Start adding points from Edgewalker

Chapter 156 River meets Lucius

"Whoo~"

Arriving at the door of Lucius Lane's mansion, River adjusted his breathing and rang the doorbell.

"Who is it?"

Lucius Lane saw that it was a cop who came to see him. Although he didn't take it seriously, he softened his attitude for the sake of votes.

If it were a normal situation, if a cop dared to look for me, he would have been scolded to death.

River just stood there, straight and composed, and said a word without changing his expression.

"The Red Queen's Race."

Lucius Lane was a qualified politician and did not reveal anything unusual.

Only River, one of the parties involved, noticed that Lucius Lane's expression froze for a moment.

"Come in and talk, sir."

When River walked into Lucius Lane's official residence, he keenly discovered that the cameras here were all staring at him.

River had no doubt that if he made any unusual movement, he would be shot in the head by a sniper hiding in the dark, or have his head burned by a hacker.

Fortunately, Lucius Lane is a smart man. The unclear death of a policeman in his official residence will only ruin his reputation and undermine his election.

When River walked into Lucius Lane's office, he had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. River, what would you like to drink?"

Obviously, Lucius Lane had already investigated River's information. What he didn't understand was that such a good police officer praised by everyone could actually be a corrupt police officer. It was quite magical.

He thought that River had obtained some dirt on him and was planning to blackmail him.

For the sake of votes, he endured it. It wouldn't be too late to deal with this little policeman when he was re-elected as mayor.

"Uh... I'm free."

Seeing Lucius Lane, his round body was almost as fat as a ball.

I don't know how much of the people's money he scraped to get such a fat body.

River subconsciously thought that this Lucius Lane was not a good person either.

Lucius Lane poured River a glass of whiskey, raised his hand and said, "Please."

River picked up his glass and toasted with Lucius Lane.

River took a sip of wine and got straight to the point: "Then I'll tell you straight away, the reason why I came to see you."

Lucius Lane smiled and said, "Officer River, there's no need to be so anxious. We can talk about other things first."

Lucius Lane thought that River couldn't wait to threaten him, which made Lucius despise the young policeman even more.

River didn't have time to waste on him. "Mayor Lucius, your time is valuable, isn't it? Please let's get started."

Seeing this, Lucius Lane knew that he couldn't win against River, so he turned off all the electronic devices in the office.

After all, it was dirty secrets about himself, and electronic equipment was too prone to problems, so Lucius Lane didn't want to reveal his tracks.

"Name your price, Mr. River."

Lucius Lane felt that he had the upper hand. He sat calmly in his office chair and spoke to River.

"What's the price?"

River frowned slightly, not knowing what Lucius Lane was talking about.

Lucius Lane was slightly stunned. It seemed that this silly boy knew nothing. He was probably being used as a gun.

River was outspoken. After all, Lucius Lane was the mayor of Night City. It would be a big deal if he was assassinated. He couldn't bear to see this happen.

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and said, "Mayor Lucius, the reason I came to you is because I heard that someone was planning to assassinate you."

Seeing River Bull chewing a peony and finishing the glass of wine, Lucius Lane felt that it was a waste of food. Until he heard that someone wanted to assassinate him, he really lost his composure.

There is no time to worry about the Red Queen's race now. The most important thing is our life.

Lucius stood up suddenly, and swayed three times due to his heavy weight.

"What did you say? Someone wants to assassinate me?" Then he calmed down, "Then why didn't you report it to NCPD, but came to me directly?"

River looked at Lucius Lane with pity, "What if the people who want to kill you are the NCPD?"

"That's impossible. If there was a problem within the NCPD, Holt would tell me."

River sneered, "It is Deputy Mayor Holt, in conjunction with NCPD Deputy Chief Fort, and with the equipment provided by Arasaka, who are coming to assassinate you."

"That makes sense..."

Lucius Lane suddenly realized that Holt must have wanted to take the position himself, so he won over NCPD Deputy Chief Fort and asked him to train killers in prison.

As for what the benefit is, it is probably that after Holt takes office, he will make Forte the director of NCPD.

It was inevitable that Arasaka was involved, as Hott and Fort, two good-for-nothings, didn't even dare to make their own plans.

Arasaka joined in, probably because Arasaka wanted to take over the land in the north of the city, but he disagreed. Maybe it was also because he had close ties with military technology?

River then told Lucius Lane everything he knew and reminded him to be careful in the near future.

Lucius Lane nodded. His guess was almost right. He began to realize the seriousness of the matter.

If he can't even trust Holt, who can he trust?

"Thank you, Officer River. But I don't understand why you are helping me?" Lucius Lane asked puzzledly.

River hesitated for a moment, then decided to be honest. "I'm not helping you. I'm just performing my duties. I'm a police officer, and it's my responsibility to protect the safety of the citizens. Of course... one more thing, I want to keep my job."

Lucius Lane looked at River and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart.

He still sympathized with River, who came from a poor family and had a sister and three nephews to take care of.

Isn't it the same for him? Although his parents are both employees of the company, his father died early, and in order to save his mother's life, he spent all the family savings.

As a result, he began to have some favorable impressions of the young policeman.

He nodded, "Okay, I'll be careful. If you need any help, feel free to come to me. By the way, there should be someone behind you, right? Find some time to let him meet me."

Lucius was not going to make things difficult for River as he was a chess piece, so he tried to find a way to make the person behind the scenes surface.

"How did you know..." River finally understood that there was another deeper meaning in the code words Ling Luxian said.

Knowing that this was Ling Luxian, he was prepared to use himself as a springboard to meet Lucius Lane.

Then Reifer followed his wishes and said, "It was a good friend of mine who provided the information. It is said that he works for the company."

"Company?" Lucius Lane asked, pinching his chin, "Do you know what company it is?"

River shook his head, "He didn't tell me."

Lucius Lane thought for a moment and said, "Then Mr. River, please help me contact him."

"Ok."

After saying that, River left Lucius Lane's official residence.

Just at this moment Ling Luxian called, and River wanted to have a good talk with him about this matter and ask him why he was playing tricks on him.

"Pilot, I've got it done here. When the time is right, Mayor Lucius will trust us..."

Before he could say anything about settling the score with Ling Luxian, he heard Ling Luxian's voice.

"River, I want to give you a big credit."