Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 486 99. Whirlpool Gang Mission

After Mann wisely left the place temporarily, Carl took the data chip handed over by Rogge. According to Rogge, all the requirements and information were in it.

Carl inserted the chip into his modified mobile phone and read the contents. Roger did not ask him to go into the box to discuss things during the call, but gave him the information openly in front of others next to the bar, which was actually beyond Carl's expectations.

There were few people in the city who didn't know Rogge and Carl's current appearance, especially in Laisheng, a mercenary holy land. It was impossible for someone not to know them. And in this case, Rogge directly gave the chip. Others could tell at a glance that Rogge had come to entrust KK with a business.

Although it is not a big deal for a middleman to commission mercenaries, the fact that the city's top middleman commissioned the top mercenary is not a simple matter in itself. It is foreseeable that many forces will be secretly on guard based on this information, for fear that the person who will be found by KK commissioned by Rogge is him.

After Carl inserted the chip and took a quick look at the task, he understood why Rogge had given the task so openly.

Because this job has to be done openly, or in other words, everyone should know that it was Rogge who hired KK to do this, which was Rogge's purpose.

It's not complicated, it's even too simple.

To put it simply, Brick, the boss of the Vortex Gang, has done some wrong things recently. They actually robbed Roger's goods, so Roger plans to use KK to teach him a lesson.

It is obviously not a particularly strange thing for the Vortex Gang to rob goods. Or if the gang announced one day that they were not interested in the company's transportation and had never touched the company's transportation, it would make people wonder if they were preparing to make a big move. It's just that they shouldn't touch Rogge's goods, or in other words, they shouldn't touch the goods after the transporter said they were Rogge's goods and then robbed them.

If they simply robbed Rogge's goods, Rogge would not care much about it because they were a bunch of idiots. However, after reporting her name, they also robbed the goods and killed the transport personnel. They didn't even delete the dashcam. This naked provocation was not something Rogge could tolerate.

Rogge could turn a blind eye to the previous events. After all, it might not be worth it to get into a conflict with the Whirlpool Gang and lose a lot of goods. It was just a small loss, and he could just send more mercenaries to target this group of idiots. But the following events involved Rogge's reputation and status as a middleman.

Rogge's ability to become the city's top middleman was not based on her good temper. If she could endure such things, she might as well retire early. There would be newcomers to replace her soon anyway. A middleman who was useless even after her name was announced, wouldn't he be dead on the street?

If you do something wrong, you must learn a lesson, and it must be fair and aboveboard. Everyone must know that it is Rogge who gives the lesson. As for who can teach the Whirlpool Gang a lesson, there are obviously many candidates, but you must choose someone who can satisfy Rogge, do good things, and provide a guarantee even if an accident occurs. There are only a few such people.

Roger originally thought that if KK's rest was not over yet, she could entrust V and the others with the task. However, since she met KK who was planning to order fried chicken in the next life, it would be unreasonable not to give him a job.

“This job is not easy.”

After Carl looked at the task, he chose to lie: "I have to go in alone, not to kill Brick, but just to teach him a lesson. This job is too difficult."

Half of what Carl said was true. It was already a troublesome thing to go into the lair of the Vortex Gang alone. He couldn't kill Brick, but could only teach him a humiliating lesson. This job was indeed quite troublesome.

"Can't we just kill them? That would be easier."

"Even if we kill Brick, there will be another idiot coming up from the Vortex Gang. Brick is already one of the few guys in the gang who has some brains. I don't want another guy without brain tissue to continue to cause trouble for me in the name of revenge for the former boss." Rogge's words were very clear. She just wanted to teach the boss of the Vortex Gang a lesson for the sake of face, to make him understand some things, where to touch and where not to touch, instead of wanting him to die and replace him with a stupid person to continue to oppose her. She wanted to do business, and didn't have the time to waste things and mess with a crazy gang.

"I thought you, Roger, would care about the dead transporter."

"I have already paid compensation to his family. I think that is enough in Night City."

Seeing that Rogge clearly put profit above all else, Carl wasn't too surprised.

It is possible that Roger has some friendship towards others, but it is unlikely that Roger has some friendship towards others.

A middleman like her has seen all kinds of things, and it is unlikely that she would get angry and start a war with a gang just because of the death of one of her subordinates. That is obviously not realistic. She might send KK to teach Brick, the boss of the Vortex Gang, a lesson, and then she will talk business with Brick the next time. The reason why she asked KK to do the work is just to maintain her reputation as a middleman and her street status.

'Rogge, that stinky old woman.'

Panam suddenly thought of what he said. In Carl's impression, Panam seemed to have cursed Rogue with even dirtier words. Maybe for a Badland wanderer like Panam who still had innocence, people like Rogue were very annoying to her, but for Carl.
Blinking, Karl said, “Let’s talk about the reward.”

For Carl, there was nothing wrong with what Roger did. After all, Roger was better than Faraday and Cormac. At least when doing things for her, she would actually give some compensation for the sake of the rules. This was better than 99% of the street middlemen.

If you really expect a mercenary to develop some kind of friendship with the middleman, it depends on the specific relationship. For example, Rebecca and Pyrrha's father 'Sunrise' used to do things for Wakako, so after their father Sunrise mysteriously disappeared, Wakako took care of Rebecca and Pyrrha a little. Without that kind of relationship, Rogue's way of doing things is something that most mercenaries would never be able to dream of in their lifetime.

In response to Karl's suggestion to talk about compensation, Roger still asked: "Do I need to buy you a life insurance policy? You pay me the money, and if something unexpected happens, I will give your friend compensation."

"Don't push your business too far, Roger. Are you short of money recently? You're coming up with a new menu and starting an insurance business."

Karl was a little speechless, but he asked anyway.

"How much is the insurance?"

"In your case, 10,000. If there is an accident, I will pay 100,000."

"I'm not stupid."

One to ten, only an idiot would protect it.

(End of this chapter)