23 Biotechnica, Mind-Blowing

Pacifica. Still the same old Pacifica?

Even the harshest critics found it hard to repeat what had nearly become a routine part of their daily reports about Pacifica.

Because Pacifica truly was no longer the Pacifica it used to be.

After the Voodoo Boys were wiped out, the Night City Police Department moved in, and outsiders flooded into Pacifica, this district that had once been made up of ruins and gang warfare now possessed basic order and signs of human life.

Even now, there were still some chaotic areas near Dogtown because of its influence, but overall, Pacifica now had the order of the Industrial Park in northern Watson District.

Even though the Industrial Park in northern Watson District was Maelstrom territory, making it a benchmark for order might not have been quite appropriate, but that was simply the truth.

Compared to the lawless anarchy of the past, Pacifica had at least established the basic order of a city. That order was far from perfect, perhaps, but it was still vastly better than the former land beyond the law.

Rumor had it that several corporations had caught wind of Pacifica's development potential and were gradually establishing branches here, attempting to develop this newly opened-up low-value area. When it came to sniffing out wealth, nothing was sharper than a corporation.

There were even whispers that the mysterious Night Corp had begun confidential talks with the City Council regarding Pacifica's reconstruction plans.

For Night Corp, the company that had created Night City itself, the city's revival had always been written into its genes. Whenever there was even the slightest possibility—even a hazy hope—of restoring the radiant city Richard Night had dreamed of, Night Corp was always the first to roll up its sleeves.

It was said that a holographic projection of Night's