Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 100: The Nameless Soldier (4.3K)

Behavioral Characteristic Faces:

[Behavioral characteristics ready]...

[Name of recipient]: Fintara Pillay

[Status]: Normal
Signal Strength: 100%
[Entry successful]

Lin Yueyi finished reading all the data on the face in his eyes. The man sitting opposite him, who was fixed in a chair, stared wide-eyed at Lin Yueyi's face as if he were looking at a devil.

From this guy's perspective, Lin Yue's face looked like a rolling sheet of dough, with bulges appearing from time to time underneath, as if a demon was about to break free of the flesh.

"How are you, Sasha? Is everything alright?"

Sasha on the other end of the phone had a serious expression on her face, as if she were studying something.

"It's complicated, but the data I wrote here should be fine. Take the separation chip out of the computer and reload it. It seems like we missed a layer of code."

Lin Yue reached out his hand, and the guy opposite him trembled violently.

I thought this boss's enemy's mercenary was going to do something to me.

Lin Yue shook his head, inserted the chip into his neck, and an extraordinary technology unfolded before the bodyguard, Hanz.

Personal demeanor, language style, micro-expressions, behavioral correction...

One by one, the data items were loaded.

At this moment, Lin Yue's figure gradually began to resemble Fentara's, his face changed in a rhythmic rolling motion, and even his hairstyle became exactly the same—

"What the hell are you?"

"What do you think?" "Fentara" sneered, his voice exactly the same.

The bound bodyguard felt a chill run down his spine, his body tensed, and his crotch became wet.

He looked at the man opposite him as if he were looking in a mirror. If someone could perfectly replace him, did that mean...?

[Caller: Ventara Pillay]

Sasha looked at the phone in the communication system and said, "Not bad, it looks quite professional, and the digital identity is synchronized."

Lin Yue stood up, his appearance unchanged, and leaned down to ask, "Do you know why Hanz has been targeting my boss lately?"

The bodyguard, who was already terrified, could only shake his head.

Lin Yue sighed and placed his hand on the top of the guy's head:

"Not going to talk? Then you'll have to go."

The bodyguard's face twitched, and as he sensed the hand on his head tightening, he roared:

"I don't know! He just told me to go after you guys, and then find informants to investigate what jobs you've taken on—"

"And one more thing! And one more thing... we need to figure out the Animal Gang, your boss's business layout, so we can take it back! That's all! Really."

Lin Yue nodded, having guessed that Hanz would be very cautious, but he didn't expect that the bodyguards following him would be so heavily guarded.

"It seems your boss doesn't really trust you..."

Lin Yue was about to say the next sentence when he realized that Sasha was still online.

Sasha remained silent on the other end, seemingly observing the situation.

The call ended.

Sasha, sprawled on the sofa in a private room at Lizhi Bar, was so angry she was kicking her feet. She was about to find out what Lin Yue was up to!

Annoying!

At this moment, driven by his survival instinct, the bodyguard began to mutter, "Please, I don't want to die."

Lin Yue sighed and pointed to the ground. "Tell me where this is?"

Caught off guard by the question, the bodyguard tentatively replied, "Dog...Dogtown?"

Lin Yue nodded. "Dogtown, Night City, we're all just trying to survive. Don't you understand that when you're with Hanz?"

After saying that, he got up, walked past the bodyguard, and without even looking back, fired a shot behind him.

boom!
Gunshots echoed through the abandoned buildings scattered throughout Dogtown, while on the streets, people continued taking their medication, watching Mewtwo, and even the Spectre on duty didn't bother to look back in the direction of the gunshots.
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Angie paced back and forth with her hands on her hips.

The situation was already very bad. Mr. Rin's disconnection, coupled with Hans's increasingly obvious meddling recently, meant that even though she didn't know what the higher-ups were seeing, she knew that her boss was starting to lose power.

To be honest, she really liked this boss: he paid money promptly and efficiently, only checked the accounts once, was willing to spend money to win people's hearts, and gave Anqi a great deal of freedom.

Angie didn't know what to do with the profits that had arrived in her account over the past two weeks, so she could only keep calling Rin.

"屮!"

Even though the situation was already so unclear, the leader of the animal gang still had her subordinates convert the profits into cash and pile them up in the safe in her office.

She could sense that the boss had deep connections with the company in some ways. Just as the traitor had said, those who partnered with company dogs would only end up being sold out. Moreover, she also discovered that Hanz's informants had all been taken care of by mercenaries hired by middlemen in the city. She couldn't think of any other force besides the company that could pull off such a large network of connections.

Even the most clueless person would know that if Rin messed up, she wouldn't be able to escape either. The middlemen in Dogville were gradually freeing up their hands, and she was not far from her death. Although the Animal Gang's business continued as usual, the feeling of impending storm made her quite passive.

Just then, the automatic door opened, and Angie stubbed out her cigarette, yelling impatiently:
"I told you not to fucking come in... Who are you?"

Two burly mercenaries slowly walked in, their chins slightly tucked in, their posture upright, and their hands crossed in front of their abdomens.

Angie slowly moved backward, placing her hand on the baseball bat behind her.

One of the bald men shrugged, his prosthetic markings on his face somewhat gruesome. "Madam," he said, "I advise you not to do this."

Angie was surprisingly calm. "Were they Hanz's men? Breaking into my place in the middle of the night and knocking down my brother, do they not want this business anymore? — Or is it that my boss isn't here, and they're looking for trouble at this crucial moment?"

The man continued, “You guessed right, madam… You should be thankful that Mr. Hans is kind. So we’re here to settle some business. Take your ledgers and come with us.”

Angie's tone was icy, "You're really not afraid that his mercenaries will cause you trouble, are you?"

At this moment, another silent mercenary chuckled:
"Just in case you don't understand the situation, I'm letting you know that our boss knows he's in trouble—"

"As for those mercenaries? If they're not making any money, they've probably all run off to the city to pick up girls... Those idiots aren't qualified to even try and get close to our boss while he's preoccupied with his own thoughts."

Angie's heart sank. She knew something was wrong, but she didn't know exactly what had happened.

Seeing that Anqi's doubts deepened and she seemed on the verge of resistance, the bodyguard gestured for her to calm down. "Let me put it this way," he said, "your boss, that company dog,'s gotten himself into a bunch of messy trouble, and nobody knows where he is. Those mercenaries probably smelled it before you did and are already running away with their heads in their pants—"

"How was it? You spent half the day watching his money bag, being treated like a dog... Wouldn't it be better to find a different boss?"

The man took a few steps, his fingers tracing Angie's face. Angie stiffened. "So where's our boss's money, ma'am?"

The man glanced behind him and said, "Stop looking. They're already struggling to take care of themselves. Who do you expect to come and rescue you?"

Another person added dismissively, "Don't push your luck, you bitch! Our boss has been very patient."

Angie snorted coldly, "A bunch of idiots..."

At that moment, a cold weapon pressed against the mercenary's neck, and the smell of smoke wafted from behind. Lin Yue's voice was low: "Oh? We're getting impatient too. Old dog Hanz is already panting? Didn't you want me to come...? Here I am." "So eager to get the money? Is your boss short of cash to buy his wife a T-shirt?"

Lin Yue had a cigarette dangling from his lips, and the gun he was holding was the [Tsunami Military Industry - Nue], its black barrel as cold as his eyes.

The mercenary standing in front of Angie was the first to react and immediately drew his gun—

"I am!"

Lin Yue tossed his pistol high into the air and punched the guy in front of him in the face. The guy staggered because of the attack from the gorilla's arm. Lin Yue's elbow hit his throat, and he unleashed his special ability to rush forward quickly.

The guy, who had just taken a heavy punch to the face, was then slammed back against the wall by Lin Yue's hard elbow. The momentum, combined with Lin Yue's extraordinary strength, caused him to stagger backward and slam against the wall!
Just as another mercenary pulled out his gun, the spinning eagle fell steadily into Lin Yue's hand. He didn't even look at the mercenary who was trying to draw his gun, but pointed the gun straight at him.

It was so fast; it all happened in just a second or two.

The mercenary in front of Angie tried to see what kind of prosthetic body this guy named Lin Yue had.

"Still want to move?"

Uh……

The two mercenaries, who had risked their lives together, never imagined that they would be subdued by a young man in just a few seconds.

The mercenary next to Angie wanted to use her as leverage, shouting, "You, you're Lin Yue?!"

The mercenary pinned against Lin Yue's elbow was nearly suffocating, while the one who had tried to take Angie hostage suddenly lit up, probably wanting to contact Hanz—

"Oh!"

The gun's sharp, explosive sound echoed through the room, three shots in a row. Lin Yue used the typical Mozambican shooting method, two shots to the torso and one to the head.

The mercenary pinned against the wall by Lin Yue, his left cheek swollen, watched as his companion, with three bloody holes gurgling out of his body, slowly collapsed to the ground with a muffled thud. The lack of oxygen caused his brain to once again unleash a powerful will to survive.

Lin Yue delivered a powerful knee strike, shattering the guy's crotch.

"Ugh, damn it!" The mercenary's body tensed up, almost losing his balance, and he immediately lost the strength to resist.

A sinister smile crept across Lin Yue's lips. The gorilla suddenly exerted force in its arm, and a muffled thud came from the mercenary's throat and cervical spine as he collapsed limply to the ground.

"Depend on!"

Angie watched all this with astonishment and uncertainty. Lin Yue killed two of Hanz's elite soldiers in just a few breaths!
Damn it, this guy came in with a murderous look on his face—

She swallowed hard. Would this madman kill her too?

This guy looks exactly like the kind of killer who deals with the aftermath.

She was right after all. Lin Yue took the cigarette butt from his mouth and flicked it aside, pointing the gun directly at An Qi. He walked step by step to the most intelligent woman in the animal gang:

"Where's the money?"

Now that things have come to this, these gang members are probably already in cahoots with Hanz. Lin Yue is no longer willing to trust Angie. Instead, he wants to use the money to upgrade and equip the team for one last big heist.

Unexpectedly, Angie, who was on guard, slowly released her grip on the baseball bat, making a series of clanging sounds.

She tried to dissuade Lin Yue: "It's all in the safe—"

"But you'd better not do that, I know you need the money! But...but this is the boss's..."

Lin Yue looked calmly at An Qi, then suddenly turned his hand behind him and accurately knocked the camera down.

It seems this woman still thinks she can turn the tables?

The deafening gunshots rang in Angie's ears, but the woman remained unfazed.

Lin Yue sneered and asked tentatively, "Boss? Didn't you hear that guy say the boss is too busy to take care of himself?"

Angie shook her head. "You know what? Hanz came to collect the debt instead of killing me because there's no one else who can clean up this mess of the Animal Gang for him right now. Once he's free, I'll die anyway. So I won't touch this money until I'm sure the boss is somewhere."

Ha, that's quite clever—but whether he's still truly loyal is another matter.

Lin Yue sighed almost imperceptibly. An Qi had worked hard, even if she hadn't done anything particularly meritorious. The matter had already escalated to such a great extent that Lin Yue should be more lenient towards this business partner, both morally and logically.

Then let's each go our own way.

He bent down, placed the large bag he was carrying on his back in front of him, asked Anqi for the password to open the safe, and then filled it with gleaming cash. "I'll keep half for you. Transfer out your working capital. Same old rule, half for each of you..."

Angie looked horrified. "Are you crazy?! There's money for the Netherhound in there. If I take it, I'll be asking for death. Don't do it either!"

As she spoke, the woman, unafraid that Lin Yue would shoot her dead, placed her hands on her backpack.

"Listen, Lin Yue, you've worked for the boss for so long, why are you quitting so quickly? The boss is definitely not in any danger... at least those two guys didn't say where the boss's body is—do you think this boss only cares about money?! Are you even human?! Damn it!"

This action was undoubtedly offensive, but Lin Yue actually felt a slight softening in his heart—

It must be very difficult in this city.

Lin Yue pushed An Qi's hand away and stuffed a large wad of money into his backpack. "You don't have to take all the money—if you don't agree to this plan... then I have a new one. Do you want to hear it?"

Angie lit a cigarette with trembling hands, nodded her head, and plopped down on the ground.

Lin Yue's expression remained hidden in the shadows, as casually as if he were discussing where to have dinner tonight. "Give me a map that looks like it's full of worries, and I'll kill that dog—or rather, I came back here just to kill this old idiot, how about that?"

Angie was stunned for a long time, then suddenly smiled with a touch of sadness.

In her view, it had come to the point of getting rid of Hans, which was undoubtedly the worst possible outcome.

Lin Yue: "Disagree? Then let's each take our money and go our separate ways—"

Angie interrupted, "I agree!"

She said in an increasingly firm tone:
"Do you know how much I've suffered and how many risks I've taken to get to where I am in the Animal Gang? It's all thanks to Rin who helped me get to this point. I don't think he'll lose—I never want to be a nobody who can't even keep a penny again. I'd rather be dead!"

"Dogtown, Night City, is where I will go last."

Lin Yue slowed down his loading of the money and listened quietly to An Qi's words.

Angie looked at the half-full cash remaining in the safe and knew that the guy in front of her had agreed to let her join him.

Lin Yue stood up, patted the backpack on his back, and said, "You can keep some of the profits to buy guns and recruit people... I'm going to use my share to equip our entire team. Take the footage from the security camera to Hanz and tell him that I stole your money. If you want it, come find me."

"If you decide to take this gamble—to get the highest profit—then bear the risk yourself. It's best that Hans won't kill you anytime soon."

"Trust me, you'll definitely be needed for this big job."

Assassinating the king... the perfect plot twist.

The intelligent and eccentric woman nodded, and the hint of hesitation gradually disappeared.

Lin Yue looked directly into An Qi's eyes with an indescribable meaning, "Ms. An Qi, if you don't want to be a nobody, then get moving. Let's give this Mr. Hans a good lesson."

Angie's smile was ruthless; the leader of the animal gang was back.
"Extremely happy!"

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(End of this chapter)