Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 431 44. Adecardo
If you want to discuss business with someone, you need an introducer. Otherwise, there is no basis of trust between strangers. If you show up for no reason and say you want to discuss big business with them, who knows what you are here for? Even street idiot mercenaries have to look at the other party's reputation in the underworld before taking a job, not to mention a big matter that may involve the NCPD, the Sixth Street Gang, and Adecado.

After having the idea, Carl and his team acted quickly. After spending a few days separately finding time to talk to Mr. Johnson and the new Sixth Street Gang boss Nottingham Winrio about the relevant matters, both of them said that if it was just a smuggling line, they could take full responsibility and were willing to give this right to Carl and his team to use.

After obtaining the consent of both parties in the plan, the team suddenly decided to act as a middleman, which was beneficial to all parties. The only person left was Adecado, who was not very familiar with the last party and needed someone to introduce him to the other party.

It is not difficult to choose the introducer for this business, especially for Carl and his group of mercenaries, because as long as it is something in the badlands on the edge of Night City, it is difficult to bypass the middleman Dakota Smith, big or small, so they can just find her if they have any problems.

Regarding Carl's call and the hope that she could introduce them to Adecado, Dakota Smith did not disappoint the mercenary team that usually worked beautifully for her. After confirming that they were not looking for Adecado for hostile purposes, she quickly acted as a business introducer and set up a meeting channel for the two sides. In order to reassure Adecado's people, Carl's team set the meeting place in an abandoned town selected by Adecado in the Badlands.

It is somewhat coincidental that this small town is also the place where Carl and his friends first met V.

It seems that this is what all wanderers see. Everyone prefers a small town that is well connected, deserted and has a certain hiding ability.

"We're getting there."

Over a period of several days, the team worked hard to repair the Sky Hera. Although some ideas could not be implemented on the vehicle due to time constraints, the Sky Hera, which was nearly scrapped, has restored its general outline and power. Today's itinerary, as usual, is driven by Oliver, and the vehicle carrying the team has approached the town where they had agreed to meet.

The meeting time agreed by Carl and his party and the Adecardo tribe was ten o'clock, but Carl and his party arrived early and were almost at the town at half past nine. However, when they looked at the town through the bulletproof glass, the Adecardo people, wearing simple dust-proof and sand-proof long clothes with tribal markings on them, had already arrived.

"Do all of you wanderers like to arrive early? It seemed like you were like this when I first met you. So sincere?"

Oliver was a little surprised to see that Adecado's people arrived first. Are they so sincere about business?

"It's not that I'm sincere, but I just need to search the meeting place in advance to prevent an ambush. After all, in the Bad Land, if you want to destroy a tribe, ambush and raid the garrison are the most efficient ways."

V looked at the town that he hadn't seen for a long time and seemed to have become more dilapidated and said, "Don't think that we see a lot of people now. I think there are still many people in the dark, ready to lead people to retreat or fight if the situation gets bad."

“It’s always good to have someone you can be cautious with.”

Carl said: "At least it means that they really intend to negotiate business, but they are worried that there is something fishy on our side."

"Every tribe of wanderers is having a hard time."

V felt it was ironic that the Adecado tribe had sent out a large number of people and made all kinds of preparations for a possible cooperation that was only communicated through an intermediary. In the past, his tribe was also like this. People living in the bad land would always keep looking for even a glimmer of hope to survive.

The vehicle stopped and Carl and his companions got out one after another, and Adekado's people were ready to welcome them. As soon as Carl and his companions got out of the car, a man came over accompanied by several Adekado personnel.

Carl looked up and saw a middle-aged man approaching in the wind and sand. His first impression was that he was resolute, with short, neatly trimmed hair, a healthy brown skin, a thick beard, a short leather jacket, and a strong physique.

Saul Bright, this is the name of the middle-aged man. He is the leader of the Adecardo tribe whom Carl and his team contacted through Dakota Smith.

"This is our first meeting, so I won't say much polite words."

Saul seemed to be a very practical person. He skipped the irrelevant pleasantries and started talking about serious matters. "We have cleared a room in the town. Let's go there to talk. We can discuss the big deal you mentioned in the communication."

"Row."

Inviting Carl and his team to a town full of Adecado personnel, and to enter the room they cleared out to discuss business, it sounded like they were trying to lead them into a trap. However, when it comes to business, there has to be some compromise. Since Carl and his team are the party liaisoned by Dakota Smith, they can just follow the other party's arrangements.

When discussing business, Carl's team obeyed Carl's arrangements, so no one else had any objections. Under the watchful eyes of Adecado's men, they quickly entered a house near the edge of the town.

The interior of the house had obviously been cleaned, and it was very clean, and the overall structure was also complete. It was obvious that Adecado had done some careful cleaning for this negotiation room. When Carl entered the room, he did not see any tripwire traps or hidden peepholes, which made him more certain of Adecado's sincerity.

It seems that although Adecado made certain defensive arrangements out of caution, they were very sincere in the negotiations, or they were eager to seek business, and they were a little too polite in their attitude towards people.

If a corporate boss were to look at this, he would be able to tell at a glance that the next business could be done by lowering the price to Adcardo. However, considering the temperament of the wanderers, it is possible that even a lower price would satisfy them.

Calming down his thoughts, Carl sat down on a chair next to a steel table that had obviously been put there not long ago, and spoke to Thor who was sitting opposite him:

"Adecardo, are you interested in doing some long-term big business?"

(End of this chapter)