People are in cyberpunk, but they are top-level cyberpsychopaths

Compared to the fact that Arasaka Yorinobu killed his own father Arasaka Saburo, what they did was not worth mentioning, not even a trivial matter.

Naturally, no one will say anything.

"OK then."

Since Melissa said so, he naturally didn't force it.

So he dropped the beautiful lady off on the roadside and went to the Secret Motel alone.

After turning left and right in the streets and alleys of Night City for less than ten minutes, the car stopped in a dirty parking lot.

There were several homeless vagrants around, with bedding emitting strange smells stuffed into the holes in the eaves next to the garbage dump, and vehicles that had rusted to the point of being empty shells were thrown casually on the roadside. The pink neon lights of the hotel gave off a weird atmosphere, turning the rain into a misty color.

Looking from a distance, someone who doesn't know would think this is another nightclub.

But in fact, this place is much cooler than a nightclub.

Although it looks shabby from the outside, it is essentially the same as Tom's Hotel and is the secret meeting place for many big shots.

It is one of the best in terms of both concealment and security. Even if a few people disappear here, no one will know.

David found them near the dumpster at the back door.

"Did you guys...fall into the trash can?"

Jack and V didn't look in such a good condition now. They were covered in dust and soaked by the rain, as if they had just crawled out of a garbage dump.

"Oh my god, mano, you're finally here. I was freezing to death."

The one who was speaking was Jack. A strong man weighing several hundred pounds was standing there, hunching his neck, hugging his arms tightly, and shivering with cold. Can you imagine that scene?

Look at other people's V...

Well, the same goes for V.

It was like an abandoned girl, she was in a very miserable state.

"Hey, I'm just covering for you and delaying those Arasaka reinforcements." David put his hand on his waist and turned a blind eye to the joke.

"No, aren't you cold?"

Looking at his half-naked appearance, V suddenly asked.

"It's not cold. I've already set the pain editor to the lowest setting. How can I be cold?"

Not to mention being cold, you wouldn’t feel cold even if you walked around in the fire.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Where is the stuff? Where is the relic? Why can't I see it?"

He looked left and right, but didn't see the metal box containing the relic nearby.

When Jack and V heard David's question, they shuddered involuntarily and exchanged glances with each other.

"That... David."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Actually... it's just..."

"You should also know that our hovercraft crashed halfway through the journey."

Suddenly Jack took over the conversation and David nodded to show that he understood: "I know, Bug has already told me, so where is the box?"

"Uh... on the way to the crash..."

Jack also became hesitant like V.

This action made his eyes twitch, as if he had thought of something: "You're not going to tell me that the box and the hovercraft were destroyed together?"

What the hell, we just rescued Jack, and then Johnny Silverhand disappeared again?

What kind of world line convergence is this? Everything is Stein's little choice, right?

He was about to complain when Jack responded in advance: "No, the box is scrapped, but the things inside are fine."

"Look, isn't the chip properly inserted in my slot?"

Jack pointed to his neck, where there was indeed a chip, flashing red light.

But in the next second, Jack suddenly felt his eyes blurred, and the chip in the slot on his neck was suddenly pulled out by David.

Looking at the relatively intact chip in his hand, David couldn't help but yell, "Jack, are you fucking idiot? Who told you to insert this chip?! What if something goes wrong? What are you going to do with your mom and Misty?!"

Although Jack died after inserting it in the game and was later inherited by V, no one knows whether this thing will work on Jack.

If the relic really starts to activate on Jack and starts to corrode him, there will be no way to regret it.

This is not a game. There is no save file loading function, let alone restart function.

Fortunately, Jack didn't seem to have any serious problems.

"Uh... don't get excited, there's nothing I can do about it. Doesn't this thing need to be stored in an organism or kept at low temperatures? There's nothing I can do about it..."

"Who told you that!"

"It's Evelyn Parker. She told us to store it this way, so don't blame Jack." V stood up and said.

"Fuck, it's that stupid woman again..." David couldn't help but curse inwardly and squeezed the chip in his hand a little harder.

If it hadn't contained the digital personality of Johnny Silverhand, he would have crushed the stupid thing long ago.

"Oh, by the way, that's not all she said. She also wants us to get rid of DeShawn and hand over the chip directly to her. This way we can get half of the share."

You know, relic is the crystallization of Arasaka's technology. The price of this thing is an astronomical figure of hundreds of millions or even billions. Just 35% of it is enough for them to spend in several lifetimes.

And now Evelyn offered to give them 50%, the temptation was self-evident.

But David sneered, looked at them and asked, "What do you think?"

"If you hadn't reminded me before, I would have hesitated, but now I don't have that idea at all." V shrugged helplessly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but it's not a good idea to get rid of the middleman in Night City, and that woman is not that reliable," said Jack.

It seems that Jack has no good feelings towards Evelyn Parker, or to be exact, none of the three people present have any good feelings towards her.

"Jack, you're right, but that's not the point." David shrugged. "Originally, stealing the relic was just a stealthy operation. Before Arasaka Yorinobu or even the entire Arasaka could react, the relic was already in the hands of the customer."

"This could be said to be our original plan, but now Arasaka Saburo is dead, and he was killed by someone. Do you think Arasaka Yorinobu will say that he strangled himself? In the end, it can only be attributed to us."

David used the plainest words to tell the cruelest truth.

But the truth was so cruel that it made the two of them feel cold all over. Even the rain outside could not be colder than this truth.

If everything really turned out the same way as David said, then they would be hunted endlessly by Arasaka.

"That relic..." Jack said in amazement.

Jack, who had been in the mercenary business for some time, suddenly thought of something.

"Don't worry, I have a very important piece of evidence in my hand. Arasaka Yorinobu won't dare to do anything."

David's words were like a reassurance, making the two of them feel relieved.

But the next second, their hearts were lifted up again.

"But that's only from Arasaka Yoshinobu's perspective. I can't say for sure about that fat black guy Deshaun."

"You mean..."

"Yes, Deshawn will sell us out, use our heads to buy immunity for Arasaka, or throw us into some garbage dump and wait for us to rot, and then he will disappear again."

"What did you say?" V said in disbelief.

"How is that possible?" Jack couldn't believe it.

"How is it impossible? Let me put it this way. Regardless of whether this is successful or not, DeShawn will not give us any money. Just like what we discussed before, those brokers will always grab a few unlucky guys as scapegoats and throw the bodies into the trash afterwards. DeShawn is using us as the scapegoats."

In Night City, it is common for middlemen to sell out mercenaries, and David is no exception.

In this shabby place, he had met countless middlemen, big and small, received all kinds of strange commissions, and had been sold many times.

The best example of this is Faraday.

However, the grass on this guy's grave is already several feet high.

"But David, you..." V still couldn't believe it. She didn't believe that DeShawn would dare to cheat someone of David's level.

"Are you trying to say that I'm a living legend in Night City? So what? This is a cannibalistic world. Having worked in the company before, you should understand this, right?"

"Besides, weren't Johnny Silverhand and Wayland Snake also legends? In the end, they just died in the dust."

"Besides, as for legend, wouldn't it be more worthy of the title if it stayed in a grave?" David said with a hint of joking in his tone.

Besides, after what happened, there was no way DeShawn would let them live.

But obviously, DeShawn is not a qualified undertaker and is not qualified to put him in the grave.

Hell can no longer contain a legend like him, just like it can no longer contain Morgan Blackhand.

"And if you still don't believe me, ask Jack. Jack and Bug should know a lot about this."

However, Jack fell silent, as if he was thinking, and seemed to be waiting for T-Bug's response.

Bug knows the fat guy DeShawn better than he does.

At the same time, David was pulled into the communications team again.

"Oh, you've been listening, Bug. So, what do you think? You've known Dexter for years, two years before he ran away, right?"

There was no sound coming from the other end of the channel.

But this silence is enough to explain everything.

"Fuck! This son of a bitch! He's been planning this since the beginning!" Jack realized that everything David said was true, and he immediately became furious.

In other words, from the very beginning, the fat black man Dexter DeShawn had no intention of giving them money.

He immediately rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go up and compete with the fat guy, so that he could feel why the flowers were so red.

"...Are you sure?" V asked, holding on to the last glimmer of hope.

However, the silence of the crowd answered his question.

V silently took out a pistol he got from somewhere and loaded it with bullets.

Her plan now was the same as Jack's, to make that son of a bitch pay a price.

However, both of them were stopped by David.

"Hey~ Don't be so anxious, let's listen to Miss Bug's opinion. After all, she is also a member of the team."

"...I have no opinion." Bug said silently: "David, I understand what you said, but all of this needs to be confirmed."

"And the relic is in our hands now. As long as we have the relic, we won't have to worry about finding a buyer."

This is true, but the question is who can afford it?

"So what do you mean?" V asked.

"If Dexter plans to sell us out, I won't treat him well." T-Bug said in a deep voice, "If not, then let's part ways in peace."

In a nutshell, no matter what the result is, they will see each other again in the next life.

Unfortunately...

"Then let's do as you ask. Unfortunately, Bug, your villa plan will be slightly delayed."

David curled his lips and said regretfully.

"But don't worry, I will definitely find a way to give you the money."

The worst that can happen is that the Voodoo Gang can be sold. No matter how you look at it, the Voodoo Gang is still worth a little bit of money, and Kang Tao will definitely be happy to pay such a sum of money.

"Um..."

Bug responded with a nasal sound, and then there was no more sound.

"So what should we do?" V asked the last question.

"Well, just follow my ideas..."

David's lips curled up into a mysterious smile, but a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes.

As long as we get rid of this black charcoal ball Deshaun, the safety of V and Jack will no longer be a problem.

Then he inserted the chip into its slot.

According to his memory, relic is adaptable, but Jack doesn't know that V has this adaptability.