Cyber ​​psychosis is my girlfriend

"It might just be the truth itself."

River sighed and picked up a bottle of wine.

When you have eliminated the impossibles, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

When you eliminate all the impossible, what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Chapter 430 Eight Children Only Make Choices

That's not all the shit about the former mayor, Lucius Lane.

River's set of investigations dug up a series of materials.

If Roach remembered correctly, Lucius Lane was buried in the columbarium in North Oak after his death.

It is the columbarium that has been built since the beginning of the century, along with the establishment of Night City.

All over the hills and plains are alcoves containing ashes.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand.

Not to mention when it was established, it was decades ago. Who would have thought that the North Oak area in the wilderness would eventually become the gathering place for the most high-end villas in All Night City.

However, this is where the columbarium is so special—

Although the people inside may be worthless to rich people, no one has made any plans for this place, whether it is out of public opinion or fear of retribution.

So it has remained until today.

Think about it, a big fat man with a few hundred pounds and a lot of money, after his death, he even brought a box, just so big, stuffed in a miniature drawer, and buried here with the ashes of thousands of dead.

I have to say that the phrase "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" still has some philosophical meaning.

But Lucius Lane's epitaph doesn't—

A great man among the people?

Praising people with words like "great man" may not be a big deal in their eyes.

But it's a pity that Luo Qi has lived two lifetimes and feels that there are too few guys who can be called "great men", but there are many "fake substitutes".

Compared with those guys from the city government, in order to support Lucius Lane's face, arrange a grand funeral and media hype for him, Luo Qi is more interested in the business he talked with Arasaka before his death.

That's right, it's business.

If you use a politically related word like "mayor" to describe him, the first thing Luo Qi thinks of is "businessman".

It is absolutely true that Lucius Lane is a well-rounded businessman.

His oratorical ability, that is, his ability to incite and demagogue and make a big deal, is put aside for a moment.

As a bastard in a high position, he certainly has the ability.

Whether he used his contacts to invite Arasaka to suppress the unification war, or sold the interests of the rest of the group to allow the companies that passed the "Urban Opportunity Act" to develop unscrupulously, he has done a very good job of weighing the interests excellent.

And Wilton Holt obviously did not have his "political wisdom".

Compared with Lucius Lane, Holt is still too clumsy and not clever enough.

Everyone knows that Arasaka bribed him, but everyone also knows that during the mayoral election, Arasaka did not stand firmly behind him.

Perhaps it is more in the interests of these capitals to bring a more idealized city leader to the foreground, and it is more conducive to their image of the city council and the city government?

As far as the current situation is concerned, Huot is definitely not better than Perales.

He was very greedy, but unfortunately he was not smart enough to be greedy, so that most of the people in Night City who were dissatisfied with the world and the corporate government wanted to kill him.

For companies, they want a smarter spokesperson.

For commoners, they want a mayor who is at least superficially passable.

In this regard, Hult indeed lost too much to Ryan. No wonder he has been a deputy for so many years without making any progress.

When Saburo Arasaka and Hanako Arasaka came to Night City on the Kujira, Ryan and the people from Arasaka talked about the blockade of the Watson District, and then, there was another thing that they skipped——

That is, they also negotiated the acquisition of Watson's land.

Although Watson has been abandoned as a bustling commercial district, the number of citizens living here has not decreased. On the contrary, with the development of this kind of small and micro private economy in the middle and lower classes, and the vigorous growth of gray and black areas, it has become more and more popular. many.

This made Watson, which was already crowded, even more cramped.

Arasaka saw a business opportunity in it.

Arasaka Beach is located on the western coast of Watson District, and their people deal with residents of Watson every day.

Clean and unclean, rich and poor, obedient and disobedient...

Arasaka knew what they thought and what they wanted.

As a highly comprehensive modern Japanese chaebol, Arasaka has under his command a full set of branch industry chains from the demolition of low-income and low-level residential areas to the reconstruction of new skyscrapers and new business districts.

There will be no problem with property and security services in the future.

Even the work of sales and publicity can be handled by them alone.

There is no need to cooperate with third-party forces. All they have to do is to collude with those who can make decisions in the city government.

The advantage of this is that it is efficient, and Arasaka can swallow all the benefits generated during this process and in the future.

If you know the history of Japan before World War II, you will know that in that era, they also used similar methods to extend their tentacles to all walks of life, even the core affairs of the country, and finally monopolize the economy and military, and then influence politics.

The modern Arasaka, at its most rampant, almost completely controlled the whole of Japan.

Obviously, they intend to subtly turn Night City into a second Tokyo.

It's just that what they have to face is foreign politicians and foreign capital opponents.

This point, whether it is Arasaka Saburo or Arasaka Yoshinobu, is consistent.

"The people in Arasaka said so, the price was very generous, but the election was about to happen at that time, and Lucius Lane wanted to secure his re-election, so he didn't agree rashly."

River took a sip and said quietly.

Lucius Lane was born in Watson, so he was a bit like playing at home, so naturally he couldn't touch his "hometown".

Otherwise, the "enemy Taiwan" will have to take the opportunity to hype the fact that he "even betrayed his own fathers and fellow villagers for profit".

Although this is true, the problem is that it is fatal because it is true.

"Politicians are a wonderful thing."

Luo Qi also took a sip of the orange juice and sighed as if drinking tea.

"Although, they don't care about any of them, and they never remember ordinary people at all, but it's really interesting to use this to hype every time, or be constrained by relevant public opinion."

"From the people, rooted in the capital, detached from the common people, this is going to 'become a god'."

After saying this, River just shook his head.

"You really dare to say, no wonder you were suspended."

Investigating the case is at most just exposing their old background, but Luo Qi's words are really stripping their bottoms.

"You don't say it, but don't you do it better?"

Luo Qi smiled and clinked glasses with River.

They talked about worry and fear, but these two guys were not afraid at all when it was time to do it.

Otherwise, it would not have fallen into the current situation.

"By the way, your immediate boss didn't find out, right? Shall I find a good day and do him?"

Rocky asked curiously.

"No, I did it very secretly, no one knew I was investigating."

River reassured him, "Not for now, it's best not to make any noise at this time."

He didn't refuse, let alone deny, but confessed almost by default.

For River to say such things, it can only explain one problem——

His boss really has such a big problem, so big that River wants to send it to him himself.

But in the past, one was impossible, and the other was too dangerous.

Now that Luo Qi is his ally, it is not a problem to deal with a leader. The difficulty is that Luo Qi has to be a little more clever when doing it.

Instead of taking a group of people, holding evidence and confessions, pressing this guy to death at the scene of the crime, and getting all the stolen goods.

But what River knows better is——

If Luo Qi made up his mind to mess with someone, he couldn't stop him at all.

But now they have a bigger plan, a small leader of a sub-bureau is not ranked at all.

"What's going on with you about Jerry Folt?"

River asked.

"Aren't you not concerned?"

Rocky asked curiously.

"It's very difficult to stay out of it while in NCPD."

River sighed.

He was in charge of Lucius Lane and Roach was in charge of Jerry Folt.

This is the result of a tacit allocation.

But these are two tough bones.

Especially Lucius Lane, who is no longer a hard bone, but ashes.

How can it be so easy to reverse the case?

"I think it might be a good choice to use Jerry Folt as a breakthrough."

Luo Qi looked at the scenery in the distance, and his thoughts became clearer and clearer.

The discussion of intelligence is actually the thinking interaction between two heads.

River is a good policeman, but also a powerful policeman, who can provide Luo Qi with good ideas.

"How to say?"

River looked at Luo Qi and asked.

He already had an answer in his heart, but he wanted to hear Luo Qi's thoughts.

"Lucius Lane is dead and not a good choice either as a media topic or as a subject of investigation."

Luo Qi said calmly, "Do you still remember the reaction of the city government and NCPD after the incident?"

"It's like collusion."

River still remembers how difficult the investigation between himself and Luo Qi was.

The superior sent him a private message directly, threatening him to stop quickly, so as not to kill others and himself.

"If Jerry Folt didn't know about this, and if Holt hadn't been involved with NCPD, I'd eat this computer screen on the spot."

Rocky sneered.

This is not cheating.

The more the investigation, the more the final information can directly point to the target.

It was almost a line that told them directly that Hult and NCPD were doing bad things behind the scenes.

"Whether Huot did it or not is still to be discussed."

River still insists on the principle that no conclusion can be made without absolute evidence.

But he also knew that if there was a suspicious direction, more investigation should be done.

"I have a bunch of Jerry Folt black material on hand, which may be the trigger to bring him down, but it is not the decisive factor."

Roach said.

Then send River a read-only text.

River only took a few glances, and then he was completely absorbed in it, and then began to change his expression visibly.