Chapter 159 Positioning Program! Portal!

However, just as V pulled out the chip and was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard a stealthy sound coming from outside the darkroom.

With the help of prosthetic devices, V's senses are quite sharp, and he can easily distinguish the number of opponents from the sound of footsteps.

'somebody is coming!'

V frowned. It was definitely too late to escape from the basement at this time. He could only find a way to hide temporarily.

After the others leave, find a way to escape from here! [There is a cupboard for sundries on your upper left, hide there temporarily. If you really can't do it, kill him as soon as possible! ]

[Fuck... your bad mouth is really effective sometimes, you can say bad things and it will come true. ]

Johnny pointed out a path to V while cursing. Now they could only hope that the person who came was blind and didn't discover their whereabouts.

Immediately, just as V hid in the cupboard, a mysterious figure sneaked in.

From the way the man was dressed, V could probably tell that he was an agent from a certain company.

"Shit! Did we meet someone in the same industry?"

When V saw that man took out some chip device and was about to insert it into the Voodoo Gang's Poseidon sub-network, he couldn't help but secretly said.

'How can two people step on the same spot? This is too weird!'

Could it be that Li Ang didn't trust his professional ability, so he sent another agent to work here? !

Thinking of this, V suddenly became a little overwhelmed. Apart from the failure in stealing the Relic chip from the Ganbi Building, he had never messed up any other commissioned tasks.

[Li Ang would never do such a stupid thing. Either he happened to run into someone in the same profession, or someone with ulterior motives has already noticed our whereabouts! ]

Johnny Silverhand was more inclined to the second possibility. If they were really being targeted by someone, then they would have no choice but to kill the other person.

"Never mind, let's rush over and control the person first!"

Soon, V activated the Qiantisian Westin device, quickly came behind the man, and pointed the Eight-Star Gun at the back of his head. He lowered his voice and said:

"My friend, I've been here before. Now I'm going to take back your stuff. Don't waste your time here!"

"Also, who the hell are you?"

V blurted out a word, scaring the agent in front of him so much that he almost stumbled and fell. Judging from the other party's courage, V could probably guess that the other party's skills were average.

If he was a professional killer or a corporate agent, he would not be so easily frightened and tremble even if a gun was pointed at his head.

This person was most likely a rookie who had just entered the industry, which was why he was frightened so much by him.

"No, don't shoot. My name is Bryce Mosley. I'm a hacker agent from a network monitoring company. I'm just carrying out the mission assigned to me by the company."

"If I accidentally delay your mission, I'll leave now and you can even save a bullet!"

Bryce's voice was a little stammering due to nervousness. After he saw from the corner of his eye that the person behind him was not a hacker from the Voodoo Gang, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He just thought that he was discovered by the Voodoo Gang, but judging from the current situation, the other party is most likely also from the company.

"Network monitoring? What are you doing here? Explain yourself!"

V pressed the muzzle of the gun against the back of Bryce's head with a little force, scaring the other party so much that he begged for mercy repeatedly, and even his voice trembled.

"Hey! Man, calm down, please. Be careful of the gun going off accidentally. Maybe we can talk face to face in peace. There's no need to make the atmosphere so tense."

"Can you please move your gun away? I have a weak heart. If I suddenly get sick, I might die right away."

"Since we are all in the same industry, we can relax a bit."

After saying that, Bryce raised his hands and slowly turned his head to look over. After seeing V's true face, Bryce became more certain that the other party was an agent of a certain company.

Since we are all employees working for the company, there is something to talk about, at least there are common topics.

"I ask you again, what on earth are you doing here?!"

V had no mood to chat with Bryce here. He would not believe that there would be such a coincidence in the world that the agents of the two companies would meet each other at the same time!

V must figure this out as soon as possible.

Seeing V's ferocious expression, it seemed that he was going to do something serious. Bryce had no choice but to explain his true intentions to the other party:
"Well, I'm here to implant a positioning program and steal some information from the Voodoo Gang's subnet." "That's all I'm here for, and nothing else. I swear in the name of God that everything I said is true."

After listening to Bryce's words, V was still skeptical. He then asked the other party in detail about the information about the Poseidon sub-network. Seeing that Bryce answered fluently, V reluctantly believed the other party's true identity.

Maybe this person is just an ordinary agent hacker sent by a network monitoring company, and I just happened to run into him while performing my daily tasks.

"What is your intention in implanting the positioning program into the Poseidon subnet? To open a backdoor on someone else's server for your own company's hackers?"

V continued to ask.

Before carrying out this task, Li Ang only told him what to do, but did not explain to him in detail what the matrix chip was used for.

Therefore, V understood that Leon just wanted to steal the Voodoo Gang's subnet information, and Bryce's real purpose should be the same.

"Uh! I guess so. Although I have implanted this kind of positioning program in other regional servers, I have never used it and I don't know who it is for."

Bryce shrugged and responded with an innocent expression.

In fact, there are countless network surveillance agent hackers like him running around the world.

These people implant positioning programs in server terminals everywhere, not just to steal information, but mainly to open a portal for the transcendental AI Europa.

This positioning program written by Europa himself, once connected to any server, Europa's access point can ignore geographical restrictions and reach the server directly.

With the help of such convenient technology, Europa can collect as much network information as possible from the entire world and grow into the largest transcendental AI.

Bryce came here to implant the positioning program in order to open a backdoor for Europa in the Voodoo Gang's Poseidon sub-network, so that it can enter Night City at any time and collect information and data here.

By the way, secretly investigate the situation of the LA company!
However, for something as top-level confidential as this, no more than three people in the world know about it.

No one except the core executives of the network monitoring company knows the true function of this program.

Including Bryce Mosley who is on this mission!
Until now, he still thought he was just carrying out an ordinary company task.

After learning about the other party's mission, V nodded thoughtfully. He could tell that Bryce was not lying.

But since this unexpected thing happened, V knew that he had to report to Li Ang in time to ensure that the matter was completed smoothly.

If Leon asked him to kill someone to silence him, V could only apologize and say that he would shoot to death the hacker agent who should not be here.

"Stay here and don't move. If you dare to do anything, I guarantee that your brain will be blown into pieces by this gun in an instant."

"Don't think I'm worried about the Voodoo Gang members outside rushing in. I have a lot of support. Even a bloodbath here will be a piece of cake!"

V waved the eight-star shotgun in front of Bryce, and Bryce, who turned pale with fear, nodded repeatedly. It was obvious that V's verbal violence and weapon deterrence were very effective on him.

After seeing Bryce huddled in the corner without moving, V called Leon and reported to him everything that had happened there.

As soon as he learned about the positioning program, Leon realized that the transcendental AI Europa was really planning to come to Night City, and its target was the Poseidon sub-network of the Voodoo Gang!

Now that we are here, we must not let this most powerful transcendental AI go easily.

After thinking carefully for a moment, Leon asked V to take Bryce out first, and then decide whether to let him go after tonight.

If Europa really wants to come to Night City, it will probably only take one or two days, and Leon can definitely wait.

Even if we take a step back and say that Europa realizes that something is not right and does not intend to enter the Voodoo Gang's Poseidon sub-network, Le Ang doesn't care.

He has plenty of ways to connect Europa to the Matrix, it just takes a little more time.

[Take the people out first. You two will stay somewhere near Taiping Island and wait for my next order. If there is anything, continue to report.]

After explaining the next matters to V, Leon hung up the phone. The appearance of Bryce might not be a bad thing. At least it could prove that Europa did have the intention to come to Night City.

And as long as it dares to come, Leon has ten thousand ways to deal with Europa!
"You're lucky, my boss happens to know a senior executive of your company, so we're half-family."

V took back the Eight-Star Shotgun in his hand and pulled Bryce up from the ground. Seeing that the other party was still in a state of shock, V suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

If he had been a little more aggressive, this guy would have been so scared that he would have pooped his pants on the spot.

"My name is V, and I'm also a corporate agent, but I can't tell you which company I'm from for now." V introduced himself to Bryce.

(End of this chapter)