from night city

only……

They usually have a hard time surviving Christmas.

"Are you worried that someone is going to do something bad to him?"

Regina sighed again.

"It's not that I'm worried, it's because I've already received an order to buy his life. Night City never likes people who inquire deeply, because they might really discover the secrets that have been deliberately hidden. That's why I came to ask for your help. Personally, I want to spare his life.”

"I understand, Regina, give me the specific address. I don't want to go from house to house on Eisenhower Street to find it."

"I'll send it to you... Okay, you should have received it over there. Thanks, Su, don't worry, I won't be stingy in terms of remuneration."

Su Xiao asked others to go back and have a good rest.

This kind of life is enough for him alone.

He stood there waiting for the "Fenrir" motorcycle.

A few minutes later, he got on his motorcycle and sped toward Eisenhower Street.

"By the way, what's your friend's name?"

"He happens to have the same last name as me, but we are not related by blood."

An idea flashed through his mind.

He blurted out a name subconsciously.

"Max Jones?"

Regina was even more surprised than Lidya Su.

"You know him?"

Lidya Su smiled bitterly.

"That's a long story."

Max Jones.

A well-known reporter in the city.

He mainly exposes corporate scandals and unearths the inhumane crimes committed by companies during the Fourth Corporate War.

Also.

He is also very concerned about the treatment of veterans and has spoken out for veterans on more than one occasion.

Call on companies to improve the treatment of veterans who have shed blood and sacrifice for them.

But giant companies, you know.

It is impossible to change it.

It is impossible to change in this life.

Your appeal is an appeal. If you change it, I will lose.

……

Watson District.

Eisenhower Street.

The houses in this neighborhood are all low-rise buildings that are several decades old.

Whether the public security of a neighborhood is good or not can be determined by looking at its environment.

In the basement of one of the houses.

Max Jones, who was tied up, huddled in the corner.

He was terrified.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes how a living person was scavenged and the valuable prosthetics and organs were dug out of the body.

For God's sake.

Even if it is an animal, the butcher will give it a quick death before processing it - of course, he has seen this paragraph in the book. After all, in the Night City in 2077, animals have long been invisible.

But these scavengers treat their own kind without blinking an eye.

One of them was a scavenger dressed as a butcher in an apron.

It seemed to feel his gaze.

Glancing back at him.

grinned.

The scavenger's face was stained with blood.

But the other party didn't seem to feel anything.

He showed a smile that seemed very scary to Max.

"Don't worry, it'll be your turn soon."

Max's eyes widened.

Constantly panting.

There was cold sweat flowing slowly down his forehead.

He hired Su Xiao before to go to the homeless camp to meet an informant.

After arriving at the place, they found that Arasaka's people had arrived earlier than them.

The informant and the homeless camp were all killed by Arasaka.

Max was terrified at the time.

Just hid for a while.

Later it was discovered that Arasaka did not trouble him.

So he continued to do his old job.

Max didn’t have a problem with Arasaka.

But it is difficult to deal with all giant companies.

As long as someone exposes the company's dirty information, he is interested.

Yesterday morning, he received another anonymous report.

This time it’s about Zeta Technologies.

The reputation and scale of Zeta Technology are far inferior to those of Arasaka and Military Technology.

It was once a smaller company.

Headquartered in Cupertino.

The company specializes in computer hardware, software and backend design and is one of the major suppliers of neural processors, microchips and robotics in the US market.

The company expanded during the rebuilding period, thanks to lucrative government contracts.Over the past 30 years, Zeta Technologies has diversified its product line and invested heavily in avionics research and manufacturing to become one of the giants in the transportation industry.

Currently, their most famous products are airport gunships and security/combat/general drones, which are being widely used by all giant companies.

Even Arasaka and Military Technology asked Zetako

Tech purchased a drone.

Max heard that it was related to giant companies.

Without saying anything, he got into his car.

Go to the meeting place agreed with the informant.

As a result, on the way, he was involved in a melee between NCPD and gang members.

At that time, the whole street was caught in a hail of bullets.

The bullets were like raindrops.

Max was shot in the thigh and was bleeding profusely.

He called an ambulance.

Pull yourself out of the situation.

But what he never expected was that the ambulance actually had a business relationship with the scavenger.

The doctor in the ambulance used a handkerchief laced with sevoflurane to paralyze him.

When he woke up, he was already in a scavenger's den.

Fortunately, since he had a lot of prosthetics on him, the Scavenger decided to take it slow before finishing him.

Unfortunately, it was only a matter of time before he was vivisected.

"Stop scaring him, Figashevsky, you idiot. If he peees in fear, will you be responsible for cleaning it up?"

Liptov pushed the scavenger who had just grinned at Max.

He walked to the pool.

Turn on the tap.

Put your hands under the rushing water.

Rinse the blood off your hands.

"Trachev, do you have any news about the two people I want you to find?"

Another scavenger took off his bloody gloves.

Throw it to the ground with a snap.

"I asked my neighbor, the old Korean lady who lived diagonally across the street. She said she was a big man from the Valentino Gang, a young man from Seris, a white woman, and a woman of mixed Japanese and Polish descent. , they were the ones who destroyed your brother’s place in Japan Street.”

"Those sons of bitches came to find that company woman, Sandra Dorsett, and killed my brother when they left. Do you have a way in the next life? Ask me, I want to know who did it! This is not over yet.”

Bang!

Liptov hasn't finished speaking yet.