Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 135 113.T-BUG
At seven o'clock in the morning, Carl opened his eyes. He got up as usual, washed up, and was about to take out bread and milk from the refrigerator when he suddenly realized that
"Do I not have to go to school today?"

After putting the bread and milk that had not yet been opened from their plastic packaging back into the refrigerator, Carl sat on the sofa in the room and hugged his head.

Damn, I got up early.

"Are you awake?"

Carl sent a message to Oliver and Jack, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see any reply from them.

These two adapted much faster than me, and they are probably still sleeping now.

After thinking about it, Carl sent a message to David.

Carl: Are you awake? How was yesterday?
David: I'm already in the college. I went home yesterday after seeing them connect to Tanaka. Mann said that interns will not be required to participate in the next steps.

CJ: Did Mann say anything?

David: He said that after this job was finished, he would let me do a few small jobs to learn first. It seemed that they all went through this process.

CJ: So it seems Mann is really going to accept you.

For a street team, it is almost standard procedure to test new members by completing a few simple tasks. Mann, who has risen from the bottom of the street, is much more skilled in this regard than Carl and the others.

After thinking about it, Carl sent another message.

Carl: From today on, everything about Mewtwo at school will depend on you, so do your best.

After sending this text message, Carl did not look at David's reply. He picked up the nightstand, opened the door, and prepared to go downstairs for breakfast.

There was actually a lot of frozen pork in the refrigerator at home, but it would take time to thaw it. Carl was too lazy to spend a lot of time thawing it in the morning to fry some pork slices for bacon, so he just had an ordinary breakfast at a roadside stall.

There were quite a lot of people in the elevator going downstairs today. When Carl walked in, there were already six people standing inside. After glancing at the residents of the super skyscraper who were dressed in different clothes, Carl calmly walked among them.

If this were a movie, the six people standing around Carl must have been sent by some secret organization to deal with Carl's assassins, but obviously, the residents of Night City are very busy and have no time to play any movie tricks.

For ordinary residents of Night City, the only "assassination" they can think of is to take a Lexington and shoot people in the back on the street.

The elevator reached the bottom floor and Carl stepped out.

The bottom floor of a super skyscraper is the first floor. In this regard, the name of Night City that once belonged to America is similar to what Carl remembered from his previous life. The basement is counted as the -1 floor. Generally speaking, this sense of familiarity is better than the British way of calculating floors.

As usual, Carl walked to the snack stand not far from the exit of the super skyscraper and sat down. He greeted the owner who looked somewhat familiar to him.

"Guest, now that you are here, what would you like to eat?"

"For a serving of fried noodles, add the kind with beaten eggs, a little bit of starchy ham sausage, and some 'organic' green vegetables."

The organic vegetables sold on the streets in 2075 are not real vegetables. A brand has registered the word "organic" and is selling it as a label for synthetic vegetables, just like XX Cola and XX iced tea. This company also has similar products such as organic pork.

Carl could barely eat some starch sausage. He could only say that at least this thing contained more starch than synthetic meat, and was much better than those synthetic meats that tasted like rotten wood and plastic.

"Okay, wait a moment, sir."

While the stall owner started to work on the wok, Carl bought a cup of sweet tea from the small vending machine in the store and started to contact T-BUG.

He has decided to take on this mission.

drop.

Carl originally thought that T-BUG might not be awake at this time, and the line would be hung up when he called, but he didn't expect that he would be connected the moment he dialed.

Carl didn't know whether this was because he got up early or because he was a night owl and didn't sleep.

A female voice was heard on the other end of the line.

"Who are you and why do you know my contact code?" At the same time, Carl sensed a stream of data coming through the communication. T-BUG was trying to use the communication to find out the situation on Carl's side.

Be very vigilant.

"I was introduced by Wakako."

Carl used these words to stop T-BUG from invading.

"Wakako I understand, are you the mercenary she hired?"

"Almost. She asked me to find you to clarify this matter. What exactly is it?"

"Wait a moment."

The voice belonging to T-BUG on the other end of the communication line had let down some of his guard, but he still had some distrust: "Just the name of Wakako doesn't make me believe it. Maybe you heard it from some big-mouthed mercenary. A mercenary that Wakako can find must be famous in the city. Who are you?"

Carl could hear some hidden meaning in T-BUG's words. If he couldn't give his name or make a sound, the suspended data flow might start again.

Carl did not want to keep the idea of ​​competing with his next partner in hacking skills a secret. According to his understanding of himself, his level was limited. He might be hacked by T-BUG and exposed for some dark history. Instead of doing that, he might as well report his title honestly. Anyway, his title should be somewhat famous.

"I'm KK, have you heard of me?"

"Mercenary KK?"

T-BUG on the other end of the communication obviously knew Carl's reputation. She paused for a moment, took in the situation, and then spoke again: "I didn't expect Wakako to be able to hire a mercenary of your caliber."

"Are you not afraid that I'm an imposter?"

"The one who dares to pretend to be that person in Night City and is good at taking on middleman tasks may not have been born yet."

"This makes me feel ashamed of being complimented."

"You're famous, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Since it's you, then this job might be easier. Do you want me to send the detailed information of the target and the kidnapper in the location now?"

Carl was a little surprised when listening to T-BUG's words. He had looked through the general information sent by Wakako yesterday, which concealed important information. One of the items was that the target was kidnapped at 10 o'clock last night. Now only nine hours had passed, and T-BUG had found out everything?

"Detailed information, you didn't make a mistake, did you? In our industry, detailed information means that we have to check the whole family of a person for 18 generations."

"Although it's not to that extent, I have found out everyone's family situation, what their relatives are doing, their hobbies, their private sexual preferences, and who their regular sex dolls are."

Listening to T-BUG's words, Carl admitted that he was really a little shocked.

He didn't have many hackers he was familiar with. He counted himself as half, Sasha as one, Lucy as one, and Qiwei as one, which made up only three and a half. And among these three and a half people, to accomplish what T-BUG mentioned in his relaxed words, it might take a total of three or four days, or even longer.

This hacker is awesome.

"how did you do it?"

"Humans are born social animals. As long as they live, they will always leave traces in society."

Hearing these particularly familiar words, Karl raised his eyebrows.

"Aristotle's quote?"

"Oh, you know this too?"

Listening to T-BUG's voice, Carl looked through the information.

It seems that the hacker I met is not only capable, but also a cultured person.

In this day and age of knowledge monopoly, not many people on the street would know Aristotle.

(End of this chapter)