The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

His voice sounded a little muffled.

Specifically, it was the feeling caused by a stuffy nose after a cold.

Lin Qiao shrugged, locked the hidden office, went downstairs, and opened the door of the clinic.

As expected, Jack, with a bruised face, was standing at the door, and there were many holes in his clothes - obviously he had just fought a tough battle.

"What's wrong with you?"

Take Jack to the operating room and remove his prosthesis with ease.

"Don't mention it, I just received a commission from the Whirlpool Gang. That group of transformation madmen... these sons of bitches like to capture people and transform them randomly."

"My prosthetic arm was almost destroyed by them."

Thinking of the previous things, Jack cursed.

And Lin Qiao also found a deformed bullet in the prosthesis of his left hand.

"Can it be fixed? I have something to do outside the city later."

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. Several lines inside are broken. Just reconnect them and it will work. It will only take ten minutes."

"That's fine. I almost thought I was going to stand him up today... He is indeed the best prosthetic doctor in Night City. His skills are just great..."

"Don't come on. You must have said this to Old Victor a lot, right?"

Lin Qiao symbolically put on goggles and picked up the electric welding to connect the broken line.

He and Victor have met twice.

Although he looks like an old street tough guy with tendons, his skills are among the best among all prosthetic doctors in Night City.

More importantly, as one of the few conscientious people in Night City, you don't have to worry about him selling you to scavengers.

He will even take the initiative to deal with the scavengers who come to his door.

"But Watson District is a bit far from here. If the matter is urgent, why don't you go to Lao Wei?"

"Hey, Lao Wei can't do business recently, so he can only come to you."

It is obviously a sad thing, but for some reason, Jack is full of pride.

"But what's wrong with your face? Was it also beaten by the Whirlpool Gang?"

"This? It was beaten by Lao Wei."

"...You didn't cheat and then get punished by Lao Wei, right?"

"Go away, nonsense! I am devoted to Misty!"

Jack rolled his eyes at Lin Qiao, then straightened his chest.

"You also know that Lao Wei and I met at the Devil Boxing Club, but I had just been there for a while, and Lao Wei beat me up."

"Brother, don't I feel unwilling to give up? So after practicing hard for a few years, I challenged Lao Wei again yesterday."

"Guess what happened!?"

At this point, his tone became more and more excited.

"Twelve rounds! Twelve rounds! Finally, I beat old Viktor down!"

If he hadn't been lying there unable to move, he would have jumped up and cheered.

Although Jack won, a lot of it was because of his age.

As the saying goes, a young man is better than a strong one. Facing Victor, who is already a little older, Jack can be said to have taken a big advantage.

But despite this, his excitement is understandable.

After all, Victor, as the former boxing champion of Watson District, is also one of the very few living legends in Night City.

Being able to beat him down in the boxing ring is definitely worth finding a bar to brag to others.

"By the way, buddy, how about you come to our club too? It's a good opportunity to practice. Look, your legs are not as thick as my arms."

It seems that the confidence brought by defeating Victor eventually led to a rapid expansion, and Jack said to Lin Qiao.

"Forget it, I'm not interested... and it would be bad if someone gets hurt."

If you accidentally lose control of your strength, the rest of your life will be in jeopardy.

Jack nodded and agreed: "That's right. If you get hurt, Lucy will be worried."

"..."

Forget it, let's just assume that's the case. After all, he doesn't look like someone who is good at strength sports.

"By the way, what are you doing outside the city? A commission from a middleman?"

"Almost. It's just a private job I took on myself. I just transport some things from outside the city to the rich people in the city. If I'm lucky, I can make a lot of money from them."

That's smuggling in the popular sense.

But this is not uncommon in Night City - as long as you are not caught on the spot by the police and the company, it is a legal business.

"But if you don't go through a middleman to take the job...be careful not to run into the Night Wanderer and the Slasher Society. They are not good people."

"Hey, this is not the first time I've done this. I tell you, I didn't plan to pay. I just turned around and ran away after taking the things."

"..."

Then you are really a dog.

Jack's words made Lin Qiao's mouth twitch, but he didn't say anything.

He probably knew who he was dealing with.

Put Jack's prosthesis back together and took back the tools used for adjustment: "It's fixed. Try it and see how it works."

"Well, not bad, not bad. It feels better than my original one."

Getting up from the operating table and moving his limbs, Jack nodded with satisfaction and paid Lin Qiao.

"By the way, do you have any medicine to reduce swelling? I'm not fit to meet people in this state."

"Here, it's a bonus."

Looking at Jack's back as he drove away, Lin Qiao narrowed her eyes.

Next, Night City will become interesting.

Chapter 361 Meeting an old friend

That night, Jack drove a tattered red car full of bullet holes and arrived at Lin Qiao's clinic again.

"Hahahaha! Come on! Come on, K! Look what good things I got this time!"

After knocking on the door of the large clinic, Jack's face was filled with excitement and he walked in holding a cryogenic preservation box with "Arasaka" on it.

Also coming here was a purple-haired homeless woman who looked weathered and dressed in a classic homeless outfit—V.

After she got out of the car, she stretched with a tired look on her face, and then looked at the little red car next to her with a somewhat distressed engine that made an unpleasant idling sound.

This car has been with her for a long time.

For wanderers, a good car is a second life.

Not to mention that this was one of the few valuable things she brought out from the Bakker house.

But judging from the current situation, it may really be just one step away from being scrapped.

The garbage dump is probably its final destination.

"I hope that as Jack said, that 'Money A lot' can be sold for a good price."

Otherwise, this time we will really lose everything.

Thinking of the iguana that Jack held for a long time before putting it back, V felt a little sad.

"Speaking of which, why does the name K sound familiar?"

v searched the past memories and seemed to have some impression, but it seemed that he couldn't remember it at all.

However, under Jack's urging, she still walked into the clinic.

The cold air blowing in my face made my body feel much better from the heat and humidity brought from outside.

In front of the counter of the clinic, Jack was bragging to an overly young man about how he killed Arasaka's convoy and brought back this precious box.

I think that person must be the K in his mouth.

And behind him stood a white-haired girl with a sultry expression.

emmmm, this combination... the sense of déjà vu is even more serious.

After seeing her come in, Jack, who was still bragging to others, greeted her warmly.

"Come on, V, let me introduce you. This is K, the most awesome prosthetic doctor in Night City, and also our big sponsor this time. The one behind is Lucy, she is... the proprietress of this shop."

Then he turned around and introduced V, who was deep in thought, to Lin Qiao.

"Well, she is the wanderer I just told you, her name is V."

"Don't look at how skinny this girl is. I'm telling you, she's really awesome. Her marksmanship is so accurate that she can hit wherever she points!"

"Arasaka's gang of idiots were defeated by her alone. She blew up three...no, four cars with just a pistol! Otherwise, we might not be able to come back today."

The more Jack spoke, the more exaggerated he became. Even the client, V, felt that it was exaggerated.

But Lin Qiao thought it was very reasonable.

After all, he had also experienced it when he started out as a wanderer.

Should I be said to be worthy of being the living king of hell in the future?

Frankly speaking, this record alone can crush the vast majority of mercenaries in Night City.

This is because V's weapons are not very good, and there are basically no prosthetics in his body.

If she were given a better weapon, it would be impossible to tell who was chasing whom.

but--

"Four cars..."

Lin Qiao whispered thoughtfully.

By the way, why do I remember that the financial report reported eight vehicles today?

It seems like I need to send someone to check it out...

but not now.

Lin Qiao nodded as she focused on the violet-haired woman walking in next to her.

"It's really amazing. I didn't expect that your skills are even better than I thought before."

"Also, I haven't seen you for several years, V. I really didn't expect you to come to Night City."

Jack, who was still trying to brag about something, his expression froze.

He turned around and looked at V, whose expression was also a little dazed.

He nudged her gently with his elbow and asked in a low voice: "You... know each other?"

"this…"

She scratched her head irritably. She said she knew her, but she really couldn't remember it; but she didn't know him, the other party had already said so...

And Jack also said just now that this is the sponsor, so don’t you have a little disrespect for the sponsor’s father?

"Um, have we met before?" V asked a little bit bravely.

"On the way to Night City, I bought gasoline from the Bakker family. You also left your contact information. Do you remember it?"

"It turns out that was that time."

There was a look of reminiscence on her face. After this reminder, she did remember it.

——It turns out that at that time, there was a man with a smelly-looking child.

He glanced at Lucy calmly... This expression was basically the same as before.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about reminiscing about old times later. Let's take a look at this baby first. I can't wait."