Chapter 101: Humanity and worldliness (Thanks to the leader of ‘Weixia Guozi’)

Westbrook, Sakura Street.

In front of the TURGO small square, several hot food stalls are lit up for business, and the warm orange-yellow light curtain isolates the deserted surroundings, creating a lively atmosphere.

Many cyberpunks who were wandering the streets drove here to take a rest after finishing their day's work.

Accompanied by the explosive music, people held up their wine bottles, pushed glasses, and laughed, making it more lively than usual.

"Hey, Pyrrha, I haven't seen you for a few days. Have you changed into a prosthetic arm?"

"Yeah, what happened? It keeps getting longer and longer. Are you a long-armed technology bomb madman?"

"Oh, don't tell me, my hands have become longer and more flexible, right? Haha."

Everyone gathered around Pila, the fun-loving man, watching him perform various difficult acrobatics and joking from time to time.

The bearded Pila seemed to particularly enjoy the attention of everyone, and his performance became more and more energetic. The tray and wine bottles kept flying in the palm of his golden prosthetic body, and he said proudly.

"Hey, you guys have good taste. I just bought it from an old friend, but it cost me a lot of money. I even dedicated a whole day to serving it for him!"

Someone immediately picked up the conversation and said: "Haha, what is the service? Please tell me in detail."

Pila swung her tongue vigorously, so fast that it turned into a shadow, and she laughed in a unclear voice: "That's it, be fast!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone was chatting and laughing again.

call out!

A glass wine bottle was smashed over from a distance.

Rebekah looked like she hated steel, and seeing Pyrrha acting weird, she felt ashamed for him, and roared: "Brother! Please restrain yourself!"

Faced with the wine bottle that suddenly hit her, Pila reacted quite quickly and barely caught the bottle, then stumbled and continued playing, looking very funny.

"Thank you sister for the bottle of wine!"

Even Mann and Dolio on the side couldn't help laughing and became more and more cheerful.

Mann rarely relaxed a lot today. After completing Gloria's commission, everyone made a lot of money.

One hundred thousand euros is not a small amount of money, it will be enough for them to spend some time.

What surprised him even more was that Gloria promised to compensate Falco for the pickup's losses.

Mann put his right hand on Dolio's shoulder, leaned against the back of the bench, and couldn't help but think deeply, comparing Faraday and Gloria.

Faraday has always been his regular customer. Although he also took over work from other middlemen, most of the commission fees were not as good as Faraday's.

Faraday is backed by military technology, so his skills are certainly not small, but his tasks are also not simple, and most of them are company-related.

As a middleman, Faraday has a vicious and vicious personality. He puts profit first in everything and never cares about anything other than entrustment.

But Gloria seems to be different. Even though she is the middleman supported by Arasaka, her acting style is completely different.

Whether it is remuneration or trust, they are far more than Faraday. At least Gloria has some sympathy.

There are pros and cons to this kind of thing.

In Mann's view, the only person Night City can trust is himself.

He understood the truth, but he couldn't do it.

Mann looked around, including his lover Dorio, the living treasure Pyrrha, the firepower Rebecca, the ruthless hacker Qiwei, and Lucy who always kept a distance from others.

They have all joined the Mann team and are indispensable to the team.

As the big brother of the team, Mann naturally has the obligation and responsibility to take good care of them.

So in the final analysis, Mann cannot escape the word 'love'.

Whether it's love or friendship, it makes him feel like he's living in the lonely and cold Night City, and has warmth again.

Perhaps he was such a person that he refused Faraday's call, chose to believe Gloria, and completed the commission.

In short, looking at it now, the result is not bad, but everyone cooperates quite smoothly.

But Mann knew that the person standing behind Gloria was the one who decided everything.

Without his intervention, many things would have been rewritten, and it is still unknown whether we would have reached this point.

Mann took a swig of beer, trying to forget these worries, and then threw the bottle in his hand towards Pyrrha, laughing loudly.

Holding a cigarette under her mask, Qiwei walked to the hot food stall and sat next to Lucy. She was sitting alone, fingering a can of green drink, Stupid Monkey.

Qiwei raised her head and looked under the eaves tent. The projector was playing the program, and the content was tonight's "Business Talk".

"Matteo, I didn't expect it to be in the news so quickly. Arasaka Company is quite fast. It probably doesn't want to save face for Military Technology and NCPD."

Although Lucy did not raise her head to watch the TV, she had been listening to the program host and knew what Qiwei was referring to.

"Maybe, but I can't tell you clearly about the company."

Qi Wei glanced at Lucy from the corner of her eye, and found that her expression was still cold and indifferent, and she seemed to be worried.

"After this news is broadcast, I don't know how many chain reactions it will cause."

"Military technology, NCPD, Night City high-level officials, etc., may all get involved, and it will be difficult to end it by then."

"You know, the reason why many things are not put on the table is because major companies follow the tacit understanding they should have, and Arasaka is not necessarily cleaner than them."

"His move is actually a risky move. If he doesn't play it well, he will get burned."

Ding clang clang.

The stupid monkey on Lucy's fingertips suddenly slipped off the table and fell to the ground.

On the green shell, a funny big-faced monkey with its head pointing upward seems to be staring straight at something.

Her fingertips stayed in the air, and she said after a moment of silence.

"The company has always been like this, and Arasaka is no exception."

Qiwei nodded, stared at the content of the program and said: "No wonder so many people want to grab Matteo today. Suddenly I feel it is quite dark humor. For a person who is walking on the edge of death, so many people get involved.

I’m afraid the Dead Man’s Lotto is going to celebrate the jackpot again.”

Lucy also thought about the big melee that took place today, in which hundreds of people died tragically on the abandoned viaduct.

At that time, she was pulled into Draman's car by Tang Yu, and she was chased by the Animal Gang all the way in the car. Her life was hanging by a thread and she almost crashed the car and died.

It was Tang Yu who took action to deal with the drone swarm and the Animal Gang's off-road vehicle, and escaped with all the people in the vehicle.

To be honest, she knew there would be no problem. After all, Tang Yu had some kind of mysterious power. It was enough to turn on this ability to solve the problem.

But this is his most hidden trump card. If he chooses to expose it at this time, everyone present will see it. There are too many uncontrollable factors, not to mention an uncontrollable intelligent AI.

Even if Tang Yu tries to hide, he will still leave clues and become a major hidden danger.

But what Lucy didn't expect was that Tang Yu's method of solving troubles was not to rely on that mysterious power, but to rely on his precise shooting skills to defeat all threats with perfect accuracy.

For some reason, she suddenly recalled the rescue scene that night, when she loaded up Tang Yu in a shopping cart and drove down the ramp. She found it interesting to see his confused look on his face.

Now that I think about it carefully, maybe I really worried too much and actually regarded Tang Yu as an ordinary person.

Why was he robbed by scavengers? How could those street scumbags harm him at all?

Not to mention, Tang Yu was running faster and faster, and his marksmanship and mysterious powers alone were enough to protect himself.

For an ordinary person to climb to the top of Arasaka Company, both background and ability are indispensable.

Maybe what Qi Wei said is right, but Tang Yu is definitely not that easy to manipulate.

Lucy laughed to herself.

Qiwei gave Lucy a strange look, not knowing what was going on in her head, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lucy didn't care about Qi Wei's opinion and replied calmly: "Yeah, I just thought of some interesting things."

She stood up and left her seat, leaned over to pick up the can of stupid monkey on the ground, glanced at the big-headed monkey's face, and then said goodbye to Qiwei: "You guys are playing, let's go first."

After saying that, Lucy turned and left, still holding the bottle of Stupid Monkey in her hand.

Qiwei looked at her leaving back, her eyes slightly focused, as if she was thinking about her smile just now.

Lucy did not choose to return to the nearby apartment, but strolled towards the seawall, away from the noise. The surrounding area instantly became clear, leaving only the gentle sea breeze.

She lit a cigarette skillfully, then leaned against the railing, tilted her head slightly, and gazed at the night view overseas.

Waves, cruise ships, the open sea, and the rocket launch platform on the sea in the distance, the scenery does not change much at night.

She exhaled a stream of white smoke and lowered her head to notice that the stupid monkey she had just brought was standing quietly on the railing. The big-headed monkey was staring directly at her.

After hesitating for a moment, Lucy held the cigarette between her fingers, gently picked up the Stupid Monkey and opened the bottle cap. A smell of smoked sweet corn wafted out, mixed with the smoke, making her frown slightly.

Can this thing taste good?

Lucy stared at the stupid monkey, and finally chose to take a bite.

"Ahem."

The neon pink short hair is messy and beating, and the smell is really a bit overwhelming.

After Lucy calmed down her cough, she felt that the strong smell of corn lingered for a long time, and it was almost cloyingly sweet.

She looked at the stupid monkey in her hand again and smiled helplessly.

at this time.

Tang Yu was sitting on the sofa and suddenly sneezed.

The weather seemed to be getting a little cold, so he quickly wrapped himself in his pajamas, picked up the hot tea on the table and took two more sips.

"Oh, there are a lot of people thinking about me tonight."

Tang Yu joked alone.

The show had just ended, and he was guessing who would call first. He deliberately picked up the glasses on the desk, wiped the lenses, and waited for news.

Ten seconds have just finished counting, and it shows that there is an incoming call requesting access.
To be continued...