The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

His voice sounded muffled.

Specifically, it is the feeling caused by nasal congestion after catching a cold.

Lin Qiao shrugged, locked the hidden office, went downstairs and opened the door of the clinic.

As expected, Jack, with a bruised face and nose, was standing at the door, and his clothes had many tears - it was obvious that he had just fought a tough battle.

"What's going on with you?"

Jack was taken to the operating room and his prosthesis was removed with ease.

"Don't mention it. I just received a commission related to the Uzumaki Gang. That group of transformation maniacs... these bastards just like to capture people and transform them randomly."

"They almost destroyed my prosthetic arm."

Jack cursed as he recalled what happened before.

Lin Qiao also found a deformed bullet in the prosthesis in his left hand.

"Can it be fixed? I have to go out of town later."

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. Some of the lines inside are broken. We can just reconnect them and it will be usable. It will only take ten minutes."

"That's fine. I almost thought I was going to stand him up today... You are indeed the best prosthetics doctor in Night City. Your skills are just great..."

"Don't be ridiculous. You must have said this to Lao Wei a lot, right?"

Lin Qiao symbolically put on goggles and picked up the electric welder to reconnect the broken wires.

He and Victor have met twice.

Although he looks like a muscular old street tough, his skills are among the best among all the prosthetic doctors in Night City.

And more importantly, as one of the few people with a conscience in Night City, he doesn't have to worry about being sold to scavengers.

He would even take the initiative to deal with the scavengers who came to his door.

"But Watson District is a bit far from here. If it's urgent, why don't you go find Lao Wei?"

"Hey, Lao Wei is out of business recently, so I have no choice but to come to your place."

It was obviously a somewhat sad thing, but for some reason, Jack looked proud.

"But what happened to your face? Was that also hit by the Uzumaki Gang?"

"This? This was hit by Lao Wei."

"…You weren't punished by Lao Wei because of cheating?"

"Go away, that's nonsense! I love Misty wholeheartedly!"

Jack rolled his eyes at Lin Qiao and then puffed out his chest.

"You know, Lao Wei and I met at the Devil's Boxing Club. But I had just been there for a short time, and Lao Wei gave me a good beating."

"Brother, I was unwilling to give up. So after several years of hard training, I challenged Lao Wei again yesterday."

"Guess what happened!?"

As he spoke of this, his tone became more excited.

"Twelve rounds! Twelve full rounds! Finally, old Wei is knocked down!"

If he wasn't still lying down and unable to move, he would have jumped up and cheered by now.

Although Jack won, it was largely due to his age.

As the saying goes, a young and strong man is better at fighting. Facing Victor, who is already getting older, Jack can be said to have gained a considerable advantage.

But despite this, his excitement is understandable.

After all, Victor is the former boxing champion of Watson District and one of the few living legends in Night City.

Beating him in the boxing ring would be worth bragging about in a bar.

"By the way, buddy, how about you come to our club? It's a good opportunity to practice. Look, your legs are not as thick as my arms."

It seemed that the confidence gained from defeating Victor eventually led to his rapid expansion, Jack said to Lin Qiao.

"Forget it, I'm not interested... and it would be bad if someone got hurt."

If one accidentally fails to control the force, the rest of his life will be in jeopardy.

Jack nodded and agreed, "That's right. If you get hurt, Lucy will be very sad."

"..."

Forget it, let's just leave it at that. After all, his physique doesn't look like the type that's good at strength sports.

"Come to think of it, what are you doing out of town? A commission from the middleman?"

"Almost. It's just a private job I took on. I just transport some things from outside the city to the rich people in the city. If I'm lucky, I can make a lot of money from them."

That is smuggling in the popular sense.

But this is not an uncommon thing in Night City - as long as you are not caught on the spot by the cops and the company, it is a legal transaction.

"But if you don't go through a middleman and take the job... you'd better be careful not to run into the Night Wandering Ghost and the Random Swords Society. They are not good people."

"Hey, this isn't the first time I've done this. I'm telling you, I didn't plan on paying for the items. I just took them and ran away."

"..."

Then you are a real dog.

Jack's words made Lin Qiao's mouth twitch, but she didn't say anything.

He probably knew who was doing the deal with this piece of meat.

Putting Jack's prosthetic back together, he took back the tools used to adjust it: "It's fixed. Let's try it and see how it works."

"Yeah, not bad, not bad, it feels better than my original one."

Jack stood up from the operating table, stretched his limbs, nodded with satisfaction, and paid the bill for Lin Qiao.

"By the way, do you have any medicine to reduce the swelling? I'm not in a good condition to meet people."

"Here, it's a bonus."

Looking at Jack's back as he drove away, Lin Qiao narrowed her eyes.

Next, Night City is about to get interesting.

Chapter 361 Old friends meet

That night, Jack drove a tattered red car full of bullet holes to Lin Qiao's clinic again.

"Hahahaha! Come on! Come on, K! Look at what good stuff I got this time!"

After knocking on the door of the big clinic, Jack walked in with an excited look on his face, holding a cryogenic storage box with "Arasaka" on it.

Also coming here is a weathered-looking purple-haired wanderer woman dressed in classic wanderer attire - V.

After she got out of the car, she stretched with a tired look on her face, then looked with some heartache at the little red car next to her whose engine was making an unpleasant idling sound.

This car has been with her for a long time.

For wanderers, a good car is their second life.

Not to mention that these were one of the few valuable things she brought out from the Baker family.

But from the current perspective, it may really be just one step away from being scrapped.

The garbage dump is probably its final destination.

"I hope that, as Jack said, that 'Money' can be sold for a good price."

Otherwise, I will really lose everything this time.

Thinking of the iguana that Jack spent a long time to play with before putting it back, V sighed.

"By the way, why does the name K sound familiar?"

v Searched through past memories and seemed to have some impression, but it seemed that he couldn't remember it at all.

However, under Jack's urging, she still walked into the clinic.

The cool air blowing in my face made the damp and hot feeling from outside much better.

In front of the counter of the clinic, Jack was bragging to a man who was a little too young about how he had defeated the Arasaka convoy and brought back this precious box.

I think that person should be the K he mentioned.

Behind him stood a white-haired girl with a cocky look on her face.

Emmmm, this combination...the sense of déjà vu is even more serious.

After seeing her come in, Jack, who was still bragging to others, also greeted her warmly.

"Come on, V, let me introduce you. This is K, the most awesome cyborg doctor in Night City, and our big money sponsor. The one behind is Lucy, the owner of... this store."

Then he turned around and introduced V, who was lost in thought, to Lin Qiao.

"Look, she is the wanderer I just told you about. Her name is V."

"Don't be fooled by this skinny girl. I'm telling you, she's really awesome. Her shooting skills are so accurate. She can hit whatever she points at!"

"She defeated those damned Arasaka guys by herself. She blew up three... no, four cars with just her pistol! Otherwise, we might not be able to come back today."

Jack's words became more and more exaggerated, and even V, the person involved, found them exaggerated.

But Lin Qiao thought it was very reasonable.

After all, he had also experienced this when he started out as a wanderer.

Should we say that he is worthy of being the future living king of hell?

Frankly speaking, this record alone is enough to crush most of the mercenaries in Night City.

This is because V’s weapons are not very good, and he has basically no prosthetics in his body.

If she were given a better weapon, who knows who would be chasing whom.

but--

"Four cars..."

Lin Qiao muttered thoughtfully.

By the way, why do I remember that the Finance Department reported eight vehicles today?

Looks like we need to send someone to investigate...

but not now.

Lin Qiao looked at the violet-haired woman who walked in nearby and nodded.

"You're really amazing. I didn't expect your skills to be better than I thought."

"Also, I haven't seen you for several years, V. I didn't expect you to come to Night City."

Jack, who was still trying to continue bragging, froze in his expression.

I turned around and looked at V, who also had a dazed expression.

He nudged her gently with his elbow and asked quietly, "Do you... know each other?"

"this…"

She scratched her head in annoyance. If she said she knew him, she really couldn't remember. But if she said she didn't know him, the other party had already said so...

And Jack just said that this is the sponsor. So aren’t you being a little disrespectful to the sponsor?

"Um, have we met before?" V asked reluctantly.

"I bought gasoline from the Buckle family on my way to Night City. You left your contact information. Do you remember it?"

“So it was that time.”

There was a look of reminiscence on her face; after this reminder, she did remember.

——So it was that time, the man with the sour-looking child.

He glanced at Lucy calmly...his expression was basically the same as before.

"Alright, alright, let's talk about the past later. Let's go and see this treasure first. I can't wait."