Chapter 14 The pastor
then signed the transcript and formally reported the case to the NCPA on behalf of the company, and Li Pan went to the next company.
Yes, no matter what, how can he control it? Rush into the sewers, get ahead of the ninja murderer, capture those two things that can contain a mess, and tear apart alloy armor by hand, and put them in the warehouse?
Don't be ridiculous. If you have some free time, why not write two more daily articles.
So Li Pan continued to take inventory of the containers. Of course, it was only limited to counting the containers and not the goods. From system monitoring and visual inspection to the integrity of the warehouse containers, and at the same time using a pocket watch to verify that there is no loss of control, the task is completed.
If he had any experience as a temporary worker in the past two days, it was that he had already contained the monsters, so don't act recklessly. As long as the rules and regulations seem to be perfect, even if something goes wrong, it's not your fault and can be blamed on the previous one. On the other hand, if a problem is really found, he will have to wipe the butt.
Fortunately, these other warehouses are okay. Although all the temporary warehouse management workers are dead, at least they have not been attacked on a large scale by theft groups and companies, and the security system is no problem.
However, Li Pan also noticed one thing. He found that after the people in the office were deleted, there were no scum left. But most of the temporary workers who died in the warehouse had prosthetic bodies left over.
When checking the video, we can still see the remaining items, which were removed as garbage by the sweeping robot. If it weren't for the fact that prosthetic transformations like Daxiong weren't so big and Li Pan had the habit of digging through trash cans, he probably wouldn't have noticed this detail.
Could it be that three years of temporary work and archive deletion are also weird mechanisms requested by some kind of monster...
Li Pan couldn't help but shudder, wait, what is he doing! He is actually making excuses for the company! Two thousand five hundred yuan a month! no excuse! Don’t ask! The question is, the company is garbage!
After correcting his mentality and thinking seriously, Li Pan immediately began to apply for work-related injury compensation loans for all temporary workers. God knows if a general manager will be parachuted in in two days. If there is a chance now, he can cheat the company a little bit.
So the day passed again with inventory taking and pension application.
"Just go to the parking lot in front and drop me off. I'll go back by myself when I'm done."
'The local deviation value is slightly high. Are you sure you don't need a security drone to accompany you? '
Not far away, at the gate of the block, a group of gang members dressed in colorful clothes, with colorful tattoos, and wearing gold and silver on their bodies, with a mess of arrogance and coquettishness, were pointing their guns with ill intentions and staring at the occupied community. Floating car in the parking lot. It's just as clear as two parallel worlds.
"It's okay, these are considered lawful evil."
Li Panhun didn't care. Of course the deviation value was high. Is it a slum area outside the third ring road? This is where Big Bear lives, a Latino neighborhood. The guy was transformed into that look. I really didn’t see it.
'Be safe. '
So Mr007 and the floating car returned to the company, while Li Pan unbuttoned his formal suit, carried his briefcase and walked towards the colorful people on the street.
The forces that dominate the Latino community are mainly the Valentino Gang, or the Lovers Gang, the Valentino Gang, whatever you want to call it. Since the American continent was reduced to wasteland in the nuclear war, Latino exiles have also been the New Tokyo. One of the main immigrant labor groups in the reconstruction of Japan, and when there are more people, gangs with local Latin culture as cohesion will naturally be born. While oppressing the lower class, they also unite to defend the interests of the community and resist the suppression of local gangs in Tokyo.
In the era of Night City, due to the ambiguous relationship between the Tokyo underworld and Takamagahara, the Night Group also turned to using outsiders like the Valentino Gang to suppress the natives, allowing them to expand overtly and covertly, and instigating wars between gangs to kill people with knives.
In view of the opportunities provided by the company, Lover's Gang is relatively polite to the company. After all, as long as they can take advantage, they are naturally willing to abide by the rules of the game.
"You're a company dog looking for death! Why don't you go back to your kennel!"
The other party raised his spear and cannon to Li Pan's head.
Well, this is already considered polite. If the Uzumaki Gang saw the floating car, they would already be R! P! G! Todoroki is coming up, okay. Otherwise, it's lawful evil.
Li Pan handed over his business card.
"I'm from Monsters Inc., and I want to meet your boss."
"Meet you! Do you know how many bosses we have! Meet who you are meeting!"
Li Pan thought about it, and his eyes flashed,
" Um...'Pastor'?"
"Hey! Are you mentally retarded! You just looked it up on the Internet! You came here to check it!? You just wanted to see 'Pastor' after checking it!?" Li Pan shrugged, "
He
put the link Isn't it convenient to make an appointment by putting the method online? Look, I have made an appointment, and it seems that he is also available." The gangster, "...
"
Although the other party was confused and seemed to want to smash the head of the company dog, but After all, he was lawful. His prosthetic eyes flashed, he looked at Li Pan's business card, and after contacting the 'priest', he took back his gun and said, "Follow me." So
Li
Pan took the bag and walked among the three lovers. He was escorted into the neighborhood by gangsters.
The entire community around here is the territory of the Lover's Gang. Of course, it's not just Latinos, but all races. The Lover's Gang is much more 'sane' than the Whirlpool Gang. Because of the behind-the-scenes support of the Ye Group, Latinos are in the labor market. There are hidden advantages, the salary level is not bad compared to other ethnic groups, and the employment rate is high. The Lover Gang basically takes both black and white, except for the underworld business of various firearms and drugs, Hei Chaomeng, and civilian enterprises such as light industry, catering, and machinery manufacturing. There are also many private small businesses. Although the profits of these small private businesses are not as profitable as those of the gangs, they can also alleviate the problems of gang capital flow and money laundering.
In addition, in view of the deliberate indulgence of Ye's Group and its legal support, the tax bureau's suppression of the Lover's Gang is lighter than that of other gangs. In addition, the Lover's Gang maintains order and is far more efficient than the NCPA, which takes money and does nothing. The community overall is in good shape, even thriving.
Of course, don't be deceived by appearances. In essence, the Lovers Gang is still a gang, and they do a lot of murder, drug trafficking, and so on. Li Pan glanced over and could see hundreds of bounties on the heads of these gang members. It’s not certain that killing this neighborhood will help pay off the loan.
Soon Li Pan came to the church. Well, the 'pastor' was really a pastor. He not only opened a church in the lover's gang's territory but also ran public welfare facilities such as orphanages, community welfare homes.
This kind of person is usually a legend of the king, the kind who killed mountains of corpses and seas of blood when he was young, and his murderous reputation resounded throughout the night city. Suddenly one day he got tired of the flash of swords and the disputes in the rivers and lakes, so he became enlightened, put down his butcher knife and became a Buddha immediately, and went back Take care of the community.
So while opening a church, I took care of poor families in the community, and at the same time, I also served as a liaison in the community to handle the relationships between various forces.
And since the bosses in the community are now his nephews and have grown up listening to the legend of the priest, they all give him face, so he also acts as a broker, mediating the grievances between the big guys within the Lover Gang, and arranging tasks to collect... Click on the introduction fee or something.
"Leave the weapons."
The bodyguard, who was in full-body prosthetic form, stopped at the door of the church.
Li Pan looked at this guy's size and military prosthetic body, and knew that he was probably modified in the same batch as Da Xiong, so he kept the 'Black Kite'. Anyway, he hadn't bought the bullets yet, so now the gun was just a decoration.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Li. It's rare for a distinguished guest like you to come here. I wonder if there is anything I can do to help your company."
The pastor is an ordinary-looking old man. He looks like a self-employed man like a grocery store owner. Some kind of God of War, but I can't tell for sure. Maybe there are other combat prosthetics hidden in the coffin.
"Big Bear is dead. Pastor, do you know him?"
Pastor nodded, "I remember Big Bear. He was a good boy. He wanted to be a professional wrestler since he was a child, but he was too kind-hearted and too upright. He was not suitable for the path of black boxing. He, so I introduced him to join the army."
Li Pan opened his briefcase and took out a stack of documents that he had sorted out,
"As long as they are acquaintances, something happened to our company recently. These are loan applications for work-related injury pensions. They are all residents of this neighborhood. I believe you all know the pastor. You need the signature of your immediate family member to apply. Can you leave it to you? Just sign and send it to us." Of course he couldn't find them
one by one, especially if they were strangers. Wandering around in the territory of other gangs is simply an act of provocation and seeking death, and the person above them must be found.
The priest also seemed a little surprised. He looked through the stack of documents and said,
"Are you here to deliver this? With all due respect, but this kind of thing... no one cares about it."
Of course, no one cares about it. City of Night, Death Just die, who cares about you? Most people have no bones left. The remaining organs are dismantled and burned directly to ashes. Funerals are luxuries.
Li Pan shrugged, "Daxiong has helped me, and it's all a matter of effort. Besides, I see that there are quite a few of you among the company's employees. I have nothing to do, so I sent them here together." The pastor looked at him
. After a glance, he seemed to ask tentatively,
"This is a large amount of interest-free loan. Do you really trust me to handle it?"
Li Pan also knew what he meant. These days, interest-free loans are really similar to giving money. Yes, especially gangsters have many means. They can force the family members of the deceased to sign, give them cash to launder the money, and maybe even charge an extra service fee.
But how to put it, this is the rule. In a place like Night City, without the protection of forces, ordinary people cannot keep such a large amount of money. Li Pan was hiding in the military academy, and it was impossible for the families of these temporary workers to move to other places. They would definitely have to pay protection fees to the Lovers Gang.
"I've heard about your credibility, and I know that the Lovers Gang abides by the rules. Besides, this money will benefit the community in the end, so no one will go too far. Of course, I also hope to use this matter
to , establish a basic mutual trust. After all, if you can’t even protect the aftermath, it will be difficult to recruit new people from this community, right?
If this matter can be resolved smoothly, maybe I will need your help to help the company Recruit some good people like Daxiong."
The pastor nodded, "Thank you for your trust. In fact, I have also heard of your company's reputation. It has more rules and a longer internship period. Young people who want to make quick money, and those who have some People who have the ability to rely on themselves will generally not go. Daxiong actually has his own reasons.
However, the recent employment environment is not very good. There are many people in the community who have lost their jobs recently. They want to find a stable job and support their families. There are a lot of people. If you can trust me, I can introduce some friends to you. They must be honest employees with no gang affiliations or criminal records, and will not affect your company due to personal matters. And many of them have skilled factory workers. The work experience will definitely meet your requirements."
Li Pan nodded and couldn't help but ask, "Can I ask why they lost their jobs?"
The pastor sighed, "Then what else could it be because of... the old man? Come on."
Li Pan was also silent for a moment, pointing to the work-related injury pension on his hand,
"The working environment of Monster Company is special, sometimes very dangerous, and the mortality rate is extremely high. If this is acceptable, you can contact our Human Resources Department. Submit your resume and I can apply for introduction fees from the company."
The pastor smiled and said, "At my age, I don't need that much money anymore. I just want to help my friends, and I will help each one if I can."
So Li Pan shook hands with him and said, "I hope we can also become friends."
The pastor nodded, "May the Lord bless you."
The talks with the Lover Gang's labor dispatch business were pretty good, and I heard that Li Pan was an employer who came to create jobs. Those gangsters stopped following him and pointing guns at him. I took a photo of him directly with the electronic eye and updated it to the monitoring system of the Lover's Gang community, so that Li Pan could enter and leave the neighborhood normally in the future without being stopped by gangsters for questioning.
So Li Pan also took the opportunity to buy some special large-caliber ammunition that the Black Kite can use on the black market of the Lover Gang, including depleted uranium armor-piercing bombs, explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and electromagnetic interference bombs. Anyway, he now has money, so he bought a base After counting forty rounds, another 800 yuan in cash was spent.
With a gun to protect himself, Li Pan took the subway back. With such a big, black and thick cannon on his belt, drug addicts naturally did not dare to trouble him. Returning to the apartment building so early, Li Pan was planning to buy some energy bars to cope with the situation and study the "Nine Yin Manual", but he saw a pig head in school uniform wiping a nosebleed and waiting for the elevator.
"Eh? Huang Dahe? Are you being beaten?"
"You are... oh, broom head, you shaved the broom head..."
Zhu Tou squinted at Li Pan for a while before he recognized it,
"I'm fine... oh, You found a job, congratulations..."
"Wow, haha! Stop talking nonsense, haha! Look, your face is swollen, haha! Just like Pig Tou San, haha!"
This silly smile made Li Pan cry. , and threw a can of energy drink to him.
Huang Dahe sighed and covered the bruises on his face with an ice-cold drink.
"What, the young masters in the class bullied you? Because you got first place in the exam?"
Li Pan didn't even have to guess. Small-town question-answers in elite schools like this are the targets of bullying by the second-generation ancestors. They often If someone is tricked to the point of committing suicide, then of course it will be easier if you just jump. Young men are not in trouble. If it gets too big, you have to pay some money, and at most they can just transfer to another school. It's your parents who are suffering.
Li Pan scanned him and said,
"It's okay. The bones are not broken. It's not as bad as the last time I played ball. Go home and ask your mother to take out a first aid kit and apply it on you. It will be fine in a week." "Forget it
. , she hasn’t come back from working overtime for a few days...and I’m too lazy to talk to her. It’s annoying to me to nag her.”
Huang Dahe dug out the loose teeth in his mouth and vomited blood.
"Hold on, brother, it will be easy after graduation."
Li Pan patted him on the shoulder. At this moment, the elevator arrived, and the two of them opened the door and squeezed in.
"Huh... take it easy, hey Broomstick, you graduated, is it really easy..."
Huang Dahe was in a low mood, and there were all kinds of dead people and financial crises in the elevator news.
Li Pan scratched his face and thought for a while,
"It's true that it won't be easier, but look at me, I was also bullied by others in school back then, but I'm still getting over it now. Just hold on, maybe there will be a turn for the better."
Huang Dahe looked at Li Pan's formal attire with envy and asked curiously,
"Broom head, didn't you go to a military academy? People can also be beaten in military academy?"
"What do you think? As soon as the lights are turned off at night, they drag you out of bed, hold your hands and feet, gag your mouth, wrap your boots with sheets and smash them. It hurts so much that you can't even see the wound. There are always one or two unlucky ones in a company
. Damn it, the instructors don't care, maybe they think collective bullying can improve team cohesion or something, who knows. What about you? How did you end up like this? Bullies usually don't slap people in the face, right?"
Huang Yamato swallowed and spoke,
"Well, isn't there a new kung fu movie coming out recently? Those red guys bought the male protagonist's kung fu bag and felt that hitting electronic sandbags was not enough, so they tried it with me... Hey Broomstick, how can you bear it?"
"Me? I can't bear it. I'll fight you back after graduation. Just remember your grudge and find a way to get it back in the future, and this matter will be over." "Take it back
. Come... beat them up?"
"Well, maybe take it apart and sell it."
"Tear it down..."
"Ding!"
The elevator arrived at this time, so the two of them opened the door and squeezed out.
(End of chapter)