Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 280 The "big job" ends and the commission ends

When V woke up, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling in front of him.

Well, she knew right away where she was - the trauma team's hospital.

After all, she is a platinum member of the trauma team, so she will of course be sent to the highest standards and fastest treatment by them.

V's injuries were not serious at first. Apart from being shaken twice by the explosion and being punched in the eye socket, there was nothing serious. Originally, she only needed to be treated briefly on the spot, but the trauma team, in line with the principle of providing meticulous service to platinum members, transported her over.

At this moment, after discovering that she had woken up, the doctor came over to see the situation and told her that she could leave.

V covered his eyes and walked out of the hospital. He happened to see the crowd in the open space at the entrance of the hospital evacuate in a panic. A dark black floating car with smooth shape and brilliance projected a parking mark and slowly landed.

The Renfield Holy Sword can basically be said to be the most top-notch and most luxurious floating car on the market today, and it is a symbol of wealth and status.

The side door of the Sword opened and Jenkins was sitting inside. He looked at V with a serious expression: "Come up, V."

V got on the car without saying much. The floating car carried the two of them and flew towards Jintingmu Square.

"Is your injury okay?" Jenkins asked on the road.

Sasha was stunned and asked: "...How do you know?"

Seeing this, Mann and others became serious, because that was the car of the middleman, Mr. Faraday.

Sasha: "..."

"I understand." V just nodded.

"Don't worry too much, that guy will be fine."

Mann still wanted to argue, but Faraday suddenly raised his hand to stop him, and then answered the phone in front of everyone.

Obviously, "our people" in Jenkins's words did not include these "consumables". He only cared about agents like V.

……

"So far, there is no obvious damage." Jenkins said, "The main damage is to the lower floor of the building. The thieves installed small bombs in the server room, reducing the computer room to ashes. The security company suffered heavy losses."

He suddenly looked at Mann: "I told you, the operation must be completely confidential! But what about you?"

"Then why is there such a big commotion?" Faraday naturally would not give up. "What's more, if such a big thing happens, Jenkins is likely to become suspicious. If he checks the computer and finds a problem, everything will be in vain! "

Naturally, one is a Columbus Cargo-turned-hacker vehicle, and the other is a Mann Squad armed off-road vehicle. At this time, Mann and others were standing by the car, waiting to see who the first guest was.

After hanging up the communication, Faraday glanced at Mann and others, snorted coldly, and said: "You're lucky! That Jenkins seemed to be an idiot and didn't check the computer. The software program worked correctly, so the client approved it and the reward was paid immediately. .”

"Really, it seems that you may not be able to come." Faraday said to himself, "Sure enough, I still give you too much autonomy."

On the other side, the dark red Alvarado had stopped in front of everyone. The back seat door of the car opened, and Faraday, still wearing a red suit, stepped out, glanced at everyone present, and asked:

Faraday suddenly paused and asked unexpectedly: "You mean, the installed software works normally? And the reward will be paid as promised?"

V has received the briefing, which states that no important employees of Arasaka Company were injured or killed, and even the lower-level combatants suffered very few losses, and most of them were killed in the explosion.

"What about the newcomer who doesn't have a prosthetic body?"

"But this is also their own problem. If they can't even watch the gate, what's the use?" Jenkins said with disdain.

Jenkins snorted coldly: "That's natural! If you kill our people, it won't be easy."

When it came to his professional field, Jenkins also put away his disdain and dissatisfaction, and said seriously: "In that case, then this matter will be left to you, V. I will give you full authority, you go and find out what they did in the apartment. What have you done."

V came back to his senses and shook his head calmly: "No, it's nothing. I just thought that the rare vacation was gone again, and I felt that these thieves had to pay the price."

"Yes, it's me. Report on this mission? Wait, I'm... hmm!?"

No one answered.

She continued to look through the briefing, only to find that in the records, the two Arasaka mecha pilots also died from "explosion after impact."

"What is their purpose? What loss do we have?" V asked.

"Huh, let's solve it as soon as possible." Jenkins smiled coldly.

Recalling the scene where the man cut off the mecha with one strike, she felt as if she was in a dream.

But a hand patted her shoulder, and Sasha turned around and saw that it was Lucy.

Only Sasha looked worried and was busy searching for news on various channels. After confirming that the visitor was not Li You, he didn't even look over there.

At the busiest intersection in this ghost town, two cars were parked here.

V shook his head: "It's just a minor injury. Those thieves don't seem to want to kill anyone."

The slight strangeness in her expression caught the eye of Jenkins, who asked: "What's wrong, V? Is there anything missing?"

"The 35th floor?" Jenkins frowned after hearing this. "It seems that it may be sent by other companies to spy on intelligence. Is it military technology again? Or..."

The beep of an engine came from the road in the distance, and a dark red Alvarado drove slowly.

V felt something was wrong: "But when I saw the two thieves, they were in the apartment on the 35th floor. If they had no plot and no backup, how could they be there?"

Lucy replied: "Because if the others are gone, it will be a loss for me to take on this task."

But then, V recalled the thing about that guy pressing him down, and couldn't help but gritted his teeth: "No matter who you are, I will definitely make you look good!"

Badlands, Stoneridge Mountains.

Mann refused to give in this time: "We have indeed kept the secret! Including uploading the software and cleaning up the traces, there is no problem! They can't find any trace of our manipulation!"

"...Okay, I understand, happy to cooperate."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

"but."

Faraday spoke again, interrupting everyone's joyful atmosphere.

"The completion of this mission is really unsatisfactory. I will deduct 20% of the original reward of one million, and can only give you 800,000."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then broke out.

"What are you talking about, bastard—!?"

"Are you treating us like monkeys?"

Rebecca even pulled out her gun: "If you don't transfer the money, you won't be able to leave Stoneridge Mountain today!"

But Faraday just snorted: "You want to do something to me?"

Everyone still did not put away their weapons, but after a moment of confrontation, Mann stood up and stood in front of everyone.

"...put your guns away."

"But Mann...!"

Rebecca wanted to argue, but Mann just turned his head and glanced at her: "I said, put the gun away."

Although Rebecca was reluctant, she still put down the gun.

"Ha." Faraday sneered, "You have some brains, Mann. We have been cooperating for so long, and I know you won't act out of emotion."

Mann suppressed his anger and looked at Faraday: "Well, Mr. Faraday, the remaining 800,000 we have, please transfer it to us as soon as possible."

Unexpectedly, Faraday waved his hand again: "There's no rush. Isn't there the newcomer's team who is going on the mission with you? How do you allocate his share?"

Mann replied: "Of course I will negotiate with him..."

"No." A sarcastic smile appeared on Faraday's face, "After all, he accepted the commission from me, so I will save the money for him first, and then transfer it to him when he comes to me in person. .”

"He is the main force of this mission. After removing his reward, I will transfer the remaining part to you."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help it anymore: "Fuck! This bastard just wants to find an excuse to take our money!"

This time, even Mann reached for the gun at his waist, clenching and unclenching his big hands, and the conflict was about to break out.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Faraday finally felt that the suppression was almost done, so he said calmly:

"Forget it, I will take a step back and give you part of his reward, and wait for him to wait for the rest..."

"Squeak-yah-!!"

Accompanied by a harsh brake sound, a devastated Colby Lone Peak drove up at high speed, swerved and stopped behind the tail of Faraday's Alvarado, narrowly missing the luxury car.

The gray Colby Lone Peak was riddled with bullet holes. The windshields on the front and sides had completely disappeared, and even the front hood was flipped up.

"boom--!"

A heavy door closed and a figure stepped out of the car.

Everyone, including Faraday, looked at it, and Sasha was even more overjoyed: "Li You...!"

Li You nodded to everyone and said, "Sorry, I killed two ninja teams in Arasaka on the way, so I'm late. I shouldn't have missed anything important, right?"

As he spoke, he looked at Faraday and grinned: "I seemed to have heard someone talking about...my reward?"

At this moment, Li You's hunter suit was completely damaged and stained with blood, and murderous intent was rising all over his body.

There was an obvious gunshot wound on his left shoulder, and the torn flesh could still be seen, while his right hand held a blue-silver samurai sword, with dark blood dripping down the blade.

In addition, Li You's face was stained with large amounts of blood. With his expression and posture at this moment, even Faraday, who had seen countless people, had the illusion that he saw an evil ghost killed from hell.

Not only Li You, but also Yuzi and Aiji who came down behind were also staring at him, exuding an inhuman and dangerous aura.

Seeing the appearance of the three of them, even Faraday swallowed subconsciously and took a step back unconsciously.

After that, he realized and said: "Exactly, exactly! I originally thought that since you haven't come back yet, I would save your share of the reward for you first, so as to avoid any conflict between you and uneven distribution. That would be inappropriate.”

Li You looked at him, his smile unabated: "I see, that's really hard work for Mr. Faraday. But it's okay. I believe Brother Mann, please transfer all the reward to him."

"...Hmph, since you have no objection, then do it." Faraday straightened his clothes to cover up his gaffe.

"The reward will arrive at two o'clock this afternoon, just confirm the account then!"

Faraday said as he got into his luxury car and urged the driver to drive away.

Before leaving, he said one last sentence: "You performed very well, Li You. I will give priority to you for cooperation on big orders in the future! Also, if I were you, I would not go back to Night City for the time being!"

With that said, Alvarado left.

Seeing him leaving, Li You put away his scary smile and shook his head: "Such a self-righteous fool can actually get into the position of a top middleman."

He vibrated the knife, put it back into its sheath, and turned to Mann and the others. And everyone had gathered around him, and Sasha didn't care about being covered in dirt, so she rushed towards him and hugged him. "Li You——!!"

……

This "big job" is basically over now.

Of course, the specific finishing is quite troublesome.

After Ai Ji treated Li You's injuries, everyone gathered around, and many wanted to talk to Li You alone.

Mann is one, Sasha is another, and Lucy is also one. They even drew lots in advance and arranged the order.

Li You: "...Okay."

Is he the top name in Yihongyuan?

The first one to come was Mann.

He didn't say much, he just chatted with Li You about Faraday's personality, reminding Li You to be careful, but also told him not to pay attention to that guy's instigation.

Then he talked about remuneration distribution. This was negotiated long ago. Li You will get 35%, Sasha and the other three hackers will get 35%, and the rest will go to the rest of Mann's team.

But now, Mann made the decision again and gave Li You half a percent more of his share, saying that the money would be used to make him his friend.

Li You knew that at least he was not short of money on the Mann team, so he did not refuse. At that time, he replied that he was looking forward to future cooperation.

After all, there was David's matter to deal with later, and he had to keep in touch with the Mann team.

As for the extra reward? This is purely free of charge.

Mann finally patted Li You's shoulder hard and walked away.

Then there's Lucy.

She was not polite and pulled Li You behind the abandoned bar under the watchful eyes of everyone. She came up and asked:

"Where's the chip that downloaded the data?"

Li You took out the chip from his bag and held it out, but then took it back.

Lucy: "...What do you want to do?"

Li You: "Nothing, just asking, your chip not only downloaded the data on Jenkins computer, but also took further protective measures, right?"

"Oh? Why do you see it?"

"Faraday was right. After such a big incident, no matter how naive Jenkins was, he would have checked the equipment in his apartment, but he did not find any malware."

Li You looked at her and analyzed rationally, "You have all seen the chip with the virus program before. Although the program itself is sophisticated, it cannot withstand a comprehensive search and killing. And Jenkins is actually a very cautious person. So the reason why he didn't find out, I can only think of what you did."

"Hmph, I guessed very accurately, even before. You really have amazing intuition." Lucy lit a cigarette, ignored Li You's slightly frowning expression, and blew out a cloud of mist.

"Yes, I did it. But don't get me wrong, I'm not the kind of good guy who helps behind the scenes without asking for anything in return. It's just to cover up the traces of my downloaded data."

"In that case, then I have no problem." Li You handed over the chip.

Lucy took it and inserted it into the slot on the back of her neck to check it on the spot. After confirming that it was correct, she said: "You are still the same as before, you are not curious about what I want this information for, and why you know so much about ICE in Arasaka? "

Li You still shook his head: "Since you and I are not enemies, I have no interest in exploring the past that you don't want to mention."

"Oh, that's what you said again." Lucy glanced at him, "Sometimes I really feel that you act like a big shot and don't care about anything."

Li You smiled: "I'm not a big shot, I just see a lot."

"Uh-huh, okay." Lucy said no more, waved her hands, and returned to the crowd, "I will pay you."

The last one to come was Sasha.

She was still blushing a little because she was so excited that she hugged Li You.

But when Li You saw her coming, he held her head down and pulled her in front of her to give her a scolding.

"...Didn't I tell you to disconnect immediately as soon as there is an alarm? I can handle it myself! As a hacker, you should know the risks better than me, but you actually..."

Li You kept talking for several minutes. Sasha drooped his head at first, like a child who had made a mistake. But then I didn't know what I thought of, and a smile suddenly appeared on my face, and then my eyes became moist.

The series of changes in her expression confused Li You, and he waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Sasha? What's going on? Is it true that the nervous system was still injured?"

"Pfft -" Sasha was amused by him. She wiped her tears and said with a smile, "No! I just suddenly thought that after my mother passed away, no one scolded me for caring like this."

This time it was Li You's turn to be silent. After a long while, he asked: "Where is your sister?"

Sasha shook his head: "My sister has doted on me since I was a child, even more so after my mother left, and she doesn't want me to encounter any danger. It is also for this reason that I left home and went out on my own."

She had already said it for this reason, and Li You couldn't reprimand her anymore, so he could only touch her head: "Okay, that's it for today."

"But remember, if this happens again in the future, don't do anything dangerous just to help me. My ability to protect myself is much stronger than you think."

Sasha was a little curious after hearing this: "How strong is it specifically?"

Li You thought of the Protector Shelter in his backpack, and said truthfully: "It's so strong that even if you throw me into the Arasaka Tower in 2023, I can still survive."

Sasha was happy at that time: "You can really brag!"

Li You spreads his hands: To be honest, no one believes in daily life.

In short, so far, Li You has completed the finishing work.

Everyone took their own cars back to the city. As for Li You, just in case, he accepted Sasha and others' suggestion to wait here for a day to see the situation, and decided not to go back tonight.

And his Colby Lone Peak is almost dying. In order to get rid of the pursuers, Li You had previously driven directly from the bad wasteland. The injuries sustained from fighting with the pursuers in Arasaka made this sturdy old horse unable to withstand it. It was almost scrapped and had to be returned to the factory for repairs.

Mann did him a small favor, asked for the SID card, and directly helped him tow the car to the garage in Dakota.

After everyone left, Li You looked at the time and found that it was already four in the morning.

"Phew - at least this mission is over."

Li You took Yuzi and Aiji and pushed open the previously locked bar door. Here, the night demons who had been preparing for their attack all greeted them.

Shiji Mountain was the meeting place chosen by Li You, and the purpose was very simple. If the worst happened, his Night Demon team would be able to provide support as quickly as possible.

But everything went smoothly in the end. Although Li You was an important factor in this, Lucy also took the lion's share of the credit.

"Although he looks quite cold, he is actually quite cold, but," Li You thought, "he is still very reliable when it comes to business matters."

"Well, then maybe it's time to consider meeting our little friend David."

Li You has long been aware of the fact that part of the timeline of this world is still slightly different from the settings of animations and games. If the animation and the game are completely accurate, then it would be impossible for him to meet Sasha when he traveled back in January 76.

But this is only a minor problem, as long as the timing of major events does not change.

"Take it step by step. Once it's safe, return to the city and ask Mann for information." Li You weighed the pros and cons, "Now, Mann should be willing to tell me about Gloria."

"Ah, I almost forgot, there is one more thing to do before that."

Li You clapped his hands and had a plan.

……

The next night.

After a day of observation by Mann, Sasha and others in Night City, they have confirmed that Arasaka did not send manpower to search for Li You on a large scale.

In fact, because Li You's battle with the Arasaka pursuers basically took place within the Bad Land, he didn't even have a bounty from the NCPD. He was still a good citizen with a clean resume and would be able to pass the public examination.

However, Mann and others also discovered that there were indeed some unidentified guys who looked like company dogs at various mercenary gathering places, looking for people who fit Li You's characteristics.

Sasha told Li You about this and asked him to be careful.

Other than that, there was nothing else, so Li You drove back to the city in a swaggering manner the next day.

The reward for this mission has arrived, and together with Mann's extra share and Lucy's transfer, he has earned a full income of 330,000 euros, which suddenly makes him one of the rich.

However, even though he became rich overnight, the car Li You drove was still driven back to the city. The car he drove back to the city was a Tianluo T400.

There was nothing he could do, his Colby Lone Peak was too damaged and had to be returned to the factory for overhaul, and he wouldn't be able to lift it for a while. This snail was kindly lent to him by Dakota, and it was very difficult to drive.

In short, Li You reluctantly moved back to the hotel with this car, and after resting for an afternoon, he went out again at night.

This time, he drove back to the vicinity of Jintingmu Square.

Of course, he didn't come back to see his "masterpiece". This trip had another purpose.

Li You parked the car under another luxury apartment building near the square, got out of the car and looked at the top floor of the apartment.

That's where Faraday lived.

Li You looked up at the light in the penthouse, a bright smile on his lips.

Faraday, I'm here to fulfill my promise!

If I say I’ll kill your whole family, I’ll definitely kill your whole family!

Li You took Ai Ji and used the experience gained from this mission to climb directly from the outer wall of the building to the top floor.

It was also late at night, and the apartment was not well guarded. It seemed that Faraday did not think anyone would come to trouble him.

Li You originally thought this was a great opportunity, especially when he saw Faraday sitting at the bar on the balcony, he wanted to jump down and take action.

But before he made a move, he saw another person, which made him stop all his actions.

In the apartment below, sitting next to Faraday, was a face that was very familiar to Li You.

……

"…So, Ms. V, I wonder why you made the special trip to visit me?"

Faraday looked at the woman in front of him, who was young but had a majestic face. She was calm on the surface, but in fact, she was already in a turmoil inside.

Especially when this woman who called herself "V" revealed her identity as a senior agent of the Arasaka Counterintelligence Department and asked her subordinates to forcefully knock on the door of his house.

V looked at Faraday's pretending to be calm, sneered and said, "Do I still need to tell myself the purpose of my coming here? Mr. Middleman."

"Have you forgotten...what happened in Jintingmu Building yesterday?"

"Crack--" There was a crisp sound, and the delicate wine glass in Faraday's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

(End of this chapter)