Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 41 The Know-It-All [Please Read Further]

What is a middleman?
Receive customer inquiries about needs, and receive tasks from the team.
Lin Yue knew that wasn't enough.

The "two-pronged approach" relies on smooth information channels, reliable clients fully revealing their true needs, intermediaries assessing the feasibility and risks of the task, and assigning tasks to reliable and efficient individuals.

The entire process was seamless, and Lin Yue even brought the military's style of doing things with him.

All contingency plans must be completed meticulously, and various unforeseen circumstances will be considered in advance.

Although Mann found it troublesome, Lin Yue still did as he was told.

Lin Yue recalled a quote from Hansen, a former military technology officer: "Think clearly about what you're going to do before you go to the battlefield."

Judging from the results of the commissions, this process is indeed feasible. Except for the first commission where Hans and Biotechnology tricked Arasaka into getting trapped, the other two commissions were completed cleanly and efficiently.

The Cleaners and the Vortex Gang were furious.

Angie's request was quite complicated, mainly due to the issues of information channels and task requirements.

Without leaving a trace, they needed to thoroughly investigate Aye's movements, who always traveled with thugs, and find an opportunity to strike.

To check travel information, you obviously need to find a hacker, and Lin Yue has a way.

After half a day of discussion, it was discovered that the matter was not as easy as imagined.

In Lin Yue's words, it's easy to find traitors among the Ghost Dogs, but difficult to find members of the Animal Gang.

The members of this gang don't really like cybernetic modifications, and they don't do much online surveillance. If you want to investigate them, you have to follow them up close or find informants.

From this perspective, it seems that we can't count on the information experts within Night City.

Lin Yue hung up the phone with [Nix] and stroked his chin, pondering how to dig out Aye's travel information.

The road to the stadium was quite long. Lin Yue planned to get a car after this job was done, for example, Shi Zhongjian.
Lin Yue walked while looking at the messages sent by the car dealer on his phone, and then he found this streamlined sports car in the car model list.

Lin Yue, who had been staring at the screen for a while, looked grim. He turned off his phone and put it in his pocket. What a load of rubbish!
One million euros?

The guy who created the character was obsessed with mods in his past life, never imagining this car would be enough to kill him.

No, 100,000 can buy your life? Lin Yue couldn't help but sneer. This was truly a hellish joke.

Hey! Amigo!

Lin Yue walked with his head down, unaware that the drunkards next to him were calling him.

Lin Yue looked at the long-haired man running excitedly towards him. The guy's clothes were tattered and his hair was dirty... Dogtown's traditional attire.

"Where have I seen you in boxing?"

The man patted Lin Yue on the shoulder casually, "Thank goodness for you, buddy! I almost lost everything lately! Luckily, you're here... the money I made this time is enough to feed me for a month!"

"Speaking of which... hiccup! Your prosthetic body isn't some kind of ghost hound, is it?"

Lin Yue thought for a moment, "Sort of, but not really—I'm just out here begging for a living."

"Hey guys! This is the guy I told you about who took down the black rhinoceros from the Animal Gang. That prosthetic body of his is really ruthless! He punched that idiot so hard he couldn't even tell which way was which."

Several gamblers and vagrants from Dogtown surrounded Lin Yue, all wanting to see what Lin Yue's arm looked like.

Lin Yue didn't think these few Dogtown residents with their unpleasant smells were blocking his way. These unemployed vagrants who hung out on the streets every day were either in debt or had criminal records... but he could still try to find out something from them.

Lin Yue pulled out a cigarette case from his pocket and displayed a series of traditional Eastern skills.

Smoke them all!
"Dude, you're not like those stupid dogs! You're not a cop, are you?" The drunkard burped, thinking that free cigarettes were pure bliss!
Lin Yue smiled and shook his head, "I just wanted to ask a few questions. Do you guys see the Animal Gang members often?"

At this moment, a man with a rusty prosthetic face said, "The Animal Gang operates in the area of ​​underground boxing and prosthetic doctors in the back mountains. It's all Aye's territory. You can see some of their small fry there."

Lin Yue nodded, "I'd like to ask this boss for connections, is there any way?"

The man shook his head. "The Animal Gang has plenty of capable fighters. They won't even look at you with your prosthetic body... At most, you can fight in underground boxing matches to earn some profit for them."

Lin Yue shrugged. "That's fine too, as long as it makes money, anything is possible."

"Hey buddy, is it really that bad? You don't look like you're down on your luck, so why are you humiliating yourself like this? If you ask me, you should go to that underground boxing ring and cause trouble. In a few days, the Ghost Dogs will have to carry you back to work for them."

Lin Yue shook his head, "I just love boxing."

"Hey, you..."

“Then go ask the know-it-all,” the somewhat silent man continued. “Turn left at the black market in the stadium, there’s a bastard who sells all sorts of weird stuff like sunglasses. He’s got connections, he can help you. The Animal Gang isn’t always out there, so be careful not to get beaten half to death by those bodyguards.”

Lin Yue achieved his goal, "Thanks, buddy!"

At the EBM Peizhuo Petrochemical Stadium, Lin Yue stood in the aisle looking at the bustling crowd and noticed that there were too many people selling sunglasses and all sorts of junk.

I should have asked that know-it-all what he looked like back then.

Lin Yue had no choice but to ask them one by one.

The first stall was run by a yawning Japanese woman. Lin Yue glanced at Mewtwo, mustered his courage, and asked:
Are you a know-it-all?

Lin Yue: Oh my god, I really think I'm an idiot.

The woman raised her eyelids slightly. "What are you talking about, you bastard?"

Lin Yue stood up. This awkward situation had happened several times before. The last stall was occupied by a skinny old man wearing a Mewtwo headband, whose body was twitching uncontrollably.

"Still going strong for his age," Lin Yue said, holding Mewtwo with a complicated expression.

Let him finish having fun.

The light from the Mewtwo Ring faded, and the old man glanced at Lin Yue, who was squatting in front of the stall. "Take a look."

"I'm looking for a know-it-all."

The old man stared intently at Lin Yue. "That movie is really exciting, young man. 50 euros, no bargaining."

Yes.

Lin Yue watched the ghostly hound patrol soldiers behind him walk away. "Name your price. I need someone from the animal gang. Any travel information or anything is fine."

The old man shook his head. "I can find out a little bit, but I can't guarantee all the information. I dug this out from all over Dogtown. How you do it is up to you."

Lin Yue remembered what Nix had told him: apart from the Ghost Hounds, the residents of Dogtown had difficulty getting electricity, let alone accessing the network. To track this information, the only way was to develop a location tracking program and install it in that guy's head to analyze valuable information.

Lin Yue nodded, "Okay, as long as you can get things done, money is no problem."

Old man: "Pay first, three thousand euros."

Lin Yue sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? You ask for three thousand right off the bat... Do a good job, and I'll give you the rest. Maybe we'll have a long-term partnership in the future."

Just as the two were discussing the scope of subsequent information gathering, a hand reached out to Lin Yue's shoulder...
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【Nix】：2077's main body, the hacker at the Rebirth Bar. The mission involving Bartmos's corpse will be linked to this hacker. You can look up the details yourself. This article does not involve Bartmos for now.

(End of this chapter)