[Maya: Lier, the recent news has been really scary. It feels like war might actually break out.]
"There's been one big story after another lately. City Hall was bombed five days ago, with the same kind of bomb as the one that blew up Holt."
[Lier: Don't worry, Mom. Did you know the company has already opened a branch in Latveria? Christopher sent back a lot of photos. You can see if it's the same as before.]
Lier rubbed his forehead. "City Hall? Are there any more leads?"
V walked ahead, glancing back at Lier with some puzzlement. "Weren't you laid up at home for a week?"
".Hacking is a physically demanding profession."
"Tsk."
V looked disdainfully at Lier's scrawny frame. As they stepped into the elevator, she also reached over and fiddled with the mechanical arm on Lier's body.
Little Octopus obligingly activated its sensory simulation function, providing a smooth, lifelike sensation of touch.
Their motorcycles were pretty impressive too. They could ride on walls and had rockets and all sorts of things."
V asked, "So... what's Alpha-class?"
"Looks like our international friends have still managed to break into Night City's market."
[Class: Suspected "Alpha-class"] [Suspect claims to be a member of the "Slaughterhouse"]
The NCPD's Technical Investigation Department had also flagged something on this Edgerunner who had been shot to pieces:
[Note: Full-body Cyberware conversion]
As she spoke, V sent over a photo from inside the NCPD.
"That's right." V nodded in deep agreement. "And there was another major case on the same scale as the City Hall bombing. I wouldn't have heard about it if I didn't have connections in the NCPD.
"Apparently, before this photo was taken, one of them had already been turned into liquid by a Centaur Exoskeleton.
"A gang