Luoqi looked at Brick's resolute expression, his own face showing no change.
He knew Brick was still unconvinced.
Although Luoqi had come to the All Foods Factory and fought his way to Brick, the lost Whirlwind Gang members were only a small portion of the gang.
Brick, pressured by the powerful combat strength the others had just shown, had no choice but to bow his head before Luoqi.
But he still believed he had the ability to negotiate terms.
After all, Ascension Technology was just a small company; starting a war with the Whirlwind Gang wouldn't be easy.
Asking the Whirlwind Gang to attack Arasaka Tower or Arasaka's properties was beyond the Whirlwind Gang's capability.
But if it was just Ascension Technology, they could still cause a lot of trouble.
Luoqi was also aware of this; he didn't want a group of heavily cyber-modified lunatics surrounding his pharmaceutical factory.
Even if he could handle it, there would inevitably be significant losses.
That's why Luoqi was reasoning with Brick here, instead of simply killing him.
Although he really disliked these lunatics from the Whirlwind Gang, at least Brick was still relatively normal.
Keeping this normal person to manage the Whirlwind Gang was much better than letting these lunatics from the Whirlwind Gang completely run wild.
"Remember what you said, Brick. I don't want to see Whirlwind Gang members coveting Ascension Technology's things.
Of course, if you want to see if Ascension Technology has the ability to make the Whirlwind Gang disappear from Night City, I'm happy to accompany you to the end."
Having said that, Luoqi had no intention of wasting more time with the Whirlwind Gang.
His goal had been achieved; by dealing with the Whirlwind Gang, the biggest unstable factor in the entire Chengbei Industrial Zone was resolved.
As for the remaining Scavengers entrenched in the Chengbei Industrial Zone, if they caused trouble, they would be dealt with one by one, slowly.
Luoqi left the All Foods Factory with Rebecca and a few others.
What Luoqi found rather regrettable was that Lisandra hadn't been able to find information about the mastermind behind this operation in the Whirlwind Gang's servers.
On the other side, Brick was directing the Whirlwind Gang members to handle the aftermath of the incident, canceling all actions against the Ascension Technology factory.
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...
Time flies.
Two months later.
After the Whirlwind Gang incident, major corporations' inquiries into Ascension Technology seemed to become more secretive.
And Ascension Technology also developed steadily during these two months.
Municipal Center.
Night.
In a corner of an underground parking garage, John was sitting in a car, constantly looking around, seemingly waiting for someone.
It was late at night, and the entire underground parking garage was very quiet.
The lights overhead couldn't illuminate the entire garage, and the environment in the corners was slightly dim.
One could vaguely see that John was still wearing a proper suit, seemingly having just gotten off work.
And the work badge he had thrown on the passenger seat also indicated John's identity.
[Ascension Technology]
[John Derek]
[Logistics and Support Department - Transport Team Leader]
At this moment, John had his hands on the steering wheel, tapping his fingers lightly without rhythm, looking a little nervous.
After a while, faint footsteps were heard in the garage, and another suit man appeared in the garage.
The suit man slowly approached John's car. John confirmed the identity of the person and rolled down the window.
"Found anything?"
The suit man asked John.
John didn't answer verbally; instead, he took out a data chip and handed it to the suit man.
The suit man glanced at the chip, and seeing that John wasn't speaking, noticed his nervousness.
"You seem a bit nervous? This place is under our surveillance, there's no one else here now, and it's not your first time meeting here."
The suit man raised an eyebrow slightly. As an experienced agent, John had even carried out undercover missions at Arasaka. By rights, he shouldn't be showing such nervousness.
Seeing the suit man speak again, John could only force himself to calm down and said:
"It's nothing, it's just that there seem to be significant personnel changes in the company recently. I suspect this is related to Counterintelligence, so I need to be a bit cautious during this time.
The data on the chip is Ascension Technology's freight data for this period.
Besides the various pharmaceutical raw materials on the surface, the company has recently secretly ordered a large amount of metal raw materials. I have recorded the specific materials and flow direction on the chip."
Hearing this, the suit man who came for the meeting nodded and took the chip.
At this moment, John spoke again.
"Oh, right, about my application, has there been a reply from above? When can I be pulled out of Ascension Technology?"
As early as the last meeting, John had applied to the higher-ups to be transferred out of Ascension Technology.
Because Ascension Technology was really not a place for an individual to stay. Over the past few months, he had not only had to maintain high-intensity work but also carefully collect various pieces of intelligence.
Although Ascension Technology was just a small company that had been established not long ago.
But based on an excellent agent's keen intuition and sixth sense, John always felt his situation was extremely dangerous, as if there was always an unseen pair of eyes watching him.
This feeling became even stronger, especially in the past few days after he discovered Ascension Technology's secret orders.
That's why he was so nervous today.
Being an undercover agent at Ascension Technology, the long hours of high-intensity work and highly stressed nerves tormented him.
His desire to escape Ascension Technology was now unprecedentedly high.
But unfortunately, after hearing John's words, the suit man shook his head.
"It hasn't been confirmed yet, just stay at Ascension Technology for now. But you're doing very well, I believe it won't be long before the higher-ups find an opportunity to pull you out."
Hearing this, John instantly felt a wave of despair.
For him, the previous sentence had already pronounced the result. As for the latter sentence, he could just treat it as hot air. He wasn't naive enough to take empty promises seriously.
Although he had mentally prepared himself that the company definitely wouldn't give up an undercover agent who had painstakingly infiltrated for so long and could obtain stable intelligence.
But John still felt a bit disappointed.
Perfunctorily dismissing John and telling him not to fantasize, the suit man picked up the chip, preparing to insert it into his interface to start reading the data.
But just as the chip was about to be inserted, the suit man found that his hand couldn't move.
At this moment, his hand seemed to be frozen, completely unable to move, as if clamped by a giant strong man's arm, and the chip remained steadily outside the interface.
A sudden change occurred, and the suit man showed a look of horror, instinctively wanting to assume a defensive posture.
But he fearfully discovered that not only his arm but even his body seemed to be surrounded and squeezed by a huge force field, making it impossible to even move a step.
And John, who had been observing the suit man, quickly noticed his abnormality. Just as John was also feeling terrified and confused.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Footsteps came from the deeper darkness of the garage.
A unique neon color, reflected by the gradually brightening lights, was the first to appear in the two people's field of vision.
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