Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 24 Why is it the Whirlpool Gang again?

"You came."

"I am coming."

In fact, he really wanted to say something like "You shouldn't have come" or something like that, but Carl felt that his boss, a dog in the corporate world, would not understand this kind of conversation, so he stopped talking after saying hello.

The second time he met his employer, compared to the previous quick encounter, he only felt that she was overbearing. Now Karl had extra time to observe this employer.

This employer was wearing makeup when they first met, and although she looked pretty, Karl was attracted by the 100,000 yuan salary she mentioned before he could observe her more closely, so he actually didn't observe the employer's appearance carefully. Now, after a closer look, this employer looks to be about 23 or 24 years old, with well-developed facial features, high eyebrows, deep eyes, short black hair, black pupils, and dark skin. Upon closer inspection, it is a southern European face, to be precise, the facial features of the area of ​​Spain and Italy, which is the so-called Latin face.

Carl was actually a little face-blind to white people, but he could still distinguish races based on facial features. However, he did not find his employer's very distinctive appearance strange in Night City.
After all, America is a country of immigrants, and Night City is the meeting point of various races on the West Coast. In Night City, let alone seeing a corporate dog with Latin features, Carl would not be surprised even if he saw an Indian descendant who called himself a Mohawk. After all, the so-called Mohawk is a hairstyle unique to that race, and it is very popular in Night City.

The employer seemed to be waiting for something, and was not ready to take action even if she waited for Carl. She stood downstairs of the Wuyan Motel, and did not look conspicuous, because without makeup and a suit, the employer, who was only wearing a black coat, was prettier than the girls standing on the street, and there was nothing surprising about her. Instead, Carl's appearance and mercenary attire attracted a lot of attention. However, after seeing someone next to him, most of the girls passing by did not have the intention to strike up a conversation. Even if some girls walked halfway, they were forced back by the employer's cold gaze.

The silence between Carl and his employer lasted for a while, and then the employer seemed to be trying to relieve her boredom, or to let the next bodyguard know more about her, so she said: "My name is Blanca, you can call me that in your future operations."

Blanca is a very common Spanish name, which means white and pure. In Carl's memory, in the 13th century, there was a French queen from Castile with the same name. But comparing this name with a person...
Carl looked at Blanca, who was dressed in black, and thought about the meaning of her name, and it felt completely the opposite.

"For the mission later, you just need to protect my safety. Watch less and talk less. I don't need you to get involved in related matters. Even if you hear something, forget it. I think you should be able to do this, right?"

In response to this, Carl chose to nod silently, showing that he was really taciturn. He was not Oliver, and he didn't talk that much normally.

But he chose to remain silent, while the employer kept talking, her feet constantly shifting the center of gravity on the ground, as if to relieve tension: "The number of people on the other side should be around ten in a moment. If the negotiation fails, I will make a hair-flicking gesture. When you see this gesture, you will kill the person who is talking to me on the other side, and then cover me to leave there. Do you understand?"

"Ah."

Carl silently wrote down the information. There were ten enemies, and they asked him to kill them by lifting their hair. He was also required to protect the NPC (employer) and the reward was 50,000.

Very easy to remember.

Carl would not ask Blanca why, as a company employee, she could only negotiate things alone and had to hire mercenaries like himself as bodyguards, because such things were not important. Whether Blanca had no one to trust in the company or it was just her personal matter and had nothing to do with the company, Carl did not care.

He only cared about how many enemies there were, whether they could be killed, and how much the reward was. As long as he had this information, Carl felt that he could do the job. Well, if there was any additional information, it would be where the enemy was.

Blanca looked at Carl, who seemed quite calm and didn't take the ten people opposite him seriously at all. Just as she was about to say something about precautions, a black 'Sky Hera EC-D I360' stopped on the road in front of them.

[Sky Hera EC-D I360]: The first model of the Hera series. Because it is so durable, easy to repair and economical, the Sky Company that manufactured it almost went bankrupt. At the same time, this also made the subsequent Sky Board of Directors understand a truth: product quality can be excellent, but not too good. This vehicle, which was first produced in 2023, is outdated in today's era, but there are still many owners who prefer it and continue to modify it. It can still be seen on the streets of Night City.

Like Oliver's Sky Quartz EC-L R275, it is a product of Sky Company. This type of car is generally used by the middle class and lower class people. It is a representative of durability and affordability.

As Carl and Blanca watched, the rear door of the Hera EC-D I360 was opened. The back seat was empty, facing Carl and Blanca, as if inviting them to sit in.

Carl felt that the breathing of his employer beside him became heavier.

It seems that this is the car that will pick them up.

It's pretty good, better than squeezing into a two-seater. In Oliver's car, Carl always had to squeeze together with the strong man Jack. It became even more uncomfortable after Jack changed into subdermal armor. He couldn't stand it anymore.

The employer walked towards the car, and Carl immediately followed closely. After entering the car and sitting in the seat, Carl saw the person sitting in the main driver's seat turning around with his head shining red. Oh, to be precise, it was the driver who turned around and looked at him with his eight artificial eyes shining red.

This was really too iconic, a posture that changed his entire face beyond recognition, and Carl sighed inwardly.

Sure enough, it’s the Uzumaki Gang again, a group of modified psychopaths who don’t consider themselves human beings. They are old acquaintances.

I'm tired of killing. Can't I change my target?

No one knew what Carl was thinking. After the driver of the Vortex Gang confirmed the identities of the two people, he turned around, and the car started. The two people drove towards the northern industrial area of ​​Watson District, which was the most important place where the Vortex Gang was entrenched.

It seems that, in addition to the initial evidence against this employer, the Uzumaki Gang has something else in its hands.

(End of this chapter)