Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 142



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Episode 142. Execution Power (7)

“Hey, Miss? I see you here again. Are you following me around?”

Claire waved her hand at the blond man’s question. She never imagined that she would ever see him again.

“Oh, no!”

Claire thought she was back to normal.

A life of driving a taxi late into the night, driving tirelessly to collect night-time surcharges.

Claire, who was waiting for the last call, found a very good case.

The goal is the central district, and it is a top-class commission with the passenger bearing the burden of identity security.

People living in the central district had a lot of money, and it was not uncommon for them to tip if the service was good.

Once you get to the central area, the road conditions are good and it’s not dangerous. It was a good request, worthy of decorating the last call of the day.

That would have been the case if the client hadn’t been the blond man in front of me.

“Excuse me, is it really okay for me to go into the central district?”

No matter how I thought about it, that blond man was too tough a person to survive in Central District.

Because he didn’t show the aura of a typical businessperson who says, ‘I’ll be polite, but I’ll look down on you deep down, and don’t think of me and you as equals when we’re just taxi drivers.’

“It’s okay, it’s not blocked.”

Claire was trembling, but there was really nothing she could do.

It was true that the blonde man had shot and killed a man in front of her, but that didn’t mean she would have done the same thing if she had a gun.

Objectively speaking, it was only his ‘nonchalant attitude towards killing people’ that made him afraid.

But asking, “Why didn’t you kill the attempted rapist and tremble?” wasn’t a very wise question, considering this was Stella City.

“Oh, I see…….”

It was not right to refuse a ride because of a crime that had not even occurred. Claire nodded slowly.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like he was the only one riding in the taxi. There was a man following him who, no matter how much I thought about it, didn’t seem to fit in with him.

Claire, who tried hard to push the doubts deep into her mind, moved to do her duty.

She got into the driver’s seat and drove the taxi silently.

“Have you heard the news?”

“Of course. I’m not stupid… How could I not know? It’s so noisy.”

The guards of Elecharmoni were always talking about the incident whenever they gathered.

“Really… the higher-ups are the problem. Can’t we just be a little more amicable? This incident also blew up because they were trying to cover it up for no reason.”

“Who said no? What good is it to just make things look flashy on the outside? The inside is rotten.”

Naturally, not all of the company’s employees were complicit in the crime.

Within the company, they were busy sending out official letters to ‘clear up the misunderstanding’, but no one was foolish enough to believe them.

“The kids who died this time, are they from Smith’s side?”

“You guys are hilarious. We don’t know how to fight and we’re just talking nonsense… You guys are going to lose right away, but you’re just talking nonsense.”

“More than that, it’s creepier that there’s a kid who tells you to do that. I’m saying it’s because the mercenary stuff doesn’t go away.”

Elessharmony was no different from many other companies in Stella City.

They gathered a bunch of low-quality applicants and used them as security guards, and they didn’t hesitate to commit murder when they got in.

“I wish you wouldn’t make me do such things as loyalty and all. I don’t want to end up in jail…….”

The price of people who fight a little was going through the roof. In that situation, staying in a low-paying corporate security job was something I could do because I had a slight sense of duty.

Security guards are also people. They are not like servants or robots who fight to protect evil beings who have been deprived of their thoughts and will.

“I guess I should go somewhere else…….”

But it wasn’t easy to talk about changing jobs.

They were decent security guards for a decent company and had sufficient knowledge of tactical equipment. However, in Stella City, it was difficult to be recognized as professional with that level of technology.

“Didn’t you say you’d never leave? You have a retirement fund and…….”

“Even retirement benefits are only meaningful if you live off of them. What’s the point of retirement benefits if you go to prison?”

Hansando, the police, and Brownhood were no longer as easy as they used to be.

Even if you take the side of the company and engage in crime right now, you never know when you might be caught.

Even if the rich had a way to escape somehow, ordinary people like them had no choice but to be caught.

“That’s true.”

The two grumbling guards were sucked into the break room as if they were slipping.

There was still some time left until shift change, but we had already covered all of the patrol routes.

If there was a problem, the counter staff would call them, so it was better to just sit on the sofa and rest rather than waste energy. That’s what I thought.

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“……Who are you all?”

The two guards, dragging their tired bodies into the break room, could realize that there were passengers.

A young man wearing a black visor and a middle-aged man. No one could tell that they were guards coming in for a shift change.

“You got caught?”

“……I thought I’d have a few minutes to spare, but I was out of luck.”

They were talking with calm faces, but the guards who were watching moved hurriedly.

“Tch, intruder! Sound the alarm-.”

There was a ‘knock’ sound. There was a pistol in E’s hand.

Alex looked at the falling guard. It was a familiar uniform.

The logo of the company he had dedicated his entire life to was instantly covered in blood.

“I would have said let’s go without making any unnecessary sacrifices.”

“You have a gentle heart. If you had such a kind heart, you shouldn’t have even attempted assassination in the first place.”

At E’s ridicule, Alex had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

“Didn’t you make a plan? Drawing your weapon at the last minute…….”

“Sir, you still haven’t come to your senses?”

E shook his head.

“I confirmed that the CEO and his wife are in the company, and that the security isn’t that big. But that doesn’t mean that it’s stupid to say that we’ll go ‘without unnecessary sacrifices.’”

“That’s not possible, and there’s no need to do that. You came here because of that… incident, right? The one where someone died recently.”

“How do you know about that? It hasn’t even been properly reported yet.”

“There’s a way to do everything… Anyway, these kids did something wrong and are trying to cover it up, right? Those Hansan kids are just thinking about wiping their mouths and covering up the incident. Right?”

Alex, who had been silent, nodded slowly.

“There is a reason for that.”

“Anyway, then aren’t all the kids working here like accomplices?”

“But they were not at fault-.”

“Aren’t they just trash guys who clean up after the company anyway? What, they didn’t do anything wrong? Is it over if they just say, ‘We had no choice because we were told to do so from above’?”

E didn’t hate this conversation.

Even at this very moment, Elecharmoni’s private soldiers will be rushing into this space after realizing the danger.

“If you do that, don’t the CEO and his wife have a lot to say? If this problem spreads, countless people will become unemployed, the economy will collapse… Where would someone be without a reason?”

E, smiling brightly, turned her back on him and left the break room.

“I’m going?”

Alex followed him out of the break room without saying a word.

He was right. There probably weren’t many people working at this company who didn’t know they were involved in crime.

It’s all about taking risks. Thinking things like, ‘This company probably committed a crime, but it didn’t get caught anyway. Should I quit my job because of that?’

It may be right to kill them. Even if they did not commit a mortal sin, they may not have been noble enough not to die.

But Alex, who followed him, couldn’t shake off the uneasy feeling in his chest.

By that logic, it was he and no one else who should have died first.

It was he who both turned a blind eye to Elecharmoni’s crimes and actively carried them out.

But Brownhood didn’t kill him.

He could have changed and spent the rest of his life doing something worthwhile.

To such an Alex, would he be qualified to judge someone who has not yet chosen?

“It’s him! He’s the enemy!”

“It’s just two guys. Get ready and take them out in one go- AAAAAH!”

People die. E had the skills to match his arrogance, and ordinary people were no match for him.

“These guys are really weak. If that’s all there is to it, I might be a little disappointed.”

Quick and light, he fired his guns with utterly delightful movements, as if fighting were child’s play.

The surprise attack failed. Alex was left with few options.

Either risk your life and get through these people, or run away without doing anything.

“Are you planning to fight alone?”

Alex gritted his teeth and moved his body. It would only send another bullet into those already downed by E’s gun, but at least he had blood on his hands.

“It looks like you’re ready to do something now.”

Ignoring the annoying E word, he continued to climb up the building.

To where those who abandoned him are waiting.

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