Jack grew tired of chatting with T-BUG.
He came over to help Su Xiao with whatever work he could manage.
Meanwhile, T-BUG browsed the safe house's former owner's emails, hoping to learn what sort of person they had been and who they usually contacted.
There was no bed in the room, so V rested in the netrunner chair.
Su Xiao continued making guns at the workbench.
Three hours later.
Su Xiao and T-BUG sat facing each other, playing the Trauma Team Card Game.
V and Jack crouched nearby, watching.
The Trauma Team Card Game was a card game popular in Night City.
Players had to build decks and use cards representing different corporations to battle their opponents on a board representing the battlefield.
Best of three.
The Trauma Team Card Game wasn't complicated. There were only three card types: Leader Cards, Unit Cards, and Event Cards.
Each corporate faction had several leaders.
Take the Arasaka deck in Su Xiao's hands, for instance.
Its Leader Cards included Saburo Arasaka, Saburo Arasaka [Lily], and Saburo Arasaka [Alter].
Each leader had a unique ability, and players could only choose one leader per game.
There wasn't much to explain about Unit Cards.
They were simply different troop types.
Event Cards, meanwhile, were the equivalent of spell and trap cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Except every Event Card had conditions for its use.
For example, the Gunfire Every Day Event Card Su Xiao had just played.
It could only be used against Militech.
Its effect caused public security to deteriorate in cities under Militech's control, preventing T-BUG from drawing cards for the next two turns.
Four hours later.
"Stop playing cards. Look at this."
V turned the computer screen toward the other three.
On the screen, Raijin Arasaka wore a suit and a solemn expression,