People are in Night City, start to add points

"After time travelling, this is the first time I've chatted with others like this..."

David scratched his head, showing a helpless smile, then raised his head, looked past the company dogs queuing up ahead, and landed on the place where the lunch was distributed.

Since he didn't have a prosthetic eye, he couldn't send messages in his brain by 'photographing' or 'video recording', so he could only give Lucy a brief description.

It was a machine with a height of two people. There were several food outlets at the height of the chest, as well as a touch screen for ordering food. The whole body was bright black, consistent with the architectural style of Arasaka Company, full of high-end sense.

David saw a pale-skinned man in a suit tap twice on the touchscreen before leaving with a tray of synthetic meat and vegetables, drizzled with soupy sauce... eh?

The man walked past David with the food, carrying a very pungent smell.

No, it's not a sauce.

David suddenly realized that what was poured on the food turned out to be a high-concentration stimulant.

His expression suddenly became a little stiff, and he turned his head to look around, and found that the food of every company dog ​​was like this. Some people even thought that the dose was not enough, and they still held a bottle in their hands, eating and drinking like a drink.

Not only that, but there are also some other styles, colorful pills, even the packaging is not torn off, placed next to the food like desserts.

As for those employees, some carried trays to each room, and some simply sat on the benches in the public space to eat, and the food was very sweet.

David was silent for a few seconds, then looked away, and silently left the food pick-up line.

"The one in Arasaka is not too bad, I'm going to go out and solve it."

After answering the message to Lucy, he sighed and walked quickly to the elevator.

The lunch break is only half an hour, so even if you go to the vending machine in the center of the square, you have to go back quickly.

A few minutes later, David walked out from the main entrance of Arasaka Tower.

He crossed the ring road, took another look at the private chat interface with Lucy, confirmed that the other party hadn't replied to him, and then dialed Regina's communication.

In order to avoid interception and monitoring of communications while working in the Arasaka Tower, David told Regina in advance not to initiate contact.

After a while, Regina's voice sounded in the brain.

"I said, you've been getting bigger and bigger recently." She said in a teasing tone: "You and Faraday did the ticket for the Ventura Street Hospital, right? How dare you go to the Arasaka Tower now?"

"I'm still in the company square, you'd better not say a few words." David looked around and replied casually without denying it.

In fact, Faraday did a good job of keeping secrets, but just a few hours before the operation on Ventura Street, David asked Regina about Faraday's information, coupled with the obvious traces of hacking technology in the hospital, this man with all eyes and hands The female reporter can naturally guess a lot.

"Okay—you're here to ask about the equipment?"

Regina cleared her throat and turned the topic to business.

"I contacted a few reliable sellers and found some with guaranteed quality, but they were all common models. Those top-notch hard goods are too hard to find."

After saying this, she paused for a moment, then smiled lightly and continued.

"Well, I now believe that you are just an ordinary student, not an agent of Kang Tao, otherwise how could you not even have such basic equipment."

"How long has it been..."

David responded with a wry smile, and clicked on the list sent by Regina in his brain.

[Seocho Electronics Type 1-Access Warehouse:

EUR】

[Dongyue Electronics Type 1 - Access Warehouse: 9000 Euros]

[Four-phase transmission type 1...]

Shown first are some of the most basic access pods that David is going to use to disassemble parts and restore the one on Buttermos.

Although it is a model decades ago, the production of "Bartmos's access warehouse" is quite sufficient. Whether it is buffer memory, number of slots or golem slots, it is considered excellent now, as long as some The parts that are obviously behind the times can be upgraded.

In addition to the access pod, there are many auxiliary hacker prosthetics in the list, such as the 'Camillo RAM Manager' used to manage and optimize the data flow between the brain and the network access pod, enhancing brain storage and processing The 'external disk' for information capability, the 'RAM upgrade' for speeding up chip processing...and so on.

These are all cyber implants, which should be installed in the body under normal circumstances, but David decided to make them an external device, and then connect to the brain computer through a data cable.

"And then there are some cooling systems, medical equipment, and 'adrenaline boosters', 'biomonitoring', 'bioconductors'..."

David read down the list. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head imperceptibly.

He was still somewhat dissatisfied with the quality of these equipment.

According to the system's standards, these are 'common' or 'excellent' high-end goods, the kind you wouldn't even glance at in the game.

Since I want to make hacking equipment, I should do the best, not to mention that I just got a huge deposit, and the funds are quite sufficient.

Even if orange and purple equipment are very rare in reality, they are priceless and unobtainable under normal circumstances, then at least a few 'rare' quality blue equipment should be bought, right?

"Let's look for it again."

He thought about it and said to Regina.

"Try to get more advanced equipment, money is not a problem."

"Success, but it will take a while, and it depends on your luck."

Seemingly guessing what he would say, Regina replied calmly.

"Well, please excuse me."

After hanging up the communication, David breathed a sigh of relief, walked across the green grass, and walked to the vending machine closest to him.

"Just have some sandwiches, and happy fat house water..."

“嗯，那就这个牛肉味的，希望合成肉馅的口感能逼分，享！小，说资;源'群：9？8;0;2？。0'。5,8！"5。;6真一些……”

With one hand in his pocket, David clicked on the screen of the vending machine to choose his own lunch.

Suddenly, he felt someone tap his shoulder.

"Hey~"

Then a girl's voice came from behind.

Volume 91: Chapter 90 Chapter [-]: Having Lunch

Dang-dang--dang--

There was the sound of food falling from the vending machine, and David stopped when he was about to lean over. He raised his eyebrows slightly, with obvious surprise on his face.

Lucy came here directly?

He paused like this for a second, then picked up his sandwich and Coke, and turned sideways.

The girl's bright smile appeared in front of her eyes.

"It really is here."

As usual, Lucy straightened her upper body, put her hands behind her back, then leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile.

"You said you wanted to settle your lunch outside. I happened to be here, so I came over to take a look. I didn't expect to meet you."

Is it running here...

Although I didn't check Lucy's position just now, it can still be seen from her slightly heaving chest and her panting breath that she tried her best to control it. Here, I may have spent some time finding my place.

"That's a coincidence."

David didn't expose her, but responded with a soft smile.

"Aren't Arasaka's lunches delicious?"

Taking a deep breath, and then exhaling slowly, Lucy's breath finally stabilized a lot.

She took a step forward and stood beside David.

"What about such a big company, I didn't expect it to be the same as ours."

Looking at the vending machine in front of her, Lucy raised her arm and put her fingertips on the touch screen. After waiting for a while, she bent down and took out a pack of oyster-flavored sandwiches, shaking them in front of David.

"Then, shall we eat together?"

Although it was a questioning tone, she obviously didn't intend to give David a chance to refuse, and looked around directly, looking for a place to eat.

However, there are no longer any vacant benches around. There are many people sitting on the lawn, most of them are company dogs, holding laptops and food, sitting together in small groups, chatting while eating continue working.

"A lot of people..."

Lucy frowned in distress. Just as she was looking further afield, looking for an empty seat, she suddenly heard a boy's voice beside her.

"How about going there?"

She looked a little surprised, and found that David was pointing in a certain direction with a slightly shy smile.

It was a step connecting the elevated passage to the square. The area was not large, and there was just room for two people.

So, when David sat down first, and then watched Lucy bend over and sit next to him, the arms of the two were inevitably lightly pressed together.

He clearly felt the smooth and soft touch, felt his heart beating faster and faster, and maybe his face was a little red.

This time it's not a fake.

That's right, David had been working for several years before crossing over, and he was a social animal in his twenties. This also allowed him to face Tanaka with an adult mentality, allowing him to adapt to the world faster.

But it was the first time in his two lifetimes that he was squeezed side by side with a beautiful girl—even at dinner yesterday, the two sat opposite each other in the restaurant, separated by a table.

The distance was so close that David even felt that the girl's hair would be blown onto his face by the wind at any moment.

He quickly lowered his head, tore off the wrapping paper of the sandwich, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"It's so cool—"

Lucy didn't seem to sense his strangeness, she raised her arms and stretched her waist, then her body relaxed and she slowly tore open the package of her sandwich.

"It's better to be more comfortable outside. In the company... well, I'm exhausted every day in the company."

She complained vaguely while enjoying the food.

"I'm in charge of network technology, but the company doesn't have a better chair. Sitting in front of the computer every day, I feel like my waist is going to break."

"That's it..." David responded subconsciously, and it took a second to realize that he should say something.

He adjusted his expression, then turned his head slightly unexpectedly.

"Hey? Are you also working on the Internet?"

"Yes."

"Coincidentally, I'm also responsible for this aspect, but it's more about the software."

"The one at Arasaka Tower?"

Lucy swallowed the sandwich in her mouth, and then pretended to remember.

"I remember you said at the station that you are participating in an important project in Arasaka Tower..."

It was smoother than expected, he was so honest with himself.

Want to show your excellence in front of women?It's quite normal.

While feeling relieved, Lucy also guessed the boy's mentality.

Well, maybe we can use this to guide him to say more.

Thinking of this, she organized her words and was about to speak when a thought suddenly popped up in her mind.

But why did he go to Arasaka Tower?

As soon as this idea appeared, it could not help occupying all of Lucy's thoughts. She remembered the conversation she had with the boy at the space center that day.

"Is it really okay not to stay with your classmates?"

"I am not the same as them. To be precise, there is an essential difference between me and them that cannot be changed."

"Then why do you want to go to Arasaka Academy? The students who go there probably want to become employees of the company."

"Because... except for the high tuition fees, Arasaka Academy is a good place to gain knowledge, that's all."

Lucy pursed her lips, retracted what she wanted to say, and asked in a low voice.

"That's pretty good. You can participate in projects in the Arasaka Tower before you graduate. There will be no problem entering the company after graduation... Do you want to join the company?"

After asking this sentence, she held her breath, waiting for the boy's answer.

"Actually, I don't want to."

David shrugged and replied without thinking.

"I don't like that place. The reason why the world has become like this is not because of the company."