Cyberpunk: 2075

In the middle of the night, on the fifth floor of the super skyscraper, Oliver's home.

"The vehicle traces that can be determined now are at the side of the Animal Gang boss, the Savage King, in the western part of Taiping Prefecture."

Karl uploaded the contents of the information chip to the team channel so that all team members could read it and said: "In other words, we really have to go to Taiping Prefecture."

"Taipingzhou."

Saint-Domingue and Heywood are adjacent to the Taiping State, but neither Oliver nor Jack has limited knowledge of the Taiping State.

Jack thought for a while and said: "That land is considered the territory of the Voodoo Gang and the Animal Gang. They are quite exclusive and it is a bit difficult for us outsiders to get involved."

"Except for Dog Town, which is now divided and almost no longer belongs to Night City, that place is probably the most unruly place in the city."

Oliver said: "I remember that even the NCPD people didn't go to that place."

"You mean, you don't have any acquaintances there?"

"There are enemies."

Oliver sighed and said, "We still just made enemies."

"Outlanders come to cause trouble for locals."

Karl thought, although with the current strength of their team, it doesn't matter if they are reckless, but mercenaries often die because of recklessness and carelessness. This team has just started to become famous, and they do the kind of stupid things that even the big guys dare not do. , forget it.

"That means we have to find someone else for this trip?"

Karl's words made Jack understand what he wanted to do: "Do you want to ask the middleman in that place for information like the last time you went to Badland?"

"So be it."

Karl asked T-BUG, who was listening silently in the communication: "T-BUG, are there any famous middlemen in Taiping Prefecture?"

"A year ago, I knew one person. Now, there is only one famous middleman there.

T-BUG didn't lie, and directly told the middleman's name on the road: "People call him Mr. Hands."

"Mr. Hands?"

Oliver was a little curious when he heard the name: "You have to call me sir, it doesn't sound like your real name.

I thought there weren't many intermediaries like priests who didn't use their real names. "

"You have to be careful in the middleman business. Otherwise, when you get old and think about retirement, you can't be caught by the tail left by the poor performance of the mercenaries in the past. Let's take a Hamlet-style revenge."

"Ha, Hamley what?"

Listening to T-BUG's words that were beyond his understanding, Oliver felt like his brain was spinning.

"Hamlet, a tragic play written by the British playwright William Shakespeare, is also called The Revenge of a Prince. It tells the story of a prince's uncle who killed the prince's father, married the prince's mother and took the throne. The prince tried every means to revenge, and finally... The story of being stabbed by a poisonous sword in a duel and killing his enemy before he died."

Carl gave a simple explanation, and what he was greeted with were blank looks from both Jack and Oliver.

It was obvious that Jack and Oliver, who were listening, didn't quite understand.

"No, forget it Oliver, Jack, aren't you reading a book? Haven't you seen this?"

"I prefer books by American authors...probably?"

"Come on."

Karl sighed:

"It's too far off topic. If you are interested in the future, I'll look around and see if I can tell you something like that.

Let’s get back to the topic. Don’t worry about what Mr. Hands will be like in the future. Anyway, he is the most capable middleman in Taiping Prefecture, right? T-BUG, can you find his phone number? "

"It may take a while. Each intermediary has different levels of confidentiality about his or her past.

And Mr. Hands happens to be the kind of person who is particularly rigorous. "

"Is one day enough?"

"I stayed up all night today, changing the ball and looking for it at the same time. It should be almost ready tomorrow morning. Then I will send the ball and the information to you by drone."

"One night is enough, and you have to make changes while searching... This efficiency is really fast."

"Who do you think I am?"

T-BUG's confident voice sounded in the communication: "In the entire Night City, there is nothing I can't find unless I don't want to check."

"Confidence is a good thing, T-BUG, be careful, don't get caught."

"Don't worry, I've been in this business for many years. I still know whether I should touch some things and whether I can touch them. So I'll get busy here first. You guys get some sleep and I'll call you tomorrow morning.

After saying this, T-BUG communication ends.

"Why do I feel like this girl is saying something unlucky that may come true later?"

Jack, who listened to T-BUG's words the whole time, scratched his head.

"You usually say that a lot Jack."

Karl said and looked at the time.

It's 10:30 pm, still early.

"Want something to eat? I'll order takeout?"

"Just order the one we usually eat at, and ask them to bring more wine...Forget it, I won't drink the wine. Let them bring more drinks."

Oliver said, "Order more burgers for me. Fried chicken burgers are my favorite."

"Okay, four Worm Castles."

"Hey, Carl, I know it's made of worms or locusts or something like that, but don't you think it's that unappetizing?"

"If there was no chicken now, I would have given you a decent burger no matter what."

Karl shook his head: "I heard that in Taiping Prefecture, there are people who are raising poultry privately, which is beyond the control of Night City's laws. I'll see if I can get some when I go there."

After ordering takeout, a new message came from Carl.

"Karl, I've finished the T-BUG thing. I've told you the relevant modification operations. I heard that you still need to modify the vehicle. Can you tell me more about it?"

V?

Are you going to end things with T-BUG so soon?

Carl thought that tonight T-BUG and V would be working overtime to complete the transformation of the bionic dog.

"We do have a car that we need to show you, Sky Hera, can it be modified? We want to speed it up a bit and enhance its collision capabilities."

"We have to meet and see if it can be changed. I can't understand the message sent through the communication. When can you bring the car to me and show it to me? I'm near Night City now."

"Still around?"

"After I took over your job, there was nothing going on in the tribe, so I asked my two friends to go back with the money while I stayed outside to see if I could still make money. No, you guys Did you come to your door? Let’s make an appointment to meet.”

Time?...

Karl thought for a moment.

Go to Santo Domingo and the edge of the Badlands, and then go to Taipingzhou. It seems that you don’t need to repeat the same route, then... ．

"Tomorrow at seven o'clock in the morning, you can send us your location in Badland and we'll drive there."