The car slowly pulled into the garage.
The Old Captain’s office, from the outside, appeared to be just a regular car modification shop, but the decor inside was quite nice, almost like walking into a 4S dealership.
Exquisite genuine leather sofas, real flowers, real grass, fresh air...
There was even an aquarium, with 100% real fish swimming around—a rather novel sight for street kids like V and Jack—
They had seen animals other than humans, but apart from rats and cockroaches, they had only seen other animals in Super Dream.
The two walked around, taking in the environnt.
Lille and the Old Captain sat opposite each other, with a bottle of top-notch tequila on the table, looking like a limited edition from the Liquor God.
Overall, the place was so good that it felt more like a fancy restaurant in the city center rather than a car modification shop.
Lille was also surprised and after sipping a bit of tequila, he said, "You’ve made it this nice?"
The Old Captain smiled proudly, "You see, if the scene lost its face, how could anyone believe that I am a capable middleman?
The place for making deals has to be as good as the cars. Speaking of cars, I have a few good ones at the mont, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket..."
As he spoke, V suddenly leaned in, "Do you have a Bandit GTS?"
"Uh... I don’t have that right now, but if you want to place a preorder, I can find a way to get one."
Lille urgently interrupted, "No, we don’t need that, not for now, let’s talk about Thunder Power first."
V clicked his tongue lightly, shalessly took a seat next to Lille, and downed the tequila on the table. After finishing it, seeming to enjoy the taste, he also downed Lille’s glass.
"This is how it is." The Old Captain placed a chip on the table, "Thunder Power has given two options, one of which is to sponsor a new vehicle for free."
Lille inserted the chip and started looking.
The new vehicle was straightforward—the Colby Netherworld Dog, the exclusive armored vehicle for the Netherworld Dog troops. This was a real warfare armored vehicle—with an armored body, bulletproof windows, and an undercarriage that could withstand a 10 kg TNT explosion, 300 horsepower.
It ca equipped with the sa electronic weapons system as the Netherworld Dog and the trunk could fit an entire armory.
That was good, but there were obvious drawbacks—it was a standard armored vehicle without personality, and who knew when hackers might find a security vulnerability.
"The second option... is to continue with modifications. They have so experintal chariot technology on hand and they want to quietly test it using the Mackinaw’s exterior."
This second option was a bit wilder, using more advanced technology, all from the laboratory.
From the outside, the vehicle would still look like a Mackinaw, but the undercarriage would use special alloy steel, sturdy enough to rival the Colby Netherworld Dog, and it had a transformable structure.
This structure, combined with the special shock absorption and tire system, automatically adapted to the terrain and could move in all directions.
The new power system could provide more than 400 horsepower, the circuit system could support various automated weapons systems and holographic crystal ball technology, and since it was a modular upgrade, how weapons were configured was up to Lille himself.
Besides that, it would also co with a custom armored body shell, electronic intrusion defense systems...
Once modified, the vehicle would only resemble a Mackinaw in appearance, essentially being a Batmobile—actually, it could seal the pickup truck’s cargo area in combat mode, turning into a real tank.
But honestly...
"With all this effort, why still a Mackinaw?"
Lille looked puzzled.
"About the stocks, you know how it is. Mackinaw introduced concept shares because they feared the effect you bring might vanish soday, leading to a stock price crash, affecting company operations.
Releasing concept shares can harvest so quick profits, while also being a way to promote and clear the inventory of unsellable Mackinaws...
Selling a Mackinaw isn’t easy; offload one and recover so investnt, offload two and make a profit."
More than just hard to sell.
With the money to buy a Mackinaw, only a fool would drive such a big pickup around the city—it’s large, slow, and guzzles gas."
In Evil Land, it perford fairly well, but Wanderers generally don’t have the money to buy this stuff.
The second option was a bit bizarre, but theoretically, the practicality wouldn’t be worse than the Netherworld Dog Armored vehicle, the only issue was that it was a modification.
It wasn’t factory-made, so it was hard to say if there would be any problems in actual use, with no after-sales service to turn to.
But Lille was confident in handling it and might even make so further minor tweaks.
Lille pulled out the chip, "I choose the second option, when can we start the modification?"
"We can start tomorrow, and get it done the day after tomorrow, Thunder Power is quite urgent."
"Urgent for what?"
"Urgent for the next ti you make a scene in a public place driving soone else’s car."
Sounds weird.
After settling the sponsorship matter, Lille thought for a mont and said, "Sex doll chips, can you get those here? The higher-end, the better."
Old Captain was stunned for a mont, "For running a brothel, what do I need those for? Can’t use them in a car, right?
Could it be..."
"No, never mind what I need them for, just fill in on the situation."
"Well... since you’re asking for sex doll chips, you should know what they can be used for...
If you’re looking for high-end sex doll chips, naturally it’d only be the top brothels that have them.
The high-end brothels are all monopolized by the Tiger Claw Gang, the Mox Gang might have so too, but these two gangs... The Tiger Claw Gang does have so conflict with the Six Street Gang, but other than that, not much interaction."
Dad, I’m really not too familiar with this stuff, you see how poor Saint Domingo is right now, basically no one has the mind to ss with those things."
"Alright, I’ll think of another way... Leave the car here for now. Any others?"
"Yes!"
Another Mackinaw drove out of the garage and stopped at the intersection.
The three of them looked out the glass and saw another Mackinaw nearly identical, slowly turning their heads to look at Old Captain.
Old Captain chuckled and rubbed his hands together, "There’s one more thing I didn’t ntion, actually I’m the dealer managing Mackinaw for Thunder Power..."
"A bit of an inside track, huh? Alright, if there’s nothing else, we’re headin’ out."
"Hey, dad, actually there’s sothing else, Six Street Gang has been restless these past few days, there’s talk that the boss, Morton, is colluding with the company.
There’s this guy called Firecannon, sneaking around forming alliances—he was there when you guys stord into Aloroy.
I guess this kid’s looking to take over, been mixed up in this for nearly two years now, about ti for him to betray the boss."
"Why are you telling this? We’re not gang mbers, what, you want us to handle him for you?"
"Firecannon is ambitious about power but a greenhorn in business. His boss assigned him a territory for protection money collection, which just happens to include our business.
These days, sotis you can see him hanging around the factory markets and Lama Armory..."
Lille stroked his chin, "Got his ho address? I might pay him a visit."
"His ho address is hard to find, but lately he’s been after a butcher, shows up there every now and then to cause trouble.
Here’s 10,000 Euros for your trip, dad, have fun."
Transfer...
The money had just reached Lille’s account when he passed it to V next to him.
The debt successfully reached 1.65 million.
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