Arasaka Waterfront was also in the Watson District. When the Unification War reached California, Mayor Ryan had invited them in here.
From then on, Arasaka's forces had effectively occupied the area, turning it into their stronghold.
The buildings here had been constructed entirely to the standards of urban military architecture. The NCPD had explicitly stated that it had no jurisdiction here. Once you crossed out of the Watson District and came here, the roads were full of Arasaka Drone Mechs, drones, and fully armed soldiers.
Lier had secretly worked with Kanek to disable the AV's surveillance and tracking equipment, but the area around Arasaka Waterfront was a complete no-fly zone.
Would Arasaka let a Trauma Team AV fly through?
They might assume someone needed rescuing. That could also have been what Kanek was counting on, but the odds that Arasaka would simply let him waltz in were low.
There weren't many cars there, and Arasaka's soldiers weren't stupid. They'd notice something was wrong with the AV.
If they were exposed, Lier didn't think Kanek could come and go freely in a place like Arasaka Waterfront.
He had to stay closer.
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"Do you even know how to drive?"
The little van raced through gaps between cars, swift as the wind!
The van might have been a wreck, but David was a pretty good driver.
A top speed of 120 kilometers per hour was nothing special in the city, but David had the gas pedal floored. Any harder and he'd have stomped it through the gas tank!
With abrupt stops and then hard acceleration, this beater was a serious danger on the road. Luckily, Night City's definition of dangerous driving was pretty lenient:
As long as you didn't kill anyone or hit the NCPD, it didn't count as dangerous driving!
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