Chapter 107 Commission: Spy Shadow of the Giant Building (1)
The fire was caused by the wanderers.
Just as Lear guessed, the NCPD itself has been in a state of insufficient police force for a long time, and this time the problem is in the city center.
To the south of the city center is Heywood, which is criss-crossed by various roads and byways, making it difficult to completely block it.
And today, tonight, Lille is not the only one giving them intensity.
A large number of homeless people came into the city, and they held signs and held banners.
Their weather-beaten cars are like moving scrap metal, but the powerful sound of their engines proves that these cars are still in their prime.
But there was a special thing tied to the hood of the car at the front - a coffin made of iron plates, with the front sealed with glass and a windproof torch inserted on the side.
In the coffin lay the somewhat black bodies of the Red Ocher Tribe who died miserably due to the experiment.
This was something Lille didn't expect - he just pushed, indicating that the people who needed Red Ocher attracted firepower, and they got to this point.
Even showing the corpse.
All the people from Heywood came out, following these wanderers, they came to see the fun.
But the sight of the excitement provides cover for the homeless people - it’s impossible for the NCPD to kill people on the street, right?
"The unscrupulous company Biotechnology! They poisoned us! Several of us have died! Let us pass! We want an explanation from Biotechnology!"
"Biotechnology is dead As a conscientious person, buy a life for 5,000 euros and pay for it by killing someone!”
"Company dog! Stupid cop! Go to hell!"
Bang.
Plastic bottles and tin cans hit the NCPD armored vehicle. Apart from making some noise, nothing else happened.
But it’s really, really loud.
NCPD police officers are very nervous. Every time the other party throws a can, they have to make sure it is not a grenade.
Especially red ocher's illness is even more frightening.
Some of the skin exposed under their thick clothes shone slightly under the moonlight and lights, and their eyes were even more bloodshot and red - really like a piece of red ocher.
The dark red eyes stared at them, just like a werewolf staring at its prey, as if they would really eat people in the next second.
The flames illuminated the bodies and the banners shone in the neon lights.
In the police car, a strong young policeman watched all this with a solemn expression. His left eye was modified into a tactical prosthetic eye, making him look like a one-eyed dragon.
The other normal eye revealed helplessness and anger - anger at the status quo.
The car door opened with a bang, and an older policeman sat in, with a relaxed expression and two cans of coffee in his hand.
The young policeman said: ".We are just going to watch like this?"
"Otherwise? River, you should relax, our mission is to watch this mob.< br>
What should I say, these wanderers are quite honest and have put away their guns.”
The old policeman in the co-pilot opened the drink can and brought hot coffee.
“The city center is in such trouble, why don’t we care?”
“We cannot handle security cases of that level.”
New Police Feeling nervous and shaken in his faith and ideals, the old policeman opened the lid and tasted the warm coffee.
After taking a sip, he added: "Maybe the company dog bites the dog. We can't handle this kind of thing and can only rely on coordination from above.
If it's not a corporate dog-eating-dog incident and it's a terrorist attack, then it's not our turn. The Terrorist Mobile Team will handle it.
As for us, we just deal with this small situation. ”
The slightly younger River once again lamented helplessly.
NCPD’s work experience gave him the feeling:
The gun is aimed at the poor, not the poor. Rich people; they can't take care of big things, but they don't want to take care of small things; if something goes wrong, they call the Terrorist Mobile Team, and if nothing happens, they just go out for a walk.
This NCPD claims to be the line of defense that protects Night City!
Thinking about this, a dispatch order came from the police channel.
"Wanderers began to flow in the Haywood blockade area. The blockade level in the east and north of the municipal center was downgraded, and the blockade troops were preparing to mobilize to the Haywood area."
"The Haywood defense area paid attention to coordinating the blockade. Line."
The old policeman gestured to River, and the car slowly moved along with the homeless protest team.
He turned down some police radios and even turned on his personal radio -
"Welcome to today's "Chatting Tonight with Zig Q", do you know everything that happened in the city center?"< br>
“Rockets exploded, homeless people protested, and luxury cars worth millions were blown into pieces. Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality?”
“Today we invite We have a special guest—a wanderer from Adecado, Hector!”
The old policeman took out a small bag of potato chips from his pocket and said with great interest:
"These media people are so powerful, we can't even catch homeless people."
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Sender: Hector.
Hector: Our people are already in place - we don’t have to think about your request at all.
Hector: We will provide you with all the help you need.
Hector: The company never treated us as human beings from the beginning. It was my naivety and stupidity that killed Andre, Cedric, Ares, Sezar, Albert, and Xavier.
Hector: I will go to hell because of this, but before going to hell, of course I hope to drag a few company dogs to go to hell with me.
Hector: All the good players are in the city, and they have all been injected with enough sustained-release drugs. Before the matter is over, before dawn, the chain will not fall off.
Hector: I know this request is a bit unreasonable, but I ask you to take care of Neville and the remaining tribesmen after this.
Hector: Thank you for everything you have done for us, I will do my best to fight for you.
Hector: Thank you for getting this opportunity for me. I am a coward. I can't watch them die miserably because of me.
Hector: Thank you.
Hector: Red Ocher awaits your command.
Liel finished reading the message Hector gave him - obviously, it is no longer Hector who is in charge.
This is a contradictory person, Lille can feel it.
He craves a worthwhile self-destruction.
Lil sighed and looked at everyone present.
"Mann, your target is Impala Automobile Company, set off immediately."
Dorio looked at Mann with worried eyes: "It's already like this. Do you want to continue?"
Mann has completely removed the forearm containing the projectile launcher, and now he can be regarded as a disabled person.
Of course, the remaining arm he had was not for show.
Liel looked at Mann, who slammed the table angrily: "Of course we have to continue! We have come this far just to give Sasha an explanation——
This time we won't It’s just for money, if you want to quit, then quit, but I won’t quit!”
Mann is a very top-notch person, in line with Lille’s imagination of him.
Give him a clue that he can grab and he won't let go.
This is paranoia.
Needless to say Rebekah, Pyrrha and Dorio - they and Sasha are also teammates. The only unstable factor is Qi Wei.
But she said nothing and seemed to have a very low sense of presence.
But he was still targeted by Lille: "Your hackers may not have this idea."
"Hey, do I still have a choice?"
"No."
Lille has already brought them close to their own data barriers, and this thing is also monitoring internally.
She has no chance to contact the middleman, at least not yet.
Qi Wei still asked: "I only have one question, how much money can we make?"
Lear looked at Mann: "I don't want a cent of the remuneration Faraday agreed to, you share it among yourselves. In addition to the money over there, I can also give you 100,000 euros.
I only have one I demand that you complete this order in my name.”
Riel didn’t know Faraday’s payment—he never asked.
If the mercenary wanted to know the reward first, or get the money first, they could discuss it, but Lille never asked at all.
As for the 90,000, it came from Mendoza and Barnes.
The two of them pooled together a total of 400,000 euros, which was either too much or too little.
Well, if you look at the figure of 400,000, it is definitely too much. The problem is that the 400,000 to buy the Nightingale plan is not enough to keep the secret.
But it doesn’t matter, what Lille values is not the 400,000.
As an actual mediator, he has cleared most of the obstacles and paved the way for himself.
Excluding the money that will be used to purchase Delamain's services and various upcoming components, all Lille can give to the Mann team is 100,000 euros.
Lille has been quite kind to them - according to the rules of Night City, the middleman and the mercenary are divided into 70 and 30, and they only share 30,000 yuan.
So for mercenaries like Mann, it is still a very attractive number.
“Huh?”
The Mann team was stunned.
What does this mean?
He doesn't want the benefits, but all the disadvantages are on him?
No matter how strong the data barrier is, no one can guarantee that it will never be breached. Is Burger King crazy?
"I will talk about the details later. Now let's talk about your course of action."
Liel handed the sorted separation chip to Mann.
Impala Motor Company is located east of Night City, almost outside the city, in a rather remote corner.
The company advertises its use of fully automated vehicle assembly technology, so few workers work there.
Now it seems that it is not that they used automation technology, but that the place was originally a server used by biotechnology to store Nightingale Project data.
Thanks to Morton's project manager and underhanded ways, they now have all of their employees' account information.
They just need to find a place to input these things, and they can gain control of the factory.
The difficulty is how to break through Impala Motors' defenses——
"There's even an Arasaka mecha there?!"
Rebecca and Pyrrha's voices were so high-pitched that Lear's ears went numb.
Arasaka Mecha - This is why Arasaka will not leave any evidence that they are looking for someone to target biotechnology.
Among several super enterprises, although there is a great degree of opposition between some companies, such as Military Technology and Arasaka, there is still cooperation.
For example, Arasaka will buy Beamon armored vehicles from Military Technology, and Military Technology will also consider Arasaka’s mechas.
When there are no excuses, everyone must still abide by international law.
This is especially true for biotechnology. In order to ensure that two companies at the top of the private military field will not deliberately target them, appropriate cross-buying is necessary.
Although biotechnology security is mainly composed of military technology personnel and equipment, they will still choose some Arasaka equipment.
But if it is revealed that Arasaka is secretly investigating himself, the purchase order will of course have to fall on another company——
So Arasaka wants to find out what Junke wants from biotechnology. Military science intelligence, but also afraid that things will be exposed and affect themselves.
Lille picked his ears and said to the loud-voiced little loli:
"Don't shout so loud - don't you also have hackers in your team? The control instructions and usage instructions for that mecha are there. In the chip.
The account information of the staff in the park can still be used, and it can be hacked by connecting to the LAN, without even having to face its ICE. "
Top hacking: unplug. Drop the network cable.
There is also a more advanced one, plug in the network cable and enter your account and password - your mecha is good, now it is mine.
What is inconsistent with its terrifying appearance and combat effectiveness is that the fully automatic Arasaka mecha is usually deeply connected to the subnet, which makes it easy to hack.
This is also the only shortcoming of this war machine.
“It’s simple.” Qiwei was wearing a mask, so her entire facial expression could not be seen.
But it was obvious that she was under a lot of pressure.
Yes, Lille has all the tools ready.
The internal structure of Impala Automobile Company, the composition of security personnel, and even employee accounts are not just one employee account, but all staff accounts.
From a rational point of view, this hacking is not difficult at all. The key lies in where to find the LAN interface.
But when I think about it being an Arasaka Mecha, I can’t think straight.
Lille continued: "Listen, you will also have a team of homeless people to support you. I have found connections outside. They have good goods. At least there is no problem in a head-on battle. Let me get in. , understand?”
Mann nodded: “It’s a hard job, but since you are willing to take on all the follow-up questions, of course we will succeed.”
"Very good - one last thing." Leal knocked on the table, "It is also the most important thing. Do you remember who sent this commission?"
Mann was stunned. .
Who sent the commission?
Theoretically, it’s Faraday.
But since they got on the subway, they followed Lear's instructions and never communicated with Faraday again.
Can this still be considered as working for Faraday?
He tentatively said: ".Faraday?"
Liel smiled and nodded: "Yes, the entire commission was issued by Faraday, and the goal is to investigate the Nightingale Project, and The relationship between Project Nightingale and military technology.
We accepted the commission at the Afterlife Nightclub, and then the communicator was damaged during the battle.
After that, we were unable to contact Faraday, and then we accepted Mendoza and Barnes. Commissioned by two reporters
In the end, we are tough mercenaries who decide to get the job done no matter the circumstances - get it? ”
Mann’s mind was a bit hard to wrap around. Not only him, but everyone here was a little dizzy.
Only Qiwei smelled some conspiracy: Burger King’s goal It’s not a commission at all.
“I understand, but how do we get out? ”
Liel pointed to the door.
A Delamain armored taxi slowly appeared at the door.
"Excellent service of 50,000 euros, the target location is near the Impala Automobile Company. Once you get on the car, there is no turning back."
(End of this chapter)