Chapter 791 Partner

The trembling girl got into the car and left quickly. At the same time, the phone rang in D's ears.

"Well done, D. The commission has ended and the money has been transferred to your account. How is the partnership with Lucy?"

"It's OK, it can be used."

D said lightly. In the past, D had given these things to Lumiel to do, but they were just ordinary jobs that any hacker could do. At least for now, Lucy is quite competent in this regard.

"That's good. By the way, did you kill the Whirlpool Gang?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No... NCPD is very happy. You know, after you appeared, the crime rate in the entire neighborhood has dropped by several percentage points... It's just that some people are not very happy."

"They will not be unhappy soon."

"Ah..."

Hearing D's indifferent answer, Roger sighed lightly.

"D, I understand your idea, but you have to consider the situation. Indeed, the Vortex Gang is disgusting, and there are also the Scavengers... To be honest, I also hope to make them disappear completely, but I can't do it, do you understand? There are some things that only they can do, but look at what you have done. You have only been in Night City for half a month, but you have almost killed all the Scavengers and Vortex Gang in Night City. You are not a messenger of justice..."

"You have also assigned me many tasks in this regard."

"That's because I didn't expect your ability to act so strong..."

Speaking of this, Rogge also had a headache. In the half month of cooperation with D, Rogge found that the girl in front of him was not only old-fashioned in her ideas, but also in her style. In Night City, gangs are rampant, and everyone naturally hates them. But most people believe that it is better to do less than more, and they just stay away when they see gangs bullying others.

Even if a case occurs, it is difficult for NCPD to arrive. The reason is very simple. They have low salaries and it is not worth it to fight with these desperate criminals.

But D is different. When a case occurs, she will rush to the scene faster than the NCPD and kill all the gangsters there. In addition, she is not idle on weekdays. She often goes to gangs' nests to rob and loot, especially the Whirlpool Gang and the Scavengers, who are almost unable to take care of themselves. Now even the boss of the Whirlpool Gang has been killed by her...

"Indeed, the security of this neighborhood is much better now, and everyone is very grateful to you, but what's the use? You just provoked more troublesome people. Being a hero in Night City will not end well."

"Those guys are also rich."

D replied indifferently. In fact, she robbed and looted everywhere, and got a lot of benefits from the gangs. For example, D's high-end apartment in the city center and the white Excalibur sports car were all exchanged for the flesh and blood (physical) of those gangs. After all, it only costs a few dollars to do commissions for Rogge, so it's better to go and rob the gangs yourself. It's true that a horse can't get fat without night grass, and a man can't get rich without windfall.

No wonder the hero can eat meat and drink wine without doing anything. Those bandits have a lot of money.

After working hard to cheat and deceive, the justice messenger finally got the advantage. D doesn't care what those gangsters think. She only knows that she is rich now.

"You know I don't mean that."

"I know, just like this commission, isn't it?"

D snorted. She is not stupid. Even if this is the lair of the Whirlpool Gang, the other party's defense is too tight. And according to Lucy's investigation, those automatic turrets and mines are all military things. Even if the Whirlpool Gang has a little reputation, how can they get these things?

To put it bluntly, someone must be dissatisfied with what she did, so they set a trap for her through this commission, trying to kill or capture her.

It's a pity that you can't do porcelain work without diamond drills. If you want to deal with her, the Whirlpool Gang is not enough.

Just kidding. As an inquisitor, I have experienced many similar things when investigating in the nest. D really doesn't care about the small fights in Night City.

"To be honest, I really don't understand what you want to do in Night City. Do you want to become a legend in Night City?"

"Legend? I'm not interested in such boring things."

"So what do you want to do?"

"When the time comes, you will know."

After saying this, D cut off the communication and nodded at Lucy who was walking towards him.

"Thank you for your hard work. Then about the reward... let's split it 50-50."

"Huh?"

It must be said that Lucy was quite surprised to hear D's proposal. Generally speaking, hackers usually split 30%, unless there are some tasks that require hackers to read or steal data. After all, their position is to assist, and the real battle is still in the front. D is a famous mercenary in Night City. She is a newcomer who has just arrived in Night City not long ago. In Lucy's opinion, it is good that the other party is willing to split 80-20, but the result is 50-50?

"Can I really take so much?"

Looking at the deposit information displayed in front of her, Lucy also swallowed her saliva. After all, no matter where you are, you need money. And she has just arrived in Night City not long ago, and she doesn't have much money in her account. This amount of money is enough for her to get through the difficult period.

"Of course, I think you may have guessed it. Rogue introduced you to me, most likely to let you take the blame for me. My reputation in Night City is not good, and many people regard me as a thorn in their eyes. They can't kill me, but they may cause trouble for you. Besides, hackers need a lot of money to update their equipment. Anyway, I don't need it, so I'll give it to you."

"Uh............"

After hearing D's answer, Lucy's expression was a little embarrassed. In fact, as D said, most of the money of people in this world is spent on prostheses. It costs money to buy prostheses, repair prostheses, and update prosthesis systems. So in D's opinion, most civilians in this world are really looking for trouble. You may get hurt by using your own arms and legs, but at least you don't need to update the software.

When you are using it, suddenly a blue screen appears in front of you and a message pops up saying "Update download completed, please restart and upgrade"... That's funny.

Of course, this does not mean that D doesn't need money. In this world, most of D's money is spent on cars, houses and food.

That's right, food.

The thing that D is most upset about in this world is food. Ordinary people can only eat synthetic biochemical food. Whether it is beef, chicken, mutton, pork or something else, they are almost all the products of "technology and hard work", and only the rich can afford real organic food.

D once curiously ate grilled chicken skewers on the street. The taste was really... the vegetarian spicy strips sold in the grocery store at the entrance of the elementary school were better than this.

But real organic food is high-end stuff, so D has to go to high-end restaurants every day, and most of the money he earns is naturally spent on it.

It’s really that kind of synthetic food is not for human consumption.

At least D can’t stand it.

"There is one more thing."

"What is it?"

"Girls don’t smoke."

As he said, D glanced at the cigarette in Lucy's hand.

"It’s not good for your health."

"…………You are not my mother…………"

Lucy rolled her eyes helplessly and put out the cigarette in her hand. Seeing this scene, D nodded with satisfaction.

"Do you need me to take you home?"

"No! I have something else to do!"

After hearing D's suggestion, Lucy stepped back and shook her head desperately.

"Okay, I'll go first."

D waved his hand and got into the sports car again. Then, with a roar, the white sports car sped away like a happy husky.

"Huh............"

Watching D leave, Lucy breathed a sigh of relief. She touched her stomach, went to a nearby restaurant, and ordered a meal. But when the steaming tomato soup was served, before Lucy picked up the spoon to taste it, her mind couldn't help but think of the bloody bodies that were smashed by D before...

At this moment, Lucy had no appetite at all.

In the following period of time, D and Lucy officially became partners and completed many tasks. In D's opinion, Lucy's level was pretty good. After all, D's requirements were not high. As long as Lucy could cut off the monitoring and communication and lock the entire entrance and exit, she didn't need to worry about anything else. This kind of thing can basically be done by any hacker.

But for Lucy... her mood was a bit complicated.

On the one hand, the reward for cooperating with D was indeed very high, because Rogge gave her well-paid tasks. Of course, well-paid tasks were generally very dangerous, but most of them were handled by D alone. Lucy hardly needed to do anything special and rarely encountered danger.

On the other hand, D's violent fighting style really made Lucy feel a little scary.

It's not that she had never seen a battlefield with blood and flesh flying everywhere, but D's fighting methods... how to say it, in Lucy's opinion, it was still unusual.

To be honest, it's not strange to beat someone to a bloody mess, for example, with a shotgun or a hand cannon, one shot will make the opponent's flesh fly into several pieces, which is understandable. Because the power of shotguns and hand cannons is here, the same is true for mine explosions, automatic turrets, heavy machine guns, the power of weapons is like this.

But watching D's little fist like a hammer, directly smashing into someone's head and hitting it through, that is another kind of shock.

In addition, Lucy also found that D seemed to like doing tasks very much.

Every time whether it was Rogge or other middlemen who called her to entrust her with a task, she would almost agree to it without bargaining or caring about the danger. D once told Lucy that every time she took on a commission, it felt like the beginning of a game, and completing the commission was like playing through the entire game, which was naturally quite interesting.

But even D had his own persistence, that is, he never accepted tasks from companies, whether it was military technology, Arasaka, or large companies such as biotechnology, D would not even pay attention to them, even if the other party specifically asked him to do so, he would directly refuse and not give them any face.

"If she does this, something will happen sooner or later."

Rogge once saw the company's client walking away with a sullen face, and at the same time lowered his voice to Lucy, and Lucy also agreed with Rogge's words. Although everyone hates companies, they also know that in Night City, those companies are the ones who really rule the city. If you anger them, you will have a hard time.

Lucy also has her own information channels. She also knows that as D's performance becomes increasingly outstanding, she has gradually attracted the attention of those big companies. There are also many rumors in private that those companies want to recruit D and turn her into their own "Adam Hammer"... This can be regarded as the highest evaluation of the mercenaries in Night City.

And now, around D, Arasaka, Military Technology, Biotechnology, Kangtao and other big companies have begun to fight openly and secretly, hoping to attract her to join. After all, this girl is so strong before she has implants. Once she joins the company and is equipped with those military-grade prostheses, who knows how strong she can be.

Arasaka can be domineering in Night City because of the Adam Hammer, and other companies that want to fight against Arasaka naturally need their own "Adam Hammer".

At present, D is the closest to this level.

If it were other mercenaries, even if they did not choose Arasaka, they would accept the olive branches handed over by big companies, but D did not care and rejected them all. Lucy also knew how dangerous this was. Once D offended all the companies in Night City, there would be only one outcome for her.

Lucy knew the ideas of these companies very well. Since they could not be used by them, they had to be destroyed.

This was also the reason why the legends of Night City would fall.

They might have experienced a legendary life, but... they were not the opponents of the company after all.

Will D be an exception?

Frankly speaking, Lucy didn't know.

But to be honest, D didn't care.

Because for D, there were more important things to do now.

"You know? Actually, I have always wanted to experience this kind of world."

Sitting in front of the window, looking at the rain outside, D suddenly spoke.

And on the terminal in front of D, Lumiel flashed a "question mark".

"You see, this is also a kind of romance. The neon lights under the rain show the decadence and depravity of postmodernism. In a shabby office, a detective is smoking and sitting on a chair. Maybe at some point, the door in front of him will be knocked, and then a mysterious client will walk in, starting a brand new story..."

D spread his hands.

"Being a detective is actually quite interesting, of course, only in terms of fun and story. Unfortunately, what we are going to do is not so interesting."

As he spoke, D snorted and looked at the terminal interface in front of him.

"How long will it take?"

"The data collected so far is only 80%, and it will take some time."

"Then continue, I am not interested in becoming a legend in Night City."

D raised his head and looked at the silhouette of Arasaka Tower under the rain outside the window, then reached out his hand and clenched it tightly.

"I want to be... the king of Night City."