With her revenge complete and her heart at ease, Sasha returned to Mann's crew.
Counting Kiwi, the crew now had two netrunners.
Nobody had ever said a mercenary crew could only have one netrunner.
Sasha's return didn't mean Kiwi had to leave.
Besides, after distancing themselves from that piece of shit Faraday, Mann's crew had enjoyed an increasingly pleasant partnership with Old Captain.
They were helping each other succeed.
With Mann's crew behind him, Old Captain was getting closer and closer to his goal of becoming a top fixer in Santo Domingo.
And through Old Captain, Mann's crew was getting more and more jobs.
The payouts kept growing.
Everyone had a bright future ahead.
As for Su Xiao, he contacted Padre after that day.
He asked him to stop buying materials and parts for tech weapons and switch to materials and parts for smart weapons instead.
He also made another trip to Lizzie's Bar to see Suzie, hoping to borrow their warehouse in the Northside Industrial District.
Originally, he had planned to rent a warehouse in the Northside Industrial District himself.
But then he remembered that the Mox Gang already had one.
Rather than paying rent to strangers,
he might as well pay someone he knew.
Yet when he made his request, Suzie simply tossed him the keys.
She didn't charge him anything.
"You've done the Mox Gang a favor. Use it as long as you need. Don't talk about money. That just puts a strain on our friendship."
It didn't take Padre long to deliver the parts and materials to Su Xiao.
Su Xiao took them to the Mox Gang's warehouse in the Northside Industrial District.
He put everything away.
Then, once everyone else had left and he was alone in the warehouse, he opened his panel and glanced