Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

"Okay, don't worry, the current results are pretty good. Yes, let's keep working on it, and we will definitely be able to complete it. Okay, you can get busy, I also have work here." Zhuang Xuteng hung up the phone and stuffed the phone back into his pocket. Then he met Lucy's gaze.

Lucy wore a mask to cover her face, but Zhuang Xuteng knew that her eyes were staring at him by analyzing her body posture and sensing with the resentful spirit jelly. "What's wrong? We haven't started talking about the commission yet. Can I answer the phone?"

"Of course, and you said it in advance. I..." Lucy paused, cleared her throat, and lowered her voice and asked, "You and Morgana failed to have a child?"

Zhuang Xuteng was stunned. Only after burning some of his brain cells did he understand where Lucy had misunderstood. Morgana was talking about the "Security Blue Analysis Experiment" on the phone. Considering that the content of the call might be leaked, the two people avoided keywords such as "Security Blue" and "Analysis Experiment" and just said, "Things are not going well." smoothly".

The results were originally expected to be available in about 28 days, but this time the experiment included the "Witch's Potion" part, which was more complex and the analysis instrument took longer. It took [-] days to complete the process. This time they discovered six "abnormal phenomena", confirmed that "spells" were indeed used in the safety blue, and also knew the general classification direction of the spells. Although it was not possible to directly determine which spell it was, it had successfully advanced the experimental progress a lot. Morgana became more determined in the direction of analytical research and began to think and design the next experiment.

The experiment was highly confidential, and outsiders without relevant information could easily misunderstand their conversation, including misunderstanding that two people had failed to have a child through medical means. Zhuang Xuteng quickly waved his hands and said: "It's not the child's problem. We are doing another investment project to save some living funds for the family. She likes to live independently, and I have to have money to support her, right?"

Considering Morgana's background, it is completely understandable that her daily expenses will be higher, but Nike's ability to make money is very good, so she can't afford it, right? Lucy looked at Nike, always feeling that something was wrong. Could it be...

"How was your implant surgery? They didn't ask for any money from you, right?"

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. Although he couldn't understand why the topic jumped to surgery again, he still answered honestly: "The personal figure was installed by the assistant. The surgery went smoothly, but we are still in the adaptation period. Not only did they not charge more, , and even took the initiative to give me a discount. I think they want to cultivate me as a long-term customer. Sister Lucy, if you have anything to say, just say it. You can ask whatever you want, but I can't guarantee that I will know the answer."

"Huh, you don't have to tell me the answer if you know it. I understand." Lucy shook her head and said: "This time your team took a month off and the implants were upgraded, but the situation outside is even worse. To be honest. , if your talent is not so much needed, I would definitely prefer to let you rest and recover more."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said: "I heard from Morgana and Ge Gongdao that the gang's firepower has become stronger, and the PCPD and mercenaries have been greatly suppressed. Humph, let alone the PCPD, the previous one The riot squad has been frustrated for a while, but they are very stubborn and refuse to admit it."

"I haven't heard about this yet." Zhuang Xuteng showed great interest and asked, "What happened?"

"The PCPD received a clue that a truck of smuggled living organs was being transported, so they went to intercept it. They didn't stop the truck on the way. They watched the truck enter an abandoned building. They didn't want to rush in with their heads covered, so they called the riot squad. .”

Zhuang Xuteng nodded. This is a common practice of the PCPD. Recruiting better-equipped riot control units to attack and detect obviously dangerous areas can reduce the monetary expenditure caused by casualties.

"That batch of goods belongs to the Blood Bat Gang. They set up an ambush in the building and planned to delay for a while to transfer the stolen goods. They may have overestimated the defensive capabilities of the riot control team, or underestimated the power of the chemical energy firearms in their hands. Suppression Eight people from the violent strike team went in, but only six came out, and one of them was dragged out."

"The other two are dead?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"The riot control team was very harsh. No news has been circulated. They are probably dead. All they know for sure is that they could not find the truck or the goods. In the end, they could only bring in heavy weapons to blow up the building and treat it as a delivery. .”

"Didn't you even try to retrieve the body of your companion?"

"I also think this place is unreasonable, but I can't ask the Blood Bats and the Riot Squad. I can only wait and see what news comes out. In short, after gangs use new firearms, they can often Form and use the numerical advantage to convert it into lethality output. Once there is a conflict with them, if you cannot break away quickly, your fate is basically certain."

Lucy continued: "I am relatively lucky. I took everyone with me to deal with Lazio's property and avoided the period when the gang was at its peak. I recently did some research and inquired about various employment opportunities over the past month. The situation of the soldier mission: Missions with direct conflicts basically do not go well, and sneaky actions are not affected. The mission with more serious conflicts and the best results was actually the time you raided the riverside building."

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. He didn't want to carry such a record on his back. "At that time, I encountered two shotguns. There were many bunkers in the corridors and stairwells, which gave me a chance to make a successful sneak attack. If a few more shotguns entangled me, there would be nothing I could do. Sister Lucy , how are other mercenaries going to respond now?"

"Put on protection! There is no other way. The armored skin is out of stock, the extendable arm shield is in competition, and the price of detection implants has doubled several times. Most detection implants require a personal figure. The assistant is here to assist, so I asked you if there was a price increase for you.”

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head. He found that Lucy had been laying the groundwork: the wind was not good, the environment was bad, there were many failures, and the industry was on the verge of danger. "Did you encounter a difficult situation? Someone gave you a very troublesome and difficult task, and you couldn't refuse it?"

"No, it's not that worry. This mission comes from the PCPD. The mission goal is to take away the Blood Bat Gang's arsenal and arrest a high-ranking executive. The PCPD hopes to get more information from him." Lucy crossed her fingers. On the table, he slowly said: "The problem is that the gang's chemical energy firearms can only be given to them by the company. Whoever investigates this matter may attract the attention of the company. If the PCPD doesn't want to do it themselves, they will find mercenaries to take the blame. But this If things are done well and don't leave any clues or traces, it will be very beneficial to us." Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said: "Sneaking in and destroying is relatively simple, but taking important people out of the stronghold is too much. It’s difficult, especially since it’s all on me. Can you separate the tasks according to target type, and I can infiltrate, sabotage, and provide cover for others, so that more experienced people can complete the kidnapping part?”

Lucy tilted her head and said, "You think you can't handle it? You haven't given me an outline of the mission yet..."

"Sister Lucy, you also said that the mercenaries are now suppressed by the momentum of the gangs, and it is difficult to carry out various tasks. So, isn't the most important thing to be more secure? A person's ability is limited after all, and I can't give up everything just because I am good at sneaking. The work is left to me alone. And there are differences between me and Brother Dao: he has wide connections, knows people well, and can put together a team, but I still lack the ability in this area. Therefore, I suggest that you come forward to organize comprehensive tasks. It makes the most sense for the team to be responsible for some of it.”

"You are more careful than before. If you join another team, your income will definitely drop. Are you willing to do so?"

"How much work you do, how much money you get. I first consider not to do a bad job." Zhuang Xuteng said: "I earned enough money from Lazio to retire. Now I pay more attention to the success rate of tasks and improving my own strength. "

"Hmph, that's right, with more than nine million euros in various income. If you retire at this time, you will be richer than your master." Lucy thought for a while and said: "That's right, you really shouldn't be here. It's always right to take unnecessary risks and just do what you do best. I rarely change the mission structure based on the mercenaries' whims, but I'm making an exception for you this time. Once the mission is split into parts, you The part you are responsible for must not be enough for your appearance fee."

"Haha, either my appearance fee is too high, or the PCPD is too stingy. Judging from past experience, it's probably the latter." Zhuang Xuteng said: "The appearance fee, to put it bluntly, is just a reason to reject others. If you encounter The importance of a mercenary mission that should be done will be greatly reduced. If you say this job should be done, then forget about the appearance fee and just look at the amount of tasks. How much you get for how much work you do is very reasonable."

"Well, I will try my best to get more for everyone." Lucy took back the paper bag with the mission briefing in front of her, explaining that she wanted this commission to carry out a major operation, and all plans might have to be scrapped and restarted. At this time, Lucy's desktop vibrated. She quickly took out a red mobile phone from the drawer, glanced at the number and connected.

Zhuang Xuteng pointed to his ear and was about to exit when he was stopped by Lucy. The call was brief, lasting only ten seconds. Lucy threw the phone back into the drawer, and then said to Zhuang Xuteng, "Did you hear everything?"

Zhuang Xuteng nodded: "I heard the call from Meteor: The riot control team was asked to stop working, stay on standby, and accept investigation. The main content of the investigation is likely to be the Gardener organization. Sister Lucy, this is not good news, Gardener The organization is indeed in the riot strike team...wait a minute, when the riot strike team attacked the Blood Bat Gang, who didn't come out?"

Lucy was startled and immediately tapped Zhuang Xuteng with her finger. "Your idea is very interesting! First, if we can't contact Palovic now, it means he has got wind of it and is hiding. Second, every time the riot control team is dispatched, they are masked and anonymous. I don't know the details. Who can, therefore, completely fake someone’s death and use it as a way to escape.”

After so many years in the middleman business, it wasn't difficult to call Palovich in a way that wouldn't be traced. As expected, no one answered his call. He tried to contact the riot control unit switchboard, but someone answered, but he could only get the answer "Cannot contact Palovich now."

Although this cannot be used to confirm that Palovich has received the news in advance and evaded it, it is at least a good sign. It is in the interests of the middleman-mercenary group to frame the Gardeners organization as the murderers of Kaho. The elimination of the Gardeners organization will not affect the middlemen-mercenaries. However, the process of eradicating the Gardeners organization will definitely hurt the mercenaries who are currently in a bad situation. Soldiers, maybe the mercenary industry will be cleared out of Peicheng.

"What if Tafu comes again? Last time he peeled off a layer of our skin just by investigating. Now if he really wants to take action this time, he has to pull out our muscles and bones?" This is what Lucy and Zhuang Xuteng are worried about. As long as the higher-ups come to investigate, then it is a sure thing to ask the PCPD to assist. Who among you will be sent to the front line to do specific work in the end? Probably still mercenaries. As long as they are transferred a few times, the investigation team can once again grope for the key points of the middlemen and mercenaries before they get to the Gardener Organization, and then squeeze out the oil and water in their hands.

"The investigation team found the riot squad as soon as they arrived, which shows that they have extremely strong information collection capabilities, and this capability is only available at the headquarters of the four top companies." Lucy analyzed: "Colonel Taft's team can already If we push our Peicheng intelligence officers to the ground one by one and rub them against each other, we will definitely not be able to compete with the higher-level teams. Naike, I think we should stop doing tasks for the time being and just close the business!"

Zhuang Xuteng didn't say a word. He just sat there motionless and silent, with thousands of thoughts running through his mind. He is analyzing the pros and cons of this matter, thinking about the interests and problems of each party, and what steps will be taken. Companies, constitutional government, PCPD, riot squads, gardeners organizations, mercenaries, gangs, ordinary citizens... Peicheng is like a puddle of muddy water, everyone is mixed in, and it seems impossible to distinguish the latitude and longitude.

"Follow the interests. Politics is the continuation of the economy..." Zhuang Xuteng muttered quietly, then gradually cleared the fog. "Sister Lucy, I think the gardener organization is not the key, and the investigation team is just a means. The company's most fundamental interest is money. That is, after Tafu left, Dingxin Group took the lead, and several major companies continued to launch new products: Dream Fog, chemical energy self-defense firearms, new cars, and execution puppet version 1.5.”

Before Lucy could turn the corner, she stretched out her hand to signal Zhuang Xuteng to continue.

"It doesn't matter to the company whether the Gardener organization is dead or bad. Whether major projects can be progressed smoothly is the most important to them. This time, most middlemen and mercenaries should be hiding, whether they are temporarily suspending business or Quit the industry, and avoid this period of time anyway. I think there is little point in hiding. Even the gardeners organization hiding in the riot squad has been dug out by them. Where else can we go? Are we willing to give up everything we have finally accumulated? ?"

Zhuang Xuteng said: "I suggest taking the initiative to cooperate with the company to promote the sales of their products in Peicheng and tie them to their tanks. The company is indeed not a good thing, but the PCPD and the constitutional government will be fine? My idea is: at least put The gangs squeeze in and figure out what the company is going to do in Peicheng, so that they can gain space for survival."

Lucy stood up and paced around the room, thinking about Zhuang Xuteng's proposal. Zhuang Xuteng continued to add on the side, explaining how to use the "neutral and favoring" image accumulated over the years in Peicheng by moat companies, private detective companies, and middlemen-mercenaries, and strengthen the binding with the company's emerging industries to be purposeful and focused. The role of local substitution and weakening gangs.

"I'm afraid what the gang wants to do is to replace our middlemen - the mercenaries." Zhuang Xuteng said to Lucy: "Whether they have realized this before or not, without the riot control team, they will definitely do this."