Chapter 161 The Black Wall Collapses! Lone Wolf Spy!
"I need to know what price you can offer, but I'm not very interested in money. Why don't we exchange information with each other?"

"It's best if it's useful information."

V said this with a smile on his face. He knew that a profit-driven information dealer like Bryce must have a lot of information about other companies in his belly.

It would be a bit of a waste if we didn't try our best to dig something out of him.

When Bryce learned that V was more interested in intelligence, he suddenly realized, "Oh! So you are an agent working for the company, great, I have cooperated with people like you many times!"

Bryce grinned. He could get along well with anyone, no matter if it was a traitor who was betraying the company or an agent who was loyal to the company.

Because whether it is an insider who needs to rely on intelligence information to cash in, or an agent who needs intelligence to work for the company, they cannot do without his help.

And this is exactly why Bryce's business is booming.

"So, V, which company's intelligence do you want to know?"

To show his sincerity, Bryce decided to give V a piece of information for free.

This is not because he is generous, but because agents like this who work specifically for the company can provide intelligence of very high quality.

At least it is far beyond the average company employee!

Bryce can often make more money by trading intelligence with such people.

"Just the information from your network monitoring company. I want the most recent information. The more important the better. If the information you provide is of some interest to me, I can give you the information from the LA company."

When he learned that V was willing to exchange the information about LA Company, Bryce nodded excitedly, as if he was afraid that the other party would go back on his word:

"Okay! It's a deal then!"

After that, Bryce thought seriously for a moment, and then he revealed important intelligence information about network monitoring to V:

"Have you heard about the recent Internet outage in a large area of ​​Russia? Now there is an update on the matter."

"According to our company's latest investigation, the force that caused the Russian network outage is likely in Night City!"

"This force is either the company or the Voodoo Gang's hackers, but our company's executives are more inclined to speculate that it is the company."

When V heard that Bryce was actually trying to fool him with news that had already appeared in the news, his face suddenly darkened.

"Bryce, are you kidding me?"

"Hasn't this news been reported a long time ago? What's there to say about such a trivial matter?"

"Is it worth it for you guys to go to so much trouble to investigate just to shut down the Internet? Are all the Internet monitoring agents just bored?"

V couldn't understand why the Internet monitoring personnel took this matter so seriously. It wasn't a permanent Internet shutdown, so how could this be considered intelligence? !
Seeing that V seemed to be angry, Bryce waved his hand and said:

"No, no, no, this is actually the most confidential information in our company. Because of the network outage, it seems that something very important was lost."

"Something is lost? What is that?"

V finally heard something that interested him.

"It seems that some AI has been leaked. It is said that this kind of network disconnection technology will cause the loss of some very important AI, so our company is investigating."

"The main suspects at the moment are Arasaka, Yeshi Company, Peizhuo Petrochemical, Kangtao, and LA Company!"

After listening to the information provided by Bryce, V already had a basic judgment in his mind.

His visit to the Voodoo Gang's basement to transplant the matrix program might be related to this matter.

But V still felt that he had only a vague understanding of the ins and outs of the matter, like he was looking at flowers in the fog, with a layer of separation between them.

"It's just a lost AI, what's the big deal?" V said coldly.

"This incident has caused quite a stir. I heard that the senior executives of the European Community even held an internal meeting for this. If this Internet outage is not handled properly, the Black Wall may collapse!"

Although Bryce did not know about the existence of the Transcendental AI Europa, as an insider of the company, he still knew that there was an AI in the network monitoring department that could build a black wall.

The main reason why this Internet outage incident caused such a big stir is that they discovered that this AI that can build black walls has disappeared inexplicably!
If all the AI ​​that can build the black wall are gone, then sooner or later the black wall will be infiltrated by the roaming AI outside and become a hornet's nest.

If that time really comes, it will be the end of mankind!

"The black wall collapsed? Oh my god... is it really that exaggerated?" V couldn't help but wonder if Bryce was making up false news to deceive him.

"You got this third-rate magazine story from some street stall, kid. It's even more outrageous than Little Red Riding Hood eating the wolf's grandmother."

V couldn't help but complain.

When Blais heard V say this, he was immediately displeased. "It was you who wanted to hear the latest intelligence from the Internet surveillance. I spent a lot of effort to get this information. If you think it's outrageous, then don't listen!"

"Besides, if every piece of intelligence was 100% accurate, I would have become rich long ago, and there would be no need to run around to verify the truth." "If one out of ten pieces of intelligence is useful and reliable, then it would be a great fortune!"

Bryce complained indignantly. Judging from V's reaction, he was even more convinced that the other party was a complete layman who didn't even know this most basic common sense.

In the process of information dissemination, there will inevitably be distortion, so first-hand information is so important.

For example, the "inside information" that has been passed on to who knows how many people has already been distorted. Not to mention being believed, it is probably a million miles away from the truth of the matter!
After all, Bryce received intelligence information from within the company, which was much more true than the rumors spread by people outside. Even if there were some deviations, they were definitely not far off.

It turned out that V didn't know what was going on and said that he got the information from newspapers and magazines on the street. What the fuck!
"V, now it's your turn to tell me about the intelligence about LA Company. I hope your intelligence won't disappoint me, otherwise, our deal will end here!"

"Also, I will no longer exchange any information with you. We are all in this together, and integrity is very important to everyone."

Bryce folded his hands and said in a cold tone, "Don't try to make up lies to fool me. I make a living by intelligence, and I can tell the difference between truth and falsehood."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bryce's eyes suddenly became sharp. He might be a little slow in other aspects, but he was a top expert in this aspect.

If being an agent in the CIA wasn't so hard, he would have reached the level of the top intelligence officer long ago.

"Johnny, what should I do? Should I really tell this guy about the information about the LA company?"

V was well aware that his lying ability was not enough to fabricate a piece of information that could be mistaken for the real thing in a short period of time. It was not easy to deceive Bryce.

If he fails in this trick, he will lose an important source of intelligence in the future.

[It's easy. Just tell him what you did in the Bad Land. He doesn't know your true identity anyway.]

[Forget it, leave this to me. I'll say one sentence and you repeat it. It's much easier to fool this young man than to fool a girl.]

Johnny Silverhand shook his head speechlessly, the highest level of lying is to tell the truth, but the final result is completely opposite to the fact.

But V obviously didn't have this ability at this time.

"Well, please!"

Immediately, V followed Johnny and began to retell what happened in the biotechnology experimental base in the Badlands.

According to Johnny's description, an LA company spy named "Vincent" used a polymer device in the Badlands to deal with a genetic monster named Ivanov.

When talking about the details about why Joanne was arrested and imprisoned, and the fact that a team of soldiers from Military Technology and LA Company were also present at the scene, Bryce nodded with interest.

Obviously, the information V confessed was basically consistent with the intelligence he already knew, and even filled in some relevant details.

"You mean, the LA company's spy named Vincent is a top lone wolf mercenary whose strength is comparable to the Twelve Angels of the Crystal Palace."

"And that guy with extraordinary skills is about to come to Taiping Island to carry out a secret mission assigned to him by Mr. Li Ang himself!"

When Bryce learned of this secret information, he walked around the room excitedly. His brain was working fast, thinking about which buyer to sell this information to.

"Oh my! This time it's my turn to get rich!"

Seeing Bryce so excited, V felt very confused. He didn't understand why these company agents were so interested in a lone wolf spy.

"Is this considered valuable intelligence? Is that mercenary named Vincent special?"

V couldn't help but ask.

"Well! At least for me, this is indeed quite valuable intelligence."

Bryce smiled and told V truthfully, "I have a friend who works in the CIA, and he told me that there is a very mysterious spy in the LA company."

"But what he said was very ambiguous. I only know that there is such a person, but I don't know his deeds clearly."

"I guess the agents of the CIA must have a lot of information about this secret agent. Otherwise, how would an ordinary agent like him know about the existence of this person?"

"But now that I have the information you provided, I have a better understanding of this lone wolf. Haha!"

Bryce was in a very happy mood.

"The Joint Intelligence Bureau..."

V had heard of the intelligence department of the New America. Being noticed by such a notorious organization was not a good thing for him.

Thinking of this, V's mood instantly became depressed. He always felt that he had been targeted by someone for a long time, but he didn't know who that person was.

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