When Su Xiao took them away, he just asked them to follow him, but did not mention where he was going.
Nearly three hours have passed since I left San Diego City, but the scenery outside the car window is still desolate.
Instead of driving on the interstate, they drove deep into the roadless wilderness.
Three hours have passed, and the scenery outside the car window is still the same.
It consists of strong winds, sand, and endless, uninhabited wilderness.
In fact, the prosperity of New York and Los Angeles is the United States, the swamps of Louisiana are also the United States, and this desolate western wilderness is also the United States.
Finally, Su Xiao stopped the pickup truck.
"That's it for now. Get out of the car. I have something to tell you."
Su Xiao got off the bus first, and although the others didn't know why, they also got off the bus.
The others looked around, but there was no one there except the endless wilderness.
Jack wondered, "Su, why do we stop here?"
Su Xiao explained, "We can't go any further, otherwise what happened to Tijuana and San Diego City will happen again in the next city or even Night City."
"Then what you mean is..." Everyone looked at each other, and they could see the same surprise on each other's faces, "You want to end it here with Salamanca Group?"
Jack was the first to shake his head and said, "Salamanca Group is the king of Tijuana. He has as many as eight hundred gunmen under his command. Even if we get rid of the pursuers, Salamanca Group will send more gunmen to chase us."
A day ago, everyone would still have illusions.
I feel that as long as I leave Mexico, I can leave the sphere of influence of Salamanca Group.
But now, no one has such illusions anymore.
The leader of Salamanca Group, Hector Salamanca, is indeed crazy. He actually sent his men disguised as terrorists to attack San Diego City's airport.
He thought he had done it so perfectly. Did he really think Californians couldn't find out the truth?
Or is it that as long as he can get revenge, nothing else matters?
"I don't want to deal with the pursuers, but I want to completely resolve this trouble."
Su Xiao As soon as these words came out, the others were stunned again.
"What are you going to do? Don't you want to go back to Tijuana?"
Su Xiao nodded and confirmed this statement. "You can only be a thief for a thousand days. How can you prevent a thief for a thousand days? Only by getting rid of the boss of Salamanca Group can we be truly safe."
"However, as the leader of the group, Hector Salamanca will definitely be protected by heavy troops. More importantly, we don't even know where he is, how can we implement a beheading tactic?"
The beheading tactic is a classic one that has been used by countless famous generals throughout the ages.
But it is not that easy to implement. After all, the other party is not a fool, so how could he not know to strengthen his own protection?
Hector could not have imagined the possibility of Su Xiao and others returning.
He will definitely hide deeper than a gopher.
Su Xiao said confidently, "I already have a plan for this."
Seeing his confident look, others who originally had doubts gradually let go of their doubts.
Since Su Xiao said that he has a plan, then
Everyone also believes in Su Xiao.
"However, before we return to Tijuana, there is one more thing to do."
Chapter 242: The wrong payment was made after all (3K)
"What is it?"
Su Xiao's eyes looked around.
"Don't you think it's a little strange? Why can people from Salamanca Group find us accurately every time? They neither use drones nor install locators on us, but they can still find our location or be one step ahead?"
Lucy had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"This is what makes me feel strange. In fact, I have specifically checked everyone's prosthetic bodies before, and there are no traces of electronic intrusion. There are only a few general tracking methods. Even if I use the elimination method, they are all eliminated. It is impossible for Salamanca Group to know where we are."
"But they still knew. Not only did they know, but they also sent killers here every time."
Jack's eyes first stayed on Su Xiao, and then fell on Lucy.
Finally, he took a deep breath, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Su, do you mean... that there is a traitor among us?"
"That's right."
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Jack quickly glanced at Su Xiao, V and Lucy.
Needless to say, the relationship between the four of them.
Although the triangle is the most stable structure, and they have four people, the relationship between the four of them is more stable than the triangle.
He himself cannot be a traitor, and Su Xiao cannot be a traitor either.
As for V and Lucy...
Even to his death, he would not believe that V and Lucy would betray them.
With this reasoning, it becomes even simpler.
Jose is the employer's son.
Both of his fingers were chopped off by Salamanca Group.
Even if there is an attack in Stockholm, it is impossible to inform Salamanca Group.
Then the only person left is Maria.
She is Jose's girlfriend, it's impossible...
"Wait a minute," Jack's eyes were as big as bells, "Do you suspect that it was her?"
"What are you talking about?"
Jose is confused.
Everyone else has reacted, but Jose is the only one who still doesn't understand the situation.
Seeing Jose like this, Su Xiao simply stopped talking and said it directly.
"Jose, the woman hiding behind you, your girlfriend, is the traitor who betrayed our position to Salamanca Group."
Jose froze on the spot, looking dumbfounded.
He subconsciously turned his head and looked at Maria, who shook his head like a rattle. "What? No! I'm not!"
Jose also defended. "Mr. Su, there must be something wrong with this. Maria cannot be a traitor. She was kidnapped by Salamanca Group just like me."
"But you are missing two fingers, but she hasn't even lost a hair. How do you explain this?"
Jose was choked up when he heard this.
He had never thought about this problem before.
Salamanca Group are not good men and women. In order to achieve their goals, they can use any despicable, insidious and dirty means.
When kidnapping Jose and the others, he killed the two bodyguards who were protecting Jose without blinking an eye.
Such a group of thugs would not touch a beautiful young woman who fell into their hands for a few days. Who would believe it?
Salamanca Group is neither a eunuch nor a monk, how can he not touch women?
As the thinking gradually deepened, a terrible idea gradually emerged in Jose's mind.
But he closed his eyes, unwilling to accept the idea that it was most likely the truth.
He struggled and shouted loudly, "This may be for other reasons. Maybe Salamanca Group's people want to keep her to threaten my father. In short, Maria is definitely not a traitor. It is absolutely impossible."
"You don't know, but Maria and I have known each other for many years. When I was still studying at New York University, a massive riot broke out one year. Maria and I hid in a rental house, clinging to each other and keeping each other warm. We are truly a friend in need."
"I absolutely do not believe that Maria will betray me! Never!"
Looking at the hysterical Jose, Su Xiao was neither angry nor angry, but smiled and said calmly.
"If she is not a traitor, then it is simple. There is a way to confirm it."
"What method?"
"Let my companion enter her Cyberbrain and check it out."
Just like a browser will leave traces of historical browsing after surfing the Internet, Cyberbrain will also have traces of things you have done before.
If Maria has reported a letter to Salamanca Group, then you only need to do a simple check to find out.
In order to prevent the company's information from falling into the hands of competitors and leaking the company's information, the middle and senior management of super companies usually tamper with the prosthetic bodies of their own employees.
Especially the Cyberbrain implant will have heavy protection and self-destruction functions.
Once it is discovered that all protections have been breached, the self-destruction process will be initiated.
I would rather burn Cyberbrain than leave the information in Cyberbrain to competition.
Opponent.
Of course, if Cyberbrain was burned, then the owner of Cyberbrain would naturally be "sacrifice himself" as well.
Even if it is not equipped with a self-destructing implant, a person's Cyberbrain is very precious and cannot be easily inspected by others.
But Lucy is an expert in this field, and she is confident that she can do a simple and quick screening for Maria without damaging Maria's Cyberbrain.
It doesn't mean that you really want to pry into Maria's privacy, but just browse it once and the truth will come to light.
"Jose, my companion is Electronic Warfare Specialist, who is also the most outstanding Netrunner. You can rest assured of her skills. I dare say that even your father does not have such outstanding talents as her."
"If your girlfriend is really innocent, then what do you have to worry about? Wouldn't it be a great thing to eliminate the doubts between us and the suspicion on her as soon as possible?"
Su Xiao stretched out his hand towards Jose, following the guidance.
Jose hesitated again.
Because he found that what Su Xiao said was right and so reasonable that he had no way to refute it.
He himself is not Netrunner, nor is he a prosthetic doctor.
But he also knows that if he goes to Cybernetics Clinic to receive diagnosis, treatment, etc.
The prosthetist will also do a quick check-up on Cyberbrain.
If you are a professional, you can indeed avoid damaging Cyberbrain.
To be fair, Jose certainly doesn't want others to touch his girlfriend.
But there are only six of them here, and the four Su Xiao helped them fight their way out from Salamanca Group's pursuit.
No matter how polite they are now.
If they use force, he and Maria will have no way to resist.
Jose is not a playboy. Although he is the second generation of rich people, he is not a stupid waste who only relies on his parents' money to squander it.
He still knows the priorities clearly.
Since there is no way to resist, it is better to just cooperate honestly, so as not to make it so rigid that no one can get off the stage.
Just when Jose was about to say that they were willing to cooperate, Maria, who was being protected by Jose behind him, suddenly became angry.
She threw one arm around Jose's neck and strangled him tightly.
The other arm suddenly split open, revealing the mechanical structure inside, and the shiny Mantis Blades hidden inside.
"Don't move! If anyone moves, I will kill him!"
"Maria? What are you doing?"
Jose is not stupid. After a moment of daze, he quickly reacted.
"Is it really you? Are you reporting our location to Salamanca Group? But why? Why are you doing this? Why are you betraying me?"
"I didn't betray you. If I insist on saying so, you betrayed me and deceived my feelings."
Jose looked confused. "What on earth are you talking about? Did Salamanca Group do anything to your Cyberbrain? Why can't I understand what you are saying?"
"Jose, do you love me?"