Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 487 100. The Fire

It has been a long time since Carl last did private work.

Recently, when he does work, he either works with his teammates or at least pulls one of them to form a partner team to solve more troublesome things. This kind of single-person execution and doing things alone, suddenly having to do it again after having a team, is really hard to get used to.

Carl didn't know whether V felt bored when he was doing private work alone, but seeing him sending messages to the team channel every once in a while while working, either reporting the situation or complaining about the task, maybe he was having fun even when performing tasks alone?
How does the saying go? Even if you are doing a hard job, as long as you have friends around to chat with you, you will feel that you can continue with the job.

But for Carl...
A person's life is a person's life, but.
"T-BUG, can you help me find the current base of the Whirlpool Gang? If possible, also find me a copy of their base structure diagram. I have received a private job from Roger that needs to be done by one person. I need to trouble Brick, the boss of the Whirlpool Gang."

T-BUG, who was called down to eat, listened to Carl's words, looked at the meal in front of him, which seemed to be more sumptuous than before, and realized something, and rolled his eyes:
"You're just using these to bribe me to help you?"

"Well, time is running out, so some things need to be prepared in advance."

"Okay, let's make a good meal later. I'm willing to help you, but you can't be too impatient. Can I give it to you tomorrow morning?"

"That's true. I'm not the kind of person who would kill someone in the evening if they provoke me in the morning. I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges overnight. This is just a private job. There's absolutely no problem tomorrow morning."

"And you're going to kill him again tomorrow?"

During the team dinner, Oliver, who was listening on the side, raised his fork and said, "Do you need my help? I'm free tomorrow anyway, so I can cover you from a distance."

"That's not necessary. Go find Brick and teach him a lesson, not kill him."

"Not killing people?"

Oliver understood: "Then be careful."

"So why did Roger think of causing trouble for the Uzumaki Gang?"

Jack was puzzled: "She shouldn't have anything to do with the Uzumaki Gang, right?"

"The Whirlpool Gang robbed Roger's goods after the courier gave out Roger's name."

"That's no wonder."

Jack was eating the lunch Carl had made today. "The Vortex Gang is really unlike other gangs in Night City. When other gangs do things, everyone knows the rules and knows what they can and cannot touch. What are their taboos? Only the Vortex Gang is a bunch of psychopaths. Once they get high, they dare to mess with anyone."

"So this has caused trouble for Roger."

V ate the ribs and nodded to Carl. "The ribs are delicious today. It's a pity that I have some private work tomorrow, and it's not in Watson District. Otherwise, I can ask the middlemen if they have any work targeting the Whirlpool Gang. I can do it when I go with you tomorrow."

"You're doing a mission and you're still thinking about taking a side trip."

Carl looked at V and said, "You have saved quite a bit of money now. Not to mention buying a hovercraft, it's definitely enough to buy a few luxury cars. Why do you save so much money?"

“Buy some interesting stuff.”

"I see you and Panam are in a relationship and spend a lot of money."

"Panam doesn't care about that, but I want to give her something nice."

Halfway through the conversation, V suddenly realized something: "How do you know about me and Panam?"

"I saw it clearly last Christmas. Who can you hide it from?"

Oliver was talking nearby. As a love prince, although most of the relationships he had had ended in failure and most of the time he only talked about it verbally, theory and practice cannot be equated. Who says that people who are not good in practice are not good in theory? He could see through the relationship between V and Panam at a glance. "We actually started not long ago."

V was a little embarrassed: "I was thinking about when to tell you."

"This is a good thing. There's nothing wrong with it. We are all familiar with Panam's personality."

Jack said: "Although she is a bit fierce, she is indeed a good girl."

"Pierre is actually a derogatory term, Jack."

Carl was correcting Jack's Chinese words, but he was not too surprised about V and Panam.

V is a man with a good personality, and Panam is a good girl. Isn't it natural for the two of them to be together?

"But next time you go on a mission, remember to report to Panam that you are safe, otherwise she might get worried."

Carl glanced at Jack and said, "Just like Misty."

"Karl, every time I come back from a mission, I meet with Misty."

"Yeah, you never tell me before you go on a mission, you only tell me when you're back from the mission. It's not that I don't understand why you don't want to make Misty worry, but Mrs. Wells has complained to me about it, so it's better to talk about some things."

Listening to Karl's words, Jack nodded thoughtfully: "I remember."

"After all, Misty's divination seems to be very accurate. It's a good idea to ask her to do a divination before starting a mission."

Oliver finished his meal, put his head in his hands and leaned back in his chair: "But it shouldn't be too dangerous for us now."

Oliver corrected himself, "Of course, I know that as mercenaries, there are always risks. Sometimes a small job could cost us our lives. But as long as we all go out together, I don't think there is any job that can stump us in Night City."

"You sound like you're just speaking arrogant words, but you also sound like you're planting a flag."

Carl complained: "After such words, people usually encounter some great danger, and then they either die or become disabled."

"Can I take that back?"

"It's okay. If something like that happens, I'll give you this mouth back."

"Just reclaim a mouth?!"

As the team chatted and complained to each other, the night of Night City quickly fell again.

And at this moment, on the other side of the earth, on the Japanese island, Arasaka Nobuyuki, who had been waiting for a long time, received a call.

The message in that communication was not long, and only Arasakase Nobuo could understand its content, but it was this message that made Arasakase Nobuo take action.

'It will be soon. We will find the exact location soon.'

Arasakase Nobuyuki has been searching for something hidden by the person he should call his father by blood, and now he has found it.

The fire in his heart is burning fiercely.

(End of this chapter)