Chapter 104 Suspicion

Faced with V's sudden "chatting" behavior, Sandra just shook her head in a friendly manner and responded:
"No, Mr. V, this should be the first time we meet."

Seeing that V seemed to have failed in his attempt to strike up a conversation with someone, Johnny Silverhand couldn't help but jump out and start taunting:

[What a fool! You should just ask her if she wants to go out for a drink and spend the night in a hotel.]

[This is such an old-fashioned way of chatting up girls that even schoolgirls will roll their eyes at you. ]

V ignored Johnny's ridicule and continued to ask: "Do you remember that you were kidnapped by the scavenger in Watson District? I saved you."

V heard that Ye's company is using AI to brainwash its employees, and wondered if Sandra was also one of the company's victims.

Although Sandra was very confused when she heard V's inexplicable words, she still maintained basic etiquette and responded to V:

"V, I think you have the wrong person. I haven't been to Watson District in the past year. In fact, I have been working in the company for half a year and have never been out."

As soon as Sandra said this, V felt a tingling sense of fear. He felt more and more that what Lao Wei said was true. Ye's Company was using AI to control the brains of its employees!
[V, you look really bad right now. It's just that the girl rejected you. Is it necessary to make your expression look as ugly as a beaten dog? ]

Johnny Silverhand came closer to V and took a look. He immediately tutted his lips and said, "Look at your expression as if you have seen a ghost. A company can scare you like this."

"Johnny... I don't know why, but I kind of regret coming here."

V had a strong premonition that the trouble level of this commission might be far greater than he imagined!

[Nonsense, they should regret hiring a cyber-psychopath like you to come here to accept the commission. With all the prosthetic devices on you, which one can a normal person wear? ]

While V and Johnny Silverhand were talking to each other in their minds, Sandra had already brought V to the door of Senator Jefferson's office.

"V, please wait here for a moment. The congressman will let you in after he finishes his work."

After she finished speaking, Sandra nodded to V with a smile, then took the elevator and left the floor.

V, standing outside the office door, could vaguely hear Congressman Jefferson, who seemed to be talking on the phone with some important political figure.

"Mr. Mayor, don't worry. Ye's Company has agreed to sell the rights of the airport to LA Company, but they have a hard condition, which is to arrange a meeting with Mr. Li Ang."

"Yes, otherwise they would rather let the airport rot in their hands, so you need to communicate more with Mr. Li Ang about the specific situation."

As soon as V heard Congressman Jefferson mention the name Leon, he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the conversation.

"Okay, see you next time!"

After that, Jefferson hung up the phone and asked V to come in. He also took a deep breath. He had been busy running around to handle the transaction affairs of the airport.

Jefferson's full name is Jefferson Perales. He is one of the council members of Night City's City Hall and a subordinate of Mayor Lucius.

Similarly, he, who had received sponsorship for his studies from the Ye's Company Foundation, now also works for the Ye's Company. Busy on both ends, he is exhausted like a dog every day.

If the top dignitaries said one word, he, a vanguard, would have to run around for his life. When Jefferson saw V walk into the office, he immediately asked V to sit down and told V all the strange things that had happened to him recently.

"V, I've been feeling very insecure lately. I always feel like someone is following me, and has also changed a lot of my personal belongings, work schedules, and so on!"

"I hope you can help me find the mastermind behind this and ask him who instructed him and what he was trying to do."

Congressman Jefferson had a strong premonition that he was definitely being followed, and that person was most likely an agent sent by his political opponents!

After days of speculation and inference, Jefferson felt that the mastermind behind the scenes was most likely Wilton Holt, and his purpose was of course to squeeze himself out of the core power circle of City Hall.

Last year, Wilton Holt was only the supervisor of the Heywood District. Although he failed to successfully run for the mayor of Night City, Holt was still promoted to City Hall by currying favor with Lucius.

Now Holt is competing with Congressman Jefferson for the position of deputy mayor. The two can be described as mortal political enemies. After all, there is only one position and only one person can sit on it!

Only by targeting Jefferson and secretly digging out his dirty deeds could Wilton Holt help to squeeze out Jefferson and successfully take the position of deputy mayor.

Jefferson's doubts were not without reason. He even suspected that if things continued like this, the frustrated Holt would secretly send assassins to assassinate him the day before the election day!
After listening to Jefferson's story, V's brows were furrowed the whole time. It was not that he felt that this matter was difficult to handle, but that all this information was Jefferson's subjective conjecture.

To put it more bluntly, V felt that Senator Jefferson was simply too suspicious because he had no actual evidence to show that he was being followed or plotted against.

If it was a commission for an investigation with a traceable path, it would be easy to handle. But if it was just one-sided suspicion or speculation, V couldn't guarantee that he could find out anything.

'Johnny, what do you think of this?'

This was the first time that V took the initiative to communicate with Johnny Silverhand. Under normal circumstances, he would not bother to pay attention to him, but now V needed more different perspectives to look at and analyze this matter.

[What else can I say? This guy is probably suffering from paranoia. I guess he is too busy and has gone insane. He thinks everyone he sees is out to hurt him.]

Johnny's incisive comments made V nod in agreement. He also suspected that Jefferson might have taken the wrong drugs, which led to his unstable mental state.

"Forget it, let's help him investigate first and see if we can find something else."

[As you wish.] Johnny's attitude was very cold, and he disappeared immediately.

Seeing the expectant eyes of Congressman Jefferson, V nodded and promised, "Don't worry, Congressman, leave this matter to me. I will find out the truth as soon as possible!"

Whether there was something wrong with Jefferson's brain, or someone was really following him with bad intentions, we would know once the investigation is completed.

"Great, thank you very much, V!"

Congressman Jefferson finally forced a smile on his tired face. He felt much more relieved that someone was willing to help him identify the dangerous factors.

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