Chapter 364 The Mayor’s Visit
The Mackinac was parked on the side of the road. Unlike the legendary Mackinac, this was an ordinary enhanced version of the Mackinac.
The appearance is unremarkable. At most, the shell is a bit harder and the seat is a bit softer.
Liel sat in the driver's seat and slammed the door.
“Get in the car, you don’t want to be seen by passers-by, right?”
The passenger door was opened, and the person who entered was none other than Bryce, the network surveillance liaison of the Burger King team.
The vehicle's electronic rearview mirror in Little Octopus's "Sentinel" mode had already spotted the agent, and he had been waiting for some time.
This network monitoring agent looks much more haggard than before. Obviously, the changes in Night City in recent days have increased their workload a lot, especially yesterday's major power outage.
Santo Domingo is a poor area, but there are also operating industrial areas. The economic losses caused by such a large-scale EMP are simply immeasurable.
Those small companies and small factories are nothing in themselves, but together they are important customers that provide profits to the superior company.
And that superior company happened to be the local gangster of Night City, Ye Company.
Bryce pinched his eyebrows and lay back on Mackinac's backrest, closing his eyes as if to relax.
Liel glanced at it and could see that there were many obvious pinholes on his hands——
You must know that advanced pneumatic injectors use air pressure injection, and the liquid will be injected under high pressure. Pressed into the skin and penetrated into the capillaries, it is essentially a non-porous injection.
As an agent of network surveillance, Bryce would never use inferior equipment, even though he had lost a lot of money to hire Lear.
But even so, holes still appeared on his hands due to repeated injections. You can imagine how frequently he injected himself with drugs during this period.
Liel commented: "Why do you feel that you, a company dog, are more dedicated than us mercenaries?"
Bryce did not answer this question, but praised him. car.
“The seats in this car are good, wide and comfortable.”
“Mackinac’s high-end business seats are equipped with features that ordinary people cannot buy.”
No one would install something with such a low cost performance on a large pickup truck that is mainly about durability and durability.
"I said it turns out it's only for celebrities." Bryce sighed, took out a small box of special chewing gum from his pocket, chewed it and got to the point:
"I think Look at those mercenaries, how many are still alive?"
"Three." "You are so cruel," Bryce sighed, "Now the insurance company is laughing. Bloomed.”
"They can still buy insurance?" Lille was surprised. What company dared to sell insurance to mercenaries?
In insurance business, actuarial accounting is a very troublesome process, because the insurance company must ensure that the expected cost of the insured project is less than the insurance premium.
However, risk is an item that is difficult to estimate accurately, so insurance companies favor those who have a stable life to purchase, and avoid people and situations that are themselves exposed to extremely high risks.
It can be said that high-risk insurance projects are gambling, a gamble between the insured and the insurance company.
Bryce shrugged: "Well, you know that in Europe, competition between companies is fierce, and there are many ways to deceive insurance companies.
But once I matched their information, whatever insurance they bought was meaningless.
If you have the opportunity in the future, you will come across another kind of insurance, which is for top celebrity lone wolves. It is basically a bet on how long they can live. "
Liel nodded slightly: "Credit default swap? "
Bryce looked surprised: "You know quite a lot, but I'm not here to discuss this with you this time. I want to dig something out of their heads.
I know you want to ask, so I will tell you directly: This is the request of Night City Municipal Government and Ye Company. The law enforcement power of network surveillance in North America is recognized, and rights and obligations are relative. Now Ye's Company requires us to fulfill our obligations.
Oh, this is the most damning job. Ye's company didn't give us any log records, saying it was company secrets.
But they asked us to find the criminals, and they must find them as soon as possible, otherwise they will demand compensation from the Night City Municipal Government according to the law, and in the end the money will be deducted from us. "
And there are laws?
Liel asked: "Wait a minute, isn't the law enforcement power of network monitoring in North America tacitly allowed? Why is there still a law to follow? ”
"Look, this is where you have misunderstandings about network monitoring." Bryce explained, "The acquiescence was a thing many years ago. Our network monitoring is now based on the law, especially in Night City.
Mayor Lane has given us a lot of power and support, but to a certain extent we are also responsible for the losses caused by cybercrime to other companies.”
The old network of network monitoring has collapsed. After that, the company's attributes were infinitely weakened compared to other companies, making people forget that it was essentially transformed from a network security company.
Today, most people in Night City only have an impression of them as "NCPD's network technical support department", and have no idea what this company is doing.
Of course, laws and regulations are actually just chamber pots for companies most of the time. They can be used only when they want to use them. There are many outrageous regulations in them.
But in general, reading the laws and regulations is helpful in understanding some of the company's actions.
For example, now, from Bryce's words, Lear can understand that the Internet Supervision Department in Night City does bear a large part of the responsibility for Ryan.
Night City's municipal administration is not incompetent at all under the pressure of the company as rumored by the outside world.
The law enforcement power of Network Monitoring is granted by Ryan. Although it seems that Network Monitoring is responsible for other companies, it is actually helping Ryan maintain his position.
In general, Lane did tie network surveillance to his side through political and economic means.
Lear thought for a moment and said, "So this job was actually done by Ryan. Did he know that you came to see me?"
Bryce did not speak, but looked ahead.
A Villefort Stretch Alvarado drove through the intersection.
“Have you seen that car? It looks unremarkable, but the bulletproof parts are all Arasaka Company’s top-level monomolecular armor, and the tires are military-tech battlefield-level run-flat tires, and the chassis is.
All you need to know is that it is awesome. The cost of construction and operation is dozens of times more expensive than the Mackinaw you are driving now, and it is expensive but not marketable.
There is only one like this in the entire Night City. "
Leal did not refute, because he probably knew who was in the car.
The current mayor Lucius Lane.
Lead Night City to survive the unification The "heroic mayor" of the war was also the "company lackey" who allowed Arasaka to return to Night City.
This car looks ordinary, and the cost is probably more expensive than the "Legendary" Mackinaw, and its safety level is high. Even much higher
Bryce watched the car drive away, obviously relieved, because his colleagues were responsible for the rest.
"The trip of such a big shot makes the whole department nervous - but I still want to congratulate you, the big shot is interested in you."
Lille started the car, No comment was made on this statement.
"I can satisfy your request, but are you ready for the reward?"
"Of course." Bryce put his hand on the window, "You're in luck this time. The reward is absolutely worth it.”
Lille didn't take this statement seriously at all.
It is definitely another ugly corporate style: in the end, all the things they are given are for you to work for them, and the reward is no exception.
(End of this chapter)