Tang Ji was thrown by Wang Zhengdao to a small town on the border of the European Community, Eze.
The local economy is entirely supported by the tourism industry. It is located between Nice and Monaco and is full of classical Mediterranean-style buildings. Every brick and tile can be traced back two to three hundred years ago.
Most of the buildings in the town are built along steep rock walls, and there are almost no flat roads.
Not far away is the Mediterranean seascape, and the melodious bells ring at a slow and comfortable frequency in the dusk, reminding tourists that it is time to spend.
Even a rough guy like Tang Ji can feel the humanistic atmosphere and sense of history that the town exudes from the inside out.
For Tang Ji, who was accustomed to life in Night City, the contrast was too strong.
He came here because a suspected retired naturalized man, Lopez Lass, lived here.
Lopez was a very active naturalizer ten years ago and was also the last general manager of Byrons Pharmaceuticals before its disintegration.
"Some of our members were once naturalized people." The prophet told Tang Ji before leaving: "People's outlook on life is growing, and some naturalized people will gradually realize their mistakes over time."
"Lopez is different. He treats naturalization as a job, and he does it very well." The prophet obviously knows the goal very well: "But he also treats the players like a job, asking for retirement, and then keeps doing it.
I have lived in seclusion until now.”
"I don't know how likely it is that he is the hidden one, but apart from him, I haven't heard of another naturalized person who can retire."
"I once hoped to instigate him, but I never succeeded. Now I have decided to hand him over to you."
"He has a wide network of contacts in the pharmaceutical industry. He played a big role in the smooth circulation of Byrons Pharmaceuticals' drugs containing superhuman inducers."
"Let him know your name and let him know his fate. This is belated retribution and the first step in our counterattack."
"If he is a player, he must have heard of your name."
"If you determine that he is a player, inject him with this injection. The player needs to be in a calm state to escape safely. This injection will increase his blood pressure, accelerate his heartbeat, and prevent him from going offline."
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Tanguy was walking on the street, and Lopez lived in a small single-family villa at the end of the road, but he was definitely not at home at this time.
Lopez likes fishing. Every evening he takes a bucket to the beach and stays alone for a few hours.
Tang Ji's clothes and temperament were incompatible with this town. Just a few minutes after he entered the town, someone stared at him from behind.
But soon, the people behind him dispersed again, and the other party acquiesced to Tang Ji to continue moving forward.
Tang Ji touched the Prelude on his waist. It was the only weapon he carried. He was not yet accustomed to the Ark organization's action style. Wang Zhengdao's ability greatly strengthened their mobility.
There was only two hours between the time the first target's information was handed over to Tang Ji and when he appeared in the city where the target was located.
Wang Zhengdao didn't lie to him. He could indeed only jump fifty kilometers at a time, but Wang Zhengdao hadn't told him before that he could jump twenty times a day.
Tang Ji just walked from the stone road to the beach step by step. An old man who was sitting on a small bench fishing heard the footsteps and took out another folding bench from the fish bag and placed it next to him.
"Finally, the day has come." The old man finished with a sigh, as if he had found nothing: "Whose are you from? Ark? The Enterprise Joint Investigation Team? Or some private organization?"
"Is it important?" Tang Ji calmly sat next to Lopez. The moment he saw the other person's eyes, Tang Ji knew that the other person was no longer a player.
He had seen eyes like this. Those lucky scumbags who were able to wash their hands in the golden basin in Night City had eyes like this. Their fighting spirit had been extinguished, but there was no end in sight for the road ahead.
Looking back on my life, there is nothing but regret and regret.
"It's really not important." Lopez looked into the distance for a long time before speaking again: "What do you want to know from me?"
"Are you a player?" Tang Ji was also relaxing. His brain had been overloaded recently.
"Why do you ask that?" Lopez laughed, as if he was making a funny joke: "They fell from the sky and are higher-dimensional creatures. I just happened to serve them for a while."
"Do you have any last words?" Tang Ji twitched before starting to load bullets one by one.
He did not use the preloader. Sometimes, especially at times like this, the whole town exudes a lazy atmosphere, and Tang Ji was not willing to destroy such a harmonious scene.
"You want to kill me?" Lopez was really surprised this time. He had just been diagnosed with cancer a while ago. Although it is no longer an incurable disease, Lopez still gave up.
He just wanted to spend the last period of time quietly, maybe because of the investigation of life and death. Lopez even let out the news a while ago, hoping to sell the information he had about the players for a good price and launder it.
Wash away the sins from yourself.
Lopez knew when the players left and could roughly calculate when they would come back, so he made a time difference.
As a result, the first guest we welcomed was a nasty guest.
"At least tell me which organization sent you here?" Lopez's face showed a trace of regret: "Is this necessary? I have terminal cancer and will leave this world soon. I have a lot in my hands.
Important information."
"You don't deserve a good death, and those little secrets you have can't change the overall situation." Tang Ji shook his head, hesitated, and pulled out four more bullets from the bullet chamber: "I'll give you a chance to tell your secret.
There's a 66/60 chance, if you're lucky, you can tell four secrets before you hit the road."
"Wait a minute..." Before Lopez could finish speaking, Tanguy had already raised his gun and shot him in the temple.
Snap!
The sound of the firing pin hitting empty air reached Lopez's ears, and he realized that he had already passed through the gate of death.
"Okay, okay! At least let me say it first! Byrons Pharmaceuticals was established by players to study superhuman genes. After it was disintegrated, the production lines were miniaturized, refined, and scattered across fourteen factory areas.
"Lopez tremblingly took out a USB flash drive: "This is the specific information."
Tang Ji closed the USB flash drive and fired again, but the gun was still empty: "You are lucky."
"Aren't you curious about how many secrets I hold?" Lopez trembled: "I have worked for them for ten years, and I know the locations of many of their secret bases."
"This is an endless war. No one cares about the details." Tang Ji urged impatiently: "Let's talk about the important things, Lopez. You may not be so lucky next time."
"I don't believe you dare to shoot." Lopez seemed to have made up his mind: "I won't say another word, I won't accept such an unseemly ending!"