Chapter 507 Multiple Murderers
Bryce was a little confused in the office.
Ryan's office is a huge "secret room".
In the Valley area, the sales departments and office buildings of various companies are basically equal. Everyone is staring at each other and the mayor's office, hoping to get information and judge the opponent's movements in time.
Secondly, he has purchased Arasaka's security service. Although it is not close defense, Arasaka's security team is around the office building and never leaves.
Furthermore, there is a distribution point for military technology opposite the building, with 24-hour resident agents.
Finally, Ryan is an important investor in the Network Monitoring Office in Night City. It is also with his help that Network Monitoring has almost become the network support department of NCPD, and its power in Night City is largely bound to Ryan.
But this nearest line of defense, Network Monitoring directly stated that no abnormalities were observed!
Colleagues kept setting up on-site analyzers, adjusting data, and using holographic modeling to analyze the on-site situation.
But the result was vague. They only knew that Ryan fell in front of the computer, and the computer burned when the roving AI broke out, and then Ryan connected it to the backup device.
The backup device remained locked.
Bryce's colleague shook his head--
"Our mysterious mayor is really interesting. The door was forcibly broken open, and he left without a word, leaving us a mess."
It must be said that Bryce understood his colleague's idea: although Ryan introduced network monitoring and provided a lot of resources and support in the establishment of the Night City office, he still had many private networks.
These private networks are not connected to network monitoring and are very small, just like the network he used to send messages to Bryce.
It was a one-way sending line that was purely triggered by mechanical mode. The information would be given to Bryce's personal terminal, and even bypass the network monitoring software for the company's agents.
On the personal terminal, the letter was a normal report of the prosthetic deviation value, which was the kind of deviation that would occur after drinking a little alcohol.
The real information could only be decoded by the second person, so Bryce didn't know what Ryan said to Lille.
This was very important information.
"I think Ryan was kidnapped."
"Who did it? It can't be Perales, right? He's the only one who's been here today."
While speaking, colleagues have already repaired the database of the building. The most recent person on the access list is Perales, the speaker of the Night City Council. He will compete with Ryan in the next election.
Perales? No wonder the Internet monitor didn't react at all.
Bryce was just about to confirm that it was Perales who did it, but his colleagues responded immediately.
"Well, there was a camera that found Ryan went out and drove his own car, and Arasaka let him go.
I guess he was scared. Maybe it was his personal bodyguard who broke the door? Arasaka ninja or something like that?"
He understood that his colleagues would have such thoughts, but he didn't think that the Internet monitor would just stop there-
According to the characteristics of Internet monitors, even if Ryan has the habit of maintaining a secret network, they should use their position to find out as much as possible about their partners!
They should take the initiative to investigate!
Unless the company doesn't care, doesn't care about the support Ryan can give them, and the support they can give them.
Bryce's mind raced: Ryan's rescue line was single and hidden, and he knew Ryan must have been kidnapped!
But the company's attitude alerted him - the network monitor didn't care about Ryan at all.
And Ryan was in the next office, but the network monitor colleague didn't react at all, which was too strange!
"What car?"
"Thracian Jefferson, the one he likes most - I said it's okay? Okay, what about your mission? Why did you suddenly come back?"
"The negotiation broke down." Bryce immediately adjusted his demeanor, "Ryan had an agreement with the mercenary before, and I was wondering if I could use it."
"Haha, raising the price is really what mercenaries would do. If I were you, I would be ready for second-hand."
"You're right." Bryce walked to Ryan's computer desk without a trace, "I should really be ready for second-hand."
While his colleagues were busy retrieving the equipment, Bryce immediately tapped the computer -
Ryan locked the database containing secret data, but did not lock the communication function.
At least for Bryce, it was not locked.
It just allowed him to bypass the company's surveillance.
[Recipient: Lille]
[Bryce: Ryan disappeared, the company's attitude is a little strange. ]
[Bryce: At present, I only know that the most recent access record of the building was left by Peralez, but there is only this information, and the others have been burned. ]
[Bryce: Arasaka let go of a Jefferson 388, the one you can see on TV. ]
[Bryce: Damn. It must be military technology, but isn't Arasaka curious about what Peralez is doing here? ]
"Ryan has been kidnapped, there is still a chance."
Mackinaw drove slowly on the road, but no matter how slow the car was, it would attract the attention of the company.
"Why?" V asked.
"Why what?"
V raised a finger, his brain was working wildly, and finally gave up: "There are a lot of whys, let me ask a simple one first, what will happen if Ryan is kidnapped or dead?"
"A new mayor will take office and policies will change drastically."
"What has it become?"
"Good question, that's why we have to do this." Lille thought for a while and decided to explain the impact directly, "Ryan is a balancer, and a great balancer, I don't deny that.
In particular, Military Technology and Arasaka are hung up by him, but from another perspective, if you are these two companies, do you think it is a good thing to be hung up on both sides by a small mayor of Night City and continue to invest resources to fight a protracted war? ?
Moreover, such consumption consumes the company and benefits Night City. "
"Is being beaten into a cesspool also beneficial?"
"At least I have money." Lille quickly answered V's question while thinking about possible situations in the car, "And think about Atlanta.
Once Lane was dead, the mayor would have to choose between Holt and Peralez, and no matter which one he chose, there was a clear preference for one of the companies.
Holt is Arasaka's dog, while Peralez's main sponsor is military technology, and at least on the surface, he supports good relations with the new United States. "
Holt and Peralez are the tools Ryan uses to communicate with the company. Many times, he does not need to speak, and these two people will make suggestions for the company.
This is balance.
This is the first level.
Jack seemed to understand, but V understood.
"Why do you say that? I feel that both Holt and Peralez have reasons to kill Ryan?"
Lear nodded in approval, this was the key.
Ryan is the kind of politician that companies hate the most - they sponsor politicians to let the politicians do things for them, not to let the politicians fool them into confusion and continue to fight a war of attrition!
Even if we don't consider other conspiracies, whether it's Military Science or Arasaka, before their supporters came to power, they all had a common goal:
Ryan must step down.
Theoretically, they have a common goal, but in fact they are in a hostile relationship, and it is absolutely impossible for them to conspire to kill Ryan.
Unless something unexpected happens.
If all it takes is a push to kill him, everyone will do it.
Everyone did it.
That time is now!
"Okay." V raised a second finger, "Then why not just kill it? And kidnap it?"
"This complicates matters. Maybe the people behind the scenes want to get something decisive from Ryan to help their candidate win the election."
Jack, who didn't understand just now, slapped his head: "The information in Ryan's head must be worth a lot of money!"
"That's true," Leal said, "but based on what Bryce said, I guess the person behind it may have another idea."
The man behind the scenes wants to create an illusion.
This illusion is: everyone did it, but it didn’t.
Because it cannot withstand inspection, it needs to keep a low profile. It is an AI.
Just a rough calculation, too many people may have taken action against Ryan.
When there are multiple murderers, the difficulty of investigating the case will increase exponentially, and the entire case will become confusing.
All current ideas are just speculations. Lille is not a great dancer and can deduce the ins and outs of things at once, but the goal remains unchanged.
It is usually difficult to find a Jefferson 388 on the street, but today is different——
There were almost no cars on the streets, but they were full of gangsters.
[Priest: Valentino saw the car. 】
"Hurry up"
V curled his lips: "When I think about rescuing shit like Ryan, I feel a little unhappy."
"Then let me put it another way." Lille said, "We are going to decide the future of this city."
"This is interesting."
Jack in the back row said nothing and hurriedly wrote this experience into a new chapter in his booklet——
[To say this is a bit over the top for you. 】
[But top mercenaries must do a job in their lives that can determine the future of the city. 】
[——Jack Wills, 2076.]
[Write it down before doing such a big job. 】
