Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 163 22. Internal problems?

"The man in charge of the smuggling has agreed to meet with me."

Carl hung up the phone: "The appointment is at the back door of the logistics center. It's not far, we can just walk over. It seems that Oliver and I have done business before, so he is happy to talk to me about something."

Carr said as he saw Johnson take off his police uniform and pull out an Ajax rifle from the trunk of the police car.

[Military Technology M 251 S Ajax]: A kinetic assault rifle that is reliable and practical and can be used without months of training and high-end combat prostheses. It is the assault weapon of choice for soldiers around the world.

"With the Ajax rifle, Mr. Johnson?"

Carl remembered that the last time he met Johnson, his gun didn't seem to be this one.

"Thanks to you."

After inspecting the brand new rifle, Johnson said, "Now everyone on the team has a nice gun and can afford nice body armor, which allows me to use the embezzled money for myself."

"Is the NCPD so poor? They are corrupt and embezzle money. I remember you were collecting protection fees from street vendors, Mr. Johnson. How can you afford an Ajax rifle?"

Hearing Carl's words that seemed to look down on the Ajax rifle, Johnson wiped the Ajax rifle with his sleeve and said, "Don't look down on the Ajax. This is already the best gun in terms of price and quality."

"So you NCPD people care so much about the price-quality ratio?"

"It's brand new and costs almost 2,000 Euros. How can I not value it?"

As a sheriff, Johnson, who only earns a little a month, treasures the gun he got with great difficulty.

"I think as long as it can kill people, it's a good gun."

Carl took a few glances at the Ajax rifle in Johnson's hand. He had to say that from the appearance, the gun really looked like the real thing. It made Carl wonder whether he should get himself an assault rifle and put it in the trunk of the car.

The Nighthawk is quite good at close range, but as a pistol, its bullets cannot withstand long-range fire suppression and strafing. Carl had emptied his own armory for V and the others a few days ago, so it was time to buy some new stuff.

During the adaptation period of the prosthesis, if you want to enhance your strength, you need to get a better weapon.

You need an assault rifle, a shotgun, and a submachine gun.

Taking off his police uniform and walking on the road with an Ajax assault rifle, Johnson, with his authentic American face, looked a bit like a member of the Sixth Street Gang. In comparison, Carl, who was walking behind with a casual posture and no weapon on him, looked like a young master who was being led. Combined with Kenichi Shiro, who was following silently behind in a black suit like a bodyguard, the combination of the three really looked like a Sixth Street Gang leading a young master escorted by bodyguards to see the scenery.

Such a combination is undoubtedly very eye-catching. At least the contact person who was waiting behind the logistics center noticed them at a glance.

The contact person was not very old and looked about the same age as Oliver. According to Oliver, this man was a friend who grew up on the same street as him. However, one of them later went to Sixth Street to help others due to family reasons, while the other one went to school and got a good reputation, and became a manager of medium status in a logistics center.

"Who are these two?"

When the cargo was shipped to the Watson district, the contact person did not see Carl, but thanks to Carl's reputation, the contact person was very familiar with Carl's appearance. He did not expect that Carl brought two people with him, and those two people were not Oliver and their companion named Jack.

"This is Sergeant Johnson from the NCPD. My friend, we're here to investigate something together."

"NCPD?!"

Hearing the letters "NCPD", the contact person showed obvious panic. For people like them who transport goods secretly, NCPD is still very intimidating, but when he saw Carl's expression, he understood something.

After that, he looked around, then looked at Johnson who was standing behind Carl, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Your people?"

"Uh my friend."

"I understand."

The contact nodded, revealing a relieved look: "It's OK as long as he's your 'friend'. I understand. I have friends like that too."

Having said that, the contact person looked at Kenichi Shiro, and Carl continued the introduction: "The person from the Dangerous Girl Agency is my current part-time boss." "The person from the Dangerous Girl Agency is a detective?"

The contact person did not see any threat from Kenichi Shiro, who was standing behind Carl and had a low presence. Instead, he paid attention to the word "detective": "I remember the detectives in Dangerous Girls, weren't they all beautiful girls with cat ears?"

"Are you Night City locals so knowledgeable? When you mention it, you always mention the cat-eared pretty girl. No, it's the security personnel. Anyway, that's it."

Carl felt that if he continued talking like this, it would get back to the issue of the uncle's detective side, so he simply explained the whole thing to Oliver's friends.

"That is, the cat-eared beautiful girl detective disappeared while monitoring someone, and the target of the monitoring died in the city center. Fresh pig bones were found at the scene of his dismemberment."

The contact person understood the reason why Carl came to him, and he frowned deeply.

"That's strange."

"Strange?"

"Well, because we only transported two pigs this time, and you bought one, and the other is still stored in the cold storage. You said there are fresh pig bones with no signs of freezing. Could it be that there are other smugglers in this area?"

“Have you ever met other smugglers?”

"I haven't seen it recently. After all, if you want to smuggle real meat, you have to go through a lot of trouble. It's not that easy. We are able to do this because of the connections passed down from our fathers. It's impossible for ordinary outsiders to get involved in this, I'm sure."

Listening to the contact's solemn words, Carl seemed to realize something.

"If that's the case, there's only one possibility."

"A possibility?"

"Can you take me to where you store the pork?"

"You mean the stored pork?"

The contact person understood what Karl meant and frowned: "But those who know the storage location of the real meat in the logistics center warehouse are all our own people."

"Just think of it as me coming here to buy it."

Not wanting to embarrass Oliver's friend, Carl transferred 10,000 Euros directly to the contact person.

"If the pig was still there, just treat me as a guest and I would buy it directly."

Taking people to see the smuggled goods may make it difficult for the contact person. After all, if the other people who are doing this together know about it, it will be difficult for him to explain. But if it is to bring guests, it is another matter. As for real meat, the contact person is responsible for it and has the right to trade. He can completely take Carl and others as guests to inspect the goods.

"It feels so good."

The contact person, surprised by Carl's generosity, did not hesitate for too long. He quickly led the way for this reasonable request.

"Let's go over there now."

We will know if there is a problem inside if we go and take a look.

　ps. Today's topic, the Edgewalker board game sets David's prosthesis as an experimental model of Apogee (not a prototype), and the board game setting is 250,000 euros. The experiment is exactly the same as what I set. What a coincidence, it seems that my prediction is right. The only problem is that this military prosthesis setting has been modified by Arasaka technicians

　　But this does fit in with the explanation of why the lieutenant in my novel suddenly went crazy. It all fits in. It all fits in. Everything is destined (I am sure)

　　For the translation of the board game and information about Mann's team, you can go to the 2077 forum and read the translation post by the moderator Yuechu.

　　If you are too lazy to read, or don't use the post bar, let me know, I will probably popularize PS later
　　By the way, do you have any recommendations for rifles, shotguns, or submachine guns?
　　

(End of this chapter)