Otherwise, the bullet would not have penetrated just a little bit, but would have definitely penetrated his heart.
Because of the protection of the bronze medal, Peacock can still breathe, but he also suffered a lot because of it.
After being hit by a bullet, Peacock's identity card fell into pieces, and 1/3 of it was shattered into pieces.
Because the wound was not treated in time, and the peacock had to exercise vigorously before, the debris became embedded deeper and deeper, and the peacock began to bleed.
Looking at this complicated wound, Zhucun couldn't help but frown.
Takemura is a professional bodyguard, so he is proficient in almost all common skills.
With his first aid ability, even if the bullet is left in the body, Takemura can deal with it as long as the location is not critical, but he is powerless to deal with such injuries.
Peacock is now like being shot in the chest with a troll. If he wants to pick out so many debris, Takemura has no relevant experience and no professional equipment, so he has a huge head.
Seeing Takemura's appearance, Sandra became even more nervous. In fact, she was 100 times more nervous than Peacock himself.
"No! With such a serious injury, we must find a doctor for him."
"Sandra, don't make trouble, we don't have this condition now.
Zhucun, it’s up to you! Please, try your best to sort out these debris for me."
Of course Peacock knows that Sandra has good intentions, but now this is just a luxury hope.
There will definitely be no shortage of doctors and medicines in Night City, but which of the three of them can go out and get medicines now?
You must know that they are now in Westbrook, which is the most prosperous place after the city center.
This is not Watson with only sporadic surveillance networks. Every street here is densely covered with surveillance cameras, and there is definitely no shortage of mercenaries and gangsters who want to make a fortune from them.
Although Peacock repeatedly said it was okay, Takemura, who had a knife in his hand, refused to take action.
He had tried to pick out some debris just now, but the smaller metal fragments were stuck in deeper positions. This could not be done with a bayonet.
"Peacock, we have a doctor we can trust, and you know her.
Do you remember Judy? She was my psychiatrist.
I've heard she's been in an urgent care center, so she can definitely help.
As for whether she is trustworthy, you don't have to worry. Judy is my best friend, she is absolutely reliable. As long as I give you a call, she will be here immediately."
"What? Is it the girl with green hair?"
Peacock was also very surprised when Sandra mentioned Judy's name.
Of course, Peacock believed in Judy, after all, they were friends who had shared weal and woe many times.
"Takemura, I know the doctor she mentioned. He is indeed a very reliable partner."
After getting Peacock's endorsement, Takemura allowed Sandra to make the call.
Just like Sandra said, the doctor named Judy is really interesting.
She didn't chirp, nor did she take the opportunity to blackmail. She just asked about the injured person's condition and address, and then hung up the phone.
After contacting Judy, everyone could only wait patiently. It was from this moment on that Takemura became the most nervous of the three.
Although Peacock also made a promise, Zhucun's heart was in a state of confusion.
Perhaps because he has experienced too many frauds recently, Takemura found that he was not sure about many things.
"What kind of friend is that doctor? Can Sandra really summon her with just a phone call?
Will she betray us? Can she do it?"
Before Judy appeared, Takemura had been tormented by these questions.
About half an hour later, the green-haired doctor arrived as scheduled.
She came alone, and there were no agents or policemen holding guns behind her. It was only then that the former wild version agent breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the pale-faced peacock covered in blood, Judy and Sandra hugged each other and immediately started working.
Because you already know what situation you want to deal with, Judy's tools are simple but very targeted.
She first used a magnet to suck out the metal debris embedded deep in the metal bit by bit, and then checked it back and forth with a metal detector.
It took Judy about 40 minutes to dig out all the metal fragments she could find.
When these fragments and the remaining dog tags were put together into a complete piece, everyone was finally relieved.
After completing the most difficult part, the next part is much easier.
Peacock's gunshot wounds didn't actually require stitches, so Judy covered the wound with first aid spray and then wrapped it in a bandage.
"Judy, thank you so much this time. What would I do without you?"
When Judy said everything was OK, Sandra held her hand tightly and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Because of her background, Sandra could hardly find anyone with whom she could get along as an equal.
There were too many flatterers around her. Compared with these disgusting guys, Judy never looked down on herself, so Sandra paid special attention to this peer.
The two girls quickly became close friends after they met during a night out with a motorcycle gang.
Even though Judy looks like a troubled girl on the outside, Sandra knows that Judy is much more stable than herself.
After learning that Judy had the ability to soothe people, Bertelsmann took the initiative to invite Judy to be Santra's psychiatrist, and the two became closer.
Sandra has always regarded Judy as a friend. Although Judy never said so in words, she proved it with practical actions today, which is why Sandra was so moved.
"Okay, I have to go, you guys go to bed early, I will come back tomorrow.
If you want something, just send it to me and I will bring it."
Patting Sandra's hand, Judy left here.
Only then did Peacock realize that this girl only had a yellow card, so she could not enter or leave Westbrook at any time.
After sending Judy away, Sandra waited for the peacock to lie down.
She had never done anything like this before today, but now Sandra was busy, and she looked nervous, fearing that she was not good enough.
This chaotic night passed like this. Early the next morning, Judy arrived as promised.
"I asked around and found that the wind outside is very tight right now.
Today Night City has implemented the strictest lockdown order, and the streets are full of police and vigilantes. In several districts, door-to-door searches have even begun.
Although Westbrook hasn’t started yet, I’m afraid it will be a matter of time.”
While dressing the peacock's wound, Judy informed everyone of the latest news.
Her implication is quite clear: This is not a disaster that can be avoided by just hiding, so Peacock and the others must find a way as soon as possible.
Hearing what Judy said, Peacock and Takemura looked at each other, and Sandra was so worried that she kept her head.
Now there are four people here plus an AI, and only Judy can move freely, and I don't know how long this kind of freedom can last.
If the alert level in Night City is raised again, Sighing Qianbi will not be the only one who will be blocked. By then, perhaps the six regions will be isolated from each other.
If Night City really takes such measures, Judy will not be able to enter Westbrook. Without her to deliver food, Peacock and the others will starve to death.
Now only Johnny Silverhand is not being targeted here, but now he can only play the function of the Dramain system, so he is basically unable to help.
Among the remaining three people, Takemura has been publicly declared a company traitor by Arasaka.
Arasaka Yorinobu even said that he was the mole who colluded with outsiders to murder the former president, so now every Arasaka employee is eager to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.
As for Sandra, she was even more obscure.
After her cousin's manipulation, the Night City City Hall has recognized the absurd conclusion of Sandra's death.
Legally speaking, Sandra Dorsett was already a dead person at this time.
Since escaping from the trap last night, Sandra has given up all illusions about military technology.
The reality is cruel. Even if she doesn't want to, this girl has to take over. They chose the traitor and she has been abandoned by everyone.
Now Takemura is being hunted by Arasaka, but Sandra is being hunted by the entire military technology camp, so her popularity is no less than that of Takemura.
At present, among these three people, Peacock is the least attractive to those people.
Although he is also on Arasaka's wanted list, Takemura's bounty has exceeded his, and Military Technology has not yet issued a bounty order for him.
Although his fever is slightly weaker, the peacock is also not suitable for going out. What's worse is that everyone really can't figure out how to get out of trouble.
In order to avoid suspicion, Judy changed the medicine for Peacock and left.
She had just stepped forward when Peacock suddenly slapped the table and said something that shocked both Takemura and Sandra.
"Takemura, Sandra, I have to go out."
"Peacock! What are you talking about? Are you crazy? Your injury has just stopped bleeding, how can you get out with your red eyes?
Besides, if you go out at this time, isn't it equivalent to giving yourself to those people?"
Before Takemura could object, Sandra jumped up.
In the past 24 hours, Sandra had seen too much death.
Now she can be said to have no friends, so Peacock is her last resort. She really can't let Peacock be in danger at this time.
"Sandra, Takemura, I have to get out, I have to try to find a way to survive.
As you just heard, they started to search house to house. If we continue to stay here, we will be dead sooner or later.
This time we offended both Military Technology and Arasaka, so they are effectively uniting against us.
We can't deal with such an enemy, but we can't just sit back and die, so I want to find someone.
Regardless of whether it works or not, I will give it a try, what if there is hope?"
"Where do you want to go? How sure are you? I'll go with you!"
Compared with the relatively impulsive Sandra, Takemura is much calmer.
He did not just try to dissuade Peacock, but asked a series of questions to see if Peacock's approach was feasible.
"I want to find someone, and I want to ask her for a way to survive.
Frankly speaking, I don't have any confidence in doing this, so I will go alone this time.
Sandra, you have to have faith in me. Even if I don't survive, I can at least protect myself. I'll be fine.
Zhucun, you still don’t have to go with me. Please stay here and help me take care of Sandra.
By the way, how many grenades do you have left? Give them all to me."
After a lot of talking, Peacock finally calmed down Sandra, and then he took the 6 grenades handed over by Takemura.
Seeing Peacock just walk out, Zhucun sighed in his heart, while Sandra burst into tears. She didn't allow herself to think about those bad things, she only hated that she couldn't help Peacock.
Night City Westbrook Bodhi Street Community
This place is located to the west of Westbrook, almost close to the city center, and is a standard wealthy residential area in Night City.
There are no cheap apartments here that often have hundreds of floors with pigeonholes inside. Instead, there are rows of small single-family villas lined up here.
There are neatly manicured lawns between the villas, and the sidewalks in front of each unit and the roads in the community are also well maintained and clean.
Although Bodhi Street Community is not yet a residential area for the top wealthy, it does have quite stringent requirements for buying a property here.
First of all, the properties here are only for sale to green card citizens. If you don’t have citizenship rights, no matter how much money you have, you won’t be able to live here.
Secondly, people who want to live here must have a job that is recognized by other residents in the community. If they do not have a decent job, the owners' committee will still reject the application.
Although the above conditions are strict, they are nothing to Meredith.
As a senior executive of military technology, she has climbed to the ceiling of the middle class.
So not only does she have a green card and a lot of income, but her work is enough to make ordinary wealthy people respect her.
After another day of work, Meredith drove back to her home.
Meredith was having a bad day. She let the Dorset chick escape last night, so she got a stern reprimand today.
Everyone knows that last night's operation was not led by military technology, so Meredith is not the first person responsible, but her life is already very difficult.
Of course, Meredith was dissatisfied with the unfair evaluation she suffered. Because strictly speaking, she had neither merit nor fault.
Due to the incompetence of the Dorset family's private soldiers, the order at the scene was on the verge of collapse last night.
At this critical moment, it was Meredith who took the initiative to intervene and forcibly took over the command.
It was precisely because of her intervention that those headless guys didn't make more trouble.
However, no matter how decisive Meredith was last night, she really failed to catch Sandra Dorsett, so she became the culprit.
Meredith had a quarrel with the mysterious Hippocrates last night over the issue of command authority.
I don’t know if it is for this reason that the commissioner of the internal investigation team did not appear in her office today.
Hippocrates didn't bother him anymore, which was a good thing, but Meredith frowned instead.
She originally wanted to find someone to inquire about the commissioner's movements, but she soon fell into a pile of documents and reports, so she had no intention of speculating on that person's thoughts.
After using 6 different forms to report what happened last night, Meredith finally passed the test safely. Then she discovered that she could actually get off work on time today.
Getting off work on time is quite rare these days, so when she got home and saw her daughter, Meredith's mood suddenly became extremely beautiful.
When Meredith was spending this rare free time with her daughter, the straight-line distance between the peacock and her was only 30 meters.
Bodhi Street Community is a residential area for green card citizens, so it has extremely complete security measures.
In order to sneak into this neighborhood, Peacock had to ask Johnny Silverhand for help again.
When it comes to how to pretend to be 13, Johnny Silverhand is definitely better than Peacock.
Nowadays, Peacock cannot withstand any interrogation, so he must have a complete outfit that can scare the little security guard.
Putting on the suit that Johnny Silverhand ordered for himself, and then taking the highest-grade Delamain car, Peacock sneaked into the Bodhi Street community without any danger.
Everyone on earth in the 20th century knows that those who drive good cars are not necessarily good people, but the armed security guards in the apocalyptic era just want to do more rather than less, so Peacock's adventure was successful.
Peacock is here now, of course, to find Meredith, and this is the second time he has done so.
Almost a month ago, Peacock and his two good brothers came to visit the military technology tigress.
That time, because of the presence of the hacker Wei, Meredith's security system was easily compromised, and Peacock caught Meredith off guard.
Today, Peacock can be considered as revisiting his old place, but the combat hacker is no longer around him.
Peacock knew that he couldn't handle those computers, so he simply sat in the limousine and waited patiently for his owner to come home from get off work.
With this high-end car protecting him, Peacock doesn't have to worry about security guards coming to drive him away.
He just sat quietly in the car until Meredith returned to her home.
After checking his belongings again, Peacock opened the door and got out of the car.
He had already made up his mind, so he didn't look around anymore and walked towards Meredith's house.
Just as he turned into the footpath leading to the gate, Peacock heard the faint sound of dripping.
He knew what it was. It was the nearby surveillance cameras that had discovered him. They were adjusting their direction, trying to capture his face as soon as possible.
If this situation happened in other places, Peacock would certainly try his best to avoid it, but it was different here.
In order to allow the surveillance cameras to take a clearer picture, Peacock not only did not cover up, but also took off his mask.
"Bah bang bang!"
When he came to the door and stood still, the peacock stretched out his hand to knock on the door.
He knocked on the door unhurriedly and showed his courtesy very well.
Peacock's efforts were not in vain, so before he knocked on the door, Meredith inside not only knew that there was a visitor outside, but she also knew who it was.
By analyzing the peacock's pace and posture, the home-based intelligent defense system in the house determined that this person was 98% likely to be a visitor.