Chapter 622 Mr. Blue Eyes
Taiping Island.
This restarted area is no longer dirty and messy as it once was. After the reconstruction, Taiping Island has clean and tidy streets, various distinctive boutique shops on the roadside, and the people strolling on both sides of the road are no longer gang members in colorful clothes, but real tourists.
Boutique shops suitable for all ages, temporary prosthetic clinics that have sprung up everywhere, and groups of happy tourists wandering around on the streets...
This scene, which originally existed only in imagination, now appears before everyone.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to the handsome lottery number. Here, you will definitely have the most unforgettable time..."
In the very center of the gambling city, the projection head of handsome Jack is chattering about the city. As long as you step into this area, you can see the big blue projection head that can almost be regarded as a landmark building.
"Tsk, how narcissistic."
Jack, who drove here again, couldn't help but complain. This time no one stopped them and they drove the car in smoothly.
After entering Taiping Island, Jack didn't stop and drove directly to the company building he visited last time. Then he saw the big projected head in the center of the city halfway.
"He projected his big head in the middle of the city. Thanks to this masked face, he was able to do that."
"You can complain, but don't be so sour."
Xia Yu smiled at Jack, and maybe it was because they had the same name, but Jack's envy and jealousy towards the handsome guy was almost visibly evident to the naked eye.
Obviously, his current identity is also Jack, but he doesn't look jealous at all.
Oh, it turns out that handsome guy Jack is his subordinate. No wonder he is not jealous at all and even feels a little secretly happy. That’s fine.
"How am I jealous? Don't slander me. Be careful or I'll sue you for defamation. You are slandering me."
When Jack heard Xia Yu say that he was jealous, he looked unconvinced. Even if Xia Yu was right, he would never admit it.
"Your sourness can be used to pickle cucumbers, and you still say you are not sour? Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. Sometimes you should look for your own reasons. You are still broke after so many years. Have you worked hard?"
"Hey, that's too much personal attack."
V, who was standing by, listened to Xia Yu and Jack bickering, and couldn't help but look a little relaxed. The two of them didn't seem nervous at all, so she didn't feel nervous at all either.
"Okay, you two, we'll be there soon."
As the most reliable person among the three , V felt that it was his responsibility to remind the two of them not to relax too much.
"Why are you so nervous?"
Xia Yu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "With my charisma, that masked man would bow down to me and even worship me as his big boss."
"…It's not even dark yet, and you're already dreaming?"
"At least I dare to think about it, but you don't even dare to think about it, haha~"
"Who said I don't dare to think about it!"
V glared at Xia Yu with some dissatisfaction, raised his fist and said confidently: "I will modify two mantis blades today, and I will dare to challenge Adam Hammer tomorrow, and I will be able to raise the Arasaka Tower the day after tomorrow!"
"Wow, you're really awesome! You're definitely stronger than me. I can't even imagine fighting Adam Hammer alone."
"Humph, I dare to think about it!"
Seeing Xia Yu admit defeat, V looked very proud. After a few seconds, her proud expression froze and she couldn't help but cover her face with her hands.
What was she so proud of just now? Was she proud of her rich imagination? Damn it, she was actually taken in.
Seeing V's awkward and at a loss as to what to do, Xia Yu was secretly pleased with himself. Sooner or later, he would turn this strong woman into a fool.
"Hey guys, here we are."
At this moment, Jack suddenly stopped the car. Outside the car was the Metal Gear Solid building. They were not here to sneak in this time, so Jack parked the car directly in the parking lot not far from the door.
“GO——!”
Xia Yu got out of the car first, followed by V and Jack. This time it went unexpectedly smoothly, and the security guard at the door didn't even stop them.
Two minutes later, the three arrived at the reception room. The person who led the way asked them to wait here for a while and then left.
"Hey, I said..."
Jack looked around suspiciously, feeling a little uneasy. "Are they too polite to us? It's not like they are recruiting employees, but more like they are entertaining distinguished guests."
That's because I had already reminded them before I came here that this was not like, this was like entertaining distinguished guests.
Xia Yu replied secretly in his heart, and then said: "Don't think too much, maybe they are just entertaining distinguished guests."
After saying that, he sat down on the sofa without hesitation. Seeing this, Jack shrugged and sat down relaxedly.
Looking at Xia Yu and Jack who were not nervous at all, V sighed with some tiredness.
"Just sit aside quietly for a while, I will negotiate."
As a former company employee, she naturally knew how to negotiate with these big shots. If she let Xia Yu and Jack, who were just hanging around on the streets, come, things would definitely become more complicated.
"As you say."
“No hay problema~”
It wasn't long before Handsome Jack himself showed up.
Looking at the masked face who had spared him and others last time, V coughed lightly. When he was about to speak, Xia Yu suddenly kicked the table with his foot.
"Why don't you bring tea and snacks? Is this how you entertain guests?"
Jack: (⊙o⊙)
V: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
Jack looked at Xia Yu with admiration. His calm demeanor and polite words were simply too handsome.
Unlike Jack's admiration, V was already mad inside. She wanted to go directly to Xia Yu, grab his collar and yell, "Didn't I tell you not to talk?"
V looked at the handsome guy Jack cautiously, silently praying in his heart that he would not get angry.
However, the handsome guy Jack's expression was completely different from what she imagined. He was slightly startled at first, then immediately smiled and said, "Sorry, I neglected it. I'll ask someone to bring some tea and snacks right away."
V: “!”
This... this is not right? When did this person become so polite? Is she dreaming?
V just felt a little dizzy, but she didn't forget why she came here.
But after saying this, V became even more confused, because handsome guy Jack agreed immediately without even asking why.
Even after everything went smoothly, V still couldn't believe it. This was too smooth. Was this person really a senior executive of the company? How could he be so easy to talk to?
Could it be that the three of them really have some talents that they themselves haven't discovered? Otherwise, how to explain why the other party treated them like this? However, no matter how hard V thought about it, he couldn't come up with an answer.
After everything was settled, handsome Jack called two people separately and took Jack and V away, saying that he wanted them to get familiar with the company environment.
Seeing Xia Yu left here alone, V and Jack were a little worried, but when they thought of Xia Yu's fighting ability, they felt relieved.
Instead of worrying about the other party, why not take a good look around this new company?
In a short while, only handsome Jack and Xia Yu were left in the reception room. Only then did Xia Yu look at handsome Jack and ask.
"Go ahead, do you have anything to report? I told you that you don't need to ask for my opinion on anything."
Hearing this, handsome guy Jack shook his head and said, "I'm a little unsure about this matter, so I need to ask for instructions."
"What's up?"
Xia Yu was a little curious. What else could make handsome Jack uncertain?
After the handsome guy Jack brought the information over, Xia Yu took it and looked at it, his eyes slightly condensed.
At the top of the profile is a photo. The person in the photo is wearing a plain suit, has an ordinary appearance, and black hair. The only feature worth paying attention to is his pair of slightly glowing blue eyes.
"Mr. Blue Eyes?!"
Looking at the person in the photo, Xia Yu was surprised. The person in the photo was obviously the mysterious NPC in the game, Mr. Blue Eyes.
It is said that Mr. Blue Eyes is the behind-the-scenes controller of Night City. There is a high probability that he is an AI that escaped from cyberspace, and there is a low probability that he is a big boss or an alien.
Its distinctive feature is its pair of bright blue eyes that emit a mysterious glow.
"How come you have a picture of this guy? Did he approach us?"
Xia Yu looked at the handsome guy Jack and asked, no wonder handsome guy Jack couldn't make a decision on this matter, after all, he hadn't told them about Mr. Blue Eyes , and he probably wanted to ask him if he knew about it.
Hearing Xia Yu's question, handsome Jack nodded and reported: "Yes, this person took the initiative to find us. He seems to have discovered that we are infiltrating the networks of other companies in Night City."
"Oh? So he came here to stop us?"
Handsome Jack shook his head and said, "No, he said he wanted to help us and infiltrate other companies' internal networks with us."
"Assistance?"
Xia Yu hesitated for a few seconds and asked again: "What did you find?"
There is very little description of Mr. Blue Eyes in the game, so he doesn't have any special opinions and can only pin his hopes on handsome Jack and the others.
"We found that he has a connection with the Ye Group, but we haven't found out what the connection is yet."
"Ye's Group..."
Hearing this, Xia Yu looked through the information in his hand again. He didn't know until he looked at it that he was shocked too early.
The data contains hidden information stolen by handsome Jack during his first attack on the Ye Group. There are many things recorded in it, such as cooperation with roaming AI and plans to deal with other companies.
But what shocked Xia Yu the most was that the founder of Night City was not completely dead.
As for how he survived, that is a deeper secret and is not recorded in the information.
The history of Night City began in 1994. It was created by a man named Richard Knight for his own vision. He is also the founder of Night City.
In the 1990s, Richard bought a small town called Morro Bay for his utopia, a neglected town located near the border of Southern California and Northern Baja California.
Richard then demolished the town and rebuilt it. The newly built city was the utopia in his mind. This embryonic utopian city was indeed a wonder. It was not only well built and full of love, but also very safe.
However, tragedy soon struck, and four years after initial construction began, Richard was murdered by unknown assailants.
The utopia he created was also taken away by the mob, and the city became a haven for criminal activities.
Prostitution, violent attacks, drug trafficking, and cyberattacks became commonplace, and ironically, the city was renamed Night City in honor of Richard Knight.
After a decade of rising crime and death rates, the corporations decided to strike back, and in the space of a few days, nearly every major criminal organization's leader was killed at the hands of unidentified mercenaries.
The Night City Council was then formed, and its first decision was to enlist the aid of corporate forces, authorizing them to "act in the best interests of the city and establish peace and order within its boundaries."
Over the next few months, much of the commercial and central areas were cleared; over the next few years, the most troubled were pacified, razed, and rebuilt.
Thus, the company's rule over Night City began.
Now that he knew that the original creator, Richard, was not completely dead, Xia Yu was extremely surprised.
You have to know that Richard died not now, but nearly eighty years ago. The medical level at that time was not as advanced as it is now, so how did he survive?
Richard who is not completely dead, the mysterious Mr. Blue Eyes... maybe there is some connection between the two.
