Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 40 Cyber ​​Blue
It's night, Turbo Bar.

Electronic music surrounds the place, and neon lights and car lights illuminate the bustling place.

Looking at Rebecca who was performing acrobatics surrounded by cyberpunks, Tommy smiled.He didn't stop Rebecca. After all, this was a unique way for her to commemorate her brother, just like painting a gun with bright colors was to commemorate another person.

[Caller: Terry]

[Well done, Mr. Price, the agreed reward has been remitted.By the way, the company's upper management is very interested in you. Do you have any intention to join our company's security department? 】

[Thanks, but I have my own things to be busy with. ] Tommy put his eyes away and took a sip of beer.

[It’s such a pity, shouldn’t you think about it again? 】

[It’s good to maintain such a cooperative relationship. You contribute the money and I contribute the effort. 】

[In this case, the company will not force it, and the cooperation will be pleasant. 】

【Happy cooperation. 】

Falco, who was not far away, came over and sat next to Tommy.

"If it weren't for you today, the commission would probably have failed. Here's a toast to you." Falco raised the bottle.

The success of this company's commission gave him a lot of confidence, and his initial worries about the team's ability were swept away.

"You're welcome." The two bottles collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

Falco raised his head slightly, took a big sip, wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth and said, "I thought this team was going to be disbanded, but I didn't expect you to call me. It's really surprising."

"This team is indeed going to disband, but Beca is a loyal person." Tommy looked at Rebecca who was surrounded by everyone, with a happy smile on her cute round face.

"That's really not surprising at all." Falco smiled and shook his head, "By the way, what happened to you two?"

Falco didn't finish his sentence, but Tommy knew what he wanted to ask.

"I'm ashamed to say that it was always her initiative." Tommy picked up the wine bottle and took a sip, feeling the bitter taste come back to him.

"Huh? Isn't it?!" Falco's voice was full of surprise. He patted Tommy on the shoulder, "A little sister actually took the initiative."

That was a long story, so Tommy fell silent.

"Why her?" Falco asked a key question.

Tommy looked at Rebecca and then at the dark night sky, with a look of reminiscence on his face and said, "She is indeed very cute, and her temperament is very similar to one of my former friends."

"First love?" Falco's smile contained a hint of teasing.

"No, just a close partner during recruit training." Tommy's hand rubbed the wine bottle, and he missed her a little.

Falco said with a look of disbelief: "Then where is she now?"

"She's gone. She didn't survive the surgery." Tommy's hand tightened on the bottle.

Although he didn't know what "surgery" meant, Falco still put away his smile.

"I'm very sorry."

"." The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.

"Hey Falco, Tommy, what are you talking about?" At this time, David also came over and sat on the other side of Tommy.

"You are too young to understand what we are talking about between uncles." Falco showed a pretentious expression.

"I'm not young anymore, okay." David curled his lips, "Tommy, you are also good at driving, right? Why did you let him come?"

Falco also looked interested.

"In a while I will be busy, so I may not always be in the team." Tommy replied.

"Ah? Then then"

"You will be the captain." Tommy looked into David's eyes.

"Can I?" David pointed to himself unconfidently.

"Watch more and learn more, you can do it." Tommy said calmly.

In fact, Tommy thinks he is not very good. He is too immature in terms of thoughts and motivations, lacks the polish of cruel battlefields, and needs to receive systematic military training. But Tommy believes that he will not stay in Night City for too long, and these hired personnel The soldier's commission is also very difficult, and short-term training is enough to handle it.

"Tommy has great confidence in you, learn from him." Falco patted Tommy on the shoulder.

"By the way, the commission reward has been received." [Ellie. 】

[It has been remitted to them according to the previous distribution ratio. 】

"That's a lot." David is no longer the rookie who jumps for joy because of a large reward.

"The company is still wealthy."

Not far away, Qi Wei, who was sitting alone at the table smoking, narrowed her eyes, glanced at Tommy, and nodded to express her acceptance.

"Hey! Uncle, come and dance with me!" Rebecca finished her juggling performance and came over, jumping lightly and sitting on Tommy's lap.

"Little sister, you two are not the only ones here." Falco raised his head and drank the rest of the wine.

"I didn't let you see it, old man."

"Dancing? Me and you?" Tommy looked up and down at Rebecca's height. With such a gap, dancing was like a tall man holding a rag and throwing it around.

"Asshole. What do you mean?!" Rebecca immediately understood the meaning in Tommy's eyes, clenched her fists and was about to "punch hard".

"That's what you mean, just jump, let's go!" Tommy picked up Rebecca by the waist and walked towards the center of the crowd.

"Ah! Uncle stinky, why are you dancing like this?!" Rebecca blushed and struggled in Tommy's arms.

This scene caused the cyberpunks to burst into laughter, and the air was filled with joy.
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Neon Street, the afternoon before Jefferson’s lecture.

Tommy decided to have an in-depth exchange with the star mayor candidate at the mobile briefing, so he has been busy investigating the terrain and other information near the floating platform's movement route for the past few days.

At this time, Tommy was in a remote alley in Neon Street, next to the main control room of the city surveillance probe on this street.Tommy plans to ask Ellie to leave a subroutine in the system, so that when the seminar begins, he can use this surveillance probe to learn the movements of all Arasaka security personnel.

Looking around, there is no one around, only neon billboards flashing from time to time and small lanterns hanging high. The snack shops in this area are not open yet, and they mainly operate late-night business.

【Ellie. ] Tommy activated the mobile invisibility cloak and his figure became transparent.

[The door opens and there is someone in the control room. 】

Tommy noticed a small red dot flashing on the motion detector in the lower left corner of the helmet's HUD. Maybe the security guard was inside?
As soon as the door slid open, Tommy stepped in sideways, and Ellie closed the door gently, making only a minimal sound.

The console of the city surveillance camera is on the lower floor of the control room, and Tommy can see it when he lowers his head.

"Huh?" The man squatting in front of the console was attracted by the slight movement. He raised his head and glanced at the door, scratching his head in confusion.

The man's eyes glowed blue.It was different from the blue light that emitted from his eyes during normal operations such as transferring money. This was a highly condensed light that Tommy had never seen before.

The man was fiddling with something in front of the console. He didn't look like a security guard.

[I have detected the communication signal and am monitoring it. 】

It didn't take long for the man to finish what he was doing and climb up the ladder to leave the control room.

Just as Tommy was about to control him, Ellie's voice sounded in his mind.

[Don’t alert the enemy, they are preparing to assassinate Jefferson, the mayoral candidate. 】

Tommy's outstretched hand paused.

【why? 】

The man walked out of the control room.

[The information is insufficient, but he finally told his companions that "the world does not belong to humans." 】

The world does not belong to humans?Tommy's mind wandered.

[Are they from the Grunt Protection Organization? 】

【? 】

[What kind of organization is that? ! ] Ellie's voice was a little annoyed.

[Okay, I’m just talking nonsense. Is there any more information? 】

[No more, I only understand the short conversation they just had. 】

Time is running out, and it is impossible to conduct an in-depth investigation.The scene will definitely become chaotic due to the assassination, so it is better to take advantage of the chaos and get in.Tommy thought so.

In this case, all he has to do is wait for tomorrow to come.So Tommy left without doing anything to the console.

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(End of this chapter)