little, in fact, when he was dragged around the street by a motorcycle, he really didn't understand it all the time.

No, is it necessary for us to roll like this? Isn't it just going to space as a sapper to repair antennas? And it's just a school officer and a lieutenant, just a non-commissioned officer rank, you can't be guilty of putting people to death like this, right?

In the end, the enemy could not be found, and Li Pan could only associate it with racial discrimination and the grievances of the Butterfly Moth Society.

But what if, not just recruiting engineers?

"This ...... Uncle Chen, could it be ......"

Uncle Chen shook his head,

"I know your parents, but not yet. The Security Bureau has its own charter when recruiting people, and although most of them still recruit elites from places like New Tokyo University and Polytechnic University, in fact, there will also be one or two places in junior colleges to select more professional talents.

I read your report card, you have a bit of talent in mechanics, you have a good military discipline, and your parents also have a military background, if it was before, you can send it to Mars for training for a period of time, and you can directly integrate it into the operations department. ”

Uncle Chen took a sip of Coke and looked out the window, being cast a huge shadow by the high-rise buildings on the opposite bank, and the slum was hidden in the darkness.

"But that's the way things used to be, but unfortunately I was on a business trip at the time, otherwise I would have written a letter of recommendation in your file, and probably wouldn't have had those things."

Li Pan didn't complain much that he was cut in line, knocked into an elbow from a single-plank bridge, and completely went astray in life.

When I was young, I was ignorant, I was beaten once and couldn't swallow this breath, and after entering the society, I was beaten every day, and then I realized that it was a thing that didn't have a door, what do you think?

When the dream is woken up, there is nothing to look forward to or lose.

"Thank you Uncle Chen, I don't mind anymore."

Uncle Chen smiled,

"Don't mind? The Security Bureau can't even find out how the Oda clan offended you, as soon as you joined the company, you closed the door and beat the dog and killed him all over the house, if it weren't for this kind of thing, the bureau would have been able to rehire me and come back to deal with you when I was about to retire?

This family snatched your chance to get ahead back then, and you recognize his appearance at a glance to this day, and you still say you don't mind?

Li Pan, let's be honest and honest, the security of the monster is kept confidential, is the tacit understanding and consensus reached by the company and the Security Bureau, if you don't move to make some big things at every turn, you still have to help you finish.

Then let's be direct, I'll help you find out about this matter, find out the person for you, send it to you, whatever you want, you don't have to do anything, how about it? ”

Li Pan thought for a while,

"Okay, I'll give Uncle Chen a face, abide by the tacit understanding with the Security Bureau, but don't bother you to do it, just give me a name, I promise not to use the company and monsters to deal with them, and I will tell you before I make it, so I don't make it difficult for you."

In addition, I have a friend here, Uncle Chen, can you help me check it out? ”

Li Pan sent Huang Dahe's message over.

Who knew that Uncle Chen shook his head,

"I can't help you with this matter, it involves infighting at the level of a large company, and it is inconvenient for our Security Bureau to intervene."

Li Pan also understood, that is to say, Huang Dahe was really targeted by the company.

Since the Security Bureau has been staring at them all the time, it is impossible for them not to know about Orange and Huang Dahe, and even take out the information of their own people, and they actually refuse to provide assistance, I am afraid that Huang Dahe has fallen into the hands of the company.

And I'm afraid it's still at the same level as the monster company, and it's a member of the same security committee, otherwise it won't be willing to interfere in all three places, no wonder Eighteen can't find out.

BUT THIS SHIT BURGER IS REALLY DELICIOUS, AND IT'S REALLY RARE TO MAKE SYNTHETIC MEAT LIKE THIS, PROBABLY THE HOLYSIT SHIT......

After eating junk food with Uncle Chen, and listening to the advice of the private from the Security Bureau, Li Pan still decided to include Ayato Yamazaki in the company.

Follow the rules.

It doesn't matter if you're an ordinary person, but in these years, if you're a company dog, the Public Security Bureau is a hurdle that can't be bypassed, after all, people represent the safety committee, and if you don't have the courage and ability to win a corporate war, it's better for everyone to get along.

What's more, Li Pan has nothing to do with Chitian Dog in the first place, and if he wants to check the fourth place, let him check it. What's so good about it? The tasks sent by the fax machine are piled up, isn't it fragrant for him to have an extra two thousand and a half thousand free labor?

However, Uncle Chen warned so clearly, it is estimated that there are indeed many agents staring at him, and he has to keep a low profile recently, and the NCPA mission is estimated to not be able to be done.

Anyway, the money for repaying the loan in this period is enough, so Li Pan drove to pick up the oranges in the evening, and the two of them went to find the cyberpunks she knew and entrusted them to search for Huang Dahe's whereabouts.

Cyberpunks, these are generally veterans, working part-time as private investigators of various bounty hunters, wandering on the edge of legal and illegal, with citizenship in their own right, while often going in and out of dungeons, wilderness, and various conflict war zones. The business is also black and white, and it is a group of rangers-like characters outside the system.

Although Uncle Chen hinted that Huang Dahe was taken away by the company, Orange was naturally not at ease, for fear that his son would die in unknown corners of the night capital.

And the usual accumulated contacts played a role at this time, mercenaries like Wallenstein are often on the front line, and naturally most of them have dealt with Orange, the NCHC's emergency medical staff, picking up garbage for surgery, and people on the verge of life and death naturally know the importance of helping each other and uniting each other.

So he agreed to say a word, and helped spread the word, so that the middlemen of various forces, various teams and lone wolves knew that Orange was looking for his son. Everyone is in a circle, even if you don't bother to help her find it, don't shoot her when you see it.

Li Pan actually yearns for a freelancer like cyberpunk, after retiring from the army, he became a cyberpunk, although it is risky, he makes a lot of money, and he is better than a freedom, he doesn't have to be a company dog, he goes to work every day, and he has to work tirelessly with a conscience, helping the board of directors exploit those poor ghosts at the bottom.

But when cyberpunk has requirements, in addition to citizenship, you need prosthetics and equipment for missions, you open a personal office and a mercenary company to avoid taxes, and you also need a veteran certificate, and if you want to take on tasks, you have to know people, right? If you don't have any connections, which middleman will call you coldly and send you a task? Isn't that clear, either pit people or recruit cannon fodder?

Therefore, the intermediary and the mercenary are also two-way choices, and the trust relationship is established in a long period of communication. In these years, there is almost no mutual trust between people and people, and this is often only the comrades-in-arms who come out of the army can work together to complete the task.

As a result, I drove automatically, and when I arrived at the 'No Good Death' bar where cyberpunks in the suburbs often hang out, I was met by a large number of people in a shootout.

On both sides are cyberpunk, licensed bronze or silver hunters, crackling and clattering, but only small arms are fired, and they are all three-level bullets.

After all, if there is any obvious difference between cyberpunk and the regular company outsourcing team and the security forces, it is that they are slamming the door and adding poverty, and they are reluctant to use military ammunition even for fire......

Stopping in the roadside parking lot, Li Pan and Orange first watched in the car, and Orange asked an acquaintance to understand the situation.

"There was a quarrel when it was said to be a split of money."

Well, that's basically not persuadable. Comrades-in-arms return to comrades-in-arms, brothers return to brothers, everyone is born and dies to make money, and it is all too common to divide the spoils unevenly.

Li Pan looked at the oranges,

"How are you, can you still hold on?"

Oranges tie their hair,

"I'm fine, I'm used to it, but Lee, are you alright?"

Li Pan is inexplicable,

"Me? What's the matter with me? ”

Orange looked him up and down,

"You've replaced your whole body with ceramic armor, it's a major operation, and you don't want to rest at home for a day? The anesthetic should have worn off, aren't you? ”

Oh, it's fine, no anesthesia.

"It's okay, it hurts a little at first, you can move with it......"

Orange gave him a punch.

"But 'don't die well'? It's unlucky......"

"Heh, dying in bed with a urinary catheter, how can you be called a legend of the Night City."

Orange pushed a contact person to Li Pan.

"QUEEN OF STEEL, VAJIRA, WHO IS THIS? Entertainment workers? ”

The contact avatar has only one back, it seems to be a woman, convex and backward, Li Pan likes it casually, but it shows that the other party needs to be authenticated to add friends.

ORANGE INTRODUCED, "VAJIRA, THE SANSKRIT WORD FOR VAJRA WHO COMMANDS THE YAKSHASAS.

She was a colonel in the special forces before the war, a brother under her command, later a mercenary leader and arms dealer, and now she is the boss of the 'Don't Die Well', the most powerful middleman in the Night City, and the mission completion rate and the survival rate of the mercenaries under her command are the highest among all cyberpunk teams. ”

"Oh, you want to entrust her to Yamato?"

Orange smiled bitterly,

"Entrust her? Do you know how much it costs to entrust her with an intermediary fee alone? I want to see her all the way around, starting with at least five figures.

I'm here to find someone else, but it's the first time you come to her field, you have to report it in advance, if she doesn't let the company ...... You will be waiting for me in the car. ”

"Understand, understand, understand. But there's no one to rob in the bar, right? ”

Li Pan made an OK comparison, looked at the cyberpunk that was cracking and playing happily outside, and looked at the bag that Orange hugged tightly in his hand when he got into the car, which is probably the 'garbage' used to commission tasks.

"It's okay, they don't dare to mess around with the queen's territory, don't you see them fight like this, don't you dare to fly a single bullet shell into the bar......"

Orange hesitated, but still opened the bag and showed it to Li Pan.

It's a spine...... Well?? Wait, wait a minute, this one looks so familiar, it seems to be ......

"It was removed from the cyber psychopath of the massacre in the heart of the city that day."

Orange gritted his teeth,

"I'm going to install it, and only by installing it can I have the strength to get Yamato back."

Li Pan opened his chin and was speechless for a moment, and then the system said in his ear.

'The Iron Queen has approved your friend request, and now you can start chatting. ’

(End of chapter)