Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 907, Section 117: What are you going to do, Bennett?
"Should I lead the rest of the men to join KK?"

Gagozab could hardly believe his ears.

Is this something Bennett would say?

As Gago anticipated, Bennett might disagree, given his unwavering loyalty to Hansen. Gago was prepared to persuade him, or if he failed, to fight on the spot and offer Bennett's life as a pledge of loyalty.

After Bennett shouted something that sounded like he was about to fight to the death, he turned around and, without waiting for Gago to speak, told Gago to go and join KK.
These are the words I wanted to say!

Is this something Bennett would say?
Gago found it unbelievable.

He knew Bennett; while the guy wasn't as much of a violent idiot as he appeared, he was definitely not that smart either.

How could Bennett possibly have figured out and spoken about something that even he himself needed to weigh? This was completely outside of his planned script.

How come Bennett suddenly became smarter after Hansen died?

While Gago was somewhat taken aback, Bennett continued, "I don't intend to go and join the KK, but now we have no way to survive if we don't join the KK. Neither New America nor Dogtown will let us go, and we have nowhere to go."

As he spoke, his gaze swept past Gago and fell upon Dogtown in the distance: “I’m not exactly a good person to my men, nor am I truly devoted to the Colonel, but there are some things I have to do.”

Bennett wasn't stupid; he had figured out his future path.

Even if he went back to join KK, he could only be an ordinary soldier or a gatekeeper at best. There was absolutely no way he could go back to the past, and there was nowhere in the world he could go.

Even if he wanted to start over, given that most of the Netherhounds came from Dogtown, he wouldn't be able to take too many people with him. Not to mention that he had never been kind to his subordinates, and only a few could truly be considered his confidants.

Rather than falling to the bottom, it's better to do something.

Do what Chester Bennett, the hound of the underworld, would do.

Hansen's judgment was indeed brilliant to have chosen Bennett as his successor and have Gago assist him.

Because Bennett, in the end, is the same kind of person as Hansen.

Although he may not be as good as Hansen in many ways, and he doesn't have the same methods that Hansen has that Gago needs to fill, he is exactly the same as Hansen in one aspect.

That is, it's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.

Bennett would rather die than become an ordinary person again, just as Hansen would rather die than be trapped in Dogtown.

Hansen died as the King of Dogtown, so Bennett intends to act in the same way as the Hound of the Underworld!

Consider it a way of repaying Colonel Hansen for all the years of training he has given us.

Bennett knew that if Kurt Hansen were really alive and had successfully carried out his plan, he himself would inevitably have other ideas at that time.

But now that the man is dead, he doesn't mind remembering this 'loyalty' as a way of repaying him.

What Bennett are you going to do?

Bennett said in the channel that he wanted the current Specters to join KK, and all the Specters who followed them knew about the plans of the two leaders.

Although some among them were unwilling, they were a minority. Compared to the majority of the hounds who were unsettled upon hearing that KK was now the king of Dogtown, their numbers were still too small. "What am I going to do?"

Bennett glanced around at the surrounding hound vehicles, his gaze sweeping over the remaining hounds.

Those who followed Bennett and Gago were the elite of the Ghost Hounds, but now there are less than two hundred of these elites left.

At its peak, the Hound of the Underworld had nearly ten thousand members. In Night City, where the population had swelled to eight million, Hansen's ability to cultivate such a large private army in just one corner of Dogtown speaks volumes about his capabilities.

It's important to understand that a standard infantry regiment in the new United States only has three or four thousand men, yet Hansen rose to power after the troops were scattered, making Ghosthounds larger than any other gang in Night City. He was undoubtedly an outstanding figure.

However, after the conflict with the new United States and a series of personnel losses, Bennett estimates that fewer than 5,000 Ghosthounds remain.

The casualties were secondary; the greater loss was the number of people who no longer wanted to be Spectral Hounds. Bennett estimated that even if KK unified the Spectral Hound forces around the stadium, he wouldn't have more than three thousand former Spectral Hounds under his command, which was about the size of an average Night City gang.

The Ghost Hound has turned into this.

Whether it was out of a sense of awe or a feeling of relief after making a decision, Bennett answered Gago's question about what he was going to do.

"I'm going to kill that bitch Miles."

An extremely simple answer.

Bennett has no intention of seeking revenge against KK, who killed Colonel Hansen.

First, he genuinely didn't consider himself a match for KK; second, he genuinely didn't believe that killing KK would undo anything.

Everything he fought for has now failed, so in the end, he can do something with his own abilities.

Colonel Hansen died fighting against the New America, who betrayed them during the operation.

Ultimately, the Ghost Hounds organization was originally a group of abandoned people who refused to be abandoned, so they gathered together, barely surviving while plotting revenge against the new America.

Now that Hansen is dead and the Hound of the Underworld has dispersed, Bennett, a veteran who once followed Hansen in carrying out the Midnight Storm, is still alive. In that case, let him represent the Hound of the Underworld and complete the original purpose.

What is Midnight Storm?
That was President Miles's order. During the Unification Wars, in order to facilitate the subsequent attack on Night City, she issued an order hoping that the troops could establish a new outpost south of Night City. Hansen and Bennett executed that operation brilliantly, capturing Dogtown for the new America.

But after that, the new America abandoned them under Myers' orders.

Miles has always acted this way, treating her subordinates as pawns for personal gain; it's an instinct ingrained in her very being.

Now, the price of each past betrayal is mounting, returning to her time and time again.

Hansen's confrontation with her was the embodiment of this retribution, and now, the pointer of fate has firmly pointed to Bennett.

Midnight storm.

The clock has struck midnight.

Chester Bennett, a remnant of Midnight Storm and a member of the Wraith Hounds, took the last complete set of equipment contributed by the Wraith Hounds and left with a few of the last Wraith Hound veterans.

(End of this chapter)