The giant corporations that started in Night City

"Jack, you told me this, did you find a job to kidnap Leon from some middleman?"

V said with a smirk.

"This is not a surprise, but a shock."

"Go away! Leon is the weapon king of Little Chinatown and the founder of Watson District. His status in the Chinese circle has long been on par with Richard Knight."

Jack Wells rolled his eyes at V and said unhappily: "If we kidnap Mr. Leon, let alone the NCPD, I'm afraid that Old V won't let us go."

"Old V? What's wrong, does he know Leon too?" V asked curiously.

"Of course. LA company invited Lao Wei to work in the clinic of the medical center several times, but Lao Wei was thinking about the old guys around him, so he didn't agree to go there."

"Lao Wei and Mr. Leon have a good personal relationship. Even Misty has received a lot of benefits from Leon. Hey...you are going to see Lao Wei for medical treatment. What's wrong with you?"

Jack suddenly remembered the purpose of this trip.

"Uh! I feel better now, but I still feel something is weird. Who is Sandra Dorsett? How can there be a neural virus in her brain?"

V still attributed his discomfort to the virus infection. He couldn't think of any other possibilities.

"This job was introduced to us by Okada Wakako. If you want to ask, you can only ask her. Don't worry, let's go to Lao Wei to see the doctor first."

Okada Wakako is a well-qualified and old middleman in Night City. Most of the jobs she introduced are dangerous, but the rewards are not low.

The mission to rescue the beautiful girl Sandra Dorsett from the scavengers was introduced to V and Jack by her.

"Wait, didn't you say you would give me a surprise? Where is the surprise?" V asked.

"Oh! This matter... Hehe, don't worry, let's get a physical examination first, anyway, I promise you will be surprised!"

After that, Jack Wells drove his car over and drove V all the way to Lao Wei's prosthetic clinic.

On the way over, V looked at the Blue Green Building not far away, and couldn't help but marvel at this magnificent building. The scenery here was something he had never seen before in the Badlands.

"This skyscraper was originally the private property of Arasaka, but LA invested half of the capital, so it can be regarded as the common assets of the two companies."

After Jack followed V's gaze, he patiently explained to him: "Companies are like this. Even if they are clamoring for competition and war on the surface, they just do business."

"Speaking of it, companies are no different from gangs. They can fight to the death for a few bones."

"..."

V nodded calmly. When he was a wanderer in the Badlands, he often heard the elders in his family say how vicious the company was.

But from his feelings these days, he found that LA did not seem to be what the elders of the family said, and Leon did not seem to be a greedy company executive.

# Stanley Radio: I am your Stanley. Our Dream City has started another long day.

Do you know where the legendary figures of Night City gather? Oh, of course, it is in the cemetery!

Fortunately, in this area of ​​ours, heroes are not judged by their origins, but by whether you can make your own way.

This is Night City, this is the city of dreams! #

Stanley's very tempting voice came from the car stereo, and his brainwashing quotes attracted young people who came and went in Night City day after day and year after year.

Jack Wells, who wanted to be the pride of Heywood, and V, who wanted to make a name for himself, also fantasized about their future in Stanley's excited voice.

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Little Chinatown, Misty's psychic house.

"Mr. Leon, what good things have you done to Uncle Wei again? This time you didn't bring any weird mercenaries to do prosthetic surgery."

Misty said to Leon half-jokingly, holding up her smoky-faced face with one hand.

"Or... have you finally figured it out and are planning to catch up with the times and open a prosthetic interface on your body?"

Li Ang smiled and responded: "Why, can't I come to visit the old man? Lao Wei is eager for me, the God of Wealth, to come and take care of his business every day."

"Tsk tsk, I don't believe it. You two have been in there for almost three hours. Even if you are a chatterbox, you can't talk for so long!"

Li Ang did not continue to explain. He did not come to Lao Wei for a simple reminiscence, but to discuss AI with Lao Wei.

In other words, he was teaching Lao Wei some cutting-edge surgical techniques for handling AI.

Ever since Arasaka used AI soul killers to kill military technology executives, corporate forces around the world have set off a wave of AI!

Among them, Ye's Company even publicly stated that it would cooperate with AI Mr. Blue Eyes in the future and work together for the interests of the company.

The network monitoring department directly issued a bounty order for the wanted AI. The reward for killing a wandering AI is 500,000 euros, and the reward for capturing it alive is 800,000 euros!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation among network hackers around the world. They transformed themselves into AI hunters and rushed into cyberspace to hunt AI.

One of the hacker teams, called "Plasma Commando", is the best among them.

But hunting AI is not that simple. So far, only five or six AIs have been hunted, while hundreds of hackers have been killed by AI!

In short, researching AI technology has become a field that all companies are focusing on, and prosthetic doctors like Lao Wei have to keep up with the times and learn some AI-related prosthetic surgery.

"Misty, you look good. Are you in love recently? You feel better now that you have a sweetheart."

Leon's teasing made Misty blush, and the figure of Jack Wells suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Huh, so what?" Misty admitted straightforwardly.

"That's good. I wish you happiness."

After he finished speaking, Leon handed a chip to Misty, "This is a brand-new platinum member chip for the trauma team. It was developed together with our LA company. I have a lot of them."

"I just gave one to Lao Wei, and now I'll give you one, just to keep you both safe."

Misty took the chip calmly and smiled at Leon, "Thank you, Mr. Leon. Do you want me to tell your fortune? I've recently learned the Chinese I Ching divination!"

"Would you like to give it a try?"

Due to the strong rise of LA companies, the cultural atmosphere of the Chinese is profoundly affecting the Watson District and even the entire Night City. Even Misty's psychic hut has added the I Ching divination business.