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Chapter 158: Confrontation with Lucius

River turned to look at Randy, his eyes full of concern, "Are you okay?"

Randy shook his head, "I'm fine, uncle. Thanks to you, I can see Anthony's true face.

When River heard the word uncle, he was extremely happy.

He hasn't heard Randy call him uncle for a long time since Randy entered his rebellious period. Today is the first time.

Yes, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome between family members.

"Thank you, Tieyu." River cast a grateful look at Ling Luxian. If nothing else, just the call of "uncle" was worth River's thanks.

Not to mention, Ling Luxian indirectly saved Randy's life.

After personally taking Ling Luxian's statement, River gave him Lucius Lane's contact information.

River looked at him with a complicated expression, "I don't know what tricks you played, but I hope you don't forget what I said. I will keep an eye on you."

"OK OK." Ling Luxian hastily assured River, "I won't do anything out of line and won't embarrass you."

"Are you leaving?" Randy looked at Ling Luxian reluctantly. He had only spent a short time with him, but he became Randy's most cared friend.

"Yeah." Ling Luxian ruffled Randy's hair, "But we will meet again."

Randy handed Ling Lu the gun with both hands, and Ling Lu took the gun and left the police station.

Seeing Ling Luxian leave, River warned: "Randy, you shouldn't play with such dangerous weapons in the police station."

"Uncle, you are always like this, that's why I hate you. Didn't you see those policemen, they didn't come to take care of me?" Randy was a little unhappy and sat aside sulking.

River didn't understand how he could be blamed for doing his job impartially.

Their uncle-nephew relationship can still be reconciled.

Speaking of Ling Luxian, he got Lucius's contact information and made an appointment with him as soon as possible.

In order to keep it secret, Lucius Lane decided to meet at his official residence.

"Oh, the famous Mr. Pilot, the most sought-after mercenary in Night City. Who do you work for?"

Looking at the dark-skinned fat man in front of him, Ling Luxian was reminded of Dexter for no reason. He was just as eloquent and hypocritical.

“I don’t work for anyone but myself.”

Ling Luxian looked at Lucius Lane and turned off all the electronic equipment. However, he still felt unsafe, so he used an electronic pulse to paralyze the equipment here.

"You... that's very rude."

Seeing Ling Luxian's actions, Lucius Lane's face darkened even more.

"Sorry, Mr. Mayor, just to be on the safe side."

Immediately, Ling Luxian took off his disguise.

"you you……"

Lucius Lane was stunned. He didn't expect that the man in front of him was a disguise from beginning to end.

He looked somewhat familiar. Recalling the important people in my mind, I finally determined my target.

Lucius Lane pushed up his glasses and said, "Are you the CEO of the American branch of Kanto?"

Ling Luxian nodded, "It's Ling."

Lucius Lane laughed bitterly, "It seems that the entire Night City force has been played around by you."

Ling Lu smiled but said nothing, "Now Mr. Mayor, do you understand my intention?"

"It's for safety."

Since the two of them have leverage over each other, there is a basis for cooperation.

Lucius Lane poured a glass of wine for Ling Luxian, "You are taking this risk yourself, I'm afraid you have big plans, right?"

"Oh?" This surprised Ling Luxian. "I didn't expect that Mr. Mayor actually knew our idioms."

Lucius Lane said modestly: "Speaking to people in a way that is humane and speaking to ghosts in a way that is not humane is a basic skill of politicians. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Mr. Ling."

Ling Luxian narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that Lucius Lane was a typical politician who had no stance of his own towards the company.

When the military technology was strong, Arasaka was introduced to balance it out. When Arasaka dominated Night City, they turned to cooperate with the military technology.

In a sense, Lucius Lane inherited the last wish of Richard Knight, the founder of Night City, and played both sides between companies in order to make Night City better.

It is also possible that it was caused by the influence of the Yeshi Company's similar Curdin plan. After all, Lucius Lane also received funding from the Yeshi Company.

Perhaps Lucius Lane's contribution to Night City was not in line with that of Night's Company. Therefore, Night's Company re-supported Jefferson. And because Lucius Lane's prestige was too great, they were ready to kill him and use him as a stepping stone for Jefferson.

"Mr. Mayor, there are many people who want to kill you."

Lucius Lane smiled and said, "Doesn't that include Mr. Ling?"

"Humph!" Ling Luxian laughed contemptuously: "If you included me, you would have been a corpse long ago."

That's true, Lucius Lane investigated all his actions as a mercenary. He was more inclined to deal with the opponent's body.

"Then I would like to ask Mr. Ling, what is Kang Tao's appeal?"

Ling Luxian slapped the table and said, "We, Kang Tao, want to gain some say in Night City."

"But haven't you already mastered it?"

Lucius Lane cursed in his heart, these companies are indeed a group of wolf cubs, as long as Night City is a little weak, they will pounce on it to eat meat.

It seems that Kang Tao wants to become a member of the Night City Council. So far, the last person to become a member of the Night City Council was Zeta Technology, which accidentally entered the council after Arasaka left.

Ling Luxian shook his finger and said, "I heard that Night City has an elders council or something. We, Kang Tao, want to join it, so we can only ask the mayor to think of a way."

Sure enough.

Lucius Lane was silent for a moment, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ling, it is not easy to enter the Night City Council. However, if Kang Tao can make enough contributions to Night City, I can consider helping you get it."

Ling Lu raised the corner of his mouth, "Mr. Mayor, we, Kang Tao, will certainly not let you down. Besides, isn't it a contribution to Night City to prevent you from being assassinated?"

There was a gleam of shrewdness in Lucius Lane's eyes. It seemed that Kang Tao had grasped him well.

Lucius Lane nodded. "Of course. Thanks to Mr. Ling's reminder, we now know where Forte is. The assassin he chose can no longer move."

Ling Luxian took a sip of wine and said, "Mr. Mayor, do you know that Ye's Company has also issued an assassination order against you?"

"This is impossible! I worked hard for Night City, and they are the ones who inherited Mr. Knight's legacy. They won't do this to me."

"Why not?" Ling Luxian sneered, "Ye's company is not as upright as it seems. They will do anything to achieve their goals. Besides, I have evidence."

Lucius Lane's face turned gloomy. He didn't expect that Ye's Company would actually take action against him.