Start a Core Pod

 Chapter 789 Partner

The trembling girl got into the car and left quickly. At the same time, the phone rang in D's ears.

“Well done, D, the commission has been completed and the money has been transferred to your account. How about partnering with Lucy?”

 “It’s okay, it can be used.”

D said calmly, in the past these things were left to Lumière to do, but they were just ordinary jobs that any hacker could do. At least for now, Lucy is still good at this. Quite competent.

 “That’s good, by the way, you destroyed the Uzumaki Gang?”

"has a problem?"

"No...NCPD is very happy. You know, after you appeared, the crime rate in the entire neighborhood dropped by several percentage points...it's just that some people are not very happy."

 “They won’t be unhappy any time soon.”

"Why………"

 Hearing D's indifferent answer, Rogge sighed lightly.

"D, I understand your thoughts, but you also have to consider the situation. Indeed, these guys from the Uzumaki Gang are quite disgusting, and the scavengers... To be honest, I also hope to make them disappear completely, but I can't. , do you understand? There are some things that only they can do, but look what you have done. You have only been in Night City for half a month, but you have almost killed all the scavengers and whirlpool gangs in Night City. , you are not a messenger of justice..."

 “You have given me many tasks in this regard.”

“That’s because I didn’t expect your mobility to be so strong...”

Speaking of this, Rogge also had a headache. During the half month of working with D, Rogge discovered that the girl in front of him not only had old-fashioned ideas, but also had an old-fashioned style. In Night City, gangs are rampant, and everyone naturally hates them. But most people adhere to the idea that doing more is worse than doing less, and they usually just stay away when they see gangs bullying others.

Even if a case occurs, it is difficult for the NCPD to arrive. The reason is simple. Their salaries are small and they cannot afford to fight this group of desperadoes.

But D is different. Once a case occurs, she will rush to the scene faster than the NCPD and kill all the gangsters there. In addition, she is not idle on weekdays. She often goes to gang lairs to rob houses, especially the Uzumaki Gang and the Scavengers. She beat them to the point where they can hardly take care of themselves. Now even the boss of the Uzumaki Gang has been **** by her. died……

“Indeed, the security in this neighborhood has improved a lot now, and everyone is very grateful to you, but what’s the use? You just provoke more troublesome people, and there is no good end for being a hero in Night City.”

 “Those guys are pretty rich too.”

D replied indifferently, in fact, she robbed houses everywhere and gained a lot of benefits from gangsters. For example, D’s high-end apartment in the city center and the white Sword in the Stone sports car are all the flesh and blood of those gangsters ( Physics) in exchange. After all, it was only a few dollars to do the commission for Rogge, so it was better to do it yourself. As expected, a horse will not get fat without night grass, and a person will not get rich without windfall.

 No wonder the heroes can eat meat and drink wine when they are not busy with production. Those bandits who steal the village have a lot of money.

 She worked hard to deceive and kidnap, and finally got the advantage of the messenger of justice. She didn't care what the gangsters thought. She only knew that she was extremely rich now.

 “You know that’s not what I meant.”

 “I know, it’s like this commission, isn’t it?”

D snorted lightly. He was not stupid. Even if this was the base of the Whirlpool Gang, the opponent's defense was too tight. And according to Lucy's investigation, those automatic turrets and mines are all military items. Even if the Uzumaki Gang has some reputation, how did they get these things?

To put it bluntly, someone must have looked down upon what she was doing, so they set a trap for herself through this commission, hoping to kill or capture her.

It's a pity that if you don't have a diamond, you can't do the porcelain work. If you want to deal with yourself, the Uzumaki Gang is not enough.

Just kidding, as an inquisitor when I was investigating in the hive city, I experienced a lot of similar things. D really looked down on such a trivial fight like Night City.

“To be honest, I really don’t understand what you want to do in Night City. Do you want to become a legend in Night City?”

 “Legend? I’m not interested in boring stuff like that.”

 “Then what do you want to do?”

 “When the time comes, you will know.”

 After saying this, D cut off the communication, looked at Lucy walking towards him, and nodded.

 “Thank you for your hard work, so as for the reward... let’s give it 50/50.”

"Why?"

I have to say that Lucy looked quite surprised when she heard D's proposal. Generally speaking, hackers are mostly divided into three parts, unless it is some tasks that specifically require hackers to read data or steal data. After all, their position is As an auxiliary, the real battle is in the front, and D is a famous mercenary in Night City. He is a newcomer who has just arrived in Night City. When Lucy thinks about it, it is good that the other party is willing to give an eighty-two score. It turned out to be 55?

 “Can I really take so much?”

 Looking at the account information displayed in front of her, Lucy also swallowed a mouthful of saliva. After all, money is needed no matter where she is. And she had just arrived in Night City not long ago, and she didn't have much money on her account. Such a sum of money was enough to get her through the embarrassing period.

"Of course, I think you may have guessed that Rogge introduced you to me, probably to ask you to block my gun. My reputation in Night City is not very good, and many people regard me as a thorn in their side. They can't kill me, and they might cause trouble for you, and don't hackers need a lot of money to update their equipment? I won't need it anyway, so I'll give it to you."

"Well………"

Hearing D's answer, Lucy looked a little embarrassed. In fact, as D said, most of people's money in this world is spent on prosthetics. It costs money to buy prosthetics and it costs money to repair them. Updating the prosthetic system also costs money - so in D's view, most civilians in this world are just looking for work. If you use your own arms and legs, you may get injured, but at least you don't need to update the software.

 When you are using it, suddenly a blue screen appears in front of you and then a message "Update download is complete, please restart the upgrade" pops up... That would be funny.

Of course, this does not mean that D does not use money. In this world, most of D’s money is spent on cars, houses and food.

 That’s right, food.

The most unpleasant thing about this world is food. Ordinary people can only eat synthetic biochemical food. Whether it is beef, chicken, mutton, pork or anything else, they are almost all products of "technology and hard work", while real organic food Only the rich can afford it.

I once curiously ate grilled chicken skewers on the street. The taste was really...the vegetarian spicy strips sold in the grocery store in front of my elementary school were better than these.

 But real organic food is high-end, so that D has to go to high-end restaurants every day, and naturally spends most of his money on it.

  In fact, that kind of synthetic food is not for human consumption at all.

 At least D can’t stand it.

"And one more thing."

"What's up?"

 “Girls shouldn’t smoke.”

As he spoke, D glanced at the cigarette in Lucy's hand. "not good for health."

 “…You are not my mother…”

 Lucy rolled her eyes helplessly and put out the cigarette in her hand. Seeing this scene, D nodded with satisfaction.

 “Do you need me to take you home?”

 “No need! I have something else to do!”

Hearing D’s suggestion, Lucy hurriedly stepped back and shook her head desperately.

 “Okay then, I’ll leave first.”

D waved his hand and got into the sports car again. The next moment, with a roar, the white sports car flew away like a husky.

 Watching D leave, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief. She touched her belly, went to a nearby restaurant, and ordered some food. But when the steaming tomato soup was served, before Lucy picked up the spoon to taste it, her mind couldn't help but think of the **** corpses that had been smashed before...

 At this moment, Lucy had no appetite at all.

 In the following period, D and Lucy officially became partners and completed many tasks. In D's opinion, Lucy's level is pretty good. After all, D's requirements are not high. As long as Lucy can cut off monitoring and communication and lock the entire entrance and exit, she doesn't need to worry about anything else. This kind of thing is just a hacker. Basically it can be done.

 But for Lucy... the mood is a bit complicated.

On the one hand, the rewards for cooperating with D are indeed very high, because Rogge gives them all well-paying tasks. Of course, generally well-paying tasks are very dangerous, but most of them are shouldered by D. , Lucy rarely needs to do anything special and rarely encounters danger.

On the other hand, D’s violent fighting style really made Lucy feel a bit scary.

It’s not that she has never seen a **** battlefield, but D’s fighting methods...how to put it, in Lucy’s opinion, they are still unusual.

To be honest, it’s not strange to beat someone to a **** pulp. For example, you can use a shotgun or a hand cannon to shoot the opponent’s flesh and blood into several pieces. This is understandable. Because the power of shotguns and hand cannons is here, the same goes for mine explosions, automatic turrets, heavy machine guns, the power of weapons is like this.

But seeing D’s little fist, like a hammer, smash directly into someone’s head, it was a different kind of shock.

 In addition, Lucy also found that D seemed to like doing tasks very much.

Every time whether Rogge or another intermediary calls her to entrust a task, she almost always agrees without bargaining or caring about the danger. D once said to Lucy that every time she takes a commission, it feels like the beginning of a game, and completing the commission is to break through the entire game, which is naturally quite interesting.

But even D has his own insistence, that is, he never accepts tasks from the company, whether it is military technology, Arasaka, or biotechnology and other large companies, D is not even a bird, even if the other party names him, he will not accept it directly. Refuse without giving the other party any face.

"If she acts like this, something will happen sooner or later."

Rogge once saw the company's client looking ashen and walking away with his sleeves. At the same time, he lowered his voice and said to Lucy, and Lucy also deeply believed in Rogge's words. Although everyone hates companies, they also know that in Night City, those companies are the ones that really rule the city. If you anger them, you will not have a good life.

Lucy also has her own information channels. She also knows that as D's performance becomes more and more prominent, she gradually attracts the attention of big companies. There are a lot of gossips in private, that is, those companies want to recruit D and turn her into a Become your own "Adam's Hammer"... This can be regarded as the highest praise for the mercenaries of Night City.

At present, large companies such as D, Arasaka, Military Technology, Biotechnology, and Kangtao have begun to fight openly and secretly, hoping to attract her to join. After all, this girl is already so strong without implants. Once she joins the company and is equipped with those military-grade prosthetics, who knows how strong she can be.

  Arasaka is able to dominate in the Night City because of the Adam Hammer. If other companies want to compete with Arasaka, they naturally need their own "Adam Hammer".

 At present, D is the closest to this level.

  If it were any other mercenary, even if he didn't choose Arasaka, he would have accepted the olive branch offered by the big company, but D didn't care and refused them all. And Lucy also knows how dangerous this is. Once D offends all the companies in Night City, there will only be one fate for her.

 Lucy is very clear about the ideas of these companies. Since they cannot be used by them, they must be destroyed.

This is also the reason why the legends of Night City will fall.

 They may have experienced a legendary life, but... they are not the company's opponents after all.

Is   D an exception?

 Frankly speaking, Lucy didn't know.

 But to be honest, D doesn’t care either.

 Because for D, there are more important things to do now.

 “You know what? In fact, I have always wanted to experience this kind of world.”

Sitting in front of the window, looking at the rain outside, D suddenly spoke.

 On the terminal in front of D, Lumière flashed a "question mark".

"You see, this can be considered a kind of romance. The neon lights under the rain screen show the decadence and depravity of postmodernism. In a dilapidated office, a detective is sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette. Maybe at some point, The door in front of him will be knocked, and then a mysterious client will walk in, starting a brand new story..."

  D Spread your hands.

“Being a detective is actually quite interesting, of course, in terms of fun and storytelling. Unfortunately, what we have to do is not so interesting.”

As he spoke, D hummed softly and looked at the terminal interface in front of him.

 “How long will it take?”

“The data collected so far is only 80%, and it will take some time.”

 “Then go ahead, I’m not interested in becoming a Night City legend.”

D raised his head and looked at the silhouette of Arasaka Tower under the rain outside the window, then stretched out his hand and squeezed it hard.

 “I want to be...the king of Night City.”

 (End of this chapter)