Cyberpunk: I didn't cheat.

"Okay, I'll send her an encrypted one."

After ending the phone call, the radio in Vito's car was broadcasting news from channel 54.

"Kangtao's Executive Director, Lin Xiaohan, visited Night City and is staying at the Hongbi Building tonight. According to Kangtao, Chairman Lin's trip is to deepen the cooperation between Kangtao and Night City and achieve bilateral collaborative development..."

beep~ beep~

"Hey Vito, how's the repair shop? Did you do a good job, buddy?"

"For anything related to cars, you're the right person to call in Night City, old Captain. What's up? You didn't just call to ask about the auto repair shop, did you?"

"Hey, your keen sense is amazing! There's a big job out there, with a really good paycheck!"

Vitorton paused.

"Uh, it's not like they're looking for someone, is it?"

How did you know?

After thinking it over, Vito still did something that violated the professional ethics of mercenaries.

"Send the attachment over."

Chapter 80 Dangerous

"That's the problem. I have three attachments in my hands right now. This Kim Yeon is definitely not simple!"

Vito is currently talking to Valerie about the commission while they're having a wild ride with the kids.

Valerie's face was grave. She hadn't expected that what was originally an internal message from Arasaka had now become commonplace, and that things were becoming increasingly complicated.

"I understand. I will talk to my boss about this and thank you for reminding me. I will give you some money as a token of my appreciation."

Vito pulled a cigarette from his backside and lit it, a unique way of picking out cigarettes in Night City that Vito had now learned.

“I’m contacting you not to ask for your money. You can’t handle this, and neither can your superiors. This is probably an order directly given by Saburo Arasaka.”

I've been in Night City for a while now, and I've never seen the entire city, both above and below ground, searching for a single person at the same time. Even if the president had crashed his plane, there wouldn't have been this kind of commotion.

Valerie's nostrils trembled slightly, a mixture of aversion to the smell of smoke and shock at having come to this realization.

She knew exactly what Saburo Arasaka's orders meant. This founder of the Arasaka Empire would kill many people every time he personally gave an order; on average, each person died faster than drinking a bottle of beer.

What do you think?

Valerie calmed herself down and then asked.

“Me? I’d definitely watch it on TV at home. This kind of thing is bloody once you get involved, and I don’t want to end up rotting in a garbage dump.”

Valerie is now caught in a dilemma: on one hand, there's the obvious catfishing, and on the other, there are the company's orders.

She's no fool to have gotten to her position in the counterintelligence department; she was a top hacker who stood out from a crowd of geniuses, and her mind works incredibly fast.

“Okay, I’ll cancel our engagement and I’ll clear all communication records between us.”

Vito nodded.

"Okay, Jack will take you back. Have a good trip!"

Valerie walked away from the raging child in silence.

Vito went to the next-door store and told Gloria that he would close earlier in the near future, and then asked Cha to accompany him to the afterlife.

After kissing Vito goodbye, Liying asked Gloria to drive home with her.

The afterlife was exceptionally lively tonight, but there were far fewer mercenaries. Many of the middlemen were exchanging information while holding a cocktail in their hands.

Vito asked the bartender Claire about the booth where Roger was sitting, and slowly led Cha over there, eavesdropping on the conversations of the people in between.

"It's rare for the people of Zeta to be so generous; they're willing to go to any lengths to find that woman."

“It’s not just Zeta, even those usually stingy people are being generous now. They used to give a dollar or two, but now they’re all bidding like they’re at an auction!”

When she arrived at Roger's booth, it was already full of people. Chrissy Veran and Emerick Bronson sat on either side of Roger, and several people dressed as hackers were tapping on tablets next to them.

There was a glass of wine in front of everyone, but it seemed that no one was drinking even a sip.

Roger was talking to a middleman with a composite prosthetic eye when she saw Vito arrive. She gestured for Vito to wait a moment.

"I need your message. Money is no object. You should be able to handle this small matter, Queen of the Next Life."

Emery stared at the middleman, seemingly very dissatisfied with what he had said.

Roger chuckled, picked up a glass of whiskey from the table, took a sip, and then said slowly.

“Faraday, you yourself said I am the queen of the afterlife, not the queen of Night City. How could I have information that no one else knows?”

Faraday's three prosthetic eyes on his right cheek flickered; he was very dissatisfied with Roger.

"Are you done talking? My guest has arrived, you might need to make room."

Faraday got up with his bodyguards and stared intently at Vito as he passed by.

“Rogge, I’m just blindfolded and won’t kill anyone. Emmerich and Veran won’t stop me, will they?”

Vito was very annoyed by Faraday's sinister gaze; he felt that this performance artist freak harbored a demon in his heart.

Roger put down his cup and said lazily.

"Probably not, but there are rules for the next life, so please give me some face."

At this moment, Rogge noticed Little Cha behind Vito.

"Newcomers? Your team could go film Idol Dream."

Vito pulled Cha down to sit.

"Everyone in the underworld is looking for someone. Your request is also related to her, isn't it?"

Roger glanced at Cha, but said nothing.

Vito understood what she meant.

"My team's new member, Chapai, is reliable and keeps his mouth shut."

Roger then slowly began to speak.

“Since you’ve heard about it, I won’t waste any more words. I’m going to find her, dead or alive, and get my hands on her behavioral data and the chip. My client said it would be better if she were dead.”

All the other commissions required finding people, living people. Okada Wakako even explicitly stated that her brain couldn't be damaged.

On the other hand, Roger wants Kim Yeon dead.

Vito became even more determined not to wade into that muddy water.

"This guy can't even catch the company's own people?"

Roger frowned.

“Vito, stop asking. It won’t do you any good.”

Vito nodded, said nothing more, and got up to leave.

“Vito, as someone who admires you, I have a piece of advice for you: either take orders honestly and do your job properly, or stop playing the puzzle game of asking around and getting into trouble.”

Vito waved to Roger with his back turned, then left the Afterlife Nightclub.

Little Cha, sporting Brad Pitt's face, looked around with a bewildered expression. He had never had the chance to witness the splendor of Night City's streets before.

Vito shook his head to stop his chaotic thoughts from swirling in his mind. Roger was right; being too curious and then playing a jigsaw puzzle would only bring him trouble.

……

Taiping Prefecture, the stronghold of the Voodoo Gang.

"Found her, Bridget! She contacted us through the dark web!"

Maman Bridget and her voodoo gang also got involved in the search for Kim Yeon.

According to intelligence gathered by the Voodoo Gang, this woman codenamed Zhu Yan possesses extremely strong hacking abilities, and the items she carries can help the Voodoo Gang research the Black Wall.

"Rovernel, connect to her signal!"

Bridget had her men connect to Kim Yeon's signal, and she observed the situation on a computer next to the high-performance server.

"Signal connected, and she sent me a location file."

Bridget thought for a moment, then said.

"Check the files, add the virtual address and the sea god, to prevent fraud."

A minute later, Joffnell, sitting in the hacker chair, suddenly screamed in agony; his brain had been instantly roasted. The other hackers quickly activated the Poseidon Network to scan and remove the virus from the location file.

The location file was enclosed in a specially designed domain name by Poseidon.

A voice message was transmitted.

"Your actions have violated the Cybersecurity Law. Stop searching for Kim Yeon, or your hacking will suffer the consequences!"

Bridget had the hacker's body removed from the hacker chair and thrown out, then another hacker lay down on it.

"Hmph, those damn internet spies!"

Chapter 81 Illness

Vito and Cha had no interest in humans tonight. Ever since they were born, Vito had taken Cha to see old Vito, and they had missed him quite a bit after not seeing him for a while.

Just as the two were crossing the overpass to head home, a Sword in the Stone drove past them. In Night City, such a nice car is extremely rare.

The car was going very fast, and it just grazed past Vito's Magician's car.

"Damn it! Password, you think this road is yours? Cha, speed up!"

Vito wanted to stop the car immediately, but before he could upload the puppet, the car had already disappeared from sight.

"Damn it, I'll let you off this time! Come on, Cha, use the navigation to take me to H10."

Vito glared at the road ahead and said to Cha.

After a while, another car grazed past the two of them.

"Damn it, is this never going to end tonight?!"

Vito stopped the black Thunderway that had just been driven off the road.

He angrily got out of the car, wanting to teach these speeders a lesson.

"Are you all in such a hurry to be reincarnated?"

The car window rolled down, and a gasp rang out.

"Vito!"

"Huh? What are you doing here?"

"No time to explain, Vito, get in the car! David's been taken away by a sunglasses-wearing dream maker!"

Vito's first thought was of those people who had been arrested to film the disgusting black Super Dream. He opened the car door, jumped in, and shouted to the back.

"Cha, keep up with us!"

Vito checked the euros he was carrying and asked Dorio and Lucy in the car for details.

Lucy's voice was filled with anxiety as she spoke.

“We had a job, we needed to find someone to do Mewtwo, Jimmy Blacksaki, but this guy used some kind of electromagnetic pulse EMP to knock everyone down and then took David away!”

"Did that Jimmy drive a Sword in the Stone?"

"Yes, that's him!"

"Damn it, there's no law in Night City anymore! They scratched my car and kidnapped me! Lucy, do you guys have a location tracking system?"

"Have!"

……