[Since the Burger King cri group had a head-on confrontation with the corporate regular army, they disappeared from Night City.]
[Along with them, Dog Town also vanished: this town was at the heart of the battlefield that day, and Military Technology officer Kurt Hansen died in an explosion, becoming yet another unjust soul under the wicked Burger King cri group.]
[Those once arrogant ard terrorists also suddenly disappeared as if they had never appeared at all.]
[Within a week, Night City’s municipal governnt publicly declared they would no longer rely on Arasaka or Military Technology’s services, as corporations are unreliable, and they needed their own City Guard.]
[The City Guard will be led by a relatively unknown officer, and the new City Guard of Night City is nad Curtis Hunter.]
[According to Mayor Ryan, this officer has been with the NCPD for seven years and participated in the pacification of Taiping State, having extensive experience in dealing with ard mobs.]
[This turmoil has prompted Arasaka Group and Military Technology to reconsider their policies toward Night City.]
[However, we also know that Night City, after this upheaval, has shown newfound vitality: represented by the Mackinaw General Vehicles Company.]
"Night City will thrive after this wave," Elliot sighed, "I would say, Burger King is truly... a gift from heaven to Night City.
This group of thugs used force to open a breach in corporate control, but violence cannot build a city; their departure has given Night City real space for developnt."
Elliot seed to go off-record: Night City has new industries.
Clearly, the technology and industries left by Lille, though affected by the disruption of cross-dinsional production networks, have overco this impact—
The efficiency might be lower, the quality might even be worse, but at least there’s industry now.
It seems Ryan and Perares are still following the path Lille planned for them...
Or perhaps they dare not do otherwise.
"New industries, new trade partners, it’s practically a rebirth! Night City is beginning to export new products to xico, like the Mackinaw Big Pickup!"
"...That Big Pickup is aweso, but unfortunately, it’s too difficult to transport vehicles across the ocean, and the cost might equal the shipping fee."
Elliot expressed disappointnt: who wouldn’t want to own a super pickup that can crush any company?
But unfortunately, vehicles are a kind of consur good with little technical content, or rather the cars he can afford have no technical content.
The condition for transoceanic transport is that profits must be enough to cover various costs, and the freight for transporting a vehicle by floating cargo ship from Night City to Foxstone is unimaginably high...
For him, it’s unimaginable, so he definitely can’t afford Mackinaw’s entry-level pickup, let alone the legendary floating pickup and riot armored vehicle, which are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Truly envy the people of Night City.
This part of the content doesn’t seem to be recorded on the storage device, Elliot purely narrated it.
"Night City’s trade routes seem to rely on a group of Wanderers, you guys understand better than I do; these people transport goods on the wastelands with pickups and big trucks."
"And it was on this route that a big problem occurred."
[...Surviving the disaster, Night City struggled to sustain itself. For survival and cost reduction, they had no choice but to forgo employing Arasaka and Military Technology, instead hiring Wanderers roaming the Evil Land for transportation.]
[These Wanderers are lawless; over the past year, they have clashed multiple tis with corporate regular forces on the border, even proactively attacking corporate garrisons.]
[Simultaneously, mysterious battles broke out in several cities, settlents, and military bases along the route.]
[In the city, company employees were assassinated, company convoys were robbed, and even a military base was attacked with vehicles stolen.]
[It is reported that New Arica and Military Technology are mobilizing troops to move to the US-xico Border.]
"Many people died!" Elliot enthusiastically exclaid, "The most outrageous event happened in xico City: I found so information outside the wall!
A Biotechnology executive, seemingly evacuated from Night City, was on a business trip to xico City, staying at the best hotel there.
This is the verbatim ssage from the rumor: ’The whole street was blocked off, and the attackers were simply maniacs, the kind that go berserk, ard with heavy weaponry, the sound of machine gun fire was like thunder...’
’Less than half a minute later, a Floating Car flew out, I thought it was impressive, but it was smashed to pieces in no ti!’
’Damn, it was really smashed! I watched as soone took down the Floating Car engine like a teor!’
’Smashed to pieces wasn’t enough, they even hijacked a vehicle, shooting all the way and charging directly into the hotel’s upper floors!’
’Oh my, people died all along the way, SSC personnel were stunned, I’d never seen such a scene, I had to watch the whole thing!’
’I followed all the way and saw that Biotechnology executive get set on fire and thrown down, died miserably...’"
Elliot spoke as if he were the eyewitness, getting more excited as he went on, blushing with his own enthusiasm again!
After he finished speaking, he took a sip of his drink and exhaled a long breath.
"Ha—what a sha, such scenes can only be seen in the city; I reckon the scenes in that so-called... Evil Land are even more thrilling, but the company would never show themselves being driven into a panic..."
Lille listened along, although there was no expression to make, if he had a body, his brow would surely be furrowed:
This sounds aweso and probably looks impressive too.
But if it really was an assassination, it shouldn’t have been chased from the slums to the target location; obviously, they were exposed before taking action, hence being chased from the slum to the affluent area...
In reality, this plan was executed in a very clumsy manner, purely bulling through with brute force, it wouldn’t work again if tried a few more tis.
Sensing Lille’s mood, Johnny suddenly took interest:
[Johnny: ...Could it be your girl? With such a fiery temper?]
[Johnny: Bud, I’m curious, what type is your girl... though she sounds like a nice girl.]
Ignoring Johnny’s teasing, Lille imdiately focused on other information.
No matter what, thinking about these things was useless; the key was how to return to Night City.
The data read continued, and Lille quickly found recent reports.
[anwhile, the Night City Sports Academy is established, and the currently most popular football novice Matt is about to transfer to a European club...]
Matt going to Europe to play football, to be honest, surprised Lille because he thought Matt only needed to play well in Arica.
Going to Europe could indeed advertise Night City well, but it was also more dangerous.
Just need to get Matt on board, and things would be easier afterwards...
"I heard that young Matt is using a new type of prosthetics, and Night City has been trying to mass-produce related prosthetic equipnt. This trip to Europe is to open up sales..."
"These news weren’t much ntioned in docuntaries, but I have my sources..."
[Johnny: Watching videos over the wall?]
"I just suddenly wanted to try it!" Elliot blushed again.
[Johnny: Why so hasty, how does this chubby face turn red after a couple of words?]
"It’s normal for a hacker to have a thirst for knowledge..." Elliot said sowhat regretfully, "I’ve been using a helt to go over the wall to see things that Network Supervision and the European Union don’t want us to see...
There’s a ton of stuff beyond the wall, and I can access this information..."
[Lille: I have to correct you on sothing: the wall you climbed was most likely intended by Network Supervision for you to climb it.]
"Huh?" Elliot was stunned, "What do you an?"
[Lille: It ans every ti you ’climb the wall’ with your helt, everything you do and the knowledge you gain is preset by them and under their control.]
[Lille: That helt was purposely let loose on the black market by Network Supervision.]
[Lille: You think climbing the wall is seeking freedom, seeking the truth that Network Supervision and the European Union don’t want you to know, but in reality, every ti you climb, you’re being watched by them.]
If it wasn’t Lille and Munemasa hacking in this ti, the matter would have long been exposed.
For Lille, detecting such matters was a walk in the park, but not so for Elliot.
These words were like a big hamr, making Elliot’s head buzz.
He thought he had found a way to quietly avoid Network Supervision, search for information, and connect with the ’real world’...
Only to find out everything was designed by them?
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