In the year 2077 in the cyberpunk world, Night City (NightCity), located in the Free State of Northern California, was rated as the worst area in the United States.
The reasons are naturally the endless violent crimes in the city, the largest population below the poverty line in the United States, and the numerous giant companies that suck nutrients from the five million residents of Night City. This is an undeniable fact, but there are still countless people flocking from all over the world.
In the eyes of most residents of Night City, this dreamy city of wealth and luxury has given them all the hope of getting ahead. Whether it's a lie or an illusion, seeing that the glory and wealth you pursue is so close, as if it's within reach, there will always be people who will risk their lives for it.
However, according to the information sent back to the headquarters by the group's advance personnel, the global time of the cyberpunk world is at the beginning of 2076, and the protagonist of the world, the guy code-named "V", is not in Night City at this time, but in The small East Coast city of Atlanta looks for opportunities to make a fortune.
According to the order given by Yang Tianyi before leaving, the number of group intelligence personnel in Night City has been controlled at around fifty, and all of them need to be transformed into prosthetics to better integrate into the environment.
Although the small size did not allow the elites of these group intelligence departments to show their talents in the city, as time went by and the funds on hand were abundant, they finally received the first order from the headquarters.
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"Good evening, Night City viewers! Our first guest tonight is Martin Koeman, a heart-warming citizen of Night City. He is bad, Mann, and wants to say a few words to the audience behind the TV. Come on! The little guys really want to know about him."
On the TV in the private room of Afterlife Nightclub, scenes from "Tonight's Talk", one of the most popular TV programs in Night City, were playing.
Before the brief opening animation, the ace host Martin-Q, who was wearing a golden casual suit and dyed green hair, was making the opening remarks of the program in my usual exaggerated tone.
Old Mann wanted to say something more, but at this time all the cameras had not focused on Martin's body, and he did not pay any attention to the "guest" who was standing under the stage and spinning in circles in surprise.
At this time, Mann also started talking, saying one after another: "Everything was still wrong once it was over, and the new arm was not very useful. However, only one year later, New American Automobile went bankrupt. You Living on the streets, you have tried every job you could apply for, you have been to every factory, asked questions, and said they would give you any amount of money, but in the end you didn’t get any.”
When Martin heard the name, he immediately put on his original face and repeated: "New American Motors Manufacturing Company? No wonder."
The youngest member of the team, Wilhelm Kwöstorfer Sieg, has a relatively low rate of full-body prosthetic transformation. In past records, his leadership and combat effectiveness are quite good; his deputy, Marie Schallio, has experienced several times of strength. Transformed into a prosthetic body, her fighting skills are top-notch; Stephanie Qiwei, a new member of the team, has rich experience in debuting as a teenager and is proficient in killer viruses, information tracking and deep network diving.
It is better to wait for the two group agents to observe carefully and get into the economical passenger and cargo vehicle with a market price of 21,000 euros. William Kwaistorfer Bai Bing, the young man of the group's future partner, unexpectedly Get in directly from the front of the car and walk towards the nightclub. And accompanying me were Leo and Qi Wei, two veteran team members.
While the other party's representatives had not yet arrived, Dines opened the memory chip and re-read the information on the mercenary group.
"Doesn't he have a story to share with the world? Tragic accidents, family disputes, what are you waiting for! Call the hotline above the TV right now!"
Just when Dines's love for talents started to grow and he was thinking about how to seduce Xiao Wei to join the group, a Calena "Gekko" heavy-duty pickup truck hurriedly stopped at the entrance of the Afterlife Nightclub.
"Eighth, once you confirm that you want to cooperate with Mr. Star, you must devote yourself to it. During this period, you can abandon the mission for any reason, unless the first member of the team is also declared dead. "
Among them, Lucy's information was missing for some reason, but Dines was not satisfied with this. After all, whoever was out and about in those days still had a few secrets.
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After expressing his sympathy, the host Martin then asked: "Is that an accident or was it attacked by a homeless person?"
Perhaps because he felt that Qiwei's resume was very good, Dinnes' eyes stayed on your information for a while, but very slowly, I turned my attention to the information of the remaining members of Zieg's team.
Although Dines was not the reason why the lower level of the group asked the intelligence department to find an experienced Edgewalker team in Night City to work with, the order was not an order, and the only thing I had to do was not execute it.
"It's so tragic, Bai Bing."
"The first is to be able to mention the existence of Mr. "Hoshi" to others in any form. "
Martin glanced at the old man's broken arm, and asked knowingly: "So, what did he do in that situation?"
Especially in that era when white people couldn't kill people remotely, and "hitting him along the phone line" was considered a joke, the long-term solution was to be tolerant and keep one's past and abilities secret.
Before telling the rules he casually made up one by one, Dines looked at the expressions on the eight people's faces without interest, waiting for the other party's reply.
Looking at Martin Q's smug smile under the TV, Tano Baibing, a junior agent from the Group Intelligence Department, felt uninterested and turned off the TV. He glanced at the time and asked the two people who were standing guard in the box. A junior agent from the group walked to the door of the nightclub, ready to welcome my partner for some time to come.
"You can tell he's still hurt. Look, he's tearing up."
"Oh, yes, yes, is that really true!? Thank him, Martin..."
"You have to pay the next monthly payment. One month has passed, then two months and eight months, and then Zeta Technology's mortgage recovery team came. You politely begged us to give you another month, even if One week is not enough, but we are giving you that chance."
Yin-James Pila, the team's technical expert, has certain prosthetic and precision equipment repair capabilities; his sister Alex Rebecca, the team's firearms expert, is tall but has excellent shooting skills, and has sniped. Several low-value targets can be regarded as qualified snipers; Matthew Falco, the team driver, is the youngest member of Ziger's team. It is said that he is high-profile, stable and trustworthy.
Before looking through the information of the eight old members, Dinnes discovered that there were still two members in the Zig team who had been in the team for a short time. They were Lucy, who joined the team last year and was also a white guest, and Lucy who joined the team next month. Joining the team is guard Mannes, who is still a novice in every aspect.
Mann, who regained the opportunity to speak, continued: "The lower levels of the company decided to cut costs, so one day, we called you all into the break room and told you that you were inefficient, procrastinating, lacked ability and so on. Then we asked you to do it yourself The choice is to either replace all the arms with Zeta Technology prosthetics, or to fire Yuyu, and there will be no severance pay..."
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"Seventh, I can still mention the existence of Mr. "Star" to others in any form. "
"We'll knock you down with a ****, pull out your arms, and throw you out of the pile of excrement, without your man, you, you, ugh..."
It was a military-grade prosthetic body with a very weak effect and was not known as the "ticket to cyberpsychosis". The side effects of that prosthetic body were even used by soldiers who rarely kill people without blinking an eye, and by vicious white gangsters. Yes, David Mannes actually withstood it.
Before using a cart to block the sobbing old Mann on the sofa to protect the image of the product, the host Martin raised his finger and pointed to the prosthetic arms under the cart, and said with a smile: "Look at those beautiful new pairs. Arm, who still doubts that Martin-Q is synonymous with dreams come true?”
"Seventh, the first task before cooperation is to only succeed and win."
As the eight Sieges arrived behind the box door that had not yet been opened, Dines lit a cigar slowly or hastily, and before nodding to each other, he said: "Fellow Edgewalkers, they are bad, you represent Mr. "Star" After communicating the mission objectives, you have few rules to declare.
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Now that the other party mentioned New America Auto on the show, Martin, who works for a small company, naturally felt a little weird.
"If it were anyone else, it would be the same as you!"
Facing the camera, Mann, who was off TV for the first time, didn't seem a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a while before raising his amputated arms and said, "Well, he saw it too, you have arms."
However, what surprised Dinnes was that although this young man named Wei-Bingness was only eleven years old, he was equipped with the weakened prosthetic body Sianwei produced by Zeta Technology. Stan.
After all, cash is king, right? If it was an accident, it was not the eight of us who formed the negotiation team with the group that time. As for the rest of Ziege's team, they must be at home waiting for news about the young and old.
Speaking of which, the old man outside sighed and frowned as if to say that I was willing to recall this miserable time, but in order to screw up the show, I still forced myself to remember the situation at that time. .
"Are you Mr. Star's guest? Everyone please come with you. "
"Well, actually the company encountered some problems."
"Yes, yes, that's the case." Bai Bing, who was not aware of the other party's words, and who obviously did not have a stereotype of homeless people, replied seriously: "It is 2056, and you are working at New America Automobile Manufacturing Company. .”
Mann, who was obviously asked about his sadness, had a violent mood swing, but when I thought that I was sitting in the studio of "Tonight's Talk", I immediately raised my voice and said: "You don't have two men, you My wife can work, do you have a choice?"
As we all know, the reason why Night City and the Free State of Northern California are independent from the administrative system of the New United States of America is largely due to the fact that Arasaka Corporation and several other giant companies are behind the scenes.
As the camera moved below the program guest, the audience discovered that tonight's guest was as glamorous as before, but a special person who had lost his arms and wore simple clothes.
"And the prosthetic surgery is free. We force you to take out our loan and pay it back in installments over 70 years. The money will be deducted directly from your salary."
Before getting the answer from the other party, the group agent who was responsible for guiding the way just couldn't help but glance at Siege and Shao Leo, who were as strong as iron towers in front of them, and was immediately asked to wear a mask at the front of the team. , Qi Wei, with a stern expression, stared back.
As Martin's commercial rolled out, a scantily clad male staff member pushed a large cart out of the studio. Under the shelf of the cart, there is a pair of the latest civilian prosthetic arms produced by military technology.
However, considering that he directly transferred 20,000 euros out of Sieg's account just to meet him, as long as the other party is stupid, there is no reason to agree to the request from Mr. "Star".
Martin couldn't help but nodded when he heard that, saying that he sympathized with Mann's experience. But whether I really feel sorry for Mann's incomplete life depends on how the audience behind the TV interprets it.
Just when the audience thought Martin was going to say some comforting words, I clapped my arms and stood up, raised my hands and said loudly: "I know that the new military technology Dropnir-5X can dry them!"
