Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 490 103. I am the Boss
The sound that Royce made, almost squeezed out from between his teeth, was not loud, but even if they didn't hear his voice clearly, the members of the Uzumaki Gang present could recognize who that person was when they looked at the face.

What should we call him?
Killer star?
This title seems to have recently been given to a man named V, who has killed far more people than KK in single-player missions.

monster?

The degree of his transformation is not particularly high. It is obvious that the part of his body that belongs to human flesh and blood. Compared with the mechanical blocks like Adam's hammer, it seems that the description of monster is not very suitable for him.

So how should we address it?

It seems that it is the only word that circulates widely and comes along with some forbidden-level mewdream.

'Cyberpsychosis'.

Even though every gang member knew that his degree of reform was not high, they would subconsciously think of this word after learning about his deeds.

Or in their view, only crazy people can behave like KK, and only real cyber psychopaths dare to go against the Terrorist Squad, Adam Hammer and other cyber psychopaths.

In short, even to the Uzumaki Gang, KK is a lunatic above them.

They just have the potential to become cyberpsychopaths, but they may not live to see that age. However, KK is a living cyberpsychopath.

No one wants to see cyberpsychosis.

But he just sat there and watched them, and they had no way to avoid him.

"Look closely, your Uzumaki gang decorations are really cool."

Carl looked around at the Vortex Gang patterns in the factory, jumped down from a steel beam more than nine meters high, and landed on the ground easily.

At the same time, he was surrounded by the Whirlpool Gang.

"It's a pity that the corners of the pattern are a bit noisy. I feel like the person who drew it was probably of average skill."

Carl commented in a relaxed tone. If he completely ignored the blood and corpses around him, his attitude would be like he was strolling through a gallery.

Royce didn't pay any attention to what Carl said. He just stared at Carl and asked a question that everyone in the Whirlpool Gang was curious about:
"What are you doing here?"

As he spoke, the surrounding Whirlpool Gang members had already slowly raised their weapons. Obviously, facing Carl, they did not dare to be careless in the slightest, but they were also unwilling to take action before Carl showed clear hostility.

Whoever takes action first can get rid of KK or not is another matter, but whoever takes action first will definitely be killed by KK.

When KK first started to become famous in the mercenary world, he stepped on the Vortex Gang to get to the top. Did the Vortex Gang never think of revenge, or did they never think of getting rid of KK? Isn't it because no one has the courage to do so after seeing KK fight?
The Whirlpool Gang present at the scene were also among those who lacked courage, and it was precisely because of this that, at this time when internal changes should have been kept most confidential, Royce still asked what Carl was doing here.

"I'm looking for Brick." Carl pointed at Brick, who was pinned to the ground and now had a look of shock on his face. Obviously, he didn't expect that there would be any more trouble for him. "I accepted a commission. You people from the Whirlpool Gang touched something that shouldn't be touched. The client didn't seem to ask for it to be concealed. It's that you touched Roger's things. Roger hired me to teach Brick, the boss of the Whirlpool Gang, a lesson, but..."

As he spoke, Carl's eyes were fixed on Royce: "In Brick's current situation, it seems that he can no longer be the boss. The next boss of the Whirlpool Gang should be you, so I should be the one to teach you a lesson, Royce."

We touched Rogge's things, so Rogge hired KK to teach our boss a lesson?
After hearing this, the other members of the Whirlpool Gang had not yet reacted, but Royce instantly realized why this happened.

In order to raid Brick, Royce sent all the surrounding Vortex Gang groups to attack the transport convoy, and obviously, the group of people who were sent to attack made a mistake and touched Rogue's things.

Rogge's reputation was damaged, so it obviously makes sense that Rogge hired KK to save his face.

But the current situation has become complicated because of Rogge's employment.

If this happened yesterday, or even this morning before Royce launched the raid, Royce would be happy to see it. After all, Brick was the boss at the time, and KK was obviously helping him by targeting Brick.
Even if it happened after Royce had usurped the throne, he would have gritted his teeth and not cared. After all, no matter how powerful KK was, their Whirlpool Gang was a big gang with more than 1300 people. But it just happened that KK came at this time.

What can Royce do?
He admitted that he was the boss of the Uzumaki Gang. Now that KK had come to his door, what else could he do but start fighting.

If he doesn't admit that he is the boss of the Uzumaki Gang, then his subordinates are all watching him. Even after he has knocked Brick to the ground, he still denies that he is the boss. What will others say if this gets out?
Royce is just a coward, a ballless wimp. He doesn't even dare to admit that he is the boss of the Whirlpool Gang in front of KK. That's how Royce's life will be. He can now pack up and leave Night City in disgrace.

There are cowards and timid people in the Whirlpool Gang, but they definitely cannot be the boss. They cannot be the boss who attacks hard at home and kneels down directly to outsiders.

Compared to Royce who was entangled for a while, Carl's idea was very simple.

The reason for his coming was very simple, that is, to teach the boss of the Whirlpool Gang a lesson. Royce did not admit that he was the boss, so at worst he would kick Brick's third leg on the ground and break it, and then go back to report to Roger, making sure Roger could not find any fault. Royce admitted that he was the boss, so he would break Royce's legs and hands on the spot to congratulate him on becoming the boss.

Carl stared at Royce, waiting for his words.

Royce already knew how to answer from the 'don't lose face' looks from the Uzumaki Gang members around him.

The reason why Royce was determined to get promoted despite his relationship with Brick was because he was increasingly fed up with the fact that Brick had actually started to cooperate with company insiders and give them money. In other words, Royce hated compromising with others.

It's not that you can't cooperate with companies, but the other party has to give money and things. They buy intelligence, cooperate with each other, pay each other, and even have to serve them. What's the difference between this and being a purebred dog?

It is impossible to be a dog. Accepting things and money from others to help do things can be considered as employment at most.

In the face of Royce's uncompromising thoughts, he gave his answer.

“I’m the boss!”

As he said this, he raised the gun in his hand and fired directly at Carl, completely ignoring the members of the Vortex Gang behind Carl.

(End of this chapter)