People in Cyber, using skin to create legends

"The commission is to kill the person in the photo. The reward is... 123,500 US dollars."

"Hey, this reward is in both decimal and integer amounts."

The cowboy laughed jokingly, then took the photo, looked at it, and asked, "Who is this person?"

"The Skull Gang thug, Jim Hawthorne, is considered a mid-level leader, but he shouldn't be a problem for you guys."

"The Skeleton Gang..."

The cowboy suddenly had a toothache.

Why are all his recent commissions against the Skeleton Gang? First it was Molly, and now there's this middle-aged man.

But no matter what, considering the commission fee, Cowboy couldn't refuse the commission. Besides, Red Wolf already had a grudge against the Skeleton Gang, so this commission might be just what she wanted.

The cowboy thought and looked at Molly.

Sure enough, Molly's eyes lit up slightly, with a faint cruel smile on her face. It seemed that she was very satisfied with the commission.

But as a senior among the mercenaries, the cowboy still asked for safety reasons:

"He's just a thug from the Skull Gang. He shouldn't need more than 120,000 US dollars..."

"It's one hundred and twenty-three thousand five hundred..." the middle-aged man corrected, and then continued: "Besides, I said, I want to kill the people in the photo, all of them, they are worth this price."

When these words came out, Cowboy and Molly were both stunned.

Molly picked up the photo again, looking at the little boy who was probably in his early teens and the black woman holding her, and asked in a daze:

"Everyone?"

"Yes, everyone."

The middle-aged man's tone was calm, without any fluctuations, as if he was stating an extremely ordinary matter.

Molly stopped talking. She just stared at the child in the photo in a daze for a long time.

Chapter 28 Watch

Molly knew what kind of place Chaos City was.

It is also clear that in some of the worse areas of the chaotic city, teenagers will attack others with guns.

A child like the one in the photo can be considered as the "living force" of the gang in some places, so it doesn't seem to matter even if he is really killed.

but……

No matter what, harming a child is beyond Molly's bottom line. Unless the child has really done something unforgivable, Molly may not be able to carry out this commission.

Molly opened her mouth and was about to speak.

The cowboy said first:

"I'd like to state in advance that attacking children is somewhat against our bottom line and principles. Can I know why you want to kill them?"

"You mercenaries... also have a bottom line?"

The middle-aged man did not answer immediately, but instead mocked the entire group of mercenaries.

Molly felt that he was mocking her, as if he was saying something like, "Mercenaries also have bottom lines. This is really hilarious."

I don’t know if the cowboy heard it or not, or if he did he didn’t care. He answered seriously:

"Every mercenary has a different code of conduct. We happen to be mercenaries with some principles, so we want to know the answer."

"..."

The middle-aged man was silent for a long time, but in the end he did not answer the two people's questions. Instead, he took a step back and said:

"You don't have to kill the child, but after you kill Jim and his wife, you have to bring the child to me. This is my bottom line. If you agree, the commission is yours."

Hearing the middle-aged man say this, Molly opened her mouth to say something, but the cowboy laughed and said:

"Okay, we'll take this commission."

"cowboy?"

Molly looked at the cowboy in surprise.

The cowboy shook his head slightly at her, indicating that he would talk about it later.

Molly stopped talking, but her brows were still furrowed. Even after leaving the restaurant, her frown did not seem to relax.

Molly was leaning against the platform behind the parking space with a sullen expression.

The cowboy went to the restaurant and bought two glasses of juice. He came over and handed one to Molly, then asked:

"You seem to be in a bad mood?"

"What do you say?"

Molly was still as indifferent as ever, especially after this incident, Molly's attitude became even colder.

Molly knew that most of the people at the bottom of the Chaos City were scumbags, but attacking a child was more or less beyond Molly's bottom line.

According to Molly, she shouldn't have accepted such a commission just now.

Of course, she just refused to accept it. She hadn't yet had the heart to warn the Skull Gang member named Jim.

As long as Molly didn't deal with it herself and the child didn't die in front of her, Molly wouldn't do anything unnecessary.

But the cowboy accepted the commission, which made Molly a little unhappy.

The cowboy placed the ice-filled juice next to Molly and said with a smile:

"Don't have a cold face. This kind of thing is very common among mercenaries. If you want to make it in this industry, you need to get used to it."

"What are you used to? Killing innocent children?"

Molly glanced at the cowboy.

"That's not the case. It's not up to us to decide whether to kill the child or not. Even if we don't accept this mission, the employer will assign someone else. The reward of more than 120,000 is enough for those upper-level mercenaries to take action."

"..."

"Besides, the employer has also made concessions, and we don't have to do it ourselves. When the time comes, we just need to hand the child over to the employer, and the employer will naturally take care of it."

The cowboy said earnestly.

At the end, the cowboy reached out his hand, patted Molly on the shoulder and said:

"After becoming a mercenary, you will encounter this kind of thing frequently, so it is better to get used to it as soon as possible."

"…I see."

After the cowboy's persuasion, Molly stopped being pretentious.

After all, Molly was not as kind as she thought, and in a place like the City of Chaos, useless kindness would only make her die faster.

Whether it is sincere or false.

Then again, it's not up to Molly to say whether the child is innocent or not. Judging from the middle-aged man's appearance, he must have a grudge against this man named Jim.

As a thug for the Skeleton Gang, how could Jim not have killed anyone?

Jim's wife seems to be a ruthless character, and has killed many people. How can a child who grows up in such a family be pure and innocent?

Unless Jim and his wife deliberately hid their work from their son.

After thinking about it for a while, Molly took a deep breath and was about to speak when she heard the cowboy say:

"And Red Wolf, there is a rule for mercenaries that you must remember."

"what?"

“You can choose not to accept the commission, but once you accept it, you must do your best to complete it. This commission is considered a commission from our team, and I am the one who accepted the commission, so now you can choose to withdraw.

"But if you don't plan to quit, then don't think about anything else. You only have one goal left, which is to complete the commission, unless you don't have the ability to do so."

"……I see."

Molly, who was mentally prepared, said no more. She picked up the juice that the cowboy bought for her and drank it.

She didn't plan to quit. After all, she needed money now. The commission fee was 120,000, and if Molly and Cowboy split it 50-50, the total reward would be 60,000.

She wasn't going to give up the money.

So Molly quickly put aside her useless sympathy and turned to the cowboy and asked:

"When do we get started?"

"The client gave us a deadline of ten days. In the first five days, we will use our own methods to collect intelligence and formulate plans, and strive to complete the commission within a week."

"Okay, I'll go back first. I have some things to deal with."

Molly threw the empty juice bottle into the trash can nearby and clapped her hands to the cowboy.

The cowboy could probably guess what Molly was going to deal with, which was nothing more than something related to insurance, so he didn't refuse and nodded.

"Okay, we'll call each other then."

"it is good."

Because Cowboy still needed to contact his intelligence network later, Molly didn't let Cowboy send her back.

She took the subway directly home, and the first thing she did when she got home was to start searching through all her drawers.

The original body's family bought her a super expensive insurance policy, but it was obvious that the original body was not aware of it, or she knew but did not accept it.

Molly didn't find anything useful from her original body's memory, but according to the manager of the insurance company, Molly, who didn't have a biochip implanted, must have a watch with her to monitor her vital signs.

Molly did not see the watch when she woke up, but her original self must have had it and put it somewhere.

Although Molly has tidied up her original home and decorated it according to her favorite style during this period, there are still some places that Molly has not found.

They are places that seem ordinary but are easy to overlook.

such as……

Drawers in wardrobe.

"found it!"

Sure enough, Molly found an unopened watch in the drawer of the wardrobe.

The watch was in a white box, and the white box was thrown in the corner of the drawer, as if it was worthless.

At the same time as the watch was found, related memories also flowed into Molly's mind.

She recalled why she didn't wear a watch.

Chapter 29: Temporary Speculation

That was about half a year ago.

Molly received a special delivery, signed by an unknown person.

After opening the special express, there was this special watch and a birthday card.

The birthday card reads: Happy birthday to my cutest little princess.

The moment he saw the greeting card, he knew who sent it to him, but for some reason, when he saw the birthday gift, he felt angry and aggrieved.

Then she threw away the greeting card and threw the watch given by the other party into a corner. She never opened it to wear it, and never took it out even once afterwards.

Until now, when Molly took it out again.

"My goodness, your relationship with your family is so bad that giving them a gift can cause hatred?"

Feeling the grievance and anger in her memory, Molly couldn't help but complain.

She was not very clear about what had happened between her original body and her family. Besides, as the saying goes, one should not advise others to do good without having experienced their suffering.

Molly had not experienced everything that her original self had experienced, so naturally she could not judge whether what the original self did was right or wrong.

but……

After all, it was her birthday and her father had already sent her a gift, which was considered an apology to her. However, such a humble apology was met with the daughter's anger.

Molly even felt a little sympathy for the original body's cheap dad.

"Come to think of it, I still don't know why the original body ran away from home..."