Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 266 28. Famous or?

“So awesome—”

"V why are you the same as Oliver."

Looking at V who was standing at the open car door, looking down and starting to yell, Carl complained about this rather childish behavior.

"You know nothing. This is called ambition! Come on, V, do you want to try to control it? I'll give you the authority."

Oliver was quite happy to see V's reaction was exactly the same as his. As a car lover, he enthusiastically invited V to try driving the hovercraft. As for his words, Carl could only say:
"That's not how you describe your ambition."

The excited people didn't pay attention to Carl's confusion about Chinese idioms. V listened to Oliver's words, turned around and sat down next to Carl, stared at the column in the middle of the car, and asked Oliver:
“Is the connection here?”

"I'll disconnect first, you try to connect, I tell you, it's guaranteed to be fun."

"Watch out for the fuel"

Seeing the two of them playing with it like a new toy, taking turns to control it, Carl suddenly remembered something and looked at V: "Speaking of which, V, is your car broken? I saw you parked it on the side of the road."

"There's something wrong with the engine, an old problem. After all, I put the car together."

Thinking of his own car, V's excitement about being able to control the hovercraft eased a little: "But now, I don't know how to deal with it."

V was talking about the fact that Carl and his friends came to pick him up in a hovercraft. Originally, V thought that Carl and his friends would pick him up in a normal car, so that he could drive his car to Night City, where he might be able to use it. But in this situation, sitting in this fast hovercraft, V couldn't let Carl and his friends wait for him to repair the car and accompany him slowly on the journey to Night City.

"Small things."

Jack thought of a solution for this: "You assembled this car by yourself, right? You must know how to disassemble it. Although it's not worth much, it's still a car you assembled yourself, so it has some commemorative value. We'll go down and disassemble your car and bring up the parts. We can discard the scrapped parts and use the usable ones. Then we can go back to Night City and buy a new one and assemble it again."

"I think this is a good idea. When you go to Night City, you can have your own car to drive."

Oliver agreed with Jack's idea: "I'll introduce you to a parts store when the time comes. I know the owner there and can give you a discount."

"Can you dismantle the car and put it in here and move it back?"

V looked at the luxurious decoration inside the floating car, then thought about his own car, and had an indescribable feeling.

Using luxury cars to transport garbage?
"Will this make the car dirty or something?"

When V came up, he already knew that the car was borrowed by Carl, so he was a little worried that if the interior was dirty, Carl would have to pay for it or something.

"do not worry about it."

Carl waved his hand indifferently. Kenichi Shiro had already explained when he gave him the car that day that as long as he didn't drive it to the roof of the Military Technology Building and crash it, so that the people from the Military Technology Department could read the data about his whereabouts in the car, Carl could do whatever he wanted. Anyway, Kenichi Shiro had a whole floor for cars like this, and there was also a special parking lot.

Compared to vehicle damage or something, what Carl cares more about is actually time.

When handing over the car, Kenichi Shiro emphasized once again that it had to be returned within ten days.

The first time it was probably just a casual remark, but if it was said twice, then there must be other meaning behind it.

Mr. Kenichi Shiro is obviously not a person who cares about cars, so the meaning of this ten days is
'There may be someone in the city who needs you within ten days. Remember to pick them up within ten days.'

What will happen in ten days?

Carl thought as he sat in the slowly descending hovercraft.

Meanwhile in Night City, Mann's team, which had just finished hiding and was back to work, received a call from a middleman they hadn't contacted for a long time. "Faraday?"

Hearing the steady voice of the middle-aged man on the other end of the line, Mann frowned instinctively, but still maintained his normal attitude and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I have a job for you to do."

There is a living Faraday.

Now in the middleman circle of Night City, Faraday's reputation is not very good. Although his original reputation in the circle was not very good, a middleman who is qualified to entrust a mercenary team as famous as Carl's team, but because of greed for money, Carl's team is unwilling to take the job, and thus the two sides no longer cooperate. In this case, the mercenaries who receive the job from Faraday will always be nervous.

How dare you take a job from a middleman who doesn't even cooperate with Carl's team and won't take any more jobs?
It was probably this kind of thinking that gradually weakened the connection between Mann and Faraday. Unexpectedly, Faraday came to Mann just when he started to take work again.

Although Mann was a little apprehensive about Faraday's current job, there were no major problems with the relationship between the two parties. Considering the past relationship, Mann hesitated for a while before finally asking, "What kind of job is it?"

Mann held onto the idea that if life wasn't right, then he would just refuse.

Faraday on the other end of the line didn't seem to notice Mann's hesitation. He said slowly, "Remember the job you got from Carl?"

'Cyborg.'

Mann realized what Faraday was talking about almost instantly.

The incident was no longer a secret because of the involvement of Arasaka personnel. What Faraday meant by saying this now is
Have the military technology personnel behind Faraday obtained more detailed information about Arasaka's "Cyborg"?

This job is not easy.
Mann knew that no one would have an easy time doing a job that involved a struggle between two companies. At the beginning, there was no intelligence and everything was going smoothly, but in the end an accident happened, which attracted the special operations personnel of Arasaka. If it weren't for Carl and the others, it would have been very difficult for him to get away.

Now it is another job like this, and unlike before, Arasaka has all the intelligence on them. Under this circumstance, they are doing another mission like this.

Mann wanted to refuse in his heart, but what Faraday said next made his refusal stay in his throat.

"You want to become a legend in Night City, right Mann? So, how far are you from Carl now?"

How far is it from Carl?
Faraday continued:

"Even Carl isn't considered a legend in Night City now. Are you willing to be an ordinary mercenary for the rest of your life? If you succeed in this deal, your fame will resound throughout Night City."

Legend listened to this extremely tempting word that basically every mercenary is pursuing like a moth to a flame. After swallowing, Mann was about to say something, but Faraday only left one sentence and then hung up the phone.

"Think about it carefully, Mann. Think about why you want to become a mercenary. Think about the current achievements of Carl and others who debuted after you. Are they famous or unknown? It's your choice. I'll be waiting for your answer in the next few days."

Communication ends.

Mann remained silent, staring at the black communication interface.

Faraday's words were a trap.

Deliberately luring him into the trap.

Mann knew.

But the famous
Which mercenary can say that he doesn't want to be Morgan's black hand?

(End of this chapter)