Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 509 122. Stronger

"The Voodoo Gang has been destroyed. Where did you get the news? Why haven't I heard about this?!"

"You are so insensitive to the news. You are really not well-informed. Haven't you heard that the NCPD has opened a branch in the former Haitian settlement in Taiping State and has begun to restore law and order there?"

"Didn't the city government say that it would abandon Taiping Prefecture in the future?"

"Who knows? Maybe some police officer is planning to turn that place into his own private kingdom, just like Hansen. But these things are not important. Do you know who the Voodoo Gang offended this time and was killed?"

"NCPD is stationed there. Could it be the NCPD? It seems that since Deputy Chief Johnson took office, the NCPD's actions have become more radical. They have also formed a special operations team. I heard that their standard equipment is almost comparable to that of the Terrorist Squad. Could it be that the Voodoo Gang's hacking activities have finally provoked them?"

"I'm only talking about private information, I can't guarantee its authenticity. I heard that when the Voodoo Gang was destroyed, members of the KK team were seen at the scene."

"Oh, I see. It's the KK team. No wonder. I don't know how the Voodoo Gang offended them."

Listening to the discussion between two drinkers nearby, Carl sat in Dino's bar in the city center and found that there were really no secrets in the city.

It's only been a few days, and the news about Taiping Prefecture has spread among the drinkers in the bars in the city center. Judging from this efficiency, by tomorrow morning everyone in the city should know that it was the KK team that took care of the Voodoo Gang.

Fortunately, I disguised my face, otherwise if I were recognized, I don’t know what these two people who are discussing my team would think.

Karl muttered to himself, looked at the empty seat in front of him, picked up his phone and checked the time.

too slow.

It seems that Dino is late.

I just went to Lao Wei's place to install the latest access warehouse this morning and then came to see him, but I was late.

Carl closed his eyes and opened them again.

After the demise of the Voodoo Gang, Carl received his reward from the Network Monitor, which was the Network Monitor's NetDrive Type 1. This type of access bay is much easier to use than the Arasaka access bay that Carl had originally used. Both the cracking efficiency and the algorithm have been optimized a lot. Using the current access bay, Carl feels that it is no longer a difficult task to complete the invasion and his own acceleration at the same time.

It has to be said that Internet monitoring tools are indeed powerful. On the Internet, only tools from professionals and companies are top-notch.

But new things are good, but I still feel a little uncomfortable when I first use them.

After all, the network monitoring access warehouse and Arasaka's access warehouse belong to two different companies. The various underlying algorithms may appear similar under espionage activities, but there are still big differences in some key details.

To use a similar analogy, it's the difference between a hamburger and a roujiamo. Both are wheat flour products with meat sandwiched between them. In theory, the ingredients may be the same, but how can the appearance, taste, and cooking methods be the same?

For Carl, he probably hasn't passed the adaptation period yet. According to Old Wei, he should try not to take any action in the next two days.

However, Lao Wei basically says this every time the prosthesis is installed. Carl can't figure out whether he has not fully adapted to his condition or the calculation speed is too fast, so his mind is still stuck on the original data speed for a while and he can't react.

But one thing Carl is sure of is that he has become faster and stronger.

Now, according to Carl's own calculations, if they were to fight face to face, he was confident that he could break through Chiyo's guard within three minutes. Of course, that was based on a face-to-face situation;

If he were to fight another person who was better at face-to-face combat, such as Adam Hammer or Kenichi Shiro, or Takemura Goro, who Carl had seen once, then Carl might have to hold out for a while, and then the winner would be decided by their own abilities.

"If we attack again, Adam Hammer, don't even think about dragging us all down with you."

Thinking in his mind, Carl looked at the time again and found that Dino was already fifteen minutes late.

'strangeness. ’

According to Carl's impression, although Dino was not a middleman who would arrive at a certain time, he was fifteen minutes late for the agreed time and did not send any message. This was too outrageous. If there were other mercenaries with bad tempers sitting there, they might have left with a sullen look.

"Ding."

When Carl was thinking this, a man walked in at the door of the bar. Carl thought it was Dano, but when he looked up, he found that it was the bartender who came to change shifts. Carl had seen this man twice.

Watching the muscular black man approaching, Carl didn't expect to see him again.

The bartender knew that his identity had been exposed in front of me, but he still continued to do it. Did he think that I didn't notice him at the beginning, or...
Carl's eyes met with the sturdy black bartender's. Both of them looked at each other calmly, and then looked away.

'Is it that the New America deliberately arranged this contact, or is it some kind of personnel dilemma? It feels like the New America Joint Intelligence Agency doesn't take this guy seriously at all?'

Carl didn't understand why someone who made him feel threatened would volunteer to be a bartender in a place like this. He also didn't understand why the other party could treat the current situation so calmly, even though his identity had already been revealed in front of a mercenary.

However, if he didn't accept the mission, Carl had no intention of getting involved with New America, so he just looked at the sturdy black man at the bar and then looked away.

Just this one glance allowed Carl to see new things that he had never seen before.

'Now, I seem to be able to see more weaknesses. In his actions, it seems that I can vaguely see some future moves. Is this an illusion, or some kind of calculation?'

Carl knew that through calculation, he could determine a person's next move, but when he really experienced this wonderful feeling, he was still a little unsure of his feelings.

"drop."

There was a new message on Carl's phone.

Dai Nuo: I'm sorry. On the way here, I met a group of foolish thieves who ran to the city center to cause trouble. They stopped my car and even planned to rob me on the street. I haven't seen such arrogant outsiders for a while. I just finished dealing with something and came here immediately. As an apology, I'll buy you some drinks today. You can take whatever you want.

(End of this chapter)