Chapter 373 Firepower Upgrade Bill
Night City Municipal Building.
Mayor Lucius Lane got off his exclusive floating car, making it impossible to tell that he had just taken a trip to Santo Domingo.
He got out of the car, and as soon as he entered the building, he saw Bryce, the network supervisor, standing in the corridor——
This agent was originally just a responsible person in Night City He is a covert agent in the black wall business, but because he has had more contact with a group of mercenaries recently, he has naturally been assigned more tasks.
On the one hand, Ryan needs his experience in contact with those mercenaries. On the other hand, Bryce's many contacts with mercenaries have completely reduced the confidentiality of his identity. There is no need to continue to act secretly.
People only know that Ryan sponsored network surveillance and established the Cybersecurity Foundation, but from this scene it can be seen that in Night City, his relationship with network surveillance is better than the outside world imagined.
At least this is the case in the Night City branch.
“To be honest, I have quite mixed feelings about them. Sometimes I feel that Night City should have such a spiritual business card, but seeing them reminds me of the city more than 50 years ago. Nuclear bomb. "
Ryan lit a cigar and walked past Bryce while speaking, and the latter followed.
"At least so far, the network surveillance's psychological assessment of them is still within a safe range."
"You don't understand, the behavior of this kind of person is unpredictable."
Ryan is fierce He took a puff on his cigar and sometimes acted less like a mayor and more like a gangster.
Bryce immediately returned: "That's because network monitoring uses too few observation methods. The more observation equipment and data, the more accurate prediction and control can be."
< br>"Come on, what will people say about me if I let you all go all out?"
Within a few steps, Ryan finished the cigar he had just lit and burned thousands of euros.
He reached out and threw the cigarette butt into the trash can in front of the elevator. He happened to see at the end of the corridor, his bald deputy mayor Holt, chatting and laughing with two Arasaka employees. They seemed to have a very close relationship.
As soon as he raised his head, the Arasaka employee on the opposite side instantly looked at Ryan, which also diverted Holt's attention here.
Two employees of Arasaka wear some kind of electronic prosthetic eyes. This device allows them to capture more details, and the horizontal red light strips look more oppressive.
It also has Arasaka characteristics.
Seeing that he was his superior, Holt's smile instantly turned into a smile.
Ryan also nodded slightly towards the group, and then walked into the elevator that had been waiting for him, followed closely by Bryce.
No one spoke in the elevator, but Bryce suddenly said: "The relationship between your bulldog and Arasaka is really good, and it seems to be getting better and better."
Vice City Longholt, known to the outside world as Lane's Bulldog.
Some members of the public believe that Ryan is Arasaka's dog and has collected black money from the company. A large part of the reason is that as his deputy, Holt is often very close to Arasaka.
So Hult is also known as the company dog's dog.
Ryan didn’t react much to this, but just smiled faintly: “A fierce dog is not easy to raise, you can’t expect me to control him 24 hours a day.
Peralez Not discharged yet?"
"He will attend the meeting."
"Very good."
bite.
The elevator door opened, and in front of Ryan was a huge staircase conference hall.
Representatives from various companies in the parliament have already taken their seats. In his eyes, the holographic HUD marked the company represented by each seat, as well as the personal information of the representatives on the seat.
Kangtao, Military Technology, Arasaka, Pezo Chemical, Yeshi Group, Biotechnology, Zeta Technology, Jianli Group.
Ten seats in total.
After Arasaka's people were in place, Holt walked out of the work passage and happened to pass by Bryce who was walking away.
People took their seats one after another and stood on the seats representing their companies. Although people came and went, there was no noise.
Soon, people stopped.
Tarts.
There was an inconspicuous soft sound, and it was impossible to tell from the surface what kind of equipment was started.
Ryan walked to the center of the conference room, ready to raise the first and most important issue.
"Ahem. Welcome everyone to attend the meeting. I won't say any more. Let's move on to the first topic -
Arasaka Company hopes to send the Kujira to Night City. It’s up to you to talk about what’s behind the port.”
Ryan just started and turned the conversation to Representative Arasaka, who seemed to have been accustomed to Ryan’s style for a long time, and the brightness of his prosthetic eyes was slightly brighter. Some subtle changes have occurred.
This is the phenomenon of prepared materials being displayed on the HUD. Such optical changes can actually be masked through technical means, but it is obvious that they do not need to do this now.
"In the past six months, Night City has experienced several serious security incidents, including but not limited to the blackout that occurred in the Company Plaza.
And just yesterday, Santo Domingo had another incident. Ultra-large-scale EMP has caused economic losses of tens of millions of euros.
This is very detrimental to urban development, such as If we can't even protect corporate security, how can we ensure economic development?
I suggest increasing municipal investment in the security field, and Arasaka Company will be responsible for this part of the business. "
Hot leaves no trace. He glanced at Ryan, and then looked at the empty seats in the municipal seats——
There is the position of Peralez, who is a candidate for mayor and is actually an official in Night City's municipal government. Before that, he was even a parliamentary representative. Looking at military technology again, public relations representative Stott remains silent -
It’s not that there is really nothing to say, but it’s just that now is not the best time to speak.
He touched his chin seemingly thoughtfully, and then sent a message to Ryan using the LAN:
[Deputy Mayor Hult: I think Arasaka’s proposal is very constructive, Night City has some of the best military contracting companies in the world. 】
[Deputy Mayor Huot: However, the performance of military technology in the past six months is really embarrassing. Maybe we should try some new options. 】
Ryan groaned, but did not show any emotion.
Because he knew someone could talk——
[Meeting prompt: Jackson Peralez requested entry into the meeting]
[You have approved. 】
[Meeting reminder: Jefferson Peralez joins the meeting. 】
Jefferson, who had been silent for a long time, walked into the conference hall. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he said:
“This is impossible. The arrival of Arasaka Company will change the situation in Night City. It becomes even more uncontrollable.
Besides, the recent corruption case involving the deputy director of the NCPD in H8 Skyscraper has not yet come to a complete conclusion.
We only eliminated the scum of Deputy Director Forte, but he is. Before he died, he didn’t say who else was behind him——
But we all know that the customers involved in the H8 skyscraper include a large number of Arasaka employees. "
Holt couldn't sit still anymore. He no longer chose to use online communication but replied: "So what? Company employees have immunity and this does not violate the law. "
Peralez smiled back: "But it will greatly affect the autonomy of Night City. Send an aircraft carrier to Night City? Only you can figure it out. "
"Then what do you think we should do? Continue to use military technology for security services? "
"No, I think the top priority is to allocate funds to repair the power supply network and infrastructure in Santo Domingo. Ye's Group can use better equipment to eliminate cybercrime. ”
"It's really interesting."
Stout raised his hand at this time: "I think this plan is feasible."
Holt looked at the woman and immediately understood the strategy of military technology - —
Anyone can make the money anyway, just Arasaka.
“Haha, and then be turned into an EMP bomb by criminals, do it again?”
"First of all, Ye's company has sufficient technical reserves and strength. Secondly, every place Arasaka goes to: Chiba, Watson District
You tell me, when they gain absolute control, these places will What has it become?”
“People are rich.”
“Looking for the money you mentioned in the industrial waste?”
< br>“That is better than letting many miserable small and medium-sized entrepreneurs go bankrupt. If they go bankrupt, they will only starve to death!”
As Peralez took his seat, the atmosphere began to become lively, and Ryan continued to remain silent and watched the parliament debate.
From the beginning of the meeting to now, he has only said the opening remarks once.
If nothing else happens, he will not need to say more than ten sentences until the end of the meeting.
The biggest contradiction in Night City is military technology and Arasaka will find a place to compete. In the end, from a macro perspective, they will invest a lot of resources here.
No matter what those resources are.
But this time it’s a little different. Super-standard things have entered Night City. There is one thing they can agree on——
After a verbal battle, Ryan found the two sides who were about to reach the first agreement. A place of consensus.
Hoot pointed at the ceiling, as if to enhance the momentum of his tone: "But those terrorists, each of them holds a super weapon that can penetrate armored units on the frontal battlefield.
They only need to find a place in the city center to blow your head off!"
"Including your head, Holt, don't be too arrogant." He responded calmly, which sounded like he was being abusive and unyielding, but what he said next was not the same thing.
".I would rather equip the NCPD with more powerful weapons, and even if the NCPD loses control of the situation, we still have a violent terrorist mobile team."
The consensus between the two sides was formed in a clever exchange of words - Night The city needs to upgrade its firepower.
The Europeans have put in a lot of outrageous weapons. If they don't come up with something more powerful
It's hard to say how things will develop.
In any case, Arasaka and Military Technology can still agree on one thing: they all have their own customers, and their products cannot be suppressed by those European companies on the streets of escalating force.
Ryan thought silently in his mind, and then slowly said: "I say otherwise, these criminals are indeed too powerful, and we really need to invest more resources in upgrading public security.
I want the NCPD to equip Centaur. The mecha matter can no longer be delayed, and the force of the violent terrorist mobile team can be upgraded again. I guess you all have more powerful equipment to invest in.
As for the Kujira, if Arasaka and Arasaka's clients need some security, we can indeed keep them here for a few days.
What do you think? ”
(End of this chapter)