Chapter 793 Wanderer
The day in Night City begins with the broadcast.
"Hello! Night City-! I am your Stanley, our dream-chasing city has begun another long day. I love this city, just like you love your mother. I remember that she threw you at the door of the orphanage, and now she walked on the street and ran into you, no matter you want to smoke—!"
"It''s better to listen to some music early in the morning."
D changed the channel directly and looked out the window again.
"So, do you want me to take action?"
“Yes, D.”
"Um………"
Hearing the sound from the other side, D frowned slightly. The one she contacted was another middleman in Night City, named Regina Jones. She was originally a reporter from News Channel 56 and was considered a very thoughtful person. She has worked with D several times, mainly on research on Cyber ??psychiatry - well, D can''t give any advice on research. But catching Cyber ??Madman D is very good at it. After all, those Cyber ??mentally ill are guys who are beyond ordinary people, and even NCPD can''t deal with them.
But in front of D, even a cyber madman is no different from an ordinary person, and he can easily knock him down.
Because of this, Regina and D reached a consensus on capturing Cyberman madmen. She hoped that D could capture those Cyberman madmen alive, and then she would find a way to study the treatment of Cyber ??mental illness and investigate how these Cyber ??mental illnesses arise.
This time Regina''s commission to D is also about Cyberman, but the client is a bit surprising and is a group of wanderers.
According to Regina, a family of wanderers named Adcardo is currently stationed in the evil land outside the city of Night. One of their teams was out of contact while searching for supplies. When the family sent people to find them again, they found that the group of people had been completely killed. Judging from the traces at the scene, it should be a Cyber ??lunatic who killed them.
The wanderers all joined the group to keep warm. If their family members were killed, they would certainly not give up. So the patriarch led a group of people to the evil land again to find the Cyberman. The two sides fought a battle, and the patriarch was seriously injured, and the Cyberman also fled.
At present, the Adcardo family is insufficient in staff, and they seem to have been targeted by the **** Cyberman. So in the end they decided to come forward and find the middleman and ask her to find someone to help her solve the problem.
So I found D.
"Cyberman... By the way, you didn''t tell me that there are Cybermans in the evil land."
"He is not very similar to other cyber madmen."
Regina shook her head.
"To be honest, this guy is just a legend in the evil land. When I was a reporter, I heard that the ghosts of the evil land would attack those lost travelers. Of course, there were several attacks on the evil land at that time. They were said to be the ghosts of the evil land, saying that it would appear with the storm and kill everything, but we did not find any evidence."
"So this time I found evidence?"
"That''s right, so I need your help, D. The rumors about the ghost of the evil earth have been around for more than ten years, and it''s really hard to imagine how such a cyber-crazy man survived in a place like the evil earth. So, it''s best to capture the other party alive."
"The evil land is so big, where do I want to find it?"
"You don''t have to worry about this. I happened to find a wanderer to help. She was originally from Adcardo, but she left her family and came to Night City to make a living. Tracking the enemy on the evil land is her specialty."
"Okay, where to gather?"
“Martin Street.”
“It’ll be here soon.”
After that, D contacted Lucy and then came to the place Regina mentioned. In a discarded parking lot, they found the wanderer responsible for connecting with them.
"Are you the mercenary?"
The woman in front of her was wearing a ponytail, dressed in a wanderer, holding her hands, looking at D with questions.
"I want Regina to find the best one."
“D is the best.”
Faced with the woman''s doubts, D didn''t care. Instead, Lucy raised her eyebrows and stared at the woman and said.
"At first glance, you are the rookie who has just arrived in Night City not long ago, and you don''t even know about D."
"What did you say? I paid a lot of money!"
"Your little money is not enough to give D a supper! If it weren''t..."
"If you want to argue, you can argue on the way."
Seeing that the client and Lucy were about to quarrel, D just snorted coldly and said.
"Can you go? One sentence?"
"………All right."
Hearing D''s inquiry, the woman withdrew her gaze, glanced at the other party a few times, then opened the car door and got into the car.
"I just believe Regina this time. I hope she won''t cheat me and get in the car!"
Soon, the group got into the car and drove out of the city.
On the way, D also listened to the woman''s introduction - her name is Panan Palmer, and she is also a wanderer. In other words, she was actually one of the wanderers who followed the Adcardo family to the Night City, but now she has parted ways with the other party and plans to start a new life in the Night City.
Although Panan did not say why she left the family, it was obvious that she still had feelings for the family, so after she heard her friends in the family talk about this, she immediately found Regina and asked for help, and the latter introduced her to D.
Although after meeting, Panan was full of doubts about this slim figure and covered in a cloak,... she just believed Regina.
From Panan, D also heard more detailed information.
Every time the wanderers go to the abandoned buildings or towns, they will collect and search for useful things. The Adcardo family is no exception. One of the search teams went to an abandoned town nearby to search. They originally thought they had returned before the storm came, but they didn''t have time to come back.
Of course, at the beginning of the storm, the family camp also contacted the collection team and knew that they had collected a lot of good things and were currently hiding from the storm in a house. After the storm is over, the search team will return to the camp.
Then there was nothing.
After the storm passed, the family camp never received contact from the team again and there was no response to the call. So they were worried and the patriarch personally took the people to find them. Then they found...the terrible body.
"Our people were cut into pieces, and all the materials they collected were destroyed. Of course Thor couldn''t swallow this. Fortunately, the other party left traces, so he continued to take people to search and try to find the murderer. The second wave of storm was coming, but Thor refused to listen to his advice and forced to continue investigating, and the result was that they were also attacked."
"Do you know what the murderer looks like?"
"I don''t know, I just know that the other party is a person, very fast, and he uses a mantis knife. Our people were hacked to death by the **** hiding in the storm without even seeing what the other party looks like. Even Thor was seriously injured. Fortunately, he was not stupid at that time and took the others to evacuate."
Panan sighed and then stepped on the brake.
“It’s here.”
As he spoke, Pannan opened the car door and walked down, while D and Lucy also walked out of the car and looked around. This place should be a remote farm - of course, there is only a simple house that barely looks like it can live in, and blood and wreckage of guns can be seen around. Lucy walked forward and reached out to pick up the wreckage of the weapon that was almost buried in the sand.
"Is this the weapon you used?"
“That’s right.”
Panan nodded.
"What are you going to do? I don''t have any clues."
“Lucy?”
"let me see."
Hearing D''s inquiry, Lucy looked around, swept around quickly, and shook her head.
"There are no other electronic equipment nearby, and the generator has stopped working... nothing is useful, and there are no traces left."
"Then let''s wait here."
As he spoke, D raised his head and looked at the vast Gobi desert in front of him. On the other side of the horizon, the yellow sand in the sky was moving towards this place like raging waves and dark clouds.
"I heard from Regina that the ghosts of the evil land will always appear with sandstorms, so let''s see if this guy has such skills. But before that..."
As he spoke, D looked at Lucy.
“It’s almost time to have afternoon tea.”
"………afternoon tea…?"
Hearing D''s words, Panan looked puzzled, while Lucy''s eyes lit up.
"I get it! D!"
The sandstorm came far faster than people imagined. Not long after, the yellow sand covering the sky tightly covered the entire sky. Looking around, it was dim outside the window, and the howling wind mixed with stones and gravel hit the walls and windows, making a clattering sound. Fortunately, although this cottage has long been abandoned, it looks quite complete and is enough to withstand the attack of wind and sand.
Panan is not unfamiliar with this situation. Wanderers often encounter sandstorms during their travels, and they always find some remote and abandoned places to take refuge.
But Panan felt incomprehensible about the situation in front of him.
D took out a suitcase and put it on the table, then opened it - however, what was placed in this suitcase was not a weapon, but a set of tea sets and desserts!
“……???”
Seeing this, Panan was already confused. But compared to Panan, Lucy seemed to be quite used to this situation. When D took out the tea set, she picked up the boiled water and poured it into the teapot. Then a scent of fragrance overflowed. The two of them held the steaming tea cup in their hands, picked up a piece of cake and put it in their mouths, and then slowly sank on the sofa.
“Huh……”
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Looking at the scene in front of him, Panan could not bear it anymore.
We are here to chase the Cyber ??Madman, not camping!
"What does it matter? Miss Panan, anyway, the goal has not yet come, so you should enjoy the present."
Lucy was also sitting on the sofa now, with her eyes closed and her face feeling comfortable. At the beginning, she thought it was not good to do this, but... well, who told me that the things D brought were so delicious?
You should know that D''s desserts are all made of original organic foods, and the taste is completely different from ordinary industrial products. Lucy is also a girl, so if there are delicious desserts, you will naturally not miss it. Not to mention that D''s tea is also good...
“I still think alcohol is better.”
Seeing the two of them looking like salted fish, Panan frowned, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then muttered.
"This thing is bitter and I don''t know where it tastes good."
“Drinking alcohol is not good for your health.”
While drinking tea and tasting biscuits, D said lightly.
"Taste food, adjust your body and mind, and relax your spirits, and also use it as bait."
“…bait?”
"That''s right, you see, isn''t this just a bait?"
"Why?"
Hearing D''s words, Panan was stunned for a moment, and at the same time, she seemed to hear something.
“Dadada…dadada…dada…”
At first glance, it was just like the sound of sand and gravel hitting the glass and walls. If it were normal, Panan would probably not care about it at all. But after D''s reminder, for some reason, Panan suddenly felt that the sound seemed to be something wrong. She subconsciously turned her head and looked out the window. I saw that it was still dark outside the window, with sand and gravel flying all over the sky, covering everything in the darkness.
However, at this moment, suddenly, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of Pannan, and stuck it on the glass, staring at her tightly.
That was a twisted, weird, ugly face!
(This chapter ends)