Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 318 80. Dawn
The moment he saw the military technology, everything instantly became clear in David's mind, and then he shouted out a person's name in anger.

"Faraday!"

Even at the last moment before seeing the military technology convoy, David simply thought that this job was just a leak in Faraday's intelligence. All the reasons and dangers were only due to Faraday's incompetence. This was just a failed cooperation. He originally thought so. Until now, when he saw that the disguise did not even intend to disguise, as if they had already taken over their and Arasaka's military technology, David realized that the job their team had taken on, as well as everything about the intelligence, was a trap from the beginning.

Faraday was not without intelligence, and he was also aware that there was actually no Cyborg in Arasaka's mission. Faraday knew everything. He knew that Arasaka had set an ambush, and he also knew that there was no Cyborg in this mission. The purpose of his giving intelligence to David and Mann this time was to use the mercenaries as bait and let the mercenaries die!
Knowing that Arasaka had an ambush, Faraday let the mercenaries who were unaware of the truth fall into the trap and die in order to eliminate the ambush force of Arasaka. Then he let the military technology personnel he really relied on behind the scenes to clean up the mess and take the credit. This was Faraday's purpose!

Not only Arasaka's action of destroying military technology can be considered a great achievement, but also the action of destroying Arasaka on the military technology side can be considered a great achievement, not to mention that an entire Arasaka fleet is involved here. No middle-level personnel in military technology can refuse this achievement.

David knew very well that Faraday was one of the rare middlemen on the street who followed the company's lead. He might have already discussed with the military technology personnel behind him about the reward he would receive after this job. Whether it was a high-ranking position in the company or a large amount of euros, it was obviously enough for him to sell out these worthless mercenaries.

To a man like Faraday, mercenaries, even long-term mercenaries, are nothing more than pawns that can be used to gain benefits at any time. At the beginning, he even dared to use a team like Carl's team, which obviously had unlimited potential, at will, not to mention that he was just in Mann.

"To him, we are nothing more than fools who have been blinded by the word 'legend'!"

David gritted his teeth.

But even he, even Mann, even these stupid people who couldn't see the situation clearly, as ridiculous as the phantom bubbles in a dream chasing the sun, they all had real dreams!
Faraday, with his indifference, the deepest indifference that penetrates into the darkness of Night City, insulted David and Mann, two people who are now pursuing their dreams.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Feeling the passage of time getting faster and faster, when Swanwestin was about to be unable to bear it and reached his limit, David raised his hand.

David had a gun in his hand.

A gun that Carl had handed to him personally when he first ventured into the darkness.

David remembered the name of the gun that Carl was using now. The gun was called End of Night, which meant to end the night.

Then now!
"If you can hit it, then, from now on, I will call you Dawn. Hit it for me!"

As the speed gradually recovered and time passed quickly, Mann saw David pointing a gun at him.

He understood what was going on almost instantly, and without hesitation, he tightened his legs and quickened his pace as he rushed towards David.

Mann believed that his trusted companions and teammates could help him resolve the danger.

"It's up to you, David!"

Gunfire rang out.

"boom!"

As the flames and explosions surged from behind, Mann, who was rushing forward, tilted his body, staggered, and fell forward, about to hit his face on the ground.

But at this last moment, when those bright eyes were buried in the soil and before they stepped into the dust, Mann stepped one foot firmly on the ground in a half-squatting position.

Mann did not fall.

The rocket that exploded prematurely only caused his body to tilt, but it was unable to shake the big man.

The strong man still stood, standing in the sunlight. "Here I come, David."

After escaping from the life-and-death crisis, there was no trace of panic on Mann's face, nor any trace of worry or fear that came after realization. All he had on his face was a smile, a brilliant smile.

"You did a great job saving my life."

Mann's feet are still strong, and he is still moving forward on his own path.

The rockets fired by Militech at Mann did not stop. The Militech personnel were not going to let anyone go except themselves.

All the Arasaka people must die, and the two baits, Mann and David, must also be dealt with as Arasaka personnel.

This is not just a matter of the credit of two more Arasaka personnel, but also of Faraday's reputation, which cannot be destroyed for the time being.

Middlemen like Faraday are still somewhat useful to the people in Military Technology. Faraday can assist the internal personnel of Military Technology to deal with some matters that they are not convenient to deal with in person, and can provide them with a large number of street scapegoats and baits at any time. Obviously, he is a very convenient tool;

Today, although the reputation of this tool in terms of rewards has been slightly damaged, it still has value to continue to be used and has not yet reached the point of being discarded. In this case, it is natural to wipe it off and continue to use it.

There is still some difference between a middleman who is just greedy for the reward and a middleman who blatantly uses mercenaries as bait and scapegoats. Most of the mercenaries may come from the streets, so there are not many smart ones. But no matter how stupid they are, it is still clear that they are blatantly seeking their deaths.

When the rocket flew again, David and Mann had already reached the edge of the cliff.

The cliff below the cave was not high. David and Mann just took a quick look down and then jumped down.

Amid the roar of explosions and falling debris on the cliff, David looked at Mann:
"What should we do now, Mann?"

"At this time, we have to think of other ways."

When he jumped down, Mann turned around and saw the person who launched the rocket. As an experienced veteran mercenary, he immediately understood the whole story. Facing Faraday's betrayal, Mann did not show any special surprise or anger. He just shook off the stones on his clothes and calmly took out something from his arms:
"I wanted to save some face."

"What is this Mann?"

David looked at the communicator-like thing in Mann's hand and asked curiously, "There shouldn't be any signal here, right?"

"No signal tower is needed. This is a specially modified satellite information transmitter. It secretly finds loopholes to connect to the satellites of large companies. I specially had someone modify it for me. It costs 5,000 euros and can only be used once. After a successful transmission, it will be discovered and cut off immediately. This precious thing."

Mann muttered, "This is really embarrassing, but it looks like there's no need to collect the bodies."

"Send a message. Who are you sending this to?"

As David asked, an answer suddenly popped up in his mind.

And Mann's answer confirmed his guess.

"Who else can we cry for help except them?"

　ps. This is a scheduled release. When you see this chapter, the author should be slacking off and having breakfast.

　　
　
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