From ship girl to machine god

At this time, Weislow had sorted out his thoughts and figured out the identity and strength of Qingniao, so he said to Qingniao: "To be precise, I have two jobs in hand that need manpower, and one of them is my personal For grudges, just help me kill someone.

As for the other one, it is company business. I need to escort a batch of goods to the Los Santos branch. It is a task that takes some time, but there may be battles on the way, so I need good hands.

Among the two tasks, the company's task pays very well. As for my personal task, as long as you can kill that guy, the money is not..."

"I refuse." Jade Bird did not wait for Wislow to finish his words before rejecting him: "I am a little interested in the company's business, but let's forget about helping you kill people. For such a small matter, just ask Rogge to find someone else for you."

Qingniao said this, watching the hypocritical smile on Vislow's face stiffen for a moment, and then added leisurely: "I guess you don't want a large-scale battle to happen in Night City, right? I don't know how to sneak into assassinations. If you insist on me doing this kind of work, I can only blow him to ashes with a missile."

These words made Wislow's face look like he had been happily preparing for a month to attend a party. He even bought new clothes and sprayed perfume on it, only to be informed that everyone could go but you were not allowed. It’s just as ugly to attend a silver party.

But he quickly put away the stiff expression on his face and turned to look at Rogge.

Rogge didn't talk nonsense. He just nodded and said, "In this case, I will arrange for someone else to take over this job."

Hearing Rogge say this, the expression on Wislow's face looked better, but it could still be seen that he seemed not satisfied with it.

But neither Jade Bird nor Rogge would tolerate his temper, so he had no choice but to swallow his dissatisfaction.

After all, he had to rely on Rogge's help to stabilize his position, not to mention the fact that he obtained goods from Military Technology at the company's internal price and then sold them at the black market price through Rogge to earn the difference.

This is his important source of income. Otherwise, as a sales manager for military technology, he would not be able to afford many of his current large expenses.

Moreover, his supervisor also has the prefix of sales, which means that the power he can mobilize is far less than that of other department heads of military science and technology.

Although he also had some armed forces on hand and mobilized military technology agents when necessary, it was obvious that he did not take orders from his trusted direct forces.

Wislow didn't actually care much about this before he was kidnapped. The security services provided by military technology for the supervisor were enough to ensure his safety and eliminate most Xiaoxiao and malicious competition from outside the company.

But this cannot stop malicious competition from within the company, such as a subordinate who intends to usurp his supervisory position.

After experiencing almost being hollowed out by the scavenger, Wislow also fully realized that if he didn't have any reliable force in his hands, he wouldn't be able to save his life, let alone his status in Night City.

So this time, of course, he wanted to hire someone to kill the guy who dared to frame him. On the other hand, he also wanted to find a team of reliable people to take charge of his security.

However, Wislow did not expect that all the rhetoric and methods he had prepared would be in vain. Blue Bird directly rejected the bait he threw out without politeness.

Fortunately, as a company dog ​​who gradually climbed up from a store teller to the current position of sales director, Wislow has nothing but excellent self-emotional regulation ability. He quickly sorted out his mood and told Qingniao again. He said with a smile: "Since you are unwilling to accept my personal task, let's talk about the company's business. You will definitely be interested in the remuneration provided by the company for this task."

"Oh?" As expected, Qingniao showed a slightly interested expression.

"A Beamon, a heavy-duty armored transport vehicle developed by military technology, is usually only open to companies for purchase, and ordinary people cannot even touch it." Weislow showed a particularly crazy admiration for his company's products, but He did not forget the topic: "This car will be used as a vehicle during your mission. You can modify it before departure. After the mission is completed, it will be part of your reward.

In addition, the company will also provide you with expenses and other consumables along the way, such as weapons, ammunition, and medicines, and the company will also give you access to purchase military-grade prosthetics, which means you can buy military-grade prosthetics. of military prosthetics. "

"Being polite, people must ask for something. What do you want to do?" Qingniao pointed to the core of the problem and was not fooled by the rewards offered by Wislow.

Rogge on the side did not interrupt the conversation between Jade Bird and Wislow, even though this was supposed to be the job of the middleman, responsible for communicating between clients and mercenaries so that the sale could be completed.

But in Rogge's opinion, the two people in front of her didn't need her to talk.

And she was also very interested in what exactly military technology was transporting, so much so that she offered such a price.

Because this is obviously not something particularly important. If it were really important, military technology would dispatch its own security forces instead of leaving it to outsiders.

However, the things to be transported are obviously not simple things. Otherwise, military technology would not be able to provide such generous rewards for mercenaries.

Faced with Jade Bird's inquiry, Weislow just said with helpless hands: "Sorry, I don't know about this. The company just asked me to hire a team of reliable people to escort this batch of goods."

Chapter 30 The Journey of Biotechnology

Naturally, Blue Bird didn't believe a word of what Wislow said.

Maybe Military Technology did not tell him what the goods were to be transported, but Qingniao didn't believe that as a company director, he couldn't get any information.

However, this alone is not a big problem. After all, when doing delivery tasks, it is not uncommon to not know what goods are being delivered. As long as you confirm that there is no problem with the employment itself, there will be no other problems.

As for the occurrence of battles, it is not too common for mercenaries.

If there is no danger, wouldn't it be unnecessary for the other party to hire an escort to take off his pants and fart?

As for whether there are any problems with the task, Jade Bird does not need to worry about it, because this is the job of the middleman.

As a middleman, it is to eliminate possible traps in the mission for the mercenaries, rather than simply serving as an introduction.

Of course, there are also some particularly unscrupulous middlemen who do dirty work directly for the company. Those kind of deceptive commissions are directly sent to their mercenaries, and some of them deceive people to death.

Although Blue Bird still trusts Rogge, sometimes he has to be on guard against others.

So she looked at Rogge and asked her: "What do you think of this order? Is it a procedure according to the rules?"

"Follow the rules and I will take a [-]% commission." Rogge saw Jade Bird asking himself, and nodded directly.

"Okay, let's follow the procedure. I'll let Mann and the others prepare." After saying that, Jade Bird stood up and called out to Mann, who had been standing aside and staring at Wislow's bodyguard. Well, I left Rogge’s box.

As for the follow-up matters of this commission, since Rogge takes [-]%, it is up to her to handle it.

However, when Qingniao left, he still said one more thing to Rogge: "Please settle the payment for my previous two jobs first. I need my men to upgrade their weapons and prosthetics, so as to prepare for the next job." .”

"I understand, the money will be transferred to you right now." Rogge said, his eyes lit up, and he transferred the money to Jade Bird through his personal terminal.

Jade Bird checked his account through the data pad, then nodded with satisfaction and led Mann to another box on the other side.

"Boss, what kind of fat man did Rogge send to you and the boss?" Rebecca, the grumpy lolita, saw Jade Bird and Mann coming back. She immediately looked at Jade Bird with bright eyes, put her head in front of her and expressed concern to her. Asking.

Qingniao looked at the impatient girl in front of him and reached out to push Rebecca's head back: "There is a commission for military technology. Delivery to Los Santos."

"Military technology? Are we going to work for the company?" Sasha, the hacker in the team, felt a little reluctant when he heard that he was working for the company.

It's not that Sasha has any prejudice against military technology, but that she hates all companies. Because her mother died due to biotechnology drug problems, Sasha is full of disgust for all companies.

In the original animation, Sasha died to expose the shady side of biotechnology in medicine.

But she didn't know that the news media in Night City had long been controlled by the company, and the information she had sacrificed her life for had not played its due role.

Or from another perspective, even if the Night City TV station really exposes the shady behind biotechnology, it will not be a traumatic thing for biotechnology.

What underpins the biotech behemoth is not medicine but patents on special wheat used to produce alcohol.

Although this patent seems very inconspicuous, and even seems to have nothing to do with a biopharmaceutical company that can be ranked among the top ten companies in the world, biotechnology does rely on Chun Er's patented technology to make its fortune.

When the oil crisis broke out in the 90s, the whole world encountered a serious energy crisis.

However, unlike the way the world before Blue Bird traveled to solve the energy crisis, the cyberpunk world has found a fuel that can replace oil.

A complex grain alcohol made from genetically modified yeast and high-sugar wheat was successfully developed in 1991 by Biotechnology, which was a little-known company at the time.

This high fuel value biofuel attracted widespread attention as soon as it came out. In just a few years, all fuel vehicles and power plants in the world were switched to this "clean and pollution-free" biofuel. fuel.

Compared with petroleum, the only products after the combustion of alcohol are carbon dioxide and water, which can indeed be called "clean and pollution-free".

However, biotechnology will not tell others that the high-sugar wheat used to produce alcohol cannot be eaten as food, and the large-scale cultivation of such genetically modified crops will irreversibly damage the soil structure.

As long as the soil is planted for a few years, the soil will inevitably become barren and barren, and a large amount of chemical fertilizers can only be used to forcefully meet the planting needs.

The use of large amounts of chemical fertilizers will pollute the land and destroy the natural environment and farmland microecology.

In addition, the large amount of carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of ethanol will also cause serious natural hazards, increase in greenhouse gases, and rise in global temperature. These were all hidden under the great news that ethanol solved the energy crisis at that time.

Not only does no one care about environmental issues, but no one cares about the food crisis faced by South American countries because the land is used to grow high-sugar wheat to produce alcohol.

Biotechnology has taken control of energy with the help of alcohol and has become an energy giant in the new era.

However, living in the new American cities of the 21st century and 70s, it is almost impossible not to be related to the company.

Therefore, facing the attitude shown by Sasha, Qingniao just shook his head slightly and said: "It's just a commission, there is no need to pay too much attention to it, and there is also Rogge's face in it. She introduced this commission to us, It’s not just a job.”

Jade Bird didn't say more details, but she could understand that Rogge wanted to introduce Wislow to her.

Mann on the side took the initiative to explain the commission for Jade Bird: "The client this time is the director of Military Technology. The reward is a Military Technology Behemoth, as well as various weapons of Military Technology, all of which are pre-installed." Payment means we can get these before departure, and the commission content is to send a batch of goods to Los Santos."

"A military technology Behemoth? What Rogge gave is indeed a fat one!" Pila on the side became excited. Obviously, heavy armored transport vehicles like the military technology Behemoth are fatally attractive to men.

While everyone in the Cyberpunk team was talking about this, Wislow brought his bodyguards to the box where Bluebird and the others were.

Wislow, who still had a fake smile on his face, looked at Qingniao, smiled at her and said, "Can we have a chat?"

Chapter 31 A new legend

"What do you want to talk about?" Qingniao looked at Wislow in front of him and did not refuse to talk to him.

Seeing that Qingniao didn't refuse, Wislow immediately sat down in the box.

The seat where Wislow sat was originally reserved for Mann, but now that Blue Bird wanted to talk to Wisloo, Mann would naturally not sit down, but stood beside Blue Bird.

As for Dolio, who was next to him, he naturally moved his position and sat on the other side of the box with Rebecca, making room for Blue Bird and Wislow to talk.

Wislow didn't seem to mind the rest of the Cyberpunk team watching. After sitting down, he took out a metal cigarette case from his pocket and gestured to Jade Bird: "Do you mind if I smoke one?"

"There are minors here, I don't mind." Qingniao glanced at Rebecca and felt that this irritable loli was considered a standard minor.

Hearing what Jade Bird said, Wislow could only stop reaching for the lighter. He smiled awkwardly and then took the cigarette case in his hand to hide his embarrassment: "Okay, in that case I won't Enough with the polite words, let’s get straight to the point.

Do you really no longer consider my personal commission?I can make you an offer you can't refuse. "

"I've made it very clear, I refuse." Blue Bird's attitude was indifferent, and he had no interest in the conditions that Wislow could offer: "If you just want to say this kind of nonsense, then you can leave."

Jade Bird doesn't want to be someone's thug, let alone get involved in this kind of dog-eat-dog dog-eat-dog fight between corporate dogs.

Although for him, killing people is just like playing, it is not necessary.

In particular, although the guy in front of him is the director of the company, he is also the director of the sales department. His power is really limited, and the power he controls is also limited.

If he really helped him kill someone and was discovered by the military technology people, it would be difficult for him to protect himself.

Maybe Jade Bird herself doesn't care. At worst, she lets the Peregrine Falcon be loaded with fission warheads and flips over the table and washes the floor and everyone stops playing. But Mann and the others basically can't stop the company.

If he helped them upgrade their prosthetics and equipment, that might be another matter, but now Jade Bird really doesn't want to have a head-on conflict with the company, but wants to maintain a decent relationship to a certain extent.

And this is exactly the purpose of Rogge introducing Wislow to Blue Bird.

After all, after Blue Bird robbed Biotechnology, she would have to face a behemoth like the company sooner or later.

If they can build a good relationship with another company, then even if Biotechnology finds out that the fleet is theirs, they still need to consider it before taking action, and they need to use caution.

Although this is not very necessary for Blue Bird, but still, she may not care, but Mann and the others cannot ignore it.

Unless Blue Bird completely liberates its own body and loads Mann and others into the cabin, Blue Bird cannot guarantee that they will not have an accident.

Maybe if you switch to another time traveler who kills decisively, you won't care about your subordinates. After all, for those guys, the entire world except themselves is NPC, and they can abandon and sacrifice anyone as long as it can bring benefits to themselves. , it doesn’t matter if you achieve your goal.

But for Qingniao, the reason why people are human is because of various ties and constraints.

She doesn't want to become a completely unrestrained person. In that case, she may just use fission missiles to clean the ground and destroy everything she sees that is not pleasing to the eye.