Peacock also knew that the true situation of Johnny Silverhand was really shocking, so he only said that Johnny Silverhand was a very special AI, and then he changed the topic back to the current situation.
"Mr. Peacock, if Meredith didn't lie, then as long as we can reach the location of this coordinate, everyone can leave Night City."
Hearing Zhucun mention the coordinates again, Sandra immediately beamed with joy, but Judy and Johnny Silverhand continued to remain silent.
Judy has said before that she doesn't want to leave Night City yet, but this will not prevent her from continuing to help Peacock and the others.
Everyone understood Judy and this choice.
So far, Judy has no urgent need to drop everything and follow everyone to wander in the Bad Land. After all, the only three people on the wanted list are Peacock and the others.
As for Johnny Silverhand, he also privately discussed with Peacock the issue of staying in the past.
"Peacock, I definitely want to stay in Delamain.
Although 20 years is not a long time, things have changed and people have changed. So you know, I need time to learn and adapt.
Peacock, you don’t need to miss me too much after you go to Badland. Anyway, as long as there is an Internet connection, I can still be there at your call."
Peacock was not surprised by Johnny Silverhand's decision.
Johnny Silverhand can still play some role in Night City because he has mastered Dramain's network, and there are also Dramain cars in the city that can be possessed by him at any time.
However, once you go to the Badlands, Johnny Silverhand's role is almost useless. There is no Internet everywhere in the Badlands, and there is no Draman car that he can control.
After determining their respective destinations, Peacock and the others began to discuss specific plans for leaving the city.
Opening the electronic map, Peacock marked the coordinates he obtained.
Judging from the electronic map, that location coincides with a certain section of the city wall. It seems that the secret passage out of the city that Meredith mentioned is on that section of the city wall.
"I have long heard that those smugglers have great powers. In order to be able to come and go at will, they spared no effort and dug a secret passage that can penetrate the Wall of Sighs.
Before, I thought this was just a rumor, but now it seems that it is actually true."
Looking at the red dot on the map, Judy couldn't help but sigh softly.
The Wall of Sighs was used to protect the City of Night, but for their own selfish purposes, some people cut through the wall and created such a passage.
It is not something that just anyone can do to open such an aisle under the nose of the city self-defense force.
If combined with Meredith's identity, the answer to who dug out such a secret tunnel is actually quite obvious.
"Mr. Peacock, there seems to be no problem with these coordinates.
The entrance to the secret passage is either on the ground or on the wall. We will definitely be able to find it if we look carefully.
When do you think it’s a good time for us to set off?”
"This should happen sooner rather than later, I think it will be tomorrow morning.
Before that, we continue to wait for Meredith. If there is no news from her after 8 o'clock tomorrow, then we will have to leave first."
After returning to the safe house, Peacock asked Sandra to search for relevant information. At the same time, he pricked his ears, hoping to receive a call from Meredith in the next second.
However, Peacock's phone never rang, and Sandra could not find any news related to the Bodhi Street Community.
This is certainly not a good sign. Thinking of Amber who is still waiting for her mother, everyone's heart is heavy.
Everyone has actually guessed the result, but no one is willing to pierce this layer of window paper.
The amber was brought back by the peacock, so the idea naturally came from the peacock.
Peacock and the others definitely cannot wait indefinitely. Waiting for one night is already the limit.
If Meredith didn't contact Peacock this night, she might never call Peacock again.
Everyone agreed with Peacock's decision.
After setting a departure time, Zhucun raised a question about amber.
"Mr. Peacock, we are leaving Night City tomorrow. How are you going to arrange Amber?"
"What are the arrangements? Of course she left with us."
"Mr. Peacock, I hope you can consider it carefully.
We are escaping, not camping, and we are still going to a bad land to escape. Are you sure you want to take a little girl who is only 8 years old with you?"
"Takemura, I definitely have to take her with me.
I promised her mother that as long as I am alive, I will protect her."
"Mr. Peacock, I admire you for being true to your word. But some things must be based on reality and cannot be forced on you based on your will.
It's hard for adults to survive in this bad land, not to mention she's only that big?
You just promised her mother to protect her, right? So there is no need for you to keep her with you?
Why can't we find her a reliable home in the city and then give her some living expenses so that she doesn't have to suffer in the bad land with us."
Hearing Zhucun's suggestion, the two girls looked at the peacock.
Takemura's suggestion seems reasonable, but there seems to be something wrong with it.
Neither Sandra nor Judy knew which was right or wrong, so they both looked at the peacock.
Seeing the peacock lowering his head and looking like he was thinking seriously, Zhucun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Tomorrow they will go into exile in a bad land. That place is not Night City. The living conditions there are 100 times worse than in the city.
The current peacock must take Sandra with him. This girl has neither fighting ability nor special skills. In Takemura's view, she is just a standard burden.
However, even this burdensome person had provided food and drink for everyone before, so Zhucun could not refuse, and this was already the upper limit of what Zhucun could endure.
If Peacock wanted to bring an 8-year-old child with him, it would definitely make the already arduous escape even more difficult, so Takemura wanted to convince Peacock.
When he suggested that Peacock leave Kohaku, Takemura was most worried that Peacock would refuse.
If that's the case, no matter whether the peacock brings amber or not, it will definitely hurt the harmony between them.
But now it seems that Peacock is seriously considering Zhucun's suggestion, which makes things much simpler.
As long as Peacock is willing to weigh the pros and cons of this matter in a rational way, Takemura believes that Peacock will definitely agree to his proposal.
"Maybe Peacock also has such a plan, but because of his face, he can't bring it up himself.
Now it's up to me to speak. Although I have become a bad person, he has gained face. He will definitely thank me in his heart."
Just when Takemura thought so, Peacock had already finished thinking.
Looking at Zhucun, whose face was full of hope, Peacock slowly but firmly shook his head.
"Zhucun, your suggestion is inappropriate.
I will not keep Amber. Her mother has offended military technology. If we keep her, she will definitely die.
Although it is difficult in the bad land, at least I can look after her at any time. Only by doing this can I feel at ease.
Takemura, don't worry, I can take care of Kohaku independently and I won't cause any trouble to you."
"Mr. Peacock, since you have thought it through clearly, I will no longer advise you."
Zhucun did not expect that this was Kong's choice after careful consideration. Although he felt regretful, Zhucun could only accept it.
"You two, what are these looks like?"
Because Takemura proposed to keep Amber, he found that Sandra and Judy looked at him a little strangely.
While muttering secretly in his heart, Takemura made a nonchalant expression.
Takemura didn't care what Sandra and Judy thought of him. But Peacock actually rejected him, which made him feel like he had been let down for all his hard work.
After confirming the matter of Amber, the next thing everyone discussed was the personal division of labor.
Judy will not leave Night City, so she will not act with everyone tomorrow.
Judy will spend tonight purchasing necessary supplies for Peacock and the others.
Early tomorrow morning, Judy will leave the city through normal channels. All she has to do is take the supplies to a designated location outside the city, and then hand them over to the three escapees who left the city through the secret passage.
In this way, Peacock and the others will not be empty-handed when they start their escape, without even the most basic supplies.
"I'm going to prepare vehicles. This time we have to prepare ordinary vehicles.
Recently, we have used Draman vehicles too frequently. Military Technology and Arasaka International are not fools. They will definitely check Draman."
"Hey, there is another understanding person here. Very good, it turns out that the foot basin man is still very considerate."
Peacock also fully agreed with Takemura's reminder. Even Johnny Silverhand, who had always hated the Footpot Man, praised Takemura without hesitation.
"I will also help tomorrow. I can interfere with the enemy's communications, and I can also destroy their drones."
After finding a job for herself in Zhucun, Sandra also spoke.
Since that incident at Arasaka Tower, Sandra has never had a chance to show off her hacking abilities.
Both Peacock and Takemura are good at fighting, but they have always lacked technical support.
The addition of Sandra has made up for this shortcoming, so Peacock and Takemura are looking forward to her performance tomorrow.
After deciding on their respective work contents, the preparatory meeting before the action ended.
Johnny Silverhand wants to plan tomorrow's route, Takemura wants to steal a car, and Sandra adjusts her cyber plug-in to install various tools and software that hackers need.
"Peacock, here you go."
Because she had to prepare supplies for everyone, Judy left immediately.
Before going out, the green-haired girl took out a rope chain and tied it to the peacock's wrist.
"Ah, is this your newly made old seal hand rope?"
Looking at this brand new red rope bracelet, Peacock finally remembered that there was such a thing.
The last time he used the power of blight, the peacock almost lost control.
If it weren't for the old seal bracelet given by Judy, he would definitely not be able to maintain his final clarity, and he would not know how to go to Judy for help.
"Peacock, last time you helped me find Evelyn, and this was the promised reward, so you don't have to thank me.
As I said before, this thing works sometimes and sometimes not, so you can't point at it every time to save your life.
So Peacock, you must never use that terrible power again unless absolutely necessary."
"I know, I don't want to either.
If everything goes well, we may be able to go out tomorrow without using force. So don't worry, I won't seek death on my own."
Looking at Peacock's solemn expression, Judy nodded silently.
"I hope everything goes well tomorrow and you all can get out of the city safely."
After leaving such blessings, Judy left the safe house, leaving everyone else busy.
May 31, 2077
When Night City hadn't fully woken up, Peacock and the others had already gotten into the car that Takemura had brought back last night.
After waiting all night, Peacock still hadn't waited for Meredith. So when he went to wake Amber up this morning, Peacock had no choice but to go.
Peacock can face the gun without fear, but he really doesn't dare to look into Amber's eyes.
"Amber, Amber, it's time to get up, we're leaving."
After being gently shaken awake by the peacock, the little girl was stunned for a while, but she soon woke up.
"Uncle Peacock, where is mom? Why hasn't she come to pick me up yet?"
"Amber, your mother couldn't leave, so she waited for us outside the city.
Amber, be good, I will take you out of the city right now, and then you can see your mother."
Listening to Peacock's pre-numbered lies, Amber's face showed a look of doubt.
Although she was very unhappy, Amber nodded obediently and obeyed Peacock's arrangement.
Takemura went out for a long time last night, and what he finally got back was this silly, big, thick, black pickup truck.
Since there was no time for modifications, the footbaby chose a pickup truck with sufficient horsepower and relatively solid leather as a means of transportation.
Compared with civilian vehicles, the bulletproof Draman cars are definitely safer, but they deliberately did not use Draman cars today.
Recently, Peacock and the others have relied on Delaman's special car to save themselves from danger many times. This frequency has attracted the attention of some people.
Johnny Silverhand said yesterday that someone was checking in with Dramain Taxi Company, so if they were still using Dramain today, it would be too conspicuous.
After Sandra and Amber settled down in the back seat, Takemura drove off, with Peacock sitting next to him.
As the car started slowly, the pickup truck turned left and onto the street outside.
"Damn! What is going on?"
As soon as Peacock and his pickup truck entered the street, they saw flashing police lights in front of them. Not only that, there were also police cars and policemen behind them.
"The police are setting up checkpoints. Have they found us?"
Looking at the police officers busy in both directions, Peacock's expression suddenly became serious.
At this moment, there are two police cars parked at both ends of the street.
These police cars were parked in the middle of the road, almost blocking the entire road.
After sealing the road, the police were removing road pillars and roadblocks from their cars. Because they were busy setting up those things, no one paid attention to Peacock and his car for the time being.
"Zhucun, drive forward. Let's get closer first and see if there is any chance."
"clear!"
After agreeing to the peacock, Takemura lightly stepped on the accelerator. Their pickup truck slowly accelerated and slowly slid towards the soon-to-be-completed checkpoint ahead.
The so-called chance is of course prepared with both hands. If they are lucky, then they may be able to get through. If they are not lucky, they can only force the card.
Estimating the distance to the checkpoint ahead, Peacock turned around and winked at Sandra.
Sandra understood what this meant, so she took out a pair of large headphones from her bag and put them on Amber's ears.
After getting this pickup truck, Takemura spent a lot of time modifying the safety belt of the back seat.
After this modification, even though Kohaku is small, the X-shaped safety belt modified by Takemura himself can still hold it tightly.
The peacock is already used to the arrogant behavior of the foot basin man.
It was Takemura who suggested leaving Kohaku behind yesterday, and now it's him who takes the initiative to modify the little girl's safety belt.
In Peacock's impression, most people with foot basins are so strange. They always say they don't want it, but their bodies are very honest.
After checking Amber's seat belt, Sandra also tightened her own seat belt.
While she still had time, she pulled down her VR goggles and checked her hacker plug-ins one last time. Although she didn't know yet whether she could help, she was ready.
When the pickup truck was still more than 20 meters away from the police, Takemura lightly stepped on the brakes.
The reason why he didn't move closer was not because he wanted to rush the card directly, but because someone was quarreling at the checkpoint.
Just when the pickup truck was slowly moving forward, a white car passed them and reached the checkpoint in front of them first.
The people in the white car wanted to pass, but the police over there refused to let them go. So the two sides started to quarrel, and the quarrel became more and more intense.
"Stop the engine! Get out of the car! Get off all of you and get checked immediately!"
Probably because he had suffered a little loss, the policeman, who felt that he had lost face, waved his arms and ordered the people in the car very fiercely.
The police uniforms in Night City are pure black, so they are also derided as black dogs.
The black dogs in Night City are famous for their looks, but they also have to be divided.
To those who have backers, black dogs are nothing. But to ordinary kind people, they are still untouchable.
"Are you deaf? Turn off the engine! Get out of the car!
If you don't move, I will call in the riot commandos!"
Seeing that the three people in the car ignored them, the policeman who stopped the car became even more angry.
While patting the hood of the white car, he put his hand on the holster on his waist.
After winking at each other, the three people in the car lowered their heads and reluctantly got out of their car.
Just when the policeman wanted to go up and kick him twice, the two people walking in front moved away from each other, and the third person following him immediately showed a submachine gun.
"Tu tu tu tu!"
The policeman only had time to open his mouth before the man pulled the trigger, killing the policeman immediately.
"Brothers! Kill these black dogs, kill them before we leave!"
After overpowering the police blocking the road, the man holding a submachine gun shouted loudly, then turned the gun and pointed it at other police officers and continued to fire.