Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 608 22. Let’s meet

At 8:08, on a street in Watson District, a newcomer who had just joined the special operations force looked at his colleagues in the distance dealing with the bodies of an earlier case and asked Captain Andy, "What kind of person is KK?"

As a newcomer, he previously hung out in Santo Domingo, which happened to be the neighborhood least frequented by the KK gang before the rise of Nottingham Winrio, the current boss of the Sixth Street Gang.

Therefore, although he had seen KK in some video materials, he had never met KK in person. The reason why he joined NCPD was because he was grateful to the NCPD officers with the help of KK for saving his family's lives. After graduating from the neighborhood school, he resolutely chose this path.

He had heard about KK from some colleagues who had met KK by chance. In their words, KK was an easy-going and easy-to-talk person. But KK's reputation was known to others, and he had seen too many Mewtwo and KK's image in video materials, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous about the real KK.

So he decided to ask his captain. After all, everyone in the police station knew that Captain Andy was not only KK's friend, but also reached his current position with KK's help. In the future, Andy would take over the position of chief after Chief Johnson retired. When it comes to the person who knows KK best in the police station, besides the chief, I'm afraid Andy is the only one.

Andy did not answer the new team member's question immediately, but looked at him first.

Everyone who joins the NCPD special operations force is the elite of the elite, and their identities have been verified by multiple parties to ensure that there is no possibility of gang spies. Andy is very clear about the origins of this newcomer.

He was a student with excellent character and grades in the Santo Domingo neighborhood school. Although his grades were not good enough to enter a large company and become a "company dog", they were more than enough to enter an ordinary company. He had been working towards the goal of becoming a "company dog" until some time ago, when he encountered a group of bandits from the Bad Land who had changed their jobs from the Randao Society to scavengers.

That group of people kidnapped his entire family and almost took their lives. If the NCPD, which had established a certain cooperation with the Santo Domingo Six Street Gang, had not noticed something unusual while patrolling the neighborhood and called colleagues to rescue them in time, his family would probably have had their organs and prostheses removed and sold. It was that incident that led to him being rescued by the NCPD and deciding to join the NCPD.

Thanks to his uncle's friend and the relationship with a member of the team, he was directly arranged into the special operations force reserve team under Andy after his excellent application results. During the training and probation period, he performed well and even solved a group of troublemakers from the Whirlpool Gang. Therefore, he was directly promoted to the special operations force. After becoming a formal member, today is his first day on duty as a member of the special operations force.

Going back to the source, of course he would be curious about KK. After all, if it weren't for KK's assistance to the NCPD, the NCPD would not be able to patrol the streets of Santo Domingo freely, let alone have excellent equipment. In this case, Andy, who wanted to understand why he asked KK, answered.

Andy was qualified to say something about his friend, and he could have used some special adjectives to describe him, but when facing the newcomer, he just used a few brief words to express his greatest impression of KK.

KK What kind of person is he?
"He is a good man."

"Good guy?"

Hearing these words that sound really strange and surprising in this era, the first reaction of the newcomers is not questioning or doubting, but: "That's really weird."

The captain is responsible for the training of new recruits who join the special operations force. He knows his captain's temperament and admires Captain Andy very much. In his opinion, as long as Captain Andy says it, it must be true. If Captain Andy says KK is a good person, then KK must be a good person.

And the good guys, in Night City, are the weirdos.

"Buzz, hiss—"

Just as the new member of the special operations team was talking to Andy, the sound of tires rubbing against each other as a vehicle rapidly deviated and drifted suddenly came from the distance. The sound was particularly sharp and piercing on the street, causing the NCPD members present to stop their work almost at the same time - whether they were cleaning up corpses or picking up weapons, they all turned their eyes to the direction where the sound came from.

As they watched, a familiar Sky Hera completed a thrilling drift, almost hitting the virtual flowerbed on the roadside, and almost negotiating compensation with the city government. Then, it sped towards them. Some NCPD officers who reacted quickly had their guns drawn and pointed at the rapidly approaching Sky Hera. Speeding on the streets of Night City is not a felony. As long as it is not too excessive, speeding seriously or injuring pedestrians, the NCPD usually doesn't bother to care, but this car is obviously coming for them, so they can't just sit back and watch.

Just as the police officers were hesitating whether to fire warning shots first or directly shoot to blow up the tires of the Sky Hera, some NCPD officers who recognized the car had already signaled their colleagues to put down their guns.

"People are coming."

They only said this sentence and the police officers with guns pointed understood what they meant.

It turned out to be the case.

As the NCPD officers put down their guns as if nothing had happened and returned to their respective jobs, Andy's voice rang in the ears of the newcomers: "The man is here, you go meet him in person."

Who is here? A flash of doubt flashed through the newcomer's mind, but he soon realized who Andy was talking about. After all, he and Captain Andy were talking about KK.

"呲呲呲——"

Amid a series of screeching brake sounds, Andy stood in front of the newcomer and shouted at the Sky Hera, "Who's driving today? Such poor driving skills! Isn't Oliver here? It's impossible to drive without a Saint Domingo, Carl!"

"I can't tell!"

The door of the Sky Hera was quietly opened while the vehicle was still moving, and then a figure stepped out as lightly as a ghost, as if the law of inertia was just a child's play in front of him.

His movements were smooth and unhindered. His light steps seemed to be stepping on some rhythmic melody. The car door was closed behind him, as if even the machine was just a note in this melody.

"After all, we changed the driver today." The voice of the visitor was indifferent, with a hint of casual laziness, as if all this was just a daily triviality.

The newcomer widened his eyes and looked at the figure who calmly walked down from the emergency brake of the Sky Hera.

He was a black-haired young man who looked incredibly young. He had a delicate face, a gentle look between his brows, and deep eyes. His arrival was like an invisible storm sweeping in, yet making it impossible to look away.

It was KK himself.

Just as the newcomer was thinking this, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the Sky Hera had barely managed to stop after a few swings and almost hit their car. In the driver's seat, the newcomer saw a strange object.

Subconsciously concentrating his attention, the newcomer saw clearly what the thing was.

The thing that's driving the car
It's a dog?!
(End of this chapter)