Transformed into a black silk queen, I took charge of Wanjie City

Arasaka Counterintelligence Department, inside the director's office.

"This is all the information I've collected over the past few months. Biometrics, trauma team cards, information about close associates - drivers, security chiefs, lovers, and lovers' husbands. All of it."

"Use this to get rid of Abonasi! You also said that she forced me to do this."

A burly man in a suit sat on the sofa and handed over a chip. Standing opposite him was the woman named "V".

"What happens if I say no?"

After hearing what V said, Arthur Jenkins leaned back on the sofa and turned to look at the Night City outside the floor-to-ceiling window. There was no light in the room, but it was still illuminated by this neon city that never sleeps.

"Don't ask stupid questions like that. This isn't a request."

"And these, take them. You can only use this money. For the most critical mission, you have to send your trusted aides. Do you understand?"

Jenkins handed over a stack of bills, and V took it and roughly counted it. The thick stack was about 5 euros.

V sighed, she thought of Jack's advice to her this morning, it seemed that she would die in this job sooner or later. Unfortunately, she had already walked on the single-plank bridge, there was no turning back.

"OK, I understand."

"Very good, my hovercraft is outside, you can use it."

v ignored Jenkins' hypocritical advice, walked out of the office quickly, and contacted Jack immediately.

"Hi V, you're not dead. Are you having a good time in the snake den?"

"Snake's Den? That's a pretty good name. Listen, Jack. I need to find someone I can trust..."

"That's getting in trouble. Let's meet at the Liz."

Kabuki district, Ritz Bar.

Jack rode his motorcycle to the door of the bar. The Ritz Bar was the most famous Mewtwo bar in the city. On normal days, there would be a lot of cars parked around at this time, but today there was only a large pickup truck parked there.

"Hey, sisters from the Mox Gang, there seem to be a few people here today?"

"Well, if you're here to drink, then you should go to another place. A bunch of rich people have reserved the place."

"chica (Spanish girl), I'm here to talk about something, how about giving me a private room, I'll give you a good tip."

The non-mainstream girl with heavy makeup thought about it and realized that there were only a dozen people in the bakery there, so it should be okay to open a small private room on the second floor for Jack.

"Okay, but no noise, understand?"

"Haha, I'll try to keep my voice down."

The girl with two buns led Jack in. Unlike usual days, there was not a single sex doll in the Ritz Bar today. There was only a group of beauties and three men in the front area, who were Xiao Luoli, Mann and their group.

Pyrrha saw the girl lead in a big man, propping herself up in front of the two with her long arms, and spoke very arrogantly:

"Hey, hey! Didn't we say we're renting the place out? Who the hell is this ugly bitch?!"

"We're having some issues with the ventilation system in our bar. This is the maintenance guy, don't worry."

Xiao Luoli glanced over here. From the muscles and prosthetics on Jack's body, it was clear that he was definitely not a maintenance worker, but she was too lazy to care.

They say they have reserved the whole place, but in fact it is just to prevent those people in the bar whose brains are in the lower body from harassing them. If someone comes occasionally who doesn't bother them, they will turn a blind eye.

Xiao Luoli asked Mann to call Pira back, and the girl hurriedly led Jack to the second floor and brought him to the innermost box.

"Hey, were all your sex dolls driven away by those rich people?"

"They were all driven away. To be honest, there were only three men in the group, two of whom were weird-looking, and only one boy looked handsome. But the girls who came were all very attractive."

"Okay, I'll bring the person you want to talk to over here. Do you want something to drink?"

"A glass of vodka on the rocks, lime juice, ginger beer, and most importantly - some love."

The Mox girl was amused by this rough man. In Night City, someone actually wanted love? But she didn't say anything else and turned away.

While Jack was drinking two glasses of wine, he heard a violent cyclone sound from the rooftop, and several wails for mercy. Because Xiao Luoli asked the bar to turn off the music, Jack on the second floor could hear it clearly.

After a while, a beautiful woman in a red suit jacket and high heels came down from the top floor, led by Mox's men. She walked straight into the box without being seen by Xiao Luoli and his group.

"Is this a bar? If you hadn't told me, I would have thought it was some kind of activity center for the elderly."

"Haha, someone booked the whole place today, and I just had to say something nice to get the box."

The person who came was V. After making some jokes, she sat down facing Jack, took out a chip from the chip slot and put it on the table.

"Let me make it clear first, this matter is known to heaven, earth, you and me!"

"Oh, of course. If you're still worried, I've helped you keep secrets before."

"I'm serious... This thing could very well destroy me. Data chip, take a look."

Jack took the chip from the table and inserted it into the slot at the back of his head, his eyes flashing blue and he groaned.

"What do you think?"

"Well... the money can't be too little, and the transaction has to be done secretly. No transfers, only cash."

It has to be said that Jack, who comes from a gang, is much more knowledgeable than Xiao Luoli, who has just arrived in Night City. It is probably only Xiao Luoli who would kidnap Arasaka's people and demand a ransom in cash.

Throwing the chip onto the table, Jack continued speaking.

"A full team... we need one or two professionals, a top hacker with a super brain, a driver who doesn't care about his life, and finally a lone wolf who dares to clean up the mess."

"Is that all you want me to do, shoot this lady?"

"You are the person I trust the most, Jack."

"You know, although I've never been a whore or a virgin, I don't really want to do this. And I believe you don't want to do it either."

"You don't know the rules of Arasaka. If an order like this comes down to me, I can't refuse it."

"But I can refuse, and you should refuse too. Okay, let's have a couple of drinks first, and we'll forget all the bad things after we're done!"

Jack patted V's shoulder and brought the wine to her. V raised the wine, clinked glasses with him, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I've always said this, you sold your soul to those Sabines in Arasaka. It's a deal with the devil."

Jack slammed his cup on the table and continued:

"If they ask you to kill someone today, they can ask someone else to kill you tomorrow."

v sighed heavily, she wanted to argue, but Jack was right.

At this time, the sound of a violent cyclone was heard again overhead. V's expression became solemn after hearing it. She had not heard of anyone else coming here in a hovercraft besides herself.

Sure enough, several strong men in black suits came down from the top floor, broke into the box and stood in front of V.

"Your name is V?"

"Jenkins has assigned you a mission today, and we need to know the details!"

V tried to cover it up, but suddenly her eyes blurred and the violent shock in her brain made her dizzy and weak. The orange light in the eyes of the leading Arasaka agent disappeared, and his tone was full of ridicule.

"How do you feel? Are you feeling dizzy? Your access to the company network has been officially revoked. In two minutes, any of your company network-related devices will be forcibly stopped. Finally, hand over the data Jenkins gave you to us, and the dismissal process will be officially completed."

V's throat felt like it was clogged with sandpaper, and she couldn't breathe. This was the withdrawal reaction from being forced to shut down the company's online health monitoring. Not only that, her biochemical controller, company residence, and bank account were all taken back.

She picked up the chip on the table with difficulty and handed it to the Arasaka agent. The Arasaka guard behind her took the chip and verified it and nodded.

"It's already done according to the procedure, but I think if I hand you, the bastard, over to Abonasi, I should be paid more."

Agent Arasaka wanted to grab V, but Jack, who was sitting nearby, stood up and stopped him.

"Hey, you should be more respectful in other people's territory. If you shoot, we will shoot too. There will always be some deaths, right?"

If it were any other time, the Arasaka agent might have believed it, but there were not many people in the Ritz Bar today. He could tell at a glance that Jack was bluffing and pushed Jack away.

Jack was pushed and hit the wine cabinet beside him, and the wine inside fell out immediately. The crackling sound also attracted the attention of Xiao Luoli and his group below.