People are in Night City, start to add points

After investigating all the target locations, he found no trace of 'Prosthetic King Kong'.

Of course, it was not completely fruitless. David found pictures of the 'Prosthetic King Kong' appearing in the past in the network of several locations, but it was all a long time ago.

To be precise, after Lao Tanaka was kidnapped, "Prosthetic King Kong" never appeared again.

"These experimental sites may have been abandoned."

David put his hands on the edge of the bathtub and moved his stiff body.

"Now they are all suspicious, even as bait to ambush us."

David is still very confident about the process of his stealing the information. There will never be any problems in this link, and the possibility of Arasaka Company being aware of the mistakes in the last investigation is also very low.

"In other words, the people in Arasaka predicted our next plan simply by guessing... Oh, it's indeed Arasaka."

"But it's normal. After all, it's a game with such an empire-like giant enterprise. How can everything go smoothly."

Feeling emotional in his heart, David supported the bathtub with both hands, and turned out of it with the sound of splashing water.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

One is that the 'Prosthetic King Kong' will not come out at all, and it will be placed directly in the Arasaka Tower - if this is the case, then this task cannot continue.

The other is that, in addition to the locations in the data, there are other experimental sites that have not been included, but Arasaka Company has maintained its past security habits and used these old experimental sites to lure snakes out of their holes.

The former can let the behind-the-scenes funder of this mission, "Military Technology", confirm that they must have deployed high-level spies in Arasaka Tower.

Of course, military technology will not allow these precious chess pieces to directly steal information to bear the risk of exposure, but if King Kong is in the Arasaka Tower, it is impossible for the management with a high enough status not to notice the clues, and this information is enough to judge .

As for the second possibility, David also has a corresponding method, but it is more troublesome and dangerous. If it is not necessary, he will not do it if he can.

As for now, no matter what, the mission of the mercenary team will come to an end for the time being, at least until there is news from the military technology side.

David wiped off the water stains on his body, changed his clothes, and waited for a while.

With previous experience, this time he saw Lucy leave this street with his own eyes, and kept moving away, walking in the direction of the south of Japan Street. Then he turned on the automatic driving system of the 'little mule' and drove to the nearby A certain alley in the city - he needs to hide the car outside and walk home, but the automatic driving system of the 'little mule' is not advanced, so he can only look for it nearby.

Two minutes later, a slightly bloated figure with a Peking Opera mask on his face walked out of the alley.

This outfit was bought by David specially, after all, the identity of 'David Martinez' should stay at home now, doing his experiments seriously, instead of wandering on the street.

Of course, the mask is the most common kind, and it can only serve to cover the face, not the equipment in the game.

Although this appearance is a bit strange, but in Night City, there are all kinds of people, and walking on the street will not be too eye-catching. At first glance, you may think it is a specially painted facial implant. .

David lowered his head, walked quickly on the street, and soon came to Bay Street along Berkeley Street, and then only needed to walk south for about 10 minutes to return to his home in the apartment building.

whoosh-

On the road beside me, several motorcycles passed by at high speed, with the sound of whistling wind.

David didn't pay attention to this, but then, he heard the sound of the engine going back and forth, and came to his side.

Several motorcycles painted in bright colors sprang out from behind and surrounded him.

Looking at the figures with obvious characteristics of the Tiger Claw Gang on this building, David gradually frowned.

"Little devil, don't be nervous."

The Tiger Claw Gang gangster with a red cockscomb head standing in front of him stared at David for a few seconds, then parted his mouth.

"We're looking for someone who looks like you. Come on, take that thing off your face and let me see."

Needless to say, David had already hacked into this person's brain in an instant, and saw his photo and some information in the reward description, as well as the corresponding communication records.

The Tiger Claw Gang actually sent a large number of people to search along the streets in the northern part of the Meiquan District where David Martinez lived. There is no doubt that the information about his move to the Meiquan District was also provided by the client in the Arasaka Tower.

As long as they saw young people who fit the bill, they would step forward to question them, which even led to several confrontations with the Valentino Gang.

I only made my figure slightly bloated, but my height and skin color did not change, no wonder I was targeted.

But it shouldn't be. According to Regina's news, the commission from Arasaka Tower is not much. How can the Tiger Claw Gang work so hard?

As soon as he thought of this, David saw a name from the other party's communication, Yue Nakajima, he was the leader of the Tiger Claw Gang responsible for this search.

Wait, Nakajima...

It seems that one of the people Tanaka hired to assassinate 'David Martinez' was Nakajima.

It's hard to do now.

Maybe the guy named Etsu Nakajima wanted to find out the cause of the death of the three Tiger Claw Gang killers at that time, maybe it was just a coincidence, but in any case, the unexpected situation now made David feel a little tricky.

Obviously, the mask cannot be removed. After all, there are a large number of pedestrians and cameras on the street. Without the support of computing power, even he cannot hack so many devices in a short period of time and change his image.

He didn't even dare to use his hacking ability rashly, lest his identity be exposed in the worst case.

"I told you to take this thing off, didn't you hear?"

It took only a second or two for these thoughts to pass by, but it was precisely because of David's hesitation that the expression of the Tiger Claw Gang gangster in front of him became subtle.

Obviously, he already had doubts.

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Meanwhile, Japan Street South.

Lucy was frowning, worrying about the stalemate of the task, while returning home to the apartment in Japan Street.

Suddenly, the intermittent conversations of several Tiger Claw Gang members nearby drifted into her ears.

"... Found it, suspicious target..."

"David Martinez..."

Lucy stopped suddenly and turned to look behind her.

Volume 124: Chapter 120 Chapter [-] [-]: Another Hacker

Bay Street, a street full of people coming and going.

Several tiger claw gangsters sitting on motorcycles surrounded the boy wearing a Peking opera mask.

David remained silent for a few seconds. Seeing the increasingly impatient expressions of these guys, he could only sigh helplessly.

"If you must see it, then find a place where no one is there."

He made his tone as sincere as possible, and added.

"I can cooperate with you, but not here."

"why?"

The gangster with the red cockscomb head showed a playful smile.

"Everybody has a little secret, doesn't they?"

David's voice grew more sincere.

"It's just a change of place, just find an alley next to it. This is not troublesome for you, and you can even avoid being seen by ncpd and Valentino, and avoid other troubles."

In just a few seconds, he thought of a solution, that is to change to a place where there are relatively few passers-by and cameras, so that he can master all of them with the computing power of his brain alone.

As long as the identity of David Martinez does not appear on the street, there is a lot of room for maneuver.

This time it was the Tiger Claws' turn to be silent. They didn't speak, and seemed to be thinking about whether they should agree.

But David is not worried about this. The ncpd and Valentino gang he specifically mentioned are real troubles. As long as these gangsters did not overdose before coming, there is no reason to refuse.

Sure enough, just as he predicted, after a while, the head of the cockscomb nodded slightly, and pointed at David with his finger.

"Don't try to play tricks."

In this way, they put the motorcycle in place, leaving one person to watch, and the rest still surrounded David in the center and walked to the side of the road.

"That's it."

David raised his chin forward, and the place he indicated was the gap between two low-rise buildings, and there were several large air-conditioning units blocking it, dripping water sparsely.

Cockscomb didn't object, and walked in with the two of them first, then turned around and faced David.

The place is already small, only enough for three or four people to stand side by side. At this moment, it is tightly blocked by them, and there are red or green stripes lit up in the arm tattoo of the Ukiyo-e style of the cockscomb head. It is a sign of the activation of the cyber implant.

David took a deep breath, walked in slowly, and stood in front of Cockscomb, while the others stood at the entrance of the alley a few steps away from him.

Then, he put his hand on the mask.

If it is not necessary, David does not want to kill at this time, so as to avoid unnecessary twists and turns. It is best to resolve it peacefully.

Especially after David hacked into the opponent's communication, he had already learned that members of the Tiger Claw Gang who were closer were approaching here quickly.

It must be resolved as soon as possible.

However, just as he made this action, the cockscomb head seemed to have completely lost patience, grabbed the mask on David's face, and then tore it off forcefully.

What appeared in his eyes was a slightly round, rather mature face, with obvious panic and dissatisfaction.

Comparing it with the photo of 'David Martinez' in the brain computer, Cockscomb Head's slightly expectant expression suddenly became gloomy.

totally different.

"Wrong again?"

The Tiger Claw Gang gangsters standing at the entrance of the alley were a little farther away, and they could only see David's back, but they guessed the result through the changes in their faces.

Ji Guantou did not answer, but asked in a deep voice after a few seconds of silence.

"What's your name."

"Cullum, Josh Cullen."

David reported his pseudonym without hesitation.

"Now that you have seen my face, should you let me go?"

"Do not."

However, Facing David's request, Cockscomb narrowed his eyes slightly.

At the same time, he gave orders to the rest of his men in the communication.

"Copy them all up."

"Boss, what's going on?"

A Tiger Claw Gang gangster asked quite puzzled.

"He is the most similar."

"what?"

"I said, he is the most like the target."

Cockscomb stared at David's face while explaining in the communication.

"If you don't consider the face, except for a little fatter, the height and skin color are exactly the same. We have been looking for so long, and he is the most similar. Do you understand what I mean?"

fuck...

No need to listen anymore, David immediately guessed what this guy wanted to do.

I'm afraid he's going to kill himself, ruin his face, and 'pretend' to be the target in exchange for a bounty.

These gang members who hang out at the bottom have no moral constraints, and naturally they don't have any scruples about killing people.

The amount that Regina said was not too high was still full of temptations for them.

Then there's no way.

David sighed silently.

"What are you going to do?"

At the same time, he faintly showed some panic.

"Let me go, I can give you money, any amount..."

The guys from the Tiger Claw Gang are best at close combat with cold weapons. They are a huge threat in such a small space, and they must be stabilized for a few seconds.

"How much are you willing to pay?"

Cockscomb raised his eyebrows, as if interested.

Of course, what he was really thinking about in his heart was how to extort a sum of money first, and then kill people to take credit.

"One hundred thousand! I will pay one hundred thousand!"