Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 289 51. Daino's Bar

"Are you interested in a job, KK?"

After breakfast, Carl, who was planning to go out to see Mewtwo, received a call from the middleman Deino Tinovic.

"Daino."

Hearing this familiar voice, Carl recognized his identity and information about him flashed through his mind.

[Daino Tinovich]: The most famous middleman in the downtown area, and also the bassist of the 'Gloryhole Bandits' band. There is no one in the whole Night City who doesn't know him. If you need something, he will be your best and most intimate friend. Of course, as long as you can afford the necessary 'friendship fee'.

Regarding the middleman Dino, Carl also received tasks from him in the past two months because of his reputation. Generally speaking, the cooperation between the two sides is good. Carl's team has enough capabilities and Dino has enough money. After several tasks, the foundation for long-term cooperation has been laid. Now it is nothing special that Dino sent a message to Carl early in the morning to tell him that there is a task.

"You asked me to come over to discuss something so early in the morning? Where should I go? Can't we talk over the commuter line?"

"Although I can send you the attachment, it's not good to leave any traces. You'd better come here. I'll tell you in person that the client is very generous and the content of the work is very exciting. Only your team can do it. It's best to come quickly. It doesn't matter if you come alone or with the whole team. Let's talk about something. I'll wait for you in my bar. Don't make me beg you."

After saying this, Daino hung up the call, leaving Carl holding the phone, confused.

Mysterious.

This group of middlemen.

Shaking his head, Carl was attracted by the words "generous" and "explosive" that Daino mentioned.

Without mentioning other things, in terms of middleman style, Dino is different from the old captain's boastful and disrespectful middleman. He said that generosity and explosiveness are often more exciting in reality than he described. In other words, the money and the content of the matter will be beyond expectations, and Carl will never refuse challenging tasks that can earn large sums of money.

"If we want to talk about something, I can go alone, but who among you wouldn't mind giving me a ride?"

Carl put away his cell phone. He had been playing it loudly after talking to Dai Nuo about work, so his companions who were lying down after breakfast could hear it. Carl wanted a driver to accompany him.

"I have to go to my mother's place later."

Jack was the first to refuse. He said to Carl apologetically, "Carl, if you decide to take this kind of job, just tell me. I have to go back today to help my mother deal with the bar business."

"What happened? Do you need help? If it's something particularly important, then the job is not urgent."

"It's nothing serious. The wine just arrived, so I went to help move it into the warehouse and look after the store. Pepi happened to be on leave today, so there's not much people watching over the bar."

Pepi is the bartender of the Wild Wolf Bar, and Carl is familiar with him. If he is not there, there will indeed be a lack of staff.

Carl nodded in understanding and looked at Oliver, who had just taken off his headset and was sweating profusely, and shook his head to refuse: "No matter what I say today, you have to master the difficulty of the training chip. Accept the mission, it's up to you to decide."

Difficulty of training chips
Carl was a little speechless when he saw Oliver put on the headset again after he finished speaking. The difficulty of the training chip was 24 times when Oliver first cleared it. After V joined the team, Oliver asked V to try this difficulty level just to join in the fun. As a result, V cleared it in one try, just like Jack. Even compared to Jack, who had a thrilling clearance, it was considered easy. This shocked Oliver, who had originally prepared to watch the show with his popcorn. As a result, he began to worry about this. He had to train himself to pass the level easily like V, and now he starts to toss whenever he has free time.

"Then you practice."

T-BUG is still resting in the team, Jack and Oliver are both busy, so the remaining one is.
"V, are you interested in being a driver?"

V nodded indifferently when invited by Carl. Then he thought of something and asked, "Which car should we drive over? Hera is still in the repair shop for repairs. Do you want to drive my car?"

"Is it your car?"

Carl thought of the extremely valuable 'Thunderbolt Galina Viper' that was parked in the underground garage. It was originally disassembled into parts, but later V got rich and bought new parts and put them back together. It felt okay.

"Then let's go. You haven't run around the city since you assembled it, so today is a good time to go for a walk."

"I thought Carl you would refuse because of the two-seater."

"Your car is okay. At least I've enjoyed the breeze on the roof before."

Recalling his experience of eating sand, Carl and V took the now well-maintained exclusive rooftop elevator all the way down to the second floor of the underground garage. After getting in the car, V started the Viper in the driver's seat. With the engine sound that was much better than before, V turned his head and asked Carl: "Where is that Dino's bar?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, this is your first time accepting a mission from Daino. But it's actually my first time going there too, I just know the address."

Carl pulled out the single-molecule wire and connected it to the vehicle, then set a location on the Night City map of the vehicle navigation.

"It's a small bar at the entrance of a small alley in the city center. The location is quite tricky. Okay, it's settled. Let's go directly there V."

"A wealthy middleman in the city center, staying at a small bar?"

V thought that those middlemen who were so arrogant every day were either living in a villa in North Oak District or a penthouse suite.

"Sometimes, your own territory makes you feel more at ease."

Carl and V chatted all the way. Since they lived on Little Down Street in Watson District, which was not far from the city center, they soon arrived at Daino's bar. They parked the car and walked into the alley. The entrance to the bar where Daino, the most famous middleman in the city center, stayed, was just a small iron door that was 70 centimeters wide and looked a bit crowded.

“This is the smallest bar I’ve ever been in.”

Carl turned his head and spoke to V behind him, then moved the iron gate sideways. Then, as the iron gate opened, a burly black man standing at the door looked over. He was wearing a white T-shirt, sunglasses and a baseball cap. He looked like a bar security guard.

　ps. I finally figured out how to put illustrations in chapters, so you don’t need to post them in the comments section.

　　
　
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