From ship girl to machine god

However, at the same time, the Peregrine Falcon that was targeted by the Blue Bird also fired the rockets in the bomb bay, just in time to meet the shelling fired by the Blue Bird.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, a fireball exploded in the sky, and a peregrine falcon disappeared.

Blue Bird did not shoot down her carrier-based aircraft, she just let the Peregrine Falcon that fired the rockets switch to its ship-mounted form again, and flew elsewhere while everyone's sight was blocked by the flames.

The other Peregrine Falcon, under the control of Blue Bird, fired a missile at the warehouse she just came out of.

Blue Bird pretended to be frightened by the missile, grabbed Rebecca and threw her to the side.

When she knocked Rebecca down, the missile also penetrated the thin shell of the warehouse and shot into the warehouse where the blue bird had just been. Then a violent explosion occurred, destroying all traces left by the blue bird. destroy.

As for Blue Bird and Rebecca, they fell to the ground in time and were not seriously affected by the explosion.

Of course, Blue Bird himself was unscathed, but Rebecca was still affected and damaged to some extent. At least her ears were almost deafened by the explosion, and she would not be able to hear any sounds for a while, and even a little bit. Blood trickled from her ear holes.

When Qingniao saw this, he really couldn't bear it. He silently apologized to Rebecca in his heart and decided to make up for this little girl in the future.

Immediately, he fired another bombardment into the sky, damaging the engine of the remaining Peregrine Falcon, and then controlled the Peregrine Falcon, which actually did not affect the battle, to escape quickly.

After leaving everyone's sight, the two Peregrine Falcons switched to ship mode, and then circled back to the Blue Bird.

And she supported Rebecca and ran towards the warehouse door, where Mann and others were hiding under the bunker in disgrace.

"Boss! Are you okay?" Mann saw the blue bird helping Rebecca over, and hurriedly asked her with concern: "What's wrong with Rebecca?"

Qingniao handed Rebecca to her brother and then said: "I'm fine. Rebecca was probably injured by the explosion just now."

After saying that, Jade Bird looked at everyone in the Cyberpunk team. Except for Dorio and Falco who went to ask for help, the remaining people were more or less disgraced, and their bodies were hit by shrapnel or broken cement blocks. There were marks of injuries and scratches, and it looked like the condition was really not very good.

But fortunately, no one was seriously injured. On the contrary, Rebecca, who had been fighting the peregrine falcon just now, was the most seriously injured.

Seeing this, Qingniao pulled over a security guard and asked, "Are there any first aid kits and treatment drugs? My people need treatment."

"Yes, but... everything is in the security room." The security guard who was pulled by Blue Bird pointed at the security room that had been reduced to ruins by the Peregrine Falcon's machine gun fire, and explained to her with a sad face.

Just when Blue Bird's forehead was throbbing with veins and he was secretly regretting not killing this embarrassing thing just now, Dorio and the military technology employee finally arrived with reinforcements from the police and the federal army.

The military technology warehouse was attacked by armed forces, and the entire warehouse was almost blown up to the sky. They did not dare to neglect this kind of thing in the slightest.

Chapter 71 Give me an explanation

With such a big thing happening, it is certainly impossible for the top military science and technology leaders in Los Santos to ignore it.

However, it was obviously impossible for Mia to let others intervene in this matter, especially after she received a report from her subordinates that other companies had carried out the attack in order to prevent her from cooperating with Jade Bird. He went directly to the scene and wanted to control everything in his own hands first.

Mia believed her subordinate's words without any doubt.

After all, apart from Military Technology itself, there are only a few giant companies that are competitors that can use armed helicopters to launch attacks in Los Santos.

And Arasaka was Mia's first suspect.

But outside of Arasaka, Mia was still worried that this was actually done by a hostile faction within Military Technology.

You must know that there are also many factions within the huge military technology, and the intensity of the struggle is even more fierce than the battle with competitors.

Competition between companies, except for a few corporate wars, is usually just a competition for interests. Relatively speaking, there are not many occasions to use force. After all, you have to worry about whether the opponent will use force to retaliate because of the use of force. , thus triggering a new round of corporate war.

But competition within the company is much more cruel than this, because even if force is used, it will not cause irreparable consequences. Therefore, when different factions fight, everyone will not be stingy about using force, or even provoke a small-scale fight. of war.

So Mia had enough reason to suspect that the attack was caused by her rival faction within Military Technology.

After all, it is much more likely and easier for military technology insiders to use armed helicopters than other companies.

The entire Los Santos is now under the control of military technology, and the federal army has deployed a large number of military technology personnel. It can almost be said that the entire city is under the control of military technology.

Under such circumstances, it is by no means an easy task to use armed helicopters to launch an attack in a city like Los Santos, which is under the nose of military technology.

The difficulty will not be lower than that of sending a nuclear bomb into Arasaka Tower. It can only be said that it can be done, but the cost is very high.

And doing so is not in the interests of other companies, nor is it their usual method.

According to the habits of ordinary companies, for such matters involving interests, they will more or less send people to contact them first to try to intercept the interests, rather than directly destroying the cooperation physically.

Just like what happened this time, if Arasaka knew about the cooperation between Aotori and Mia, they would first send people to contact Aotori, try to destroy the cooperation at this level, and try to get Arasaka to cooperate with Arasaka instead.

If Aotori refuses, Arasaka's people will not immediately attack Aotori or want to kill her.

After all, companies compete for interests. Although force is used as the most effective means of competing for interests, force is not the first choice.

However, despite this judgment, Mia did not give up the idea of ​​placing suspicion on a rival company, but planned to launch investigations from both directions.

Whether it is foreign or internal troubles, for military technology that has now seized the opportunity of anti-gravity engine technology, they are all hidden dangers that need to be eliminated.

To take full advantage of the opportunities brought by this technology, Military Technology must unite and concentrate all the company's strengths so that it can resist all pressures from the outside.

Mia, who had already made up her mind and planned to use this incident to attack and cleanse the hostile factions within Military Technology, did not waste any more time. After surveying the site of the destroyed warehouse, she turned and left. Go to the hospital to visit the injured Blue Bird and his party.

The main ones injured were Mann and others. Bluebird himself only soiled his clothes and had some blood on his body. In fact, his oily skin was not even scratched.

However, Mann and others were strafed by machine guns, and finally were affected by the shock wave caused by the missile explosion. Although they were not seriously injured, they did need to go to the hospital for bandaging and an examination to avoid any sequelae.

Therefore, when Military Technology and the federal army came for reinforcements, Jade Bird asked the Military Technology employee who had received them before and then asked for help to arrange a hospital controlled by Military Technology for them, and sent Mann and others to the ward. .

As I have said before, in this era, medical treatment is a very luxurious act.

Without money, even the so-called "public hospitals" will not provide necessary treatment, even if just a little effort can save a life.

Under normal circumstances, Mann and others would definitely not go to the hospital. Instead, they would find a more reliable prosthetic doctor to treat their injuries.

But now that military technology is available to pay for medical expenses, Jade Bird will naturally choose a place like a hospital that is more reliable in terms of treatment.

As for the fact that military technology does not pay medical bills, as long as Mia still wants to cooperate with Jade Bird, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing.

In fact, it was not beyond Jade Bird's expectations. After learning that Jade Bird and others had gone to the hospital, Mia's instructions to the military technology employee were to provide the best treatment and all expenses would be billed by Military Technology.

Therefore, Mann and others can safely and boldly receive treatment from doctors without worrying about selling themselves after an operation to cover the medical expenses.

When Mia rushed to the hospital, Mann and others had already completed the treatment. Although they were still lying on the beds in the ward, this was just to let them rest, rather than really needing to be hospitalized and bedridden.

"I'm sorry, this was my negligence. I didn't expect that someone would dare to use an armed helicopter in Los Santos. I'm really sorry for injuring your people." Mia first apologized to Jade Bird in a low profile as soon as she opened her mouth, and then He continued: "I will pay all the medical expenses. If you need to replace the prosthetic body, I will also send someone to send the latest prosthetic body. Please don't have any burden in this regard. I just hope that this It will not affect our cooperation."

If faced with ordinary mercenaries, Mia would never show such a low-profile attitude even if she asked for help.

However, the anti-gravity engine blueprint provided to her by Blue Bird was too involved, and it also made her think that there must be strong support behind Blue Bird, which made Mia adopt a low-profile attitude.

I just don’t know what her attitude would be if she knew there was nothing behind the blue bird?

Of course, if Mia knew that Ao Niao was a ship girl, her attitude might be even lower.

As for Qingniao, she did not show any dissatisfaction with Mia's low profile. She just said with a stern face: "Since the cooperation has been agreed, there will naturally be no changes, but I need an explanation for this matter, an explanation that at least makes me feel justified."

Chapter 72 The muddy fish pond

In fact, even if Jade Bird doesn't mention it, Mia will give an explanation.

This is not only for the cooperation between her and Jade Bird, but also related to the face of the entire military technology, the competition with other giant companies, and the various battles between military technology and the new US government.

At the same time, this is also related to the conflict between Mia's faction and other factions within Military Technology.

It can be said that this unintentional move by the blue bird has messed up the originally peaceful situation, just like an unhappy pond in Poland where a king crocodile suddenly jumped in and started rolling to death.

This is no longer a fish fry by the Philippine diving team, but overturning the entire fish pond.

Since the Fourth Corporate War, the situation of military technology and the situation it faces has actually not been very good.

Arasaka blamed Military Technology for the nuclear bomb that exploded in Night City. Although it was indeed the work of Military Technology, Arasaka packaged himself as a victim, and took advantage of the situation to label Military Technology as "crazy use of nuclear bombs to bomb." The label "urban madman" suddenly caused the reputation of military technology to fall into the negative.

This is also an important basis for why the federal government was able to nationalize military technology after the Fourth Corporate War.

Although after this, Military Technology quickly recovered due to the large amount of assets originally belonging to the United States donated by the federal government, and successfully transformed itself from a state-owned enterprise to a state-owned enterprise, Military Technology was not originally a monolithic internal structure. As a result, it became full of factions.

At first glance, it seems that military technology has expanded in size and strength, but if you look deeper, you will find that the seemingly huge military technology is full of internal contradictions and factions, and it is impossible to exert its full power.

The Unification War a few years ago could be regarded as a consolidation of the internal factions of Military Technology, and a manifestation of Military Technology's renewed attempt to expand externally after the Fourth Corporate War.

However, that external expansion was ultimately due to Night City inviting Arasaka to settle in, thereby attracting this biggest competitor. The unification war was not fully accomplished, and the integration of factions within Military Technology also fell short.

This is also the reason why when it comes to Night City, Military Technology always chooses to give in in the face of Arasaka's repeated provocations.

It can be said that although today's military technology looks calm on the surface, internal strife and struggles have long been turbulent and undercurrent.

Now, even in cities like Los Santos, where military technology is firmly in the hands, vicious incidents involving the use of armed helicopters to carry out attacks have occurred. It is conceivable that this has a negative impact on the already tense atmosphere within military technology. What a thrill.

If Mia cannot handle this matter well, it is very likely that there will be a serious internal strife within Military Technology, and even trigger the fifth corporate war in order to divert internal conflicts.

To put it simply, it is like someone using firecrackers to blow up a crocodile breeding pond. Even if the crocodiles are full, they will be frightened and attack everything around them.

They may kill each other, they may bite the culprit and tear them to pieces, or they may attack a crocodile in another pond, but no matter what, these crocodiles cannot remain indifferent.

Faced with the current situation, Mia must find a way to stabilize the situation and prevent things from deteriorating further.

And at the same time, she also needs to further ensure that her faction can strive for as many benefits as possible in this incident.

The core of this is naturally to stabilize Qingniao so that she will not terminate her cooperation with him.

Therefore, after Mia saw that Jade Bird did not show any intention to terminate this cooperation, Mia took the initiative and said: "Regarding this matter, our Lucchesi family will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

Speaking of this, Mia thought of the bombed warehouse, so she added: "As for our previous transaction, because the warehouse was destroyed, the batch of shipbuilding steel is probably unusable.

After that, I will prepare a new batch of shipbuilding steel and send it to Night City, but the time may be a little late, so please don't mind. "

Hearing what Mia said, Qingniao, who had already bought the goods, secretly smiled in his heart. It seemed that not only could he cover this matter up, but while causing conflicts within military technology, he could also get another wave of shipbuilding steel for nothing.

Collecting money twice for one transaction is simply like Qin Shihuang eating peppercorns to win hemp.

In response, Qingniao just nodded slightly: "The shipbuilding steel matter can be put aside for now. I want to know who attacked my people. Is it the agents of other companies, or your own people from Military Technology?"

Jade Bird had just reviewed the whole incident while waiting for Mann and others' surgical treatment. He carefully thought about the forces that might be involved and made an estimate of Mia's possible response.

Judging from the current results, everything has not exceeded Jade Bird's expectations and calculations.

It can only be said that this seemingly unintentional impromptu decision did bring unexpected benefits to Jade Bird.

If Jade Bird's harvest was satisfactory, Mia felt uncomfortable when faced with her question, because it was difficult for her to give a satisfactory answer to Jade Bird at this moment.

But she still had to reply to Jade Bird: "We need time to investigate this point, and we can't make a judgment yet."

"Is that so? It seems that Los Santos is somewhat unsafe." Qingniao said with a cold face, and then glanced at Mann and others lying in the ward, then turned to Mi Ya said: "In this case, after my people complete the treatment, we will return to Night City. It seems to be safer over there."

By saying this, Jade Bird undoubtedly put the face of military technology on the ground, making it clear that she did not trust military technology to ensure her safety, and that she did not believe in military technology's control over Los Santos.

If it were before today, Mia would have let Blue Bird see how military technology controls Los Santos.

But now that someone launched an attack with an armed helicopter right under her nose, Mia no longer had the confidence to be tough.