Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 447 60. Hawkmoth Bar
"Oliver!"

"Oliver, are you here? Do you want to have a drink together later?"

"I'll go when I have time."

Sitting in the car, Oliver was driving the modified Hera while responding to the Six Street Gang members who greeted him when they saw him on the street.

"You're very welcome, Oliver."

Watching this scene, Carl, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, nodded: "You are almost the young master of the Sixth Street Gang."

"I really want to believe what they say, but I'd be a fool if I took their smiles and friendly attitudes seriously."

Oliver, who was smiling and greeting, turned to look at the road in front of the car. The smile on his face was still there, but his words were full of sarcasm:

"Why weren't they so enthusiastic before? They were all afraid that Will Cannon would choose to reject me. I remember their faces one by one. Nine of the ten people who greeted me just now were guys who had unclear connections with Will Cannon in the past. Haha, they treated me to a drink and acted like they knew each other well."

"I didn't see that before, Oliver."

Jack turned his head away from the passenger seat in slight surprise: "You actually know how to say one thing on the surface and do another on the inside. You're quite vindictive."

"I also want to be so tolerant, but Jack, do you know what happened after my dad cleaned up Will Cannon's diehards? Do you know that those guys who defected to Will Cannon for various reasons turned around and confessed something? They actually planned to kill my dad, kidnap my sister, and trick me into killing them. If my dad hadn't copied a copy for me in order to stabilize the gang, and then destroyed the chip information in front of them, that gang would have been in a difficult position. I had to kill them all!"

Looking at Oliver, who had a smile on his face but spoke in a cold and aggressive manner, V realized that Oliver might have been a little more restrained in his words.

After entering the city, V had almost understood the ins and outs of Night City over the past few days. Oliver only said that the gang planned to kidnap his sister and trick him into killing her, but there was no need to think too much about what the gang members would do in the process.

V had seen too many filthy things when he was taking on missions alone.

"Keep an eye on it and find a chance to deal with it."

Karl did give a suggestion: "If you keep the unstable factor, it will cause trouble later."

"We don't need to worry about this. My dad probably knows about it. After all, he copied a copy of the information for me. I don't believe he really intends to let those people go."

Oliver snorted a few times as he spoke: "But don't worry about such annoying things. T-BUG, how is the tracking of the personnel going? Do I need to change the route?"

"Need not."

T-BUG's voice came from the ball between Carl and V's seats: "The former military technology personnel have confirmed that they have entered Dog Town. We just need to go all the way to Dog Town. As for the specific whereabouts, we will talk about it after we enter Dog Town."

"Then I'll go in directly from the entrance of Dog Town?"

"You entered by scanning your face last time, right? To enter Dog Town officially, you need documents to prove your identity. Is that okay?"

Listening to T-BUG's words, Oliver recalled the time when, at the gate of Dog Town, he was called a country bumpkin by a Hellhound soldier and was scolded like a dog.

"Shit, it brings back some not-so-good memories."

Jack, who was also scolded like a dog at the time, also remembered this incident: "Our subsequent certification documents, that Kenichi Kazuya should have helped us get them, right?"

"The travel documents have been prepared."

Carl: "But I don't know if there is such a thing as expiration or revocation."

"Basically, the pass to Dogtown is once issued and can be used forever. Since we have it, it's fine." Qiuqiu nodded anthropomorphically, "But Dogtown is not a city we are familiar with after all. During the previous job, you didn't visit Dogtown much except for buying weapons at the stadium. This time we have to go in and track people, so we may need a formal guide. Do you have any acquaintances in Dogtown?"

"Words from an acquaintance."

V thought for a moment and said, "Should we go find Mr. Hands? He's the middleman for Taiping State. He seems to be in Dog Town quite often. He's a local, right? Should we buy some intelligence and information from him?"

"That's a good idea, but while we're looking for Hands, we actually have an acquaintance in Dogtown."

The other people didn't quite understand what Carl said.

"An acquaintance in Dog Town. Do we know anyone in Dog Town?"

"You all forgot about Mann and his men. After they killed Faraday, they have been in Dogtown these days. They were able to track Faraday down and kill him in Dogtown, so they must have become familiar with each other. It just so happens that we haven't seen each other for a long time, so why don't we go find them to entertain us?"

Karl shook his phone and said, "As the saying goes, more friends mean more paths. Look at our friends. Isn't this paving the way for us?"

"I am convinced by your ability to make friends."

Jack said, "Sometimes I wonder who is a local in Night City. I have grown up, but I don't know as many people as you do. You know people from all walks of life. It seems like you can make friends everywhere."

"That's not right."

Carl smiled and said, "Mann and the others are our mutual friends. How can you say that about me? I also want to talk about the people in the Valentino gang. I don't know many of them. Jack, you are more familiar with them than us. I know more people, but that's just because of the contact problem."

"Yeah, the eldest daughter of Arasaka, a senior executive of the military science department, and the deputy director of the NCPD, you know everyone."

Oliver shook his head: "But think about it, I never thought that I would get to know Mr. Johnson and his friends. This is also thanks to your social skills, Karl."

"When I first met you, you approached me and I got to know you."

Karl waved his hand nonchalantly: "And to be honest, I am the luckiest person to know you guys."

"You're just being sentimental and trying to impress me, right?"

V rolled his eyes. "Come on, what did Mann and the others say? Have they replied? Just consider it as a compliment from you. If we have drinks later, I'll treat you."

"V, you're so generous. You're different now than when you first came to the city. You're rich now."

Carl said, flipping through his phone: "I got a reply. The fixed place in Dog Town where Mann and his team are stationed recently is indeed a bar. Let me see the name."

After Carl confirmed the information, he looked up at Oliver: "The Hawkmoth Bar at the Long Beach Stockyard."

"Hawthorn Moth Bar?"

V raised an eyebrow at the name.

Because of Carl, everyone in the team has more or less been exposed to some Chinese idioms and proverbs, but the only word he could think of regarding moths was one.

'A moth to a flame.'

　ps. Yesterday's prosthetic doctor conference (not) simply said one thing, or I just heard one thing, that the temperature has changed drastically recently and it is easy to get sick, so everyone please take care of your health. If necessary, as a prosthetic doctor, I can replace your prosthesis (hush).

　　
　
(End of this chapter)