Chapter 373 Firepower Upgrade Bill

Night City Municipal Building.

Mayor Lucius Lane got off his private floating car, making it impossible to tell that he had just taken a trip to Santo Domingo.

He got out of the car, and as soon as he entered the building, he saw Bryce, the network supervisor, standing in the hallway——

This agent was originally just a covert agent responsible for the black wall business in Night City, but recently because he had more contact with a group of mercenaries, he was naturally assigned more tasks.

On the one hand, Ryan needs his experience in contact with those mercenaries. On the other hand, Bryce's many contacts with mercenaries have completely reduced the confidentiality of his identity. There is no need to continue to act secretly.

People only know that Ryan sponsored network surveillance and established the Cybersecurity Foundation, but from this scene it can be seen that in Night City, his relationship with network surveillance is better than the outside world imagined.

At least this is the case in the Night City branch.

"Honestly, I have quite mixed feelings about them. Sometimes I feel that Night City should have such a spiritual business card, but seeing them reminds me of the nuclear bombs more than 50 years ago."

Ryan lit a cigar and walked past Bryce while talking, and the latter followed.

"At least so far, network surveillance's psychological assessment of them is still within a safe range."

"You don't understand, this kind of person's behavior is unpredictable."

Lane took a long drag on his cigar and sometimes acted less like a mayor and more like a gangster.

Bryce immediately returned: "That's because network monitoring uses too few observation methods. The more observation equipment and data, the more accurate prediction and control can be."

"Come on, what will people say about me if you let me go all out?"

Within a few steps, Ryan finished smoking the cigar he had just lit and burned thousands of euros.

He reached out and threw the cigarette butt into the trash can in front of the elevator, and happened to see at the end of the corridor, his bald deputy mayor Holt, chatting and laughing with two Arasaka employees, and they seemed to have a very close relationship.

When he raised his head, the Arasaka employee on the opposite side instantly looked at Ryan, which also diverted Holt's attention here.

Two of Arasaka's employees wore some kind of electronic prosthetic eyes. This device allowed them to capture more details, and the horizontal red light strips looked more oppressive.

It also has more Arasaka characteristics.

Seeing that he was his superior, Holt's smile instantly turned into a smile.

Ryan also nodded slightly towards the group, and then walked into the elevator that had been waiting for him, followed closely by Bryce.

No one spoke in the elevator, but Bryce suddenly said: "The relationship between your bulldog and Arasaka is really good, and it seems to be getting better and better."

Deputy Mayor Holt, known to the outside world as Lane's Bulldog.

Some members of the public believe that Ryan is Arasaka's dog and has collected black money from the company. A large part of the reason is that as his deputy, Holt is often very close to Arasaka.

So Hult is also known as the company dog's dog.

Ryan didn't have much reaction to this, but just smiled lightly: "Savage dogs are not easy to raise, you can't expect me to control him 24 hours a day.

Isn't Peralez discharged from the hospital yet? "

"He'll be at the meeting."

"very good."

Ding.

The elevator door opened, and in front of Ryan was a huge staircase conference hall.

Representatives from various companies in the parliament have already taken their seats. In his eyes, the holographic HUD marked the company represented by each seat, as well as the personal information of the representatives on the seat.

Kang Tao, Military Technology, Arasaka, Pezo Petrochemical, Yeshi Group, Biotechnology, Zeta Technology, Jianli Group.

There are ten seats in total.

After Arasaka's people were in place, Holt walked out of the work passage and happened to pass by Bryce who was walking away.

People took their seats one after another and stood on the seats representing their companies. Although people came and went, there was no noise.

Soon, people stopped.

tart.

There was an inconspicuous soft sound, and it was impossible to tell from the surface what kind of equipment was started.

Ryan walked to the center of the conference room, ready to raise the first and most important issue.

"Ahem. Welcome everyone to attend the meeting. I won't say any more. Let's move to the first topic——

Arasaka Company hopes to send the Kujira to the back of the Night City port. It's up to you. "

Ryan just started and then turned the conversation to Representative Arasaka. The latter seemed to have been accustomed to Ryan's style for a long time, and the brightness of the prosthetic eye had some subtle changes that were not easy to detect.

This is the phenomenon of prepared materials being displayed on the HUD. Such optical changes can actually be masked through technical means, but obviously they don't need to do this now.

“In the past six months, Night City has experienced several serious security incidents, including but not limited to the blackout that occurred in Company Square.

And just yesterday, a large-scale EMP occurred in Santo Domingo, causing economic losses of tens of millions of euros.

This is very detrimental to urban development. If we cannot even protect the safety of enterprises, how can we ensure economic development?

I suggest increasing municipal investment in the field of security, and Arasaka Corporation will be responsible for this part of the business. "

Holt glanced at Ryan without trace, and then looked at the empty seats in the municipal seats——

There is the position of Peralez, who is a candidate for mayor and is actually an official in Night City's municipal government. Before that, he was even a parliamentary representative.

Looking at military technology again, public relations representative Stott remains silent——

It's not that I really have nothing to say, but now is not the best time to speak.

He touched his chin seemingly thoughtfully, and then sent a message to Ryan using the local area network:

[Deputy Mayor Hult: I think Arasaka Company’s proposal is very constructive. Night City has the best military contracting company in the world. 】

[Deputy Mayor Huot: However, the performance of military technology in the past six months is really embarrassing. Maybe we should try some new options. 】

Ryan groaned, but did not show any emotion.

Because he knew someone could talk -

[Meeting Tip: Jackson Peralez requests entry into the meeting]

[You have approved. 】

[Meeting reminder: Jefferson Peralez joins the meeting. 】

Jefferson, who had been silent for a long time, walked into the conference hall. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he spoke:

"This is impossible. The arrival of Arasaka Company will make the situation in Night City even more uncontrollable.

Moreover, the recent corruption case involving the NCPD deputy director in the H8 skyscraper has not yet come to a complete conclusion.

We just eliminated the scumbag Deputy Director Forte, but before he died, he didn’t say who else was behind him——

But we all know that the customers involved in the H8 skyscraper include a large number of Arasaka employees. "

Holt couldn't sit still anymore, and instead of choosing to use online communication, he responded: "So what? Company employees have immunity privileges, and this does not violate the law."

Peralez smiled back: "But it will greatly affect the autonomy of Night City. Send an aircraft carrier to Night City? Only you can think of it."

"So what do you think we should do? Continue to use military technology for security services?"

"No, I think the top priority is to allocate funds to repair the power supply network and infrastructure in Santo Domingo. Ye's Group can use better equipment to eliminate cybercrime."

"really interesting."

Stout raised his hand at this time: "I think this plan is feasible."

Holt looked at the woman and immediately understood the strategy of military technology——

Anyway, anyone can make the money, not just Arasaka.

"Haha, and then be turned into an EMP bomb by criminals, again?"

"First of all, Yeshi Company has sufficient technical reserves and strength. Secondly, every place Arasaka goes to: Chiba, Watson District

Tell me, what happened to these places when they took absolute control? "

"People have money."

"Looking for the money you mentioned in the industrial waste? I really have your Holt."

"That is better than letting many miserable small and medium-sized entrepreneurs go bankrupt. If they go bankrupt, they will only starve to death!"

As Peralez took his seat, the atmosphere began to become lively, and Ryan continued to remain silent and watched the parliament debate.

From the beginning of the meeting until now, he has only said the opening remarks once.

And if nothing else, he would not have to say more than ten sentences until the end of the meeting.

Military Technology and Arasaka, the biggest contradictions in Night City, will find a place to compete. In the end, from a macro perspective, they will invest a lot of resources here.

No matter what those resources are.

But this time it’s a little different. Super-standard things have entered Night City. There is one thing they can agree on——

After a heated exchange of words, Ryan found the place where the two sides were about to reach a first consensus.

Holt pointed at the ceiling, as if to enhance the momentum of his tone: "But those terrorists each hold super weapons in their hands that can penetrate armored units on the frontal battlefield.

They just need to find a spot in the city center and blow your head off! "

"Including your head, Holt, don't be too arrogant." Peralez responded calmly. It sounded like he was cursing people and refusing to give in, but what he said next was not the same thing.

".I would rather equip the NCPD with more powerful weapons, and even if the NCPD loses control of the situation, we still have a violent terrorist mobile team."

The consensus between the two sides was formed in a clever exchange of words - Night City needs to upgrade its firepower.

The Europeans have put in a lot of outrageous weapons. If they don't come up with something more powerful,

It's hard to say how things will turn out.

In any case, Arasaka and Military Technology can still agree on one thing: they all have their own customers, and their products cannot be suppressed by those European companies on the streets of escalating force.

Ryan thought silently in his mind, and then slowly said: "I say otherwise, these criminals are indeed too powerful, and we really need to invest more resources in upgrading public security.

I think the NCPD cannot delay the installation of centaur mechas any longer, and the force of the Terrorist Mobile Team can be upgraded again. I guess you all have more powerful equipment to invest in.

As for the Kujira, if Arasaka and Arasaka's customers need some sense of security, we can indeed keep them here for a few days.

What do you think? "