Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 103. Acquaintance
"What is your name."

"Lucy."

"real name?"

"real name."

Oliver looked at Lucy who was sitting obediently on the subway chair, and inexplicably felt that this kind of interrogation was extremely familiar.

When he first met Karl, he seemed to have been treated in the same way.

"Years?"

"twenty one."

"what for?"

"A cyber hacker who occasionally makes a little extra money on the subway."

"Karl."

Oliver looked at Karl: "Is what she said true?"

"As for what is currently registered in Night City, it is true. She seems to be an outsider and has no identity record before Night City. However, this is common in Night City."

Karl yawned as he spoke. He stared at Lucy for a few seconds and added, "I saw her in a restaurant downtown a few days ago. She seemed to have run away with the bill at that time."

"He's a thief and a runaway, a habitual street criminal?"

"That's probably it."

Carl wasn't very interested in how to deal with the thief. He wouldn't take his life, but he had no objection to beating him up and throwing him into the trash can.

He treats men and women equally, shooting both men and women, and when it comes to shooting he won't hesitate at all.

"I want to eat braised pork, but the subway is too slow."

Compared to the lazy Carl, Oliver was seriously thinking about how to deal with this little thief. He stole things from them, and it happened to be not long after their car was stolen. She really ran into him at the right time.

I want to beat him up and throw him in the trash can, or...
Oliver looked at David who was standing next to him: "David, she wants to steal your chip. What kind of chip is it and how much is it worth."

David stared at the impressed woman for a few seconds and said, "It's just part of the money storage chip. It contains my meal money from the cafeteria. There is about 300 euros left."

"Three hundred euros?"

Oliver nodded, and in front of the somewhat nervous Lucy, signaled to Jack, who was holding the gun, to relax his finger on the trigger a little.

"If you stole one, you should pay three. Just pay one thousand euros and that will be your apology."

Again, Oliver could understand the street trade in Night City, but stealing from him would require some price. If his skills were not good enough and he was discovered, he would just have to pay a fine. It would be the same if he handed it over to the NCPD anyway, and they would even reduce the sentence of solitary confinement.

"Three times, shouldn't it be nine hundred?"

Lucy felt the movement of the gun next to her head and felt a little relaxed, but she had some opinions about the numbers. At this juncture, they actually dared to bargain.

"Make it an even number. It's good that I didn't ask you to pay ten times as much. Give it all to David, whose chip you stole. This is what he deserves. He didn't have much money for meals to begin with. If you were going to steal, you shouldn't have chosen a rich person, but stole from a poor person."

"How can a student from Arasaka Academy be without money?"

Without showing any sign of weakness, Lucy paid the money obediently according to the amount Oliver asked and transferred one thousand euros to David.

"Not all students at Arasaka Academy are from the company. David, has the money arrived?"

"Here it is. It's one thousand euros."

"For the sake of this thousand euros, I won't beat you up today. Just be more careful next time."

Just as Oliver was about to say something, he noticed that Lucy's eyes lit up.

'Hackers?'

This was his first thought. Just before he could make any move, Karl's voice came from the side: "It's the communication. I'm still reading it."

"The money has been paid, so you can put down the gun and let me answer the phone."

Lucy really wanted to answer the call, but with Jack pointing the gun at her head, she didn't dare to make any big moves.

"Be careful next time, girl." Jack put away the gun: "Others won't be as kind as we are."

"No one else would ask me for a thousand euros."

All the extra money I made today was lost.

Lucy was about to answer the call, but she found that the black-haired young man who should be the hacker and seemed the laziest among the group suddenly sat up straight and looked at her.

"Mann, do you know Mann?"

Lucy listened to his words and then realized that the person who called her was Mann.

This guy actually hacked into my personal terminal and looked through my communications.

If I hadn't been pointed at with a gun the moment before, I would have fought back no matter what I said.

However, compared to this matter, Lucy was more concerned about the word "Mann" said by the black-haired young man.

Because Mann was the captain of the mercenary team she joined.

"You know Mann?"

When she asked back, Lucy answered the call.

"Lucy, there's a job that needs to be done here, come quickly."

"Mann."

Carl's communication was specially accessed and added to the communication.

"Karl?!"

On the other end, Mann was stunned: "Why was my call to Lucy transferred to you?"

"It's a special call. What's your relationship with Lucy?"

"You met Lucy? She is the latest member to join my team. Because Sasha still needs to recover from an illness, and the recent mission is in need of a hacker to assist, I asked Qiwei to find a hacker friend of hers to join the team. What happened?"

Mann realized on the other end that Carl had connected to Lucy's communication channel, and something must have happened.

"If she did something wrong, could she please give me some face?"

Mann knew Carl's character very well. Lucy could still communicate, which meant she was still alive. If Carl and Lucy really had any major conflicts, he would have shot a hole in her head long ago. He just wanted to make a small matter.

"No, it's not a big deal. She just made some extra money on the subway and it came to us. The problem has been solved. She lost money because of her poor skills, but it's over. But if she was your teammate, you could have waived the money."

While communicating, Carl explained to Oliver, Jack and David beside him, while Lucy beside him had a very interesting look on her face.

I met an acquaintance and got caught. It was very embarrassing.

"That's really a small matter. Now that it's over, let me apologize to you again on behalf of Lucy. Come get together when you have time. I'll treat you."

"It's fine if you don't need it, but if there are any delicious special dishes, that's fine too. I'm going to interrupt you. You and your team members can continue the conversation. If you have anything to say, chat in private."

After hanging up the phone, since we were acquaintances, there was no need to be so nervous.

"I'm Carl, that's Oliver over there, and Jack."

Karl said, pointing at David: “Then he is David, let’s say we are acquainted after fighting, let’s get to know each other again.”

"I'm Lucy, the current assistant hacker in Mann's team."

After introducing herself to a few people, Lucy's extremely awkward encounter finally came to an end with the sound of the subway arriving at the station.

The moment she arrived at the station, she hurriedly said goodbye to a few people and fled the subway in a panic.

This matter will definitely make Mann and his people laugh for ten days or half a month when I go back.
"Let's cook the braised pork."

The place where she arrived happened to be the place where Carl and others arrived. Amid the cheers of Carl who had been patient for a long time and could finally go back to cook the braised pork, David, who got off the bus with her, glanced at the back of Lucy who was running away.

She is also a mercenary.

(End of this chapter)