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

V seemed deeply touched by this, and continued to talk without stopping: "Night City is a hellish place, and I am not saying this casually. You see, there are countless ants, jackals, company dogs, and ghouls... but there is something missing that should be there."

“People—!” She suddenly raised her voice and honked the car horn angrily, “There are no fucking people in this place! Everyone is an animal, everyone is an insect. Maybe only the top executives in the company and people of Arasaka Saburo’s level can be considered human!”

"I hate this damn place so much. I want to go out and see the world... But, huh, it's also a cesspool outside. Wherever there are big companies, there's a smell of excrement. This world is hopeless..."

Leo didn't know why she was suddenly so excited, but he knew exactly what to do at this moment.

He leaned over, gently patted V's shoulder, and said soothingly: "Why are you angry all of a sudden? What unpleasant thing happened to you here?"

V exhaled heavily through his nose and shook his head vigorously. "It's okay. Those stinky cops and this skyscraper just reminded me of some things in the past."

Leo rolled his eyes and teased her deliberately: "I am going to start a company, and you will be a senior executive in the future. Will you still agree with what I am saying now?"

"At that time..." V imagined, "When I made a lot of money, I would say every day - the company is good, the company is wonderful, and the air in the company is sweet! Until the dead of night, when I wake up, I will look down on you... and look down on myself..."

"Don't be so pessimistic. I'm different from Arasaka Saburo and his people. My company is definitely more humane than theirs. I will make money with all the employees of the company like I am now, and improve the quality of life of ordinary people, beautify this planet, and save nature."

V turned around and looked at him: "Really... Then I'll wait and see."

"It won't be long. I'm a man of my words!"

Vera, sitting in the passenger seat, watched their intimate interaction with a gentle smile like that of the Madonna on her face.

A warm team like a family, this is what she is looking for wherever she wanders.

Unexpectedly, I would find it in Night City, which has the worst reputation.

Are the flowers blooming among thorns so beautiful?

Soon after, they arrived at the skyscraper's internal parking lot and parked the two luxury cars next to a pile of broken-down vehicles.

The locals who were setting up stalls nearby, strolling around, and doing nothing all looked over.

Jack and V showed the pistols on their waists, allowing them to calm down a bit.

Then, he protected Leo and walked into the elevator together.

Based on the house number Sasha provided, they found her residence in Night City.

This is a one-bedroom apartment, which is a bit bigger than V's residence. It seems that technicians do live better than street mercenaries.

At this time, the ground was a mess, with large and small bags of things piled by the door, and Sasha was panting and drinking ice water.

"Huh...huh..."

"I finally packed it up. I didn't know there were so many things under the bed. I just stuffed them in without carefully sorting them out. No wonder I always felt that the bed was unstable and uneven when I slept..."

Several visitors looked at the messy environment in silence, and their beautiful impression of Miss Hacker was shattered.

This sloppy guy...

After a short break of a few minutes, the five of them worked together and it took them two trips to stuff all the stuff into the trunk. Even the rear seats of the Type 66 were filled with cardboard boxes.

During this period, several young women tried to come up and talk to Jack, looking for job opportunities, but they were all rejected by Jack.

When they saw that the person who was about to move away was a beautiful girl like Sasha, they seemed to understand something and stopped pestering her.

It turns out that the luxury car is here to pick up the beauty, which makes sense. As long as you are beautiful, even people from the lower class have the opportunity to climb up, even if the price is to sleep with the "beautiful person" first.

But as long as they can leave here, it's good. They just hate that they don't have a good-looking face that can be favored by rich people.

After all five people got in the car, Leo turned his head and looked at the super skyscraper that was gradually moving away, and he seemed to understand V's feelings a little.

The people living there all have tired and numb expressions on their faces, like walking corpses.

Back at the high-end apartment in Heywood, everyone helped Sasha carry her luggage back to her room. After that, she had to sort it out by herself, because she was too shy to let everyone see her clutter.

After being busy since noon, everyone finally got a chance to take a breath and gathered in Leo's living room to relax.

Time quietly came to seven o'clock in the evening.

Everyone was a little hungry.

V was a bit lazy and wanted to just fool around. But when she saw the menu provided by the apartment, she frowned reflexively - after being used to eating the ingredients brought back by Leo, these things on the menu were simply "hateful" and she lost her appetite.

Forget it, I'll just cook for myself.

First Look: Chapter 127 Dome Shopping Center

V got up and walked towards the kitchen, saying that he wanted to make some dinner.

Leo wanted to help and improve his impression, but Vera followed him first: "I'll go and help. I know a lot of wanderer-style dishes."

"Then I'll go too. I can make yogurt and fruit salad!"

Sasha couldn't sit still anymore and ran into the kitchen.

The kitchen, which was not big to begin with, was crowded and there was no place for Leo to sit. He could only go back to the sofa and stare at Jack.

"There's a Guns and Horses show going on at this time, do you want to watch it?"

Jack extended an invitation.

Leo nodded indifferently, and the two men began to watch TV to pass the time.

About half an hour later, the delicious dishes were served.

In addition to V's signature Spanish dishes, there are also a lot of barbecues.

Especially the golden roasted lamb skewers sprinkled with cumin, chili powder and white sesame seeds. The taste is so delicious that your tongue almost slips into your stomach when you take a deep breath.

Everyone was no longer in the mood to chat, so they waved their bowls, chopsticks, knives and forks and started working!

A quarter of an hour later, the gluttons in their stomachs lay down contentedly, and everyone was in the mood to chat.

"I didn't expect that the so-called homeless dishes were barbecue. Didn't the TV say that you guys have a hard life and lack of food?"

V grabbed a handful of lamb skewers with his left hand, and with a wave of his right hand, a whole skewer of fat and lean lamb went into his mouth, his mouth full of oil.

Vera responded, "Yes, we eat synthetic food most of the time. If we're lucky, we might catch a rabbit or a field mouse or something.

Rabbit fur is very valuable, so people usually save it and sell it when they go to the city to trade. But meat is different. A single trip to the city is not enough to buy gas, and it will go bad if left for too long, so people just roast it and eat it. "

"That's pretty good. I couldn't even afford real meat before."

V's words drew the approval of Jack and Sasha.

Vera raised her lips slightly and said, "You think too much. I am lucky once or twice a month at best. The rest of the time, if I want to eat some meat, I can only eat roasted grasshoppers, which are actually quite delicious."

She introduced some of the vagrants’ eating habits and expressed envy for their meals. “Before the family disbanded, many of my companions felt that life in the city was better. They didn’t have to wander around, and they had stable jobs and plenty of food. I didn’t expect it to be true…”

When she thought of the packed refrigerator she had just seen, she felt that her previous life was too hard, incomparable to that of the people in the city.

V almost choked on the mutton, and quickly took a big sip of juice, explaining, "You're overthinking it. Once you leave this door, you may only see such rich ingredients at the homes of company executives. These were all flown in by Leo from his hometown. The locals in Night City also eat insect meat..."

Hearing this, Leo remembered the synthetic sirloin beef he had eaten when he first came to Night City, and he suddenly felt nauseous.

"Can you please stop talking about bug meat? I really don't want to hear about this..."

V laughed and stuffed a kebab of lamb into his mouth.

After eating and drinking, the men were responsible for clearing the table and the women were responsible for washing the dishes, and they quickly restored the living room to its original state.

Jack stretched and looked at Leo: "Mano, is today's work done? Tomorrow's schedule is also confirmed, what are the arrangements after that?"

Leo stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, breathing in the fresh air and looking out at the Night City shrouded in darkness.

After a while, he sorted out his thoughts and turned to face everyone: "Today's work is not finished yet. The things I wanted to do tomorrow were pushed aside by the new schedule, so we can only do it today."

He sent an address information in the encrypted chat group.

"I checked online and found out that there's a super department store over at the company square, right on the road between the Kangtao Building and the Military Technology Building. It's called something like... Dome Shopping Center. Do you know it?"

"Night City's best shopping mall, open 7/24, one-stop shopping for everything you want to buy, quality choices, all in the dome... I can recite their slogans, and the opening advertisement of the evening news is always this."

Jack complained, which also showed the popularity of that shopping mall.

V added: "In countries around the world, any company of a certain size has opened a store there. The best Cybersport R Us in Night City is also there. As long as you have money, there is nothing you can't buy there. Of course, the goods are more expensive than in other places."

"It seems you all know, so let's go there before it's too late."

Leo looked at the shopping list in his personal mailbox and thought carefully.

"I need to buy an Ed-U advanced neural connector to go to Arasaka Academy. I also want to buy some genuine combat training chips from military technology, and I want to customize two smart weapons."

Hearing the word "weapon", V also stood up: "That's the best and most comprehensive weapon store in Night City. I'm not short of money now, so I should buy a good gun!"

Jack nodded: "That's true, it's time to upgrade my gun too."

"Then I'll go buy some hacking equipment. They're sure to have everything there!" Sasha agreed.

Leo looked at Vera, the only one who had not yet expressed her opinion.

"I... haven't started work yet?" She was a little embarrassed.

It turned out that he was negligent because he had no money.

Leo thought about Vera's prosthetic bill and transferred 25.5 to her: "I said I would give you 30 yuan, and you have already spent some of it. This is the rest. Just put it directly into your account."

“…Isn’t that bad?”

"What's the good news? Hurry up and finish it. If you delay any longer, it will be completely dark."

After transferring the money to Vera, he gave each person another 3 euros, saying it was the basic salary for March.

Despite being criticized for spending money lavishly and recklessly, he insisted on his sugar-coated bullet tactics, relying on interests and emotions to keep the team firmly in his hands.

After dividing the money, everyone set off excitedly to the largest shopping mall in Night City.

*

A quarter of an hour later, the brightly lit company square came into view.

Even as night falls, the atmosphere here remains relaxed and pleasant.

Rich people dressed fashionably strolled leisurely in the square;

Groups of company people gathered together to chat quietly;

There were also very pretty girls, posing and actively promoting themselves to passers-by;

Such a peaceful atmosphere is all due to the NPCD police officers that can be seen everywhere and the company's hovercrafts that come and go in the sky.

Even in the chaotic Night City, the Company Square is definitely a pure land. Making trouble here is tantamount to slapping the face of all companies, and the consequences may be more terrible than death.

Leo was distracted for a moment and suddenly realized that the car had stopped.

V glanced at him in the rearview mirror and complained, "Come back to your senses, we're here now and you're being stared at by a few girls in bikinis, can you be more creative?"

"You are slandering me. I am clearly thinking about serious matters!"

Leo retorted, straightened his clothes, opened the door and got out of the car.

The five people who were sitting in two cars gathered together again and walked towards the busy Dome Shopping Center together.

First Look: Chapter 128 Centurion Suit

As you walk into the shopping mall, bright light cascades down like a waterfall, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime.

Looking up, Leo's gaze passed through layers of virtual light screens and saw the bright, huge light source. Only then did he understand the origin of the name "dome".

Looking up further, at the end of your sight is a glass skylight, which reflects hazy five-colored light, creating a dreamy beauty.

“Shopping here is definitely a pleasure, provided that your wallet is deep enough.”

With a sigh, he turned back to look at his teammates.

"My plan is to buy school supplies first, followed by training chips, and finally weapons. What are your plans?"

The three fighters who just wanted to buy guns had no objection and planned to act with him.

Sasha raised his hand hesitantly. "I need to try it out before I can decide which model of hacking equipment to buy. It might take some time. Let's split up. I don't need to buy a gun for the time being anyway."

Leo had no objection: "Of course, you can, but is it okay for you to be alone?"

Hearing this, Sasha immediately put his hands on his hips and tried to straighten his chest. "Of course, no problem. I've worked at Danger Girl before. Don't mistake me for an ordinary hacker who can't do anything! That's it. I'm leaving now!"

She left behind a series of crisp footsteps and ran happily towards the floor where hacker equipment was sold.

Leo was staring at her back, distracted, when he was gently pushed.

It's obvious that the one who likes to be so active must be V...

"What's wrong?" He quickly deleted the beautiful picture of Sasha, who was petite but well-proportioned, from his mind.