Chapter 984 - 29: Arasaka Yorinobu’s Assignment

The Terrorist Mobile Team, the last line of defense in Night City.

Although structurally similar to the NCPD, they essentially do not follow City Hall commands, as all operatives uniformly obey the orders of their commander, Max Hammerman.

Most of the time, the NCPD’s armed force is sufficient to deal with city incidents: after all, the NCPD includes units like the Arasaka Combat Mecha, city armed helicopters, and land combat armored vehicles, which can all serve as military-grade light units.

However, in a chaotic city like Night City, gangs often manage to obtain weapons with unimaginable specifications, and there are also a myriad of mercenaries and cyberpsychosis with unimaginable combat capabilities. It’s wishful thinking to expect the understaffed NCPD to control the situation promptly...

At such times, the Terrorist Mobile Team would take off from the command center in a floating car and swiftly eliminate criminals or those with cyberpsychosis.

Almost all cities that are properly functioning have such a setup, each with its own combat methods. Night City’s Terrorist Mobile Team opts for the implantation of prosthetics beyond ordinary scale, paired with highly dangerous special weapons to solve problems—

With the timeless policy of the Terrorist Mobile Team accepting whatever equipment, this attitude attracts many companies to "invest," or more accurately, to shove unverified safe items into this team.

As a result, companies gain experimental data, and the Terrorist Mobile Team acquires the power to crush cyberpsychosis and terrorists, ensuring that this city...

At the very least won’t collapse due to violence.

Fifty years ago, after the nuclear explosion at Arasaka Tower, this city lived under the shadow of the blast. It was the Terrorist Mobile Team that maintained the final line and stood their ground for over fifty years afterward...

Unfortunately, there were many things they couldn’t guard against, like the assassination of Ryan, the brainwashing of Perares, and corporate control over the political and legal realms...

The reorganized Terrorist Mobile Team is subordinate to the NCPD and has the authority to enforce illegal cases, but "illegal" is a defined term in itself.

Currently, the law is defined by Lille.

This Mackinaw Floating Shadow was modified into a city-armed floating car, with an interior space that is not luxurious. On the contrary, it left interfaces to accommodate various heavy weapons, with an extremely rugged style.

Max Hammerman, the chief captain and commander of the Terrorist Mobile Team, sat across from Lille with his arms folded—

But he felt immense pressure.

The Terrorist Mobile Team originally recruited newcomers from the elite police of the NCPD, but as the NCPD privatized, cost control led to significant cuts in the police force. The number of new recruits he could absorb was minimal, coupled with cost control spawning a series of strategies using the team for corporate experiments, the Terrorist Mobile Team began recruiting from those with cyberpsychosis...

He had seen countless individuals with cyberpsychosis, and only those with incredibly impressive combat abilities and potential caught his eye.

Those who impressed him, after being sent to Los Pardis Labor Camp for "education," all became compliant, turning into "beneficial to society" law enforcers...

Those feared individuals with cyberpsychosis were nothing in his eyes. The few exceptional ones were merely "remarkable talents," even for a character like Adam Hammer, he would just marvel at Arasaka’s willingness to spend.

But Lille... he found Lille’s state hard to comprehend: at least Adam Hammer had half a brain given by his mom, but Lille...

Rumor had it that he exploded with the nuclear bomb, so what could possibly remain in that situation?!

In his memory, Lille was a thin figure, a terrifying criminal at the pinnacle of networking and engineering, completely different from the metal hulk that resembled a beefy bull before him!

He even heard some large cooling system hidden under the cloak, and as the floating car activated, the temperature in the car noticeably changed.

What kind of high-power prosthesis would require such a level of cooling?

"...Quite the aura, I didn’t expect not stopping you once would lead to this."

Hammerman broke the silence; he couldn’t stand the silence anymore.

Lille cut to the chase: "The Terrorist Mobile Team must be restructured. I want to take over the Los Pardis Labor Camp."

"You..."

"I have many plans for extreme troop structures on hand. I want an elite unit to help me execute special operations in other cities."

In just a few words, Hammerman’s brows furrowed into a deep frown:

He was an honest person, or at least someone who stayed true to his original intent, which from the start was to suppress violent crime.

During the toughest times, he led the Terrorist Mobile Team to take any contracts to maintain order. As long as someone called the police, they would respond....

The Terrorist Mobile Team was indeed formidable, but that was only in Night City. Maintaining order within the city was their trump card.

He never considered taking them to war!

"I’m sorry, I don’t understand, you’re saying, let people with mental disorders go to war, that sounds inhumane..."

Lille shook his head coldly: "Letting those with mental disorders become police isn’t humane either. If they can be regulated by the labor camp and transformed into qualified law enforcers, they can be remade into qualified warriors.

You think they should atone for disrupting the city’s order, so I’m now deciding to change their way of atonement.

Also... I believe you know well, in this city, there are many cyberpsychosis individuals and corporate grudges, how does the Los Pardis Correctional Institute manage to return them obediently to the streets, to attack those who were once common people like them."

Hammerman’s brows remained tightly furrowed: "City Hall won’t interfere with the Terrorist Mobile Team, this is..."

"This is law? Then I’ll be direct, I’m here right now, I can make a phone call to have the council amend the law immediately.

Theoretically speaking, this is illegal behavior, so either you have your team come over and kill me right now, or... cooperate obediently."

Blatant threat—

Seeing this scene would likely cause jaws to drop among other Night City residents: the city’s most insane cop, one of the most terrifying street legends, the Terrorist Mobile Team was threatened...

Although Lille hadn’t moved, his tone unchanged, eyes eternally indifferent—more precisely, he was wearing a mask. It looked like a mask, the eye sockets of which only emitted a faint glow, making it hard to determine if they were human eyes.

No obvious change, but Hammerman grew tense: he realized Lille needed no other gestures to bluff...

Because what he said was true, if he failed to cooperate, this lunatic would immediately launch an attack on the Terrorist Mobile Team.

Crazy.

"...But I won’t command, I’m a cop, I’d rather retire."

Hammerman slightly shifted his gaze to the Night City outside the window—

Today’s Night City was no longer the battered ship anyone could board; over two years, besides V and Jack launching corporate purges, there were no major incidents requiring the Terrorist Mobile Team to be deployed...

In a sense, the reconfigured NCPD mixed with gang members and those recklessly fearless mercenaries, was even more efficient than the Terrorist Mobile Team.

Perhaps it’s time to retire?

Lille nodded slightly: "It doesn’t matter, you can continue to command the city’s armed police. Since you’re cooperating with us, the Terrorist Mobile Team’s structure can remain, just like fifty years ago, selecting elite officers from the NCPD for law enforcement missions.

Plus, I’ll modify some enforcement regulations... to ensure your force is utilized in more areas, your integrity will have a better use."

"Integrity?" Hammerman smiled with interest, "First time someone’s described me that way, you’re planning to let..."

Hammerman wanted to inquire who would take over as the chief captain of this special task force. He first thought of V and Jack but quickly realized Lille might not want to do that...

He suddenly realized why Arasaka Yorinobu was in the car.

Yorinobu realized it too.

"Arasaka Yorinobu, I intend for you to handle this—get ready to meet your future subordinates."