Start in Night City

"I understand. Do you have any questions? I will try my best to answer them."

Su Xiao asked the first question first.

"The venue where the assassination occurred looked like a press conference was being held. What was the content?"

The answer was Jefferson: "There is no special reason. Ryan likes to hear his own voice and see his own appearance on TV... and so on. As far as I know, the reason for holding this conference is Night City. The crime rate is down, and Ryan is here to take advantage of it to get votes.”

just because of

Want to see yourself on TV, so hold a press conference?

Either Jefferson was lying, or Lane was a guy who took fame and fortune too seriously.

However, based on the various wise measures taken by the former mayor during his tenure, Su Xiao can only say that the latter is very likely.

What confused Lidya Su even more than this was...

"Has the crime rate in Night City gone down?"

How come he doesn't know.

We haven’t seen an increase in the number of NCPD patrolling the streets, and we haven’t seen an announcement on the NCPD’s official website about recruiting a large number of people from the society?

Jefferson smiled bitterly: "It was about that incident more than half a year ago. Didn't Ryan exclude Taipingzhou? The data there will not be included. Therefore, compared with last year, the crime rate this year has been greatly reduced, hasn't it? ?”

Lidya Su shook her head helplessly.

This kind of trick played like a child can be understood by anyone with a discerning eye.

However, what is frustrating is that in Night City, a city that does not have nine-year compulsory education, most uneducated civilians may not necessarily be able to see what is going on.

More often than not, they believe whatever is on the news.

Su Xiao thought for a while and asked another question: "Is the NCPD responsible for the mayor's security?"

Jefferson shook his head: "No, the people were all selected by Holt himself, and the salary was paid from a short-selling company. In fact, it was a short-selling company established by Ryan himself, just to avoid being noticed. However, there are also former people among those people. He retired from the NCPD."

"He doesn't even need company security?"

Generally speaking, upper class people prefer corporate security to NCPD.

Because the company's security personnel are of higher quality and have better equipment.

Of course there is another reason, and that is brand effect.

Arasaka, Military Technology... the presence of the golden signs of these big companies is enough to give people confidence.

"You may not believe it, but Ryan doesn't really believe in company security."

"Oh, this is strange, why?"

"Because he feels that no matter which company he is, the bodyguards assigned to him will not only protect his safety, but will also monitor his every move and send all this information to the company. Therefore, he would rather spend his own money to hire someone, I am also unwilling to accept the company’s bodyguards.”

This Ryan is a bit interesting.

The idea is quite clear.

Unfortunately, although he understood, he had to accept the mercy of the company.

Without the company, Night City would not be able to develop at all, even if New America didn't come over.

Of course there is a problem with Ryan's own ability, but there are also many reasons of this and that.

"That Holt is the deputy mayor, right?"

"Yes, Ryan's deputy is also his lackey. He is currently sitting in Ryan's seat."

"It's just that he's doing it for the time being. I heard that the competition between you and him is quite fierce now."

"I didn't expect you to care about the news."

"Of course, I am a citizen of Sanhao." Su Xiao changed the topic, "The NCPD police officer who killed the assassin, the one who claimed to be River Ward, do you have any information about him?"

"Detective River Ward from NCPD, he is a good man. We have handled several cases together before. If you want to talk to him, I can help you contact him."

"Okay, I really have a few questions for our Detective River."

"How to say?"

"Don't you think the timing of his appearance was too coincidental? As soon as his front foot entered, his back foot was hit by an assassin, and the guard at the door happened to block the knife for him."

Jefferson's face showed an expression of disbelief: "You suspect him and the assassin..."

Seeing that Jefferson misunderstood what he meant, Su Xiao quickly corrected him.

"No, no, no, Jefferson, I didn't say that. I just think that he either got lucky or has an informant who can get first-hand information."

Jefferson thought about it and felt that what Su Xiao said was quite reasonable.

He knew River and felt that it was impossible for him to collude with the assassin.

From this point of view, it seems that it is the most likely person with an informant.

"I'll give you his phone number. If he asks, just say you're doing something for us and he won't refuse you."

"Shall I say this directly? Is this really good?"

Su Xiao's subtext was that if Jefferson and the others took out a Mewtwo video, they would have to do it secretly.

You also have to worry about being discovered by others.

Now tell River directly that Jefferson is investigating Lane, what if...

"I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, Detective River is a good man. You can trust him."

"I see."

Just as Jefferson believed in Su Xiao, Su Xiao also believed in Jefferson's judgment.

Next, the Peralez couple chatted with Lidya Su about other things.

It's not a very serious topic, it's just a casual chat after all the serious business has been discussed.

During the chat, Su Xiao unexpectedly discovered that Jefferson was also a gamer. However, ever since he started fighting for the mayor's throne, he had been so busy and exhausted every day that he no longer had time to play games. .

At the end of the sentence, Jefferson even sighed.

"Speaking of which, right now is the most relaxing time for me, because I can briefly

Put the anxiety and worries behind you and don’t think about anything for the time being. You don’t know how much pressure I’m under during this time. I’m actually..."

Jefferson became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he seemed to be spilling something.

Elizabeth quickly interrupted him and said: "Dear, we have friends here, so we should not treat our friends as emotional trash cans."

After being interrupted by Elizabeth, Jefferson quickly calmed down.

"Sorry, Sue."

"fine."

The atmosphere in the car suddenly became a little awkward.

Only then did Elizabeth notice something unusual outside the car.

They had been parked at this intersection more than a minute ago.

The green light had already turned green, and the other cars had already driven away, but they didn't move at all.

"Carter, why aren't we leaving yet?"

"I don't know what's going on with the car in front of me." Carter, the driver and bodyguard, honked the horn several times, but the van parked in front of the limousine didn't even move.

Su Xiao instinctively felt something was wrong.

Just when he was about to activate the scan mode to check the surrounding situation.

The door of the van in front suddenly opened, and the four gunmen, in a formation of two squatting in front and two standing behind, aimed at the luxury car with four black muzzles at the same time.

Jefferson and Elizabeth were stunned at the time, and their minds went blank.

Even Carter only had time to turn the steering wheel hard.

At this critical moment, time suddenly slowed down.

Whether it was the three people in the car, the four gunmen in the van, or the pedestrians around the street who saw this situation and subconsciously fled for their lives, they all seemed to be in the scene of Zack Schnee who likes to use a lot of slow motion. The look of the movie directed by De is the same.

In this world that has become extremely slow, only one person can maintain the original speed.

That is Lidya Su.

He pulled out the technical revolver from the holster, stretched his arm and put it at Carter's ear.

The pistol roared, and a big hole was blown out of the windshield of the limousine with a scream.

The bullet exploded the gun in the hand of the squatting gunman on the left, and then the bullet passed through his chest and the knee of the other gunman standing behind him.

boom--

Then Su Xiao fired another shot.

This time the windshield of the limousine was overwhelmed and shattered, splattering all over the hood.

The flying bullet also exploded the squatting gunman on the right, along with the gun in his hand and his companion behind him.

Time returns to normal.

Only then did the four gunmen feel the severe pain and began to cry out.

The three people in the car felt lucky to have survived the disaster. Immediately, Jefferson turned to look at Su Xiao who put the technical revolver back into the holster and cast a grateful look.

But Lidya Su didn’t have any happy expression.

His expression changed, and as fast as lightning, he grabbed Jefferson's shoulder and pulled him towards him.

Bang!

At the same time, something heavy fell on the roof of the car, causing a large dent in the roof.

There was a piercing sharp sound, and a samurai sword easily pierced the roof of the car like cutting through butter and penetrated Jefferson's thigh.

But if Su Xiao hadn't pulled him just now, it would be Tianling Gai who was penetrated by him now.

Elizabeth held her head in her hands and screamed instinctively.

Su Xiao pulled out his technical revolver and fired several shots at the roof of the car.

But after the attacker on the roof failed, he drew his samurai sword and jumped from the roof of the car.

"Keep driving, don't stop."

Su Xiao opened the door and jumped out of the moving luxury car.

Elizabeth was startled, and when she hurriedly looked out of the car window, the attacker and Su Xiao were gone.

Chapter 213 Turns out to be a daughter-in-law (4K)

In a dark alley, there are piles of garbage and a foul smell.

Suddenly, the dirty sewage flowing across the ground was trampled by a foot, and a hooded man in white robes ran quickly.

He was covering his abdomen with his right hand, and his white robe was soaked with blood.

Obviously the injury was serious.

"Damn, it shouldn't be like this."

The man in white robe's heart sank to the bottom of his heart, and the unshaven face under the hood was extremely ugly.

According to the intelligence, there should be only one bodyguard for the Peralez couple traveling tonight.

Why is there another one?

And the extra one is actually equipped with a military-grade prosthetic body called "Sianwistan".

At that time, when his companion was about to take action, he also drove up to the limousine from behind.

As a result, his companions were all killed in the blink of an eye.

Apart from Si'an Westan, the man in white robe could not think of any other reasonable explanation.

If he hadn't already rushed forward and fired his bow without an arrow to turn back...

Fortunately, after he found out, his reaction was not slow.

Regardless of whether the stabbing was successful or not, he would immediately slip away and get away with one blow.

Since the other party is from Jefferson, he naturally puts the safety of the Peralez couple as the top priority. It is impossible for him to give up his protection goal and run over to chase him - Nani? !