Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 570 183. Never Left
"What are the origins of those two people? They look unfamiliar."

There were a lot of people around Carl and Reed, which attracted the attention of Kurt Hansen. He looked at the two of them briefly, then turned sideways and asked his subordinates about their origins.

"From the East Coast."

Hansen's subordinate used his artificial eyes to look up some information, and after comparing the faces in the information with the two men, he replied, "He is from a small family with a bit of background. The older one is the uncle of the younger one."

"Family, which family?"

Kurt Hansen was a little interested.

After the division of the United States, many prominent families in the old United States fell apart and weakened with the division of the United States. As a small family with a little background, this made him think more.

"The Van Buren family."

"Martin Van Buren."

Kurt Hansen pronounced the name.

This was the name of the eighth president of the United States.

When the Van Buren family was founded in the United States, it was not a particularly famous family. Even the great-grandfather of President Martin Van Buren was once a contract slave who sailed across the ocean. But when Martin Van Buren became president, this family was able to squeeze into the ranks of the big American families. But now... it is already 2077, and it is indeed just a small family.

"Do you need any attention?"

Hansen shook his head at his subordinates' words: "They are just members of a small family. Just check the purpose of their visit. There is no need to pay special attention to them."

Hansen glanced at the young Van Buren and said calmly, "The people around him will naturally keep an eye on him for us."

Upon hearing this, the subordinate glanced at the handsome young man, noticed the men and women surrounding him, and nodded.

The way people who are paid attention and those who are not paid attention to obtain information is completely different. For a guest like this who is surrounded by a crowd, they only need to pay attention to whether the crowd disperses to grasp his movements.

When Kurt Hansen's eyes shifted away from the young Van Buren, Carl glanced at Hansen seemingly unintentionally in the crowd.

"Mr. Kurt Hansen has stopped watching us."

While dealing with the closeness between men and women, Carl contacted Li De on the channel: "But how can we get close? The current situation is that everyone is staring at us."

"Gather intelligence, there's no need to rush into action now."

Holding a glass of wine, Li De was much more comfortable in the crowd than Carl. With a smile on his face, he talked to the people around him and exchanged information in the channel: "I have found out some information about Kurt Hansen's schedule. After this banquet, he will go to train the new recruits of the Netherhounds."

"Training a ghost dog probably means running to other floors of this building, which has nothing to do with us. Do you have a way to sneak into the new recruits and steal Hansen's dog tag while they are training in close combat?"

Carl's words were met with silence. It was obvious that Reed was also thinking about how to approach Hansen and get something personal from him.

"keep in touch."

After a few seconds of silence, Li De sent this message on the communication and temporarily stopped the call.

Stay in touch?

After thinking for a few seconds, I gave myself this sentence
Is this ace agent of the CIA reliable? He seems to have no opinion of his own.

Aren't agents the kind of profession where their superiors are idiots, they have to rely on themselves for everything, they have to prepare everything by themselves, and they have to save the world alone?

"I've watched Agent Mewtwo with Oliver too much."

Carl sighed inwardly and decided to figure it out on his own.

The ace agent at least provided him with some useful information.

"Are you ready to train new Nether Dog recruits later..."

Playing as a Hellhound recruit obviously wouldn't work.

The identity background of the new recruits who are able to join the Hellhounds must be strictly examined, not to mention the new recruits who are personally selected by Kurt Hansen for training. The authenticity of their identities must have been verified multiple times.

If Carl pretends rashly, he will most likely be exposed. Given Kurt Hansen's cautious and suspicious character, he will probably take action if he hears one or two words that sound wrong.

Carl was confident that he could escape from the pile of Nether Dogs, but this mission would probably be declared a failure.

Once Kurt Hansen finds out that someone is lurking near him and the other person is quite capable, he will probably guess the lurker's purpose immediately. At that time, it will be extremely difficult to get the dog tags without hurting Kurt Hansen.

In other words, if he wanted to get the dog tags, he had to do it without alerting anyone and without arousing Kurt Hansen's suspicion.
How is this possible?

If someone's important personal belongings are lost, especially something related to the president, it is very likely that they will be found the next minute after they disappear.

Carl thought for a while and decided to use a simpler method.

You can't take things quietly because you will be discovered. So just let it be discovered, as long as you can prolong the time it takes to be discovered.

As long as they move enough, they can escape from Dog Town. This is much simpler than approaching Kurt Hansen under heavy guard and taking things quietly.

As the banquet progressed, Carl, after declining the invitations of nearly ten boys and girls to gather in the room, explained his ideas to Reed, and this ace agent finally played a role.

"I know there is a tunnel under this Baoshiqing Building. Although the tunnel is filled with highly toxic sewage and contains many inductive mines set up by the Nether Dogs, if you want to leave as quickly as possible, that route is the most suitable evacuation route."

When Li De was sending the message, his words in the channel were a little hesitant: "I have something installed in my body to resist toxins and radiation. In the short term, those underground water channels composed of sewage and chemical wastewater will not kill me for the time being. It's just that you..."

"Does their elevator work properly downstairs?"

"There will be a blockade, but if you have enough skills or a mantis blade, the outer wall might be a good choice, but you have to avoid patrolling drones." "Then do it."

"So let's do this?"

Reed obviously underestimated Carl's speed of action after he made up his mind. After confirming the feasibility of the matter and thinking that this approach was more to his liking, Carl did it directly.

When the banquet was declared over and Carl accepted the invitation of the girl at the beginning and was about to leave the Baozhuqing Building to go to a hotel for a good talk, Kurt Hansen also stood up and prepared to leave for his soldier training.

The girl smiled and took Carl's hand, showing the attitude of a winner to the jealous boys and girls around her. At this moment, the originally bright lights of the Baoshiqing Building suddenly went out.

The hackers monitoring the banquet floor from Bao Shiqing did not notice any signs of intrusion.

Because this isn't really an invasion.

Carl's left hand was held by the girl, and his right palm was slightly bent.

Just now, he took advantage of the crowd's cover and threw a knife at the electronic control system that had been observed on this floor.

A gift from Haruko.

Xiaodao used electronic pulses precisely to disable the lighting control system on the floor.

In the brief interval between the backup power supply starting up and the surveillance camera switching modes, Carl completed his "invasion" of the girl next to him.

"Memory wipe."

The blue-eyed girl fell into a trance in the darkness, and her hand holding Carl's slightly lost strength.

At the same time, the crowd fell into a brief panic due to the sudden darkness. Carl took the opportunity to pull out his arm and then adjusted his breathing slightly.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Carl was deliberately being led by the girl to leave the party, and was seven meters away from Kurt Hansen who was about to take the elevator down.

This distance is enough.

The crowd's panic lasted only two seconds, as the sapphire blue lights quickly came back on.

"Well……"

The blue-eyed girl suddenly felt dizzy, but fortunately the young man next to her supported her in time.

"What's wrong?" The young man's handsome and gentle smile made the girl's cheeks slightly red.

"nothing."

In her memory, the young man was always by her side and never left.

The two stepped into the elevator.

The moment they entered the elevator, a small knife that shuttled through the crowd was exchanged for a chip.

"Well done, Li De, you're very quick to respond."

The elevator slowly went down, and at the elevator door on the other side, Kurt Hansen frowned.

"Check the cause of the power outage. I always feel like something is wrong." He instructed his subordinates and walked into the elevator.

The elevator slowly descended, and after arriving at the location where the recruits were scheduled to be trained, Kurt Hansen demonstrated his excellent speaking skills and convincing charm in the face of his subordinates who came to greet him and the recruits who were eagerly waiting.

He encouraged the new recruits who had just joined. After telling them a lot about the benefits of joining the Hellhounds and the status it could bring to the family, he began to watch the training and personally selected several good candidates for training. While admiring the good skills displayed by the new recruits, Kurt Hansen felt more and more uneasy even though everything was going in favor of the Hellhounds.

Just after he knocked down another recruit, the power outage inspection report he had just ordered arrived.

"It seems that there has been interference from the EMP. The floor switch control system has temporarily stopped functioning."

"EMP interference? Check carefully." Kurt Hansen ordered in a deep voice.

At the same time, he subconsciously squeezed the dog tag on his chest.

The sign was still hanging there, and everything seemed normal.

"Is it an illusion?"

As he was thinking this, he suddenly felt a slight pain in the palm of his hand, so he let go of his hand.

The next second, he was surprised to find that there was a cut on his palm.

Standing there, Kurt Hansen was stunned for a second before realizing the reason for the injury to his palm.

He looked down at the dog tag on his chest, only to find that it had already taken on its current shape as he opened his hand.

The dog tag was cut in half from the bottom, like two sharp blades, and it was those two thin sides that cut Kurt Hansen's clenched palm just now.

And on those two thin sides, he specially modified and expanded the data chip that the dog tag stored in it...

It's gone.

(End of this chapter)