My cyberpsychosis is a task prompt

Chapter 141: The water temperature gradually rises
Why are you here?

“That’s what I want to know, too.”

John checked the scene and held out his hand for help.

"The guys from the Black Gold Gang said your house was robbed, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to run into two company dogs with weapons right after I walked in..."

"Faki..."

Meiya looked tired.

She shook her head to refuse John's extended hand and wanted to sit down and rest for a while.

John briefly recounted the situation in the ward.

He noticed that Meiya was still holding the gun and knew that she did not completely trust him. He was silent for a moment, brushed the dust off his coat, raised his hands and stepped back.

"Relax, Meiya, don't be so nervous."

"How much did they pay you?"

Meiya smiled bitterly, loosened her fingers that were gripping the gun, and sat up straight with difficulty.

"You take money to do things on the street... I understand. I can't beat you in my current situation... Ah, do you have cigarettes? There's no reason for you to be in the hospital."

Maya is convinced that John was hired.

The timing of his appearance was too coincidental and his methods were skillful. He evaded the police search and then went around to the basement to look for a car.

"Whoever your financial backer is, he has good taste."

"Did the last time we met make you think I was a street rookie? Killing someone and taking a detour made you feel like it was deliberately planned."

John was speechless.

"Don't look at me with suspicion, Meiya. I make a living by my own ability. It's not just luck that I'm still alive today."

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it in Maya's mouth and lit it.

"traditional."

"That's good. Joint Intelligence Agency agents hate smoking e-cigarettes. The professional explanation is that electronic hallucinogens damage the brain and are not conducive to the mission..."

"What do you think?"

"Ah."

Meiya raised her head with a wry smile.

The dim yellow strip lights were covered by rusty metal grids, shining on her face and turning the blood clots black.

"Locked agents do shady things, so smoking traditional cigarettes is more in line with their temperament... They have the temperament of sewer rats, with things on their mind, and even the smoke they exhale has a bit of a confession..."

"It's free to talk to me, but now, shouldn't we go find a real doctor first?"

"I was afraid that Gerry and Little Maltose would be killed right after I left. Ah, that's my daughter's name."

"How did you offend the company dog?"

John asked the most curious questions.

Meiya smiled bitterly and looked up at him with complicated eyes, as if to say - your true purpose is finally revealed?
"Almost got it."

John's face was expressionless.

"The Secret Service isn't a reputable organization. Retired agents, stop speculating on others. I don't intend to gain anything from you."

“Have you heard of the Rift Party?”

Maya watched John nod before continuing.

She wanted to avenge her family, so she collected clues and found out the location of Lao Du, the leader of the Rift Gang, and prepared to lurk in the other party's lair and assassinate this guy.

"I ended up running into the management of Fuki Industries."

"The company is mixed up with the Rift Party? Isn't this guy Lao Du an exile?"

"Think about it, where does the funding for these terrorists come from? Fuki Industries pays them to cause trouble in the West District."

"...Fake."

John figured it out after a little thought.

The Owl Town Gang and the Black Gold Gang are sworn enemies, and the capital behind them, Faqi Industries, is a multinational financial behemoth.

"Industry" is just a name left over from the early stages of development. In fact, the arms business and security business are the main focus. Subversive behaviors such as blackmail, extortion, and bribery are their usual means of influencing the world.

I didn't expect that in order to win the gang war, they would actually fund terrorist organizations.

"This is exciting news, the media will love it."

“The situation is more complicated than we thought.”

Meiya found out a lot of things.

The Rift Party expanded its power during the riots and has broken away from the control of Fuki Industries.

It began to spread throughout the city of Eden.

"Old Du is quite ambitious."

"He's just a wishful fool. Once he touches the table of the big shots, he'll be crushed to pieces."

Meia found evidence in Du Raymond's hideout - this guy intended to launch a terrorist attack.

"Are you aware of the regulations on the restriction of oversized weapons?"

Meiya burst out with new words again.

John dug up this common sense from his memory.

The city management law was promulgated in the year when Eden City became independent. The earliest regulations clearly prohibited it - even the powerful army maintained by the company would restrict the circulation of over-specification weapons within the border wall with almost harsh requirements.

Several corporate wars have proven that if you have money, you can use oversized weapons without limits:
There are people on the streets wearing the latest [Big Oni Advanced Edition] power armor, new real-life tanks are stuck at highway intersections, and bombing drones fly overhead from time to time...

Without any constraints, the city of Eden would return to hell on earth as its weapons were upgraded.

Mei Ya found a lot of information through Lao Du's computer.

First, the Fukushima Military Industry Company lost a smuggling ship in the Pacific Ocean, and all the cargo on board disappeared.

Meiya showed an intriguing smile, as if she saw mad dogs biting each other.

I was also troubled because the incident happened near me.

"Can the Rift Party rob smuggling ships?"

"Haha, of course not. Are they worthy? It is not clear who got the Pacific Ocean deal, but a large number of weapons did flow into Eden City."

Maya found the communication records in Du Raymond's computer, as well as photos of the port cargo that the seller had sent with sincerity.

"I have both photos and videos. I can give you the chip that contains the evidence and the details of the investigation, but you have to help me protect my daughter and Gary. To be honest, the situation is getting a bit out of hand now..."

John was speechless for a moment.

The premise for Mei Ya to say this is that she believes there is a financial backer behind him who wants to solve the problem.

Now things are getting out of control.

Maya only wanted to get her family out of the situation. Although she didn't say it, she hinted between the lines that if John's employer needed her to, she could silence herself.

The problem is that there is really no one behind John.

If you have to say it...

Are they going to dig out his brain and let Black Light and the mission prompt take the blame?!

He leaned against the wall and couldn't help but light a cigarette for himself, mainly to cover up the bloody smell coming from the storage room next door.

I don't think I can hide here for long.

The police gathered in the underground garage, the Fuki Security Department was lurking in the dark, and members of the Xiaocheng Gang came in and out again...

John grumbled that it was difficult.

I feel like a fish that accidentally fell into a pot, and the water temperature is much higher than I expected.

"Are you ok?"

Meiya realized something from his furrowed brows.

"Be quiet for two minutes. Damn it, I'm not good at using my brain."

John tried to figure out the key to the problem and decided to ask the person involved. "Why did Fuki Industries kill you?"

"Video evidence."

This stuff proves that corporations are funding terrorists.

Even if the Rift Party becomes independent, this evidence will still tie together the Fuki Industries, the Owl Town Gang, and the Rift Party.

If it gets out and gets known by the media.

If another big one falls into the City of Eden, no one will believe that Faqi’s butt is clean.

Capital will unite to kill the Japanese.

"Faki must do two things. First, get the evidence away from you! Second, kill Du Raymond. That dog is completely out of control and will implicate the company..."

"Very correct."

Meiya breathed a sigh of relief.

She could even stand up without the help of the wall, and her weakness just now seemed to be a disguise - mainly to confirm John's credibility.

If John really had an employer, he should have asked for evidence, made suggestions, and silenced him...

John obviously noticed this too.

"Fake!"

"Sorry man, if you were in my situation, you wouldn't be able to trust anyone easily."

Meiya looked apologetic.

"The situation is indeed similar to what you think, the difference is that I have a solution in my mind."

"Haha." John smiled bitterly helplessly.

If the mission hadn't been on his mind, he might have really turned against me and left.

Meia no longer hides it.

She wanted to reach a deal with Faqi, get rid of the hot potato, exchange the evidence for the safety of her family, or at least leave Eden City alive.

The hidden danger on her side disappeared.

Faqi Industries will use its energy to kill Du Raymond and avenge itself at the same time, but it's a pity that it can't kill the beast with its own hands.

Meiya needs a middleman to act as a go-between.

[Mission target update]

【Find a middleman to make the deal. (optional)】

Optional! ?

Things may be turning around.

Just as a few names popped into John's mind, he noticed the details in the task prompt.

Sirens sounded in the underground garage.

John decided to take Maya out of the storage room first, at least to a place far enough away from the corpse.

【System permission application/default】

Black Light received an access message.

The fire control center has been discovered to have abnormalities by ECPD and has rechecked the system.

The police found nothing.

Black Light is remotely controlled through the Atlanta virtual network and can still access the data of each camera.

John was running while watching the surveillance video, and suddenly stopped.

When he switched the elevator view, he saw someone he knew.

Gilad and his Black Gold Gang members.

They passed through the blockade openly and appeared in the elevator - wearing masks and sunglasses, with gold necklaces and submachine guns stuffed in the cracks of their clothes.

The monitor moved slightly.

Next to Gilad were two medical stretchers.

Gerry and his daughter were lying on it.

"WTF!?"

John did not hide the situation from Maya.

The female agent almost rushed forward with a gun.

John finally managed to persuade her to stop, and then he found a quiet corner and called Gilad directly.

Monitoring display:

Gilade was walking through the transfer corridor when he suddenly stopped and signaled his men to wait where they were. He then took a few steps away before answering the call.

[Damn it, John!? Listen to me first, don't get involved in Maya's family affairs anymore, or you'll be in big trouble!]

"Uh, bro, how much do you know?"

John frowned.

[I...wait, you're not in the hospital already, are you? Don't tell me that you killed the two company dogs in the ward!]

John responded with silence.

Gilliad also felt like he was drowning, and his voice continued to drop.

[There are police outside. I'm waiting for you to go together.]

This is the West District.

As the local boss, the Black Gold Gang inevitably has dealings with the ECPD, but they must have received orders from someone.

"Why did you take Gerry and his daughter away?"

【What!? Are you looking at me? 】

In the surveillance video, Gilad suddenly straightened his back and looked around very quickly in the aisle.

[Guzha gave the order to block the west area. I don't know what rumors they heard, but they asked us to come to the hospital to rescue people.]

"Tell him to call me."

[…Brother, what the hell are you…]

"Just repeat what you said, and don't leave the hospital for now. Just say that I'm with Meiya."

John said and hung up the phone.

Meiya heard it clearly and asked him what he thought.

John smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I don't have any plans."

"..."

Meia narrowed her eyes, trying to see through his mind, ready to pull out a gun and kill his way out at any moment.

"The Black Gold Gang has gotten involved."

John could only explain patiently.

"If Guzha wants to make trouble in the West District, will we still have the energy to do anything? We can only bluff him and listen to what this profiteer tyrant wants, and then we can make a decision."

Gilad was still in the corridor.

The time is shorter than expected.

[Contact-Ethan Rutledge[Voice call]]

[Quote a price and give Meiya to me. ]

John glanced at the former SIS agent next to him.

"Just tell me what you want."

Bone slag was silent for a long time.

John hinted at this level, so there was no point in thinking about it for too long. He always felt that the guy on the other side was planning something.

[If you can make the decision for Meiya, things will be easy. Kill Du Raymond before dark and the deal will be done.]

"……anything else?"

[Do you have anything I care about? Tell me and I'll re-estimate its value.]

John didn't answer.

It’s not that I think killing Du Raymond is easy, but the other party didn’t mention the video evidence at all.

Doesn’t the bone slag know?
【Give me a definite answer.】

"We haven't figured it out yet. What's the reward?"

John continued the negotiations at Maya's suggestion.

Guzha was willing to pay for Du Raymond's life. His original words were - to make an example of him so that no more Shark Coins would appear and the Black Gold Gang would be used as a stepping stone to fame.

The remuneration is divided into two parts.

John is money.

Meia is the guarantee.

Guzha will choose a better shop in the West District near the edge of the city center for her family to start a new life.

He will no longer give cash, but will use a discount from the rent.

Guzha did not mention the video evidence, nor did he inquire more about the feud between Fuki Industries and Meiya.

He only emphasized the mission time.

John must complete the task before 18:35.

"Are you in a hurry for dinner?"

[Our relationship isn't close enough to be a joke.]

"If you don't discuss it with me, I will have to make decisions on the spot if there is an emergency later. Don't blame me for not notifying you in advance."

【Give you a chance to ask a question. 】

"Why did you kidnap Meiya's family?"

[Faki Industries wanted to kill me, so I arrested you and asked you about it. It was just a very small matter. I just waited for my subordinates to report to me. I didn't expect you to be involved.]

There was a cold and threatening tone in Guzha's voice.

Listen, John.

[Deal with Du Raymond, and the problem will be over. Then be alive until Vito's retirement party. Don't waste my time anymore, and don't be so arrogant that someone will pass on the message.]

The call was hung up.

"How about it?"

Meiya asked with concern.

John shrugged.

"Bones is in a bad mood."

(End of this chapter)