Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

53 Lucky
"Ha..." Xita shrugged, "After all, our team has just been formed, and it's normal to have insufficient configuration."

"When there was such a big commotion in the Biotechnology Building, your capabilities are really beyond my imagination." Mann said meaningfully while drinking.

That night, News Channel 54 under Military Technology was hacked by mysterious hackers, and the side effects of the drug "Securicine" were played in a loop for an entire hour.

In addition, the joint army formed by the two giants of biotechnology and military technology companies joined hands to dispatch a grand battle.

All kinds of rumors can deceive ordinary people, but they can't be hidden from the deliberate digging of those who are interested.

After one night, the situation changes.

Speculators who like to speculate in stocks just opened their eyes in the morning, intending to flex their muscles in the financial market as usual, when they were slapped in the face by a series of shocking news, and they were dizzy.

Military Technology suddenly announced the termination of its long-term cooperation with Biotechnology.

For a simple drug scandal?
The truth is much more than that.

Is it the horn that the evil dragon that has occupied New America for nearly a hundred years can no longer hold back its minions and wants to attack the fat lamb of Europe?
No one knows the real answer.

Even the financial tycoons who claimed to know the inside story of the company best and had reliable informants in the past were all silent and bowed their heads in silence.

What's more, the vast majority of ordinary people in Night City who are blinded by a leaf?
They only knew that this pharmaceutical giant from Europe was hit hard by a drug scandal and some unknown reason, and blood flowed like a river.

The most obvious manifestation is that the stock prices of biotechnology companies have plummeted all the way, falling off a cliff.

Whether it is stockholders with positions or speculators who want to buy bottom at a certain point, they all lost their money, and many of their families were ruined.

During that time, Dead Man's Lotto counts topped four digits for several days in a row.

Faced with the decline of biotechnology and the silence of military technology, the few remaining super companies in Night City, such as Arasaka and Kangtao, began to move around.

It is rumored that Saburo Arasaka, who is far away in Japan, has already set off, intending to personally conquer Night City, a battlefield full of blood and wealth.

Kang Tao has also started to act. Today's bloody battle was broadcast live. Can he defeat the super robot of the violent mobile team?This is really an excellent example of marketing.

There are not a few outsiders such as South Korea's Chang's Group. They are eyeing up, wanting to seize the only opportunity to completely kick out biotechnology and fill the soon-to-be-vacated Super Giant seat in Night City.

What happened to biotechnology to end up like this?

Now, the answer to this huge secret that has troubled countless people stands in front of him alive.

Mann wanted to open his mouth to ask, but he hesitated to speak.

First, don't talk too much about your feelings.

Although he had given him some care at the garbage dump, it was a small price to pay for Rogge's sake, and it was not equal to the hidden value.

Mann has been on the road for many years, and most of all he believes in the principle of equivalence.

Second, if you know secrets that you shouldn't know, it's easy to get burned.

The Biotech Division has been hit hard in Night City, but still has some strength left.

A dead skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Biotechnology can't do anything to them, and dealing with Mann's group will not be more difficult than pressing an ant to death.

Mann hesitated, he didn't care about his own life, what about Dorio, Sasha, Rebecca, and Pyla?
Since he is the leader of the team, he naturally has the awareness and responsibility of a big brother.

So he chose to keep his mouth shut, not to vent his burning curiosity.

The silly woman Dorio didn't seem to think as much as he did. After a while of distraction, she was already having a good time with the three of Xita.

Mann smiled slightly.

Maybe it's not necessarily pretending to be stupid.

Mann felt that with his rough heart, he might never understand a woman's dexterous and ever-changing thoughts in his whole life.

"Mann?"

"what happened?"

Dorio's shout brought back Mann's erratic consciousness.

He blinked and hid all his inner emotions under the iconic pair of sunglasses before looking in Dorio's direction.

"You've been blowing on an empty wine bottle for a long time..." Dorio held her forehead in distress, angry and distressed at her lover's stupidity.

"Rebecca must have ridiculed me when she saw me like this..." Mann teased, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I don't know what happened to that little girl..." Dorio brought another bottle of cold beer to Mann, and sighed softly.

"How do you feel about the two other than Hita?"

Unexpectedly, Dorio has a delicate heart that is completely inconsistent with her rough appearance.

Mann knew this well, so he specifically asked Dorio how he felt.

"I feel that they are not very human..." Fortunately, Dorio often drank with Mann, and she was a good drinker, so she didn't yell loudly, but whispered in Mann's ear.

Mann was taken aback by Dorio's serious expression and guessing words, and wondered if he had taken too much medicine and had hallucinations.

"Not human? Could it be a ghost?"

Mann shivered slightly as he held the cold wine bottle.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he, a nine-foot strong man, also had some ulterior weaknesses.

He was terrified of the furtive ghosts and ghosts.

Simply put, it is fear of ghosts.

Every time on the way home together, the wicked Dorio would always make up all kinds of ghost stories and tell them all the way, which made Mann frightened for a long time.

"Look at your ugly face..." Dorio could not help but roll her eyes as she saw Mann's embarrassing appearance.

"It's not that what you said is ambiguous!"

It seems that I did drink too much, Mann thought while arguing with Dorio, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"So what exactly do you mean?" Mann stared at his girlfriend who had no more words after saying one sentence, and couldn't help being a little mad, stretching out his hand to ask her.

"Yawei...Although he is very gentlemanly, his sense of proportion is too obvious, and every move will unconsciously reveal a sense of superiority..."

"Lucy... I feel that she is a bit like Yawei. Communicating with her is like being separated by a thick layer of glass... The way she looks at people is like the audience sitting in the audience watching curiously. With the drama on the stage..."

"Are you thinking too much?"

"Perhaps... they are not simple anyway." Dorio shook her head and sighed softly.

"Fortunately...not the enemy." Mann touched his arm with some fear.

"It's said that Rogge's vision is vicious, you still don't believe it... We have been in Night City for so long, and the number of times we have received commissions in the next life is also very few... That little girl Xita has been wandering around since her debut. Afterlife Nightclub..." Dorio continued to speak while stroking the high-end sofa leather under her body.

"The queen of the next life is not a philanthropist. The person she likes must have something special."

"Like Johnny Silverhand?" Mann thought about it and asked in a low voice.

"People like them are destined to stir up troubles and become true legends that will never fade away and will be passed down from generation to generation..." Dorio secretly glanced at the laughing Xita three, and said with emotion.

"At least, we were lucky enough to witness."

(End of this chapter)