The three semitrailers didn’t head straight for Evil Land but instead stopped at the roadside shortly after leaving Taiping Continent when Lin Miao imdiately requested the convoy to halt.
The silver-haired female hacker had been waiting here for so ti already, leaving Reyes and ta Group’s employee Charles feeling sowhat clueless about what Lin Miao wanted with the hacker.
Lin Miao reopened the compartnt, taking Lucy with him, and when they erged, they were holding an electronic device.
Lin Miao tossed it in front of Reyes and ta Group’s employee Charles.
"Gentlen, I didn’t expect the surprise gift left for on this vehicle. My shopping list shouldn’t include tracking and eavesdropping, right? And there’s a military technology virus buried in the machine tool’s CNC program, attempting to steal and upload my design plans. Seems a bit off, doesn’t it?"
"What’s going on here...."
Reyes’ face turned dark, and he looked at Charles, questioning irritably.
"This isn’t what we agreed upon. How did military tech end up targeting this batch of goods?"
Although Charles was equally puzzled, it didn’t prevent him from explaining.
"I don’t know about the military tech situation, but I can assure you it’s unrelated to ta Group. My task only involves getting these two machine tools out, understand?"
His nonchalant deanor was absolutely infuriating.
Reyes’ gaze towards Charles took on a dangerous tone. "So, what are you implying? Are you suggesting I leaked this to the military tech?"
If it weren’t for ta Group’s security personnel on the vehicle, he would’ve shot this bastard dead right now.
"Who knows? Our goal here is rely to sell this batch off; the rest is beyond my concern. You’d better ask Dao Jie. Aside from , only his people have handled this batch."
"Dao Jie? Are you suggesting Hansen’s mutt can mingle with military tech? At least co up with a better excuse."
Confronted with Reyes’s sarcasm, Charles remained indifferent.
"Mutt always follows whoever feeds them. As a middleman, you should know this well."
Their argunt showed signs of escalation until Lin Miao intervened to break it up.
"Alright, gentlen, now’s not the ti for this debate. Since we’ve identified the issue and resolved it, there’s no need to dwell on it further, and I don’t plan to investigate which one of you did this. Let’s leave it at that."
When fetching the goods, Lin Miao sensed sothing off about Dao Jie. He seed unwilling for Lin Miao to inspect the goods and remained too silent, arousing Lin Miao’s suspicions.
However, calling Lucy wasn’t coincidental; he initially intended to fetch sothing from her. It was Lin Miao’s worry about the machine tool matter that prompted him to ask her to co over personally for a minor assistance.
After scanning with his artificial eye and Lucy’s backend analysis, they identified the issue, and Lucy was quite certain that it was military tech’s handiwork.
As for the reason? She didn’t say.
Yet, compared to ta Group, Reyes, and Dao Jie, Lin Miao had more trust in Lucy.
Besides, pursuing this matter further brought him no benefit.
Even if confird it was Military Science’s doing, what then?
Could he confront them for compensation? They’d rely laugh him off as an idiot.
He could only repay the favor at a later ti when circumstances allowed it. Machine tools, despite knowing they are problematic, are sothing he must deal with regardless.
As for Reyes, Lin Miao believes the odds of him leaking the information are low, as the issue likely stems from Military Science agents widely casting a net, indifferent to detection.
After all, a listening device and a virus code, neither holds substantial value.
This affair will ultimately remain unresolved.
"A surprising choice, but quite wise," Charles found this enigmatic buyer sowhat unexpected.
He was a bit concerned that the other party might seize this opportunity to bargain or sothing. Things taken out from Dog Town were easy enough; retrieving them was far more troubleso.
Lin Miao no longer shared a ride with the old captain, opting to turn away under Reyes’ reproachful gaze to ride alone with Lucy. Reyes wasn’t headed for Evil Land; he had his own matters to attend to.
Lin Miao looked at the feminine décor inside the vehicle, sowhat surprised.
"You’ve bought a car in just the few days we haven’t seen each other?"
"Hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮"
Lucy kept her eyes forward, hands gripping the steering wheel, her voice tinged with a hint of dissatisfaction.
"You’re such a busy person dealing with matters all day; how would you care about soone like ? Not knowing I bought a car is pretty normal, right?"
"It’s only when you need do I co to mind, this hacker wandering Night City."
The implicit complaint of being useful only when needed was almost palpable, her expression reading "I’m angry, appease ."
She originally thought Lin Miao’s mood would be bad after losing so many underlings, planning to wait a few days to contact him when he was in better spirits. But what happened? He didn’t call for a week.
And now, he’s reaching out just for her assistance. anwhile, can’t he reach out casually just for the sake of connecting?
"Well.... not exactly. Truth is I’m a little overwheld, busy with things coming at from all sides."
Lin Miao isn’t clueless; he sensed Lucy’s underlying aning perfectly well, but why would he deliberately respond proactively to such conversation?
He prefers being passive.
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