Cyberpunk: Legends of Life

Chapter 17 Deadly Cooperation
Tang Yu, Mann and others left Gloria's apartment.

Pilar, who was left behind by Mann, fiddled with the door of the apartment, talking to himself.

"For me who is familiar with the manufacture of various weapons and equipment."

"It's not a difficult thing to get out of the door."

"I should be able to do it in 3 minutes."

"Look, it's fixed!"

Pyla stood outside, frantically snapping the apartment door back together, and slipping away in the blink of an eye.

The gate didn't last for more than two seconds before it collapsed and hit the ground heavily. Pilar's voice echoed in the dark corridor.

"Sorry, I just don't have any tools at hand. If you still need maintenance fees, remember to ask Rebecca!"

Gloria looked at the messy apartment and touched her forehead, frowning slightly helplessly.

David, who had been standing by the bedroom door, suddenly asked, "They're gone, is the trouble solved?"

Only then did Gloria focus on David who had just woken up from a faint, walked over to help David back to the bedroom to rest, and then said with a forced smile.

"It's okay, the troubles will be resolved, you have a good rest, I will ask the academy for leave tomorrow."

David looked at his mother's haggard face, and remembered that she would fall asleep on the sofa almost every morning. He remembered how humble she begged the principal in front of the principal to collect tuition fees. tears.

Since having that real dream, he feels as if he has changed.

He has always felt that it was his mother who forced him to go to Arasaka Academy, and it was his mother who forced him to join Arasaka Tower and climb up the Arasaka Tower, and it was his mother who forced him to take her dream as his own.

But in fact, what really oppresses me is poverty and hardship, and it is my own weakness and powerlessness.

And the mother just wants to have a bright and visible future for herself, and the only person who has such a selfless dream is the mother.

David, who had thought through a lot of things, said softly, "Mom, I'm fine. I'll go to Arasaka Academy tomorrow."

When Gloria heard that David took the initiative to say that he was going to Arasaka Academy to attend classes, Gloria couldn't help feeling hot, so she had to gently cover David with the quilt.

"Well, have a good rest."

After finishing speaking, Gloria walked out of the bedroom. Tears welled up from the corners of her eyes. She raised her head and tried to take a deep breath to relieve her sadness and emotion. She hoped that David would have a carefree and beautiful youth more than anyone else. See Seeing that David's youthful heart was worn out, the reality she faced made her feel more uncomfortable than anyone else, so she could only murmur silently.

"David, maybe when you actually climb to the top of the Arasaka Tower, you can really pursue your dreams."

Gloria thought it might be a survivor bias. When she saw Tang Yu, who was not much older than David, and had already entered the senior management position of Arasaka Company, she felt that David could really be like Tang Yu and become a member of the company. Master.

"Mr. Tang's favor must be repaid no matter what. His future is truly limitless."

Gloria clenched her fist, and the dream in her heart never went out.

"If you're just talking about a deal, I'll go first."

The tall woman in a red leather dress put her arms around her body and said to Mann as she walked.

Mann's thick voice was slightly apologetic: "Well, Qiwei, then you go back first, and I can discuss the rest by myself."

He thought there would be a big battle for this trip, so he specially called Qi Wei, the hacker in charge of the team, but he didn't expect that Tang Yu was an ordinary person who hadn't implanted a prosthetic body, and the hacker's network intrusion had no effect at all.

Hacker Qiwei nodded, but looked at Tang Yu, and then moved to Lucy, who was smoking a cigarette by herself, as if she was thinking about something, and finally turned and left to leave the crowd.

"Contact when you are alive."

Mann responded in a deep voice: "Qiwei, don't worry, you won't be missing!"

And the fierce girl wearing a jacket beside Mann asked Lucy.

"Lucy, what are you going to do, are you with us?"

Tang Yu, who had been walking at the front, suddenly stopped and said in a deep voice.

"There is still a score to settle between me and her."

Lucy stared at Tang Yu's back with some vigilance, pursed her mouth and said nothing.

Tang Yu continued: "Don't worry, this account has nothing to do with Arasaka. If you don't want to get involved in the next thing, it's better to know less."

Under the shadow of the street lights, there was no change in Lucy's expression, and the neon pupils looked at Tang Yu faintly.

"Do you think I have a choice?"

Lucy knew very well that from the moment the opponent's chip was walked along in the carriage, she would not be able to get away with this matter, not to mention that the content in the chip involved high-level secrets of Arasaka. Mann, even himself can hardly continue to hide.

Tang Yu turned to look at Mann and the others, trying to make his expression look more sincere, and said in a kind tone.

"I think everyone should have a chance to change their life."

"I remember that middlemen always like to say that everything is negotiable in Night City."

"Although I work in Arasaka, I don't like the company's forced buying and selling."

"So, whether you choose to talk to me, or take Sian Weistein and leave, you can decide for yourself."

Tang Yu knew that the other party had no possibility of refusing, but he always had to show that there was room for the other party, which was like a wise saying from his hometown.

Soldiers who don't fight without fighting.

Mann was also uncertain in his heart. He knew very well that the survival rule of cyberpunk is not to cooperate with companies that cannibalize people, but at least find a middleman to act as a mediator between the two.

This was originally an extremely simple transaction. Gloria was responsible for stealing and delivering the prosthetic body, and Mann only paid for it, and no one knew about it privately.

Now that someone from the Arasaka company suddenly appeared to intervene, it means that there is a deeper vortex hidden in it. In the past, he might have given up this prosthetic body directly, but now he is eager to become stronger. Ann Westin he must mount!
Dorio, the fierce girl in jacket, persuaded: "Mann, why don't you forget it, just pretend you haven't seen this prosthetic body before, and we'll find a chance to buy other ones."

Mann's thick hands tightly grasped the packaging bag containing the prosthetic body, his expression of refusal to let go said everything, he didn't want to give up!
Dorio understands that Mann, who seems to be free and easy, is actually a stubborn temper at heart, and he never gives up what he insists on, even if anyone tries to persuade him, but the more he is in this situation, the more he needs someone to remind him.

Mann, who had been silent all this time, raised his hand to interrupt Dorio's persuasion, and said solemnly: "I agree to cooperate, but only this time."

This sentence seems to have made Mann a lot of determination. Cooperating with the company means abandoning the usual survival principles, and always be prepared to be eaten by others.

Dorio reprimanded angrily: "Mann! You will kill everyone like this!"

Even Lucy, who has always been calm, frowned. The result of cooperating with the company is often only to fall into hell.

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