Now, even Pira said they wanted to join the fun; eventually, everyone decided to go together, looking out for each other to avoid any mishaps.
After all, the Cleaner Fish's base is just a street away from theirs, honestly, having such disgusting stuff at your doorstep is rather annoying, better to deal with it early so the neighborhood might be calmer.
Though the Euros offered in the commission aren't much, these Cleaner Fish bases are often scattered with a lot of extracted implants, surgical equipment, and the like, which could be worth quite a bit combined...
But the last commission was somewhat tricky.
Mercer examined it and concluded that this commission might require him to handle it personally.
[Hans:
The ambition of the Haitians is gradually inflating. They are attempting to use the force of all Haitians to drive out the NCPD, turning Taiping Prefecture into the Haitians' backyard.
In this regard, their stance aligns with both the Animal Gang and Dog Town, but though everyone would love to see the NCPD kicked out, the Voodoo Gang's power growing too strong isn't a good thing.
Lately, their behavior on the networks has been increasingly arrogant, and the entire public network of Taiping Prefecture and even Dog Town has become extremely dangerous.
I need you to give them a tough lesson online, let them behave, and stop relying on the Sea God Server to recklessly attack hackers, hack into servers, making it difficult for us to go online.
I discussed with Dog Town's Hua Tiao, deciding to launch a surprise attack on them.
They usually become active around seven or eight at night; I plan to commence at seven, having your people cooperate with Dog Town's Voodoo Gang to ambush those Taiping Prefecture Voodoo Gang hackers in Cyberspace.
When you're ready, contact Hua Tiao, as long as you can make Taiping Prefecture's Voodoo Gang behave, consider the job done.
The commission reward is 200,000 Euros.]
Mercer looked at this commission and after some thought, simply sent Hans another message.
[A: I don't need Dog Town's Voodoo Gang involvement, give their share of the money to me, I'll handle this by myself.]
[Hans: Are you sure? Taiping Prefecture's Voodoo Gang has the Sea God Server backing them and never acts alone.]
[A: I'm sure, and I suggest you notify Dog Town's Voodoo Gang to avoid deep-diving in the coming days. Starting today, I'll make those Haitians relive the nightmare of being chased from their homes by natural disasters.
I'll strike them hard for a few days; I suppose the Voodoo Gang will understand to behave.
Just as I also want to greet them, telling them this part of Cyber World will be my domain in the future.]
[Hans: You sure have confidence, A.
So it's settled then, the commission amount is 500,000 Euros, and if afterward, I can confirm the death of some renowned elite hacker, there will be an additional bounty.]
[A: I'll send you a certification program, if your hacker plans on diving deep, remember to activate the program, or it might lead to a mistaken kill on my end.]
[Hans: If you can manage that, I'm willing to pay for your certification program.]
[A: Sounds good, Cyber protection fee, huh?]
[Hans: If you're really that capable, I'm indeed willing to spend more on network security.]
[A: Seems like you're eager to get rid of those Voodoo Gang guys.]
[Hans: Who'd want to cooperate with a bunch of guys who treat outsiders like doormats? If you ever decide to take them out and rule Taiping Prefecture alone, I'd gladly lend a hand.]
[A: I think that day will come; I've accepted the commission, notify your people and Dog Town's Voodoo Gang to be cautious in the coming days, I'm ready to kick off now.]
[Hans: I look forward to your performance.]
Mercer hung up the communication and looked up. At the moment, only Lucy was still waiting for him in the room, apparently wanting to say something.
"Don't deep dive for the next few days, I have work to do."
Lucy nodded and said, "Alright, I saw the commissions you posted in the chat group; Hans sure has piled up a lot for us."
"Get paid to solve problems, also a chance to show him muscle," Mercer smiled and said, "When dealing with the Cleaner Fish, be cautious, bring the heavy artillery if you must."
"Yeah, don't worry." Lucy smiled, "I know you'll definitely watch over us online."
"You guessed right, so act boldly, if anything unexpected happens, it won't take long for me to get there."
After encouraging her, Mercer directly sat down on the hacker's chair, "Help me plug the cables, plug them all in."
Lucy stood up, walked behind him, watching him sit cross-legged on the hacker's chair, opened the back panel of the head, revealing numerous ports.
Skillfully inserting all kinds of cables, Lucy gently reminded him, "I need to go with Rebecca to probe the Cleaner Fish's details, first do a reconnaissance, I'll have Kyoko keep an eye on you in the meantime, if anything's off, she'll unplug you."
"The one needing unplugging won't be me… alright if it makes you feel better, let her keep watch."
Mercer said confidently as he shrugged his shoulders, "I'm going to beat down the Voodoo Gang's arrogance online, and by the way, test their Sea God Server's capabilities."
Looking at the row of servers behind him, he smiled and said, "Do you think we ought to give our server a badass name too?"
"As long as you're happy," Lucy only emphasized, "Nothing too weird… I don't want to hear strange names when going online later."
After some thought, Mercer smirked and said, "Then let's call it Orion—back in the old net days, a hacker used an AI named Orion to hunt rogue AI online.
Now I'll use this large server dedicated to eliminating those rats causing trouble online."
"Cyber image for the server shouldn't be too bizarre either," Lucy advised again, knowing Mercer had some peculiar ideas.
"…I'll think it over."
Mercer then remembered this detail—everyone online gave their server a cyber persona, he surely wouldn't be outdone.
What's a tough, stylish, and unique representation suitable for his server?
Got it!
Once an image popped into his mind, Mercer eagerly dove into the deep web.
Time to show these Voodoo Gang punks how a true net deity really plays!