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"Oh, I still like your rebellious look just now."

Villan cast a glance at Jack Wells and ignored his request, which made Jack shake his head helplessly.

"Actually, I still have doubts."

Jack is not being harsh, but sincere.

"This thing works so well, why did you just take it out for us? What do we need to pay for it?"

Looking at Villian, Jack Wells looked serious. After all, they just met for a day, and they only had a drink together, and they were given this kind of thing. Jack Wells felt completely Can not accept.

When Jack said this, David also looked at Villian. He only thought that Villian was a good person just now, but he didn't think why Villian was so kind to them. This benefit.

"Good question."

Villian clapped his hands, and under the puzzled eyes of Jack and David, he took out a "Super Soldier Serum" and threw it to Jack.

"Maybe for you, the value of this thing is immeasurable, but for me, the value is not that high, and it is just right as a gift for a friend I just met."

Villian blinked, his words may be a bit embarrassing, but this is also the most genuine reason he can give.

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Jack Wells looked sluggish again. This reason, while being very outrageous, seemed very reasonable.

"Who the hell are you"

It was only then that Jack realized that they really knew very little about Villian. He and David had been conducting "self-analysis" yesterday, and they had almost exposed their own situation, but Villian was still extremely mysterious.

"This kind of thing can be given away at will. Could it have something to do with biotechnology?"

David made a guess. "Biotechnology" is a company specializing in genetic engineering and biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and microbiology research. It seems to be the most likely company to develop this miracle drug, after all, it is professionally compatible.

"Biotechnology" has played a very key role in this world. It is in the "biotechnology" laboratory that the world's top experts have used breakthrough discoveries to pull the world from the brink of "energy crisis". return.

At the end of the 1990s, the Middle East was destroyed by nuclear war, and the "oil crisis" began to seriously affect the industrial society. At that time, "biotechnology", a small company with only one office, stood on the front line and developed "CHOOH2". Years later, all fuel vehicles and power plants will use this new fuel.

"CHOOH2" is a synthetic, modified grain alcohol made from a high-sugar wheat called "mega-suavis" that is grown to meet the world's energy gap and is clearly not "biotech" What this small company can do.

Therefore, "Biotechnology" had to grant production licenses to other large agricultural enterprises and oil companies, and selected many partners around the world, among which the two largest giants are "Petro Petrochemical" and "Sov0il".

Although some benefits were transferred, the launch of "CHOOH2" not only saved the "energy crisis", but also made the "biotechnology" company an important player in the market and climbed to the top ranks.

To this day, "Biotech" still has exclusive rights to this product, thereby completely controlling the energy market.

Another important business field of "biotechnology" besides "energy" is food production. Many large companies that produce food rely on the protection of "biotechnology".

From this we can see the influence of giant corporations in the world, they determine the lives of ordinary people.

For example, Jack’s house, everything in this house is made on the production line of a super company’s factory. Lord, even what you drink, the food you eat, the air you breathe, all come from multinational corporations.

These companies are not regulated and are completely business empires.

So what Villian said just now reminded David.

I'm afraid Villian is not a high-level executive of "biotechnology"? Or "rich second generation"?

"That's not true. I have nothing to do with biotechnology. Let's put it this way, you can think of me as the owner of a giant company."

Villian thought for a while, and said a metaphor that David and Jack could understand better.

"Giant corporation?! How huge?"

Jack showed suspicion, he was a little unbelieving, Villian looked too young, even if the appearance didn't mean anything, would the person in power of the "giant enterprise" be so down-to-earth?

It was hard for Jack to imagine Saburo Arasaka and him being brothers.

"If I have to say it, it should be a giant company with a slight lack of technology, but its military strength is stronger than Arasaka and military technology. We are not going the same way. You have also seen that this medicine is in my company. , is just a very basic strengthening potion."

What Villian said made Jack and David look at each other in blank dismay. Now they really don't believe it. Is it okay to have an armed force stronger than Arasaka and military technology? They don't even know that such a company exists. If it is so powerful, how could it be possible to remain unknown until now?

"Don't worry, I'm preparing to bring people into Night City."

Regarding Jack and David's doubts, Villian was very calm, and he was ready to enter "Night City" strongly.

"Really?! Are you kidding me?"

Villian's serious expression made Jack believe a little bit, and David also felt that his three views had been impacted.

David is an excellent student at "Arasaka Academy", but he has never heard of the company that Villian mentioned, and it turns out that Villian seems to be telling the truth? !

"Of course it is true, we are going to restart Pacific Island."

Villian revealed his plan. He planned to use "Pacific Island" as an outpost, and the abandoned place was just right.

"Taipingzhou? That's where the voodoo gang is, and it's not a good place to go."

Jack shook his head. As a member of "Heywood", he didn't know much about the mysterious "Voodoo Gang", because the members of the "Voodoo Gang" rarely left "Pacific Island".

If I have to say it, the situation in "Taipingzhou" is actually somewhat similar to that of "Heywood", but it is more extreme than "Heywood".

"Heywood" is dominated by Latino immigrants, mainly "Mexicans", but other immigrants can also live here, because a cultural community has been formed here, even other ethnic groups will live in this atmosphere. Infected, and thus well integrated into the local community.

"Taipingzhou" is mainly composed of "Haiti" immigrants. Although they are also Latino immigrants, Haitian immigrants settled in "Taipingzhou" after the island was destroyed, and they were not able to integrate into the "Heywood" area. .

Due to some complex historical issues, the residents of "Taipingzhou" and local gangs are very unfriendly to outsiders, and their strange customs and beliefs are also difficult to understand.

"People in Taipingzhou probably won't allow companies to settle in. After the War of Independence in 2070, the companies that originally invested in Taipingzhou wanted to come back and redevelop Taipingzhou, but it caused a long period of riots. Those companies all gave up. , Now Pacific Island doesn’t even care about NCPD.”

David remembered the events in the news very clearly, but it was only six years ago, and the riots in "Pacific Island" were brought up almost every day.

"It's normal for the guys in those companies to be incompetent and not to be trusted by the locals. If we were in the position of the Haitians, I guess the Valentino gang would also start a riot."

Jack shook his head. On the issue of big companies, Jack can empathize with those people in "Pacific Island". The main reason is that those company dogs are too inappropriate, and they don't treat local people as human beings. How can this be trusted?

"The voodoo gang is not a problem for us."

Villian is very confident because he knows that the biggest threat to the "Voodoo Gang" is on the Internet. They are basically "hackers", and their offline combat effectiveness is very weak, especially for pure "amateurs". to say.

For people covered in "implants", a superb "hacker" is very terrifying, but for Villian's subordinates, "hackers" are useless.

"You will regret it, but if the problem in Pacific Island can be solved, NCPD and those company dogs will have solved it long ago, and it will not be delayed until now. That is an investment of billions."

Jack shook his head. Anyway, he is not optimistic about targeting "Pacific Island". Even for "Night City", "Pacific Island" is synonymous with chaos and danger.

"You might as well go and have a look with me."

Villian smiled, if it works, just try it.

"Are you about to start?"

Jack's eyes widened. He was quite interested. After all, he was determined to be a big shot, and he wanted to get involved in such a big event.

"You can do it anytime."

Villian is ready, he is a mobile fortress, and he can "airdrop" a large number of troops at any time. To deal with these "hackers", he thinks that only the clone army is enough, and he doesn't even need to send troops. .

Jack, who was free and free, took David, who was also free and free, and followed Villian to watch the excitement. The three of them went straight to the "Pacific Island" at the southernmost tip.

The "Taipingzhou" project originated in the period of economic recovery. The reason was that some investors wanted to open a tourism project to make money.

They poured money into turning Night City's impoverished southern suburbs into a thriving tourist destination by hiring homeless and locals, mostly Haitian immigrants, as cheap labor.

This is a good thing. If the "Pacific Island" is really built and the economy starts to take off, the local Haitian immigrants will also benefit. Even if they are just working as cheap labor at the bottom, it is better than wandering on the streets.

However, in 2069, when the War of Independence broke out, investors could not see the prospect of "Night City", and chose to withdraw their funds one after another, abandoning the "Taipingzhou" project, leaving a mess.

Thousands of local people have lost their source of income, and the original order of life has been completely destroyed. They have nowhere to go, are homeless, and are precarious.

At this time, people from the "Voodoo Gang" stood up, united with local homeless people, and established a "New Creole Community" in "Pacific Island", providing shelter for local Haitians.

The members of the "Voodoo Gang" are all high-caste Haitians. Yes, Haiti also has a very strict caste system, which may be the reason why they failed to integrate into "Heywood".

However, it stands to reason that the possibility of high-caste believers in the so-called "voodoo gang" is very small, because Haiti is also Latino, most of them believe in Catholicism, and a small part of them believe in religion. Only in rural areas, the most primitive "voodoo gang" prevails. teach".

In fact, the name "Voodoo Gang" was also given to them by other gangs in "Night City". rumors.

The following things became a complete mess as David said.

After the War of Independence ended in 2070, "Night City" succeeded in self-government with the support of "Arasaka", and the previous investors returned to "Taipingzhou" to prepare to restart the project.

But at this time, "Pacific Island" has been occupied by Haitians, and "Westwind Manor" and "Beach Area" have been transformed into slums for them to live in.

The company wanted to get these things back and drive away the Haitians who were the nail-biters, but they encountered resistance led by the "Voodoo Gang". The intervention of the NCPD was useless. Don't give up half a step.

In the end, fearing a massacre, the NCPD withdrew all police forces from the area and the City Council shut down all services in Pacific Island.

They wanted to use this to force the "voodoo gang" and the locals to relocate, but to no avail. The "voodoo gang" and the Haitians were quite tenacious, after all, they were people who had experienced the destruction of their homes.

Villian understands that there are two factors leading to the status quo of "Taipingzhou".

As long as the company behaves, the Haitians will not distrust them so much, and if the Haitians have higher requirements for living conditions, they will not stay in "Taipingzhou".

“Don’t Haitians want better living conditions? No, of course they do, but they’re more afraid of losing their homes again, and they’re afraid that if they back down, the company dogs will make them homeless again. "

Coming to "Pacific Island", looking at the slums and unfinished buildings everywhere in front of him, Villian felt that he could still grasp the thoughts of these Haitians.

"It makes sense, who doesn't want a better life? Can't someone be born to like living in a slum?"

Jack Wells complained that he really wanted a better life.