Chapter 594: Is it possible that you remembered the name wrong?
Bang, bang, bang——!
The bullets from the heavy machine gun directly penetrated the front window of the Thunderway Galina G240, and the hood was instantly covered with dense bullet holes.
David in the car leaned back hard to avoid being penetrated by the violent firepower.
Apparently, they encountered the high-speed manhunt that was common in Night City.
"Damn it, can't they see there's someone in the middle!"
David in the car cursed softly. The pink SUV on their right paid no attention to their presence. Fierce bullets whizzed towards the company's black business sedan on their left.
However, the company car was bulletproof. Even when attacked by fierce firepower, the car body was only covered with potholes and spider-web-like cracks.
Not only did it not affect the vehicle speed, it actually increased it further.
Seeing his target speeding up, a burly man suddenly popped out of the pink SUV, stared at the accelerating company sedan in front of him and roared.
"Don't let him get away! The suit dog's sedan is electroplated!"
"Just wait and see, beast brothers!"
The two cars in the exchange of fire instantly passed Gloria's already tattered family car, but before she could breathe a sigh of relief.
On the roof of the Beast Gang's pink SUV, a shirtless white-skinned man directly picked up the RPG rocket launcher and aimed it at the company's car.
boom!!
The rocket with a tail flame hit the target without any surprise. The instantaneous explosion overturned the company car and stirred up a large cloud of dust.
The flying car fell heavily to the ground, and its front end scraped against the ground, leaving a trail of sparks.
When the smoke and dust that blocked their view cleared, Gloria was shocked to find that the upside-down company car had crashed into them.
"Mom! Step on the brakes!"
David leaned against the seat and screamed with a ferocious expression. Gloria twisted the steering wheel with all her strength and stepped hard on the brakes, but the tattered family car refused to obey.
Finally, David opened his eyes wide, and the oncoming car was reflected in his eyes.
Boom! The world spun around in an instant!
After his damaged vision gradually recovered with flickering screen, David tried hard to open his eyes and found that his mother was lying not far away and his life or death was unknown.
"Mother?"
"Mother!"
Looking at his mother who was surrounded by flames and motionless, David tried his best to break free from the stuck seat belt, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free.
The blood flowing from his forehead gradually blurred his vision, and he could only watch his mother lying there, surrounded by helplessness, pain, and regret.
If he hadn't used pirated software in the first place, would what happened today have never happened?
It was all because of him that his mother's life and death were in danger!
At this moment, the endless regret almost swallowed David up. He gradually felt his heart beating faster, and the sound of his heartbeat echoing in his ears made it difficult for him to breathe.
Just as David's vision began to go dark, a gust of wind blew over, dispelling his turbulent thoughts and making him more sober.
It was a floating vehicle with a metal shell. Two medical personnel in green medical uniforms and holding submachine guns ran down from the vehicle at a high speed.
"It's the trauma team, we're saved!"
Looking at the medical staff appearing in front of him, David immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could get timely help from the trauma team, he wouldn't have to worry even if there was danger.
However, just as he was thinking this, one of the trauma team medical staff came over and squatted in front of him, scanning and identifying him with the device in his hand.
“This person is not a customer.”
"Neither is this woman."
The cold words without any emotion rang in David's ears, just like the cold reality he encountered.
After confirming that David and his son were not clients, the medical staff of the trauma team turned around and left, leaving behind a more realistic statement.
"Make sure your customers are safe and leave these people to the municipal body transporter."
"receive."
Hearing this cruel decision, David was angry and desperate: "What's going on? Wait!"
Realizing that the trauma team was about to leave, David used up the last bit of strength in his body but was unable to break free from his seat. He fell into deep despair.
"Are you going to leave us here to die? That's right!"
Suddenly, David's confused thoughts recalled a sentence someone once said to him.
We are all brothers, remember to look for us when you have problems, we will help you.
At this moment, David didn't think twice and directly initiated a communication request to Xia Yu.
Pick it up! Pick it up!
drop!
David: "Help! My mom and I were in a car accident!"
Xia Yu: "Wait, I have contacted the trauma team, but I am only a gold member of the trauma team. They should only send a driver to rescue you. But as long as you can get to a medical facility for treatment, you will be safe."
Xia Yu: "Don't worry about the medical expenses. I'll transfer some money to you. You can do whatever you want. Don't go to those hospitals that hurt your kidneys. Be careful not to get hurt."
David: “Thank you. I…I really…”
Xia Yu: "What are you guys doing? I'm dead."
After the call was disconnected, David Vision's personal account suddenly increased by 50,000 Euros.
Before he could recover, the trauma team members suddenly came back, muttering something as they rescued him from the car, and also put his mother on a stretcher.
Having regained hope, David felt that everything was as unreal as a dream, but in this unreality, he knew one thing for sure.
He and his mother were saved.
…
At the same time, a secret warehouse stronghold.
"Oh my god, the car accident happened today. Luckily I remembered my instructions. Now I don't have to worry about getting hit in the back."
Xia Yu sat on the sofa and rubbed his head. Because he had not watched Edgewalker and only watched the commentary, he didn't really understand the plot.
Plus, my memory is a little fuzzy. I just remember that David had a car accident and then lost his mother.
As for the specific events that happened that day, he could no longer remember them clearly, so he specifically told David to contact him anytime if he needed his help.
I didn't expect the story to happen today. Fortunately, David found him, so he doesn't have to worry about being cheated by the black clinic.
In the original plot, because David's family had no members of the trauma team, he could only go to the cheapest black clinic for treatment after the car accident.
Then Gloria died without any warning.
During the explanation, he also learned a guess, that is, the black clinic was run by a scavenger.
The so-called scavengers are a group of hyenas that specialize in hunting careless law-abiding citizens and gang members. To them, humans are just a bunch of objects that can be exchanged for money on the black market.
Even though prosthetic technology is advanced in this era, the price of human organs is still high. As long as they can be sold for money, there will be a normal market and a black market.
The scavengers are gangs that monopolize the sale of human body parts, and they cover almost every corner of the city.
Some people speculated that the black clinic David went to was actually run by a scavenger. Gloria could have survived, but was dismembered and sold by the scavenger.
However, no one could provide conclusive evidence of the truth. The only thing we knew was that Gloria died hastily.
Of course, that was in the animation. In reality, with his help, I could stay away from the scavengers and receive regular treatment, so I would definitely survive.
Unfortunately, he was at most a gold member of the trauma team. Platinum membership was too expensive and he couldn't afford it.
The trauma team has bronze, silver, gold, platinum, and diamond members.
Members from silver to platinum level need to deposit 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million euros respectively into their medical accounts as insurance premiums, otherwise they will not be able to use membership services.
Bronze membership is equivalent to no membership, no payment is required, and it has no use other than being able to use the first aid kits placed in the city.
Diamond membership is not available for purchase by ordinary users, but only for important people in society. And what needs to be paid is not money, but something more important.
If they have not purchased membership in the trauma team, they will remain indifferent even if someone struggles and dies in front of them.
"Damn, this world sucks."
"What's wrong? Mr. Jack, has something happened to make you unhappy again?"
Hearing Xia Yu cursing, a girl who looked a bit like a cat suddenly hugged his neck from behind, then leaned close to his ear and asked.
At this moment, Xia Yu has been covered with the skin of Ghost Walker and his name has also been changed to the name of the protagonist of Ghost Walker.
Although the name Xia Yu is not a rare name, he would not be stupid enough to use the same name for both identities.
However, his personality has not changed. It is still his own personality, not that of Ghostwalker Jack.
After all, his system is a proficiency system, not a role-playing system.
To be honest, Xia Yu was quite glad that he had a proficiency system, because every time he read a novel about a role-playing system, he would have a question.
If the degree of acting reaches 100%, are you still yourself?
Even if you always remember that you are just acting, what about the other people you know when you are acting? Others know the person you are acting as, but when the disguise is removed, will others still recognize you as you?
After all, the person himself is definitely different from the person he plays.
Maybe others will think that you have been possessed by another body. The person playing the role is the real you, and the real you is not you.
But novels are just novels after all, and the various bugs cannot be delved into.
The proficiency system is much simpler. As long as you use the abilities of the card characters, your proficiency will increase. You are still yourself, and the system does not require you to play the character you are using.
When your proficiency reaches 100%, you will be able to fully acquire the abilities of the card character.
"It's nothing, just think of it as my normal madness."
Xia Yu shook his head, reached out and stroked the girl's head behind him, then scratched her chin like he was petting a cat.
Feeling Xia Yu's movements, the girl puffed up her cheeks, but she did not push Xia Yu's hand away. She just said with some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Jack, although my caller avatar is a cat, I am not a cat. Please don't treat me as a kitten anymore, okay?"
"Okay, be good. I'll bring you cat food tomorrow. It's a famous brand."
“…”
Seeing that Xia Yu didn't listen to her at all, the girl snorted to express her dissatisfaction.
The girl's name is Sasha Yakovleva. She has fluffy short black hair, a tall figure and a cute appearance. The most eye-catching thing is that there are two black marks under her eyes, just like a cat's whiskers.
She is a member of Mann's team and is considered an old employee. She joined Mann's team earlier than Rebecca and Pyrrha.
As the hacker in the team, Qiwei and Lucy are both her juniors.
As for why she, a hacker, and Qiwei and Lucy were also in the team, it was because she had semi-quit the gang after that incident.
Qiwei and Lucy work together on daily tasks , and she will only take over when they encounter something that neither of them can solve.
"How long will it take for Mann and the others to come back? Why did that bastard come on the mission when I came to look for him instead of earlier or later?"
After scratching Sasha's chin for a while, Xia Yu withdrew his hand and asked.
Realizing that Xia Yu had withdrawn his hand, Sasha pushed himself up with both hands, turned over the sofa and sat next to Xia Yu, then his eyes lit up with streams of data.
A few seconds later, the light dimmed, and Sasha stretched and replied, "The mission has been completed. Mann and the others are on their way back. They will be here soon."
"But Mr. Jack, are you looking for Mann to entrust him with another task?"
"Not this time." Xia Yu shook his head: "I want to ask about the last missing person commission. Did he find the person I was looking for?"
“Ah, this…”
Sasha smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Jack, I think your request may be a little difficult. After all, there are only a few clues. We should wait a little longer."
"Is this difficult? I've given so many clues, the only thing missing is naming him. If you still can't find him, then there's something wrong with him."
“Uh, hehe…”
Seeing that Xia Yu was so ignorant of himself, Sasha didn't know what to say and could only smile awkwardly.
If she wasn't the one accompanying Xia Yu here, the others would have started cursing long ago. With just those few clues, how dare they mention names?
At least give his real name. Giving him a code name like V is just looking for trouble.
It was only because Xia Yu had a good relationship with them, otherwise he would have been thrown out by them long ago.
Xia Yu was also helpless about this problem. He vaguely remembered that both male V and female V had real names, but... he had long forgotten it deep in his memory.
Who made the famous V always say his name is V when introducing himself, and said that only a very few familiar people know his real name.
After waiting for a while, the door of the warehouse was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
"Yo! Brother Jack is here. By the way, while we were away, did you have some fun with Sasha? Hahaha!"
A bearded man with a black cockscomb suddenly rushed in, then hugged Xia Yu who was lying on the sofa, and used his free hand to grasp the air and wave it up and down.
"Of course it is. It's much better than having to use your hands every night."
Xia Yu directly raised his middle finger to the man with cockscomb and beard. This man was called Pila, a member of Mann's team. He was a technical expert who was full of dirty jokes and also the one who made fun of the team.
"Wow! But your whole body is transformed with prosthetics. Can you really still do that kind of thing? You can't just watch?"
Pira chuckled and looked towards Xia Yu's lower body. Xia Yu pushed Pira's face away with his backhand and said disdainfully, "Don't think about it. I have a big steel cannon installed down there that can kill people. You'd better not look at it. I'm afraid you will feel so inferior that you'll curl up in your bed and cry secretly at night."
"Wow! I'd like to see it even more."
"Okay, stop it Pyrrha, Jack must have something to talk to us about."
Mann pulled away Pila, who was still acting weird, then sat in front of Xia Yu and looked at Xia Yu.
Although Xia Yu's current appearance was that his entire body was cyborg-like and he looked like a cyber-psychopath, Mann knew that his mental state was very stable.
Since we met, he has never shown any signs of mental confusion.
The opportunity for their acquaintance came from Sasha in their team. Before Qiwei and Lucy joined the team, Sasha needed to sneak into the biotechnology company alone because of a certain mission.
Then, after the data was stolen, Sasha accidentally discovered the dark secrets about her mother's medication. She then decided to make the information public and let the data be released to the public on News 54.
At this time, several protective robots of the biotechnology company discovered Sasha. In order to successfully upload the data, Sasha was determined to fight for his life.
While successfully uploading, she was also shot by the robot and was eventually forced to try to escape by falling from a high building.
At that time, Xia Yu was improving his proficiency in the Ghost Walker card and using the grappling hook to wander around the city like Spider-Man. Then he happened to catch a glimpse of Sasha falling from the building, so he rescued her.
After he was rescued, he found out that the man was an old member of Mann's team, so he coincidentally got to know Mann and the others.
Although it was a blessing to survive a fatal situation, what made Sasha uncomfortable was that the dark side of the company for which she exchanged her life was never made public.
After she carefully collected relevant information, she found out that the News Channel 54 she chose to disclose the information to was a TV station sponsored by military technology, and military technology and biotechnology happened to have a cooperative relationship. The truth she exchanged for her life seemed so ridiculous under the power of the company.
After that, Sasha chose to publish the news on a corporate news station that was hostile to the biotech company, which exposed the inside story and made the public understand the defects of the drug.
However, she no longer had the passion she once had.
This is also the main reason why she semi-retired from the team and Qiwei and Lucy joined the team.
Back to the point, under Mann's curiosity, Xia Yu did not keep him in suspense and said directly: "I'm here to ask about the mission of finding someone. How is your search going?"
Mann: “…”
Mann didn't say anything, but just looked at Qiwei, the hacker in charge of his team.
Qi Wei is a woman with orange-pink bangs and red eyes. Most of her face has been remodeled with prosthetics, and she looks quite cold with an iron mask on.
Xia Yu also looked up. At this moment, Qi Wei was holding a cigarette and just exhaled a puff of smoke.
Seeing Qi Wei smoking, Xia Yu said something meaningless: "It's already 2076, and you're still smoking traditional cigarettes? If you want to smoke, smoke Snow Leopard's Sharp 15th Generation Night City Special Edition!"
Qi Wei: “…”
She had almost understood the man's confusing remarks, so she ignored them and replied directly.
"We can't find him. You don't even know his gender. How can we find him for you? He could be a homeless person, a street kid, or a corporate dog. Why don't you just say he's in Night City?"
"Hmm..." Xia Yu pondered for a moment and replied, "It's possible that it's not in Night City."
Qi Wei: “…”
Seeing that there were no clues at all, Xia Yu gave up and could only change the question and ask, "What about Jack Wilson? I have given enough clues about this person. He is a strong man with pigtails. He often hangs out at the Wild Wolf Bar and is a former member of the Valentino Gang."
Qi Wei: “…”
"Is there a possibility that the guy you are talking about is called Jack Wells?"
Xia Yu: (ー`′ー)
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, you must have found the wrong person. Give me the address and I'll ask him in person. He must have changed his name!"
