eurekapd Chapter 51
Chapter 51
Chapter 51 Morgan’s Black Hand.
At night, Ali and Lucy sat on the streets of Night City. They had a great time stealing today. Lucy smoked calmly under the moonlight, holding a waist bag of chips in her hand. She seemed to be in a good mood.
She and Ali took the chips to the black market and exchanged the dirty money in their hands for clean money. The ratio was ten to one. In the end, they only got more than two thousand euros.
This was already a lot. Lucy hadn’t made so much money for a long time. In Night City, where the daily salary of low-level workers is only 70 or 80 euros, Lucy usually only makes 300 to 400 euros a day working alone.
With Ali’s help, Lucy only needs to kill one person at a time in the dark. She can concentrate and does not need to move, so her efficiency will naturally increase.
“Well, we agreed on 70% and 30%, here, these 700 Euros are yours, 700 Euros a day is 21,000 Euros a month, the master didn’t lie to you, this is much more than the hard-earned part-time job, if we work harder, we can buy a car and a house in Night City.”
They were busy from morning till night, and now it was finally time to divide the money. Lucy smiled and transferred the money to Ali, and she took the rest of the money for herself.
Ali looked at the incoming message on his phone, he didn’t care about the small amount of money, it’s not easy to be a thief, the people in the black market monopolized the business, and the stolen account chips could only be exchanged for one-tenth of the chip balance.
But not exchanging with them is not possible, the Internet monitoring and the banking monitoring are not free, if you use the account registered with other people’s personal information to transfer money or spend, it will trigger the alarm and lead to arrest.
Seeing Lucy’s happy look, Ali felt a little sad, as a senior hacker, she should have been able to spend half an hour working part-time like T-bug to earn 2,500 Euros, or find a team like Sasha to protect and pamper her..
Instead of stealing money and wandering without a place to live like now, Lucy was born with a miserable life. She was used as a cannon fodder in the deep web by Arasaka. After escaping with great difficulty, she dared not live an upright life and could only hide in the dark and do some shady business.
But Lucy is also very strong. She has been trying hard to survive. From escaping from her original city to coming to this Night City alone, the hardships she has suffered along the way can probably not be described in a book.
But she just got through it.
Not only did Lucy get through it, she also retained the most innocent and romantic dream of a girl.
She just wanted to step on the moon to see.
It is so far away from the earth, and she will definitely be able to escape from this frightening life and these anxious days.
Lucy was smoking a cigarette and sitting on a stone bench on the street.
She looked up at the moon in the sky for a long time without saying a word.
Ali was sitting next to her, and they were both silent for a long time.
“Night City is really a beautiful city. The moon is very round and there are stars everywhere. I don’t want to leave here.”The air was filled with smoke. Lucy spoke slowly. Maybe it was because of the scene, or maybe it was because she made a lot of money today. Anyway, she slowly revealed some of her feelings to Ali.
Ali didn’t say anything either. He just sat aside and listened quietly. He didn’t smoke and let Lucy’s second-hand smoke blow on him. But Ali was not angry because Lucy had already started sobbing.
“I’m fine.”
Lucy wiped her tears, she stood up so that Ali wouldn’t see her in such a mess, she turned around and walked away, her pupils flashing as she looked into Ali’s phone, she added her contact information to Ali’s phone
“See you tomorrow, apprentice~”
“I am very happy to work with you today.”
Lucy left, and Ali did not keep her. After losing the protection of Team Mann in the original plot, Lucy is now fragile and sensitive. Without a partner, she has been pretending to be strong and pretending that she doesn’t care.
In the original plot, although Lucy always showed a sense of distance from Team Mann, she never did anything to let Team Mann down. Not only did she do what a hacker should do honestly, but she also helped Mann catch David Martinez wearing Sian Westin by means of a honey trap.
In fact, she also cares about the people around her and every member of Team Mann, but she is used to wandering, and she is always worried that Arasaka will always come to her. God will come to her door, and she is afraid that it will implicate everyone in Mann’s team, so she has been keeping a distance from those around her.
She has always been very scared. She has finally survived and escaped death. She doesn’t want to go back again. She doesn’t want to die again. She just wants to see how big the world is. She just wants to live a stable life and live well… She just wants to live.
Lucy’s back is getting farther and farther away. Ali sits on the stone bench in silence. His fingers are a little wet, as if Lucy’s tears have just dripped on his hands.
Not long after, Ali stood up again. There is a long way to go. He will protect Lucy. After all, Lucy helped him make money and she is still his master, isn’t she?
【Sign in!】
【Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in for three minutes in the plot character Lucy and obtaining the exclusive skill [Military-grade single molecule line】】
【Military-grade monomolecular wire: The monomolecular wire is hidden in the arm and will recharge itself when not in combat. Attacking with the charged monomolecular wire will cause additional damage based on the charging level. The charging level and damage bonus will decay with each attack.】
【The single-molecule wire has strong plasticity and flexibility, and can perform extremely powerful entanglement damage in a dazzling manner. It is a magical weapon with the functions of binding, pulling, and whipping. Of course, it can also quickly produce a large amount of concentrated damage, and can even dismember the enemy immediately. 】
This is a good skill, but it’s a pity that it is not very useful for Ali now.
Ali walked on the way home. He returned to the streets of Night City. The place was busy with traffic and people. The gunshots not far away might be two gangs fighting for something.
Night City is always like this, plain and unremarkable. As Ali walked, he couldn’t help feeling depressed. The cheerful Lucy during the day and the sad Lucy at night formed a sharp contrast, which made Ali’s heart a little stuffy and irritable.
He stopped, took out the Mallorian Overture, filled the revolver with bullets, and Ali turned back to the gunfight that broke out between the street gangs.
“”Bang, bang, bang, bang!”
The world suddenly became much quieter. Ali put the pistol back on his belt and continued to walk towards home. He took out his mobile phone while walking and looked at the contact information of his friends in the phone, including female V, Sasha, Victor, David, Gloria, Jack Wells, Wakako Okada, and the newly added Lucy.
Looking at these familiar people, Ali felt a lot more at ease. After accompanying Lucy for so long, he couldn’t help but feel a little hungry. Ali found a hamburger restaurant with good decoration, walked in and found a seat to sit down.
A set meal of tech fries, a tech burger, and a cup of carbonated cola cost a total of 6.99 euros. The prices in Night City have always been so good and cheap.
Ali sat alone in a chair eating. His street outfit and the revolver on his waistband made many civilians dare not approach him.
Since it was not long after nightfall, the business in the hamburger restaurant was still quite good. Just when Ali was biting a burger alone, a man came over and sat in front of Ali.
“Can I come sit here?”
“You’ve already sat down.”
Ali ignored the man. After all, Night City is full of all kinds of people. There are even cyber lunatics peeing on containers, not to mention the common occurrence of a stranger suddenly appearing to chat with him.
“You are very talented, kid. I just saw your amazing shooting skills. That is not the level you should have at your age.”
“What, you want to become my disciple?”
The man was obviously stunned for a moment, then he laughed”Haha”, as if he hadn’t been so happy for a long time, then he stood up and stared at Ali.
“I think you should take me as your teacher.”
“Damn, why do all the people I met today want to take me in as their apprentice, including Lucy and you, a stranger?”
Ali was drinking carbonated cola. David didn’t like it, but Ali liked it very much. He liked the bursting feeling of this drink.
“To be honest, I’ve dealt with military technology a lot, including Arasaka and Kanto. I’m old enough to be your grandfather.” The optical camouflage on the man disappeared, revealing a dark arm. He sat back in his chair, smoking a cigarette, crossing his legs and staring at Ali:”Speaking of which, there have always been legends about me in this wrinkled paste of Night City. I wonder if you, a young man, recognize me?”
Looking at the man’s dark arm, Ali seemed to remember something, and his eyes widened.���He looked at the man, and his inner alarm bells rang!
Because the sound of signing in rang in his mind!
【Ding!】
【Sign in!】
【Congratulations to the host for signing in for three minutes in the plot character Night City Legend,”The Strongest Lone Wolf” Morgan Blackhand, and obtaining the exclusive skill [Legendary Optical Camouflage】】
【Get camouflage effect, blur the face and the whole body skin, and allow the user to hide in any visible spectrum. Monitoring detection, artificial eye equipment, and even the super dream program cannot identify its true body. When the active effect is activated, it can get the invisibility effect, which lasts for 30 seconds. The cooling time is one minute! 】
This skill makes Ali’s breathing become rapid. Although this skill cannot increase Ali’s attack power or defense power, it is simply the most useful skill for Ali at this time, allowing Ali to hide his true identity and move freely!
Wait, Morgan Blackhand, Ali looked at the casual man in front of him. He was just casual on the surface. If you hit all your concentration and look over, you will find that his strong body and the oppression in his eyes are unparalleled. Even staying next to him can still faintly smell the indelible smell of blood.
And it is no wonder that Morgan Blackhand hid in Night City and no one found his trace. No wonder Morgan Blackhand can get rid of Adam’s hammer anytime and anywhere. This is undoubtedly achieved by relying on this legendary optical camouflage!
Seeing Ali getting serious and his eyes showing a wary look, Morgan Blackhand knew that Ali was aware of his identity, which made him laugh out loud again.
“It seems that you know me. I didn’t expect that after so many years, this old man of mine is still as famous as ever in Night City. A new-age brat like you can still remember my name!”
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“Of course, you are the most famous legend in Night City. In the news, in history, on TV, in newspapers, and in the afterlife nightclubs, there are traces of your black hand everywhere! How can people forget you?”
“There are hundreds of cyberpunks who come to Night City every day. Why do they rush to Night City? Isn’t it because they want to become street warriors like Morgan Blackhand or Weyland Snake?”
“They all fight for you legendary figures, regard you as their idols, and then die little by little in every corner of Night City.”
Ali looked at Morgan Blackhand indifferently. Others were afraid of him, but Ali was not. He just didn’t expect that while eating a hamburger, he would lead to the emergence of the top existence in Night City, this famous legendary figure.
Speaking of Morgan Blackhand, he is recognized by everyone in Night City as the strongest lone wolf. This title is also very interesting. Fifty years ago, in the fourth corporate war called”Firestorm”, this war was also the famous battle in which Johnny Silverhand used a nuclear bomb to blow up Arasaka Tower.
At that time, Adam Heavy Hammer was recruited by Arasaka to participate in the defense of Arasaka Tower, while Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand were recruited by the military.
It was also in this famous war that Adam Hammer finally fought Morgan Blackhand, because in the previous encounters with Morgan Blackhand, Morgan Blackhand always managed to blast Adam Hammer’s face into dust and successfully escape.
In other words, Morgan Blackhand simply didn’t bother to pay attention to him and didn’t fight with him.
But this time the situation is different.
Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand are the attacking party, and Adam Hammer is the defending party.
Now Morgan Blackhand has no choice but to attack.
In the corporate war of Firestorm Frenzy, Adam Hammer seriously injured Shaitan (Blackhand’s teammate), and also created the famous scene that marked the beginning of everything in Cyberpunk 2077. He killed Johnny Silverhand on the top of Arasaka Tower!
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The kind of one-sided massacre!
The last time Adam Hammer was seen was on top of the crumbling Arasaka Tower in Night City, where he was fighting a life-and-death battle with Morgan Blackhand.
After the fight, Morgan Blackhand disappeared. Some said he was dead, while others said he was still alive. Anyway, Morgan Blackhand has since become a mysterious legend in Night City.
However, what is certain is that Morgan Blackhand’s combat power is definitely not much weaker than Adam Hammer’s, but his cleverness is definitely ten or a hundred times stronger than Adam Hammer’s.
It was only because of the nuclear bomb explosion in Arasaka Tower at that time, and Adam Hammer was also blown up by the nuclear bomb, and he was directly lying on a stretcher, with only 4% of his body mass left, while Morgan Blackhand was unharmed and had already disappeared.
In the end, he was praised to the sky by the cyberpunks and won the title of”The Strongest Lone Wolf”.
“I have seen you before. You came out of the biotechnology industry a long time ago. You could use the Sian Westin for more than ten times without taking a breath. And then you had a magical gun skill that amazed me.”
“With your talent, you shouldn’t be doing those low-end mercenary jobs, rescuing a few bad guys, killing a few scumbags, stealing money in the subway car, or playing children’s games of pretending to be a girl with a little girl!”
“Are you fucking following me?”
The vigilance in Ali’s eyes gradually turned into murderous intent, and the electromagnetic mantis knife hidden in his arm was also ready to move.
“No, I admire you and pay attention to you, but I am not that idle, nor that mean to play the childish trick of stalking you. The reason why I know so much and the reason why I can live in Night City for so many years and hide for so many years is all because of my sixth sense and a very good intelligence system.”
“I am familiar with every corner of Night City. I have seen too many people and things. I have worked hard for the company and also suppressed its development.”
“What you have done cannot be hidden in this day and age. Transparency has spread all over the world. Not only you, but everyone has no secrets at all!”
“In this world, everyone is as naked as they were at the beginning, from birth to old age, including the rulers like Arasaka Saburo. It just depends on whether anyone is willing to pay attention and whether anyone is willing to explore. I believe that even our conversation at this moment will be known by those who are interested.
Morgan Blackhand asked Ali to sit down and calm down for a while, and then he talked slowly and expressed his views.
“I think you should join the army, experience military life, broaden your horizons, and enhance your own understanding of life, and do something that can change the world and shake the world.”
“Uproot those companies that have become the cancer of the world and are sucking the blood of the people, create a relatively comfortable home for the people who will live on this land in the future, and open up a new world for tens of millions of ordinary people!”
“This is what you should do, and I believe you have the talent and ability, Ali!”
“Be strong, don’t fall any further, within five years the world will definitely change dramatically, by then you may need my help, or I may need your help, anyway we will definitely be connected in the future, I can feel that.”
After saying that, Morgan Blackhand restarted his optical camouflage, he left a contact number for Ali, then he stood up and disappeared into the darkness of Night City.