From Gotham to Night City, my notoriety is known to everyone

Dodging bullets looks cool, but failing to dodge them is pure tragedy.”

Leo nodded in agreement. He knew that the initial velocity of a rubber bullet was much slower than that of a real bullet, and the kinetic energy was incomparable. Being able to dodge a rubber bullet was nothing.

But... that doesn't stop him from being happy!

This is dodging a bullet. He felt that his performance just now must be as cool as Neo in The Matrix!

V shook his head in amusement and took out the coin again.

"Go ahead, guess which side."

"front!"

Leo believes that if he perseveres to the end, he will surely achieve victory!

Ding--

The coin flew into the air, making a pleasant sound as it spun.

Landing - the reverse side...

"You lost again. Oh, I really want to practice."

V quickly replaced the magazine with a new one, his smile as bright as a summer flower.

bang bang bang-

Another shuttle.

This time, having completed the warm-up and gained some experience, he dodged thirteen bullets and made remarkable progress.

During the third coin toss, he gritted his teeth and continued to choose "heads".

Ding--

The flip side!

"Cheating, this must be cheating!"

Leo was numb, picked up the coin and put it in his hand.

"I'll throw it this time, you guess! Don't try to cheat!"

V rolled his eyes. "Ah, fine. I'll guess heads, too."

Ding--

Positive, positive!

"This is impossible!"

Leo knelt down, could he be the legendary lucky E! ?

"I gave you a chance, but you are useless~"

Click.

V replaced the magazine, hesitated for a moment, and tossed the pistol to him: "We agreed to spar, what's the point of me always being a sparring partner? I'll let you have a go, no need to thank me."

Leo held the gun handle, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the bar.

This is V's own will, so it can't be considered that he is taking advantage!

The two men stood up again, and this time it was V who was waiting to be "shot".

Leo tried hard to put on a serious expression, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face: "Do you need me to shout out the direction of attack?"

"No need, you think I am--"

boom!

Without waiting for V to finish his words, Leo immediately opened fire.

Haha!

V Zhentian, Die! Die! !

The imagined scene of V being caught off guard and in a mess did not happen. She easily dodged the bullet shot at her chest with a difficult move similar to the iron bridge.

Leo was disappointed but not discouraged and continued to pull the trigger.

Bang, bang, bang—click—

The bullets were exhausted and V's record was 15 bullets dodged.

The other five... missed the target...

Leo was also desperate. He couldn't hit V with the first ten shots. He soon realized that his aiming speed was too slow, giving her enough time to prepare.

Later, in order to speed up his shooting, he gave up aiming and just shot at random. The price he paid was that he became a master of outlining the human body, shooting bullets everywhere.

V looked at him and smiled without saying anything, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"I'm not convinced, come again!"

Leo took out a coin and continued to "bet his life" with V!

Nobody: Chapter 64: The last day before departure

The two of them used up all the rubber bullets that V bought throughout the afternoon.

During the process, her old gun jammed several times, but she fixed it herself.

In addition to the novice mode where you have to report your position before shooting, Leo also experienced the normal mode where there are no prompts, and the difficult mode where you have to shoot quickly.

V later wanted to do a close-range, rapid-fire hell mode, but he firmly refused.

After practicing these three modes for an entire afternoon, he felt dizzy and his limbs were twitching with pain.

Not only that, during the "bullet time", he also overexerted himself several times, resulting in slight strains in his lower back muscles.

"Let's focus on treating type 1. This time... use a whole tube."

“Is this really not substance abuse?”

"It's safe to use it. Just use it."

Leo took the medicine and inhaled it in one breath.

The cool liquid wrapped around his mouth and throat, quickly relieving his physical discomfort.

It’s true, after such a sweaty exercise, the pressure and anxiety in his heart were relieved.

"Let's practice again tomorrow afternoon. Accompany me to the weapons store the day after tomorrow morning. I need to stock up on some ammunition." Leo lay on the sofa, found the electronic room card of the apartment, and quickly operated it.

V was drinking water and taking a break when he suddenly received a notification text message.

[Your access card (secondary card) has obtained all permissions except necessary restrictions, please check. ]

"…What are you doing?"

After a few seconds of silence, she turned her head uncomfortably and looked at Leo.

"I'll give you the permission. You can use this house as you like when I'm not around. If...hiss!"

Leo wanted to say something pessimistic, but before he could muster up the emotion, V poked him hard in the waist.

The sadness in my heart was instantly interrupted by the pain.

"It hurts, it hurts, what are you doing!"

V was even more dissatisfied than him: "Stop saying those unlucky words, I don't like to hear them! As a mercenary, the most taboo thing is to say things like death or life, which is more unlucky than 'I'll retire after this job'."

Leo held his waist and sighed weakly: "Okay, in fact, you should be able to see that I'm just nervous, not scared."

"Ah."

V responded calmly.

She has seen Leo's psychological changes over the past few days. He is indeed not like when he first came to Night City - he looks like he may collapse at any time.

But...she still felt a little unhappy.

It's so hard to find a reliable employer... or partner, but I only get benefits but can't help. This feels terrible...

The two were silent for a while, and Leo reorganized his words:

"When I'm not around, you can use this as a meeting point. When we go on missions together in the future, please communicate more with each other and avoid any mistakes during the operation."

“Alright, alright. The three of us have been in Night City for a total of nearly as long as you are now. We know how to handle relationships among team members.”

"But aren't you a lone wolf?" Leo glanced at her.

V snorted softly. "I'm a lone wolf, but I've seen other mercenary teams. Besides, Jack must be good at adjusting the team atmosphere. He used to be the leader of the Valentino Gang."

"That's true... By the way, you should pay more attention to Sasha. From the information I have learned, she is indeed very reliable. But you can never know a person's heart through his appearance. What if..."

"Okay, leave it to me."

The two sat on the sofa watching TV together and chatting idly.

outside the window,

Night falls quietly, and the disturbing gunshots echo quietly in the evening breeze.

Night City...a city that truly comes alive at night.

*

2 month 23 day.

morning,

Leo suddenly had an idea and called his friends to his apartment for a party.

The atmosphere was very harmonious, and even Sasha started talking more.

While they were eating the snacks Leo bought, they were listening to him talk about his plans for returning home.

"I can still contact you online after I get back. If you have anything, just send me a text message and I'll reply when I see it. Forget about the phone call. I'm not sure if you can answer it."

V and Jack nodded slightly.

Sasha's eyes widened, like a curious kitten. "Are you sure? Night City is quite far from where you are."

Seeing the puzzled looks on the faces of the other two companions, she kindly explained.

Ever since the original Internet was blown up by the legendary hacker Batmos, directly accessing the original Internet has become a very dangerous thing, and it is easy to be attacked by roving AI.

Countries around the world basically just do their own thing, using local networks, or LANs, instead of the Internet.

Apart from the truly upper-class people, only a small number of corporate dogs will frequently move between different networks.

The two violent men who were better at using their hands than their brains seemed to understand what was said. They only knew that it seemed to be quite difficult to contact this place from Leo's hometown.

Of course, Leo also discussed this issue with Chunbai.

She promised with a very positive attitude that she could use the computer room in the singularity space as a transit station to connect networks in different worlds and regions.

This can be achieved by simply having a "local" server as an information terminal.

In fact, she had secretly converted the two computers in the apartment into information terminals. If necessary, she could even disguise Leo's biological signals to make the trauma team and other organizations tracking him think he was still in Night City.

With confidence in his heart, Leo was naturally full of confidence: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything. I can communicate with this side in real time from there."

"That's pretty impressive. This authority is indeed extraordinary."

Sasha looked at him deeply and became even more curious about this mysterious middleman who appeared out of nowhere.

For security reasons, the "wall" between countries is very thick. What he said cannot be done without a certain level of skill.

Leo smiled smugly and skipped the topic: "Don't worry about the Internet, let's talk about something else first. Jack, if I smuggle a batch of high-end liquor from China, do you think we can cooperate with the priest?"

Jack didn't expect that there was something for him to do here. He was slightly stunned and thought carefully for a while:

"Smuggling high-end liquor... The product itself is fine, and there is no shortage of buyers in Night City. As for the priest... He used to be a pastor of the Valentino Gang and is highly respected by the gang members. Are you looking for him to do business with the Valentino Gang?"

"That's right. I plan to sell high-end wines, so I have to find wealthy buyers. This business is extremely profitable, and we can't handle it with just a few of us. We have to find some outside help."

"Um……"

Jack groaned.

V suddenly interrupted, "Sebastian Ibarra, I'm actually quite familiar with him. He took care of me a lot when I first started out. If you ask me, he's the most reliable of all the middlemen at Heywood. It's definitely better to work with him than with anyone else."

After a few seconds, Jack nodded and said, "I agree. My mother and I both have some connections with the priest. If we go to cooperate with him, the risk will be much smaller."