I'm not a cyberpsycho

"Hum hum……"

"Manager, manager, we're here."

"Hmm? Oh, oh," Li Pan rubbed his face after being awakened by Ah Qi, "You guys wait in the car, listen to my instructions, and be ready."

Then he picked up the suitcase with the spine in it, opened the car door and jumped off the floating car. He jumped between various illegal buildings and roof walkways. He didn't take the usual route and faced the crazy looks of passers-by. To the dirty streets.

This is the so-called 'commuting area'. In the era of New Tokyo, this area used to be a suburban village, a subway and bus hub, and the six blocks nearby were residential areas for livestock, small industrialists, and self-employed people. There were small one-bedroom apartments. In the courtyard, there are low-rise residences and large apartment buildings. The population density is extremely high and it was once a very prosperous area.

It's just that the industry as a whole is in a recession now. Companies, factories, and armies are all laying off people everywhere. But after all, they used to be the middle class, citizens who still had some money. If they lost their jobs, they could still set up a stall and start a small business, or start a small business. You can support your family by doing live broadcasts on the Internet, so that places like suburban industrial areas will not directly go bankrupt. Coupled with the geographical advantages and population base, you can live here and commute no matter where you go to work. The population mobility is also very high. The subway stations are always overcrowded. Li Pan has also thought about renting a house here. The rent is about 10,000, um, just think about it.

Of course, there is no pure land in the Night City, and it is also one of the areas where gangs compete most fiercely. There are six gangs in six blocks. But after all, it is the main gathering place for the working class, whether it is the Ye family or Takamagahara, the Red Tengu or the San The alpha dogs are not crazy enough to start a war here and exterminate all the social workers who can still make money for everyone. Therefore, generally no one uses military weapons here, and the struggle in the 'commuter area' is generally maintained at a low-intensity assassination level.

As soon as I put on my glasses and connected to the internal communication of Shibaban, I heard two people complaining.

Eighteen, "He actually sleeps with his eyes open, so disgusting..."

Rama, "I thought my nose was blocked. It's really scary..."

"Hey! Don't speak ill of your boss on the communication channel! Shiba, keep an eye on me. If anyone dares to intimidate me, I'll burn his brains out right away. You're welcome!"

Eighteen, "Oh, I got it, sorry."

Gee, this kid is not cute at all.

Li Pan squeezed through the crowd and came to a commercial street and found a Chinese restaurant. Under the sign of "Peace Hotel", an old man wearing glasses, prosthetic legs, undershirt, shorts and flip-flops was settling accounts.

"Old Wu, business is pretty good."

The old man took off his glasses and glanced at him,

"Oh, broom, shave your head. Why, instead of coming to work for me, you went to wear dog skin? What a pity, you are quite good at killing fish."

"Hey wow, kill fish, I would have nightmares about killing your 'fish'.

Okay, okay, let’s get down to business, let’s take advantage of your place to discuss some business. "

"Okay, it seems like you're doing pretty well. But since we're talking about business, I don't need to teach you the rules."

"Hey, it's a little cheaper. How about I call you uncle?"

"Okay, just call me uncle, and I'll give you an extra drawer of steamed dumplings, and the rest will come in the same size."

"Wow! Okay, okay, let's do it."

So Li Pan directly transferred 20,000 yuan in cash.

Of course this money is not for Xiao Long Bao.

Old Wu is similar to the priest in that he is also a broker. After all, when trading in the Night City, no one can guarantee whether the other party will bring someone out to take advantage of the situation, so this kind of guarantee from a well-connected middleman is indispensable.

And the 'commute area' is actually one of the largest gang black markets in the Night City. Every gang is here to do business and launder money, so no one wants to get a bloody head and affect the flow of money. The gain outweighs the loss and offends others.

In order to ship the goods this time, through Shiba, he contacted an underground clinic that Li Pan knew before, and initially reached a consensus on the transaction. Then Li Pan found Lao Wu to be the middleman, so that the other party could believe Li Pan's sincerity and come to see the transaction.

Li Pan also worked in the back kitchen of the Peace Hotel before. He knew that this place was also a gang stronghold, a place used for negotiations. As the name suggests, peace and peace. Gangsters also need to eat. If you want to fight, go out and fight. Anyway, don't do it here. Open fire in a place like a restaurant.

Of course, there are always risks in black market transactions, but with Lao Wu and the gang he represents coming forward to guarantee, if the other party does not have the consciousness to start a war, they will not really play any tricks, and the risks can always be minimized.

Li Pan waited in the private room of the Peace Hotel for a while, finishing the xiaolongbao in two or three mouths. The robot maid in cheongsam also came to eat with two guests.

One of them is black and one is white. The black man is obviously a gang member. He has a gorilla arm and a regiment badge tattooed on his chest. He should be a veteran of the Space Marine Corps. This kind of person is reduced to a gang. I don’t know if he is drug-induced. Addiction or addiction to murder. The white man is a technician wearing glasses. He seems to be a drug addict. There are many needle holes in his neck, but he is still mentally normal at the moment.

Li Pan didn't recognize these two people, but he also knew that they were sent by the counterparty to inspect the goods, so he stopped talking and opened the suitcase and handed it to them for inspection. He hugged the rice bowl and started eating. He spent 20,000 yuan to order it. a table of dishes.

Those artificial organs can be scanned with equipment and data exchanged, but the performance of neural enhancement needs to be tested. The white man took out various equipment from his bag and tested the spine. At the same time, the light in his pupils flashed, obviously communicating with the black man in a secret channel. .

Anyway, the products were all genuine and of high quality. Li Pan was not worried that they would not like them, so he just kept eating. After he replenished the food twice, the other party was satisfied with it.

The black man took out a black coin card from his arms and said,

"I want everything, one price, two million."

In fact, the price of those gadgets on the black market is about the same. Of course, the bill must be paid with illegal virtual currency. You can't expect gangsters to pay taxes honestly through public accounts.

Li Pan also took a look at the communication card. The various virtual coins in the virtual currency communication card were valued at between 500,000 and 4 million. According to the general rules of black market transactions, taking the median value within a month, an estimate of two million is about the same.

Just when Li Pan was about to agree, Shiba said a few words in his ear, then he pursed his lips and smiled,

"not enough."

The black man frowned, "Don't you think two million is enough?"

Li Pan smiled and said, "Do you think I don't know? I don't know when QVN will be offline. These virtual coins will definitely plummet. The two million may be worthless."

The black man hesitated.

"Then what do you want? Bartering? You also know what business we are in, right? Do you want combat enhancers? They are not allowed to be sold on our territory."

Li Pan poured the rest of the gravy and miso soup into the rice bowl, stirred it evenly, and ate the rice.

"Is it enhanced to the level of cyberpsychosis enhancer? Forget it...

I think about it, just virtual currency is fine, but considering the risks in the current financial market, I want 10 million. "

"You're asking for too much."

The black man shook his head, but did not refuse.

So Li Pan knew there was something going on,

"You are in a hurry to trade, and you know that the black money in your hands will depreciate, right? But money laundering is not that easy. If you increase the amount in a hurry, causing the channel deviation value to increase sharply and be discovered by the tax bureau, it will be more gain than loss.

So instead of keeping this black gold in your hands, you might as well cash it in now while you have the opportunity. All of my equipment is genuine, and you won’t lose money even if you buy it at the original price. What's more, it directly eliminates the cost and risk of money laundering. Ten million is very cheap!

You made a profit, I lost! "

The black man hesitated for a moment and glanced at Li Pan. The blue light in his pupils flashed, and he was clearly communicating with the gang boss. Finally, he nodded, put the communication card into his neck, waited for a while, then pulled it out and handed it to Li Pan.

The other party added a bunch of account information and various illegal currencies through various channels. Now the virtual currency in the card is estimated to be between 2 million and 20 million.

"Okay, happy trading, give them airdrops."

So one black and one white sat and watched Li Pan sweep away the rice bowl and lick every plate clean.

On the other side, the floating vehicle also went to the designated coordinates to deliver the goods to the gang's warehouse. Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and there was no gangsterism or robbery.

Li Pan also had enough to eat and drink, so he left his suitcase with the black and white pair and walked out of the Peace Hotel.

"Okay, everyone, now let's talk about the harvest distribution of this mission. In a word, I am the general manager, I will take half, and the rest will be divided equally among you. Kotaro will also have a share. Does anyone have any opinions? Let me tell you now. "

Aqi Rama didn't have any objections, but Shiba still calculated well, "Just divide it according to 10 million?"

"Where can I get 10 million now? How many cents will be left after cleaning the virtual coins I got this time?

This activity is considered a team-building activity. After deducting the necessary cleaning expenses, and then deducting 10%, it is counted as your operating commission, and the remaining part is used as the team's income distribution.

If anyone doesn't want to take cash for the time being, or has a channel for handling virtual currency, he or she can communicate privately with Shiba to accept it. "

Shiba thought for a while, "Okay."

Kotaro also sent a private message to confirm and express his approval.

"Then this is my rule. Anyone who joins the group will get a share, and those who don't obey the orders will not get a penny. The meeting is over, ahem, you go back to the office to make a report, and I will take a look at the monster."

This time I borrowed the company's car to do private work again. I had to go on a business trip and do a task or something to explain to the company.

So Li Pan came to the place where this mission took place, a real estate agency in the commuting area to look at houses.

"Haunted house? There are still haunted houses these days? Wow! Only two thousand a month? Really! It's not a Yin-Yang contract, right?"

"Hey, Mr. Li, do you think I don't want to make money because I have money? Let me tell you clearly, fourteen tenants living in that room have died in a row. It's just a gang vendetta, but there is no surveillance at all. If the suspect cannot be photographed, he either jumps off the building, slits his wrists, or swallows sleeping pills, and something happens within a week at most. The property management company and the landlord don’t care about it, and they force us agents to deal with it anyway. It’s really annoying. I really advise you to think about it. It’s clear, cheap stuff doesn’t mean good stuff.”

Li Pan had to admit that this middle-aged real estate agent was right. He felt a blast of cold air as soon as he entered the apartment. This was a seven-story old townhouse apartment. The location was actually pretty good, and the average price started at least 8,000 a month. , there are security guards at the door, but no drug addicts or homeless people can sneak in.

But this apartment is surrounded by dozens or hundreds of high-rise buildings. There is no light at all. It is dark, especially the legendary haunted house. There is no light in the corner at the end of the corridor on the seventh floor. It looks very dark. Eerie.

"The house is not bad. It has four bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms. It is more suitable for a family to rent. The transportation is convenient nearby. There are shopping malls, hospitals, schools and police stations..."

The agent stood at the door and introduced me nonchalantly. He probably felt unlucky and didn't dare to come in.

Li Pan put his hands in his trouser pockets, walked in and walked around twice.

This time's mission was also a group of intelligence analysis masters from the head office who had nothing to do but had enough to do. They found urban ghost stories by surfing the Internet. Mader is either a haunted building or a haunted house, with nothing new at all.

But to be fair, the feng shui of this house is not quite right.

As soon as Li Pan walked in, he felt that although the agency had put some cheap furniture, he could clearly see that this apartment, with four bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms, was perfectly symmetrical. It's as if a huge mirror is placed on the central axis, projecting the apartment on one side as it is, while deliberately hiding the things behind the mirror.

"Who was the first person to die in this apartment?"

"Who knows, what's so strange about two people dying in the Night City? It's because this room happens so often that it took a while for them to jump three times in a row to attract attention. Well, just from the window sill over there."

Li Pan went out and took a look. It was on the seventh floor. To be honest, with a little bit of prosthetics these days, even if someone threw him out, he wouldn't be able to die if he fell headfirst to the ground...

"Can I try staying one night?"

It was broad daylight, and Li Pan looked around but couldn't see anything wrong.

"Mr. Li, please be considerate, it's difficult for me to handle."

Li Pan gave him a hundred.

"Here is the key card."

Gee, I don’t know if I’ll be reimbursed for 100 yuan...

But don't tell me, except for ghosts, gods, monsters, etc., this house is really good, with four bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms, it is really quite spacious. The location is quite suitable, with convenient transportation and complete living facilities. It's seven floors and he can get up in two jumps and two climbs. You can also park a floating car on the rooftop of the top floor and take it directly to the roof after get off work. It’s perfect! And really, it only costs two thousand yuan a month. Damn it, even if it is a warehouse, I still have to rent it, Mad...

"Wow! That's great! Is it really only 6,000? That's a lot of money!"

Uh-huh? ?

Li Pan walked out from the balcony. What a coincidence, there was another agency bringing a client to see the house. But yes, the landlord must be eager to rent it out quickly to recover blood. Who cares whether you are a bad house or not. And it’s really true that someone else’s two-thousand-dollar house can be called six-thousand... Maybe this will make it easier to rent out...

"This gentleman, you are..."

"It's unlucky for you to come, I've already rented..."

"Hey! It's you!" The female tenant suddenly jumped up, "This is a formal suit! You are the one last night!"

Li Pan was stunned for a moment and recognized her at a glance, "Oh, it's you, little wild cat."

"Who, who is the little wild cat! Why are you here! You can't be a stalker!"

This girl is really a goth I met yesterday at a rock night in the park. Today she is still wearing the same heavy makeup, and she is dressed as a fashion girl. Her whole body style is completely different. She also wears a blonde wig, perfume necklace and earrings. It was a different set, and Li Pan took two glances before recognizing it.

"Damn! Who's following you? Sorry, I've already rented this room. Huh, 6,000, right? It seems you didn't make it clear, Mr. Agent."

Li Pan glanced at the intermediary, who also felt guilty.

But the little wild cat jumped up, searching for real estate information in his eyes.

"Wait, wait, wait! This is wrong! The rental registration has not been registered online yet! You haven't completed the formalities yet! I rent first, I rent first! Complete the formalities first!"

"Ah, ah? Hey! You're stupid! You didn't know you were being tricked! This house is not clean!"

Li Pan quickly grabbed her.

But the little wild cat sneered, "People have died before. How can there be no death in the Night City? I'll rent it for 6,000, right?"

Li Pan took out a black kite and put it on the agent's head, "How dare you!"

The agent was in tears...

"Hey! Why are you like this!" The little wild cat jumped up and scratched, "I finally found such a cheap house! At this price, I can only rent in an industrial area! Hey! You have the heart to let me live with the Uzumaki Gang !"

"Tsk..." Li Pan also had a headache for a moment.

"Two, two..." The agent stared at Hei Yuan's muzzle cross-eyed, "Well, since you two know each other and this is a two-family house, why not share it?"

The little wild cat was startled, "Shared house?"

The agent smiled and said, "Yes, yes, the rent can be even cheaper, as long as 3..."

"Ah!? How many!? I didn't hear you!?" Li Pan pushed the gun towards him and poked him.

"One thousand, one thousand! I suddenly remembered that the landlord has recently lowered the price. If we rent together, everyone only needs one thousand!"

"Oh Snow! One thousand and one month! This house in the commuting area only costs one thousand and one month! Hahaha! I rented it, I rented it! Hahaha!"

The little wild cat laughed heartily, hugged Li Pan's neck and jumped up.

"No, no, this is not a question of money! Well, it is indeed purely a question of money..."

Li Pan was also dizzy because of her noise, but still tried to make a last effort.

"Hey little wild cat, is this your first day in the Night City? Does it really matter if you share a room with a stranger?"

When the little wild cat heard this, he took a serious look at him.

"You're not the kind of lunatic who buys and sells organs, are you?"

Li Pan felt guilty, "No, no, I'm a serious company dog. This is my business card..."

The little wild cat laughed and stretched out his hand to Li Pan,

"That's good, that's good. Li, don't look at me like this, I have also practiced women's self-defense! Haha!

Anyway, first meeting! We will be roommates from now on, wearing formal clothes.

My name is Nana, Nana Toyama, you can call me Xiaoqi. "

"Small, small, small, hiss..."

Li Pan took a deep breath, controlled his expression, and shook hands with her with a serious face.

"I'd better call you Miss Toyama. Please take good care of me in the future."