Cyberpunk: 2075

In 2070, as the smoke of the Unification War dissipated, the new United States announced its withdrawal and stated that it would no longer interfere in the affairs of the Night City area. At the same time, a new bar quietly emerged above this huge underground space that was perfect for lurking. It was born to provide services to those residents who live in Dog Town and are always worried. It all seems too perfect and too coincidental.

It's such a coincidence that one can't help but wonder if all this is really just a coincidence.

Think differently.

Because the overt forces of New America will be forced to withdraw from Night City, it is more reasonable and natural for some people to stay as lurking personnel, right?

Will it be?

After she came to this bar at the invitation of Mann and the others, she happened to run into a suspicious person. Could it be her?

After thinking for a moment, Karl felt that he was becoming more and more suspicious.

Mann and the others are considered outsiders to Dog Town, and the place where they can stay for a long time to contact intelligence is obviously a place with many outsiders and intensive exchange of intelligence. Otherwise, Mann and the others would not be able to use this as a resting base, and Collect information in Dog Town to hunt down and eliminate Faraday. In other words, this seemingly ordinary bar is a very intensive information exchange place for outsiders.

When choosing an intelligence collection point in the city, where would be the best choice for ordinary people?

The obvious answer is to work as a bartender in a bar.

Bartenders come into contact with all kinds of customers day after day. As long as they pay a little attention and listen carefully, the amount of information they can grasp will be far greater than that of ordinary people on the street.

Take Nobu Arasaka, for example, when a person of this level arrived in Night City, his news was already known to Claire in the Afterlife Bar and he guessed it and told Carl and the others. This is enough to prove the uniqueness of the bar in intelligence collection. Advantages.

"Your drinks are ready, handsome guys."

The female bartender had also prepared drinks for other people. With the push of her palms, cups of wine were delivered to Jack and the others. Then she looked at Karl, seeing nothing in front of him, and grinned. : "Want me to prepare another drink for you?"

Karl raised his eyes slightly and took a serious look at the female bartender. Dog Town's personnel database was basically not connected to Night City's NCPD statistician data, but this woman seemed to be from Night City in the past. So there is her information, and her name is Daphne.

Daphne is a good name. In Greek mythology, this is the name of the laurel goddess, which symbolizes the dawn. About this goddess,

There is an allusion, that is, Apollo, the god of light, has been unrequitedly in love with the laurel goddess, and has been chasing him for a long time. Although Apollo is not the sun god, he has always possessed the attributes of the sun in a broad sense. Apollo chased Daphne. Just like the sun chasing the coming of dawn.

I really like this name.

Carl, who was always considered by his friends to be like a crazy sun, liked the name Daphne very much. Unfortunately, he felt that the name

It should just be a disguise.

It is always said that if a person hides his or her name, the new name he takes will always have its meaning, and Daphne, who symbolizes the dawn,

Are you looking forward to the dawn of the end?

"You have a great name, Daphne."

When Carl faced Daphne's question about whether she wanted another drink, he didn't answer. Instead, he naturally called out Daphne's name in the information, and her words obviously stunned Daphne for a moment.

However, her expression of surprise disappeared quickly: "It turns out that I am a customer who has heard of me. I originally thought that I would introduce myself again and let you come more often, but I didn't expect..."

As she spoke, Daphne avoided Karl's gaze, but her hands faintly drooped a little.

KK knows his name, has he checked his own information? Why would he think of checking the information of a person he met for the first time? Could it be that he is very vigilant? But if he just knows the information, it’s okay. This The information is completely suitable for me.

Even if he found out and investigated further, at most he would only know that he had deliberately manipulated and exposed his disguised 'secret' identity, and that he was just a former clothing store employee...

When Daphne thought so, she noticed Karl's gaze.

Daphne has deliberately avoided looking at her, adopting a way that was considered in the training analysis to avoid attracting the attention of the guests. However, even though she has shown such an attitude, Karl's eyes are still firmly locked on her. .

Where that line of sight is looking...:

It's his neck and chest.

Daphne's chest has obvious traces of modification, and on her neck she wears a string of small rosary necklaces that fit the skin and are a bit tight. Under the rosary necklace, there are tiny traces of modifications. The traces are It was as if the sides of her neck had been slightly modified so that something fit her face at a good angle.

"Oops!

After realizing that Karl was looking at the traces of her transformation, Daphne's heart skipped a beat.

Some people in military science and technology once sold some experimental prosthetics that were considered unsuitable to the Sixth Street Gang. Among those prostheses, one was reused because it showed a certain value in relation to KK. Developed stuff.

Those things Arasaka developed a chip version through a certain degree of "commercial operation", and its prototype is...:

"Behavioral characteristics synchronization template? No, it should be another type of imitation mimicry mask, which does not need to be directly operated on the subcutaneous tissue, but changes the appearance through certain optical projections and facial muscle changes. This prosthesis is really good."

Carl said to Daphne in a questioning and emotional way: "If you don't mind, can you let me see your real face, just as..."

Carl's eyes were like torches, as if his sight had penetrated Daphne's disguise: "I just made a small rash request."

Can't wait any longer!

Daphne, who realized that she had aroused suspicion and was about to be exposed, had already clenched the pistol on her waist with her drooping palm and pulled it out, but before she tried to keep her face unchanged and start Sian Westin to make a move, a hand had already taken a step ahead of her and grasped her palm.

With just a slight twist, Daphne's palm lost its strength under the whitening, and the gun she had just raised in her hand fell between the loose fingers and was held by someone.

The magazine was disassembled, the bullet was ejected, and the action was done in unison. Without giving Daphne a chance to shoot, V, who was closest to Daphne, completed the removal of the weapon and made it harmless.

"Don't rush to do it, let's discuss it, how about we ask it properly?"

Putting the harmless gun on the table, V and the others in the team stood up and surrounded Daphne from three directions.

"Or, you can try to run back."

Karl sat down and smiled at Daphne: "I allow you to run."