Chapter 628 The Famous V

“Tick…tick…”

The young man in a suit avoided the unknown sewage dripping from the upper floor without changing his expression, stepped onto the circular staircase of the skyscraper, and came to a most ordinary smart metal door.

The neighbors around him were still the same. The black couple next door leaned against the railing of the corridor, smoking cheap cigarettes while whispering about how much more money they needed to raise for their son’s newly replaced prosthesis.

On the bench in the corridor sat an irritable woman who was on the phone, and a punk teenager leaning against the back of the chair smoking drugs.

At the corner at the end, the kid next door, who claimed to be self-taught, was holding a tablet computer and trying to hack the vending machine in front of him.

They had long coveted the Rainbow Manticore sports drink and Benben high fructose corn syrup in the vending machine.

But the young man in a suit knew that this kid would definitely not succeed, because someone had invaded the vending machine on a large scale last month, causing the company behind it to have to strengthen the ICE of the vending machine.

That is, the invasion counter unit, or more simply, the network firewall of the cyber world.

Now, even many hackers can't hack into vending machines, let alone the "self-taught" kid next door.

Suddenly, two NCPD police officers shouted downstairs, and there were fierce footsteps, exclamations from the crowd, and extremely anxious curses.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two gunshots scared the neighbors in the corridor downstairs and fled.

But some young people hid behind the bunkers, took out their pistols, and started a chaotic gunfight that is most common in Night City.

For a while, bullets whizzed past, and exclamations and gunshots were heard.

"Damn, how can I meet a cop here!"

Accompanied by the hurried footsteps, an exasperated voice came from the stairs behind him.

The young man in a suit who had just taken out the access card sighed, turned around helplessly, and looked at the guy who hurried up the stairs.

The man was wearing a cream-colored shirt and turquoise trousers. He held a black ‘Freedom’ kinetic pistol in his right hand, lifted the hem of his shirt with his left hand, and pulled out a blue and black grenade from his waist.

His ferocious and ferocious face was full of exasperated expressions.

The young man in the suit turned on his artificial eye without hesitation.

The outline of the thug in front of him suddenly became prominent, and his information was instantly presented in front of him.

[NCPD Database]

[Name: Troy Rider]

[Identity: Tiger Claw Gang, Fraudster, Night City Wanted Criminal]

[Reward Amount: 1,200 Euros]

[Reward Level: Three Stars]

[Reward Crimes: Assaulting a company representative, Possessing military-grade drugs, Murdering a company representative, Damaging the company's regional finances, Multiple murders, Defaming a company representative. ]

[Possessing dangerous items: ‘Freedom’ brand kinetic pistol, electromagnetic pulse grenade]

It turned out to be a fraudster of the Tiger Claw Gang...

The young man in the suit suddenly realized.

The Tiger Claw Gang is one of the largest criminal organizations in Night City. It is entrenched in Neon Street and is a traditional gangster organization similar to the Triads. Its business scope includes but is not limited to casinos, bars, clubs, fraud, selling Y, etc.

The fraudster in front of him should be a master of cyber fraud.

It’s just that the target of the fraud this time may have noticed something, so he called the police when he was not paying attention.

...Okay, the fraud has come to me!

Do you know whose chassis this is? !

The data stream disappeared from the eyes of the young man in the suit, and he immediately took out a DB-2 Sadara technology double-barreled shotgun from his briefcase without hesitation and aimed it at the gangster in front of him with a hideous look.

Troy almost focused all his attention on the two NCPD policemen downstairs, and did not notice the danger in front at all.

Until the young man in the suit pulled the trigger, a large number of steel nails with electric light sprayed out, instantly shooting him into a sieve.

"Plop..."

The bloody body fell to the ground at the entrance of the stairs.

The two policemen who had just escaped from the chaotic gunfight and were about to chase up the stairs suddenly stopped.

The young man swallowed his saliva, couldn't help but raise his pistol, and moved up carefully.

At the door of the apartment opposite the stairs, a young man in a suit held an exaggerated double-barreled shotgun in one hand, with a kind smile on his face, and waved to him friendly.

"Good evening!"

The young police officer did not dare to slack off, subconsciously raised his pistol and pointed it at the young man in the suit.

"No... Don't move!"

The old police officer who came behind was shocked to see this scene.

When he came to his senses, he hurriedly shouted: "Put down the gun!"

The young police officer looked at the young man in the suit nervously, and also shouted: "Did you hear me, put down the gun... Ouch!"

The old police officer grabbed the barrel of his pistol, stuck his little finger into the trigger ring, and angrily slapped his head.

"I mean you, put your gun down!"

"Oh...ah?"

The young police officer widened his eyes, not understanding what was going on.

The old police officer was too lazy to explain to him, and turned to the young man in the suit and smiled and thanked him.

"Thanks, V!"

"You're welcome, police and citizens are friendly!"

The young man in the suit smiled and put away the double-barreled shotgun in his hand, raised his hand and waved to the old police officer, then turned around as if nothing had happened, took out the access card, swiped the card and walked into the apartment.

"Swish--"

The smart bulletproof metal door opened and closed.

It wasn't until the back of the young man in the suit completely disappeared that the old police officer breathed a sigh of relief, finally squatted down and began to collect the dangerous weapons on the body.

"...Oh, electromagnetic pulse grenade, luckily he didn't use it, otherwise this would have caused a big fuss!"

"..."

The young police officer's eyes widened, still struggling with what just happened.

Seeing the old policeman marveling at the grenade in his hand, he finally couldn't help but raise his hand and point to the iron door.

"That person just now...his gun..."

The old police officer glanced at him: "DB-2-Sardara, what, you want it?"

After saying that, the old police officer stood up and said leisurely: "If you want, just save up the money and buy it yourself. Don't take his idea."

The young police officer was furious: "No, I mean, he has a dangerous weapon!"

The old police officer said angrily: "Nonsense, I'm not blind, do I need you to remind me?"

"Hey, can you ask me before I go out into the field...do you know who that guy is?"

"He is V who has become famous in the past six months, the top mercenary who visits the Afterlife Bar!"

"When he was still a lone wolf, he single-handedly eliminated five cyberpsychopaths within two months. Now I heard that he has formed a team with industry insiders. His strength and power must be even higher!"

"……ah?"

The young police officer was stunned.

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but swallow, and asked in a low voice with a slightly fearful look in his eyes.

"How could such a person live here?"

"Who knows!"

The old police officer replied angrily, but then he looked hesitant, as if he had remembered something.

After hesitating for a while, the old police officer still couldn't hold back and whispered: "I heard that he used to be a member of the counter-intelligence department of Arasaka Company. He was optimized by the company six months ago because he refused to be transferred out of Night City."

The young police officer asked blankly: "...so what?"

The old police officer couldn't help but patted his head and whispered: "Stupid! The good apartments are all in the company square in the municipal center. He is the loser in the internal competition of the company. There may be enemies over there, certainly not Dare to live there!”

The young police officer still didn't understand: "But didn't you say that he is a top mercenary?"

The old police officer sighed and said: "So what about the top mercenaries? There are so many legends in Night City, but the company is not..."

Halfway through, the old police officer stopped in time and gave the guy a slap in the face with his backhand.

"Okay, you kid, just take this salary, why do you worry so much!"

"Hurry up and take this guy's body back to collect some real rewards."

"According to V's habit, we deal with the wanted criminals he kills, and we divide them into six-for-four afterwards, six for him and four for us..."

When he heard that there was money to be taken, the young police officer's eyes suddenly lit up, and all the doubts he had just forgotten were forgotten.

The two NCPD police officers began to work energetically.

…

…

In the apartment, the young man known as V had taken off his suit.

That naked body was full of traces of prosthetic modifications.

But he didn't care. He even admired his current appearance in the full-length mirror, then made a cup of coffee, sat in front of the computer and read today's emails.

His name is Vincent, and he has always been called Vincent in his past and present lives.

It's just that in this life, in addition to the full name Vincent, he also has a more well-known nickname, that is the famous V!

That's right, he is the protagonist of the game "Cyberpunk 2077", the one who is respected by players as the living legend, the living king of Hell in Night City, and the psychopath of Cybertron, who slashes all the way from Arasaka Tower to the underground shrine without blinking an eye. V!

But unlike V, which has a character growth system in the game, Vincent had nothing when he first traveled through time.

He just became a member of the counter-intelligence department of Arasaka Company just like V, who came from a company in the game.

Speaking of Arasaka Company, we have to briefly describe the world view of cyberpunk.

At the end of the twentieth century, nuclear conflicts triggered by economic crises led to the economic collapse of global powers and their lands became devastated.

Some super companies that possess a large amount of resources and intelligence have taken advantage of the situation and gradually gained the strength to compete with governments of various countries.

As the time comes to the 21st century, due to the impact of past nuclear conflicts, the influence of the US government has weakened sharply. Those giant companies have gradually begun to replace the functions of the government and actively maintain order in order to seek profits.

But at the same time, they are increasingly dissatisfied with the constraints imposed by the government.

Under such circumstances, an event that affected the global landscape - the 'collapse of the old United States' - occurred.

Within the United States, there is a secret political group composed of the NSA, CIA, FBI, and DEA. They conspired to launch a coup, assassinated the president and vice president, and successfully seized power, announcing federal democracy to the world. The end of the system.

After that, many states seceded from the Union and declared themselves free states.

A large number of refugees had to leave their homes and embark on long journeys in search of water, jobs and a place to live amid political civil strife, forming the famous wanderers in cyberpunk.

Giant corporations took this opportunity to break away from the shackles of the government and began to use the world's natural resources without restraint to make profits. They even brazenly launched so-called corporate wars in order to acquire and merge other companies.

Under such circumstances, the world has become increasingly chaotic.

The cyberpunk world has thus become a world controlled by major super companies.

The Night City where the game is located is the most dazzling and typical microcosm of this world.