Became a CyberPunk Tycoon - Chapter 163



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Episode 163. Eyes and Ears (4)

“Let me sort it out. So, what happened?”

Lisa’s expression was complicated. There was a slight wariness toward me in her eyes.

It’s not that serious. If she was truly hostile to me, she wouldn’t have called Hansanwoo in the first place.

But the growing doubts about our trust relationship were not something that could be dismissed as insignificant.

“Do you know the Black Shark Mercenaries?”

“I don’t know. I’m not a broker, and I don’t know all the mercenaries in Stella City.”

“I guess so…… I hope so.”

Lisa let out a deep sigh.

“The Black Shark mercenaries attacked the civilians. They shot in broad daylight and killed people.”

“That’s terrible. Hasn’t he been caught yet?”

“He was shot dead on the spot. He resisted, but the police suffered little damage.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s something big enough to warrant calling me.”

Although the police had considerable support, that did not mean they could win every fight without harm.

The same was true for security. It was impossible to take away all the guns in the city, and there was no way to control the rampaging mercenaries.

“That’s… the place they raided… was a tent. The tent where the protesters were gathered.”

I’m starting to understand how things work.

“You said Hansan needed a new factory site, right? Well, the citizens who were not satisfied with the land compensation were united, and in an instant…….”

It was terrible, but for now I had to get more information.

“Is that a request?”

“That’s probably true. It was too organized to be simple looting. It didn’t seem like they were after money either.”

“Do you know who commissioned those mercenaries?”

“No. The brokers are originally a bit… uncooperative. They say things like confidentiality and all… We tried our best to dig into it by selling the names of this person and that person, but it didn’t seem like a proper company.”

“Is this what you can’t find?”

“At least, that’s what the police can do. They hid the client through multiple routes. At least… I think one of the Megacorps was involved.”

“It really caught on.”

Hansan benefited from the ‘unknown mastermind’. Even a fool would know who to suspect.

When there is an issue that cannot be resolved, it is standard practice to first suspect ‘the entity that benefits from this issue occurring’.

“It’s not good. I thought we could communicate at least a little bit there.”

The forces that were blocking Hansan’s acquisition of the land were not all fools demanding unreasonable compensation.

Since it was an orphanage, the land required was not very large, so there were bound to be few people who opposed it.

Most of them were not even negotiating partners; they simply loathed the very idea of ​​an orphanage being built around where they lived.

But the factory site was different. It required a lot of land, and there were people who would literally lose their livelihood if they were kicked out.

Not all of them were like that, but at least they existed.

“I heard there were problems during the negotiations.”

“It was just… I was saying that I needed more money. It wasn’t an unacceptable condition.”

Although I have had many opportunities to spend money on various things lately, the support that Hansanmok promised me was not limited to vested interests.

Because I got cash in a number of ways, like paying off debts owed to Hansan Electronics, buying technology that was still in the conceptual stage, and donating to a terrorist organization.

“Can I look at the list of victims?”

“It’s not even confidential information… so it shouldn’t matter to that extent.”

Lisa handed me a small chip. I took it naturally and handed it to Sansuhwa, who was standing behind me.

Sansuhwa, who had the chip implanted in her body, opened her mouth with a dark expression.

“It is just as you were worried. Most of the representatives who were friendly to Hansan were sacrificed.”

“It could be a coincidence. Our negotiating team was going in a good direction, and most of the representatives were willing to negotiate with us.”

It seems like the staff was handling things better than I had heard. Now, it all seems meaningless.

“If they went into the protest tent and fired bullets indiscriminately, it is not surprising that friendly representatives were killed.”

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“That’s too bad.”

I could see why Lisa had called me. Things were more complicated than I had imagined.

“I hate to say this when someone is dead, but this isn’t going to bring the negotiation team down, is it?”

“Yes. At the very least, it would require the relocation of several hundred people, and there may be unregistered residents living there.”

“Even if we’re lucky, the negotiations will have to start over from the beginning. If we’re unlucky, the new delegation may be comprised of humans who have been instigated by another organization.”

And that wasn’t all. I could finally understand Lisa’s complex expression.

“There were people who doubted us.”

“Not me. Well, there were a lot of things going on, but… at least I trust the current CEO Hansanwoo. He’s not the type of person to do something like that.”

But in the end, Lisa is just an individual.

Her personal favor and personal faith in me, while worthy of my personal gratitude, will have little effect in resolving the matter.

“There are articles on the Internet that seem to have been waiting for Hansan to spread. I thought about blocking them, but… I thought that if I did something without consulting the boss, it would cause problems later.”

“Is that it?”

“It was definitely not spread by an individual. So… I thought something had happened.”

If a corporation is behind this, simply deleting the article from the Internet would be worse than not doing anything at all.

“……I believe you.”

Most people have no way of knowing how far the coordination between Hansan and the negotiating team has progressed.

All they know is that mercenaries showed up at the request of an unknown human (probably behind Megacorp) and massacred the negotiating party (probably in conflict with Hansan).

Some reporters may have explicitly written the words in parentheses in their articles, while others may have only hinted at them. Either way, it was natural for citizens to be suspicious of us.

“Even within the police… if things get bigger, they’ll probably just do a formal investigation. Of course, there’s no way they’ll find any suspicions.”

The image of the police in Stella City has improved a lot, but it has its limits. They have only been upgraded from ‘gangsters who are always watching out for gangsters’ to ‘corporate dogs who are good at catching gangsters.’

Citizens did not believe that the police could or would fight Megacorp.

“And I think we’ll have to keep our distance for a while. I don’t want to do this, but I can’t help it.”

The police are an investigative agency. If the public is to trust the results of the investigation when Hansan is investigated, they must deny any connection to Hansan.

“This is enough. Thank you.”

Lisa’s face turned red.

“I hate to say this, but… I really can’t get used to the boss having such a serious expression.”

There was joy in the empty laughter. At least, it didn’t seem like he hated me.

After finishing my meeting with Lisa, I turned around and immediately gave some instructions to Sansuhwa.

“Mobilize our hackers. Investigate the broker who took on the request, the reporter who wrote the article, and anyone who could be designated as a new representative.”

“Instead of the reporter who wrote the bad article about us, find the reporter who covered this story first.”

There aren’t many companies that would do something like this. I’ve already got a few megacorps running through my head, and the culprit is probably among them.

As I got into the car, I looked at the buildings densely packed in the central district.

It was done. It was neat and clever. This was definitely the work of a company.

But I didn’t necessarily feel bad. I was a bit lost when I thought about how I was going to get through this right away, but the fact that they had chosen this strategy meant that I had already won half the battle.

“It’s intense. I never thought I’d see this level of public opinion warfare in this city.”

“Of course. There was no need for that.”

The battle of public opinion only works when public opinion is meaningful.

“Well… if it was the Stella City of the past, they wouldn’t have done something like this to Hansan.”

The company would have taken over the land from the ‘rightful’ owners for a pittance, because the people they raised for it were gangsters.

If the land was handed over in that way, there would be no need to worry about what would happen to the people living there.

Journalists would not have used ‘citizens who lost their homes and were abandoned due to construction’ as a story.

“I would have used a rougher method.”

It felt like they were physically attacking construction workers and disrupting the construction process by mobilizing gangs they supported.

But the companies that are currently disrupting Hansan are not using such strategies. They have become accustomed to the new order.

“It won’t be easy… but let’s try.”

I created the arena. There is no way you can escape this fight.

I will fight and win.

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