Cyberpunk, but urban

"Didn't I tell you all this? I just want to know who the targets of your mission are that you have been chasing all this time."

Ye Lan sighed and handed this sentence to Luna to tell these finishing people. He really didn't expect that Luna's illusion could make this group of people so nervous that they would choose to start a war directly in such a small space like a carriage, without caring about the safety of their colleagues around them.

"Just for this?"

Hanafuda's initial reaction was to ask back, using such a realistic image projection technology just to ask them about the identity of the target. This was a terrible waste for them, the finishers.

"They are a group of former employees of the Lobotomy Corporation branch. They committed a crime in J Nest, and we were commissioned to hunt them down."

The one who was willing to waste such precious technology to ask about such a trivial matter was definitely not someone they could fight against. Hanafuda revealed the identities of those people without hesitation, only concealing the content of their request.

"...I roughly know who those people are." The illusory Ye Lan nodded following his movements on the roof of the car.

When he was searching for branch employees a few days ago, he also searched all the branches of the Lobotomy Corporation under the jurisdiction of J Company. Although the survivors found in these branches all had gambling problems to a certain extent, in the J Nest where gambling is the core industry, this bad habit can even be said to be a traditional culture.

However, problems aside, these employees were not as greedy as the first group of surviving employees he rescued within J Company, the employees of the J-03 branch.

After knowing the identities of the dead targets, Ye Lan asked Luna to release the mental field and returned to the office with the little girl.

There are already a group of victims in the library tonight, so Hanafuda, the ordinary invitation letter-the finisher of the agency, can be put aside for a while. After all, the city is not a game, and there will be no passive entries when borrowing other people's books.

"Thank God, that person really just asked for information and left."

Only then did the finishers in the car feel completely relieved. The few finishers who had been disturbed by Luna's mental field and had behaved irrationally were also disarmed by Hong Xuan as a punishment, and were waiting to be punished further after they returned to the office.

After dealing with the matters in the car, Hong Sun and the other people in the car jumped out to clean the blood off their bodies. During this time, Hong Sun also had to deal with a series of problems that Ye Lan had brought to them.

However, the Hanafuda, which was not splashed, found some things on the body of the cleaner that shouldn't have been there.

"Is this... the Lobotomy Corporation book?"

A strange emotion surged in her heart. This invitation to the library was like the knowledge that their commission had failed and they were unable to obtain information about the singularity technology from these Lobotomy Corporation branch employees.

A little fear of being monitored by an unknown entity, a little greed for the information that the library can provide, and the gambler mentality of urban residents who are all under the jurisdiction of J Company.

With all these emotions, Hanafuda put the invitation letter, which was still stained with the blood of the finisher, into her pocket.

"With this... the matter of failed commission should be over."

In the end, what remained in Hanafuda's heart was the relief that he had a way to deal with the criticism from the Eleven Associations.

"Phew, this is really terrible... I say, Hanafuda, even though you don't have blood on you, you don't have to stay in the car with the corpse, right?"

Hong Shun returned to the carriage with the cleaning tools and said to Hanafuda that he didn't expect that the closer of the Ding Agency would sit with the corpse when he had a choice.

"Ah? It's okay... I was just thinking about that person's image."

Hanafuda blinked and changed the subject back to Ye Lan.

"Oh, don't even think about applying for that kind of person. To be able to use that kind of technology, he must be a first-class finisher. Even if we find out his identity in the future, ordinary finishers like us had better not have the slightest idea of ​​revenge."

Hong Shun threw the mop in his hand to the cleaner who followed him up, and he himself took a broom and worked while talking to Hanafuda.

"I'm not a rookie who just became a closer. I know about this kind of thing... I'm just curious about why he is curious about the identities of those Lobotomy Corporation branch employees."

Hanafuda moved closer to the driver's seat, leaving space for the Beast Group Office's closers to move the body away.

"What's there to be curious about? He can't be an employee of L Company."

Hong Jian shrugged and ended the topic. Not long after, their convoy was on the move again. Before midnight in the back alley, the two firms' finishing touches finally left the scavenger's range.

Chapter 197. Morning at the Office

"Good morning everyone, today seems to be another ordinary day."

Ye Lan, who was sitting in the living room of the office, greeted the employees of the Forebrain Company branch and the finishing staff of the Weird Idea Office who came in one after another.

At this time, two full days had passed since the day he and Luna accepted the index finger commission.

During these two days, he and Yuli led the decoration team to completely complete the decoration of the Yixiang Office, and replaced those temporary beds that made people uncomfortable to sleep on with high-end beds that were comfortable enough.

But compared to the things he and Yuli were busy with, the more important thing was that the employees who were rescued by him from the collapsed Lobotomy Corporation branch and then joined his firm finally received their respective finisher certificates.

Thus, this firm located in Lane 12 began to handle commissioned work like a jack of all trades.

However, two days is not enough for Yixiang Agency to instantly appear in the public eye and attract a steady stream of commissions to the agency.

However, residents of several streets surrounding the firm, and even in the back alleys further away, would not miss out on this firm that is willing to take on any commission and whose purpose is not to make money.

For these new Lobotomy Corporation employees, whether they are walking their cats or dogs or fighting against gang members who come to collect protection fees, it is much safer than managing abnormalities in the Lobotomy Corporation branch.

Not to mention, they still have a small amount of ego equipment on hand, but it is enough to maintain that each four-man team can have one piece.

With the workshop equipment and egos provided by Ye Lan at no cost, these employees who were willing to be the finishers and each had experience in managing multiple abnormalities quickly completed all the commissions submitted to the Abnormality Agency within two days.

Without exception, all these commissions were successfully completed by them.

"Boss Ye Lan, do we have any commissions today?"

Sitting on the sofa in the office's living room, a former employee from the V Nest branch asked Ye Lan, he and his team destroyed an entire urban legend-level gang yesterday with the help of ego equipment, becoming the first team in the office to win an urban legend-level commission.

"Look how anxious you are. Who would come here so early in the morning to ask for a commission..."

Ye Lan put down the newspaper in his hand and said to the people who were finishing up in the living room. On the newspaper he put down, a piece of news was turned upside down on the coffee table next to the sofa.

[There is a change in the position of the board of directors of Company D. The young Miss Zoe, the heiress of the Perot family, becomes the new director of the company.]

He sighed and criticized them slightly: "If you really have nothing to do, why don't you go further away, to the next few back alleys and the Chaos Propaganda Office."

After this period of rest, these former employees are now full of energy and want to find something to do.

But the idea of ​​being so eager to achieve some results is not what one should have when working as a finisher. As the representative of the firm, Ye Lan still needs to let them calm down.

"Come to think of it, why doesn't our firm take on jobs related to libraries?" The leader of another finishing team raised his hand and asked Ye Lan.

"Want to know why?"

Ye Lan glanced at the person who had just asked the question, and then looked around at everyone present. Every employee of the Forebrain Company branch stared at him with curious eyes, wanting to get an answer from him.

"Hey, I won't tell you~" Ye Lan said to them with the same smile on his face as when he took the photo of Angela smiling like a scoundrel, "If you really want to know, go find a library invitation letter and sign it, then go in and take a look and you'll understand."

"Boss... you look like you're trying to trick us, but we're not stupid. Besides, no one has ever come out of that place. Even if we're curious, we don't dare to sign in and go in to get killed."

It was the first employee who spoke to Ye Lan. He responded to Ye Lan's words in a rash manner and did not believe what Ye Lan said at all.

"Fuck, you guys were rescued from the branch with great effort, how can I let you die for nothing?" Ye Lan cursed with a smile, and continued to say to them: "I'm serious, if you can find an invitation letter to the library, sign it and take a look, it will be good for you."

"Mr. Ye Lan, it sounds like you know a lot about libraries."

Shortly after entering the living room, the young girl who had been standing against the wall raised her hand and said, "She was the youngest employee rescued by Ye Lan from the branch in the southern part of the city. But unlike her age, she was a rare level 5 employee in the branch, and even had a complete set of Waw-level ego equipment."

As for the Abnormality that was the source of this set of equipment, it must be living a happy life in the library now.

"Bingo~ Anyway, I won't tell you what's going on inside the library, but you just need to tell me my name... or maybe your past work experience. Anyway, your safety is guaranteed. Anyone who is curious can go in on their own."

ding dong~

When Ye Lan said this, the doorbell of the office rang. He had just said that no one would come to submit a commission so early in the morning, but someone came while he was talking.

"Someone go open the door."

An employee turned and walked into the entrance hall, bringing in the person who rang the office doorbell and wanted to submit a commission.

"Hey, isn't this Olivier? Why is it you again? Can't you guys send a pretty girl to give me a commission?"

"Do you think I want to come to you? I'm the only one in the entire association who knows you. Who else would come if not me?" Olivier, the black guy, rolled his eyes at Ye Lan and handed him the authorization folder issued by the association to Ye Lan.

"By the way, your title should be available in a while, and then you will be the one who finishes the 'featured' job."

"Oh, so what color did you guys order me?"

Olivier spread his hands and said, "It's a pity... the headquarters has not yet reached a conclusion. You really haven't left any deeds in the city. If it weren't for their request, it would be impossible to give you such a title."

A special case like Ye Lan is unique in the history of an association's evaluation of "characteristics". The association spent enough time to evaluate the titles of two "characteristics", but still failed to decide on Ye Lan's color.

Chapter 198. Lane 23

After seeing Olivier off and letting the finishing staff in the office disperse, Ye Lan finally had time to open the briefcase containing the commissions and see what new commission the association had sent him.

Unsealing the briefcase, Ye Lan took out a stack of documents. The first line of characters on the documents read [Investigation of the Eight Great Chefs].

"Wow, I haven't even received the 'Special' title yet, and I've already been given a City Star-level commission? A mere ninth-rank closer is carrying out a City Star-level commission. If this gets out, it's really scary."

Ye Lan talked to himself and read on bit by bit. While he was flipping through the commission documents, Luna, Yuli and Irene, who had gone out for breakfast, also returned to the office.

"Ye Lan, what are you looking at?"

As soon as she ran into the living room, little Luna jumped onto another sofa next to Ye Lan. She curiously put her head next to Ye Lan and started looking at the commission documents with him.

"Well, it's a special commission from an association. Looks like I have to go to Alley 23 today."

Ye Lan turned the page of the intelligence information and read through the introductions of the eight chefs. The following content was incomplete information about their current situation.

According to the information, eight chefs launched a raw material hunt in Alley 23 that could be called a massacre. It was expected that 23 people would be artistically slaughtered in this hunt. However, due to the cannibalism habits of Alley , the people who concluded the preliminary investigation were unable to confirm the exact number of victims.

"I don't think they found a single body... I'm afraid they all went into the stomachs of the survivors in Alley 23."

Ye Lan sighed and moved his head closer, pushing back Luna, who had already blocked more than half of the information.

"Let me see it too!"

Luna, who was pushed back, made a dissatisfied sound, and then Ye Lan tapped her forehead lightly. While the little girl was still covering her head, Ye Lan reached out and hugged her from the sofa next to her into his arms.

"If you want to read it, just read it here, so you don't have to lie on my arm and block the information."

After Luna found a comfortable position in his arms, Ye Lan continued to watch with Luna.

Although the number of victims is estimated to be over 300,000, this number alone is not enough to cause an association to issue a commission regarding the eight chefs, a veteran urban star.

After all, the casualties of a mere 23 people would only fill the freezers of restaurants and canteens in Alley for a few days.

The real reason why the association issued this commission was that the person who concluded the preliminary investigation returned information that all the eight chefs were suspected to have distorted the information.

"It's twisted... I guess they'll end up cooking themselves in no time."

After reading the last bit of information, Ye Lan placed the stack of perfectly bound information books in Luna's hands, "I won't take you to that shabby place in Alley 23. You can take your time to read the information books. I think I'll be back before dinner tonight."

"Eh?! Why didn't you take me with you!!!"

Hearing Ye Lan's words, Luna threw the file book on the coffee table, then leaned on Ye Lan and started to moan and act coquettishly.

"It's no use acting like a spoiled brat. I took you to Cannibal Alley because I had nothing better to do."

Ye Lan tore Luna off his body and put her into the arms of Irene who was walking over. "Well, I'll go to work first. You guys can stay at the office. By the way, tell Yuli later that if there are any commissions handed in today, let her take charge of the distribution."

After a few words of advice, Ye Lan walked out of the office with the dimensional bag. A moment later, the steam whistle of the Yellow Springs train sounded, and Luna knew that Ye Lan was really leaving today.

Luna patted Irene's arm as she was held in her arms by the maid. She said to Irene, "Humph, Irene, put me down. We can't care about him and let him go and play by himself!"

Ye Lan, who arrived at Lane 23 via the Yellow Springs Train, was enveloped by a strong aroma of soy sauce as soon as he got off the train. As for the source of this soy sauce aroma...

Ye Lan turned around following the smell and saw a braised food shop with its doors and windows wide open, with thick steam pouring out of the doors and windows. The sign of this braised food shop was unequivocally [Hundred-year-old braised food, fragrant human meat].

"It's hard to hold..."

Ye Lan sighed, turned around and walked along the street towards his destination.

According to information provided by an association, eight chefs occupied a top hotel, cooked all the hotel staff into dishes and set a table at the door, and then they never left the hotel again.

In other words, it can be basically confirmed that the eight chefs who are suspected to be distorted are currently in the hotel building called Lihua.

Continuing along the road, on this entire street, whether it is a restaurant or a shop that is open, there will be some human flesh cut into appropriate sizes hanging in the shop.

To be honest, Ye Lan really wanted to summon the phantom of the charred girl to blow up this place. But the back alley of Alley 23 was full of people indulging in cannibalism everywhere.

Cannibalism has become a culture here that is difficult to change, and there is no point in destroying just one or two streets.

However, Ye Lan did not come here to change this place today, he just came here for a commission. Amid the voices of passers-by happily discussing how to eat people, Ye Lan stepped into the small square in front of the hotel.

In the center of the square, there was a long dining table that could seat fifty people. Ye Lan approached the table and saw that all the plates on it had been eaten clean. The diners who had sat at the table even licked the soup clean.

This meal was prepared by the hotel staff, and all that was left were these clean cups and plates.

After taking a last look at the dining table, Ye Lan crossed the square, pushed open the door of the hotel, and walked straight into the hotel under the gaze of the residents in the surrounding buildings.

For a chef, cleanliness is also something that must be considered when preparing dishes. Ye Lan walked all the way to the hotel's kitchen. There was no stain in every corridor and every room he passed.

It was not until he entered the hotel kitchen that he finally smelled a strange smell. It was the smell of rotting offal left over by the eight chefs that no one had thrown away.

On the long table in the kitchen, seven set meals with twisted vegetables as the main ingredient were neatly placed in U Company's current preservation boxes.

"That is to say, there is still one of the top eight chefs who has not made himself into a dish, right?"

Ye Lan turned around and asked Greta, the last of the eight chefs, who closed the kitchen door behind him.