Chapter 158 Let the bullets fly for a while!
Sure enough, when she heard the Cuban group mentioned by Li Ang, Miles's face suddenly darkened. She was not worried that these rotten fish and shrimps would threaten her rule.
But these troublesome criminal groups are indeed hidden dangers in the rise of New America. She must eradicate these people!
"Yes, those Cubans have been active in North America recently. Even several senior CIA agents have died, but they can't be arrogant for long."
When she said this, Miles's cold expression showed a hint of a sinister smile, and she truthfully told Li Ang her next specific plan:
"After the reunification is completed, I will continue to start a new round of Central American war. President Kress's unfulfilled last wish will be fulfilled by me!"
"These damn Cubans will pay a heavy price for their despicable behavior, I guarantee it."
Miles showed an expression of indifference as if she had crushed an insect to death. If she hadn't been busy dealing with the rebels now, she would have wanted to send her troops south immediately.
Seeing that Miles had made up his mind, Li Ang had to admit that the other party was indeed a vigorous and resolute hero, but he was too militaristic.
Even before North America is completely taken over, they are already thinking about how to attack Central America. With such a big buyer here, any arms company that comes will have to become a giant!
Li Ang did not express any further opinions on Miles's thoughts. He turned his head and looked at the battlefield below the window, thoughtfully.
Through the thick clouds and rising smoke, Li Ang could vaguely see the silver war machine, turning into a torrent of steel, frantically impacting the brown soil and scarlet flesh.
This massive metal war seems to be coming to an end, but the situation in North America is still hazy, with undercurrents surging everywhere.
'Let the bullets fly a little longer. ’
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Night City, Watson, Waterfront Pier.
"Just send it here, V."
Goro Takemura, who was disguised as a commoner, called out to stop V. He looked at V, whom he had not seen a few times before, but somehow felt familiar. Goro Takemura was very moved.
He didn't expect that when he got to the end, V would come to give him a ride.
The rest of the Arasaka lone wolves either took refuge with Yorinobu in order to protect themselves, or died under Yorinobu's massacre.
So far, of the Lone Wolf Hundred Group founded by Saburo Arasaka, only Goro Takemura is still loyal to Saburo and Hanako.
"When you arrive at Chiba Castle, just settle down and be an ordinary person, do some ordinary small business, and stop thinking about being in trouble with Arasaka Yorinobu."
Seeing Takemura Goro's pitiful current situation, V couldn't help but sigh. Half of his life was saved by Takemura's desperate efforts.
Therefore, when V saw that because he did not help Goro Takemura identify Yorinobu, Arasaka Hanako was injured and fell into coma, and Takemura was hunted by Yorinobu's people, he would feel a little guilty in his heart.
If he had helped Goro Takemura, maybe the ending would have been different.
"V, maybe one day, I will return to Night City again. As for Arasaka Yorinobu, the murderer of my father, I will never let him go!"
"As long as the spirit of Bushido still exists in my heart, I will never completely give up the idea of assassinating Yorinobu and avenging Saburo-sama."
Takemura Goro growled angrily. Since the death of Saburo Arasaka, Takemura's only purpose in living is to avenge his master.
The reason why he was able to escape safely this time and return to Chiba City in Japan to hide was inseparable from Li Ang's secret help.
Li Ang's instructions to him were to stay in Chiba City and lurk, waiting for new orders. Before the time came, he must not show up easily and make his own decisions.
And Takemura Goro is also willing to obey Li Ang's order. He also hopes to use the power of LA Company to retain the only spark for Arasaka Hanako's comeback.
As long as people are still there, there is still hope for everything.
"Takemura, please take care of yourself."
V knew that he could not defeat this loyal Arasaka dog. Goro Takemura was too foolish and loyal, but this was his rare spiritual quality.
Everyone has his own ambitions, and V can't comment on Goro Takemura's values. He can only pray for him silently.
"Bye, V."
After finishing his words, Takemura Goro turned around and resolutely boarded the LA company's transport ship bound for Japan. With the LA company's trademark on it, Arasaka's guards would basically not check the ship carefully.
Therefore, Zhucun could arrive at Chiba City safely under Li Ang's arrangements.
After watching the transport truck drift away, V gathered his mood and prepared to start working in earnest!
This mission was a big job that Li Ang personally assigned to V face to face. In order to reduce unnecessary off-site factors as much as possible, V decided to do this mission alone.
There was no good brother Jack, nor Adecado's beautiful girl Panan, he was alone the whole time.
‘Johnny, those Haitians from the Voodoo Gang are cyber hackers who live in Taipingzhou. I heard that they have caused some outrageous troubles. ’
V studied the matrix chip in his hand while communicating with Johnny in his mind.
‘What impression do you have of the Voodoo Gang? ’
The task Li Ang gave him was to insert this thing into the Poseidon subnet at the Voodoo Gang base. This task seemed simple, but the difficulty was that it had to be done without anyone knowing.
This is somewhat uncomfortable for V, who has long been accustomed to a strong front.
After all, with his current ability, he can completely kill these hackers and forcefully insert the chip into their subnet.
But Li Ang specifically ordered him to make sure that no one knew about it.
This is a bit difficult to handle.
[The Voodoo Gang are all crazy hackers whose brains have been invaded by Trojan viruses. They talk nonsense about the advent of AI every day. 】
Johnny Silverhand's figure emerged. He looked at the transport ship on the other side of the dock and said leisurely:
[With your current skills, it will be no problem even if you can fight all their gang's thugs and hackers by yourself, but if you do this, Li Ang will not let you go. 】
After seeing Johnny say some correct nonsense, V just rolled his eyes at him, then simply moved his body, "Forget it, let's just go over and take a look at the situation."
Before leaving LA Company, Li Ang had handed V the separation chip containing the Voodoo Gang base information, so V knew the specific location of the Poseidon subnet.
Immediately, V took a taxi and called his favorite AI Draman autonomous vehicle. His membership service period just expired today, so Draman could take him for a ride.
While the AI car was driving to Taipingzhou, V did not forget to chat with Lao De about trivial daily matters.
But while chatting, V talked about what happened to Delamain some time ago.
"Lao De, do you have any idea about the AI Red Queen your son talked about last time?"
"Why do I feel like what little Delamain said is true? Maybe there really is some kind of AI Red Queen living in your subnet."
V asked curiously. He had always kept this matter in mind, but he just didn't have time to check whether it was true or false.
Now is the time to ask Lao De for the specific situation.
[Oh, tell me about this, I am now an asset of the LA company, and the AI Red Queen is my boss, responsible for supervising the AI Draman company. 】
[And I continue to be responsible for operating the taxi business of the company, and my life is still the same as before, except that I have an extra boss. 】
When he heard Lao De say this casually, V couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. It was just that he had an extra boss... that's all? !
He didn't expect Delamain to accept the fact that his company was acquired so calmly.
I didn't expect that the LA company's penetration into Night City was proceeding at such an alarming speed. Even the AI Draman had to obey Leon's instructions!
"I just went to Badland, why did Night City suddenly change?" V looked confused, still a little unaccustomed to the changes in the old man.
[V, this is not surprising. Night City is changing every day. Nothing in the world will remain unchanged. The only thing we can do is to accept it calmly. 】
[Being able to manage a self-driving AI taxi company is my lifelong wish. 】
[As for whom I work for, I don’t care. 】
AI Draman doesn't think there's anything wrong with working for LA Company.
At least it is still engaged in the career it loves, which is much better than being swallowed by the AI Red Queen or being connected to the matrix.
Absolute reason also told Delamain that it must obey the will of LA Company, otherwise it would only be destroyed, so it chose to work for LA Company honestly.
"Lao De, did you join LA Company voluntarily, or were you coerced? If you have anything to hide, you can tell me."
The reason why V asked this question was not because he wanted to help AI Draman stand out and seek justice. He knew how much he weighed.
V simply wanted to have a more comprehensive understanding of LA Company. After all, he was working for Li Ang, but V was not sure yet whether he would continue to work for the company in the future.
Facing V's question, Lao De also told the other party all the truth very honestly:
[It’s half coercion and half voluntary. The AI Red Queen threatened to swallow me up if I didn’t join the LA company. Mr. Li Ang said that joining the LA company would help me upgrade the system and optimize the data structure for free. 】
[I seemed unable to refuse Mr. Li Ang’s conditions, so I chose to join them. 】
[Now Mr. Li Ang has asked the AI Red Queen to help me upgrade the system. From now on, I will share data with the AI Red Queen. The probability of an accident for a Delamain car today is less than 1%. 】
[V, I think this should be a good change for me. 】
After listening to Draman's words, V's impression of Leon became clearer.
It was the first time that V saw a boss who treated his employees as human beings but "coerced" Lao De into doing things for the company. He was such a compassionate and quick-thinking boss.
"Okay, Lao De, I wish you all the best!"
Now that AI Draman has decided to stay and work in LA Company with peace of mind, V has nothing to say. Everyone has their own choice.
For such a result, it is not too bad. In a sense, the current Lao De is even a colleague of V.
While the two were chatting, the car had arrived at the entrance to the abandoned highway in Taipingzhou.
The AI Draman car can only drive here, because further ahead is the Taipingzhou area. As an urban area divided by the Night City City Hall, the situation in Taipingzhou is quite complicated.
To be precise, the current Taipingzhou is a war zone that is in a state of war, because New America has never lifted the mark that lists Taipingzhou as a strike location.
So this place may be bombarded by fire at any time by Miles' troops.
Moreover, there are Hansen's Nether Dog soldiers and Maman's Voodoo Gang hackers here. A large number of people from all religions and professions gather here, which makes Taiping Continent not peaceful at all!
There are as many shootings and crimes here as there are sand in the Badlands, and people are dying in this neighborhood every day.
In order to reduce the crime rate in Night City, Mayor Lucius directly divided Taiping Continent, so it has become a typical no-care zone.
Sin and death are the main themes of Taipingzhou.
"V, I can only take you here. Going any further is beyond the scope of my business." AI Draman said.
"Okay, Lao De, I'll give you a ride next time."
After V smiled, he reached out and touched the eight-star blunderbuss shotgun on his waist. He had to officially start working now!
The main area of activity of the Voodoo Gang members is in the area of the Great Empire Mall, and their Poseidon subnet server is in the basement of the mall.
By separating the map information in the chip, V had already planned a clear route of action, and then he just had to act according to the predetermined plan.
Half an hour later, V relied on careful lurking along the way and sneak attacks from behind. After quietly strangling a few Voodoo Gang guards, he finally arrived at the dark room of the Poseidon subnet server.
The Voodoo Gang members whose necks he had broken have been hidden by him in inconspicuous places, but V still had to complete the task as soon as possible.
Because once the Voodoo Gang sees these corpses, they will definitely realize that someone has sneaked into their territory, and it will be difficult to escape.
"call……!"
Looking at the server main console in the Voodoo Gang's dark room, V finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was not as easy as he imagined to reach here from the outside.
But the whole process was fairly uneventful.
"Johnny, it looks like our trip is over. This journey has been so smooth that I'm not used to it."
V said with a smile while inserting the matrix chip in his pocket into the Poseidon subnet server.
This was the first time since he started working for LA Company that he didn't encounter any difficulties throughout the process, and he completed the task easily.
[Stop talking with your crow mouth, this matter is a task assigned to you by Li Ang personally. If things go wrong, you know what the consequences will be for us. 】
Johnny Silverhand's figure emerged. He looked at the successfully uploaded matrix program and heaved a sigh of relief along with V. The task had been completed, and now he was waiting to go back and report the situation.
