blogombal Chapter 57
Chapter 57
Chapter 57: Pick-up Mission
“Hey, brother, where have you been?”
“Good boy, you want to play with your sister all night long, right?”
“What? You and your partner are sleeping together?”
“Well, remember to wear a condom!”
A new day, Ali woke up from the bed, said goodbye to Sasha, left Sasha’s house, changed into Arasaka school uniform and returned to the academy.
Anyway, there are only a few days left in the academy’s courses this semester. As for studying and final exams? What’s the use of studying? Ali is just a transfer student. Anyway, the school will give him a backdoor for the final exam. Even if he goes to the academy to study, it is just a formality arranged by female V. After studying for a year, the academy will find a reason to give him a graduation certificate and a letter of recommendation from Arasaka.
There is no way, who said that female V is a ministerial figure with real power. As the saying goes, it is good to lean on a big tree for shade. There is light under the skirt of female V. Counting the days, it will be New Year’s Eve in a month or so, and Night City will soon enter the year 2076.
Sitting on the subway to Arasaka Academy again, Ali and Kuai returned to their seats to attend class.���Just like usual, David was still foolishly fantasizing about the wonderful moments of the cyberpunks in the black super dream.
Looking at David who was completely unaware of the approaching crisis, Ali could only sigh that it was better to know less, and he could live heartlessly. In this respect, the company was still relatively humane. Until the butcher knife fell, even if David reacted, he could only accept his fate happily.
The classes in the college were still monotonous and boring as usual. Soon the bell rang, and Ali could finally leave the chair he used to sleep.
After walking out of the college and saying hello to David, Ali took out his mobile phone and received a message from Jack Wells. He clicked it and found that Jack had received another commission, and it was a big business.
“Hey, buddy, I got a big job, a very big job, the profit is several times more than the reward for saving people last time, anyway, old Jack, I’m going to rent a car first”
“I can’t handle this job by myself. I really need your help this time. Of course, you can refuse if you want. Old Jack never forces anyone to do anything. But if you see the message and don’t come later, remember to send me a message so that I can make plans.”
Ali’s eyes lit up when he saw the message. He had been idle for so long and finally had time to stretch his muscles. Yesterday, he went to the Mann team and signed in a lot of useful skills.
Thinking of this, Ali decisively called Jack Wells and told him that he was going, which made Jack very happy.
“Good brother, you know that we work well together. If you didn’t come, I would really worry about where to find someone as awesome as you. But this time with you here, we can definitely get this mission done. Anyway, come to my mother’s house first, and we’ll discuss the specific details of the mission in detail.”
“”Okay, I’ll be there soon.”
Ali hung up the phone, he went to a clothing store to change into the”street kid” suit he prepared, and then took the subway to Heywood. As soon as he stepped into the subway, Ali indeed found many surveillance cameras, but unfortunately he did not see Lucy. He wondered if Lucy had no work to do these days, and whether she stayed at home or continued to be a pickpocket on the street.
In short, after completing the task entrusted by Jack, Ali should call Lucy to ask about the situation. The excuse is also very simple, just say that the apprentice misses the master.
As time went by, Ali soon arrived at Mrs. Wells’s house in Heywood. After a brief meeting with Jack Wells, he began to explain the task process.
“This is a commission to pick up goods. We need to go out to Night City and steal a company’s box at the border, a box of military technology!”
“Company work? Jack, you dare to do this?”
Maybe because he has been in Night City for too long, Ali was a little surprised when he heard about the commission related to the company. After all, in his impression, Jack is still just a gangster in Hai, Wood.
“Hey, the bold will die of overeating while the timid will die of starvation. Anyway, this guy has nothing to do with Arasaka where your sister works. You should know that Military Technology and Arasaka are mortal enemies. We took his goods and it is indirectly helping your sister!”
Jack seemed a little unconcerned. Although Military Technology has a great background, he, Jack Wells, is a man who will become a big man in the future. How could he be timid because of the name of the company?
On the contrary, the profit this time is considerable. It’s just going out to the border to get some goods back, but the middleman’s offer is as high as 12,000 euros, which means that he and Ali can each get 6,000 euros.
This is much more than the petty profits of saving people, street fights, and teaching enemies a lesson. Sure enough, the work related to the company is valuable. After being in Heywood for so long, it’s time for Jack Wells to get rich!
“What do you say, Ali, are you going to do it?”
“Come on, now that I’m here, there’s no reason to leave. But this is about the company, I need to open something.”
“what?”
“Optical camouflage!”
Soon a red car was driving fast on the streets of Night City. Jack was sitting in the passenger seat and looked at Ali in shock. This kid was actually such a great driver and showed him his drifting skills from time to time.
“Ali, when did you get the implant?”
“yesterday”
“Awesome, then why only install optical camouflage?”
“And the Mantis Knife”
“Huh?”
Jack was stunned. He was sitting in the passenger seat and doubting his life. He hadn’t seen Ali for a few days, but how come everything had changed?
“Anyway, Jack, the younger brother of the girl V is”Ali”, and Ali is an ordinary”rich second generation” without any implants. And now I am”Phantom”, also”L”, is a cyberpunk like you, but one with many implants!”
“Do you understand? Jack, the female V is walking on thin ice at work in the company. She has a high position and many enemies. As her closest person, I will also be used as a breakthrough point by her enemies to threaten my sister through surveillance or use.
Therefore, I cannot cause too many troubles and implicate my sister who works in the company. Therefore, I need you to keep it secret for me. You will continue to report to my sister from the perspective of”Ali”, and”Phantom” will follow you step by step on the road to becoming a legendary cyberpunk!”
“”Huh, that’s a lot of information. You have to let me take it easy.”
Jack Wells leaned against the passenger window. He gasped as he watched the scenery passing by outside the window. After all, what Ali said was too scary.
Every implant he had was a high-end product, such as the Mantis Blade, the Sian Westin, and the Blood Pump. Aren’t you afraid of becoming a cyber madman?
I thought Ali was just a young man with some talent for shooting, but I didn’t expect him to hide so deeply. His true identity was a big boss who was almost as powerful as Adam’s Hammer. Who the hell could believe this?
“In other words, you have so many implants hidden in your body, and Old V didn’t notice anything?”
“right”
“When did she go blind?”
Ali looked at Jack, then turned off the optical camouflage to reveal his face:”Can you tell I have an implant when I look like this?”
“It is indeed impossible to tell by looking at it. I really don’t know how you did it. When did this kind of black technology that can hide the appearance of implants come out?”After saying this, Jack Wells looked carefully. There were no signs of cutting on the skin, and there was no mechanical feeling of implants on the body. Then Jack Wells reached out his hand to touch it, but was dodged by Ali.
“What are you doing? Jack, when did you become a man-pleaser and stop loving Misty?”
“No, buddy, I just want to touch your body to see if it is hard?”
“I think you should go to Big Bird and take a walk around.”
Ali and Jack were silent in the car. The two grown men were a little embarrassed, but Jack nodded in the end.
“Well, old Jack will keep your secret.”
“But Fratres (brother), when did you get your driver’s license? Isn’t this driving skill incredible?”
Ali turned a corner with a big drift, and Jack Wells felt dizzy. He looked at the scenery that kept speeding by, and Ali was still accelerating.
“Yesterday too”
“Ah Li, as a buddy, I want to ask you a serious question.”
“Just ask”
“Did your mother not die completely in her previous life and was born with memories? How come you know everything?”
“Probably.”
Ali restarted his”optical camouflage”. Their vehicle had already left the urban area of Night City and arrived in the badlands. The surrounding area was full of desert generators and cacti, and the usual high-rise buildings were long gone.
“Are you ready? The Night City border is ahead, and we are about to leave the city.”
Looking at the border station approaching, Ali reminded him, and Jack also patted the chip in the groove of his neck:”Old Jack, you should be careful when doing things. Everything is ready. The exit document given by the middleman is here.”
“That’s good! I’ll give you a thumbs up as a reward!”
Ali slowly slowed down the car, and they were ready to enter the review stage of the border station.
“Attention, vehicles ahead. This is the Night City Border Station. Please prepare your customs documents and stop for inspection. Do not force your way through the checkpoint, refuse to cooperate, or carry contraband. Otherwise, you will be responsible for all the consequences!”
Then Ali stopped the car in front of the border scanner. After a burst of red light, the detector showed green light, proving that there were no contraband in the car and it could pass smoothly.
“The vehicle scan is complete, everything is normal, please show us your exit document, we will verify your identity, if you are a fugitive or wanted criminal, we have the right to refuse any exit request from you.”
Jack’s eyes flickered, he uploaded the exit document given by the middleman to the Night City border defense system, which contained the whitelist identity information that the border defense system could not recognize, which allowed the two of them to pass through the Night City border smoothly.
“The identity verification is completed and everything is normal. Please feel free to leave. The Night City Border Guard wishes you a smooth trip and Night City will welcome you again!”
“Phew… OK, it’s finally done. Look at the heavy firepower on the border and the burly professional soldiers next to them. They are all covered with iron lumps, which looks really scary.”
“But fortunately everything went well. I didn’t expect that the things the middleman gave me this time were so reliable. Okay, guys, let’s go and get the goods. I’ve sent you the address!”
“”OK!”
Ali stepped on the accelerator, and the red car rushed out with a”whoosh”. After driving on the wild road outside Night City for a while, the broken car suddenly broke down.
“Ding, you are leaving the city. This car rental service does not include out-of-city service. Insufficient authority will suspend the service. Please return to the rental company within three days for follow-up processing, otherwise we will take legal action to prosecute you for your car-suppression status.”
Looking at the message in the car, Ali looked at Jack unhappily:”You rented a car that can only be driven in Night City?”
“Hehe, mistake, this wave is my fault, Old Jack was so careless about renting a car that he forgot that our mission this time required us to leave the country.”
Jack Wells touched the back of his head in embarrassment. He had just said”Old Jack is very careful in doing things”, but he didn’t expect to fail immediately.
“What should we do now?”
Ah Li looked at Jack Wells, the rough guy.
“How about we get off the car and push it back to the border station? Give them some money to watch the car for us, and then walk to get the goods?”
“Then they openly used the smuggled military technology to fight with the border guards, right? Are you stupid or do you think the people at the border guards are blind?”
“We are smuggling. Do you know what smuggling is? You still call yourself a veteran in Night City!”
A Li’s eyes widened.���Eye
“Well, buddy, this is my first time smuggling too, after all, I’m a novice on the road so you have to show some care to me, but how come Ali is more skilled than an old hand like me.”
It was said that he was”weak, pitiful and helpless”, it was said that he was a flower in a greenhouse, Old V asked Jack to teach him survival skills, but he didn’t expect that he would be taught a lesson instead.
“Forget it, you still have to rely on me at the critical moment.”
Ali activated the level 15 epic hacking technology directly, and the data flow sneaked into the red car, and modified their company’s positioning system for the car through the database.
Jack looked at the display screen in the car, which twitched for a while and then returned to normal smoothly. He was so shocked that his jaw dropped:”No, buddy, when did you learn hacking technology? You look so awesome.”
“yesterday”
“Okay, stop nagging and get in the car. In order to avoid you getting sued, my method was relatively gentle and was not discovered by their staff. However, it can only be modified temporarily for a while. Their vehicle system will soon discover the abnormality and repair it by itself. Then the car will be out of service again.”
“We need to drive to a repair shop quickly and use the tools to dismantle their command system first, so that the car can be driven. This way you can return the car within three days and don’t have to go to jail after completing the task.”
“Listen to your buddy”
“Old Jack really opened his eyes this time, luckily you are here, Ali.”
Jack Wells really couldn’t accept Ali. The car dealership has been in Night City for so many years, and Ali can hack into their system and change the positioning at will. This seems to be worse than the famous hacker that Okada Wakako hired before. What’s his name?”T-bug” is even more awesome
“Stop flattering me. Remember not to use your real identity information when you rent a car next time. There are many people in Night City and you might be noticed by someone one day. It is safer and more secure to hide and use a vest like me.”
“Look at how smart”Morgan Blackhand” is. As a legend, he still hides when he should and hides whenever he can. He still lives a fulfilling life without any worries. After all, being too prominent in Night City is seeking death.”
Ali was driving while teaching Jack Wells the survival experience in Night City. It was pure and reasonable, and what Ali said made a lot of sense. Jack Wells didn’t get angry at all.
Relying on his”advanced driving skills”, Ali drove all the way on the wild road and soon found a car repair shop located in a small town outside the border of Night City.
After all, where there is demand, there is a market, and making money is not bad. The owner of the car repair shop is from Night City, but there are too few jobs in Night City and life is too complicated, so some people are willing to stay outside to repair cars for others and make some money. Not only can they earn more, but the work will be much easier, and then they can go back to Night City to spend enough money.
The people in this town all think so, so they all build houses here and live here, and naturally a town of considerable size is formed here.
“”What kind of business is this, boss?”
Seeing that there was a business coming, the only staff member in the store came out to greet him.
The repair shop that Ali chose was not big, only the size of three garages at most, and there was only one person in the store, who was the boss and also worked as a mechanic.
“Disassemble the command system”
“Oh, this is illegal operation”
“What, you are a”lonely soul” who runs out of Night City to open a shop, are you afraid that the job you are doing is illegal? The NCPD only works in the city, and they won’t come out to catch you.”
Jack Wells lowered the window to reveal his fierce face, and said unhappily
“No, I mean, this illegal work should be paid more, at least this amount.”