Due to Jack's warning, the peacock did not act rashly. He continued to circle as if he was not aware of it.
When he passed the alley entrance again, the peacock suddenly accelerated and rushed over.
This move really shocked the other person, who subconsciously chased him out.
Before he could completely rush out of the alley, the peacock sprang out from the side and knocked him to the ground.
Although Heiying, who knew he had been tricked, lost the first move, he still refused to give up.
He took advantage of the force of the peacock's pounce and fell to the ground. Before the peacock could pin him down, the opponent gave the peacock a heavy elbow and pushed it under the peacock's ribs.
With just this blow, Peacock almost lost his breath. He bit the tip of his tongue to prevent himself from fainting. At the same time, he also punched the man on the bandaged chest.
This punch immediately caused blood to ooze from under the opponent's bandage, but the man was very tough and his hand movements were not slow at all.
As soon as the peacock's hunting knife was placed on the other person's neck, the man's dagger also hit the peacock's front, and then the peacock screamed in surprise.
"Ah Bang! Are you still alive?!"
"snort!"
In response to Peacock's exclamation, Ah Bao just snorted coldly.
With a move of his fingers, the dagger disappeared into his sleeve. Even this movement affected the wound on his chest, so Abao couldn't help but frown.
"Ah! I'm sorry, sorry."
Looking at the bandage that was almost stained red with blood, Peacock looked panicked. He hurriedly put away his hunting knife and helped Ah Bang stand up.
That night, Peacock and Abao were responsible for guarding Dad Dick.
Peacock saw with his own eyes that A Bao was stabbed into the heart by a knife. Although A Bao and himself did not deal with it, Peacock was still very sad.
Peacock never expected that not only did Abao survive, but he could also escape from the clutches of the slave-catching team. This discovery made Peacock extremely excited.
"Is your injury okay?"
Seeing the painful expression on Ah Bang's face, Peacock regretted it very much. He just wanted to take down the opponent in one fell swoop, so he didn't hold back.
"I can't die yet."
Pushing away the peacock who wanted to show his kindness, Ah Bao tried his best to stand up straight. The peacock had always been his mortal enemy, and he couldn't let the peacock see a joke.
He recounted his experience, including how he entered the city and who he was waiting for here.
"Ah Bang, how did you escape? Do you know the whereabouts of the others? Why are you hiding here?"
What Peacock said was similar to what Ah Bao saw, so Ah Bao also told his own situation.
"That day I was stabbed in the chest, and then I fainted. When I woke up, I had been arrested by those people.
Randy, Michael, Royce... They arrested more than 20 people in total, and the rest were all dead."
Listening to the familiar names, the peacock looked sad.
He thought he was prepared and could withstand the cruel negative reality. But now it seems that his defense is vulnerable.
"Those people took us and set off that night. They even took all the dead with them. Whether it was theirs or ours."
Because he had returned to the camp, Peacock knew about this situation. At that time, he was very surprised as to why this slave-catching team would not even let go of the corpse.
"We walked for three days at a stretch. Last night, when those people relaxed a little, Randy led everyone to resist."
"Did you succeed?"
"What a success! No one else could escape except me. In order to scare the rest of the people, they chopped off Randy's right hand in front of everyone.
Taking advantage of the chaos, I grabbed a motorcycle from the opponent. Then I fell behind and followed into Night City.
After entering the city, they went to a more central area. I couldn't follow them, so I didn't know where they went.
But I will find out sooner or later why they attacked us!"
"Ah Bao, they are a slave-catching team. I heard that there are people in Night City who specialize in catching wanderers without body modification and sell them to big companies for experiments."
"No way, they are not a slave-catching team!"
"Why are you so sure?"
"That night, the group spent a long time rummaging through the camp. They also tortured everyone about what books they wanted us to hand over."
"Book, what book?"
When Ah Bao said this, Peacock was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly thought of something.
While on Route 5, he once found a book page on a certain knight.
Although it was only a piece of paper, it must have been torn from a certain book. He just read the contents on the paper and an incredible vision appeared.
"Could it be that the book they are talking about is the piece of paper? If so, wouldn't it mean that I have harmed everyone?!"
As soon as this thought came up, Peacock felt that he was about to faint.
The Brotherhood has raised him for ten years, and his father has taught him all the skills step by step. If the Brotherhood is destroyed because of him, how can he have the dignity to live anymore?
"What’s wrong with you?"
Looking at Peacock's strange expression, Ah Bao looked suspicious.
"No, it's okay. By the way, why are you hiding here?"
"Don't worry about it. Peacock, I just want to ask you something.
There are at least 20 people in the Brotherhood still alive, what do you think we should do?"
"What should we do? Of course we must save them. No matter what, we must rescue them!"
"Okay! Peacock, if you can say that, my father has not raised you for 10 years in vain. If you hesitated just now, I will definitely kill you!"
Looking at the murderous Ah Bao, Peacock could only smile bitterly. Ah Bao was so extreme, but Ah Bao was his brother, so whatever Ah Bao said was right.
Although Peacock tried to persuade Ah Bao to act with him, the stubborn Ah Bao still left alone.
"I have my own way, we don't have to mix it up.
We meet here at five o'clock in the morning on the 15th of every month. Peacock, as long as you are still alive, you have to come, otherwise I will kill you!"
After leaving this contact method, Abao stepped back into the shadows step by step. Although it was dark there, he did not hesitate. Peacock could only watch him disappear.
Not long after Ah Bang left, Jack came back.
He brought back a bracelet with an integrated identity chip for Peacock. After wearing it, Peacock was no longer blind.
When giving the bracelet to the peacock, Jack was a little embarrassed.
As early as 10 years ago, almost no one in Night City wore wristbands. Nowadays, everyone uses intracranial inserts. In comparison, wristbands are just unearthed cultural relics.
Of course Peacock doesn't think so. Although he also thinks the chip inserted in the head is cool, he is very repulsive to this technology.
Many of the first-generation members of the motorcycle fraternity are veterans. Almost all of them have cyber plug-ins, but they never say how good they are.
Dad Dick has said more than once that cyber plug-ins may be the most dangerous invention in human history.
The veterans all said this, and Peacock was naturally deeply affected, so he readily accepted the bracelet.
When they were outside the city, Jack said everything was taken care of by him.
That's what he said, and he did it. In addition to getting Peacock's identity certificate, Jack also arranged accommodation for him and even introduced him to jobs.
At Jack's suggestion, Peacock started delivering goods, and Jack lent Peacock a van for this purpose.
With Jack's support, the peacock will soon be able to support himself.
He is very satisfied with his current courier job. Although the salary of this job is limited, it allows Peacock to quickly become familiar with Night City, and this is the most meaningful thing.
Half a month later, as soon as Peacock finished delivering the order at hand, he received a call from Jack.
"Peacock, where are you? Are you free?"
"Yes! Give me your address and I'll be there soon!"
The peacock grinned when he heard Jack ask this question. He would ask this question every time Jack took care of himself.
Following the address given by Jack, Peacock came to a motel.
When he walked into the room, besides Jack, there was another man inside.
"Wei, this is the friend I met in Red Rock Town. His name is Peacock, and he is a very powerful gunman.
Peacock, this is Wei, my good brother, a famous mercenary in Night City, he is the one who helped you get your ID card."
Following Jack's introduction, Peacock and Wei shook hands and greeted each other, and they were considered acquainted.
This powerful mercenary was younger than Jack. He was not burly, but his eyes were as sharp as knives. Peacock was deeply impressed by this.
Wei was neither overly enthusiastic nor deliberately cold towards Peacock. After a few pleasantries, he got into the subject. Only then did Peacock realize that it was Wei, not Jack, who was in charge of the business.
"Sandra Dorsett, female, 26 years old, was kidnapped last night. Her family issued a reward of 10,000 yuan."
Using his hacker glasses, Wei projected several blue rays of light into the center of the room, and then Peacock saw the target person.
This is a girl who is in her prime of life. She has exquisite facial features and a pretty good figure. Unfortunately, this girl doesn't know how to cherish her.
Peacock now sees Sandra with all her hair shaved off, wearing seven or eight silver rings on her eyelids, lips and nose, looking like a stern person who should not be approached by strangers.
When the reward amount of 10,000 yuan was announced, Wei paid special attention to Peacock's reaction.
After seeing that Peacock was still calm, Wei nodded secretly. A master would not be surprised, and Peacock's performance made him somewhat believe Jack's evaluation of this person.
When he heard that there was a reward of 10,000 yuan, Peacock was actually shocked, because this amount was not small.
Night City is a paradise for the rich, but it is not too harsh on the poor.
The current minimum wage in Night City is 60 cents an hour, and a filling fried noodles costs 1 yuan and 20 cents.
For an adult, as long as he can earn 200 yuan a month, he will not be hungry and can sleep in bed at night.
The bounty of 10,000 euros is almost the total income of ordinary people after five years of hard work, so Peacock is quite satisfied.
Nodding towards Jack, Wei said that the person he recommended had passed the preliminary test, and now Peacock was qualified to know the details.
"Half an hour ago, I found Sandra, and now the girl is trapped in a scavenger's lair. As long as we can bring her out alive, we can get 10,000 yuan.
Peacock, if we want to save people, we have to break into the scavenger's lair. I estimate there are at least 20 people there, so this is very dangerous.
How about it, are you coming?"
"Come on, count me in!"
Without any hesitation, Peacock agreed. Seeing that he was not timid, both Jack and Wei also smiled.
In order to get familiar with the Night City as soon as possible, Peacock is studying hard all the time and learning how to be a city dweller.
After Watson ran for half a month, he no longer had a black eye.
Like all human settlements, Night City has its bright and dirty places. Although it is known as the brightest pearl of mankind, it does not have a reassuring order.
Among the six major districts in the city, only two can be considered in order. As for the other districts, they can only fend for themselves.
Where the light of order cannot reach, a world of darkness will naturally arise. Therefore, there are gangs everywhere in Night City, and scavengers are the worst kind.
Everyone in Night City knows that scavengers are a group of ruthless, despicable scum.
They specialize in hunting careless civilians and gang members, and make money by cutting off cyber components and organs from living people.
The scavenger's behavior is extremely vicious and treats human life as nothing. To them, human beings are just a bunch of objects that can be exchanged for money on the black market.
Peacock is already familiar with the names of these scumbags.
Now the three of them have to deal with 20 scavengers. This ratio is enough to make people tremble, but Peacock can't wait any longer.
"Where is that place and when should we start?"
Seeing how positive the peacock was, Wei and Jack couldn't help but smile at each other.
"Don't worry, they're in the building opposite.
I’ll tell you what’s going on inside, and then we’ll take action!”
While saying this, Wei switched the signal source of the projection.
Sandra Dorsett's three-dimensional human form disappeared, and what appeared was a dim corridor and rows of closed doors.
"This apartment building is 86 stories high, and the scavengers are hiding on the 36th and 37th floors.
Those bastards rented a row of rooms. They opened the rooms from top to bottom, left and right, and then sealed most of the doors.
Because these guys occupy the upper and lower floors, we have to divide our forces into two groups, otherwise they can easily run away with Sandra.
My plan is for the peacock to go to the 36th floor, where you have to make some noise and attract the attention of the scavengers as much as possible.
Jack and I broke in from the 37th floor and tried to take the girl out before the other party reacted."
"I have no problem."
"Me too."
Neither Jack nor Peacock had any objections to Wei's plan. In fact, Peacock already admired Wei's ability.
Wei was able to find the kidnapper quickly and accurately, and he also kept a close eye on the kidnapper, which fully demonstrated his intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities.
In addition, Wei is also very methodical when arranging tactics.
This is not a wild approach at first sight. This is a very orthodox special operations style. Dick’s father is such a style, and Peacock is very familiar with it.
After the briefing, tasks were assigned, and the battle officially began. Jack and Wei had their own way to get to the 37th floor, and so did Peacock, because he was a courier who needed to run around.
Carrying a stack of pizza boxes, Peacock went straight to a room on the 36th floor, and then he started banging on the door.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy?"
After hitting the peacock more than ten times, there was finally an echo inside. Although the man was furious, he did not open the door. He just looked at the peacock outside through the peephole.
"Sir, the pizza you ordered has arrived, open the door quickly!"
Like all bad-tempered couriers, Peacock looked impatient. In order to let the people inside see more clearly, he took a step back.
Even through the door, Peacock heard the quarrels and complaints inside, but he was not anxious at all. Human nature is evil, and he knew that the other party would open the door.
As expected by Peacock, after a series of sounds of pulling the door bolt, the door finally opened, and Peacock saw the three men blocking the door.
"Sir, thank you for your express delivery. Please give me a five-star review."
Before those people could ask questions, Peacock thrust the lunch box in his hand into the arms of the man in the middle.
While he was hurriedly holding the pizza boxes, the hunting knife in Peacock's hand was passed forward and stabbed into the man's heart.
While rotating the handle of the knife in his hand, Peacock pulled it out. Pushing away the guy who had been stabbed, Peacock thrust forward and entered the house.
It wasn't until they saw the dripping blood on their companions that the other two scavengers reacted.
One of them hurriedly raised the shotgun, while the other touched the holster under his arm.
When the shotgun was about to be pointed at him, Peacock reached out to grab the gun and pulled it to the left. Then the guy standing on the other side was unlucky.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the scavenger was hit by a shotgun. The poor guy immediately flew out and collapsed the small table behind him.
Before the shooter could scream in surprise, Peacock's hunting knife struck again.
He inserted the knife into the enemy's armpit and severed the man's hand tendon. Then the hunting knife grazed the scavenger's neck, freezing the opponent's frightened expression forever.
"Thank you!"
Taking the shotgun casually, Peacock strode into the next room.
From the time the scavenger opens the door to the time the peacock rushes into the second room, it only takes five seconds at most.
Although there was another person in the second room, that person only had time to roll off the bed and lie down behind the sofa to hide.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
While firing, the peacock moved forward. He didn't have to actually hit the opponent, the sound of the gun alone was enough to scare the coward.
When the third shot was fired, the peacock turned around the sofa and saw the scavenger's butt.
"Spare my life..."
Before the man could finish his words, Peacock pulled the trigger and used the last bullet to beat the scavenger into a sieve.
Putting down the empty shotgun, Peacock pulled out the revolver.
At this time, he had already seen the door leading to the unit next door, and now he naturally wanted to go in.
Not long after Peacock took action, he heard continuous explosions coming from upstairs.
Needless to say, Peacekeeper Jack has already been activated, so Peacock needs to work harder to attract more enemies.
Peacock and the others attacked from up and down, defeating the scavenger in one fell swoop. When Peacock entered the second unit, the people inside were scurrying around like headless flies.