Hearing the name spoken by David, Mann and Pila were both stunned.
"You're not talking about the one who runs a clinic in Nihonmachi, are you?" Mann opened his mouth to confirm.
And David also nodded.
"Damn it, it's this guy again."
Getting a positive reply, Mann couldn't help but curse.
Ripperdoc, L, running a clinic in Nihonmachi.
With these key pieces of information combined, Mann naturally confirmed that the person David mentioned was Luoqi.
Mann was not unfamiliar with Luoqi.
Because it was this guy who had taken both Lucy and Rebecca away.
Although Rebecca would still do missions with them now, she was clearly absent-minded, and she only continued following them because Luoqi didn't need her on his side.
As for Lucy, she had directly left Maine's team without any hesitation. Although she was just a backup netrunner, without Lucy, all of Maine's team's network pressure was piled onto Kiwi.
Kiwi was practically dying of a headache now.
All of this was clearly caused by Luoqi. Mann simply couldn't figure out what was going on with this guy, how he had such great charm that both Lucy and Rebecca ran off with him.
Pila, who was standing by, felt even more so.
After Pila learned that both Rebecca and Lucy were involved with Luoqi, besides mocking Rebecca, he also wanted to go find Luoqi to settle the score.
But he was stopped by Rebecca. What made him even more upset was that he didn't know what had happened to Rebecca, but now she could easily pin him to the ground and beat him.
Mann and Pila could now be said to hate Luoqi intensely, but there was nothing they could do about him.
After all, both Lucy and Rebecca went willingly. As friends, they could only choose to respect their decision.
But now, not only had this guy Luoqi taken Rebecca and Lucy, he had even installed his Sandevistan on a little kid. How could Mann possibly tolerate this?
David heard Mann's cursing and was a bit confused.
"You guys know him?"
"More than just know him, this guy really screwed us over.
Forget it, let's leave it at that. Since you've already installed the Sandevistan, just keep it.
As for my money, you have to pay me back as soon as possible."
Mann took a deep breath, calmed his irritable emotions, and finally could only say.
Since this matter involved Luoqi, he couldn't push too hard.
After all, Luoqi and Rebecca were so close. As Rebecca's friend, Mann naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Luoqi, otherwise, he couldn't explain it to Rebecca.
However, although he let David off, he would definitely still choose to go find Luoqi for an explanation.
His Sandevistan was gone, so he would go find Luoqi and ask for one.
Anyway, he was a Ripperdoc, so he definitely had cyberware. Moreover, he was now starting a company and had connected with Arasaka, so he might be able to get something better than a Sandevistan.
At that time, he would settle both old and new grudges together. He had to make him cough up some benefits.
David saw that Mann had finally let him go, and his nervous heart instantly relaxed.
"Thank you, I will definitely pay you back the money as soon as possible."
"Get lost, I don't want to see you anymore."
Waving his hand, Mann told David to quickly leave his sight.
Although he said he gave up the Sandevistan, Mann's heart was still bleeding.
Seeing that Mann was impatient, David also hurried to Gloria's side and took her away from the warehouse entrance.
"Mann, you're just giving up on this cyberware?" Pila watched David and Gloria leave, then looked at Mann and asked.
"What else can I do if I don't give up? Hmph, let's go find that son of a bitch called L and settle the score."
With a cold snort, Mann took Pila and headed towards Luoqi's company.
When Luoqi wasn't busy on weekdays, he was either at the clinic or the company. It wasn't difficult for Mann and the others to find Luoqi.
Instead of contacting Luoqi, Mann and the others went directly to Luoqi's company.
"Hello, welcome to Ascension Technology.
I apologize, gentlemen, the system has not detected your visit appointment. Please state your purpose."
At the company entrance, a smiling virtual avatar on the electronic display next to the door was speaking to Mann and the others.
This was a virtual AI created by Lisandra specifically for reception.
"We want to see L." Mann got straight to the point.
"Ap... Please wait, I am notifying Mr. L for you."
Just after Mann stated his purpose, Lisandra, who was behind the reception AI, had already received the information.
Comparing the data, she found that Mann and the others knew Luoqi. She immediately informed Luoqi in his office about Mann's visit, while forcefully interrupting the reception AI's attempt to refuse.
"Alright, Mr. L is waiting for you in his office. Please follow the directions."
After a short while, the AI responded.
At this time, Luoqi was in his office preparing for a press conference in a few days, but he didn't expect Mann to show up.
Without much hesitation, Luoqi naturally chose to let Mann in.
"Mann, long time no see. What brings you to the company?" In the office, Luoqi sat on his chair and looked at Mann walking in, asking with some curiosity.
"I didn't expect this, L. It hasn't been that long, but you've changed so much. This company you've set up actually looks quite decent."
"That's not important, state your purpose, Mann."
"Yesterday you installed my Sandevistan on a kid. That was something I had already paid for.
You clearly have so much other cyberware, but you specifically chose to install the Sandevistan. How should we settle this?"
Mann came to the table, slammed it, and asked in a slightly questioning tone.
Facing Mann's questioning, Luoqi's emotions didn't fluctuate much. He calmly explained.
"Don't get worked up, Mann. I did save a kid yesterday, but I didn't know if that was your cyberware, did I? That thing was in his damn bag, so I just assumed it was his. It's normal to install it for him."
"How can I not be worked up? You bastard, taking Rebecca and Lucy is one thing, but you also messed up the cyberware I worked so hard to get.
Today you have to give me an explanation, otherwise, this matter isn't over."
Mann stated his true purpose for coming.
Mann had held a grudge against Luoqi for a long time. Now that he was even working for a corporation, he had to at least get some benefits out of him.
And when Luoqi saw Mann's appearance, he smiled.
Isn't he just asking for benefits? This is easy to handle.
Speaking of which, he felt a bit awkward about taking two key members from Mann's team. Now that Mann brought it up himself, they could settle it all at once and save some trouble.
"Alright, you're right. What I did was indeed not very considerate.
I will compensate you, but regarding the Sandevistan, I might not be able to give you cyberware."
"What do you mean? You're a Ripperdoc, and you can't even produce cyberware that satisfies me?"
"No, it's just that I think you might need something else more, like this."
Luoqi chuckled and shook his head, then took out a blue vial and placed it on the table.
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