Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 507 "The Intelligence Scammer"

"Damn it, I knew it!"

Sasha clenched her fists even tighter, the gun almost touching the guy's forehead...

Their group had only been in Warsaw for less than a week since arriving from Frankfurt. Rin's requirement was to quickly take over the underground in Warsaw, which led them to overlook many complex relationships and forces. Now, this guy was clearly here to investigate and play the scammer's game.

Information fraudsters are common everywhere.

Lin Yue gestured to Sasha, "Let him go for now. He never intended to go back alive... He just wanted to probe our situation and sell us some information that might cause us trouble—but if that's the case, I won't do as you wish."

"Give me the gun."

Sasha hesitated for a moment, then blocked the doorway and handed the gun to Lin Yue as well.

"Just answer my questions, okay?"

Lin Yue always believed that everyone has a weakness, so he immediately raised his gun, waiting for the guy to reveal his weakness on his own—

Sure enough, the guy's comical expression vanished, replaced by a cold laugh. "You think I'd listen to you? Even if you shot me a few times, I wouldn't tell you anything... Besides, since you're still being polite, let me tell you: don't get involved with Mad Dwarf's information. If you do, you'll die!"

Lin Yue was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Really? Looks like you had to come here to spread misinformation, right? Is there some kind of leverage or other person or matter that your backers have got hold of?"

The guy's expression was perfectly straight, but Lin Yue was certain he had guessed some things correctly.

"Let's take a lie detector test."

This was the first time Lin Yue had used this military technology. Specifically, it involved using powerful software to crack the relevant physical indicators of brain-computer interfaces and access the database and memory storage of individuals with low privileges. Of course, it couldn't read their true thoughts—even so, the accuracy rate was still over 90%.

Sasha grabbed him and, while the guy struggled violently, inserted the human-computer interaction cable.

"I'm sorry, but I'm a very serious person... It's a small matter if you die, but you would be in great pain if you lost something or someone you wanted to protect, right?"

Asking questions is an art.

Lin Yue learned a lot from V and Emma in this regard.

Although the guy didn't speak, Sasha noticed his intense emotional fluctuations and nodded slightly.

"As you can see, I have Arasaka's spies here almost every day... so I don't care at all whether I have to go against Arasaka, I just want money—the leader of District D was eliminated so quickly, and the guy behind you had no one to cooperate with, so he came up with a dirty trick to kick me out. On this point, I can only say that he made a mistake."

"Not only will I spare your life and have you search for that guy, I'm prepared to make you witness the outcome you least want to see—"

Lin Yue's voice was light and airy, as if he were talking about something trivial.

"You're a lunatic...you're a fucking lunatic!!!"

The man roared in anger.

"Now that I have the gun, guess whose head the bullet will land on?"

Lin Yue toyed with the heavy weapon in his hand. Soon, the automatic door opened, and Lucy kicked a woman in…

To be honest, her makeup was rather questionable—a cheap smoky eye that had smudged with sweat, and her pink hair looked greasy. She was gritting her teeth and wailing, "You bunch of inhuman cyber lunatics, why are you doing this to a law-abiding citizen like me?!"

good?

No one in this world is truly innocent, especially in the underground streets of Warsaw.

The woman glanced awkwardly at the man on the sofa. "What are you doing?"

The woman had barely finished speaking when Lin Yue raised his gun. Startled, she tried to argue back—

A gunshot rang out.

The noisy bar outside seemed to freeze for a moment, then returned to normal. This kind of thing was all too common at Mama's Bar... Nobody cared whether the liquid, vomit, or blood was under their feet.

The man stared in horror at the woman lying stiffly on the ground, and even Lucy, who had brought the woman in, looked at him with a darkening expression.

Mr. Rin's determination... is truly remarkable.

Before this, Mr. Rin was usually quite lenient with those who weren't really enemies yet... It seems the situation in Warsaw is giving him a real headache.

At this moment, the ordinary-looking man was no different from a demon in the eyes of this "spy." There was no interrogation or inquiry; he simply opened fire. This kind of guy was not only smart but also knew how to exploit fear.

"This woman is your spy, isn't she?"

Lin Yue placed the gun on the coffee table.

“A smart person will choose the answer that is most advantageous to themselves. If the person behind you is confident in dealing with me... then he won't resort to such underhanded tactics. Why not consider us?”

Lin Yue looked at him, realizing that he had spared his life and helped him get rid of the spy who had been monitoring him today; this was already the maximum level of tolerance he could show.

"You don't understand at all..."

After a long while, the guy finally spoke.

"I admit, the fact that you can lead three top hackers makes you the most prestigious leader in the history of D District. No outsider has a guy as good as you. Even when I first heard about you, I thought it was some idiot making up some awesome little story."

"They haven't even investigated anything properly, yet they recklessly venture into this rotten land... Is it really just for money?! What a joke..."

Lin Yue remained silent, letting the other person release their fear.

The woman's blood slowly stained the ground, and the whole room was filled with the guy's wails.

"Have you cried enough?"

Lin Yue's intuition told him that Crazy Dwarf, Aragaka, and the mysterious person behind this guy were definitely closely related.

"Can...you really help me get Anata out?"

Anata?
Lin Yue made no guarantees. "There's no such thing as 100% certainty in this world, but at least you have a chance—can you really guarantee that after you've tricked me, that guy will let you go... Anata?"

The man sobbed, "That's not my Anata, that's my family..."

Lin Yue instantly understood.

"If you've made your choice, I advise you to tell me what you know."

This is when lie detectors truly begin to work.

"I can't believe you bunch of clueless outsiders managed to take care of Crazy Shorty... Okay, there was indeed a broker in District D, people used to call him Almighty Jesus."

Lin Yue had never heard of such an extremely mystical name in the intelligence he had gathered before entering Warsaw.

Sasha replied, "It's true." The man cursed, "I haven't lied since I walked in the door, okay? Open your eyes and look at my sincere gaze!"

Lucy chuckled coldly, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said quietly, "If this woman hadn't died in front of you, you might not have confessed all this... I'd like to know why those crazy dwarfs and their gang were so arrogant at Mama's Bar... What about the omnipotent Jesus you talked about? Aren't you afraid of Christians causing you trouble?"

"Christians? If there is a God—damn it, even crazy people on the street doing drugs and watching Mewtwo can go to heaven. Look at this world...it's fucking awful."

The man complained, “That guy unified District D for three years, and his biggest heist almost caused a major problem for Arasaka in Warsaw… Some say he has a large company in the Far East behind him, while others say he’s a wanderer… but no one has seen his true face since three years ago.”

"As you can see, only those low-class idiots like Crazy Dwarf sit in Mama's Bar and act like clowns. Arakasa sees them as nothing more than a bunch of monkeys!!"

At this point, the guy suddenly made a movement to get up—

Before Lin Yue could react, Sasha lost control of him, and Lin Yue watched as the guy pounced on him, shouting, "Arasaka knows everything, knows everything!!!"

The people here seem to have had their brains affected by industrial waste; they always seem a bit abnormal.

"Hey! Damn it..."

Sasha pulled him back, while Lin Yue saw Lucy frowning in the distance.

"Wasn't that charlatan named Jesus who rose to prominence because of a deal involving bringing Eastern European internet into Warsaw?"

Lucy's words made the man turn his head, and he carefully examined the girl. "You... stayed in Poland?"

The girl didn't deny it, but looked at Lin Yue and said, "That guy has most likely been recruited by the company, most likely Arasaka—as for how I know this, it's because unless Arasaka himself wants to sell it... we can't get this information no matter what."

"That guy (David) won't do it either."

The controlled man looked at Lucy, seemingly trying to recall if such a person existed in Sector D. "You guys really need to be strong enough to get rid of that crazy dwarf. If anyone else outside had recklessly barged in like that, death would have been the quickest and best outcome..."

Lin Yue had to start thinking about the virus.

“Tell me the whole story of the mad dwarf incident, and the charlatan behind you, tell me everything… My men will do everything in their power to get what you want, but you have to be prepared to gamble, because what I lack most is time, and what you lack is opportunity.”

The man gestured to Lin Yue to have Sasha behind him release him without disconnecting the human-computer interaction cable. After receiving the boss's approval, Sasha released the man.

“D District is part of Arasaka’s business. Every day, some people mysteriously disappear here, and some who have a great reputation die on the street the next day. We are just inexhaustible materials for Arasaka… I advise you not to get involved in Mad Dwarf’s business, but if you want to listen, I can tell you something.”

As he spoke, the guy started taking off his clothes.

The two hackers didn't react much. Lin Yue frowned repeatedly, wondering what this guy was planning to do. It wasn't until his body covered in hideous scars that a look of shock appeared in Lin Yue's eyes.

The crude stitching was worse than a man's embroidery skills; the bulge was shriveled and lumpy like a fleshy ball, with a winding, hideous scar—

"Maybe this little girl behind me hasn't heard of me. Crazy Shorty, he wasn't even worthy of licking my shoes before—never mind, it's because of this guy's perverse sense of humor that I became their piglet. What I mean by saying this is... I don't even know how many informants they have."

Lin Yue listened carefully, while mentally mapping out the relationship between Zone D and the company.

"When that guy disappeared three years ago, everything in District D was in chaos. There was fighting and killing, and Arasaka treated this place like a cesspool, throwing away whatever he could find. He even kept some lunatics who had been ruined by cybernetic bodies here to raise their own. But then he came back... No one has ever seen what he looks like. Anyone who disobeys him dies silently in their home the next day—I swear to God."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Sasha said, "It's a hacker."

Lin Yue looked at Sasha, who first indicated that the guy wasn't lying, and then said, "Sector D seems chaotic and free, but in reality, there are no hackers out there doing business. Is that right? In my opinion, there are probably hacker organizations that have a firm grip on sector D."

“We found that the traffic in the network area was ridiculously low; this was a strictly controlled data vacuum.”

Lin Yue pondered for a long time, and an organization he hadn't mentioned in a long time came to mind. Could it be the 404 organization?

"You're saying Arasaka is watching us right now? Fine..."

Lin Yue lit a cigarette, crossed his legs, and said, "Then let me ask you, who is your superior... who sent you here? Why can't we get any information about Crazy Dwarf? Based on the information I have now, we can seize Arasaka's assets according to plan."

Seeing that Lin Yue couldn't persuade him at all, the guy sat down dejectedly.

He had no choice but to pray that this guy really had the ability to handle those people.

"In Mad Dwarf's intelligence, there's a guy named Arasaka, with encrypted communication... I shouldn't have known about this, but Atana discovered that there are people from Arasaka in the encrypted communication method... and they're not low-level. Also, the so-called Arasaka assets are data that Warsaw has been responsible for extracting over the past few decades, the kind that's been concealed. Who knows what they'll uncover."

"I bet you're also wondering if that so-called blueprint is real, right?"

Lin Yue frankly admitted that he had some doubts.

"So you're saying Arasaka treats this place like an ecosystem, personally ensuring its operation? That doesn't match what I've heard..."

"Who knows where you guys came from! I swear they sent me to find the Mad Dwarf before this, but he was killed by you... oh no, and Arasaka too."

From this point on, Lin Yue stopped talking and quietly stared at the holographic projection behind the sofa opposite him, the light in his eyes dimming slightly.

Sasha and Lucy exchanged a glance. They knew Rin had already logged off. At this moment, Rin from North American Night City would likely be offline to discuss matters with Ms. V. So they brought her up—

"Come on, you'll stay in Mommy's basement for now, and don't go anywhere else."

Upon hearing this, the guy immediately became unhappy, "If I hadn't shown up today, they would definitely have killed Anata!"

"this…"

Sasha was at a loss. No one expected Rin to log off immediately. Could it be that he never intended to care about the life or death of this person and the "Anata" he mentioned?
Indeed, from the perspective of maximizing benefits, there is absolutely no need to waste energy on this guy.

In addition, Rin just shot the woman who was monitoring this "piglet" without warning, so it seems... Rin is much more cold-blooded than before.

Lucy, with an expression that suggested she had no intention of smoothing things over, slowly moved behind the agitated man, the single molecule in her hand barely visible...

"Anyway, living here is painful, isn't it?"

Lucy's cold voice came through.

Sasha was stunned—

Just as Lucy was about to execute this "useless" person, Rin's voice rang out in the private room.

"Let him go back. I'll stay in touch with him. I'll handle this personally!"

The shifty-eyed guy, realizing the voice clearly didn't come from that guy, immediately exclaimed, "What the hell! Another hacker?!"

He had already sensed that the white-haired girl with colorful highlights was going to kill him, and his eyes kept glancing behind him. But before he could hide his panic, a chill ran down his neck. "Then don't tell anyone about this, or I'll make sure you and your Atana are completely wiped out."

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(End of this chapter)