Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 579 192. The Value of Human Beings

"Tsk tsk, should I say it's not surprising, or should I say it's as expected?"

After hearing Slide say that there was a traitor around President Rosalind Miles, Carl clicked his tongue a few times but did not show much surprise.

Isn't it just that there is a traitor around the big shot who wants to kill him? This kind of thing is too normal and there is really nothing strange about it.

Rather, if there wasn't a mole around Miles, she wouldn't have leaked this much information.

"But even if we knew about this, it has nothing to do with us."

Carl said, looking at Reed. The "we" in his words was meaningful: "It's the big agent of the CIA who might be closely related to this matter."

"There's a mole"

Reed didn't care about Carl's words that excluded him from the circle. After learning about the traitor, he frowned and fell into deep thought, as if screening possible suspects in his mind.

However, just as he was thinking, Carl spoke again:
"By the way, Agent Li De, do you plan to postpone the next contact with the Joint Intelligence Bureau?"

"Postpone?" Li De thought for a moment and understood what Carl meant. "You suspect that we have been exposed. Maybe the CIA personnel I contacted betrayed us. So the subsequent information transmission may not be safe. Do we need to make some arrangements?"

"You are worthy of being an agent. I just gave you a slight hint and you understood it all. It seems that we have a tacit understanding not only in actions but also in thinking." What Carl was referring to was, of course, their tacit cooperation in the Bao Shiqing Building and the tacit understanding at the moment.

Then he continued, "If the recipient is also a traitor, then that would explain why we were exposed and locked down. If even they are traitors, then this information transmission is nothing more than handing the intelligence back to the enemy. So, I think we can test it to see if the recipient is a traitor."

"What are you going to do?" Li De looked around. "If we want to arrange it, we can start now."

"It seems that we have the same idea." Carl chuckled, "To transmit information from Dog Town to the city, we need positioning and network address. If the recipient is a traitor, then when he receives our network address, he can accurately lock our real location;
By then, maybe we just passed the information out, and the next moment the Nether Dogs would surround this place tightly, and there would be no one outside to help us block the bullets, giving us a chance to retreat easily again."

"Let's set up this place and use it as bait for testing and judgment."

Li De nodded, but then frowned deeply.

He thought of what would happen if his guess came true.

"If the contact is really a traitor, then our plan to use hackers to transmit information out of Dogtown may also fail."

“Maybe it won’t work.”

Carl took a sip of the sweet tea in his hand and thought about what he should do to send the chip out under such circumstances.

If the contact person is really a traitor, then Carl and Reed will have to find a way to get the chip out of Dog Town themselves. Now that all the Hellhounds in the town are mobilized, it would be a lie to say that it is not difficult.

Li De gradually fell silent.

At this moment, he couldn't tell whether he hoped that the contact person was a traitor or not.

If the contact person is a traitor, then it will be very difficult for him to send the chip this time, but at least it will allow him to identify who the traitor is. But if the contact person is not a traitor,
So when will the people lurking among them burst out?
As an agent, Reed maintained the thinking of an agent and pondered the possibilities, but the mercenary KK did not think as much as he did.

Carl also thought of the possibility that the contact person was not a traitor, but that was the best for him. He was not a traitor. The chip information was delivered. What happened next had nothing to do with him. The mission was over. There was a traitor between the CIA and the president. What did it have to do with him? He was just a hired mercenary. The CIA could handle the spy activities of investigating the traitors.

If he is a traitor, then Carl can just find a way to send the chip out, and that will be the end of it. The subsequent cleaning up of the internal traitor environment has nothing to do with him.

In a word, if it is a traitor, it will be more troublesome, and if it is not a traitor, it will be easier. But whether it is or not, it has little to do with Carl. At most, the mission will be a little more troublesome.

Li De's arrangement speed was not fast, but he completed it before the slider completely extracted the data in the chip.

"Anyway, as long as I send this thing out, I won't owe you anything, right?" Slide made one last confirmation before taking action.

Li De nodded silently.

"Well, I'll just take this as the truth, Reed. I hope I won't see you pointing a gun to my head on camera next time."

The slider completed the last steps before sending, and then stood up. "I have set the time according to your requirements. You still have five minutes. Whatever happens after this has nothing to do with me."

After speaking, Slide nodded in Karl’s direction, and said meaningfully: “I’m looking forward to our next meeting.”

Then he turned and walked towards the elevator.

Although he was blind, Slide was still able to accurately identify the direction thanks to the connected camera. His men were already waiting outside, ready to take him to the next hiding place to temporarily avoid the storm.

Looking at the back of Slide as he left, Li De's hand moved slightly, but in the end he did not draw his gun.

Agents keep their word? This kind of joke sounds ridiculous. Li De did have the idea of ​​silencing him, but after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up.

Rather than killing the Slider now, perhaps more value can be extracted from him in the future. After all, this place has been exposed, and the Slider may still have room for exploitation.

After this incident, the United Intelligence Bureau and Slide have no more connection? I'm afraid even Slide himself wouldn't believe this.

The CIA will never let go of a person easily before completely squeezing out his or her value. Whether it is Slide or Li De who has become interested in him at the moment, they are just pawns.

"It seems he still has value."

Carl noticed Reed's subtle movements, but he only said this.

It is obvious that Slide, who has the handle in the hands of the CIA and comes from the Voodoo Gang, is not a good person. Naturally, Carl will not show any kindness. No matter whether Reed makes a move or not, Carl will not take any action.

“Everyone has his value.”

Li De said so.

Time passed, and five minutes later, as the message was sent, the patrolling Hellhound suddenly received an address.

That address was the Hawkmoth Bar.

(End of this chapter)