Taiping State.

The Voodoo Gang, the local landlord snakes, a group of guys who like to tinker with the Internet.

The hacker in the access warehouse trembled violently, flickered with the lights, and disconnected the link.

Crash!

In the freezer on the table, a black woman jerked up from the icy water, bringing up a mist of water.

Beside her, there was a strong black man with dark eyes, and when he saw the boss withdraw from the deep dive, he handed over the clothes in his hand:

"How's it going, did you find something useful?"

"The data barrier is very strong, but he can't move, and in addition to that, he found some interesting things, the network supervisor seems to be looking for reinforcements.

Except for the brainless group of animal gangs, they found reinforcements again. ”

"Still brainless?"

"Nope." Bridget got up from the freezer, ice water dripping down her hacker suit, she took her clothes and walked to another room.

"This time it's a hacker, it should be a newcomer, send someone to find him, Watson North District, super skyscraper H11."

"We are very short of manpower, and we have to beware of animal gangs, so we can only find a middleman."

Brigitte paused, thought for a moment and said, "Don't look for Henz, that old fat man is coming back, give him a chance, help him pave the way, and he may be used later." ”

"Okay."

"So you burned down the house at home."

V and Lille are neighbors, so she also likes to mention the power outage.

The more than 5,000 euros paid to the property is a trivial matter, the key is that the access warehouse has also been burned, and there is a basket of equipment.

Lille nodded honestly: "No way, cyberspace is such a dangerous and dangerous place."

"You're just."

The two of them crouched in the dark room, only the neon lights of the skyscraper outside the window provided a little light, through the window, shining on the edge of the wall, and the two sat here.

The atmosphere was a little quiet, and V looked out the window and glanced at him obliquely.

"I can't watch TV now, so I can only sleep"

With that, she got up and walked to Lille's bed and sat down.

Lille's bed is quite neat, and there is not even a trace of sleep.

"Your bed is pretty clean."

"I usually sleep on the sofa, read books and materials, and lie on the sofa when I'm tired."

"Awesome." V leaned back into the bed, and the whole person was in large characters, occupying the bed like an octopus, "I'm going to sleep here today, I feel like my bed over there doesn't seem to be as good as this, I'll try." ”

After speaking, she quietly raised her head and glanced at her.

"Then you can sleep."

I saw Lille dragged him from the dark living room bar, his hands still tinkering.

"What are you doing?"

"Let's see what other parts can be used, after all, it's network monitoring equipment, study it."

V jumped up from the bed and gave Lille a head look: "Study your size, study!" ”

Lille touched his head: "Poverty is like this! And this commission needs to start with cyberspace, so I took the time to study what's wrong?

You sleep with yours, and I won't disturb you. ”

"You're such a person."

[Correspondent By: Bryce]

Bryce: Still alive? 】

[Bryce: Very well, listen, the Voodoo Gang attacked my side of the data barrier again, and I have to stay here.] 】

[Bryce: I got you a colleague from the NCPD, a police officer who often deals with the Tiger Claw Gang, and sent it over. 】

[Bryce: You don't need me to teach you the rest of the story, right? To investigate Genting's network violations, report any clues to me as soon as possible. 】

Bryce: Remember, don't break the law. 】

[Profile: River Ward]

[Affiliation: NCPD]

[Position: Level 2 Police Detective]

Lille came back to his senses, looked out the window and said, "We'll start working tomorrow, this time we're outsourced auxiliary police." ”

V squinted and glared at Lille for a moment, then lay back down.

"You're such a fool, I'll go to sleep first."

"Then you can sleep."

V rolled her eyes, and lay on the bed in large letters, she also remembered when she fell asleep, only remembered the sound of parts clicking in her ears, like white noise.

Lille was on the sidelines dismantling the network access bay by the light outside the window, analyzing and recording the parts inside—

In the darkness, Lille heard V snore softly, and the sound of fiddling with parts became quieter and quieter.

The next day, River Ward was sitting in a precarious position.

He wants to find a hacker who will help him investigate the Tigerclaw's illegal organization, the Skins Business.

But the hackers in the police station are busy with official business, and no one cares about the little meat business in Japantown - willing to buy, willing to sell, what do you care so much for?

As for the hackers on the street, who's going to give him an NCPD slip to work on?

Or investigate the Tiger Claws?

So his current situation is that he has no funds, no support, and a bad reputation, and the subject of the investigation is still very powerful.

But River is such a straight guy, and even though being a cop in Night City always has more problems than methods, he still comes to work with a positive attitude every day.

Finally, he actually found a hacker.

Lao Han on the side brought a plate of fried chicken from the store: "I'll bet 5 yuan, that hacker is purely playing with you, which street mercenary will directly accept the commission sent by NCPD on the Internet?"

According to me, if you really want to get things done, go find an intermediary. ”

River shook his head: "I don't believe in middlemen, the police's own bounty network doesn't need to go to middlemen?" It's nothing. ”

Old Han had long been accustomed to River's idealism and began to nibble on fried chicken nuggets: "But that's the rules of Night City. You know, it's just that you're as stubborn as a donkey.

I just hope this time doesn't happen like last time, I almost burped, look at my injury."

"Okay, okay, don't show me." River said helplessly, "I won't check on the lizardmen anymore!" ”

"Hmph, count on your conscience." Old Han continued to nibble on the chicken nuggets, put his other hand on River's shoulder, and complained as he gnawed, "But I think you may not have a conscience, but you just know that you can't be transferred to Mexico."

River suddenly said, "They're coming." ”

Lao Han was stunned for a moment, and the chicken nuggets stuck in his mouth: "Eh, someone really took the commission from the official website of NCPD?" Don't want to die? ”

This kind of official commission website is just a decoration, not only because the street mercenaries don't trust the NCPD, but also because there are middlemen who are in the way.

The middleman will charge an "intermediary fee", which most people understand, but a small number of people do not understand.

Occasionally, some young men who can't find a way will take the job directly on the official website - and this kind of commission will be made yellow by the middleman who has a lot of hands and eyes.

If you don't let the middlemen make the difference, the middlemen will make it impossible for you to do anything.

And then slowly, it became a matter of convention.

What kind of head is so iron?

Bang.

Just thinking about this, Lao Han saw a strong man accidentally knock on the door frame - the door frame of the restaurant was really broken!

". Is this door frame so short? The strong man, Jack, touched his head, "Boss, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Uh, sit inside, sorry, this door was broken by a bunch of Mackinac idiots the other day." The more the boss said, the more angry he became, "Damn, these brain-dead, don't buy such a big car if you can't drive!" ”

"Oh."

Jack was silent, and whispered after Lille and V's ass, "Isn't it us?" ”

Lille shook his head: "What are you asking, we haven't driven into a roadside restaurant." ”

V glanced around the restaurant and locked on to the client at a glance: "I see the client - I can smell the strip two kilometers away." ”

So, the three of them sat opposite River and Old Han-

Opposite two stiff policemen.

Lille said: "First meeting, you two, we are the team of professionals you are looking for. ”

The two still didn't speak, and Lille frowned: What is the situation?

He must have been in contact with River for the first time - and their images should be very blurry on the outside.

If I have to say, at the border wall, Merrides did send some clearer videos out.

Is it recognized?

Look at the two more cops - Lille is sure that they are indeed watching Jack.

Jack also felt inexplicable, and grabbed a handful of chicken nuggets from the plate: "You don't mind if I eat this, right?" ”

Watching Jack start to nibble on fried chicken, Old Han's hand on River gradually clenched, and his eyes gradually changed to horror.

Then the two blurted out:

"Desert man!"

There's another chapter to come in the afternoon

(End of chapter)