120: A dark corner

Time: October 19, 2075, 11:05 AM.

Location: North Industrial Zone of Night City, second floor of the Rake underground factory.

Outside, the sun was bright; underground, the lights were blazing.

The lights overhead shone on the floor, and specks of blood spread quietly across the floor like ink dropped into water.

The crimson color sharply contrasted with the surroundings, and the flowing liquid seemed to pulse with vitality.

In the midst of the silence, the scattered pieces of disassembled chrome and flesh highlighted the increasingly terrifying figure standing tall in the center of the hall.

Fang Yun flicked off the blood beads from the fox moon katana - black fox, making the blade clean again.

Lowering his head, Fang Yun met the wide-eyed gaze of the ""Four-Eyes Murderer"".

Residual emotions like 'terror', 'disbelief', and 'ruthlessness' lingered in those eyes.

Your journey ends here. After you go to Nether, remember to take a bus transfer to the underworld, or else King Yama won't be able to reconcile the accounts.

Fang Yun thought nonsensically to himself, revealing a slight smile.

Afterward, Fang Yun stepped out of the pool of blood and walked towards the staircase entrance to the third basement level.

The third basement level contains a warehouse and two secret rooms.

The supply warehouse should have the goods I need.

As for those two secret rooms... Although the soundproofing on the secret room doors is quite good, to prevent the people inside from noticing something is wrong, I should go down and deal with them as quickly as possible.

The music player on the second basement level was still blaring energetic rock music.

The people responsible for guarding the secret rooms on the third basement level wouldn't discover what Fang Yun had done for a while.

I don't know who is behind the ""Four-Eyes Murderer"", but this grudge is settled.

Old Captain probably wouldn't blacklist me just because I offended the person behind the ""Four-Eyes Murderer"".

It's just that until I show greater strength, he will likely maintain some distance from me.

That's the kind of existence a middleman is.

...Perhaps Dakota will take care of me a bit more because of my status as 'half a Buckle Family member'?

While contemplating, Fang Yun completed his charge-up.

With another shift in the black and white scenery, Fang Yun successfully entered the warehouse on the third basement level.

Unlike last time, this time, Fang Yun got stuck on a shelf.

Accompanied by familiar damage sound effects, Fang Yun's health began to decrease at a rate of 1 point per second.

...

Two seconds later, Fang Yun used 'Fang Thrust - Phantom Charge' again, escaping the predicament.

Cough, it's not a big problem.

The real test is next.

First, charge into the 'Narcotics Production Room' on the left, wipe out the drug production gang, and then rush into the 'Human Trafficking Room' on the right, gun down all the guards, and rescue the kidnapped 'fat sheep' along the way.

As the saying goes, high-level hunters often only need to use the most basic hunting methods.

Having made up his mind, Fang Yun lifted his leg and walked towards the warehouse door, looking around to assess the situation inside as he walked.

On the warehouse ceiling were some not-too-bright light strips, emitting a low hum and illuminating the surrounding space.

The air in the warehouse was filled with the smell of machine oil and metal rust. On the walls, several cracks snaked down from the ceiling, eventually disappearing into the corners.

Rows upon rows of shelves were stacked high with various goods, each level packed full.

Ajax assault rifles, Owl revolvers, Constitutional Arms Liberty pistols, Deidara shotguns...

Most of them are firearms and their corresponding ammunition.

Could it be that the Four-Eyed Gang is planning an arms deal recently?

Fang Yun observed for a while, then turned his back and walked backward towards the warehouse door.

Oh? So the stolen 'magnesium strips' are here.

After turning around, Fang Yun immediately saw the 'magnesium strips' piled up in the deepest part of the warehouse, which was the batch of goods needed for Old Captain's transport commission.

Let me see what else there is...

After finding the goods, Fang Yun sped up his backward movement, wanting to quickly go and clear out the enemies on the third basement level.

It wouldn't be too late to come back and carefully examine what's in the warehouse after killing all the enemies.

...

Wait, what is that?

Fang Yun paused, looking at the furthest shelf on the right side.

He saw that the shelf, all five levels from top to bottom, was filled with indescribable purple moods, pink moods, and colorful fluorescent moods.

Fang Yun raised an eyebrow, then suddenly had a thought and looked to his left.

Indeed, on the furthest shelf to the left, Fang Yun discovered even more indescribable silicone products.

Fang Yun rubbed his chin with his left hand.

The placement is quite symmetrical. Could it be that the ""Four-Eyes Murderer"" appreciates symmetrical beauty?

After glancing at the silicone products on the left shelf again, Fang Yun resumed his backward movement.

People in the cyberpunk world sure play around a lot. Maybe I'll get a few to try someday.

The label says 'Any part will give you the ultimate experience'. I'd like to see if it's as amazing as the label claims.

...

Wait a minute, what is that?

Fang Yun's steps halted again. He frowned, looking at the small shelf by the wall on his left.

Once Fang Yun confirmed what it was, his frown deepened.

"Secondhand sex doll cyberware, split chips with heavy covers, erotic magazines."

The struggling figures on the split chip covers, the twisted faces on the magazine covers, plus the sex doll cyberware that, according to Human Intelligence Ascension analysis, had already changed hands multiple times.

Fang Yun narrowed his eyes and muttered softly:

"It seems the 'Four-Eyed Gang' doesn't just traffic people, they might also be using kidnapped individuals to illegally film black Superdreams."

Saying this, Fang Yun looked to his right as if he had thought of something.

As Fang Yun expected, there were also some small shelves symmetrically placed with the small shelf by the wall on the left.

On the small shelves on the right side were 'fresh' cyberware.

...Colluding with Cleaners, that's an additional crime.

Old Captain's intelligence didn't mention Cleaners. Perhaps it's because this kind of group is definitely related to Cleaners, so it wasn't specified?

...

After two seconds of silence, Fang Yun turned around and strode towards the warehouse door.

Fresh cyberware... still with blood, it must have been recently removed from a human body.

It seems I need to speed up. Sending these scumbags to Nether a second earlier means freeing the souls of those who died tragically a second sooner.