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Chapter 35 Talk!

The middle-aged man with a beard didn't mind, stretched out his hand, shook Arthur's hand, and extended his olive branch.You must know that people who can single-handedly kill military technology teams are fierce men no matter where they are.Maybe we can help each other sometime in the future.Of course, it's not entirely utilitarian. The biggest difference between the Rangers and Night City is that they don't have that much dirt on them.To put it simply, it is more humane.Arthur shrugged and said, "Welcome to Night City, the closest place to hell in the world. Sorry, the smell on you is really a bit strong.""Hahaha, it doesn't matter. I just feel like I just crawled out of hell and was too excited. By the way, my name is Thor."The middle-aged bearded man laughed and said his name. He was the boss of this wanderer family.Arthur nodded. Of course he knew who Thor was. He was an ordinary person who had lost his vigor in middle age and wanted to settle down completely.Then Saul pointed to the other two middle-aged men who jumped out of the car and the woman looking at them from the driver's seat and said: "The bald one is Mitch, that one is Scorpion, and the one driving the car Just Panang."Arthur stretched out his hand towards them: "Hello, my name is Arthur Martinez. Just call me Arthur. I am currently working as a little Karami mercenary in Night City. If you have any work, you can find me."Scorpion and Mitch moved a box of beer from the trunk and walked over. Mitch also laughed and cursed: "f**k you, someone who can defeat a military technology convoy actually calls himself Little Karami? "Thor took out one beer from the box of beer and threw it to Arthur. He said apologetically: "We haven't settled in yet, so we don't have a refrigerator yet. We can only drink at room temperature. It actually tastes pretty good."Arthur didn't suggest taking the beer, opened it, took a sip, and then looked at Thor curiously."He said you really stole the ashes of the military technology mother? It's really rare for an entire elite team to hunt down a family of wanderers. I've never seen it before in Night City for so long.""Zhuo, we just robbed one of their cars, and those bastards chased us for most of the Bald Eagle."At this moment, Panan jumped out of the Thunderbolt and after hearing Arthur's words, he was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, with an angry expression on his face.In fact, no homeless person would be able to accept this matter.Isn't it natural for homeless people to rob company cars?It's such a common thing that most of the bald eagles chased them. It's really too much and rude. We all work part-time and only earn three melons and two dates a month. Why are you working hard?"Panan, it's not all because of you. I told you a long time ago not to rob the cars of those big companies. Sooner or later, you will get into trouble. The people from Military Technology chased most of our bald eagles. I guess there will be more after that. I will continue to pursue it."Sol felt a little sad when he said this. In fact, he had realized that wanderers would only continue to wander and be on the verge of death on the way.Such an ending was undesirable, so he wanted to settle down. Although I don't know what will happen after I settle down, at least I won't die wandering around.This time he came to Night City with this idea in mind. Night City is where all the big companies in the world gather, and he wanted to find a good buyer here."Pfft!"Just when Arthur was thinking about what they had stolen to stir up a hornet's nest, Mitch next to him crushed the beer in his hand with his right hand.Arthur, who was watching the beer splashing everywhere, was also stunned for a moment.Mitch smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry, this thing is older than me. It probably broke during the previous battle."Arthur looked at his arm and found that it was exactly what he said. This arm was older than his age. It was probably from the same era as Johnny Silverhand.Because humans are more willing to see a human body rather than a cold instrument, so since I don't know how many years ago, all prosthetic limbs will basically be covered with bionic skin on the outside, which at least makes you look more like a human being."It's not a big problem. The chip responsible for collaborative neural processing is probably burned out. If you go back and look through the trash can, you should be able to find the same model. Just replace it and you'll be done."As a mechanical master, Arthur could tell at a glance what was wrong with the arm in Mitch's hand.He didn't think about repairing it directly, because in fact, there was no need to repair this thing at all.He could just replace it with another one.Maybe it was because Mitch was a wanderer or maybe this thing could commemorate the one he broke off on the battlefield.The arm, that's why it wasn't replaced."Is that so? Can't you tell, you are still a mechanical expert.""If there are many people who chop, you can do it too.""..."The atmosphere quickly calmed down. Panan sat next to him and didn't refute anything. He picked up the beer and poured it into his stomach.In fact, she knows everything herself. She will indeed face more dangers if she robs big companies.But she believes that Sol has forgotten something, that is, opportunities can only be found in danger. If he cannot get more opportunities, he will not be able to grow his family and live better.So in the final analysis, the question asked by the big black fat man is: to be famous all over the world, or to be unknown?With Sol's age, it was natural for him to choose to be unknown, while Panam chose to become famous."I don't know what's in the car you robbed, but things have developed to this point, which means that the things in the car are very important. If you want to continue to hang out in Night City, you may There's a little bit of a trade-off to make."Arthur picked up the beer and took a sip, then brought the conversation back to the right track. These homeless people were quite nice, but Arthur actually didn't want them to die like this in the cesspit of Night City.After Panan heard this, he immediately felt like a cat with a hairy fur: "Zhuo, f**k it, do you know how many people we paid for this batch of goods?"Arthur shrugged and said without caring at all: "Then it depends on whether you are willing to give more people."Panan was speechless by Arthur's words. Indeed, these goods may be very important for the development of the family, because they may contain opportunities to soar into the sky.But in the final analysis, the most important thing about a family is the people, not the goods.If the opportunity is gone, you can look for it later, but if the person is gone, the family will no longer exist.How to choose is actually a fairly simple matter.

Chapter 36 Your Mental Illness Is Really Bad!

"Maybe I should hire you to be our Adecado's tutor. This is the first time I've seen Panan being speechless."Sol looked at Panan's ugly face with some schadenfreude.To be honest, he had long been fed up with this ignorant naughty child. Every time the other party caused a lot of trouble, he had to go to the trouble of wiping her butt.She always has her own reasons, as if what she does is right and everything she does is wrong."Forget it as a tutor, I don't want someone to shoot my head off with a gun."Arthur shook his head. He didn't want to be a wanderer. He also planned to fight against the big companies and save the working people of Night City in a while.That's right, the way to fight against big companies is to poach people from their factories, and to save the people of Night City is to reduce their working hours by 5 minutes.Just say it's right and there's no confrontation, just say there's no way to save it."Actually, we don't know what's in the box of that car. Maybe it's a fake Dick used by military technology executives?"The scorpion next to him couldn't help but make a joke, which almost made Arthur spit out a mouthful of beer.But since you don't know, you must go and have a look.After a while, Arthur sat on the Thunderbolt and arrived at the temporary gathering place of this group of wanderers.All the homeless people here have tired faces, and some of them have injuries on their bodies. The atmosphere in the entire camp is not very good.After Arthur saw this scene, he couldn't help but look at Panan next to him.Ainan lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.Saul took Arthur to the front of a van and opened the back door of the van. Arthur walked in and saw several boxes with military technology logos on them."Basically, it's all here. We haven't opened it to look at it. We feel that if we look at it, we might get into trouble. It's better to just send it to the black market in Night City and sell it. I think Arasaka Technology should be interested in this kind of thing. interest."Sol patted the boxes with his hand and made a banging sound. It sounded like these boxes were very strong, and there must be cushioning cotton inside, otherwise the sound would not be so dull.Arthur squatted in front of these boxes, looked at the combination locks on them, and couldn't help but slap his mouth."How dare you snatch such high-end goods?""It should be high-end stuff coming out of the military science and technology laboratory. It should be some kind of weapon that is still being tested, such as a smart robot or something."Military Technology and Arasaka Group are not small companies, they are real giants.From intangible to tangible assets, basically everything you can see belongs to the company. They make everything and they enjoy everything.Prosthetic technology is only a small part of the business of these two companies.They also manufacture a variety of firearms, knives, wars, robots, aircraft carriers, aircraft, and yachts. As long as you are alive, you will inevitably use things produced by these big companies, and their business even includes twisting. Those ladies on Twisting Street.Arthur looked at the combination lock and dialed Lucy's phone number directly.No way, Lucy is just easier to use than T-Bug.And Lucy is also more beautiful than T-Bug.Besides, Lucy has the leverage in her own hands. As a qualified capitalist, how can she not squeeze it out?"Hi, Lucy, this is your boss. There are several boxes of military technology in front of me. I want to know what are in them?""Arthur, please listen to my advice.Your cyberpsychosis is really not cured.You should be hospitalized as soon as possible, treated as soon as possible, and cured as soon as possible.You just had a fight with the Voodoo Gang this morning, and also had a fight with a woman from the Terrorist Mobile Team.The madman is flirting, and you have to negotiate with those stupid guys from the Animal Gang in the past two days.Now you have your mind set on military technology.What do you want to do next? Is it biotechnology or Arasaka Company?"Lucy's rants were like machine gun fire, which made Arthur have a headache.It's like he likes to cause trouble, and he doesn't like whether he does it well or not.The factory building given to him by his fellow patient is in Taipingzhou. What can he do?Could it be that if we spend money to rent a factory elsewhere, it would take an astronomical number of days of work to save so much money?As for the conflict with the Voodoo Gang, it had nothing to do with him. It was Arthur's fault, and he, Arthur, only stood up to take the blame.The Animal Gang also has territory in Taipingzhou.When opening a factory there, you are not allowed to have a relationship with the Animal Gang.Otherwise, they will come to collect protection fees every day.It will be very troublesome for Arthur to deal with those little minions every day.He may kill too many.It will also alert the ncpd people.So Arthur felt aggrieved, as if he hadn't snatched the box of military technology in front of him. He just wanted to know what was in it and whether he could use it."Well, just help me, and I will definitely repay you.""What about repaying a favor? When you are caught by the company in the future, just don't tell me about it! Connect your personal link to the terminal."Arthur shrugged and felt that this sentence seemed a bit familiar, but he still took out the connecting cable from his wrist and inserted it into the terminal of the box.Arthur's eyes suddenly flashed through streams of data and warnings from military technology.Soon Lucy broke through ICE, successfully obtained the box's information, and unlocked the box.Arthur retracted the data cable, opened the box and looked at a smaller alley inside, a little stunned. Why do people in military technology like matryoshka dolls so much?After scratching his head, Arthur lifted the small box out and placed it on the ground. He pressed the switches on both sides to reopen the smaller box.At this moment, Lucy's voice came over."Arthur, you are in big trouble. The box contains a piece of research and technical information from biotechnology. The main content is about research on a new generation of antibacterial drugs, and it has entered the stage of human experimentation.""So this is a complete piece of information that can be commercialized immediately.This was stolen from Biotechnology by Military Technology through commercial espionage.Originally, this research information should have been transported directly to the headquarters of Military Technology for research. , but it seems to have been intercepted by your homeless friends.""Now people on both sides are eyeing your friend. By the way, I just entered the military technology network and took a look. It seems that you are about to be on the wanted list. It's just that they haven't found your identity yet. You'd better hurry up. Settle this matter."

Chapter 37 A Hot Potato And Thor'S Thoughts!

After Lucy finished speaking, the phone was hung up directly.Arthur: "..."Seeing such a large box containing such a small chip, Arthur felt that this thing was hotter than the exhaust pipe of a car that had been driving for a day in Night City.People's military technology has done a good job in camouflage. It is obviously such a small chip, but it is packed together in several large boxes.In order to reduce the attention of the homeless people so that they would not notice the car, they even gave some things out for the homeless people to grab.But Adecado noticed the errant car immediately.So the wise and powerful His Royal Highness Panan led the brave Adecado men to snatch back a piece of hot potato.Arthur silently closed the box in his hand, finally put the small box in his hand back into the big box, and then closed the big box.After doing this, Arthur looked at Thor next to him and said, "Can we pretend that I haven't been here today?"Thor shrugged. Although he didn't hear Lucy's words, he knew that this must be a big trouble. If Arthur ran away, Adecado might not be able to handle it."Friends should protect their friends, right?"Arthur: "...If Panan calls you stupid again, come to me and I will definitely beat her up!"Thor showed a charming smile of a middle-aged man, while Arthur scratched the back of his head."To put it simply, this is a piece of biotechnology information that was stolen by Military Technology using espionage methods.Originally, this thing should have been sent to the Military Technology Headquarters for research, but now it has fallen into your hands.This The data is very mature and can be commercialized immediately, and the market prospect is huge.""So you should understand why you just robbed a car, but were hunted down by military technology and killed half a bald eagle, right?"When Sol heard this, his old face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. Fortunately, Panan was not in the carriage, otherwise he would have definitely roared at her."If you return this information to Military Technology, Military Technology may consider canceling the fatwa."Arthur gave his suggestion. To be honest, this kind of thing doesn't actually have much effect on ordinary people.Many things, especially medicines, require high-precision manufacturing equipment. Even if you have research data and no equipment, you cannot completely reproduce these things through a method similar to that of a witch refining medicine. Show up.So returning the property to its original owner is the best option.But after thinking for a moment, Sol shook his head, his eyes lit up and he didn't know what he was thinking."Thank you so much for your help with Adecado, Arthur.""We will handle this matter ourselves. It's too troublesome for you, otherwise we really don't know what kind of hot potato is contained in these boxes."When Arthur heard Thor's words, he immediately understood that the other party planned to take on this matter and had his own little plan.This situation is absolutely normal. In Night City, there are always people who think they have encountered an opportunity and reach out to grab it without fear.It's just that some people reached out and grabbed a piece of dog shit, and the even more unlucky person reached out and caught a grenade that was about to explode.But no matter what, since you have made your choice, you must bear the consequences yourself.Although Arthur thinks that people like Thor are pretty good, he doesn't want to tie his own destiny to them.Although it is impossible for military technology to kill Arthur, things will become very troublesome if he is targeted by military technology."Since you already have an idea, that's the best thing. If you need anything, call me. For the sake of the beer, I'm willing to provide you with some help as much as I can."Arthur shrugged and then jumped out of the van. Just walking a short distance away, he saw Mitch approaching pushing a motorcycle.After Mitch saw Arthur, he immediately showed a smile, parked the car and said, "Although it is not as good as your Sword in the Stone, I think that car is not yours either. Look at the new car I have prepared for you." How does the car feel?"Are you kidding me? If cyberpunk can use the Sword in the Stone, will there be laws and laws in this world?Even if you are a company dog, you have to be an extremely upper-class company dog ​​to be able to afford such an expensive car.How could a person like Cyberpunk, who spends his days making money to buy bullets or supplies, save money to buy a car as awesome as The Sword in the Stone?Arthur stepped forward and touched the motorcycle and nodded with satisfaction.This mission is not bad. Not only do you get money, but you also get a car. Although it is a motorcycle, it is not bad. At least there will be no traffic jam.After all, you have a standard vehicle, right?If I go to the Sixth Street Gang to borrow a car again, they will probably go crazy, so it's better not to provoke them any more.Panan was sipping his drink next to him. When he saw Arthur preparing to leave, he said with some confusion: "Are you leaving so soon? Why don't you stay for a few more days?"Although they have only known each other for a short time, the wanderers are like this.But whether it was Mitch, Thor, others, or Panan, they all recognized Arthur.After all, Arthur had saved the entire Adecado before. Although they had paid, this did not prevent the fact that Arthur had saved them."I still have some urgent matters to deal with in Night City, so I can only return first. If I have time next time, I will come and stay for a few more days.""By the way, if you enter Night City, you can come to me and I'll treat you to real chicken!"Arthur shook his head. He didn't plan to stay in the homeless camp for a longer period of time. What a joke, he still wanted to go back and open a company.Where do I have the time to hang out with this group of wanderers, and I will starve for three days and nine meals with the wanderers. Although they are nice people, this is why they are so poor.Of course, homeless people would rather live in poverty than imitate those corporate dogs who dehumanize themselves.Arthur looked at the homeless people not far away. They had already started to set up camp. The chef was cooking, the little kids were playing and playing around in the entire camp, and some of the injured and sick patients were lying on the bed and wailing. .Although it looks a bit bleak, the atmosphere is actually much better than before.After all, life has to go on, right?

Chapter 38 Get Sales And The City Of Dreams!

Arthur drove the motorcycle that Mitch gave him and rushed towards Night City.I have to say that motorcycles are a very convenient means of transportation in many cases. At least Arthur thinks they are much easier to use than four-wheeled ones.At this moment, the call suddenly came in."Well done, Arthur, you are still a treasure. The money will be transferred to your account immediately. You are happy, I am happy, and the customer is also happy. It is a true win-win situation for all three parties.""Really? I'm not very happy. This mission is a bit deep. If there is a follow-up, you'd better take it easy."Although Arthur didn't know what Thor wanted to do, but as the saying goes, finding wealth in danger must be unconventional.Since we postponed the military technology side, we must choose the biotechnology side.That's how things work in Night City, and there's no such thing as a golden mean."Zhuo, you don't need to tell me this kind of thing, I'm just a middleman!""Okay, I said before that I want to cooperate with you on something, do you remember?"Arthur wanted to discuss cooperation with the old captain, which was actually about the sale of suppressors.Although Night City is chaotic, certain rules still exist. If a suppressor like Arthur is sold through formal channels, then the rules must be followed.For example, first do some animal experiments, then do some human experiments, and finally pass the safety inspection, and then go on the market for sale.But after this set of procedures was completed, the day lilies were cold, and now Arthur seemed to have seen a beautiful beauty who had taken off her clothes. If he was asked to continue waiting, it would be better to let him die.He is now very dissatisfied with the small house in Santo Domingo and must find a way to move out immediately."I remember, please tell me in detail?"The old captain didn't think there was anything surprising. In fact, there were many people in Night City who wanted to negotiate business with middlemen.Some people want to sell some information to them, the middlemen, such as what color underwear the Night City congressman is wearing today.Some people want to get rid of the hot potato in their hands, such as the car they just snatched or stole from a certain congressman.The battlefield of Night City is the battlefield of intelligence. Countless intelligence is flying around here. Some are true and some are false. It is difficult for anyone to tell. Some information is even very outrageous, so outrageous that it is unbelievable, but this kind of information is real.I can't tell the difference between true and false, I really can't tell the difference!"I want to sell some goods through the channels you have.As you know, I had cyberpsychosis before.Later, I made a special suppressor through research.The specific capabilities are probably similar to the suppressor, but only once.Buy it and enjoy it for life, this is good news for common people, how about it? Am I a great saint?""You'd better ask the people you hacked to death whether you are a great saint. If the thing is indeed what you said, there is no problem in selling it through my channels, but I will charge a 5% handling fee. ""No way, old captain, I am also your sailor after all. Wouldn't it hurt feelings to talk about money? I am more or less doing things for Night City, right?""Zhuo, I'm not the mayor of Night City. Whether you do things for Night City or not is none of my business. Besides, talking about money hurts feelings, and talking about feelings hurts money."After hearing what the old captain said, Arthur couldn't help but complain in his heart. Sure enough, people in Night City are money-oriented.It's really pure, it's all about interests, not mixed with any emotion.Unlike himself, he is probably the most humane person in the entire Night City.I worked tirelessly to take out the suppressor developed by the system and help the common people of Night City. As expected, I am the great saint."Okay, I originally planned to add 20% to the cost price as the selling price. Since you want another 5%, then let's add 25%. There is no other way. Who calls me a good person?"The old captain almost choked to death when he heard this.Good guy, if you are a good person, you should take 5% from your share instead of adding 5% to the selling price.What's the difference between your approach and that of a corporate dog?"Then I'll wait for your good news. That's it for today. Keep in touch Arthur."After a while, Arthur finally returned to Night City, and it was already dusk.But now there are no cars on the street, and the dim yellow sunlight shines on the entire land, coating everything with a yellow light.It's a pity that when this kind of scene appears in Night City, it will only have a sense of doomsday twilight, and will not have a warm feeling at all.There are many homeless people sitting on the street. They just sit there in a daze, not even bothering to beg.Gangs with large tattoos on their bodies gather in any corner, and they can survive better than cockroaches.From time to time, there will be a supercar, and the roaring sound of the engine passing by on the street seems to be shocking.Many people say that Night City is a good place.Many people have traveled thousands of miles to come to this city from all over the world.It is full of opportunities and can do anything.It tolerates everything here and you may get something.Love and happiness, getting delicious food, and even being corrupted, here you will find the best Mewtwo technology and unparalleled prosthetic transformation.Here you can become a superhuman and ignore the laws of living things, just like getting a technological version of the 12-spell.It sounded like a dream city, but Arthur knew it wasn't.This is a city of sin, and hell is not as good as Night City.Because everything I just said does not belong to you, it is something that only a few people in Night City can enjoy.And those very few people are sitting on the throne on the ladder of bones made by the frantic efforts of countless ants.Here ordinary people are just data. If your data is too ugly, they will even directly exclude you from Night City.It's like a bad land, like Taipingzhou~You think you will become one of the few people, but in fact you will only become that ant.But everyone actually has dreams. From this aspect, Night City is a good place because it has created dreams.Because only in this place can you realize the dream in your heart. The most chaotic places often hide the greatest opportunities.Arthur silently watched what was happening on the street. After a while, he unscrewed the key from the motorcycle and stuffed it into his pocket. He silently took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and entered the elevator. within.The elevator rose slowly. The TV in the elevator was playing News Channel 54. The host was vigorously promoting how good the recent employment situation was and how prosperous Night City was.Seeing this situation, Arthur could only congratulate the bosses of Night City for being one step closer to buying the Sword of the Lake Lady.The person who came up with this statistical method is definitely a genius. He should win the Fields Medal and should not be trapped in the TV station.