Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 360 122. Panam
"Panam!"

He lowered his voice to ensure it wouldn't travel too far in the wind and sand, but V couldn't help but let a hint of excitement show in his voice as he called out the name of another voyeur.

Another person who was leaning against the wall and looking inside heard her name in the wind, and couldn't help but look towards the place where the voice came from. When she saw V clearly, she was obviously stunned, and then immediately walked over quickly.

"V, why are you here?"

As the woman V called Panam approached, Carl felt she looked more and more familiar.

V and this Panam obviously knew each other, but had he seen her anywhere before?

After a little thought, Carl remembered.

I have seen this woman in my next life. At that time, she seemed to have a conflict with Rogge over some things. She walked outside while cursing and happened to pass by me.

I remember that at that time, out of curiosity, I asked the bartender Claire about the reason for the conflict between Panam and Roger.

This Panam seemed to be a former wanderer who was looking for a job in the city and helped Rogge transport goods. It turned out that the partner that Rogge introduced to her was a member of the Luan Dao Society. During a mission together, the partner wanted to rob a wanderer passing by the road, but Panam found out his identity. They had a falling out on the spot and Panam shot her in the head. Then, Panam, who was so angry at Rogge for introducing her to the Luan Dao Society partner, ran to Rogge to ask for an explanation, but was angered and left by Rogge's few words.

That's probably something like this.

Wait a moment.
A wanderer passing by?
Looking at the familiarity between V and Panam, Carl felt a foreign sensation of sand and dust in his eyes and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That so-called homeless man who was almost robbed, could it be V?"

The following conversation between V and Panam confirmed Carl's guess.

"Aren't you going back to the tribe? Why are you in Night City again? Is it because the tribe needs external funds to sustain itself for a while?"

Panam obviously didn't know that V had changed his career to become a mercenary. As a courier, she didn't have much contact with the mercenary world. Since her falling out with Rogue, she no longer got involved in the afterlife. Therefore, she didn't know much about the news circulating among well-informed people and Mewtwo fans in the city.

"Tribe, something happened."

When V heard Panam mention the tribe, his joy at seeing Panam faded a little, but he still explained his current situation to Panam.

After listening to V's brief story, Panam understood V's current situation.

"That means you have left the tribe like me and come to this hellhole of Night City to make a living. It's really sad. These tribal leaders are all the same!"

Panam was obviously very dissatisfied with V's current situation. Maybe she was thinking of the leader of her tribe, but she complained with dissatisfaction. Then she suddenly noticed Carl, who had been watching their conversation without saying anything.

"Ah you are?"

Because of meeting V, a fellow wanderer who shared the same suffering as him, Panam ignored Carl who was standing next to him.

"I'm Carl, V's current companion and partner."

He took the initiative to introduce himself. When he heard the name Carl, Panam frowned and thought for a while. Then, after remembering what the name meant, his brows relaxed: "Oh, I've heard of this name. You must be KK, right? I was a little confused when you said Carl. You must be the awesome mercenary that everyone talks about in the next life. I didn't expect V to be your partner now."

"I usually don't call myself KK to people I know."

Carl smiled, he was different from V. V's real name was Vincent, but he didn't like people calling him by his real name. He didn't mind only when his friends called him that. Carl was used to revealing his real name to his acquaintances. But now, as his reputation grew, unfamiliar people such as gang members and company employees would not dare to call him by his name out of awe, but called him by his nickname KK.

"Look, it's not as scary as the rumors say."

Looking at Carl's smile, Panam felt a little dazzled and was puzzled. She compared the KK she heard in the rumors with the black-haired young man in front of her and found that it was far from what she imagined:
"I remember when I was running a delivery, everyone who mentioned you described you as a monster with six arms, three heads, a green face and fangs. They said you could tear apart a person wearing an exoskeleton with a flick of your finger, and swallow a car with one mouth. But now it seems that the rumors are just rumors. You don't have that many arms and heads, and you don't look like you can swallow a car in one bite." "Three heads and six arms is too exaggerated. As for the car, make me a palm-sized cake in the shape of a car. I can try it."

Carl denied having three heads and six arms and driving a car with one mouth. These two things were too exaggerated. Did they think he was a monster? After introducing themselves and getting to know each other, Carl asked in return how Panam and V knew each other.

And the answer he got was the same as he had guessed.

Panam's former partner, the member of the Random Swords Society, the wanderer who was being robbed, turned out to be V.

What courage and bravery.

Although V did not have the Apogee Swanstein installed, nor had he modified his prosthetic eyes, and did not even have a knife before officially joining the team, V at that time was at least a wanderer who dared to run around alone in the Badlands. Didn't the member of the Random Swordsman Club have any doubts as to why V was running around alone? Was it his turn to rob?

His courage was commendable, but he died too quickly.

"So, Panam, what are you doing here this time?"

While chatting, V asked Panam what he was doing here.

"My goods were stolen."

When asked by V, Panam, after a moment of embarrassment, told the reason why she was here today.

After Panam fell out with Roger, she recently started transporting goods for the Sixth Street Gang. Then, just yesterday, when she went to the Sunset Hotel for a meal, a group of people from the Knife Society pried open her car door and stole the goods inside.

"Pry the door open."

Hearing Panam say this, Carl inexplicably recalled the time when their car was broken into, which made Oliver furious.

Why are there so many car door pickers in Night City? The Blade Gang in the Badlands has also specialized in this area. They must all be lock pickers, right?

"So you plan to find an opportunity to rush into this place by yourself and take back the goods?"

Carl had a general impression of Panam.

Panam is so brave that he is arguing with Rogge and trying to break into the criminals' lair alone to steal the goods.

"Come on, let's do it together this time, Panam. We just happen to need to go in as well."

After all, he is V's friend, and now he is also my acquaintance. We are doing the same thing, so we should help each other.

"Were your goods also robbed?"

Hearing Panam's doubts, V and Carl shook their heads: "We are here to save people."

"Then we have to quietly find a place to sneak in together. I just saw a good sneak route."

"Okay, but I have to arrange it in advance."

Of course, it's okay to sneak in without alerting others. After all, in order to prevent the loss of both parties, the safety of personnel and goods must be ensured. However, before that,
Carl looked at the vehicles that could allow people in the hospital to escape.

"I have to make sure that none of them can escape."

(End of this chapter)