Led by Agent Arasaka, Leon went to the floor where the security department was located.

The spacious lobby is in silver-gray tones, and the huge Arsaka clover logo hangs in the center of the wall.

When the reception staff at the front desk of the department saw him appear, they immediately got up and greeted: "Mr. Li Ang, good evening, your office is ready, just in the A2 area on the right." ”

Leon nodded in response and walked towards the position the front desk had said.

Even late at night, there were still many employees in the Security Department, some working at their desks and some discussing things in the meeting area.

After all, Arasaka has a rule that you must work more than 16 hours a day, all year round.

The first reaction of these people when they saw Leon was generally to get up, bow, and say hello.

Wherever his gaze swept, he was silent.

Because the security staff couldn't figure out Leon's temperament, they were afraid that they would accidentally annoy him and be punched into the repair shop like Adam Hammer.

If you have strength, you will be respected, this is the usual rule of Night City.

Li Ang didn't linger in the hall long, and went straight to the office that Lai Xuan had prepared for him.

Walk through a corridor with silver strips of light to A2, where electronic probes on either side of the translucent glass gate emit fan-shaped light waves.

"Scanning."

"Identity authentication passed."

"Welcome back, Leon."

"Half an hour ago, Mr. Shintaro Takayama and other colleagues sent you a welcome gift, please pay attention to check."

The intelligent voice closes and the glass gate opens.

Leon walked into the office on a fluffy carpet emblazoned with the Arasaka logo.

The interior is large, at least 100 square meters, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows that occupy the entire wall offer a commanding view of the bustling night city of Night.

A large desk is placed in front of the window, and on the left side is a lounge area, with sofas, tea tables, and wine cabinets.

Judging by the specifications of this office, at least at the director/minister level.

It shows that Arasaka Lai Xuan still values him.

Leon raised an eyebrow and sat into the comfortable leather seat.

The inductive holographic screen on the desktop opens, and there are several beautifully packaged boxes next to them.

"You have a new internal email, please check it out in a timely manner."

Li Ang opened the first email, and the recipient was none other than the Shintaro Takayama just mentioned.

[I'm very sorry, Li Angjun, I can't pick up the wind and dust for you in Tokyo, and I will prepare a little gift, I hope you can like it.] ]

Shintaro Takayama, the current director of the Arasaka Security Department, is a die-hard supporter of Saburo Arasaka, and at the same time has a pretty good relationship with Hanako Arasaka, one of the board members.

It stands to reason that the core management of the company like him will not pay special attention to whether there are new people in the department, but they still specially prepare gifts.

Li Ang didn't figure out his intentions for the time being, so he skipped it and didn't touch the gift box next to him.

But the second email gave him some clues.

The email was sent by Arasaka Yoritoku, and the front was a bunch of fake and empty clichés as usual, such as doing a good job, and I won't treat you badly in the future, and then it's the serious content.

From this, Li Ang learned that his current office used to belong to the deputy director of the security department, which is why the specifications are so high.

As for where the deputy director went. It's dead.

The loss rate of middle management of major enterprises in Night City has always been very high, they enjoy the glamour brought by the company on the surface, but in fact they are just pawns that can be replaced at any time, and they are always on guard against open and secret battles inside and outside the company, and they may be killed by their own people tomorrow if they defeat their competitors today.

Arasaka Yorinobu arranged Li Ang in the office of the deputy director, in fact, to prepare for the future control of the security department.

Shintaro Takayama saw this, so he made a good relationship in advance.

Although he is loyal to Arasaka Saburo, the problem is that Arasaka Saburo is dead, and the next president will be chosen between Arasaka Yorinobu and Arasaka Kako.

As a confidant and friend of Hanako Arasaka, Shintaro Takayama is naturally inclined to her.

But Huazi has a fatal flaw, she is a woman.

Don't talk nonsense about the equality of men and women, the actual situation is that as long as Arasaka Yorixuan is still alive, his inheritance priority will always be higher than that of Arasaka Huazi.

Even though Lai Xuan does not hold any position in the company, Huazi is a member of the board of directors.

But then again, until the new president is elected, no one can guarantee who will be the winner, so it's normal for Shintaro Takayama to bet on both ends.

Besides, he just prepared a small gift for his new subordinates, and he didn't switch to Arasaka Yoixuan with a clear banner, even if Arasaka Huazi couldn't find fault with it.

"It's all old foxes."

Li Ang analyzed his purpose and couldn't help but sigh.

However, when this group of old foxes are vying for power, it is best not to calculate on him, otherwise he will flip the table.

Lai Xuan's email was long, and Leon continued to look down.

The second half of the book is mainly information, including Anders Herman's life and the development process and specific functions of the Relic chip.

Putting the two together, it's not just because Herman is the director of the Relic project.

It is also because of Arasaka Yoritoku's suspicion that his sinister and cunning old father is very likely to have secretly left a digital personality backup, similar to Johnny Silverhand.

So asking Leon to find Herman is actually looking for a backup.

Destroy it after finding it to prevent Saburo Arasaka from coming back from the dead.

Of course, it is impossible for Arasaka to make it clear in the email, but he just said that he tried to check it as much as possible, and it was a quiet check, and he couldn't let anyone know.

At the end of the email, there are some precautions and benefits.

The most basic ones are Trauma Team Platinum Membership, exclusive float car, private security, free prosthetic body, and more.

If you want the horses to run, you have to tell them to eat more grass.

Arasaka Yoshixuan has absolutely nothing to say in this regard, anyway, it is his father's money that is spent.

In addition, because this time it was a secret mission, it was impossible to rely on the company's strength on the surface, so Lai Xuan greatly increased the activity funds.

A full 500,000 euros is enough for a mercenary like V to earn half a lifetime.

But for the Arasaka company, which has a market value of 890 billion, and the Arasaka family, which has a personal wealth of more than 200 billion, it is just a drop in the bucket.

When Leon checked the email, the funds had been synchronously credited to his personal account bound to his ID, and Goro Takemura's two Hayabusa MZ2s had also become his property.

"No wonder so many people are willing to work hard for the company, it's really generous."

Turning off the mailbox, he turned his gaze to the gift box next to him.

The cannibalistic short mouth did not exist for Leon, and the sugarcoat was left behind, throwing the shell back untouched.

Tear off the package and open the box, where a car key lies quietly.

Leon recognized at a glance that the logo on the key belonged to the world's top car manufacturer, Herrera Motors.

If the Mizutani Hayabusa belongs to the mid-range car, then Herrera is synonymous with the top luxury car.

"The old thing is really bloody!"

Putting away the key with satisfaction, Li Ang began to open the remaining gifts, the gifts were basically given by the management of the security department at all levels, and the department bosses gave them, and they could only express themselves together.

The value is not high, mainly some shopping cards, membership cards or something.

The most valuable of them was a watch, which Leon wore on his arm, and then looked at the name of the giver.

Katsuo Iwajima, another small day.

But he doesn't have much of an impression of the name, and it shouldn't be an important NPC.

After opening the gift, the time came to about two o'clock in the morning.

Outside the window, the floating cars of various companies are still flowing between the neon flashing buildings.

There were still several hours left before the agreed time with V, and Leon, who didn't feel the slightest sleep, decided to find something to do for himself.

"Microcomputers, alternative brain-computer interfaces, two things, in five minutes."

The security logistics department was contacted via internal communication, and in just three minutes, what he asked for was delivered to the office.

Putting on the interface eyepieces, Leon prepared to put the Relic chip into a fist-sized microcomputer.

But when he saw the ubiquitous Arasaka sign in his field of vision, he temporarily changed his mind.

To be on the safe side, it's better to find someone you can trust to handle the computer first.

So he took out his phone and sent a text message to Judy in the middle of the night.

[Tomorrow morning with Aveline to Taiping Prefecture, V will drive to pick them up]

After posting, Li Ang always felt that there was something shortcoming, and then edited the second article.

[Take a break, don't go back]

It didn't take long for Judy's reply to come from the phone screen:

[Sick!! ]

There are three exclamation points, expressing Judy's strong emotions, but she dares to speak like this on the Internet.

Thinking that the Ritz Bar was open at night and that the little girl should be at work, Leon simply chatted with her to spend the long evening.

Someone chatted with him, and the time passed very quickly, and it came to morning in a blink of an eye.

[You don't die well!! Miss Judy left her last sentence and never replied.

Li Ang heard this sentence more than once, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, and glanced at the dawn outside the window, he was almost time to go.

Before leaving, contact the logistics department again:

"Pack all the prosthetics and weapons in my employee benefits in a box, and I'm going to take them with me."

Thinking that his own family, Li Shili and Eight Townships, Junhousheng Yunlong, when he was the director of the quilt factory, he took hundreds of cotton clothes with him, and he Li Ang naturally couldn't be left behind.

Because there were too many things, the logistics staff also specially asked Shintaro Takayama, who was far away in Tokyo.

The reply was: let him take it! How much can he take alone? Is it possible to empty the company?

Arasaka Lai Xuan didn't know where he heard about it, and while feeling ashamed, he silently transferred 500,000 yuan to Li Ang's account.

"If you don't have enough money, you can just say that these things are not worth much when they are sold on the black market."

"I transferred another 500,000 to you, and I'll ask for it when I'm done."

Li Ang was stunned when he received Lai Xuan's call, he just wanted to get some wool, why did he take the initiative to send a big fat sheep.

"Boss atmosphere!"

He complimented Lai Xuan from the bottom of his heart, then threw the mountain-like items into the Great Blessing and went to the underground garage of the Arasaka Mansion to find his new car.

There is a vehicle location on the smart key, and it didn't take much effort to find the target.

[Herrera - Gangster GTS]

One of the few cars in the world hand-built by top engineers, it is a perfect blend of cutting-edge technology and classic elements, and it is a popular car loved by celebrities from all walks of life in the entertainment industry, and it is also one of the most expensive cars on the market that can be legally roaded.

People describe it as a car with a soul.

"Doesn't this spoil V?" Leon opened the door and got into the car, stroking the luxurious interior of the combination of red velvet and tanned calfskin.

To be honest, it's not just V who is greedy, he is also greedy.

Stepping on the gas pedal and listening to the roar of the 755-horsepower engine, Leon steered the beast out of the Arasaka Mansion and headed for its next destination, Taiping Prefecture.

On the way, she receives a call from V, who says that she has already received Aveline and Judy.

In addition, V also revealed that she 'accidentally' accidentally pried open the door of Mizutani Hayabusa's car, hoping that Leon would not be angry.

Leon, who has always liked the new and hated the old, didn't care at all, and just asked:

"I remember the car only had two seats, right?"

"You don't care about this!" V cut off the call directly.

Li Ang listened to the busy sound on the other side of the phone, and couldn't help but be a little worried, Judy's little girl must not bend my Ms. V.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but speed up.

Taipingzhou, a name full of beautiful aspirations, before you come here, you may think: happy residents, blooming shops, wandering among them, is a group of happy tourists.

However, on the contrary, Taiping State is the least peaceful place in Night City, a dangerous area that even the NCPD does not want to set foot in.

Initially, companies had invested heavily in the southern suburbs to become a world-renowned resort destination, but confusion about the global economic outlook and endless wars led investors to pull out, and most of the buildings were only half-built.

Today, Taiping Prefecture is full of desperately poor residents, crumbling buildings, and rampant gang forces.

The Voodoo Gang is the main leader in the area.

The gang members were dressed and modified in a style that was close to a primitive West African faith, which was why the locals of Night City gave them the name Voodoo, even though they didn't identify with it.

In addition, scavengers are very active in the local area.

This means that many people who walk into Taiping will have their vital organs removed or expensive implants removed when they come out.

Even the old fritters in the city of the night rarely set foot in this area unless they have to.

However, chaos also has the benefits of chaos, and if you want to buy rare black market goods or illegal prosthetics, Taiping Prefecture is definitely the best choice.

If you can protect yourself.

Li Ang was still very confident in this, and drove into Taiping Prefecture with a big grin in an expensive luxury car.

He wished that someone would come and make trouble, so that he could take the opportunity to make trouble.

It's a pity that the gang members are not fools, just look at him like this, you know that you are either rich or expensive, and you have to be prepared for revenge if you dare to use your brains.

Of course, there are people who are bold and reckless, but they don't dare to act rashly until they find out the truth and truth.

Li Ang drove the car in Taiping Prefecture for two full laps and no one came to find trouble, so he was very disappointed that he had to park the car on the side of the road and wait for the arrival of the V.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, there was no one to be seen, so he simply dialed V's phone.

"Where did you kidnap my girls, the famous mercenary lady?"

V's slightly impatient voice sounded, mixed with the girl's laughter: "It's coming soon, don't rush." And you yourself say that men can't be too fast, why are you running so fast? ”

"I'll find out if I've tried it soon." While Leon was chatting with her, his eyes swept around and found no less than 10 figures hiding in the shadows.

Taiping Prefecture is roughly divided into two areas, the West Wind Manor and the Seascape Light Zone.

And he is now on the fringes of the former, and a little further into the sphere of influence of the Voodoo gang.

"Hurry up, this boss needs your protection."

Hanging up the phone, Li Ang was stunned and walked towards the location where a Voodoo Gang younger brother was hiding, but he didn't expect that as soon as he approached, the other party ran away without looking back.

Seeing this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Reluctantly returned to the car, and after waiting for more than ten minutes, a blue truck covered with graffiti and stickers appeared.

The model is the same as the one he snatched from the Tiger Claw Gang.

The van finally stopped in front of him, and the windows were lowered, revealing Ms. V's stunning face.

"Wait a long time, I brought you breakfast, Chinese fried noodles downstairs in the apartment!"

Li Ang looked disgusted: "I don't eat synthetic food." ”

was so angry that V almost threw the fried noodle box in his face: "If you like to eat or not, you will starve to death!" ”

Li Ang had no choice but to take the breakfast and put it on the hood casually: "Why are you driving such a broken car, the girls and my Mizutani Falcon, you have taken a kickback?" ”

V opened the door and jumped out of the car: "If you say that about Judy's baby, she'll be angry." Besides, only a fool like you would drive such an expensive car to Taiping Prefecture. ”

"Once targeted, it will be able to dismantle it for you in less than ten minutes."

"When the time comes, you can cry!"

Li Ang didn't care, but tempted: "You just say, do you want to drive this car?" ”

"Yes!" V who never took his eyes off the car answered.

Then she asked mysteriously: "Alas, where did you get so many good cars, is there any special channel, share it with me." ”

Li Ang also learned from her to lower her voice: "Someone else sent it." ”

"Cut!" V didn't believe it at all, and instead smiled meaningfully, "Did you harass Judy last night?" ”

Li Ang replied confidently: "It's to discuss work." ”

V didn't believe it even more: "Judy finally rested yesterday, and you dragged people to talk about life all night, which scared Aveline so much that she thought you were going to pry her ex-girlfriend, and she also stayed with her all night." ”

"Okay now, both of them are catching up on sleep in the car."

Li Ang returned to her what she said not long ago: "You don't care about this matter!" ”

"If you have time to gossip, it's better to do something serious, call them up, and get ready to work."

V spoke to the two girls who were seriously lacking sleep: "Let them sleep more, I just happen to talk to you about a few things." ”

Li Ang was just joking, so he got off the donkey down the slope: "You say." ”

V picked up the fried noodles that should have belonged to him, and said as he ate, "On the way here, I asked someone to inquire, and the person who hired Aveline is called Marman Bridgett, the boss of the Voodoo Gang. ”

"This group of people who play the Internet is more xenophobic, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see her."

"They seem to be in a bit of trouble lately, though, and I took their commission through an intermediary, so I should be able to find a way to meet Brichette."

Leon smiled when he heard this, and an unfamiliar word popped out of his mouth: "Ranyon." ”

"What do you mean?" V didn't understand.

"Haitian slang for a footcloth, to describe someone who works for the Voodoo gang. ”

"Aveline is one of them, and she throws it away when she runs out, isn't it very vivid?"

V was about to say something, but he interrupted: "Is the middleman you contacted called Mr. Hunts, the one in Dogtown?" ”

(End of chapter)