Cyberpunk: From Dogville to Legend

Chapter 92 Showing Weakness and Sending News (Second Update)
It's been a week, and Hans still isn't going to stop.

Lin Yue felt somewhat helpless after getting up and seeing a variety of unpleasant news.

Lin Yue knew that it was unpleasant to have one's business squeezed out, but this problem would actually be resolved soon.

The two middlemen interfered with each other using various shady methods, making Taipingzhou even more chaotic than before.

Recently, Lin Yue's intelligence network has fallen into a very unfavorable situation. Angie's territory has been squeezed into Dog Town after this week, and now Taipingzhou is basically divided up by the Savage King's tribe and the Voodoo Gang. Lin Yue's reach is somewhat limited.

It was actually within Lin Yue's expectations that Hanz would be able to connect with the Voodoo Gang.

This Pecho Petrochemical has been entrenched in Taiping Island for a long time. Even when V went to the Voodoo Gang to investigate clues, it was Mr. Hanz who made the connection. However, my oppressive behavior forced Hanz to spend money to make his territory smaller.

Saving money wisely is indeed necessary. Lin Yue's account is receiving less and less money, and he even has to spend a lot of money to pay Angie's side for their work. Meanwhile, Lin Yue has also sent Mann's team to deal with the mercenaries in the city who work for Hans. The two middlemen are now in a situation where neither of them can gain anything.

My wallet was spending money like water, and my nearly one million euros pocket was slowly reduced to a few hundred thousand euros.

When Hanz's resistance first began, Lin Yue knew that dragging things out like this wasn't a good idea; with his limited resources, he couldn't outmaneuver Hanz by throwing money at him.

But Lin Yue knew one thing: something was definitely amiss when things seemed out of the ordinary.

Hanz is the kind of person who behaves well for a while after being hit, but this time he was unexpectedly tough, as if he wasn't afraid to go to war with Lin Yue at all.

Lin Yue lit a cigarette and began making calls one by one to inquire about the situation.

Lin Yue's solution to this large-scale confrontation was to turn the tables on them.

Since Jenkins had promised that Arasaka would help Lin Yue resolve his troubles when the time was right, Lin Yue figured he might as well take advantage of it. He even started to show weakness and brought up the recent unfavorable situation to Jenkins.

Jenkins was true to his word. The counterintelligence personnel that V had previously recommended to him were all used by Lin Yue. They didn't use company accounts or cash, but instead used the entire team to deal with the outside help that Hans had brought in one by one.

In fact, Arakasaka has done very little for himself so far:

The first time was so that Lin Yue could gain a foothold in Dogtown. V stood on Lin Yue's side to prevent the biotechnology from retaliating.

Then there was the task of protecting Lin Yue's information from falling into Mr. Hans's hands. Of course, this process was marred by two leaks, so it wasn't particularly smooth. As for the money... it was the least Arasaka could offer.

So this time, Lin Yue didn't plan to take the blame himself. He described his situation as quite bad and asked Arasaka to find someone to step in.

Sometimes, being in a losing position makes it easier to understand what cards your opponent is playing.

Lin Yue is analyzing Hanz's motives.

He was drawing something on the coffee table, reviewing the latest intelligence reports.

With his vast wealth and connections, Mr. Hans has brought most of the Pacific Island region back under his control, and this behavior is not only not stopping, but is continuing to escalate.

Hmm, this seems familiar. During the time I was close to Arasaka, I was just as carefree as him.

"So it seems someone is backing Mr. Hans..."

A cryptic smile appeared on Lin Yue's face. In fact, this signal was not a good one. Hanz dared to take such action because he was testing his bottom line, and on the other hand, he might have learned something. He was not afraid that the matter would be exposed to Hansen, which proved that the evidence he had used to threaten Hanz might be invalid.

Could it really be that mysterious Cuban group?

In fact, he himself knew nothing about the Cuban Group's strength. All he knew about it was that it was a large conglomerate that produced illicit goods. He had no answers to questions about its strength, how powerful it was, or its influence in Night City.

All he knew was that Hansen was almost clearly backed by a Cuban control group, and that Hanz was one of the people Cuba was supporting. After all, the first thing that happened after Hansen fell was that Hanz manipulated Bennett to come to power.

Having struggled his way up to where he is now, Lin Yue has gradually come to understand corporate hegemony.

In other words, Dogtown is actually an armed supply company that buys and sells weapons and is responsible for selling Cuban contraband. These are all obvious characteristics of corporatization.

A country cannot be without a leader for a day, and neither can a company. Saburo Arasaka rushed to put his son into the body so that the power of the giant company could continue. Even if Hansen of Dogtown kicked the bucket, someone would take his place so that the company machine could continue to run.

Lin Yue had a vague feeling that this mysterious group was starting to make its move. From the Tiger Claw Gang's siege to Hanz's strong pressure, he had a terrible feeling of being used as a pawn.

After finishing his deliberations, Lin Yue immediately gave Mann's team an order to probe his old friend's capabilities. While he did the order, Lin Yue himself was extremely unhappy with the current situation.

To be fair, these issues are easily resolved if one can install a faceplate; in the end, it all boils down to this... As long as the behavioral characteristic faceplate can be installed, none of this can restrain him.

He could use this thing to achieve complete invisibility, control the mercenary squad and the Animal Gang's intelligence network through remote communication, and infiltrate the Ghost Hound to gather more intelligence, forming a complete control chain. In that case, he could perfectly replace Hans and avoid being purged by the colonel. This was currently the most ideal solution...

"Falida, where are you?"

Lin Yue muttered to himself, tapping his fingertips incessantly. He had given Angie an order long ago: to find a female prosthetic doctor in Dogtown, and to report anyone who fit the female description. Having failed to find one, he turned his attention to the Watson District.

Because, in my memory, this mysterious prosthetic doctor had said she came from Watson District.

Recently, Lin Yue has spent a lot of money, and he has been having An Qi send people to search for Farida in the city, but they haven't found anyone.

The problem with this obsolete technology is that it's very difficult to find someone to perform the surgery.

Just then, Angie called.

She sounded tired and flustered, as if she hadn't slept all night: "Boss, there are other mercenaries in Dogtown now, and they've started dealing with our people."

"You know the situation in Taipingzhou—many of my downlines have been disconnected."

Rin's voice was quite calm: "Do you know the background of the Dogtown mercenaries?"

Angie said that apart from knowing that they came from the city, she didn't know any other information. She then apologized and said that she would go down and find the hackers to check the background of these people.

Lin Yue added, "No need... Your men should hold back for now."

Angie's tone was hesitant, "You... need to make a decision quickly. We have no idea where we might be attacked. If this continues, we won't even be able to protect Dogtown..."

She was afraid that Mr. Rin's affairs would be affected, because that would reduce her own value by half.

Seemingly realizing that she had said something inappropriate, Angie softly apologized.

However, the expected scolding did not occur, and to Angie's surprise, Rin agreed.

His tone always seemed reassuring and calm:

“Ms. Anqi, don’t worry—we’re in this business together, and you’re not the only one who will suffer losses.”

"Bring your people in; minimize the losses."

Now that Hanz's retaliation is coming on strong, Lin Yue has completed the first step of his plan: playing dumb.

In a flurry of activity, Arakawa consulted Jenkins, and found that he had also started doing business with Hans.

Another reason for showing weakness is to reassure Jenkins, since Arasaka doesn't trust him as much as he seems on the surface.

Sure enough, when Jenkins learned that Lin Yue was being squeezed by local middlemen, all the cyberpunks that Hanz had recruited from Night City were dealt with by people employed by the company.

It is foreseeable that the situation will gradually reverse, resulting in a 50/50 split of the territory.

Sometimes, showing weakness can actually win you more.

Lin Yue seems to be naturally adept at corporate infighting.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing... You must come to me yourself or send someone you trust."

Lin Yue's spirits lifted. Could it be that there was some progress on the prosthetic body issue?
So he said, "It's good to send someone to check the accounts. I'll have Lin Yue go over in a few days."

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(End of this chapter)