Chapter 158 Let the bullets fly for a while!

Sure enough, when Miles heard Leon mention the Cuban Group, her face suddenly darkened. She was not worried that this bunch of scum would threaten her rule.

But these troublesome criminal groups are indeed hidden dangers to the rise of the New America, and she must eradicate them completely!

"Yes, those Cubans have been active in North America recently. Even several senior agents of the CIA have died. But they won't be able to stay arrogant for long."

When she said this, a hint of a grim smile appeared on Miles's gloomy expression, and she told Leon her specific plan truthfully:

"After the unification is completed, I will continue to start a new round of Central American war. I will take over the unfulfilled wish of President Kress!"

"These damn Cubans will pay a heavy price for their despicable behavior, I promise."

Miles showed an indifferent look, as if she had stepped on a bug. If she wasn't busy dealing with the rebels, she would have wanted to lead her troops south immediately.

Seeing that Miles had made up his mind, Leon had to admit that he was indeed a decisive and heroic leader, but he was too warmongering.

They haven't even completely taken over North America, but they are already thinking about how to attack Central America. With such a big buyer, any arms company that comes will surely rise to become a giant enterprise!

Leon did not express any opinion on Miles's idea. He turned his head and looked at the battlefield outside the window, thoughtfully.

Through the thick clouds and the rising smoke, Leon could vaguely see the silver war machines turning into a torrent of steel, madly impacting the brown soil and scarlet flesh.

This massive metal war seems to be coming to an end, but the situation in North America is still hazy and unclear, with undercurrents surging everywhere.

'Let the bullets fly for a while.'

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Night City, Watson, seaside pier.

“Just send it here, V.”

Goro Takemura, who was disguised as a civilian, stopped V. Looking at V, whom he had only met a few times but felt inexplicably familiar with, Goro Takemura was very emotional.

He didn't expect that in the end, it would be V who would see him off.

The rest of the Arasaka lone wolves either joined Rai nobuyuki in order to protect themselves, or died at the hands of Rai nobuyuki.

At this point, of the Lone Wolf Hundred Team founded by Saburo Arasaka, only Goro Takemura is still loyal to Saburo and Hanako.

"Once you arrive at Chiba City, just settle down and be an ordinary person. Do some ordinary small business. Don't think about getting into trouble with Arasaka Yorinobu anymore."

Seeing Goro Takemura's miserable state, V couldn't help but sigh softly. Half of his life was saved by Takemura at his risk.

Therefore, when V saw that because he did not help Goro Takemura to identify Yoshinobu, Arasaka Hanako was injured and unconscious, and Takemura was hunted down by Yoshinobu's men, he felt somewhat guilty in his heart.

If he had helped Goro Takemura, perhaps the ending would have been different.

"V, maybe one day, I will return to Night City. As for Arasaka Yorinobu, the murderer of his father, I will never let him go!"

"As long as the spirit of Bushido exists in my heart, I will never give up the idea of ​​assassinating Yoshinobu and avenging Lord Saburo."

Goro Takemura growled indignantly. Ever since the death of Saburo Arasaka, the only meaning of Takemura's life was to avenge his master.

The reason why he was able to escape safely this time and return to Chiba City in Japan to hide was inseparable from Li Ang's secret help.

Li Ang's instructions to him were to stay in Qianye City and lie low, waiting for new orders. Before the time came, he must not easily show up and act on his own.

Goro Takemura is also willing to follow Leon's orders. He also hopes to use the power of LA Company to preserve the only spark of turnaround for Hanako Arasaka.

As long as people are still alive, there is still hope.

"Takemura, take care of yourself."

V knew that he could not defeat this loyal Arasaka. Goro Takemura was too loyal, but this was a rare spiritual quality of his.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and V has no way of commenting on Goro Takemura's values. He can only pray for him silently.

"Goodbye, V."

After he finished speaking, Goro Takemura turned around and resolutely boarded the LA company's transport ship bound for Japan. With the LA company's trademark on it, the Arasaka guards would basically not check the ship carefully.

So under Li Ang's arrangement, Takemura was able to arrive in Chiba City safely.

After watching the transport truck go further and further away, V calmed himself down and prepared to start working seriously!

This mission was a big job that Li Ang personally assigned to V face to face. In order to reduce unnecessary off-field factors as much as possible, V decided to do this mission alone.

Without his good brother Jack, and without Adecado's beautiful girl Panam, he was alone throughout the whole process.

"Johnny, the Voodoo Gang is a group of Haitian hackers living in the Pacific Ocean. I heard that they have caused a lot of trouble."

V looked at the matrix chip in his hand while communicating with Johnny in his mind.

'What impression do you have of the Voodoo Gang?'

The task that Li Ang assigned to him was to insert this thing into the Poseidon sub-network of the Voodoo Gang's base. This job seemed simple, but the difficulty lay in that it had to be done without anyone knowing.

This was a little difficult for V, who was used to head-on confrontations.

After all, with his current abilities, he could easily defeat these hackers and forcibly insert the chip into their subnet.

But Leon specifically told him that he must do it without anyone knowing.

This is a bit difficult to handle.

[The Voodoo Gang is full of crazy hackers whose brains have been invaded by Trojan viruses, and they keep muttering nonsense about the advent of AI.]

Johnny Silverhand appeared, and he looked at the transport ship on the other side of the dock and said slowly:

[With your current skills, it would be no problem for you to fight all the gang's thugs and hackers by yourself, but if you do that, Li Ang will not let you go.]

After seeing Johnny talking a bunch of correct nonsense, V just rolled his eyes at him, then simply stretched his body and said, "Forget it, why don't we just go over and take a look at the situation."

Before leaving LA, Leon had handed V the separation chip containing the information of the Voodoo Gang base, so V knew the specific location of the Poseidon subnet. Immediately, V called his favorite AI Delaman automatic passenger car. His membership service period just expired today, so he just wanted Delaman to take him for a ride.

While the AI ​​car was heading to Taiping Island, V did not forget to chat with Lao De about some daily trivial matters.

But as they chatted, V brought up what happened to Delaman some time ago.

"Old German, do you have any idea about the AI ​​Red Queen that your son mentioned last time?"

"Why do I feel like what little Delaman said is true? Maybe there really is an AI Red Queen living in your subnet."

V asked curiously, he had always kept this incident in mind but had never found the time to check whether it was true or not.

Now is a good time to ask Lao De about the details.

[Oh, you are talking about this matter. I am now an asset of LA Company. AI Red Queen is my boss and is responsible for supervising AI Delaman Company. ]

[I continued to be responsible for operating the company's taxi business, and my life was no different from before, except that I had a new boss.]

When V heard Lao De say this nonchalantly, he couldn't help but reveal an incredible expression. It was just a new boss...that's all? !
He didn't expect that Delaman would accept the fact that his company was acquired so calmly.

I never expected that LA's infiltration into Night City was proceeding at such an alarming speed. Even AI Delaman had to obey Leon's orders!

"I just went to the Badlands, how come Night City suddenly changed?" V was confused and not quite used to the changes in Druid.

[V, this is not surprising. Night City is changing every day. Nothing in the world will remain unchanged. The only thing we can do is to accept it calmly.]

[My lifelong wish is to be able to manage a driverless AI taxi company. ]

[As for who I work for, I don’t care. ]

AI Delaman didn't think there was anything wrong with working for an LA company.

At least it is still doing what it loves, which is much better than being swallowed by the AI ​​Red Queen or connected to the Matrix.

Absolute reason also told Delaman that he had to obey the will of LA Company, otherwise only destruction would await him, so he chose to work honestly for LA Company.

"Lao De, did you join the LA company voluntarily, or were you coerced? If you have any unspeakable secrets, you can tell me."

The reason why V asked this question was not because he wanted to help AI Delaman to gain attention or uphold justice. He knew his own capabilities.

V simply wanted to get a more comprehensive understanding of LA Company. After all, he was working for Li Ang, but he was not sure whether he should continue to work hard for the company in the future.

Facing V's question, Lao De also told him the whole truth very honestly:
[It was half coercion and half voluntary. The AI ​​Red Queen threatened me that if I didn't join LA Company, she would swallow me up. Mr. Li Ang said that if I joined LA Company, he could help me upgrade the system and optimize the data structure for free. ]

[I couldn't seem to refuse Mr. Li Ang's offer, so I chose to join them.]

[Mr. Li Ang has asked the AI ​​Red Queen to help me upgrade the system. From now on, I will share data with the AI ​​Red Queen. The probability of a Delaman car having an accident is now less than 1%.]

[V, I think this should be a good change for me. ]

After listening to what Delaman said, V's impression of Leon became clearer.

He treats his employees as human beings, but "forces" Lao De to work for the company. This is the first time V has seen such a kind-hearted and ruthless boss.

"Okay, Lao De, I wish you all the best!"

Since AI Delaman has decided to stay and work in the LA company with peace of mind, V has nothing to say. Everyone has his or her own choice.

Such a result is not too bad. In a sense, Lao De is even V's colleague now.

While the two were chatting, the car had arrived at the entrance of the abandoned highway in Taiping Island.

The AI ​​Delaman car can only drive here, because going further ahead is the Taiping Island area. As an urban area divided out by the Night City City Hall, the situation in Taiping Island is quite complicated.

To be precise, the Pacific Ocean is now a war zone in a state of war, because the New America has never removed the label of the Pacific Ocean as a strike location.

So this place may be bombarded by Miles' troops at any time.

Moreover, there are Hansen's Phantom Hound soldiers and Mammon's Voodoo Gang hackers. A large number of people from all walks of life gather here, which leads to the fact that Taiping Island is not peaceful at all!
The number of shootings and crimes here is as numerous as the sand in the Badlands, and people die in this city every day.

In order to reduce the crime rate in Night City, Mayor Lucius directly divided Pacific Island out, so it has become a typical lawless area.

Sin and death are the main themes of Taiping Island.

"V, I can only take you here. Going any further is out of my business scope." AI Delaman said.

"Okay, Lao De, I'll take your car next time."

V smiled, then reached out and touched the eight-star shotgun on his waist. Now he had to officially start working!
The main area of ​​activity for the Voodoo Gang members is around the Grand Empire Shopping Mall, and their Poseidon subnet server is located in the basement of the mall.

By separating the map information in the chip, V had already planned a clear route of action. Next, he just had to act according to the predetermined plan.

Half an hour later, V relied on careful lurking along the way and occasional sneak attacks. After quietly strangling several Voodoo Gang guards, he finally arrived at the dark room of the Poseidon sub-network server.

The Voodoo Gang members whose necks he had broken were hidden in inconspicuous places, but V still had to complete the task as soon as possible.

Because once the Voodoo Gang sees these corpses, they will definitely realize that someone has sneaked into their territory, and it will be difficult for them to escape then.

"call……!"

Looking at the server console in the Voodoo Gang's dark room, V finally breathed a sigh of relief. Getting here from outside was not as easy as he had imagined.

But the whole process was relatively safe.

"Johnny, it looks like our trip is over. I'm a little uncomfortable with how smooth the journey has been."

V said with a smile as he inserted the matrix chip in his pocket into the Poseidon subnet server.

This was the first time since he started working for the LA company that he did not encounter any difficulties throughout the process and completed the task easily.

[You'd better stop talking like a jinx. This is a task that Li Ang personally assigned to you. If you mess it up, you know what the consequences will be for both of us.]

Johnny Silverhand's figure emerged. He looked at the matrix program that had been uploaded successfully and breathed a sigh of relief along with V. The mission had been completed and now he just had to wait to go back and report the situation.

(End of this chapter)