from night city

"I've given you a chance, stray dog, this is your own choice, don't blame me."

The Sheriff tilted his upper body back to make it easier to draw his gun and shoot.

But just a second before he drew his revolver.

He saw the long knife on Su Xiao's waist flying straight towards him.

This speed is much faster than the speed of drawing a gun that he is proud of.

The unprepared police officer was hit in the face by Murasame's knife handle.

His whole body broke through the glass of the office, and his head fell into the trash can outside the house.

"I've given you a chance, Sheriff, this is your own choice, don't blame me."

Chapter 9 You're the real big deal, Jack

"You call this a farm?"

Leaving the Sheriff's Office, Su Xiao drove out of the town and found the farm McCoy said.

However, Su Xiao always felt that McCoy had some misunderstanding about the farm.

This is obviously just another shack that can be seen everywhere in the bad land.

This shack was built haphazardly with iron sheets, plastics, wooden boards, and all kinds of messy materials.

Behind the shed, there was a car parked.

It means there are people inside.

Lidya Su took out the car key and put it in his pocket.

Then he held Murasame on his waist and walked in.

The shed looked terrible on the outside and not much better on the inside.

I don’t know how long it has been unoccupied, and there are still cockroaches crawling on the ground.

A muscular man wearing a leather jacket, a big gold bracelet, and a round head was leaning on a tattered sofa.

In his hand, he also held a pistol tightly.

"I am so poor that I am almost going to farm. You must be here to find me, right?"

"Are you the client named Wells?"

"Don't be so harsh, just call me Jack, por favor."

"Then you can call me Su." Su Xiao glanced at the ground and landed on the box that Jack was stepping on. "Is this the thing you want to transport?"

To Su Xiao's surprise, Jack did not get to the point immediately.

"In our place, you have to have a heart-to-heart relationship before talking about business. It's a custom... or maybe it's polite, do you understand?"

"Can we reach the point of heart-to-heart talk in just a few words? To be honest, I don't quite understand."

Su Xiao couldn't help but think of Charlie in his mind.

Wanderers always say, everything is for the family.

They can be regarded as the most friendly people.

But who could have imagined that this leader who always talks about "family interests being paramount" would abandon the Bakker family at the last moment and leave alone.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I'm pretty good at reading people."

"Really? That's okay, if you insist."

Su Xiao made an invitation gesture, "Since you brought it up, how about you start it?"

"No problem." Jack adjusted his sitting posture, "Jack Wills, a native of Night City, bleeds the blood of Heywood."

"Sorry, I don't know what that means, I didn't go to Night City."

"Then you imagine a place where everyone is like brothers and sisters, or distant cousins, at least."

Jack shrugged, "That's the thing about Haywood. Plus, everyone brings guys."

"It sounds like you're living in a gang-controlled neighborhood."

"That's right, the Valentino gang. Now, it's your turn, amigo (friend)."

"Su Xiao, you can call me Su. I lived in the Bakker family for a while before."

"Are you a homeless person? But I heard that homeless people generally don't interact with people in the city."

"I only joined them halfway, and the Bakker family is gone now. People have to find ways to make ends meet, don't you think?"

"That makes sense." Jack put his foot down on the box and pushed the box forward.

"The goods are here, let's take a look."

It's a box, but it's not an ordinary wooden crate.

This box has a very high-tech feel, and there are several small displays on the front.

"This box looks unusual. Have you opened it and looked at it?"

"No."

"You don't know what you want to transport?"

"If you don't know, you can still sleep well. So I don't want to know, which is a good thing."

"Since you said so... well, hurry up and load the goods on the car. Let's finish the work and be on the ground soon."

“A huevo (no problem).”

Jack picked up the box and Su Xiao walked in front. The two came outside and Su Xiao opened the trunk.

"This box is really heavy."

Jack put the box in the trunk and the car sank.

He closed the trunk door casually: "I almost thought you let me go."

"I should be the one to say this. Didn't we agree to meet you in a small town outside the city? I went there and didn't see you, so I looked for you for a long time."

Jack chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.

"Isn't this low-key? That silly police officer talks about the company and shuts down about order. It's obvious at first glance that he is a troublemaker."

"Finch."

Lidya Su agreed.

……

The SUV was speeding down the road, and the Joshua trees were passing by quickly on both sides.

CHOOH2 on the roadside billboard emits soft white light.

Wisps of black smoke rose from the burning tires.

Following what McCoy had taught him, Su Xiao glanced at Jack sitting in the passenger seat.

"Are all the declarations for customs clearance ready?"

Jack took it for granted: "It's necessary. Didn't the middleman send you an order?"

Lidya Su's heart skipped a beat.

He knows what a middleman is.

But he didn't go to the Night City, so naturally there was no middleman to send him orders.

However, Lidya Su still pretended to be nonchalant on the surface.

"Of course they were sent, I just wanted to confirm."

Seeing Lidya Su like this, Jack asked worriedly.

"Listen, friend, we're all professionals, right?"

Lidya Su nodded.

did not speak.

The atmosphere in the car suddenly seemed silent.

After a while, Jack took the initiative to speak: "Hey, have you... ever run this kind of smuggling line before?"

"What, are you nervous?"

"Me? Ja, por favor (ha, please)."

This time it was Su Xiao's turn to see through Jack.

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by Su Xiao's seemingly absent gaze, Jack could only say frankly: "Okay, maybe a little."

Good guy, I thought I was the only amateur.

I didn’t expect everyone in this car to be.

Then let’s stop laughing at the second brother.

The car fell silent again.

As we approach Night City, we begin to see vehicles coming and going on the highway.

All of them entered Night City.

“Hey, we’re about to cross the border, what do we do now?”

Lidya Su finally saw it.

It was probably Jack's first time doing the work of transporting goods.

It made him laugh to think that this newbie had tested himself before.

"Don't worry, just follow the normal procedure."

"The normal process is..."

"Scan vehicles, check documents, you know."

Jack gave a thumbs up: "Claro (of course)."