Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 162



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Episode 162. Eyes and Ears (3)

x“Is this enough?”

A man entered the dark bar. He roughly cleared the table and unpacked the weapons he was carrying in his duffel bag.

“What the heck is this? Are you going to make a contract with these junks?”

The Asian man sitting in front of him frowned as if he was faced with some low-quality trash.

“Oh, right, weren’t you the one who said there was a shortage of mercenaries? We’re prepared as well. Since we’ve tied up the money as a success fee and not a down payment, if we fail, you can just stop paying, right?”

“That’s something we can talk about when we get a rough estimate… I don’t think you had any implants?”

“If it’s a body strengthening implant, then a little-.”

Before the mercenary could finish speaking, the Asian man shook his head.

“That’s not even close. There are no battlefield analysis implants or aiming-assist implants, right?”

“That’s true…… but.”

“If you, the captain, are going to be like that, then your subordinates will naturally be just humans. That’s enough. You don’t need to take this mission.”

“Are you kidding me right now?”

The grim-faced man who had brought the duffel bag slammed the table down hard. The glass shook, but the Asian man continued speaking in a steady voice.

“I’m serious. If I bring this kind of contract to Fumiko, my head will be blown off. Where did you get those idiots who call themselves mercenaries?”

“What are you talking about!”

“You’re a foreigner, aren’t you? It seems like you’ve only been in Stella City for a short time.”

“That’s true… but I came here often a few years ago. You don’t mean to say that Stella City has changed since then, do you?”

“That’s right. It’s changed over the years.”

The Asian man took a sip of the drink placed in front of him.

“You’ll hear the same thing from any other broker anyway…… I did you a favor. I’ll explain why we can’t entrust our work to you.”

“Weak.”

The words that came out of the mouth of the Oriental man were words that touched the pride of the man with a fierce look.

“Our Black Shark Mercenary Group is like that-.”

“It’s inflation. If you’re a mercenary who takes on work that straddles the line between legal and illegal, you should be able to beat up the police, right?”

“Did you think we were making this mess because we couldn’t even get rid of one of the salty guys from Stella City?”

“They say they’re the police of Stella City, but in reality, they’re no different from Hansanwoo’s private army. They’re all armed with Hansan weapons, from the lowest to the highest.”

This is an era where public power has fallen to the ground. This is an era where corporations dominate everything.

The leader of the Black Shark Mercenaries was not afraid of the state or the police, but he could not help but be wary of corporations.

“The salty guys…… their numbers have increased, and CCTVs have been installed all over the streets. The guns they’re holding are all the latest models……”

“Even so, aren’t they just rascals? I doubt there’s a guy with an implant in every patrol unit.”

“But if it’s a mercenary group that proudly carries weapons like this, then at least we can have an ‘equal fight’.”

The leader of the mercenary group recalled the police officers of Stella City who remained in his memories.

They were incompetent, corrupt, and weak. They were weaklings who could only fire a few shots at criminals who were openly killing people in broad daylight.

The idea that those guys and his mercenary group would be treated as ‘equals’ was something he had never imagined before entering the bar.

“We need a problem solver who can get the job done neatly and properly, not a punk who’s going to fight the police.”

“What…….”

“This is an assault rifle that’s been around for decades. I guarantee you that even if your mercenaries shoot the police first, you’ll be killed faster by the police’s return fire.”

“I might be able to rob a hole-in-the-wall store or two. But I can’t trust them with a proper operation.”

“I think you’re doing this because you don’t know our abilities-.”

“I don’t know. How can I trust you if I don’t know? You may be stronger than the weapons, but we have no reason to take risks.”

The captain clenched his teeth.

“I heard that there was a shortage of mercenaries in Stella City, but it seems to be a bit different from what I thought.”

“There is a shortage of mercenaries. I haven’t been able to find any mercenaries for this commission for two weeks. But there is a good reason for that.”

“Those who have proven their skills to a certain extent are scouted by companies, and those who enter the company carry better weapons and beat up other mercenaries.”

Under normal circumstances, it would have been extremely risky for a company to have its own personal armed forces.

They could have faced condemnation from other companies, and the armed forces they had amassed by spending so much money could have become useless.

But the anxiety was enough to motivate them to open their wallets.

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Large-scale enterprises like Elecharmony collapsed overnight. Companies competitively expanded their armed forces to survive.

They were under strict surveillance by Stella City and the police, but the businessmen willingly accepted it. They thought that, unusually for them, they needed ‘the power to protect’ rather than ‘the power to write’.

“What we need are strong mercenaries, not just humans with guns.”

“Okay. It’s not like there’s only one broker here looking for mercenaries.”

“It would be similar wherever you go.”

“There was a place that seemed more urgent. I’ll take on another request.”

The captain frowned and put the guns and bombs he had taken out into his duffel bag.

“Thank you for understanding. But still… you should be careful.”

“Are you still thinking of picking a fight? You said you wouldn’t make a deal. Isn’t that enough?”

“No, I don’t need to worry about it…… but I heard that some brokers are thinking of quitting this business.”

“Why is that?”

“Why do you think mercenaries and their clients would use a middleman?”

The captain frowned.

“It’s trust. The confidence that this broker will not take advantage of mercenaries or clients. And to continue doing business in the future, it’s the confidence that he will never stab someone in the back of the head.”

But if someone is thinking of quitting their brokerage job after this one, it’s not surprising that anything can happen.

You could conspire with mercenaries to rob clients, or conspire with clients to force mercenaries into a desperate situation.

“I can take that much risk.”

The captain left the bar, carrying his duffel bag. The Asian man looked at him with worried eyes.

It was so obvious, but victory cannot last forever.

Having somehow come across something that could be called great, I had to solve countless boring tasks.

“That’s why I said I can’t pass it up at this price!”

“How much will real estate prices rise here? How dare you buy land at this price? This is complete robbery!”

Sansuhwa shook her head as if she was ashamed.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to show you this side of me…….”

“That could be the case.”

It was no surprise that problems arose in the process of acquiring land. The evil inhabitants of Stella City could easily have done worse.

“Still, it’s disappointing. If it weren’t for Hansan, these people wouldn’t have been able to speak so shamelessly.”

“You have to accept that.”

In the past, it would have been absurd for citizens to protest when a company secured land.

It couldn’t be considered something that had never happened before. Anyone would have tried their best to resist in such a situation.

But the reason they could proudly hold up placards and proclaim their innocence, and the reason the media listened to them as if it were a given, was because of the ‘environment’ I created.

“If you bring kids here, they’ll start doing drugs and forming gangs. Do you think we’ll see that?”

One of the residents was holding a sign high and shouting loudly.

It wasn’t a wrong statement. The orphans of Stella City were born into an environment where they had no opportunity to learn morality.

But the environment here didn’t look that great either. They were just yelling to make as much money as possible.

“It’s stuffy.”

“I have to accept it, what can I do?”

If it had been the previous Hansan, these citizens would have been driven out in one fell swoop by the gang.

No media would have represented their situation. If another company had been involved, the story might have been different, but it would have been resolved through business-to-business negotiations.

It was I who gave up that convenient solution on my own. It was I who forced other companies not to use that convenient solution.

In the end, it was my fault, after all. There was no room for complaint.

“What about the compensation plan?”

“We have offered a pretty decent compensation, but… it doesn’t seem like it will end.”

“I’ll have to think about this too. Anyway, I’ve seen enough. Let’s go.”

However, Sansuhwa, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, was staring blankly into space.

“What’s going on?”

“I have information. I think we need to see Lisa right away.”

“It was an attack. It wasn’t our fault, and it was over quickly… but it doesn’t seem like it’ll be easy to resolve.”

I had a bad feeling.

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