Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 362 124. You're Lucky

"Hey, Andy, this is the first time I see you leading a team."

"After all, Mr. Johnson is now the deputy director."

Andy nodded to Carl, his eyes swept around the still burning vehicles, and then turned to the distance, where the kidnapped people in the hospital were being safely taken away from the scene with the assistance of NCPD officers.

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the rescued people, Andy turned back to Carl and said, "You also saved a lot of people this time, Carl."

"is it?"

Karl didn’t feel anything special, it was just a matter of convenience, what’s more: “This time it was V who accepted the mission to rescue people, I just helped a little.”

“I wonder how many families can be saved by your help.”

Andy's style of doing things is different from Mr. Johnson's. He was not used to the various scenes in the process of handling cases and seemed very melancholy. However, the melancholy soon disappeared because Carl asked about Mr. Johnson.

"How have you been recently, Mr. Johnson, since becoming deputy director? Have you been able to adjust?"

"Mr Johnson?"

Andy recalled, a smile on his face: "I work overtime every day, so busy that I can't stop. It is said that until now, I am still dealing with matters related to the death of the previous director."

"I don't know if he, who has been a street policeman for almost half his life, can get used to it."

Thinking about how Mr. Johnson was working in the office with a sad face, Carl found it quite funny. He might go and comfort him when he has time.

"Speaking of which, there is a proposal that is being hotly discussed in the police station recently."

As Andy spoke, he remembered something and told Carl what he knew about the recent heated discussions within the police station:
"This is a motion proposed by the previous director during his tenure, but he died before it was implemented. Now the city council is discussing whether to implement those motions according to the wishes of the deceased director."

“I seem to have some impression of this.”

Carl thought about the policy that the NCPD chief was going to implement when he took the job from Roger. "Is he going to fire a lot of police officers, start charging 5 euros per minute for emergency calls, and settle street crimes with fines?"

"Not really."

Andy said, "Those proposals have already caused great dissatisfaction within the NCPD. After the death of the former chief, naturally no one is willing to implement these policies. After all, who wants to lose their job? The new chief also wants to win the hearts of the people by canceling these policies. I'm talking about another proposal that has been submitted to the City Council."

Andy looked around the surrounding land and asked: "Where is this hospital located?"

"Saint Domingo, somewhere near the Bad Land."

Carl didn't really understand what Andy wanted to say, but he still told him where he was.

"Soon, this area may not be under NCPD jurisdiction."

"No longer under the jurisdiction of the NCPD?"

Karl frowned: "What does this mean?"

"Because Taipingzhou and the Badlands are too chaotic and enforcing the law there is a thankless task, the city government is discussing whether to cancel the dispatch of personnel to these two places and exclude Taipingzhou and the Badlands from Night City's law enforcement system."

"You want to exclude Taipingzhou and the Bad Land?"

In Carl's impression, the NCPD was rarely seen in the Badlands and Pacific State, and the actual law enforcement activities were just formalities and dispensable. However, if the city government publicly announced that it would abandon these two areas, it would definitely cause an uproar in the city.

"City government, are you planning to treat Taipingzhou and Badlands as the next dog town?"

In Night City's mind, Dogtown was once part of Pacific State, but now it is basically considered outside the Night City system. Does the city government think that Dogtown, a city within a city, is not enough and is also going to give up Pacific State and the part of the Bad Land near Night City? "They say that this can effectively reduce the crime rate in the city."

"Without statistics, there would be no crime rate, right?"

What a 'genius' approach this is, but Carl thought about the policies implemented by the previous director and the nature of the city government, and this policy might actually be passed.

"Karl, we have to go back."

When Carl was thinking about what changes and impacts the city government's policy would cause, V waved at him in the distance.

The target he entrusted has been handed over to the NCPD. The NCPD led by Andy will send V's target home safely and intact. Therefore, V's mission is completed and it is time to return to the city.

"I know. Here I come."

After saying goodbye to Andy, Carl decided not to disturb Andy as Andy still had to take charge of the follow-up matters here.

After approaching V, Carl found that Panam was no longer by V's side.

"Where's Panam? Is he gone?"

"Her goods seemed to be very urgent. After finding the goods, she waited for Andy and the others to come. After confirming that we didn't need help, she drove away in a hurry. It seemed that the delivery time agreed upon by the Sixth Street Gang and her was approaching."

"I see."

Carl got back into V's car and headed for the city. Sitting in the car, he looked through the messages on his mobile phone and found that it was rare that no middleman had sent him any commissions.

"It's been so peaceful in the city lately."

Just as Carl was sighing like this, the car had just arrived at Coronado Farm in Santo Domingo. The moment Carl finished sighing, gunshots were heard on the street ahead, followed by curses and shouting.

"Fuck you, Will Cannon! I'm going to make a hole in your mother's pocket!"

The crackling sound of gunfire hit Carl in the face too quickly, causing his face to twitch slightly as he was sighing. However, compared to the slap in the face, the name mentioned in the shouting caught Carl's attention.

Will Cannon, Carl remembered that Oliver had mentioned this name before. He was a prominent and powerful gang member of the Six Street Gang, and was only one step away from the position of gang leader. However, he was not satisfied with his current position and was openly confronting the leader in an attempt to ascend to the throne of the leader.

Carl actually didn't have a good impression of this character. After all, the reason why Oliver was expelled from the gang just two weeks after joining it was because of Will Cannon.

When Oliver and Carl first met, there was a relative of Will Cannon in his team. In the subsequent operation, that relative was unfortunately killed by the Whirlpool Gang. In order to give an explanation to Will Cannon, the leader decided to expel the only survivor Oliver from the gang. If it weren't for the fact that Oliver's father had a certain influence in the Sixth Street Gang, Oliver might even be held accountable and forced to be responsible for the death of that relative.

A street shootout involving that Will Cannon guy?
Just when Carl was wondering whether he should go over to join in the fun because of his dissatisfaction with Will Cannon, a new message came on the phone he was holding.

The message with special frequency and prompt tone can only be received by Haruko who is communicating through the encrypted channel.

A glance.

"The research department has developed a new single-molecule line according to my request. The product has been delivered to my residence. Carl, do you want to come and take a look? Besides, I have something else to tell you."

Will Artillery.

You're lucky, just put it aside for now.

"V, take me to North Oak District."

(End of this chapter)