Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

"Ha..." Xi Da shrugged, "After all, our team has just been formed, so it's normal to have insufficient configuration."

"That time in the Biotechnology Building, there was such a big commotion. Your ability is beyond my imagination." Mann said pointedly while drinking.

That night, News Channel 54, a subsidiary of Military Technology, was hacked by a mysterious hacker and broadcast the side effects of the drug "Securicine" on a loop for an entire hour.

In addition, a grand formation of joint armies composed of two corporate giants, biotechnology and military technology, joined hands.

All kinds of rumors can deceive ordinary people, but they can't be concealed from the deliberate digging of interested people.

As one night passed, things changed.

Speculators who like to speculate in stocks just opened their eyes in the morning and planned to show off their skills in the financial market as usual, but they were slapped in the face by a series of shocking news and became dizzy.

Military Technology suddenly announced the end of its long-term cooperation with biotechnology.

Just for a simple drug scandal?

The truth is much deeper than that.

Is it that the evil dragon that has occupied the new United States for nearly a century can no longer hold back its minions and wants to launch an attack on the fat lambs of Europe?

No one knows the real answer.

Even those financial giants in the past who claimed to know the inside story of the company and had reliable informants all fell silent and bowed their heads in silence.

What's more, the vast number of ordinary people in Night City who are blind and unaware?

All they knew was that this pharmaceutical giant from Europe had suffered heavy losses due to drug scandals and some unknown reason, and was bleeding like a river.

The most obvious manifestation is that the stock prices of biotechnology companies have plummeted and fallen off a cliff.

Whether they were stockholders or speculators who wanted to buy the bottom at a certain point, they all lost their money, and many families were ruined.

During that time, Dead Man Lotto counts topped four figures on several days.

Faced with the loss of biotechnology and the silence of military technology, the remaining super companies in Night City, such as Arasaka, Kangtao, etc., have begun to make moves.

It is said that Saburo Arasaka, who is far away in Japan, has already set off, intending to personally conquer the Night City, a battlefield full of blood and wealth.

Kang Tao has also started taking action. Today's bloody battle was broadcast live. Can he defeat the super robot of the Terrorist Mobile Team? This is truly an excellent example of marketing.

There are also many outsiders such as South Korea's Zhang Group. They are eager to seize the only opportunity to completely kick biotechnology out of the game and fill the soon-to-be vacant seats of Night City's super giants.

What happened to biotechnology to end up like this?

Now, the answer to this huge secret that has troubled countless people is standing in front of him.

Mann wanted to open his mouth to ask, but hesitated.

First, don’t talk about deep feelings.

Although he had given the other party some care in the garbage dump, it was a small price paid for Rogge's sake and was not commensurate with the value of the secret.

Mann has been on the road for many years and most of all believes in the principle of equivalence.

Second, knowing secrets that you shouldn’t know can easily lead to burnout.

The Biotechnology Division suffered heavy losses in Night City, but still has considerable strength.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Biotechnology can't help Xi Da and the others, and dealing with Mann and his gang won't be any harder than killing an ant.

Mann hesitated. It didn't matter whether he lived or died. What would Dolio, Sasha, Rebekah, and Pyrrha do?

Since he is the leader of the team, he naturally has the awareness and responsibility of a big brother.

So he chose to keep silent and not vent the burning curiosity in his heart.

The silly woman Dolio didn't seem to think as much as he did. After being distracted for a while, she was already having fun with the three of Xi Da.

Mann chuckled.

Maybe it’s just pretending to be stupid.

Mann felt that with his rough heart, he might never be able to understand the clever and ever-changing thoughts of women.

"Mann?"

"What's wrong?"

Dolio's shout brought Mann back to his drifting consciousness.

He blinked, hiding all his inner emotions under those iconic sunglasses, and then looked in the direction of Dolio.

"You've been blowing into an empty wine bottle for a long time..." Dolio covered her forehead in distress, feeling angry and distressed at her lover's stupidity.

"Rebecca will definitely sneer at me when she sees me like this..." Mann teased, with a smile on his lips.

"I wonder what happened to that little girl..." Dolio brought Mann another bottle of cold beer and sighed softly.

"How do you feel about the two people except Xi Da?"

Surprisingly, Dolio has a delicate heart that is completely inconsistent with her rough appearance.

Mann knew this very well, so he specifically asked Dolio how he felt.

"I feel like they don't look very human..." Fortunately, Dolio often drank with Mann. He had a good drinking capacity, so he didn't yell out loud. He just whispered in Mann's ear.

Mann was startled by Dolio's serious expression and guessing words, and wondered whether he had taken too much medicine and was hallucinating.

"Not a human? Is it a ghost?"

Mann held the cold bottle and shuddered slightly.

Although he didn't want to admit it, this nine-foot strong man also had some hidden weaknesses.

He was very afraid of those sneaky ghosts and monsters.

To put it simply, I am afraid of ghosts.

Every time we go home together, the evil-minded Dolio will always make up all kinds of ghost stories and tell them all the way, which scares Mann for a long time.

"Look at your bearish look..." Dolio took in Mann's embarrassing look and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"It's not that what you said is ambiguous!"

It seems that he did drink too much, Mann thought as he argued with Dolio, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"So what do you mean?" Mann stared at his girlfriend who stopped talking after saying one sentence. He couldn't help but feel a little crazy, and stretched out his hand to pull her and asked.

"Yahwei... Although he is very gentlemanly, his sense of propriety is too obvious, and every move will unconsciously reveal a sense of superiority..."

"Lucy... I feel like she is a bit like Yahweh. Communicating with her is like being separated by a thick layer of glass... The way she looks at people is like the audience is sitting in the audience, watching curiously. The drama performed on the stage..."

"Are you thinking too much?"

"Maybe... they are not simple anyway." Dolio shook his head and sighed softly.

"Fortunately...it's not an enemy." Mann touched his arm with some fear.

"They say Rogge has a vicious eye, you still don't believe it... We have been in Night City for so long, and the number of times we have received commissions in the next life is very few... That little girl Xida has been hanging around since she debuted. Afterlife Nightclub..." Dolio continued while stroking the high-end sofa leather under her body with her hands.

"The Queen of the Afterlife is not a philanthropist. The people she likes must be extraordinary."

"Like Johnny Silverhand?" Mann asked in a low voice after considering it for a moment.

"People like them are destined to stir up the storm and become true legends that will never fade away and live on from generation to generation..." Dolio quietly glanced at the laughing Xida trio and said with emotion.

"At least we were lucky enough to witness it."