More than 2.6 million!

Isn't that right? That's right.

The so-called bounty is that whoever carries the target's head in exchange for money, the money will be given to whomever the money is given.

The record format, file size, and clarity of these kill records all meet the requirements of the NCPD bounty, and no one else has registered to claim them, and the first discoverer is not the NCPD.

So of course the NCPD will admit it, and if the NCPD does, Jefferson will have to admit it.

Unbelievingly, he sent a few pieces of data to the NCPD bounty vault, and found that Lille had not lied to him at all-

The data is too serious, and some of them are even killed on the spot, filmed on the spot.

It's terrifying: everyone knows that the real cause of these days of unrest is the Vortex infighting, but how can Lille have so much first-hand information!!

Jefferson's expression was already a little unsettled, and Lille spread his hands: "This is the benefit of the technological era, the data can't be faked, you can verify it yourself." ”

The mayoral candidate held back for a long time, his face turned a little pale, and then he said: "They have something to do with you?" ”

"It's okay." Lille shook his head, "Want to hear it?" If you want to hear it, add another 100,000. ”

A piece of information sells for 100,000, but Jefferson's trembling mind only thinks about one thing:

So this person in front of him is the real person in charge of these 1073 Vortex Gangs, this riot that caused economic losses that may exceed 10 million?!

With a thousand dead men, Lille looked as calm as if he had eaten a few small loaves of bread.

He was very much in need of certainty, and this was a joke!

That's a thousand people!

Jefferson sat up straight, sitting upright, thinking, "Please tell me this is not true."

"You just say it."

"They robbed the military-tech car, but the military-tech security in the convoy directly wore this linear frame, resulting in only half the success of the robbery.

Now that's--"

Lille pointed to Royce, whose head had exploded on the pillar: "He threw his boss in place and came back with his younger brother to rebel and usurp the throne."

But the other one - the one hanging on the wall across from him who is not dead, and then there is infighting.

Of course, this usurpation has been planned for a long time, but it just so happened that there was a problem with this mission, and the opportunity was good, so he rebelled. ”

"So the centaur mech is."

Lille raised his finger and shook it: "This information is very valuable, if you want to use it to operate, it will not be this price." ”

Centaur mechs with military technology

Isn't this what military technology wants to sell to the NCPD!

If it is known to the outside that their military equipment is used by gangs to kill all sides, the impact will not be ordinary and far-reaching

The power of this equipment will indeed not be questioned, but its safety, controllability, and even the reliability of the company's own security operations will be questioned to a certain extent.

Jefferson thought for a moment and said, "All the chains of evidence are complete? ”

"Hmm," Lille glanced at his inbox.

[From: Merrydes]

Meredes: Keep the stuff for me, or I'll be transferred.] 】

[Lille: Yes, help each other. 】

"Okay, this thing is not for sale, so."

Lille clicked on the tabletop, and it lit up with a green glow, making the room look a little weird.

The green fluorescence makes up two lines of numbers.

First row: 2,683,000.

Second line: 100,000.

"This is the first account."

Lille picked up the stupid monkey and took a sip, waiting for Jefferson to react.

After about half a minute, Jefferson swallowed hard and nodded.

Yes, he is very rich, with assets of tens of millions.

But at once came up with more than 2.6 million euros.

That's liquidity!

But what can he do, he doesn't know if he can get out of here.

And he's sure Lille won't have any contract holes with him - and his temples ache faintly at the thought of this.

According to Lille, this infighting is an inevitable coincidence: a long-planned rebellion, a well-planned robbery failure, and a second-in-command rebellion.

But Lille's story is still very general in reality.

For example, how on earth did he get so many bounties?

Is this infighting really just a coincidence?

There are a lot of doubts, but according to the contract between him and Lille, this is not the key, the key is that Lille can indeed receive a reward of more than 500,000, so he has to pay Lille a reward of 2.6 million according to the contract.

This amount has far exceeded his psychological expectations.

But. What could he do?

And that's just the first account.

"This second account," Lille stood up with the stupid monkey and motioned for Jefferson to follow him, "let's go in and talk." ”

Lille came out of a room and opened the door.

Inside, there was a large group of ragged residents, with yellow faces and thin muscles, but it was obvious that they had inferior black market prostheses on their bodies.

Jefferson was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "Kidnapped by the Vortex Gang? ”

"It's a little different." Lille led Jefferson through the room, through a one-way glass where the people inside could not see the outside and just continued to talk to each other.

This was also seen by Jefferson, and he also found that this was indeed not the same as pure kidnapping.

"They're Uzumaki customers, to be exact." Lille reveals the answer, "They can't afford formal prosthetics and software, so they have to use pirated copies."

And the Vortex Gang is the biggest source of piracy and black market prosthetics in the city. ”

"But pirated software and black market prosthetics can cause nausea, vomiting, seizures, and coma. The incidence of cyberpsychosis will also increase dramatically! ”

"If you don't use pirated software and black market prosthetics, you can only starve to death, and even if you can find leftovers in the garbage can, the air is poisonous, the land has a belonging, and sooner or later you will have to die."

You ask them, they all know, or why don't you ask them why they don't use genuine software? Can't afford it? ”

If the land belongs, there is no place to grow food; The air is poisonous, and it is only a matter of time before it is poisoned if there is no money for blood and a prosthetic body with the ability to filter.

And these ordinary people face many problems, which are the most basic survival problems.

Of course, Jefferson could hear this obvious irony, and naturally he didn't ask stupidly.

But he also has a saying: "Why don't you take out a loan?" As long as the loan is implanted with the first work prosthesis"

"No one is going to lend money to a homeless person.

If you want to live, you have to have money, you have to find a job, and if you don't have a prosthetic, you can't find a job, but if you don't work, you can't have money, and if you don't have money, you can't put on a prosthesis. ”

It seems like an endless loop with no solution.

Jefferson pinched his eyebrows and sighed: "This is the status quo that I want to change, if we can receive more taxes from the giants, we will have the start-up capital to solve these things."

The Vortex Gang's pirated software and prosthetics only hurt them, but you're right, they aren't to blame.

They can only afford such prosthetics and software. ”

"Tell me how you're going to solve it?"

Speaking of this, Jefferson put down his hand and said: "These funds are used to buy work prosthetics and establish a sound social assessment and integration system.

Welfare agencies provide them with low-interest loans, load them with genuine prosthetics and software, and pass assessments to arrange them to work that best suits them.

Everyone has their own role to play and ensure the normal functioning of society.

As long as everyone has a job, an income, and a place in society, there is no room for criminals to grow. ”

"Nice idea"

Lille paused and bowed slightly: "Very well conceived, it sounds full of order and quite harmonious. ”

Jefferson smiled: "I said earlier, you should join me, and we will eradicate crime at the root."

The crime situation in the North District has gotten a little out of control, with homicides, robberies, and thefts. There are so many of them, I can't imagine what kind of water and fire people live here. ”

Instead of responding, Lille said, "Back to the crime rate - Watson's North Side still has a high crime rate, but you need to lower the crime rate now to reduce the likelihood that Arasaka and military technology will be here."

The Vortex Gang must have suffered a lot of damage, but they were less than a thousand in size.

You say you're doing these things for the poor citizens and homeless people of Night City, but what if the things themselves are made by the people you're trying to help? ”

Jefferson was stunned for a moment.

Lille pointed to the Night City residents who were waiting for something in the room, then turned on the screen on the wall.

"The previous cycle has been cracked by these smart and witty people, and even pirated software and prosthetics cost money.

The legal way didn't give them a plan, but the Vortex Gang did, and that's where their start-up capital came from. ”

The screen lit up and showed evidence of more than 80 percent of Watson's North crimes, all collected from the night of the bloody campaign.

Adicado gathered this information from the factories and warehouses where the battle ended.

And this information reveals the record of thefts, robberies, brawls, and other minor cases that really dominate Watson North.

Those seemingly extreme violent crimes all start with inconspicuous details.

A roadmap for an employee of a wealthy company to go home, a list of goods and a roadmap for a small convoy, factory profitability, factory production specifications and technology.

All the information is provided by these ordinary people, and even with their personal participation, either voluntarily or forced.

After the matter is over, they will get some benefits, which is usually their first pot of gold, and sometimes it is also the medical expenses when they and their loved ones are sick, or the usual food and accommodation expenses.

This huge amount of evidence tells a truth:

The main contributors to Watson's North District's ultra-high crime rate are not the Vortex Gang at all, but these Night City homeless people who have been abandoned by the legal world and cornered.

The "victims" that Jefferson wanted to protect were also what he called heinous criminals.

"I've already figured out the second account for you.

Watson North previously had a crime rate of 51 percent, with a total population of 500,000.

A total of 1,073 Vortex gangs were killed, each of whom was associated with an average of 20 cases, and the crime rate dropped by .4 percentage points after their effects.

The Vortex Gang is definitely crippled, Mr. Perarez.

But crime doesn't end there, the so-called gangs, what they really rely on to survive is the unsolvable cycle we mentioned earlier.

Or, to put it simply, poverty.

In a sense, here poverty itself is a crime, they are pitiful, but they are also aggressive. ”

Lille shrugged, and two mechanical arms moved a few parts on the table next to him.

"You say you have a way to make crimes against people disappear, but what if they're criminals themselves?"

Lille opened the door to the room.

To see is to believe.

Jefferson watched the door slowly open, the pain in his head intensifying.

(End of chapter)