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Of course, he is still just guessing.

Whether it is a voodoo gang or not, we will have to wait until Evelin wakes up to find out.

Lidya Su was about to say something, but the holographic phone suddenly rang.

Chapter 178: Scavengers are like weeds, they grow again when the spring breeze blows (3K)

"Hey Sue, I haven't contacted you in a while. I heard that you are doing a big deal with Dexter. How are you doing? Is it going well?"

"Stop making fun of me Regina, what do you want from me?"

Regina smiled.

"Su, do you know? Sometimes being too straightforward is not necessarily a good thing."

"Everyone's time is so precious, so don't waste it on useless hypocrisy. But if you wish...the weather is nice today. Have you eaten?"

Regina: "..."

She held her forehead.

Shaked his head.

"Well, I do have a commission that I need to trouble you with."

"Isn't it another commission to deal with the scavengers?"

Regina was keenly aware of it.

Lidya Su seems to be a little...a little emotional?

"What's wrong?"

With Regina, there was nothing to hide.

This is no secret either.

"Actually, we just came out of a scavenger's lair. This group of scavengers also worked part-time as a photographer for the Black Mewtwo team, and they made a lot of noise. It was like a slaughterhouse there."

Regina can understand why Su Xiao had that attitude just now.

"Sounds bad?"

"It doesn't sound bad, it just means bad." Su Xiao sighed.

He is not that fragile, but there are too many scavengers in this city.

More than rats and cockroaches.

No matter how many you eliminate, more will always pop up.

"Okay, let's end the small talk. Since you have something to do, let's talk about it quickly. I can get it done early so I can go back and rest early."

Regina nodded.

It means it is completely understandable.

"You know I used to be a reporter. During the time when I was digging up scandals, I met a friend. We even did a podcast together, but this is all old history."

"Now I have changed my career to be a middleman, but my old friend is still doing his old job."

"I'm worried

She loved him and wanted him to give up, so she often quarreled with him because of this. He had a very stubborn temper, but it always ended. "

"These are not the point. The point is that since yesterday, I found that I couldn't contact him."

"It wasn't until twenty minutes ago that I received a login reminder from his computer on the Eisenhower Street local network in Watson District."

Lidya Su understood what Regina meant as soon as she heard it.

reporter.

Digging for scandal.

Not every reporter in town has been bribed.

There are still a few reporters doing the job that reporters should do.

only……

They usually have a hard time surviving Christmas.

"Are you worried that someone is going to do something bad to him?"

Regina sighed again.

"It's not that I'm worried, it's because I've already received an order to buy his life. Night City never likes people who inquire deeply, because they might really discover the secrets that have been deliberately hidden. That's why I came to ask for your help. Personally, I want to keep him alive."

"I understand, Regina, give me the specific address. I don't want to go from house to house on Eisenhower Street to find it."

"I'll send it to you... Okay, you should have received it over there. Thanks, Su, don't worry, I won't be stingy in terms of remuneration."

Su Xiao asked others to go back and have a good rest.

This kind of life is enough for him alone.

He stood there waiting for the "Fenrir" motorcycle.

A few minutes later, he got on his motorcycle and sped toward Eisenhower Street.

"By the way, what's your friend's name?"

"He happens to have the same last name as me, but we are not related by blood."

An idea flashed through his mind.

He blurted out a name subconsciously.

"Max Jones?"

Regina was even more surprised than Lidya Su.

"You know him?"

Lidya Su smiled bitterly.

"That's a long story."

Max Jones.

A well-known reporter in the city.

He mainly exposes corporate scandals and unearths the inhumane crimes committed by companies during the Fourth Corporate War.

in addition.

He is also very concerned about the treatment of veterans and has spoken out for veterans on more than one occasion.

Call on companies to improve the treatment of veterans who have shed blood and sacrifice for them.

But giant companies, you know.

It is impossible to change it.

It is impossible to change in this life.

Your appeal is an appeal. If you change it, I will lose.

…

Watson District.

Eisenhower Street.

The houses in this neighborhood are all low-rise buildings that are several decades old.

Whether the public security of a neighborhood is good or not can be determined by looking at its environment.

In the basement of one of the houses.

Max Jones, who was tied up, huddled in the corner.

He was terribly frightened.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes how a living person was scavenged and the valuable prosthetics and organs were dug out of the body.

For God's sake.

Even if it is an animal, the butcher will give it a quick death before processing it - of course, he has seen this paragraph in the book. After all, in the Night City in 2077, animals have long been invisible.

But these scavengers treat their own kind without blinking an eye.

One of them was a scavenger dressed as a butcher in an apron.

She seemed to feel his gaze.

She looked back at him.

Grinning.

The scavenger's face was stained with blood.

But the other party didn't seem to feel anything.

He showed a smile that seemed very scary to Max.

"Don't worry, it'll be your turn soon."

Max's eyes widened.

Breathing heavily.

There was cold sweat flowing slowly down his forehead.

He hired Su Xiao before to go to the homeless camp to meet an informant.

After arriving at the place, they found that Arasaka's people had arrived earlier than them.

The informant and the homeless camp were all killed by Arasaka.

Max was terrified at the time.

Just hid for a while.

Later it was discovered that Arasaka did not trouble him.

So he continued to do his old job.

Max didn’t have a problem with Arasaka.

But it is difficult to deal with all giant companies.

As long as someone exposes the company's dirty information, he is interested.

Yesterday morning, he received another anonymous report.

This time it’s about Zeta Technologies.

The reputation and scale of Zeta Technology are far inferior to those of Arasaka and Military Technology.

It was once a smaller company.

Headquartered in Cupertino.

The company specializes in computer hardware, software and backend design and is one of the major suppliers of neural processors, microchips and robotics in the US market.

The company expanded during the rebuilding period, thanks to lucrative government contracts. Over the past 30 years, Zeta Technologies has diversified its product line and invested heavily in avionics research and manufacturing to become one of the giants in the transportation industry.

Currently, their most famous products are airport gunships and security/combat/general drones, which are being widely used by all giant companies.

Even Arasaka and Military Technology asked Zetako

Tech purchased a drone.

Max heard that it was related to giant companies.

Without saying anything, he got into his car.

Go to the meeting place agreed with the informant.

As a result, on the way, he was involved in a melee between NCPD and gang members.

At that time, the whole street was caught in a hail of bullets.

The bullets were like raindrops.

Max was shot in the thigh and was bleeding profusely.