Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 288 50. The Mann Team's Story

"The weapons have arrived."

On the seventh day after starting to take on missions again, the weapons V and his team needed were manufactured and delivered to the super skyscraper.

A total of six weapons were delivered, five neurotoxin knives and one thermal energy samurai sword that glows when charged.

The knife is easy to carry, and the one with neurotoxin is very suitable for anesthesia and dealing with enemies, so everyone in the team has one to carry at all times, and the thermal samurai sword is what V wants.

The ones who are most interested in melee weapons in the team are Oliver and V. What Oliver wants is the neurotoxin knife, which he has already got. He has no interest in the samurai sword, so as far as the samurai sword is concerned, V is the only one who can enjoy it.

After all, we can't let Jack, who activates the violent mode and swings his fists to hit people, the hacker T-BUG, and Carl who uses single molecule wires learn how to swing samurai swords and chop people.

This thing is not only inconvenient to carry, but it can also easily hurt yourself if you don't learn it well. Instead of spending time learning it, you might as well learn how to hide a portable revolver shotgun.

After inputting the security code, he pulled out the samurai sword from the second storage layer of the transport box. Looking at the samurai sword in his hand with an independent blade and the blade extending outside, V tried to press a hidden part on the handle. As he moved, there was a "buzz" sound, and the blade extending outside lit up with an orange-yellow light. Just by holding it in his hand, V could feel the scorching heat emanating from the blade.

"Thermal Katana. From the sound of it, it looks like a lightsaber."

Carl, sitting on the sofa, looked at the thermal samurai sword that lit up in V's hand. He felt like he was seeing a Night City warrior showing off his light blade.

"Would you like to try it? Although the top floor we rented doesn't have a shooting range or anything like that, there is still a gym. I remember there is an iron stake over there. Do you want to try to chop it?"

Carl suggested that the iron stake that was originally used by the gang owner to practice boxing and kicking was placed there. Normally, no one would touch it except Jack, so it was quite suitable to use it as a target for chopping.

"It's better not to damage your own things."

V shook his head and turned off the thermal charge. "Take a mission and find a job. I'll see if I can cut the whole car in half with one sword. I've seen the promotion before. In the video, a samurai faced an oncoming vehicle with a thermal samurai sword. He dodged the impact of the vehicle and then slashed the car in half from head to tail with one sword."

"In theory, if you have enough grip strength, the sword is made of good material and is sharp enough, plus a series of other conditions, you can do this, but I feel that kind of promotional video is more of an advertisement."

Oliver walked over with a piece of bread in his mouth, chewing and talking: "Nowadays, every company brags about how awesome their products are in their publicity, as if they are decades or even hundreds of years ahead of their peers, but in the end, what they get is just so-so."

"Like the Zeiss scope you bought before?"

Jack also came over with his breakfast bread. "I remember you complaining at that time that there was no improvement at all compared to the original."

"It would be a lie to say there is no improvement, but it is definitely not worth the price. Do you know how much I spent on the new scope? Almost 5,000 Euros! 5,000 Euros for a scope! In the end, it only makes the environmental readings connected to the visual nervous system clearer. This is just a crappy upgrade. When it is advertised everywhere, it is said to effectively increase the accuracy of shooting by 30% and prevent accidental interference. Screw it."

Speaking of Oliver, he is full of complaints. Being cheated when buying company products has become a common situation in today's era, but when it is his turn to be cheated, he is never happy.

"Look at it from a bright side. At least it didn't upgrade backwards, give you some messy unknown plug-ins, or require you to sign some agreement to allow connection."

Jack's words of comfort only led to Oliver's continued complaints: "If a scope can have so many functions, I think the technical content of the five thousand is worth it." "Okay, if you feel like you've lost a lot, then be more careful next time, like check the reviews or something?"

"You mean the one where all the bad reviews are blocked and only the good reviews that are controlled by the same company are displayed on the market?"

Seeing Jack choking on Oliver's comments and not knowing what to say, Carl spoke up:
"Don't worry, there won't be absolutely positive reviews. The rival company is much more anxious than us, and they are busy digging up negative information. For things like shopping, you have to look at the publicity and negative information of both the manufacturing company and the rival company together. Only in that way can you see things thoroughly. We don't understand, but how can the rival company not understand?"

"I'll do that next time."

Oliver finished his bread and sighed: "So, Carl, do you have any work today? I think we have finished all the work we have taken on recently."

"No, didn't you see that T-BUG is still asleep? She has no time to spare. But I did see some information about Mann and his men."

Carl said, looking at the information revealed by the old captain when chatting with him: "Mann and his team seem to be helping Faraday with military technology recently. According to the old captain's intelligence network, they are targeting Arasaka."

"Helping Faraday, working on military technology, targeting Arasaka?"

When hearing the name Faraday, Oliver frowned, and after Carl said the following words, Oliver and Jack both frowned, which made V, who was playing with the knife and looking over, very puzzled.

V looked at the appearance of Oliver and Jack, then looked at Carl: "I know about Mann and the others, but is there any problem with this?"

"how to say."

Carl thought about it, and told V about Faraday, and then also mentioned the related tasks and speculations that the team had done:
"I suspect it's a follow-up to the Cybernetic mission. Maybe Militech is still not satisfied after getting the information about Cybernetic and plans to rob Arasaka's related laboratories or products. After all, it involves Arasaka and Militech, and it's also related to Mann's team, that is, the Cybernetic mission."

"I remember that it was you, Carl, who shared that job with Mann and the others, right? And the person who took the job was Blanca?"

Jack said, and Carl nodded: "Faraday is a dog who works for military technology. He was also the middleman that Blanca first introduced to us. So if we think along these lines, it's easy to guess."

"And speaking of the last incident, our team was the only one exposed. If we are to be responsible for the robbery, the powerful Mann team is a good choice."

Oliver stroked his mustache and thought, "So, Carl, what are you going to do about this? Are Mann and the others in danger?"

"Not really. Although this kind of job was assigned by Faraday, it's no problem to rely on Mann and his team to do it. I just remembered this information from the old captain and told you about it."

What's more, these are just speculations. If a mercenary team did not accept the mission, but got involved in the mission of another mercenary team just because of a guess, even if the relationship between the two teams is good, it is not the case. They are all friends in this business and understand each other that Night City does not value peace and stability.

Carl, who was drinking milk and just treating this as a topic of conversation with friends in the morning, still thought about it a little in his heart.

"There can't be a real emergency."

(End of this chapter)