Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 150 9. Night Tour of the Ghost Camp

V。

Hearing this name that was so familiar to him, Carl had to admit that he thought a lot in that moment.

Carl remembered the time before he came to this world, that was 18 years ago. He sat in front of the computer and opened the game demo video that he had watched four times. He listened to the introduction of the game in the headphones and got to know this world full of science fiction. The character he played in that game demo video, his (her) name was V.

A simple letter, but it is Carl's last impression of the past.

Open your eyes.

V stood in the super skyscraper and looked at the colorful advertisements.

Open your eyes.

Carl stood in the super skyscraper and looked at the colorful advertisements.

They looked at the city of night.

"That's a good name."

It was hard to describe the complicated feelings in his heart. Carl only knew that the young man in front of him was "himself" in the future.

"Same goes for your name, KK."

V smiled. He didn't know why, but he always felt that he got along well with the person in front of him. Even though it was their first meeting and they had only addressed each other by names that were not their real names, he felt a rare sense of relaxation.

It’s like my heart is telling myself that the other person can be trusted.

This is a sense of security that has not arisen in a divided family for a long time.

After a brief exchange of names, Carl talked about this commission:

"I'm going to track down a group of night-walking ghosts. Dakota should have told you about it."

"You are the night-walking ghosts who recently robbed military technology, right? We have found their trail, and you just need to follow us when the time comes."

V said, pointing to the house behind him: "Our car is parked in the back."

"That's really efficient, then."

"drop."

A light flashed in V's artificial eye, and he found that in the communication between him and Carl, Carl had sent him 15,000 euros.

"We agreed to pay half of the fee as a deposit first, and then pay the other half when we get there. Is that okay?"

"Do you guys pay a deposit for your work?"

Hearing V's reply, who was quite surprised to receive the money, Carl had to admit that he had underestimated V's innocence.

If you do something without paying a deposit, aren't you afraid that people won't pay you after the job is done?

"That's the rule. Is this your first time doing this?"

Karl stared at V for a few seconds, and when he mentioned the first time doing something, V's expression froze for a moment, but then he did not hide anything: "It is indeed the first time."

You still ask us whether we are reliable or not.

But he actually told the truth, which is quite honest.

"You'll get used to it after a few more trips. Anyway, the deposit has been paid, so lead the way."

"It won't be long. The road is very close. We'll be there soon. Follow closely."

After receiving the money, V nodded to Carl, then turned and walked to where his two companions were and greeted them. Seeing this, Oliver and Jack both put down their arms.

Carl walked back.

"How about it, Wanderer, can we talk?" T-BUG's voice sounded over the communication.

"Yes, they are quite capable. I thought we would have to search for a few more days, but they have already found the target and are waiting to lead us there."

"Then it looks like this job will be easy. The signal over there is not good. I will deal with it first and contact you when we get to a place with better signal."

"Contact me later, T-BUG."

After finishing the communication in the team channel, Carl looked at Jack and Oliver in front of him and said, "They have found the target. Just follow them later."

“How efficient.”

Oliver sighed, stared at V's back for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at Carl and frowned:

“Come to think of it, I don’t know if it’s my illusion, Karl, do you look a bit like that person?”

"picture?"

Carl recalled V's appearance and said, "Except for the hair color, we are not alike in any way. His hair is not as long as mine, and his skin is not as white as mine. In terms of appearance, one has a Western face and the other has an Eastern face. How can we be alike?"

"is it?"

Oliver scratched his head, feeling a little strange about his feelings: "It seems so. You two don't look alike at all. It's strange. I just looked at you two, and I don't know why, but I always felt that you two were like brothers, like one person standing there. Is it because his temperament is very similar to yours?"

"I have this weird feeling too bro."

Jack also looked at V's back and said, "He gave me the same feeling as when I first met you, Carl. I felt that I would definitely get along well with this guy, and I also felt at ease, a strange sense of security that I don't see in Night City."

"Under normal circumstances, the Badlands wouldn't be included in Night City, right? That means we can't see them in Night City, right?"

Having said this, Carl turned his head and looked at V.

"This mission is really worth it."

A few minutes later.

"I hate all two-seaters."

Carl, who was squeezed in the middle by Oliver and Jack, swore that after this mission, he would never ride in a two-seater car with three people again.

"Hold on a little longer, Carl. Didn't they say the road is very close?"

Jack comforted Carl and noticed that the car in front of him slowed down: "Look, it seems we have arrived."

It was just like V said, the road was very short and they would be there in a short while. In total, it took less than five minutes to drive to a high point on a hillside. After the car stopped, they saw a camp with a large number of people stationed below. The people walking in the camp all had the mark of a night-wandering ghost on their bodies.

"Is there no sentry watching this place? If I were a night-wandering ghost, I would definitely leave a sentry on the hillside if I were stationed in a place like this."

After getting off the car, Oliver looked at the situation below. It was a little unbelievable that they were so close that they could even look down from above, but the Night Wanderers didn't notice.

V, who had parked the car and walked over to hear him, explained to Oliver:
"Most of the Night Wanderers were troublemakers in the family. They either did something unforgivable and were kicked out, or left the family on their own. Those who left the family only care about their own affairs. They join the Night Wanderers just to seek shelter, and they don't even think about contributing to others. They won't do tiring work like sentry duty, and..."

V pointed at the camp and said, "This is just a temporary camp. We're going to move soon. You see, the people moving around in the camp are all on the move. In this situation, even some people who are forced to be sentries can't stay there anymore, because according to their minds, who knows if someone will move away and take their things in the chaos? They don't trust others."

"I see."

Only a real wanderer in the bad land can understand it.

Now that we understand the situation, it's time to start the mission.

“So, where is the goal?”

Oliver's Kirusu optical prosthetic eye began to scan the camp.

(End of this chapter)