Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 347 109. Dexter DeShawn

"Dexter DeShawn, I didn't expect that the middleman you knew in the past, T-BUG, was actually him."

Sitting in the modified Hera, Jack, who was driving today, still couldn't believe that T-BUG actually knew this middleman named Dexter DeShawn.

"What's wrong with him? Is there anything special?"

Jack was the first one to get involved in the mercenary business. Compared to him, the other three had a very superficial understanding of middlemen and basically waited for middlemen to contact them for introductions. So V was a little curious and wanted to know who the middleman was that could have surprised Jack so much.

"Don't you know? Oh, that's right. Dexter DeShawn disappeared from Night City in the first half of 75. At that time, Oliver hadn't joined the gang yet, Carl hadn't come to Night City, and you, V, were still in the tribe. I don't know much about Dexter, but in the mercenary circle at that time, there was such a saying."

Jack started the car and said:

"Dexter has a killer's instinct and the experience to match. Anyone who can do business with Dexter DeShawn will surely be very successful in the future. Can you understand how I felt when I heard such rumors when I was just a small mercenary at that time? I felt that Dexter was too awesome and too powerful. I must do some work for him to make money and become a big shot myself."

"It sounds like bragging. Even Roger wouldn't dare to brag about how he would become successful if he did business."

V immediately expressed his disbelief: "How could such an awesome person leave Night City and disappear in the first half of 75, and suddenly come back during this period?"

"I don't know about that. Maybe he went on vacation and is back now?"

Jack had no idea about this. After all, when Dexter DeShawn disappeared in the city, he was just a small mercenary. The only middleman he knew was a priest. He was not willing to let the priest help him build his reputation as a mercenary. How could he know about such things involving middlemen?

"T-BUG, what's the matter with Dexter Deshawn?"

Jack, who was bragging about how awesome Dexter DeShawn was, got stuck halfway through his speech. V naturally had to ask T-BUG, who was most familiar with Dexter DeShawn, to give a detailed introduction to Dexter DeShawn's situation.

"Dexter DeShawn is one of the middlemen I have worked with quite a lot in the past. He is generous and methodical in handling tasks. He is a pretty good middleman."

The ball in the car made a T-BUG sound, and she said:

"Among the regional middlemen on the street, in my opinion, his level is probably only a little lower than Roger. Although it's not to say that the old captain and Regina are not good, but at that time, Dexter Deshawn was definitely one of the most popular middlemen in the entire Night City. Every mercenary was happy to receive the work assigned by him. It may be a bit exaggerated to say that he became very successful, but making a small fortune is definitely not a special thing. There were even cases where mercenaries retired directly after completing a few orders for him."

"Even T-BUG, someone who knows us well and has worked with us, says so."

Now V was interested: "So, he is really a capable guy?"

"He's called the Fat Black Jesus, so of course he's very capable."

Jack was bragging about Dexter DeShawn. Of course, he didn't forget to add halfway through his boasting: "But it's exactly like what T-BUG said. There's no comparison with Roger. But he's very generous. That's absolutely true. Look, T-BUG said so."

"If he's generous, maybe it would be okay?" Oliver was tempted after hearing Jack's boasting. The middleman he hated the most was Faraday, and part of the reason he hated Faraday was because of Faraday's greed. A middleman who was generous, no matter what, would always be liked by mercenaries.

"So how much is he going to pay this time?"

V asked as he looked at Carl, who was talking to them while discussing compensation with Dexter Deshawn through T-BUG's contact.

"To be honest, this is indeed a generous amount..." Carl said as he looked at the newly added numbers in the account.

"For just an escort mission, the deposit is 80,000, and the total reward is 200,000. According to the standard of escorting a middleman, this is indeed too generous, but..." Karl frowned slightly, with doubt in his tone, "Does it really cost 200,000 for just an escort mission?"

Carl fell into deep thought. He shook his head in confusion. "Besides, it's not easy for a middleman to bypass inspection and enter Night City from Taiping Continent secretly, but it shouldn't cost so much. Could it be that someone in Taiping Continent is specifically targeting him as a middleman?"

"I don't know much, but there is a rumor."

The cooperation between T-BUG and Dexter DeShawn was based on the generous remuneration from the other party. She herself didn't know much about Dexter DeShawn, but at least they were a good collaborator. Before Dexter DeShawn disappeared, she had heard about related rumors.

"I heard that Dexter DeShawn messed up a job for the Voodoo Gang in Pacific State. He left Night City in a hurry because he was afraid of retaliation from the Voodoo Gang."

"He messed up the job and ran away. So, you feel that things have calmed down a bit, so you plan to sneak back?"

Karl’s frown relaxed: “Listen, this doesn’t seem like something a powerful middleman would do.”

"It's inevitable that something will go wrong. After all, it was the work of the Voodoo Gang. Who knows what those Haitian lunatics will do."

As Jack was speaking, he suddenly realized something: "Taiping State, the Voodoo Gang. I remember the Voodoo Gang's territory is in Taiping State. This time, Dexter DeShawn had to come to the city from Taiping State and hired us at a high price. Wouldn't he..."

"I suppose so."

Carl understood: "This is the first step to rely on us to fight back to Night City and make a name for himself again. This guy is quite smart. He will get up from where he fell, right?"

"Then he should be thankful that he paid enough money. In this respect, it matches his rumored killer instinct."

Oliver relaxed when he realized that the biggest obstacle they might face was a voodoo gang.

What? After all this fuss, it turns out to be just a voodoo gang.

Escorting people into the city in the Voodoo Gang's territory, isn't the money still generous?

(End of this chapter)