...
At this moment, inside Arasaka Company, Agent Chris was dumbfounded.
He looked at the report coming from his subordinates and immediately dialed Faraday - but the outcome was obvious; Faraday just brushed him off, saying he would recover the equipment as soon as possible.
But having already learned from his subordinates that Faraday issued a 'Bounty Order,' Chris knew the situation was out of control.
That idiot Faraday found a bunch of unreliable guys. Although the mission commission was completed, the exoskeleton couldn't be retrieved!
"Damn it! Notify the agents, we have to capture Faraday and that group of people!"
Chris immediately got up, unable to stay in the office any longer: "Go, go apply for support!"
Before Chris even left the office, his supervisor, Arthur Jenkins, called.
"If the stuff falls into Military Science's hands, you're screwed, Chris."
Arthur's words were cold: "You know the company's procedures very well."
"Boss... you've got to help me." Chris pleaded humbly: "We still have a chance now, as long as we can capture those mercenaries in time!"
"That's your problem." Arthur remained very indifferent, merely saying: "I'll give you operation permission, but that's it.
I told you not to collaborate with those folks in the project development group, but unfortunately, you didn't listen."
"If something goes wrong..." Chris couldn't finish his sentence.
Arthur abruptly interrupted, "Then you go communicate with the project manager; I only approved you to execute the sabotage of the Military Science and Biotechnology collaboration, and the specific action plan is solely your responsibility as the senior agent team leader."
With these words, Chris knew he had been abandoned.
His face turned pale as he hung up the phone. Then, gritting his teeth, he immediately called the person in charge of the Artificial Vajra project group.
"There's been a mishap! Faraday hired unreliable mercenaries and fled with the exoskeleton; now we can't directly retrieve the equipment..."
Chris waited humbly until the person on the other end of the line furiously cursed a few times before saying: "Yes, we have to go after them now, don't worry, I'll hurry... Yes, it's all Faraday's fault..."
Finally hanging up the phone, Chris let out a heavy sigh and then cursed, immediately starting to take action to capture them.
If he couldn't catch that guy today... he was done for!
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[Venus: Congratulations! Our Spark Team is finally famous!]
[Mercer: How much is the bounty?]
[Venus: Three million euros.]
[Mercer: Only three million? Faraday is really dragging us down.]
Mercer sneered.
[Venus: Your and your team's information has been exposed, so you need to be extra careful, and I have to remind you, Arasaka deployed two more hovercars.]
[Mercer: No big deal, once Faraday flees, the bounty will be a joke, and if Arasaka's agents want to find this exoskeleton, then let them work hard for it.]
[Venus: You should worry about your own situation first — your vehicle information has been exposed, and now you're on the news.]
At this moment, Spark Team's car is already on the expressway, heading to their prepared evacuation point in Santo Domingo.
The main reason for setting the location so far is to use Mercer and his team as bait to cover the silent transport of goods by Adcardans.
Otherwise, if those people started carpet searches, even Adcardans fleeing from Evil Land wouldn't be able to escape their sight.
If they really wanted to conceal their identities, Mercer would have long evacuated with V and the others from Evil Land; how could they forcefully flee toward the city?
He deliberately acted as bait, drawing the entire city's attention to ensure Adcardans could secretly transport the goods away.
By the time Military Science and Biotechnology realized the equipment wasn't entirely destroyed but some were transported away, the Adcardans would have already vanished.
"Damn! Mercer! Helicopter! Damn... how many years has it been since I've seen one!"
Pira suddenly exclaimed.
Lucy walked uneasily from the rear compartment to the front, reaching the co-pilot's seat and looking out the window: "It's the news helicopter from Channel 54!"
"We're on TV now." But Mercer laughed heartily, picking up his notebook and playing Channel 54's news footage.
At this moment, on the TV screen appeared the two vehicles traveling in tandem on the city expressway with Mercer.
The female reporter in the news was still shouting loudly: "Right now, what's captured in the lens is the vehicle of the robbers; NCPD is trying hard to capture them, but due to the traffic situation, they temporarily cannot restrict the movement!
Judging by the direction of movement, the other party is likely heading east of the city!"
But just a few minutes after Channel 54's helicopter began filming, an Arasaka hovercar suddenly flew over, forcing the helicopter pilot to take evasive action, nearly causing the reporter and cameraman in the opened cabin to fall.
"Damn it! What are you doing!" The reporter shouted in panic.
But the hovercar stubbornly blocked them ahead.
How could Arasaka let the news station brazenly broadcast Mercer and his crew?
What if Mercer flew out with the exoskeleton?
That thing probably even has Arasaka's logo printed on it!
If Channel 54 captured the news about 'Arasaka Super Mech sweeping Night City', it wouldn't take long for Military Science to seamlessly introduce Demon Lizard into Night City!