Early in the morning, everyone left the villa after saying goodbye.
Victor and Misty were going to open for business, and Mrs. Wells was going back to the bar.
Jack, of course, spent most of his free time in Misty's store.
Only Judy remained in the villa.
Because today, she was going to take Alex Carter and V to the Cloud to talk to Maiko Maeda.
Even though Alex knew very well that this trip would not be very pleasant.
After seeing off Victor and Mrs. Wells, Alex, V, and Judy headed to the garage.
Looking at Guinevere, the Sword of the Lake, quietly parked there, Judy was truly taken aback!
Not only is this car not cheap, but it's also nearly impossible to obtain.
In addition, Alex mentioned last night that he could call Yorinobu directly...
Judy suddenly realized that this young and warm-hearted man might not be as simple as he seemed.
Only... it's a good car, but it only has two seats.
Now that there are three people, one has to find another way.
You can't sit on the roof, can you?
Without waiting for Judy to ask, Alex spoke first: "You two go first, I'll catch up with you over there."
"Alex, why don't you and V go first? I'll just call a car," Judy said a little embarrassedly.
Helping her with this task, and then having to find another way himself, seemed out of place.
Alex smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, you can just go on ahead."
Saying that, he gently nudged Judy into the passenger seat and closed the door.
What a joke.
Although Shockwave is absolutely stable and reliable, how can it compete with my own teleportation point for speed?
Just close your eyes, and you're there.
Just like that, Shockwave left the villa with V and Judy, and drove quickly towards the skyscraper H8 where the Cloud is located.
On the way, the two women inevitably chatted about Alex.
"V, what does Alex do? Is he really just a mercenary?" Judy asked curiously.
It was hard for her to imagine how Alex could have a limited-edition supercar like the North Oak Villa's Sword of the Lake if he was just an ordinary mercenary.
He was even able to talk to Yorinobu Arasaka.
Regarding Judy's question, V hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Alex is really just a mercenary, but..."
"He's strong, special, and his eyes seem to be able to see through things and people."
"And it's not just Arasaka; he has an equally close relationship with Kang Tao's senior management."
The more Judy listened, the more shocked she became!
Just as an ordinary mercenary, how did Alex achieve this!?
To know.
Even the legend of Night City, Adam Smasher, is just a lackey of Arasaka.
Alex, however, was able to surpass it.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect... I actually know a hidden big man."
"Who said it wasn't, fate is so wonderful." V smiled and said nothing more.
What she said just now, Judy, was only rare.
More things about Alex, like taking out Hanako Arasaka, may provoke a fifth corporate war.
She couldn't even talk about the Shockwave they were riding now, not just the car.
Otherwise, Judy would definitely be more surprised.
When Shockwave carried the two to the skyscraper H8, Alex, who arrived via the teleportation point, had been waiting for them.
"You got here so fast, flew over?" Judy asked jokingly.
Alex shrugged: "Probably, who knows."
Because they had already eaten breakfast in the morning, the three of them did not linger too long, but went directly to the balcony of Maiko Maeda's office.
"Shockwave, hack into their system, open the door."
"Yes!"
*Click...*
Almost as soon as Shockwave's voice fell, the door of Maiko Maeda's office was opened.
This left Judy, who was about to bypass the system, a little dumbfounded.
But V was not surprised by this.
The security of the villa system in North Oak District is much more advanced than that of the Cloud.
Isn't Shockwave still going to get in?
"Looks like we have a strong hacker," Judy glanced at V and Alex with a smile.
She also thought the two were connecting with a hacker.
Little did she know, this "hacker" was exactly the Sword of the Lake she had just ridden.
The three walked into the office and happened to meet Maiko Maeda who was in the office.
Hearing the sudden footsteps, Maiko Maeda frowned and met Judy's gaze.
"Judy Alvarez? I was going to say nice to meet you, but I don't like to lie."
"I don't like to come uninvited, you know." Saying that, her eyes turned to Alex and V.
Judy also sullenly said, "Yes, and I know why you don't like it."
"Heh... Listening to what you said, you should have found someone to capture the wooden man? I guess, it's just the two of them?"
Saying that, Maiko Maeda looked at Alex and V.
She sneered: "I thought you had reached the bottom of your life when you joined the Mox Gang, but I didn't expect your depravity to stop."
"Messing around with two little wannabe thieves."
V frowned, and seemed to be very unhappy with Maiko Maeda's words.
Seeing V's gaze towards her, Maiko Maeda smiled disdainfully: "Very angry? Yes, it's you."
"If it wasn't for you, Judy's luck might have been better."
V remained cool.
If it were any other time, someone like Maiko Maeda would have been fed a few bullets long ago.
But not today.
After all, it was Judy who suggested it.
She can't spoil the plan.
Thinking of this, she fought back her anger and just said coldly: "I suggest you listen to Judy's proposal about the Cloud."
Maiko Maeda glanced at V and Alex contemptuously.
She knew exactly how capable Judy was.
The people she could find with her financial resources were nothing more than gangsters.
Maiko Maeda disdainfully got up and walked to the mirror, while fixing her makeup, she said:
"What? Want to come back? Yes, it's not that you don't know that I have always taken a fancy to your skills."
"I just don't understand why you have to bring such two half-a**..."
Judy snorted coldly and said straight to the point: "We are going to take over the Cloud, just like Lizzie's, we can't stand idly by!"
"Is it because of what happened to Evelyn? Heh..."
"You know about this?" V frowned and asked, "Since you know, why don't you care?"
Maiko Maeda didn't even look at V, while smoking a cigarette, she said, "The Tiger Claw Gang has the final say here, do you know what I mean in their eyes?"
She glanced at Alex, V, and Judy lightly: "Just like you and your troubles in my eyes, I can ignore it..."
"Are you done talking shit?"
Before Maiko Maeda finished speaking, a cold and murderous voice appeared directly in her mind.
"If you keep babbling on and on, I guarantee your head will be burned to a puddle in the next second!"
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