Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 905, Section 115: Sweeping Away the Cleaners

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"NCPD! Behave yourself!"

"Not a single one is allowed to escape! Apart from those who have been kidnapped, not a single one of the others is to be let go!"

"Except for the hostages, kill everyone else without exception! This is Mr. Carl's order: Cleaners, leave no one alive!"

After Carl made his decision, the entire scavenger force in Dogtown was almost immediately met with a devastating blow.

Hansen couldn't completely wipe out Dogtown because he needed to ensure that the people under his jurisdiction were absolutely loyal to him, and he was indeed short-handed. There was no need for him to fight a counterinsurgency war against the constant influx of scavengers into Dogtown. But Carl was different.

He just wants the cleaner to die!
If the supply keeps coming in, then slaughter them one by one until the flow stops.

To this end, Carl even hired a whole bunch of people to do the work. Almost every mercenary who was available in the next life, as well as the mercenary companies he could contact, the Sixth Street Gang, Adcardo, the Valentino Gang, the Animal Gang, and some Vortex Gangs that he could negotiate with, and the Tiger Claw Gang belonging to Wakako, were all hired by Carl with his money.

The scope of this recruitment was so broad that Carl even paid to bring back the Lazarus mercenaries who had come with the New America and were retreating to Dogtown to work.

With the assistance of the NCPD's Terrorist Mobile Unit and Special Operations Unit, the mercenaries or temporary mercenaries who received double pay worked very diligently. Basically, every scavenger had more than a dozen bullet holes in his body the moment they met.

Some of the personnel who were charged three times the price even started the cleanup operation in S.A.S ...

However, Carl has made it clear that he will not compensate for this kind of cyberbullying caused by money, so he is still somewhat in control.

The hired personnel naturally varied in quality. For example, Wakako added some people she sent to gain experience and broaden their horizons to the dispatched personnel. However, considering the elite level of the other personnel she provided, Karl paid double the price to all of them equally.

After all, Wakako knew how to maintain boundaries. She knew that this was a way to show off her people to Karl and let them practice safely. She made sure to send out enough capable people, so Karl naturally knew to turn a blind eye.

As for some people who don't know the rules and whose abilities vary, if it's an individual, Karl will just let it go. But if it's a group, Karl will have to have a serious talk with them. Fortunately, that didn't happen. KK's high-priced hiring, whether out of respect for KK or for the money, has made the hired people very sensible.

After all, KK's example is there for all to see. Only with a good reputation and skills can one be hired at a high price. For example, Lazarus. If they hadn't left a deep impression on Karl during the previous battle, making him think that Lazarus mercenaries truly lived up to their reputation, Karl wouldn't have offered them a high price to come back to work halfway through their mission.

After Kurt Hansen's death, the Lazarus mercenaries, who had already completed their military technology mission, were delighted with Karl throwing money in their faces—not to mention that Karl wasn't so 'disrespectful'; after offering a high price, he even thoughtfully provided them with corresponding bullets, food, and medical supplies.

All those items were left behind by the Netherhound, and they were all reasonably decent. Faced with such a generous employer, these mercenaries were naturally happy to serve him wholeheartedly.

Of course, to prevent the mercenaries from getting too excited after receiving the money and hurting ordinary Dogtown residents—mainly the Vortex Gang—Karl put a lot of effort into personnel allocation.

He not only brought in the group from the slider to verify their identities as a hacker group, ensuring no one was mistakenly killed or let go, but he also had V ride in the hovercar to patrol. With V around, even the Vortex Gang started to become more amiable. The Vortex Gang leader, Brick, even personally killed several of his men who were almost driven mad. As for making money, especially this kind of lucrative opportunity that felt like a perk, Brick would be happy to shoot himself a few times to liven things up, let alone his men.

KK is such a nice person.

Brick wasn't the only one with this sentiment; even the Wild King of the Animals Gang felt the same way.

The Animal Gang's main income comes from bodyguards and security, but Wild King, thanks to Carl's guidance on boxing matches and arenas, became the wealthiest member of the gang, and his men multiplied several times over.

Now, when KK thinks of the Animal Gang, she's the first person he thinks of. He pays her more money; the normal hiring price is already the highest on the market, but he pays double that, and even four times the captain's price for her personally. When they go back, the boxing arena can be completely renovated to the latest model.

In other words, Carl wasn't a middleman; otherwise, given his approach, who wouldn't want to work for him?

No one dislikes a middleman who is easy to talk to, capable, and pays well, especially if the middleman can personally handle the aftermath if the mission fails.

Thanks to the efforts of the mercenaries, the scavengers in Dogtown, who were like a stubborn disease that seemed impossible to get rid of, were being cleared out quickly. It was expected that before long, all the scavengers who were equipped with elite weapons would be crushed to death in Dogtown.

There are certainly reasons why Carl would pay such a high price to get rid of the cleaners.

To fight the Cleaners, you have to be quick. If you slow down, they'll find a chance to escape. If they lie in wait, it will take a long time to clean them up. But if you crush them in one fell swoop before they can react, Dogtown can be taken back under control and start developing again.

Once we get rid of some of the Netherworld Dog Clan and the like, Dogtown will be able to develop just like before, or even faster than before.

Compared to what Dogtown brought Carl after its redevelopment, it was just a matter of throwing money around; it was nothing at all.

The KK team was fully involved in this, and apart from the aid funds they provided, Karl himself, who had been doing missions, working part-time at the agency, and also had money from the NCPD, the Sixth Street Gang, the Adcado Three Points weapons transport, and various other sources in the Pacific State, spent less than half of the money in this hiring.

And let alone half, even if he spent it all, Karl wouldn't even blink.

At worst, he can borrow some money from a friend and pay it back later.

He doesn't have many other friends, but he happens to have quite a few wealthy friends.

With the combined force and money of various parties, the scavengers of Dogtown were completely wiped out in a single day, and no one escaped from any of the raided strongholds.

(End of this chapter)