Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 50 28. Ten Minutes

The Alvarado vehicles used by the mercenaries had been almost completely destroyed in the previous rocket bombing, but fortunately there were only a few mercenaries left who could continue to fight, so after an emergency repair, the remaining Alvarado vehicles were still able to carry ten mercenaries who could continue to fight.

After taking the time to stabilize the condition of the four seriously injured soldiers and treating the lightly injured, Oliver got on the new Alvarado.

"Do you think those four people can be carried back to the hospital?"

"Who knows? We can only pray that they can be taken away by the hospital staff before the gangsters and kidney cutters arrive."

Mann looked back through the back window at the seriously injured people lying on a stable surface. "It would be great if they had members of the trauma team. In that case, they could be transported away by a hovercraft soon after being injured."

[Trauma Team]: A medical company that has a special team of medical personnel who have received professional combat training. As long as they have money and can afford medical insurance, they can rush to their member clients when they are hurt, rain or shine. Anyone who tries to stop them from rescuing their clients will be attacked, even if it's another trauma team.

"Come on."

Oliver felt that Mann had said something that was as good as nothing: "The lowest silver membership costs 10,000 euros a month. Do you think mercenaries like us who spend money as we please have the fixed income to afford it?"

"That's the same reason."

As the car drove away, Mann withdrew his gaze and talked about another matter: "How much do you think they can get paid?"

"Reward, what do you mean, the mission?"

Carl turned his head and glanced at Mann. He didn't quite understand why Mann asked such a meaningless question. "As for the mission, the middleman made it very clear that we had to escort them to the destination. Those who died before that or were seriously injured and unable to carry out the mission didn't get paid at that time."

"Fuck, I knew it."

Mann covered his forehead and said, "These subsidiary dogs are really calculating. I was wondering why they were so generous. It turns out that they were deliberately thinking of spending less money. I should have thought that when the company dogs were bleeding, there must be some calculations involved."

"What's even more tragic is that, as I said to Oliver before I got in the car, some of the payers may not have the intention to deduct money from us, but some of the executioners have such intentions and want to embezzle money."

Again, sensible company dogs will give enough money, but ignorant company dogs will swallow the money given by the sensible company dogs, and then face the mercenaries with the sensible attitude that you should have.

"Shit, the more I think about it, the worse this mission is. It's really frustrating."

Mann probably mostly carried out street missions in the past, and he was not very clear about the situation regarding company missions. However, after this time, he probably didn't intend to find out.

"Yeah, just thinking about it makes my blood pressure go up. If you don't pay enough, it will be hard to get things done."

As Carl was speaking, he noticed that the Arasaka company's car slowed down and began to make way for the mercenaries' vehicles.
"Damn it! Are they planning to make us step on the minefield again? They want us to die when they are needed, and to get out of the way when they are not needed. They won't be visible when the fight starts!"

Jack's temper flared up immediately. It was a mission worth three hundred thousand, and he had to risk his life for it. He was already prepared, but why was the employer so upset? He really didn't want the money anymore.

"It hits our sunk capital."

Carl said: "Seeing that we have paid so much, we have to grit our teeth and continue to work for the money, so we spend it recklessly. After all, if we quit, the people who died will have died in vain."

"Isn't he afraid that we will really quit, or turn the tables on him?"

"So they bet that we wouldn't dare." Now, even Jack began to swear: "If I take Arasaka's job again in the future, I'll be a fool."

After all, military technology still has Blanca's good fortune, so it's better to keep it for now.

"I have to say that Blanca, the corporate dog, actually has a conscience."

Oliver said: "There really is no difference without comparison."

"I can tell you a joke about a corporate thug at this point. Arasaka works from 6am to 2pm. Today, he works from 6am to 2am tomorrow. That's 20 hours a day. But in his spare time, the corporate thug still has time to cheat us mercenaries out of our hard-earned money."

Karl smiled and said, "Fuck him, you know how to exploit people after you join the company, right?"

"You can learn anything by just learning a little."

Jack was amused by Carl's words, but to be more precise, he was laughing out of anger.

While the few of them were chatting, the Alvarado car drove automatically and passed through the Arasaka security convoy that had made way for them.

As they led the way again, the doors of the cars beside Carl and his companions were all unlocked, which ensured that they could jump out of the car and escape at any time. The previous rocket hurdles left such a deep impression on them that they would probably keep this 'good' habit in the future.

However, the rest of the journey was somewhat beyond the expectations of Carl and others. The journey was quite safe, and they did not encounter any enemies all the way out of the northern industrial area of ​​Watson District.

Did the attackers retreat after they had used all their strength and failed in the attack?

Carl wanted to comfort himself in this way, but he noticed something strange.

The northern industrial area of ​​Watson District is clearly the enemy of the Vortex Gang. Logically, there should be a few members of the Vortex Gang on the roadside. However, from the time they entered to the time they left, Carl, who had been paying attention outside due to the rocket attack, never saw the iconic red prosthetic eye once.

'The sea is always calm before the storm.'

The closer they got to their target point, California Avenue where the Blue Bi Building was located, the quieter the atmosphere in the car became. All four of them felt the oppressive feeling of impending storm.

When they could already see the towering building of the Blue Green Building, Jack suddenly asked Carl a question: "How much time do we have left?"

Carl knew what Jack wanted to say, and he also knew why Jack asked him even though he knew the time.

"One hour and ten minutes."

One hour and ten minutes left?
No.

Jack looked at the Ganbi Building, which was only about ten minutes away.

There should only be ten minutes left.

(End of this chapter)