Under the blue light of the hot food stall, V, who seemed to have lost his soul, was pulled back to his seat by David in such a sluggish manner, and then subconsciously filled his mouth with a stupid monkey.

Stimulated by the sweet syrup of the stupid monkey, V felt a little better.

The terrifying feeling of being cut off from everything related to the company's network just now.

Even now, she hadn't fully recovered from the aftermath.

It can only be said that David's hand really shocked V.

And Jack, after a strong disbelief, eagerly patted V's back with his big hand.

"Big sister, are you okay? Your face is as white as a dead man! ”

"I'm fine."

With Jack's care and condolences, V finally recovered a little bit from his distraction.

Then he immediately looked at David with a strange expression, and silently activated the investigation authority of the company's network.

Through the company's intelligence, she was able to read some of the information about the people on file at the NPCD (Night City Police Department).

This includes information such as family background, formal prosthetic modification, and even criminal information.

However, to her surprise.

David's message was far cleaner than she had imagined.

Except for the family background, the rest of the information is as clean as a blank slate.

If it weren't really as simple as this information suggested, then there is no doubt that David had used his own means to erase this information.

Under normal circumstances, such a powerful anti-reconnaissance capability would be difficult for even those large mercenary groups to possess.

But thinking about the powerful hacking strength that the other party just showed, V actually felt that this second possibility would be greater.

After all, it was a terrifying technique that could instantly hack her entire body without even the slightest notice.

Anyway.

There is one thing V admits to it.

That is, David obviously has more means than she imagined.

"How did you do it?"

V looked at the slightly childish young man beside him, and finally couldn't help but ask.

However, David only smiled faintly at this, but did not speak.

And V is clearly aware of his gaffe.

Asking a mercenary about the means of eating was somewhat offensive.

However, since the other party can even hack the high-level prosthetic body on his body in a face-to-face situation.

Presumably, the defensive measures on the target should also be useless in front of David.

Just by virtue of this strange and unpredictable hacking ability, the other party is undoubtedly worthy of being a ruthless person in Jack's mouth.

Not to mention the time of small talk just now.

V learns from Jack that David's previous means of completing the mission are absolutely different from the abilities he is showing now.

From this point of view, the other party may still have a hand.

This is really a terrifying lone wolf with all-round strength!

"Jack should have a rough idea of the goal of this commission, right?"

Hearing V's words, David breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

It can be seen that he has been initially recognized by V.

Then the rest should be much smoother.

"Biotechnology?"

David replied without hesitation.

Hearing this, V nodded and continued.

"So what is the purpose of asking Jack to inquire about the commission related to biotechnology?"

"After all, you must know that if you fail in the mission, it will not only be your own life, but Jack and I will definitely be affected."

"I need a plausible and credible explanation."

As she spoke, V handed David her polygraph-based internal data cable and waited for an answer.

She had long seen that the reason why Jack was so obsessed with biotechnology things could never be because of his own reasons.

If nothing else, the explanation for this question should be answered in David's case.

Although the ability shown by David has reached the passing line at the moment, it is important after all.

If she felt that David could not be trusted, then the commission would still be handed over by her to a top intermediary to execute.

She didn't have to let them take that risk because of Jack's willfulness.

However, David did not mean to hide V's temptation.

He knew that V could have a little recognition of himself, and the more important reason besides his own strength was Jack's introduction.

Otherwise, if you work on weekdays, you won't even be able to see each other.

So instead of hiding it now, it is better to directly state your purpose at the beginning to gain the trust of the other party.

Come to think of it.

David directly inserted the data cable in V's hand into the interface around his neck.

"For revenge, and to be able to be a good intermediary."

With that, David describes to V what happened that night in Biotech and his death with Sasa.

This is not classified information, and if V wants to investigate, he can easily find out with the ability of the counterintelligence department.

And the second half of David's sentence is obviously easy to understand.

After all, if you want to become a top middleman in Night City, you can't avoid dealing with companies.

And Arasaka is clearly one of the most powerful companies in Night City.

If he has Arasaka's entrusted resources, then his intermediary power can also grow faster.

Under the polygraph program, V easily discerned that what David said was the truth.

However, after hearing Sasha's name and the other party's previous actions, V's expression became obviously a little unnatural.

And this abnormal look was naturally easily captured by David, which immediately made his heartbeat slightly faster.

“V！ Do you know Sasha's whereabouts now? ”

Listening to David's suddenly excited look, V couldn't help scratching his chin with his fingers and then looked at Jack, and finally sighed and said to David.

"Listen to David, I can't say much else now, but your current job was originally Sasha's."

"As for her current situation, I don't know very well, let's wait until you meet my boss."

"Remember, from now on your identity is a top-notch middleman, don't talk about it for a while!"

Hearing this, David nodded slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Obviously, even he didn't expect that there was such a relationship between Sasa and Arasaka.

"What about me? What about me? ”

Hearing that V had arranged David as an intermediary, Jack couldn't help but say with an expectant face.

"Uh, the bodyguard of the middleman? You know, those top middlemen always have some kind of burly bodyguard next to them when they're talking. ”

"Huh? I protest that this is not fair! ”

"Tsk, the driver? Oh, and a little boyfriend is also a viable option. ”

"Forget the big sister, I suddenly feel that the bodyguard is also very good."

As Jack and V exchanged words for a moment, a blue glow suddenly appeared in V's eyes, apparently receiving a call from someone.

"Yes, the right person has been found."

"Okay, I'll take someone there."

As the blue light in his eyes faded, V also turned his head directly to look at the two people beside him.

"Let's go, the next thing to talk about is not something that can be talked about here."

"My boss wants to see you in person."

Hearing this, Jack also stood up excitedly, and then patted David, who still couldn't calm down.

"Brother, we're going to make a big deal! Don't be stunned, let's go. ”

"Wow! Druman taxi, the standard for big shots, V, you've made a big deal this time. ”

Looking at the excited Jack beside him, V also replied with a smile.

"I said, why are you pursuing this? Rest assured, there is a company to reimburse the current consumption, which is considered to be reimbursed and spent casually, David let's go. ”

Listening to the shouts of the two people who were already sitting in Dlaman's cab to him, David finally came back to his senses slowly.

Although V only said two short sentences just now, it already made him feel a huge amount of information.

One of the most important is that:

Now Sasha is in Arasaka's hands, and there's a good chance that he's not dead!

And all this will be revealed after meeting V's boss.

Come to think of it.

David's originally slightly dim eyes also glowed with an indescribable brilliance at this moment, and then they got into the taxi together.

With dazzling headlights illuminating the dull road surface.

An emotion called hope also quietly rose in David's heart.

With Delaman's skill, the crowd soon arrived at their destination.

Enterprise Square.

After the Fourth Corporate War was rebuilt, it was restored to being the most impressive part of Night City.

Among the high-rise buildings, the most prominent are the Arasaka Tower and the Military Science and Technology Building, which sit opposite each other.

Centered on these two towering buildings, they are surrounded by giant enterprises of the second batch of Night City, such as Kangtao, Yeshi, and Biotechnology.

Even on the giant disc in the center, there are two giant holographic goldfish, one blue and one red, constantly swimming in the air, looking very gorgeous and elegant.

It would have been unexpectedly that the symbol of the City of Night that stands out today is the culprit behind the nuclear explosion that reduced the place to ruins 50 years ago.

I have to say that the world is impermanent, and the irony is extreme.

"Thank you for choosing Delaman. Break a leg. ”

Accompanied by Delaman's goodbye.

Under the leadership of V, everyone walked from the corporate square into the towering Arasaka Tower.

Arasaka Tower, a thirty-three-story counterintelligence unit.

As the elevator door slowly opened, the dim floor also appeared in front of the three Davids.

The pale blue ceiling light intermittently illuminated the tiled floor like a chip pattern, and the sound of ticking instruments in the translucent office that shone with scarlet light continued to come from it.

Even though it's late at night, you can still see busy staff in various offices.

In the world of cyberpunk, the days are obviously sweeter and sweeter the more you struggle.

This can be seen from the fact that Arasaka is almost open all year round, but the employees are still working so hard.

"Hey, V! Mr. Jenkins is looking for you, and he's in the minister's office. ”

The respectful voice of the front desk came into V's ears, but after the big girl entered the company, she didn't mean to respond to the front desk at all as if she had changed her face.

With a cold face, he led David through the narrow and winding aisle, and then after a burst of scanning passages, they came to the huge office signed "Arthur Jenkins".

In this company, the best rule of survival is that there is no friendship, only interests, which is obviously controlled by V at work.

The first thing David saw when he entered the office was the giant screen that covered the entire wall, and the man in the suit who was looking at the meeting screen in the middle of the screen.

"I don't have a problem here, I'm ready to do it."

A low, magnetic voice echoed through the empty room, and the next moment, the harmonious meeting on the giant screen suddenly became bloody.

The sound of gunfire, shell explosions, screams and wails shattered the silence in an instant.

As a large multinational corporation, Arasaka has more financial power than any other single company.

and use subversive tactics such as spam texting, doxing, extortion, and bribery to influence the world around them.

And this method is naturally skillfully applied in these small "business" of their daily life.

As if noticing the arrival of the three people behind him, Jenkins pointed sideways to the chair behind him towards the crowd.

"You sit down first, and I'll finish here at once."

Shortly after his words fell, the screen finally dimmed as all the members of the meeting were shot in the head.

Seeing this, Jenkins finally turned his head and sat down to speak to V with a gloomy face.

"That stinky cousin of Abernath, has been acting more and more unscrupulously lately, and he wants me to come to her palace every fucking time!"

"In addition, the military technology side has also begun to cross the line recently, and if this continues, this dog thing of Abernathy will play with us again!"

"V, we've got to teach that watch a deep lesson!"

Hearing this stinky statement from the mouth of the head of the Arasaka counterintelligence department, who has a great temperament in a suit and leather shoes, is obviously an act that makes people easily feel a strong sense of contrast.

This feeling is obviously even stronger when the Al-Bernadisi he calls is still half of his superior.

But that's the company.

Unless it is a group with a common interest, all employees are in such a harmonious relationship with each other.

As his own person who was pulled up by the person in front of him, V knew.

Abnadisi, whom Jenkins was annoyed about at the moment, was actually the director of the Special Operations Division next door, but the conflict between the two departments was clearly intensifying due to interests.

Coupled with the recent rampant actions of military technology, and their counterintelligence department has not given a good means of resistance, this has caused his boss to eat up Abernassy's deflated during this time.

And that's why they want to find David.

According to their current intelligence, biotechnology and military technology are currently in talks with the NPCD for a big deal.

So they had to dig up the plan of biotechnology that was hidden in the shadows and let the deal blow up.

Suppressing and suppressing the recent arrogance of military science and technology, by the way, gags the mouth of the Special Operations Department.

With that, Jenkins finally cut back to the topic and looked at David and Jack next to V.

"Presumably, the two of them should be the talents that V found to accept the commission, what do you call them?"

"David."

"Hey, Jack Wells."

After hearing the names of the two, Jenkins nodded, and then without too much nonsense, he directly clicked on the screen behind him, and continued to the two.

"Very good David, Jack. You are all people found by V, then we are our own people, and I don't talk nonsense, this is your task this time. ”

The next moment.

On the screen, a first-person view of the data review process appeared in the sight of David and the two.

The data in the data shows a secret project of biotechnology.

There is a certain relationship with retired servicemen of military technology.

According to the data shown in the data, almost all retired military personnel who are involved in this program have now passed away.

After almost all of the subjects had passed away, the project was discontinued and renamed Project Nightingale, moving on to the next stage.

See this information.

Even Jack, who already had a full understanding of the company, couldn't help but clench his fists after seeing such a miserable plan, and his expression became a little angry.

These veterans used to be the backbone of military technology, and they didn't expect to be treated as they deserved after retirement.

It is even used by military technology they trust to experiment with new types of prosthetics, and what is even more terrifying is that the drugs they use for postoperative rehabilitation are also biotech experiments.

It's like being squeezed out of the last drop of blood by the company.

And David looked at the picture in front of him, and felt a trace of surprise in addition to anger.

For no other reason, the image in front of him was the first view of Sasha after he hacked into the biotech network that night.

However, now this scene has been intercepted and entered into Arasaka's intelligence network.

This means that it is more likely that Sasha did not die!

If he had the chance, maybe he might have gotten some Sasha information out of Jenkins' mouth!

And Jenkins obviously didn't waste time after seeing that the video was played, and directly handed two task chips to Jack and David.

After the two of them inserted the chip into the interface around their necks, a message from a high-level biotech executive appeared in their sight.

Joanne Coch, Head of Biotechnology R&D.

As long as he is responsible for the project, within a few years of a series of bizarre deaths and disappearances, a new product worth billions of dollars will be introduced in biotechnology.

And on the other party's resume, the painkillers used in these military technologies are obviously among them.

As for what Joanne is working on now, it is obviously this mysterious nightingale project after the name change.

Not surprisingly.

As Joanne Coch's message finished playing in the minds of the two, the next moment Jenkins' voice came again.

"Your task is to get substantial evidence of the Nightingale's plan as soon as possible, and to tie this woman up and hand it over to V to deal with!"

"I don't care what the process is, you can handle it yourself. But the process of tying her up must not allow others to find evidence related to Arasaka in this matter, understand? ”

This Nightingale Project is a change from the plan of military technology to experiment with veterans.

Based on Jenkins' understanding of the urine nature of these two companies, it is obvious that this batch of materials of the veteran is almost finished.

But their product hasn't been made yet, so they changed the name and looked for a new test to test it.

Once they are able to find the key evidence and expose the project on their news channel.

Then military science and technology and biotechnology will naturally face a wave of huge troubles.

Recently, the mayor is approaching, and it is obvious that the NPCD will never dare to continue to cooperate with military technology under the huge pressure of public opinion.

In this way, his goal is achieved.

However, for this task, Jack, who has always been heroic, asked first.

"I said, you can't solve this task by yourself, why do you have to ask us to do it?"

It's good that he wants to be a big man in Night City, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.

Arasaka is definitely one of the most powerful forces in Night City, and if this job is really like what they say, finding evidence to tie someone up can solve it.

Then their own strength is obviously more than enough, and there is no need to go to such great lengths to find outsiders like them.

Jenkins just smiled coldly at this, and then tapped the table lightly.

"Night City has the rules of Night City, and once the company's forces intervene, the situation will become something that everyone doesn't want to see, so don't ask more questions that you shouldn't ask, just be responsible for completing the task."

Hearing this, Jack put his hands on his chest and looked involuntarily overhead, obviously a little bit of a comment on the minister's speech, but at the moment this is the other party's territory, so it is not good to complain to David and them.

And seeing that the matter has almost been explained, Jenkins obviously doesn't want to continue to waste time on this topic.

"How, are there any questions? The reward for the task is 100,000 euros, and the 30,000 euros here is the deposit, and V will bring you the balance after the completion of the work. ”

As he spoke, he took out three stacks of cash from his black purse and piled them up in front of the two Davids.

Such a scene almost made Jack's eyes pop out.

100,000 euros?!?

You must know that in the past, he had to work tirelessly if he commissioned a few thousand years less.

However, the first task that David took over as an intermediary was actually paid 100,000 euros?

Good guys, this company dog and his grandmother are arrogant!

Seeing this, David finally came back from his thoughts, and then spoke.

"I'm sure I'll be able to complete the task, but you'll have to answer me first."

"I just like confident lads, okay, I hope your questions don't waste too much of my time."

"What is Sasha's situation now, is she still alive?"

After hearing David's question, Jenkins was visibly stunned for a moment, and then replied as if he didn't care.

"Oh, the little girl who was in charge of investigating this mission before, right? It's not dead yet, but it's just a breath left to be used to try the latest medical treatment. ”

"After all, in the past, this task was connected between her and us, and she engaged in intelligence, and we picked up people and added publicity, and it was fair for each to take what he needed."

"But you also know that the information from that time is a bit outdated, and it doesn't have much impact when it gets out, so she can't afford to pay for the medical bills after her plan fails, and it's now the company's property."

"You know, top-notch medical care is almost priceless, isn't it?"

Then Jenkins seemed to be interested, and his hands were propped on the table to look at David's eyes with a hint of excitement.

"No wonder you look familiar, you were also in the last mission, you are indeed a good ability."

"V just told me that you are a great middleman and that you are looking for a good partner."

"Well, if you can complete this commission perfectly in half a month, then how about I give her to you as a friendly start to our cooperation in the future?"

This kind remark, in addition to being able to use it to motivate David's efficiency of action.

What's more, Sasha, who is now almost vegetative, is completely useless for the company.

Rather than waiting for the RELIC live data to be destroyed after it is fed back into your hands, it is better to use the residual heat now.

If David can really show value worthy of being co-opted, then it means that he has one more hole card in his hand that can be used against Abnacy.

No one doesn't want to have too many hole cards, and he's no exception.

And looking at Jenkins' outstretched hand and the false smile on his face, David finally let go of the heavy stone in his heart when he learned that Sasha was still alive.

This was the first time he felt that he was a hypocritical company dog, and he actually smiled with clear eyebrows.

Then David shook the other's outstretched hand.

"Then I wish us a happy cooperation in the future."

"Hahaha, happy cooperation."

(End of chapter)