Chapter 587 Chapter 584 Pirate Ship in the City
After waiting for several days, there was no new news from Dingxin Mochuang. No one knew whether the investigation team had left or not, and no one dared to ask. Morgana comforted Zhuang Xuteng: If the investigation team did not leave, the operation could not be carried out, and there would be no need to calculate the three-month cycle of hidden debt. But Zhuang Xuteng was very clear-headed: the company had the final say on when the debt should be calculated, and he could only assume that the calculation cycle had already begun.
Although Morgana repeatedly stated that she would find a channel to help Zhuang Xuteng relieve his tasks, she was pessimistic about whether she could succeed. According to her, in recent decades, the influence of the "Temple Survivors" has been declining. Apart from asking for more money from the company and the constitutional government based on inflation, they can basically not change any decision of the company.
Finding Palovic and exchanging his life for his own safety seems to be the most in line with his own interests. Zhuang Xuteng asked Morgana to relax, and he must have a way to find Palovic. The only thing he was worried about was that the company would not admit it, or secretly kill Palovic without telling him, and then think about making money from it.
"The Temple survivors used to have the power to supervise the operation of the company, but then they gradually lost it." Morgana thought for a moment and said, "It seems that this change happened after the second corporate war. I remember that several Temple survivors were involved in the corporate war at that time, and suffered heavy casualties... Could this be a conspiracy of the company?"
Conspiracy seems to be used to explain everything, but in fact it can't solve anything. Zhuang Xuteng told Morgana not to be affected by conspiracy theories and unable to think correctly, and also told her not to be too nervous. He still has enough time to deal with this matter.
From the time the Dingxin Mochuang investigation team left Peicheng, to the spread of this news, to its verification by various people, and finally to Palovic and his decision to return to Peicheng, this time period was measured in months. Zhuang Xuteng must show enough patience and, of course, wisdom.
He deliberately linked the reason for his "semi-retirement" to Dingxin Mochuang, implying that this was a compromise and deal to stabilize the situation in Peicheng. Combined with the death of a large number of former gang members a while ago, this statement also has a certain rationality. People who asked Lucy to do commissioned tasks also found that the scarecrow Nike's team disappeared, leaving only Nike's doubled appearance fee. The minimum commission amount for his current mission has reached 5 million euros, and he also wants to monopolize the extra spoils. This price is really daunting.
Many people said that he was going to use high appearance fees to scare off clients, thereby achieving "commercial retirement."
Since this statement indirectly proved the statement of "compromise with the company", it was actually beneficial to him, so Zhuang Xuteng did not come out to refute it. At the same time, he was quite relieved to find that the gang just thought his appearance fee was too expensive, but no one said "not worth it". It seems that everyone tacitly agreed that he has the ability to earn this income, and complaining is just out of envy, or perhaps a little jealousy...
Peicheng needs to gradually calm down, and companies such as Dingxin Mochuang are also secretly promoting this matter. They are not for Zhuang Xuteng, or for the Palovic/Gardener Organization, but to promote the implementation of puppet workers and social public work points. Although some people think that this combination of punches has replaced some people and can only choose to downgrade their jobs. But there are also some voices saying that this part of people are prone to losing their jobs, and now they just need to go to social public work points, which is equivalent to getting stable protection and is an improvement.
But everyone has to admit that the social situation in Peicheng is much better than before. Gangs have been eradicated, and the disbanded gangsters cannot make a difference on their own. Most of the idle people have been absorbed by social public work points, and the stubborn problem of harassing citizens has finally been eliminated. At the same time, the overall number of vagrants and homeless people has also decreased a lot because they have work channels that do not limit their abilities and past experiences. It is observed that the vagrant tents that were originally everywhere along the Pei River are now much emptier; beggars on the streets can only be seen occasionally.
If it weren't for the continued entanglement with Dingxin Mochuang, Zhuang Xuteng would have thought that now is the best period in the past two years. Just as he was waiting for news, Ge Gongdao called him to go out and said that the things he had asked him to do before had a clue. Zhuang Xuteng immediately left a message for Morgana, and then took all the equipment and went out.
He met up with Ge Gongdao at the entrance of the moat company, and then the two of them headed south and headed straight for the hub area. After Dao Ge got in the car, he first went to the back compartment to check himself with a signal scanner. After confirming that there was no positioning or eavesdropping transceiver, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I can always find eavesdropping devices recently, which almost makes me psychologically traumatized."
"Why?" Zhuang Xuteng turned his head and asked Ge Gongdao. He can use his sensory tentacles to observe the surroundings, which will not affect driving safety.
"Moat's business is very good. Several long-term security contracts were negotiated a while ago. Obviously, there will be a stable cash flow. In addition, the public security in Peicheng has improved a lot recently, and the operating risks have decreased, so the company's assets have become very attractive." Ge Gongdao twisted his huge body, got back to the co-pilot seat, fastened his seat belt and said: "Many people come to discuss acquisitions, and each party wants to steal some business secrets to use as a reference for pricing."
"What about the acquisition of Dingxin Mochuang?"
"I told them that I had no objection, and the next day I wrote a formal project report and submitted it to the shareholders' meeting for review. I felt that Dingxin Magic must have a way to know what was written in the report, so I just wrote it in it Good words." Ge Gongdao chuckled and said, "With the improvement of public security in Peicheng, the demand for security will decrease. It is a good thing to sell some shares now. Anyway, I am strongly recommending the sale."
"As long as you don't suffer a loss," Zhuang Xuteng said.
"Don't suffer a loss? Now that the bidding situation has formed, I will make a lot of money! Don't worry, if you want to sell it, it will definitely be sold to Dingxin Mochuang. I will help you secretly. Selling favors will save you trouble, so you can make money For a long time." Ge Gongdao pointed to the front and said, "Turn right at the next intersection, and then turn towards the viaduct."
Previously, Zhuang Xuteng asked Ge Gongdao to find a way to identify and install implants. Today they came out for this matter. It had only been two weeks since the secret talk at the stern of the ship, and Zhuang Xuteng asked whether the channel was safe today.
"Safe. Let's put it this way, that guy got on the pirate ship." Ge Gongdao laughed twice and said: "Explain in one sentence: He picked one of the implants you gave him and installed it on himself. If something happens, he can't run away."
"Have you shown him things? What's his origin?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.
"That man's name is Jiang Pazu. He was originally a surgeon at the PCPD No. 1 Hospital. He did some implant maintenance and health examinations for the PCPD and the riot squad. He has been working in the department for fifteen years. I have never been promoted, and I have always thought of changing jobs.”
Ge Gongdao adjusted his sitting position, faced Zhuang Xuteng, and continued: "He was injured in the bombing at the police academy ceremony. The entire skin on his back was blown off and the spinal nerves were damaged. Fortunately, he was not paralyzed. , but that experience had a huge impact on him. There was a wave of resignations at that time, and many original police officers left, but some mercenaries joined the PCPD, do you remember? "
Zhuang Xuteng nodded: "Of course I remember. He also resigned at that time?"
"Yes. After the PCPD paid him the treatment fee, he left his job. At that time, Brewer Pace was attacked for the second time." Gogongdao sighed: "Some people have to go to hospital even if they are disabled, and some people have to go to hospital if they are not disabled. He had to pretend to be disabled. It is difficult for a formally established implant doctor to leave his job, but he issued a certificate saying that the injuries to his back - especially the nerve damage - were serious, causing dizziness, headaches, memory loss and trembling fingers. He could no longer perform surgery and had to go home to recuperate, so he ostensibly ran an imaging rental store and actually started performing implant maintenance and installation surgeries.”
Zhuang Xuteng frowned and asked, "No one checked him?"
"My colleagues in the PCPD are keeping him safe, who will investigate? The gangs have their own implant doctors and gun-making 'cooks', who can really control him? Besides, he also has access to the riot squad. , you also know that the Riot Control Strike Team is the handbag company organized by the Gardener. It has the strength and the courage to take action. It will definitely not ignore problems in this implant channel. "
"That makes sense." Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "After leaving the PCPD and being endorsed by the riot squad, as long as we don't get too tense with the gangs, we will definitely be able to survive. Brother Dao, what did he use? Implant?"
"The thing you got contains a set of neural enhancement accessories, which is... well, I can't describe it. It looks like a bloody red tree root. The injury to his nervous system is just a bit exaggerated, not a lie. That A neuro-augmentation attachment would solve his problem."
"I remember that thing was removed from the chest, not for the back."
"Well, there is no such implant on the market at all. How can he care so much? There is not much difference between the front and back. Anyway, it can help him bypass the damaged nerves." Ge Gongdao then said the most important thing Information: "I couldn't perform back nerve surgery on myself, so his assistant performed the surgery. I asked the assistant and I learned that this thing cannot be removed after it is installed, unless the person dies."
"I understand. In this way, he really can't betray us to the company." Zhuang Xuteng still felt uneasy and asked, "Where is his assistant?"
"He has taken a fancy to an eyeball. It should have been installed two days ago - both people are on board, so it is safe. No, yesterday I got the exact news that the recovery from the surgery has been completed and we have started to return to work. I will take you with me today Go install the implants." Ge Gongdao said: "We won't install illegal things this time. They are all high-end products that can be obtained from hospitals and the Constitutional Army. By the way, I still remember your list of implants. , see if there is anything else you want to install.”
Every implant used within the company has a strong shadow reaction, and skills such as the Thousand Eyes Cloak must be used to cover it up. Since the company has conducted a full-body scan on Zhuang Xuteng, his implant parts must have been recorded, so new "violating" implants cannot be installed in parts that have already had a slave reaction. Otherwise, as soon as the Thousand Eyes Cloak covers it and people in the company compare it, they will immediately feel that something is wrong: Why did you remove the implant here?
If you install an implant, you can only choose a location where there was no implant before, and you cannot cover up the existing implant too much, which limits Zhuang Xuteng's range of choices. In addition, this time the implant could not provide the functions he particularly wanted or could not achieve in a flexible manner, so he did not choose it.
"If you don't choose, then I won't be polite." Ge Gongdao rubbed his hands and said, "I want to install a high-speed and high-explosion set."
"Then you have to be careful, don't let the company find out." Zhuang Xuteng quickly reminded him: "The doctor hides in the dark and doesn't meet the company's people, but you are different. If the company's people scan you and see that the shadow energy reaction of the legs is unusual, you will be exposed."
"Haha, don't worry, Jiang Pazu has already thought of a countermeasure: exoskeleton. He installed it on his back, and I installed it on my waist and legs. The inner layer and contact pad of the exoskeleton use lead sealing technology to reduce the shadow energy reaction. As long as the detector is not directly against the skin, there will generally be no problem."
"Will it affect your supercomputing martial arts?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.
"Become stronger first, then improve martial arts. With a high-speed and high-explosive implant, there is at least an extra layer of protection."
Dao Ge is right, but Zhuang Xuteng doubts the shielding effect of the lead-coated exoskeleton, unless seeing is believing. As long as he uses the Shadow Eye to see the effect of the doctor using the exoskeleton, he can make a judgment. If it is easy to see through, he will definitely warn Ge Gongdao.
Almost an hour later, they came to this hospital in the hub area. It is located in a 70-story complex apartment, crowded with beehive houses of tens of thousands of residents. There are many people and complicated situations here, and it often forms a society of its own. When there are gangs, the gangs are in charge, and when there are no gangs, the landlords are in charge. When the four major gangs collapsed, this place should have fallen into chaos, but fortunately there were social public work points and Mengwu to absorb the pressure of chaos, and as a result, this place unexpectedly gained a long-lost peace.
In such places, no one knows who is behind who, so they sweep the snow in front of their own doors and don’t manage neighborhood relations. To put it more bluntly, in the past, if you closed the door a few seconds late, you might be robbed in the house, so who would dare to ask what the neighbors did. Because of this, Jiang Pazu rented or bought several sets of rooms next to each other, punched through the thin part, and built a secret clinic.
Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao put on mosaic hats and took the special elevator to the 39th floor. The first door on the left after exiting the elevator was the "Super Hot Video Rental Store". After they went in, Ge Gongdao showed the reservation code, and the front desk clerk asked them to slowly look for it at the second shelf.
"It seems that they are doing surgery inside," Ge Gongdao pointed to the yellow wall lamp on the wall and said, "Red light means it is closed, green light means you can go directly, yellow light means it is busy, and no light means you have to run quickly."
"It's a good idea." Zhuang Xuteng shrugged and began to browse the "hot" videotapes on the shelf, while opening the resentful spirit jelly to detect the environment. He quickly found the secret door and the secret passage, and his sensing tentacles immediately stretched out. When he came to any unfamiliar place, he had to figure out the way to get in and out before he could feel at ease.
At this time, the person who had just finished the surgery in the secret passage came out...