115. prejudice
It wasn’t because of Sigma’s worries, but I took a break for about three days. That much time was needed to call in reinforcements from A-038 City and the other side of the wasteland.
“Just looking at it, I think Jake is great too.”
said Max, unwrapping the candy wrapper. Because I was growing up, I accepted this and that. However, Noah Lucas, who had grown up a long time ago, reached out his hand. It’s disgusting to see a White Town millionaire set his eyes on junk food in the back alleys.
“How would you have thought to receive such a request?”
It was a request that was difficult to come up with these days, when the safety of the broker was not guaranteed. It was all the more so in that it was not an age to take risks dreaming of making a fortune, but an age to prepare for a stable old age.
“It has become great to receive such a request. The circumstances have changed.”
Leonard closed his eyes and ran the Hexagon program after rebooting. It was worth servicing for 3 days, so it worked neatly without any rack or crack collision. Thanks to this, I could observe all passers-by within three blocks even with my eyes closed.
“come.”
Noah Lucas, who had been reclining on the sofa, corrected his posture. The knives inside the body seemed to rise and fall, and the baggy clothes swelled and then sank.
“three?”
“Four.”
Through the creaking iron door, the hinges were out, I could hear the chatty voice of Jake, the “broker.” Then there was the sound of heavy footsteps climbing the stairs. A faint smile crept across Leonard’s lips.
“It took a lot of hard work to come this far. Come on.”
“Oh, you were already here. Noah is here too.”
A swordsman dressed in a faded military uniform of the New Human Federation Army entered one after another, and a wasteland gunman dressed in a cowboy hat and leather holster. I don’t know if they came together or met, but they were the solvers to work with.
“There may be people I know, but I’ll introduce myself briefly. The prickly man on this side is former Hexagon hacker Leonard Walker, the kid next to him is his assistant Max Walker, and the elegant lady on the other side is Sodom legend Noah Lucas. And here…”
“Logan Mace of A-038 City and Bennington Holly, a bandit hunter in the wasteland. There is no one other than Goo Myeon here, so you can do that.”
Noah Lucas silenced the broker. After 20 years, it seemed like everyone knew how to solve the problem. In other words, the solver that Noah did not know was a solver who did not have the ability to participate in this request.
“Still, I have to listen to the introduction of the client.”
As Leonard said, it was four, not three. After the fixer and the broker, there was one more gangster.
“Miss Tony. I used to be the Blast Gang, now I’m the Aktion Gang. Since you are the owner of this building and a client of this joint commission, please say hello.”
Like the former Blast Gang, he was big. Except for Max, the fixers naturally scanned the implant. A blue light flashed in the lens and then disappeared.
“Even if he is Aktion, he’s not that tough. I got into a fight with the Volcano Gang while distributing a fake electronic drug called Skull Buster, how many people did you say? Oh, yes. A good gangster who beat twenty-five people to death and set a building on fire, but was unluckily arrested for arson.”
I may disagree with certain words, but for an Orange Prisoner, it was sound. It was quite normal to see that he didn’t suddenly scream and attack. Even if the prosthetic eye shakes anxiously.
“Corporate bastards are after us. It’s the company’s solution. no! no! They are the fixers! We need someone to protect us. I need you.”
Such a heinous criminal was terrified. I don’t have the temperament and implants to go anywhere, but it seems that I can’t handle being a ‘fixer’.
“There are 44,520 credits, 44,520 credits. I’ll give you all of that. you take it all You just need to deal with the corporate fixer. They said the broker would take care of the back job. Only kill the corporate fixers.”
The words were a bit fast, but the content was clear. It was enough to get rid of the corporate fixer that was harassing the residents of Junk Town 29th Street.
“But I don’t do contract killings…”
“this! Our client made a mistake! I’m asking you not to mess with me, not to kill me. Isn’t it?”
“Yes? That’s right! It’s not a contract! Not really!”
It seemed like they kissed something unreliably, but it just went away. He noticed that he invited people from outside and left alone. Leonard saw Logan Mays and Bennington Holly once.
“Since we’ve come this far, I can’t hear you, but let’s ask to confirm. will you?”
Logan Mays glanced at the broker and saw Leonard and Noah Lucas.
“I was guaranteed 11,000 tax-free credits. I will do it if you make sure of that.”
“So am I. I’m not even a resident of this city, and I’m going to be angry if I pay taxes.”
Bennington Holly also answered, raising his cowboy hat. With this, the dream team of A-044, A-038 City, and Wasteland Solver was formed.
@
Leonard Walker, Max Walker, Noah Lucas, Bennington Holly, and Logan Mays are a unique 5-member group. Not only their gender, age, origin, and appearance, but also their specialties as hackers, snipers, swordsmen, gunslingers, and hybrid soldiers.
“Currently, there are seven known corporate solvers.”
The detailed roles are also slightly different, but Noah Lucas, who has the longest career and is well versed in the geography of A-044 City, took on the role of captain.
“I got three of them to some degree.”
“Do you know only three legends of Sodom?”
“How do I know all the fixers from the federal capital? Wait, am I the only one who got upset because I was called a legend?”
“I am not a child…”
Leonard sighed and turned his head. He had no lust for money or lust, but he had a strange desire for honor.
After Noah smiled refreshingly, he shot the data through the public channel. Only Max, a pure human, looked into the terminal.
“Adam Knox. As an early settler, he is a friend with a similar position as me in A-07 City. Not as attractive as me, but quite competent. Like all early settlers, hunting mutants is his specialty, but he seems to be doing just as well hunting humans. It’s probably the captain over there.”
“What is your specialty?”
“Everyone knows Ryan Vaughn, right? Similar to that guy. A can of steel with a 97% implant rate?”
Except for Bennington, who didn’t know Ryan, everyone sighed. It was a combat machine that gave up everyday life.
“David Kim. He has experience as a training instructor for the New Human Federation, and his specialty is city sniping. The implant rate is only 12%, but it’s all on the neck.”
“Above the neck?”
“Eyes, nose and ears are all machines. Rumor has it that it hits the target in conjunction with the old satellite, but it has not been confirmed, so it must be that it is good at that.”
Among them, the eyes were focused on Max, who could be called a sniper. Not only the neck down, but the entire head was organic.
“Please buy me a satellite too.”
“noisy.”
The sniper doesn’t necessarily have to catch the sniper, so I kept it for now. Noah brought up the third material.
“Jolly Ritz. He’s a hitman that Leonard hates. The implant in the picture was from 3 years ago, so don’t trust it too much. He changes his body so often that you can’t tell who he is.”
“What about the latest information?”
“Wouldn’t it be useless even if I had it? When it’s bad, I change my body three times a day.”
The main body was a twins solver who worked as a dummy in a safe place. It was the most difficult class in that it was unknown.
“There are three of them?”
“no. four.”
Leonard happily intercepted the conversation. I was proud to know that Noah didn’t know. Additional materials were uploaded and explained on the public channel.
“The self-proclaimed DM.”
“Diabetes Mellitus?”
“…I thought it would be, Drone Master. Your skills with electronics are pretty good. As you can see here, he has a knack for hacking.”
“It means your rival.”
“It’s not that much, but you’ll have to pay attention to the brain chip security.”
The other three had no information other than eyewitness accounts of residents of 29th Street. Only the appearance and armament were barely confirmed, so I briefly took notes. When the information sharing was over, the middleman intervened.
“It’s not like all 7 of us are running around together. Each of them is working to intimidate residents who refuse to move and punish gangsters.”
From now on, it was a full-scale operation meeting. A cautious comment was made.
“They don’t know we’ve been hired, so I think it’d be better to quickly destroy each other. What do you think?”
“The other side must have connected at least one channel, but will it work?”
“Still, if you’re lucky, you might be able to get rid of two of them. Wouldn’t it be better if we reduced the number?”
No one pointed out that chivalry was cowardly because it was burned down during the Great War. We only discussed who to raid for the best efficiency.
“Adam Knox is the most dangerous. He is also the boss.”
“If you’re in the same position as you, isn’t there a particular advantage to being the captain?”
“What does that mean?”
“I mean, I’m not going to give up on the request just because you’re getting hurt.”
In addition, conversations such as ‘Snipers are the most difficult, so let’s get rid of them first’, ‘If that’s the case, hackers are more troublesome’, ‘It doesn’t matter because our hackers are better’, ‘That’s an undisputed truth’, etc. I went around, but didn’t come to a conclusion. Then Max stood up.
“Isn’t it dangerous not to know?”
“yes? What does that mean?”
The solvers gathered here were good solvers. I didn’t ignore Max because he was a 15-year-old kid. Being treated as a strict colleague gave me confidence.
“Adam Knox, David Kim, Jolly Ritz, and DM, these four know what they can do. Then you can respond. So, aren’t the three people who don’t know their name or age what’s dangerous right now?”
Logan Mays rested his chin on and Bennington Holly took off his hat. It was a plausible claim.
“There’s a reason you’re taking that friend with you.”
“He’s smarter than he looks.”
Leonard shrugged and Max grinned. Noah Lucas looked at all the solver comrades and came to a conclusion.
“Then let’s do as Max says. By making the most of the first attack opportunity and destroying it at the same time. OK?”
Power OK was indicated by voice, message, and gesture.
@
Leonard and the other Fixers – formally Noah Lucas and the Fixers – agreed to split into three teams and take on all three targets simultaneously. If they were using the communication channel, information would be shared immediately after the raid, so there was only one chance.
“Ac… I never thought I would be a team with Mr. Leonard.”
“Does that sound like a complaint?”
“The opportunity to work with Noah-nim has disappeared.”
“yes. Consistently ungrateful.”
Targeting took time, but dividing the team was immediate. Leonard and Max were on a team, Logan and Bennington were on a team, and Noah Lucas moved alone.
Leonard and Max have been working together for a long time, and Logan and Bennington are unfamiliar with A-044 City, so their solo operation is unreliable.
“It is right for Noah to move alone. Because that’s special. You have to follow it, it’s a burden.”
“That is unfair!”
“You are too much. I’m just going to argue that my hair is a bit thick.”
Leonard and Max’s opponent was a reggae-haired black cyborg named ‘Jack’ among corporate fixers.
From the information shared by the client, I could not know anything other than the appearance. It was a very cramped situation for Leonard, who values prior research.
“It’s a martial arts file. A person who uses martial arts or something.”
“why?”
“It’s a black implant.”
“…Racial prejudice in this day and age, a rare assistant.”
Still, tracking was not difficult. This is because the main activity area is designated as 29th Street, and witness information comes in on its own, starting with the client.
-Street 7! It’s behind the Neo Shirts building! come fast!
Leonard and Max nodded and walked to the location. I had to wait until the other team was ready anyway, but it wasn’t bad to go ahead and grab the points. After a while, Max whispered.
“Prejudice?”
“……”
The ancestors were right. It was the hardest wall in the world to break.