Cyberpunk: 2075

"Presidential campaign documents, I would never have imagined that I would be able to work at this level now."

Driving the modified Hera on the bad land, Oliver in the driver's seat complained while driving:

"For me in the past, the new President of the United States and so on were all big figures I had only seen in rumors and live videos.

Just like the clouds in the sky, they have nothing to do with us on the ground. "

"So today we have this opportunity."

Jack, who was in the co-pilot, looked at the rolling sand outside Hera and chatted about a more critical question: "Can Hera really carry us to our destination? Can the temporary bad soil transformation be done? I want to He said, in fact, we should drive out in armored vehicles, or floating vehicles. "

"Jack, don't worry about your armored car. Do you want to be targeted for attracting attention before you even get there? The place we are going to is not a mess like Night City. As long as It’s not a very attractive place, no matter how big a deal it is, it’s the territory that nominally belongs to the New America.”

V said, and patted Hera's seat cushion at the same time: "And don't worry about Hera having problems, aren't you worried about my transformation?

My old snakes can run on bad soil, let alone the Hera that now uses better parts and a better engine. I know the route to Southern California. When the time comes, you can follow my instructions and keep it. Take you to the place. "

"As for the route, I'm familiar with it."

Karl said on the side: "Northern California and Southern California. Night City is Northern California. Our destination is Southern California. We can just drive south."

"Guys who don't drive should stop talking."

Oliver was a little speechless in the front seat: "According to what you said, we can drive all the way from the North Pole to the South Pole. You really don't know anything about the situation in Northern California and Southern California."

"What's the difference?"

Karl really didn’t understand this: “I remember that Night City is an independent city-state belonging to Northern California, and it is also a part of California geographically...: Is there anything special about Southern California?

"You know about the Unification War."

"certainly."

Carl still knew something about the war that took place in 2069 and 2070, and Oliver also explained it:

"In short, during the Unification War, when the troops of the new United States set foot on California soil, parts of Southern California and cities were directly placed under the jurisdiction of the federal government. At the same time, the city-states of Northern California were unwilling to bow to the new America;

At the request of the mayor of Night City, Lucius Lane, who was still a congressman at the time, Arasaka Corporation intervened in this unification war and ensured the independence of Night City. The independence of Night City actually brought Northern California to the and Southern California are divided into two spheres of influence, each controlled by multiple forces. Now, we are about to enter a field that nominally belongs to the new United States. The forces there will only be military technology and New America, so the actions will be very different from those in Night City. "

"To put it simply, Southern California is the territory of the new United States and military technology. When operating there, they are the official power, so you have to live by their eyes?"

Carl probably understood what Oliver meant.

Oliver was reminding him that in the City of Night, due to the existence of multiple forces, their group of mercenaries who survived in the cracks could accept commissions from various companies at will and act in various capacities, but it was completely different from Northern California. Southern California must be controlled, at least on the scene, it must obey military technology and the new United States' control of Southern California's land.

"Then it seems the task is not easy to accomplish."

Carl thought about their mission this time.

They were going to a place in Southern California to obtain documents related to the presidential campaign, and the person who assigned them was a person from Military Technology.

Who doesn’t know that Military Technology and New America almost wear a pair of trousers. The current president of the new United States is the CEO of Military Technology. But in this situation of wearing a pair of trousers, the personnel who claim to be Military Technology hide their identities. and face, entrusting Carl and his group of third parties to obtain presidential campaign documents...:

Who doesn’t know who will win the presidential election in the new United States? The military technology behind it does not have the final say, but even so, they are still required to obtain these documents, which means...:

"We are involved in the internal fighting of military technology, or we are involved in the dispute between the semi-puppet of the new United States and military technology."

"It depends on the situation."

T-BUG's voice came from the communication:

"Counting the time, it's almost time for the presidential transition. If the document involving the president's propaganda is obtained at this time, it will inevitably leave an impression internally of being unreliable and incompetent, even if it may Influencing the general election is not impossible;

After all, even the tongue and tongue are known to say what to say. Isn't it simple to deal with it? However, the information given by the client is too little. We may not know which presidential candidate we are getting until we get there. campaign documents. "

“It’s not that the client gave me little information, it’s that they just didn’t want to give me information.”

Jack could see clearly:

"Could it be that either the current new President of the United States, Rosalind Miles, or her possible internal opponents, are innocent? Especially in matters involving positions of power, no matter which party entrusts us, They certainly don’t want us mercenaries to know too much about the inside story. However, this is not without benefits. At least they have shown their intention to conceal it, which actually reduces the risk of us being silenced. "

“The less you know, the safer you are.”

Karl murmured, as a mercenary, you really have to turn a blind eye to some jobs. It’s true that mercenaries who don’t know how to delve into secrets,

He is a good mercenary.

only...

"I feel like we're going to be short now."

Karl regretted a little: "The deposit was only 400,000, and we only needed the full amount of 2 million. It turned out to be such a troublesome job. I didn't get the deal done this time."

"Don't worry about the occasional mistakes, just think of it as building a good reputation in military technology.

Jack said nonchalantly: "Believe it or not, if we do a good job in this mission, there will definitely be many people lining up to entrust us with it."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to accommodate so many people in the next life."

Oliver also smiled and said, indicating that Karl should not care about the price so much, but it was V who said something inappropriate at this time.

'I actually think two million is a lot...

"You were harmed by the small commissions you did on your own during your free time.

After Karl said helplessly, his mobile phone received an external message.

Take a look.

"Welcome to the true land of the new America, Mr. Carr."

Looking at the words of this unfamiliar message, Karl looked outside and saw the regional dividing board on the edge of the road outside the window.

I was in a bad land in a car and my location was locked as soon as I arrived. If it weren't for their hacker tracking methods, it would be...

Karl looked through the glass at the blue sky that could not be seen in Night City.

"Satellite surveillance?"