Have you heard? That guy who's been causing such a stir lately, do you think he'll find his way here?
Are you talking about that mechanical Werewolf? I've heard of it, they say it specifically targets people in our line of work.
Heh, if you ask me, it's not as mystical as they make it out to be. I bet they pissed someone off and brought a killer down on themselves.
In an apartment, two Scavengers were busy disassembling a corpse on an operating table.
As they worked, the two men started chatting.
The topic was the terrifying mechanical Werewolf that had recently appeared in Night City.
This Werewolf first appeared during a massacre of the Six Street Gang.
But lately, Scavenger teams have been falling victim to it.
By now, several days had passed since the Six Street Gang tragedy.
Every night, that terrifying Werewolf would go out, creating killing incidents in Night City.
And the targets were precisely them, the Scavengers.
Facing the topic brought up by his companion, this Scavenger seemed rather skeptical of such a horror legend.
In Night City, who would bother the Scavengers for no reason?
Even the NCPD couldn't be bothered with them, so could there really be some righteous person trying to eradicate the Scavengers?
Obviously, such a fantastical thing was simply unrealistic in Night City.
So this Scavenger just thought they had taken some dirty job that caused this Werewolf to come knocking.
No, you haven't seen the scene. See that pile of cyberware over there? That's what we just salvaged from another group's apartment in the Reeves Area.
I went there with others to clean up, and I saw those guys were all reduced to scattered pieces. Even many pieces of cyberware were cleanly cut off.
If it comes for us, I wouldn't even know how to fight back.
Unlike the other Scavenger's optimism, this Scavenger's face clearly showed some worry and fear.
He had personally witnessed the horrific state of another Scavenger hideout.
Although as a Scavenger, he had a strong tolerance for bloody scenes.
But thinking that such a scene might happen to himself, he could no longer face it with such optimism.
Seeing the guy's scared look, the other Scavenger scoffed.
What are you scared of? It's hard to say if it'll even come. If it really does, maybe after we take care of it, all that good stuff on it will be enough for us to earn more money than we can spend in a lifetime.
Clearly, this was a fearless guy.
But his fearlessness didn't make him truly immortal.
The two men's conversation didn't affect them as they worked on the corpse in their hands.
But just as they stopped talking and focused on their work.
In the now quiet operating room, a strange sound, mixed with electronic effects, could faintly be heard.
The Scavenger who had been wary of the Werewolf legend immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Did you hear something? Could that thing be here?
The Scavenger swallowed, saying nervously.
What's the big deal? Don't scare yourse....
Before he could finish, a sharp claw ripped through the Scavenger's body.
Using facts to tell him that he wasn't scaring himself.
But that terrifying killing machine, the Scavenger killer - Warwick, had truly arrived.
The guy who had just been bragging about taking care of Warwick was cut into pieces under its claws, unable to last even a second.
Facing the sudden appearance of Warwick, the other Scavenger was completely terrified and had forgotten how to fight back.
The legend of Warwick had brought him immense pressure these past few days, and witnessing Warwick's brutal methods firsthand had turned that pressure into terror.
Now watching his companion being torn apart before his eyes, he had completely given up hope.
Warwick didn't spare him because of his stupor either.
Following the same pattern, it sent him to meet the Cyber King of Hell.
Just like that, another Scavenger stronghold was turned into a blood and flesh inferno by Warwick.
...
Warwick's slaughter of the Scavengers did not stop.
One after another, Scavengers died at Warwick's hands.
All the Scavengers in Night City were in fear for their lives, afraid that they would be next.
Luoqi also didn't let Warwick kill the Scavengers non-stop.
Instead, he controlled the pace, dealing with these Scavengers little by little.
Otherwise, with Warwick's hunting efficiency, the entire population of Scavengers in Night City would be extinct in just a few days.
As for the purpose of doing this, it was to make these Scavengers live in this invisible fear.
Knowing that one day this monster would find them and kill them, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Making them visualize themselves being torn to shreds by Warwick whenever they thought about the dirty deeds they had done.
Facing this situation, many Scavengers chose to lie low, temporarily halting their activities to prevent Warwick from coming to their doorstep.
But unfortunately, such actions would not be effective.
No matter how they disguised themselves or tried to sever their ties to past Scavenger activities, they couldn't escape Warwick's hunt.
It was like a soul-devouring nightmare for all Scavengers in Night City, lingering and inescapable.
Until one day they were swallowed by this nightmare and died completely.
And such events caused a huge sensation in Night City.
The NCPD had to deal with the mess left behind by Warwick every day.
Facing such a terrifying entity, the NCPD was also having a major headache.
Warwick killed relentlessly in Night City, with thousands dying at his hands.
Logically, the occurrence of such a situation should be considered a major public security incident in Night City.
But the problem was, this guy was only killing Scavengers.
The NCPD was very clear about what kind of existence Scavengers were.
They were like the foul maggots of this city.
Hiding in the dark places of Night City, constantly harassing its residents.
And the NCPD had never had a good solution for these guys.
After painstakingly dealing with one nest, another would quickly emerge in another corner of Night City.
Now that someone was helping the NCPD clear out these annoying guys, they were naturally extremely pleased.
It's worth noting that during the period Warwick was active, the public security in Night City was a level better than before.
And so far, there had been no instances of Warwick attacking law-abiding citizens of Night City.
Currently, throughout Night City, there were no traces of Scavenger activity to be found.
Even though many criminal activities were still rampant in Night City, being even slightly better than before was already quite rare.
Although there were still many Night City citizens who considered Warwick an extremely terrifying potential threat and hoped the NCPD would control him as soon as possible.
But most citizens were applauding this.
And among them, besides the Scavengers who were about to become vengeful spirits.
The most vocal opponents were likely the black market Doctors who had lost their supply chain of cheap cyberware.
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