The Brain Maggot Gang had only three members, and all three had unknown backgrounds.
In other developed regions, that would be a major problem, but in Night City, it was just business as usual.
The NCPD kept records of the population in two ways. One was voluntary cooperation from residents, including but not limited to door-to-door censuses and voluntary registration.
The other was passive: municipal cameras, public service networks, and any assets belonging to the Night City Municipal Government or anything companies had agreed to make available for investigations would all become part of the NCPD's resident database.
But in Night City, there was no ruler in the true sense of the word, so there was no truly complete database either.
By the time Lier found them, they had been pierced and roasted by high-voltage arcs.
Tesla weapons were weapons that attacked with high-voltage arcs. But clearly, they hadn't been pierced by a Tesla weapon. It had been a massive, accidental arc discharge.
Lier had seen Tesla weapons before. A Tesla weapon capable of piercing the three of them like this would have to be specially designed, and it wouldn't be small.
But that wasn't the biggest problem. The three of them could be dealt with later.
The biggest problem right now was the over two hundred "cyberzombies" still in the machine room, and what to do with this "mainframe."
Or rather, the real Brain Maggot.
"Hey, tough guy. Is there still any hope for my mom?"
Joestar lay on the cyberware surgery table, with only half his body left.
But the materials used for that half were no ordinary stuff. There were even plenty that Lier had never seen before.
Joestar's mom thrashed wildly inside the access pod, as if she were having an epileptic seizure. Lier watched for