The resident medical students had long had this idea, but due to a lack of manpower, they never put it into action.
"...." Placid took a deep breath, "What price do I need to pay..."
It felt odd hearing a bulky man say this, leaving Lin Miao uncomfortable all over, but he wouldn’t go as far as Wu Yanzu did, asking for someone’s freedom.
Lin Miao’s tone was very straightforward, so much so that he didn’t believe Placid could come up with the money.
If money was enough, this guy wouldn’t have come looking for him.
After sending the list to Lin Miao, Placid asked, "How much." Newest update provided by novel·fire·net
"Hmm..." Lin Miao pretended to take out a wooden abacus and fiddled with it aimlessly in front of Placid. "I’ll give you the supplies at cost price, plus labor costs, a fixed price of 80K."
Placid usually aided his compatriots, handing out money to his subordinates. Even though he’d never been to any entertainment venues, aside from maintaining his implants, he as a top hacker had only 30K in savings.
Lin Miao also noticed Placid’s difficulty, smiling and saying
"It’s okay if it’s not enough; you can pay back slowly in the future. As our first business transaction, I can waive the interest to show sincerity."
"The manpower and drugs, I’ll ensure they are quickly prepared to be sent to Taiping Continent, but I hope nothing goes wrong in the process, Mr. Placid. You should pay more attention to their safety."
Although Placid felt something was off, he didn’t think much of it.
He would confirm everything was correct before any money or goods were exchanged.
The only worry was Lin Miao using this as an excuse to test drugs on Haitians, and the Voodoo Gang surely wouldn’t let that slide.
"So.... are you satisfied?"
Lin Miao looked at the black man opposite him, feeling like he was facing a formidable enemy.
Honestly, even if the person coming was from Military Science or Huang Ban, he wouldn’t be this nervous.
But damn, the person coming was the Internet Supervisor.
Lin Miao’s least favorite group to face, the world’s top network operatives organization.
The self-proclaimed Night City Internet Supervisor agent Blaise Mossley smiled, "This is your business, unrelated to the Internet Supervisor."
"Hehe, that’s not right, sir. You look like a Haitian too, don’t you care about your compatriots?"
"I care about Haitian compatriots, but that doesn’t mean I support the Voodoo Gang, they are just a bunch of lunatics."
"Then why come to me? Afraid I’ll scam your Haitian friends?"
"We’ve observed you, Mr. Lin."
The very first sentence made Lin Miao contemplate whether he should blow his head off right now.
"Although you and your people sometimes act out of line, you usually have considerable sympathy for innocent weaklings, at least I’ve never seen you harm anyone on purpose."
"And frankly, this area might be the safest place in Night City now, aside from downtown and Charter Mountain, so we do have considerations about your way of doing things."
After hearing this, Lin Miao finally released his grip on the pistol.
"I hope to borrow your help, Mr. Lin, to eliminate this menace."
This operation puzzled Mossley the most is why the higher-ups sent him to cooperate with such a small company, which was out of character for the Internet Supervisor. They rarely appeared in front of normal people; most times, people only found out after the work was done.
And most importantly, the Internet Supervisor actually already had a plan in place to eliminate the Voodoo Gang, so why choose to terminate this plan and instead seek out a newly emerging small company?
Mossley found the person before him filled with mysteries, but as an Internet Supervisor agent, he knew many secrets, and some things were better left unsaid.
Lin Miao was taken aback.
This person spoke right to his heart.
"What can the Internet Supervisor offer me?"
"All the properties of the Voodoo Gang, including Sea God’s subnet, but of course, we need to clear some information; only after eliminating hidden dangers will we hand them over to you."
"This isn’t right, Mr. Mossley."
Lin Miao said sternly, "They’re already mine once you kill them; how can you use my stuff as a reward? This no-investment trade isn’t calculated this way."
Mossley was stunned; not many dared to negotiate after knowing he was an Internet Supervisor agent.
"What do you want then?"
"Equipment, hacker equipment."
Money, Lin Miao had his own ways, he didn’t lack it at the moment, but implants, especially advanced ones, Lin Miao truly couldn’t acquire now.
Especially a hacker’s access pod.
The highest circulating grade on the market was grade three; grade four access pods were equipment for top company hackers, expensive and with very demanding conditions. The world only has the Internet Supervisor with grade five access pods.
A set of access pods could easily cost eight figures, even nine figures, practically unaffordable and unavailable on the market.
"I can help you apply for two Internet Supervisor agent standard sets, with a market value of over a million each, but only after the elimination of the Voodoo Gang and clearing Sea God’s subnet."
Seemingly afraid Lin Miao would ask for too much, he emphasized again
"That’s the maximum I can manage with my authority."
Lin Miao hurriedly took out a pen and paper to draft a contract, fearful that the person before him might change his mind.
It made Mossley wonder if he had offered too high a price...