"Then what the hell are you talking for?"
"Can you calm down? Our interests align. Whoever took your stuff also has something I need."
Meredith considered this for a moment.
Then she quickly made up her mind.
"The drainage channel under the overpass in the Northside Industrial District. I'll wait for you there. We'll talk in person!"
With that, Meredith briskly hung up.
Su Xiao smiled.
It seemed Dexter's information was right.
This woman named Meredith had been backed into a corner and was getting desperate.
Otherwise, no corporate executive would casually agree to meet a mercenary.
"Jack, head to the drainage channel under the overpass in the Northside Industrial District. That Militech woman is waiting for us there."
"What are you planning to talk to her about? She's a corpo."
Like many ordinary people in Night City, Jack had little experience with corporations.
He had hardly ever dealt with them.
And he instinctively distrusted them.
"Corporations might stand above everyone else, but they're not united internally. There's a saying: the camp stays, but the soldiers come and go. Staff turnover, competition, and dismissals are all serious issues within corporations."
"The Vortex Gang took their stuff. If this woman can't get it back, she's finished."
"So don't worry about her refusing to cooperate. She might act arrogant, but deep down, she's even more anxious than we are."
Jack didn't understand all these twists and turns.
But he knew that whatever Su Xiao did, he always had a clear approach and a plan.
It didn't matter if he didn't understand. All he had to do was listen to Su Xiao.
A van followed far behind their sports car.
Several Scavengers sat inside.
One of them was none other than the man who had stood smoking in front of Jack's new car