Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 152 11. Target and Exoskeleton
"Kacha."

After breaking the neck of a nightwalker who was facing away from him, Carl sent a message on the team communication: "We have successfully entered the cave and the enemy has been eliminated."

"I'm fine here too."

At the same time as Carl took action, V also broke the neck of a night-wandering ghost in the cave.

"This should be the last one in the cave."

"I hope the Night Wanderer won't react so quickly and go back to the cave to check the situation."

Carl said, nodding at V who was not far away. The task of the two of them was to enter the cave and rescue possible targets, while Jack and another wanderer with a Crusher shotgun would stay at the entrance of the cave, ready to block the night ghosts from entering the cave. Finally, Oliver with a cat-shaped gun and a wanderer with a Saratoga submachine gun would provide support outside and coordinate the attack from both inside and outside at the critical moment.

This division was decided after a little discussion, and it was a reasonable allocation, but it felt really good when it was actually implemented.
Carl could only say that it was very comfortable.

V understood without him saying anything, and cooperated with him to complete the infiltration perfectly. When breaking and twisting the person's neck, they acted together without any communication.

"You have great skills. I think you can do great things if you become a mercenary in the future."

V shook his head at Carl's words: "Right now I just want to be a wanderer running freely in the bad land. This is quite free."

"Being a mercenary is actually quite free. If you have nowhere to go in the future, you can consider it. Our team welcomes talented people to join us."

"Nowhere to go?"

Listening to Carl's seemingly ordinary words, which somehow sounded like very firm words, V thought about it and gave an uncertain answer: "When the time comes, I will consider this kind of thing."

The atmosphere in the family is really not that good now, otherwise they wouldn't come out to look for work. If they really can't elect a qualified family leader, the family will split, or join some snake nation. V himself is actually not sure what he can do at that time.

Maybe by that time, it would be nice to be a mercenary.

"Click."

Just as Carl and V walked inside, they heard a strange sound coming from deeper inside the cave. It sounded like heavy machinery was stepping on the ground.

This strange sound made Carl's hair stand on end, because he was very sensitive to this kind of sound. The last time he encountered it was during an escort mission.

This is the sound of huge mechanical feet stepping on the ground.

"boom!"

Just as Carl made a vigilant move, a ball of fire exploded in the darkness deep in the cave in front of him. Then, under the gaze of Carl and V, a humanoid mechanical structure nearly two meters and three meters tall walked out of the fire.

The humanoid mechanical structure was assembled from a bunch of messy parts. It had a rotary machine gun installed on its left hand and a long sword on its right hand. Below the long sword was a flamethrower.

Looking into the structure through the gaps between the parts, one can see a middle-aged man with messy hair and greasy clothes, who is surrounded by machines and controlling something. When he sees Carl and V, his expression becomes visibly excited.

"You bastards of the Night Wandering Ghost, you are dead!"

Damn, this guy’s face looks familiar through the gap. Could he be the target of the mission who needs to be rescued?

Is the thing he is wearing an assembled exoskeleton? How on earth did he make this thing under the nose of the night walker? It's almost as big as a medium-sized ACPA!

Do you think you are some genius inventor kidnapped by terrorists!

Carl was about to explain that he came to save him, but this military technology engineer was obviously imprisoned and tortured by too many night ghosts. When he saw Carl and V, he had already pulled the trigger of the revolving machine gun.

“Damn it!” Carl could only dodge and start shouting: “We are mercenaries who have accepted a commission and are here to help you! We are here to help you!”

"You are a bunch of night-wandering bastards, and you still want to deceive me!"

It would have been better if Carl hadn't said anything. After he said it, the engineer was obviously touched by something. The bullet followed Carl's dodged trajectory and said, "You used this trick to trick me once. Do you really think I'm a fool?"

"You are such an idiot!"

He sprayed back without hesitation, and rolled to a steel machine in a cave. Feeling the crackling sound of bullets hitting the other side of the steel machine, Carl did not forget to yell at V: "He is the target, be careful, don't kill him."

"I can't kill them even if I want to. Is this ACPA?"

Similarly, the cat was already numb after being put on a mechanical device. What the hell was this? Was it really that stimulating?

"It's just an exoskeleton. Okay, I admit, it's a little big, but it's really just an exoskeleton. We have to find a way to shut it down and make this half-crazy guy talk properly."

“That has to be possible.”

The gunshots in the cave obviously attracted the attention of the night ghosts outside the cave. A few seconds later, gunshots were also heard outside the cave. It seemed that Jack and his men were also in a fight.

"This is the first time I've been tricked by a target that needs to be rescued. The kidnappers beat me, and the target also beat me. Does this mission make sense?"

Carl complained, but he had to think about whether there was any way to stop him from going crazy while ensuring that the target's hands and feet were not missing.

I can’t think of it for now. Finally, I’ll try the civilized approach.

"We really are here to rescue you. We are here on behalf of a middle-aged man with blue eyes."

"What blue-eyed middle-aged man? I don't know you. Do you still want to deceive me? Do you think I, a top military technology engineer, am an idiot? I will kill you!"

"I'm KK, do you know me? If not, Blanca, I know Blanca in your company!"

"KK, who, haven't you heard of Blanca, the new bitch in the Operations Department? I was wondering why my route was leaked this time, it turns out it was her doing. You bunch of night wanderers are actually her people. When I get out, I'm going to kill her!"

Even more popular.

Okay, so he is Blanca’s enemy.

There is no other way. I have tried to reason with him, but he won’t listen. So I can only use another way of reasoning.

Carl took a deep breath and rushed out of the shelter.

"Throw something over here to cover me, V, I'm going to lift it."

He only said this, but V already understood what he was going to do.

"You're such a lunatic, KK!"

V also came out of the bunker, took out a grenade from his waist, pulled out the pin, and threw it towards KK.

"Got it!"

　ps. This goal is actually an Easter egg in the game, an Easter egg of a genius inventor
　　
　
(End of this chapter)