Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 23 1. Rest day mission
"so boring."

Carl sat at the bar of the Wild Wolf Bar and complained to Jack's mother, Mrs. Wells: "We can't get any commissions, Mrs. Wells. If this continues, we will starve to death."

"No need to worry so much Carl."

Mrs. Wells smiled and handed over a plate of French fries: "It's good to have some free time, come and try my latest French fries."

"Oh, is that what you said was sprinkled with salt and pepper?"

Looking at Carl, who was just depressed but became lively in a second because of French fries, Oliver and Jack, who were sitting at another seat at the bar, felt a little helpless.

Their team has been formed for a week, and during this period they have taken on five missions here and there. During this period, they have gained a deeper understanding of Carl's personality. Now, if Oliver and Jack are asked to give an evaluation of Carl, they will use the Chinese word that Carl taught them to describe Carl without hesitation.

'Looking for trouble.'

This is not to say that Carl likes to find excuses to cause trouble, but Oliver and Jack understood it literally. To put it simply, Carl cannot sit still. After completing a mission, he only thinks about moving on to the next one. He doesn't know how to rest and relax at all.

When other mercenaries take an order and the reward is good, they will rest for ten days or half a month after completing the mission before they are willing to take the next order. But Carl is different. When he is finishing the last mission, he is already thinking about how to take the next one. He is just like a mission-taking machine.

Oliver and Jack didn't mean that Carl was looking for trouble. Thanks to Carl's crazy acceptance of tasks, Oliver and Jack's abilities have improved a lot, and their wallets are getting fatter day by day. This is naturally very gratifying, but people are not machines after all, and they also need necessary rest, otherwise they would not have pulled Carl to sit at the bar for a drink today.

"Stop looking so sad and have a drink."

Seeing Carl happily eating French fries, Oliver toasted Jack.

"Anyway, according to Carl, once we become famous enough to take on middleman tasks, he will pick and choose the tasks. The worst that can happen is that we can just hold on until then."

"I'm not complaining about having too many missions. We are mercenaries after all, so it's better to have missions than no missions. I'm just wondering, can these small missions we do really become famous one day and attract the attention of the middlemen?"

"You want a big job, Jack? Like the first order?"

"This person must have something to look forward to. If he can earn 30,000 or 40,000 euros, then it would be worth dying for."

Heywood's children always talk about death casually. Normally, when they are on a mission outside, only Carl will complain about it, but today is different.

"Jack!"

Mrs. Wells stared.

"Oh, sorry, Mom."

Jack realized that he shouldn't have said these words casually in front of his mother and apologized quickly. He said that this kind of words was a subconscious habit he had formed when he was with Carl and Oliver, and he couldn't change it for a while.

"You'd better stop saying such things, Jack."

As Oliver was speaking, he received an unexpected communication from his sister.

Originally, when his sister contacted him, she said that she would be able to return to Night City in two days, but then she kept saying that she had something else to do and delayed it. Now that she has finally returned, she wants to see her brother.

"Then I'll go first."

After saying hello and goodbye to Carl, Jack and Mrs. Wells, Oliver left first. After being kicked out of the Sixth Street Gang, he couldn't go back to St. Domingo if he didn't want to cause trouble, but it was okay for his sister to come to Watson District. He planned to pick up his sister and go out for dinner. Not long after Oliver left, Jack also had something to do. His current girlfriend, Misty, who was also Lao Wei's landlord, wanted to go shopping with him. After sending a private message to Carl to explain, Jack also made up a random reason to his mother and left. His mother liked Jack's ex-girlfriend more than his current girlfriend. Jack didn't want his mother to know that he was going on a date.

In a short period of time, Carl was the only one left in the three-person team who had a rare break, eating French fries at the bar.

What can he do?
One of his teammates went with his sister, and the other went with his girlfriend. What could he do?
Come on.

I should just go home and learn about hacking or watch Mewtwo. At least that thing has proven that it can really help with learning.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Mrs. Wells."

After finishing his fries and leaving the Wild Wolf Bar to walk along the streets of Haywood, Carl suddenly realized something very important.

Oliver, who was driving the car to pick someone up, left. How could he get back to Watson District?

subway?

But I have never sat on it before, so I am not familiar with it.

Forget it.

Let’s take a taxi.

Just as Carl was about to call a taxi, he received a phone call.

Oh, an acquaintance. Isn’t this the big order client who said he would only use the phone once? Why is he using it again?

Even if you are a company dog, you still have to answer the phone, after all, the other party is really generous with the money.

"drop."

"I have a mission here. I need someone to be my bodyguard and accompany me to negotiate. The price is 50,000 Euros per person. If you want to pick me up, please meet me at the Wuyan Motel in Watson District in an hour."

He hung up right after saying that, without giving Karl a chance to say anything more. He was very arrogant.

Fine.

It's just 50,000 euros after all. It doesn't matter if he's arrogant. He's the client, so just do the work.

Carl thought about it and decided not to disturb Oliver and Jack who were both busy. It was a rare day for them to rest and be with their family and girlfriends, so he shouldn't send them messages saying that he was going to do a mission and make them worry. Otherwise, according to their personalities, they might drop their current things and come secretly to cover him.

It's a good opportunity for me to try out the prosthetic body that I just modified at Lao Wei's place yesterday.

These days, except for the money used to buy Mewtwo and learn hacking, Carl spent all the money from completing tasks on yesterday's transformation.

Feeling the strange sensation in his arms, Carl shook his arms and pressed the Arasaka technical pistol 'JKE-X 2 Kenshin' on his waist.

The so-called technical pistol is a pistol that uses electromagnetic energy to propel all-metal ammunition to a very high speed and is used to penetrate bunkers or walls. Ordinary subcutaneous armor is as fragile as paper in front of it. This is also the pistol that Carl bought at a high price after experiencing his previous experience. Now, it is time to use it together with the modification of his arm.

(End of this chapter)