Players Invade Cyberpunk

"You Huang Ban are truly impressive."

As soon as dawn broke the next day, Olivia met with Albertson and Valerie. The former had been staying with Huang Ban's special action team, yet Albertson did not trust these notorious thugs, unlike Valerie, who mingled with them without any reservations.

Olivia recounted yesterday's battle in full detail. In her view, it wasn't something to hide, nor could it be hidden, so she chose to be open and honest.

"Can you tell me what you were thinking, actually daring to offend such a group of tough people? Their combat skills almost rival those of your elite corporate forces. What's the motivation?"

Huang Ban was undoubtedly a world-renowned giant corporation, even daring to surgically carve out a piece from Military Science's or New America's turf. But those conflicts were all about interests; they wouldn't go crazy fighting otherwise.

But what about these people?

What do they have?

Absolutely nothing.

That Horizon Corporation behind them is even smaller than one of Huang Ban's subsidiaries. The only thing slightly interesting is their technology, but you Huang Ban already have that, and perhaps even better.

Is it worth it?

"...."

This outcome was undoubtedly unexpected for Albertson.

It even exceeded the forecasts of the entire Huang Ban intelligence analysis department.

They hadn't anticipated that the Chaotic Blade Association, after deploying six heavy cannons and a thousand troops, not only failed to defeat the company's stationed forces but was nearly routed in a night raid.

The feeling was like....

Your enemy is growing at an exponential rate impossibly fast each day, and every time you encounter them, you are amazed to find they have become stronger.

Clearly, two months ago, they were evenly matched with the Tiger Claw gang, decimated by the Trauma Team's armed forces, only to kick down the faction that besieged them, engaging in street battles with Huang Ban's agents, and now they hold off a thousand men at the foot of the hill with the terrain.

They exhibited astonishing individual combat skills and tactical command and execution capabilities.

Such occurrences left Albertson, accustomed to rational thinking, unable to understand why these events were happening; she'd rather believe it was fake.

"Are you sure what you saw matches what Huang Ban said about this group?"

"Do I really need to stress the authenticity of the photos you took, or is there another company's mercenaries with such large-scale exoskeleton deployment?"

Olivia unceremoniously tossed the photos onto the table. In the pictures, the exoskeleton stained with blood amidst the smoke looked particularly grim and terrifying, like an efficient killing machine.

"Let's be upfront."

Unlike the suspicious Albertson, who picked up the photos for inspection, Valerie calmly questioned.

"What do you want?"

"Straightforward, I like your character."

Olivia pointed to the MT-1 in the photo and the MT-3 that had leaked from the city before.

"I want a batch of machine tools, the production lines and design diagrams for these things, and...."

Different from the company's finely crafted high-tech weapons, such crude and robust items were more suitable for the Wandering Tribe.

"Water."

Olivia specifically emphasized

"I know Huang Ban desires the water purification technology of this company, and whether it's real or not, I want to handle the security of that water plant, plus I want a thirty percent stake and water allocation."

"Not a big ask, right."

Albertson frowned at the idea of a thirty percent stake in the water plant and the security work....

It sounded minimal, but by handing security to the Chaotic Blade Association, wouldn't it basically mean giving the water plant to these bandits?

"Fine, but only if you can bring them down; otherwise, it's all off the table."

Valerie was the one speaking; she agreed to the other's demands without hesitation, causing Albertson's face to instantly darken, but since Olivia was right there, she couldn't act out.

"Mind your status, V, you're not the decisive one here."

Anyway, they were all dead, so it didn't matter within a day or two.

Olivia raised an eyebrow.

"So you're unwilling to agree to this condition?"

"Negotiating with Huang Ban requires your strength; if you can't even take down a mountain with over a hundred people, what terms do you have with Huang Ban?"

"I'm not negotiating with Huang Ban; I'm negotiating with you."

Olivia somehow took out a dagger, playing with it in her hand, and fearlessly told Albertson.

"Don't think I don't know the little games you're playing. I'm cleaning up your mess here, so you'd better mind your attitude, and don't treat this place like Night City, my Huang Ban operations director."

"In this wilderness, who cares about a nameless female corpse by the roadside."

Before the words left her mouth, the dagger's tip reached Albertson's throat, while two Huang Ban agents drew their guns and aimed at Olivia.

"You want to oppose Huang Ban?"

"A director doesn't represent Huang Ban, and you can give it a try; see if those company dogs outside can save your life in Golden City. I bet you won't even make it to the hospital."

"Tsk...."

After a tense standoff, Albertson ultimately conceded defeat; after all, her life was far more valuable than these mercenary lives, so it wasn't worth getting into a conflict with them.

"Let's skip the useless talk; I will try to win you the terms, but first you must demonstrate your ability."

Olivia slipped the dagger back into her sleeve.