"Cyber-Adamant? What's that?"
At 8:10 that evening, Jack sat in Oliver's apartment room and listened to Carl explain the job, his face blank with confusion. Then he turned to Viktor, who was attending the gathering.
"Old Vic, as a Ripperdoc, have you ever heard of this thing?"
"I'm familiar with most cyberware on the market, but I've never heard of anything by that name. Is it some kind of codename?"
Viktor sipped his whiskey. This was also the first time he had heard of the Cyber-Adamant mentioned in Carl's job.
"The job says we need to get information about Cyber-Adamant from an Arasaka Corpo Dog named Tanaka. So this means Militech is investigating some secret Arasaka research project?"
Oliver had caught something in the details. Blanca's commission had not come from her personally; she had issued it on Militech's behalf. Considering the companies behind Blanca and Tanaka, although they still did not know what Cyber-Adamant actually was, they could roughly infer what was going on.
"Another fight between Militech and Arasaka, huh? Didn't we just take part in this kind of job not long ago?"
Jack was naturally referring to their previous escort job.
"To be precise, it was our last job."
At Carl's words, Viktor sighed. "Looks like next time I operate on you, I really shouldn't use anesthetic."
When Viktor had replaced Carl's cyberware earlier that day, he had just told them to get some rest. If they still did not know how to take care of themselves, then he would not use anesthetic during their next surgeries. Yet the moment they showed up that evening, he learned they had taken another job. Viktor truly did not know what to say to them.
"Can't be helped, Old Vic."
Oliver spread his hands helplessly. "This job pays well. It'd