Tonight's gathering is both unexpected and reasonable.
After last night's incident, Mr. Goodwin is now too dead to die. At least he has solved an uncertain incident that was suppressed in his heart.
In addition, this is also the first time since I formed the team that I have asked my teammates to deal with the incident, and my role is only to finish.
On the bright side, last night's incident was their first collaborative action since the team's formation.
So Lin Mo decided to get his team together, and the location was chosen in this Japanese street restaurant.
Lin Mo never thought that Mann and his team would appear here.
After all, he didn't tell the other party about the party, and Mann was still in a state of "sheltering from the limelight". It was impossible for him to wander around with nothing to do.
Is fate really so wonderful?
As for what happened next, it was much simpler.
Lin Mo's original intention was to let Jack talk about life with David and let him, a senior, teach this young boy.
Even in the chat before tonight's gathering, Lin Mo shamelessly lied, saying that this boy named David has admired you as a big brother for a long time. Brother Jack, just tell him. Give me some life experience and let this kid learn from you.
Knowing that he still had such a fan, Jack seemed very surprised. After thinking for a while, he did not refuse such a small task of being a "small classroom lecturer".
It's even better for David.
Today is Saturday. During morning and noon classes, Lin Mo brags directly to David, saying that his current skills were all taught by his brother Jack.
If you want to defeat Kitagawa Hiroshi one day, then you should quickly go to Brother Jack to learn from him, and he will keep his methods for future use.
To this day, Lin Mo still remembers that David's eyes were much brighter at that time, as if he was imagining his dream of acquiring peerless martial arts and defeating Beichuan Hao.
Ever since, after the afternoon class ended.
Under the leadership of Lin Mo, David came to this restaurant for the first time, where many fringe people gathered every night, and Jack, wearing a black leather jacket, was also waiting here early.
Because of the "white lie" that Lin Mo said in advance, one of them regarded the other as his crush, and the other regarded the other as his mentor who "drifted for half his life and finally met". The two met and talked very harmoniously for the first time. .
After giving the two people space to talk alone, Lin Mo also walked into the restaurant, tasting the not-so-delicious dinner, and waited for Kitagawa Hao's arrival.
But I never thought that Kitagawa Hao didn't wait, but Mann and his group came first.
After all, they were acquaintances, and Lin Mo couldn't avoid seeing them. He happened to walk out of the restaurant, allowing Mann and his team to meet Jack and David, and they became familiar with each other.
Later, in the troublesome situation where Rebecca tried to persuade him to drink, luckily Kitagawa Hiroshi arrived in time and rescued him.
Finally, under Rebecca's unhappy gaze, the two walked into the restaurant to discuss what happened last night.
Speaking of now, I have just finished dinner and midnight snack.
"Does Mr. Lin want to go out?"
After seeing Lin Mo stand up, Beichuan Hao also stood up, like an excellent follower always asking about his master's movements.
"We've finished talking and finished eating. If we don't go out, why don't we still stay here and watch them having fun?"
Lin Modan replied with a smile and walked out of the restaurant leisurely with his hands in his pockets.
Kitagawa Hao also walked to the front desk, paid for Lin Mo's dinner, and immediately followed Lin Mo.
"By the way, do you know why Sasha hasn't come yet?" Lin Mo seemed to remember something and turned to ask Beichuan Hao.
Kitagawa Hao thought seriously for a moment, and finally shook his head and replied helplessly:
"I don't know. I don't even know as much about this hacker lady as you do, Lin Jun. I haven't met her a few times. During last night's operation, we only communicated through private channels."
"That's strange." Lin Mo muttered.
Because it was a rare team get-together and it could be regarded as an "ice-breaking" gathering for the team members, Lin Mo also invited Sasha over.
But now, why is there no one there?
He also called Sasha during this period, but her answer was just, "Something delayed me for a while, I'll be there soon."
"By the way, ever since I gave her the platinum membership card to the trauma team that night, she has become mysterious. What is she doing?"
While thinking, Lin Mo also walked to the small parking lot outside.
At this time, this small empty parking area was still busy, and nothing changed because of his arrival.
Steaming food stalls, people on the fringes chatting loudly on simple plastic tables and chairs, various vehicles parked haphazardly, noisy laughter, and vulgar curses are what happens here every night Scenes.
Mann and others, who were sitting around drinking and chatting, naturally noticed Lin Mo's arrival, but they just saw him walking straight towards Jack and did not bother him.
This Heywood man also occupied a table, his strong body squeezed into a small plastic chair, and the folding wooden table was filled with bottles and cans.
Sitting opposite him was David, who also drank a lot of wine, holding a wine bottle in his hand, and laughter could be heard from time to time between the two.
"Did you enjoy the chat?"
Lin Mo came over, pulled out a chair and sat in front of the table.
Kitagawa Hao, who was following behind, also took a chair and sat opposite Lin Mo. The small table suddenly formed a "surrounding situation".
"This kid is very interesting to me." Jack glanced at Lin Mo and replied briefly with a smile on his lips. Then he looked at David, his eyes full of appreciation.
"Oh? Really, but don't talk too much. It would be bad if this kid becomes complacent." Lin Modan said with a smile.
It seemed that he was stimulated by Lin Mo's words. David, who had drunk a lot of wine, had a red face and hazy eyes. He raised his palm high and slapped the table hard.
"How can I be complacent! Just in time, take this opportunity, Brother Hao... Come on, come and fight with me, let you see what I just learned."
As soon as he finished speaking, David was like a newborn calf, not afraid of Beichuan Hao who was sitting silently aside.
Hearing David's confident words, Beichuan Hao was stunned for a moment, then an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he whispered back:
"Can."
How many glasses of wine have you had...I'm so drunk.
Lin Mo watched this scene speechlessly and realized that it was before his eyes. He watched David stand up vigorously and followed Kitagawa Hao to the side to start warming up.
The two of them were in high spirits, looking at each other with fighting spirit in their eyes. Other than that, one person was mostly joking, the other was brave.
The nearby fringe people also saw this scene in their eyes, and seemed to realize something, and they all let out cheers, as if cheering for the two of them.
He looked at Jack who was holding back his laughter, leaned over and asked in a low voice:
"What have you taught him so that this kid has changed so much?"
"Confidence." Jack smiled happily, seeming to be very pleased with his teaching.
"Confidence?" Lin Mo was a little confused.
Jack sighed and looked at Lin Mo:
"Didn't you ask me to teach him a few tricks? Regarding how to become a mercenary, to be honest, this kid lacks everything now. He has good basic skills, but he just lacks a little confidence."
"To a certain extent, he and I are quite similar. When I was his age, I was still thinking about what I could do in the future, whether to learn from my mother to run a bar, or to join the Valentino Gang. Just mess around...you know the result, I haven't achieved much yet."
"So, the only thing I can do is to enlighten this kid and make him more confident and stop being so naive like a little kid."
Lin Mo remained silent and nodded in approval.
Because indeed, as Jack said, he and David both have one thing in common. Both of them have a mother who cares about them.
In the game, Jack's mother, Mrs. Wells, also disagrees with this rough guy causing trouble on the streets outside, for fear that her only son will die outside one day.
However, the facts also proved that... her worries were correct.
Rather, although people on the fringes of Night City enjoy almost no legal restrictions and no one cares about them even if they are restrained, in fact there are very few people who can die a good death.
As for letting Jack and David get to know each other, and letting Jack teach this bastard to choose a good future ambition, this is also part of Lin Mo's plan.
Otherwise, it would really go against his original intention to keep this kid so hesitant, dithering and unable to make a decision.
Now, seeing David dare to challenge Beichuan Hao, Lin Mo is also very pleased, feeling a sense of joy that the character he has worked so hard to cultivate has finally grown.
Therefore, he maintained this joyful mood and watched the opening of [David vs. Kitagawa Hiroshi] with great interest.
The so-called competition was actually over as soon as it started.
Although I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup Jack poured into David, it actually made him overcome the awe of his instructor and take the initiative to challenge Kitagawa Hiroshi.
But the gap in strength cannot be made up by the passion of the young boy.
The competition between the two ended quickly.
With just five punches, one to the chest, two to the stomach, one to the chin, and one to the shoulder, David was hit with five consecutive punches. Within a minute, the duel between the two was "game over".
David fell to the ground, holding his hands back on the ground, grinning and sucking in the cold air. He looked like he was in pain and couldn't get up for a while.
Because the competition ended too quickly, people watching the excitement also booed with disdain.
But David still had a smile on his lips, but because of the slight pain coming from his body, the smile seemed a little forced.
As the winner, Kitagawa Hiroshi stood in front of him expressionlessly. After a long silence, he slowly stretched out his hand to help David up. The frost on his face that was originally as cold as frost also disappeared at this time. , the corners of his mouth stretched and he was very pleased:
"He did a good job. He was able to receive five punches from me, and... he even returned two punches with his backhand. There is improvement."
David held his hand and stood up with a force. His brows furrowed slightly. The pain was still on his face, but the smile at the corner of his mouth did not disappear either.
After the discussion just now, he sobered up and said jokingly:
"Brother Hao, can't you just let me punch you a few times?"
Kitagawa Hao snorted coldly, tapped David's forehead with his arm equipped with a metal prosthesis, and refuted:
"Leave it to the enemy to talk about this. See if they can give you a few tricks. If your childish words can be effective, then my metal arm will not appear here, let alone kill you. The beating hurts so much!”
David held his head and remained silent.
...
Seeing that the competition between the two was over, Lin Mo also withdrew his gaze, chuckled and said to Jack:
"Would you like to get acquainted with that Japanese man? You know his name, right? Kitagawa Hiroshi, he can be regarded as my deputy."
"I know, how can I not know? When I had a heart-to-heart talk with that boy David just now, he said a lot of bad things about this man."
Jack looked at David with a smile. Just after he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and asked casually:
"By the way, didn't you say there is another hacker in the team? Where is she?"
"I don't know, I haven't come yet." Lin Mo shook his head.
Jack withdrew his gaze from David and looked at Lin Mo. He was about to say something, but in the end, his mouth opened slightly and he didn't say anything. He looked through Lin Mo and looked behind him.
Lin Mo raised his eyebrows and noticed Jack's gaze. Just as he was about to turn around, a familiar voice came into his ears.
"Yo~Xiao Lin Mo, are you alone chatting with the strange uncle? Do you want my sister to accompany you?"
The voice was pleasant and lively, with a sense of vitality, but the tone was so... frivolous, full of the teasing tone of an old-timer teasing a youngster.
The young man silently stopped turning his head and looked into the distance as if looking at the scenery, with an "I don't know what you are talking about" look.
On the contrary, Jack looked behind him curiously and saw the girl with twin ponytails and light green hair. She was holding a bottle of wine in each hand, raising her eyebrows cunningly like a fox, with a playful smile on her lips. Smile.
Seeing that Lin Mo didn't speak, the girl looked a little frustrated. She sat down on the chair next to her and immediately put her wine bottle on the table. With her other hand, she held the top of another wine bottle between two fingers and shook it. He placed it in front of Lin Mo's position a few times.
"Come and have a drink with me, Xiao Lin Mo." She said in a charming tone.
Lin Mo had no choice but to sigh, and looked away from the distance. He looked helplessly at the wine bottle on the table. Without saying anything, he silently picked it up and drank it like a brave man going to his death.
"You're so obedient. I thought you forgot your last bet." Rebecca said with a sweet smile.
Jack, who was sitting next to him, suddenly brightened up and asked curiously:
"Bet? Girl, can you satisfy our curiosity? What is the bet?"
He knew that Lin Mo was allergic to alcohol, but this girl actually made this kid obey in just two or three words. She looked like she was no ordinary person!
Rebecca looked at Jack, a trace of doubt flashed in her big eyes, as if she was thinking about who this person was, and then she remembered Lin Mo's introduction when they first met tonight.
It seems to be his eldest brother, his name is Jack?
"For a small bet, he competed with me in target shooting and lost to me, so I made him drink some wine as punishment." Rebecca explained with a sweet smile.
boom.
The wine bottle was placed heavily on the wooden table with a crisp sound. Lin Mo, who drank half the bottle of wine in one breath, took a long breath. His young and delicate face turned slightly red, and he felt that the breath he exhaled was filled with warmth.
Jack asked with concern: "Lin Mo, are you okay?"
Lin Mo shook his head, "It's okay, just a little drink. In fact, the minor symptoms of alcohol allergy have been cured a long time ago."
In the past, he always thought that the [Nano Healing Robot] implanted in his body would only take effect when he was injured.
However, over time, he gradually discovered that the effect of this biological component implant was far better than he imagined.
Minor problems such as alcohol allergy are also within the scope of its "treatment".
"Damn it, I knew you always mentioned alcohol allergy before, just using it as an excuse!" Rebecca widened her eyes and pretended to be angry.
Lin Mo shrugged, very innocently.
It was good that he used it as an excuse, but no matter what, he really didn't like drinking.
Mann smiled, waved his hand, and came to Lin Mo's rescue:
"Sister, don't say that. Think about it differently. In this case, aren't you the first person to let this kid break the habit of drinking? This is his first time!"
Lin Mo raised his eyebrows, surprised that Jack suddenly teased him like this.
Well, Jack, you look thick-browed and big-eyed. I didn’t expect you to still look like this.
"Stop making fun of me, Brother Jack..." he replied with a wry smile.
On the contrary, Rebecca looked very interested and looked at Lin Mo playfully, her big eyes full of teasing:
"Hey, Uncle Wei is right. Xiao Lin Mo, are there anything else you're not used to? Sister, I'll help you get used to it."
"No." Lin Mo objected decisively.
"Hey, tell me, don't feel embarrassed, there are no outsiders here." Rebecca then urged.
Lin Mo sighed silently and looked at the sky speechlessly. Hearing the girl next to him chirping, he suddenly felt a big headache.
However, fortunately, the girl's speech did not last long. She stared at Lin Mo and bombarded him repeatedly, but from the corner of her vision, she inadvertently saw a person suddenly walking over from the restaurant.
"Hey, that's...?"
Sensing that Rebecca paused in speaking, Lin Mo also glanced at her curiously, and followed her gaze to the restaurant.
With just such a look, his childish eyes suddenly shrank.
The person walking into the restaurant - a familiar yet unfamiliar white-haired hacker woman.
