After a delicious breakfast, Jiang Heng told everyone to clean the kitchen. They were terrible at cooking, but cleaning was something they could do. He couldn't have them eating for free, could he?
Then everyone tasted the strawberries Lucy had picked. The strawberries in the greenhouse were already starting to turn red in large patches.
The impact of the strawberries was even more powerful than a bowl of spicy noodles.
Everyone had actually eaten noodles before, as there were many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown that sold stir-fry, noodles, dumplings, and so on. However, foreign Chinese food is, well, you know... It doesn't taste the same, and the ingredients aren't real, they're all synthetic.
As for fruit, not only had they never eaten it, they'd never even seen it.
When Lucy placed the strawberries on the table, everyone was suspicious. They thought these bright red fruits with such vibrant colors might be poisonous.
But after taking a bite, everyone was hooked.
Especially Rebecca, Sasha, and the other girls, they had no resistance to the strawberries.
Then, Jiang Heng called for everyone to start making dumplings. Making enough for everyone by himself was tiring, so he let everyone make their own.
If they didn't know how, they could learn. It didn't matter if they were good or not, whoever made the dumplings got to eat them!
Actually, for these guys, it didn't matter how good the dumplings were. Even if they just threw the dumpling filling straight into the pot to cook, they could still eat it like it was a delicacy.
Speaking of which, it had been a long time since Jiang Heng had eaten dumplings, he was really missing them.
This time he made many fillings, leek and pork, mushroom and pork, etc. Everyone ate so much, they could have swallowed their tongues!
Compared to the dumplings Jiang Heng made, those from the Night City food stalls were just a pile of shit!
…
“Ah~ This is the life.”
After lunch, Mann and the others lay comfortably on the couch, picking their teeth and sighing.
Jiang Heng sat beside Lucy, holding her, occasionally feeding her an imported strawberry.
Rebecca looked at them, her big eyes filled with disdain. These two were showing off their affection again.
But she was also curious, would eating strawberries like this really make them taste better?
…
After eating, drinking, and resting, everyone finally got down to business.
This time, they were facing Arasaka Academy.
Arasaka Academy had a lot of important information resources that Arasaka Corporation had dug up from the old network, so its ICE, although not as difficult to hack as Arasaka Corporation's own network, was still not to be underestimated.
“This time, the client still wants us to minimize the noise. And because Arasaka Academy's network is not connected to the outside world, we still have to enter the school to connect to the school's network and get their information. So, any thoughts?”
Mann looked at everyone and said.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the fat-legged loli leaned back on the sofa with her hands behind her head and her fat legs crossed. She grumbled, “Four-eyes is such a pain. I say we just storm the school, point a gun at the head of that dog-shit leader, and he'll hand over whatever we want, right?”
Hearing this, even Jiang Heng couldn't help but give Rebecca a thumbs-up. Hey, you're a genius!
Of course, the plan couldn't be carried out the way Rebecca suggested. Otherwise, the next day the group would be plastered on Arasaka's wanted posters, and then endless corporate agents would be sent to assassinate them.
Jiang Heng was not afraid, but there was no way Mann and the others could survive a full-scale assault from the corporation.
At this point, Qiwei, who had been silent, spoke up.
“I have a good idea. We can pretend to be students of Arasaka Academy, sneak into the school, and then naturally access their public network.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at Qiwei. They suddenly realized it was a pretty good idea.
It was hard to break into Arasaka Academy's ICE, and it would likely attract the attention of Arasaka's network hounds. But if they entered as students and connected to the network, wouldn't it be a natural progression?
Getting Arasaka Academy's teaching resources was simple. As Rebecca said, they could just barge in, find a leader, and threaten them, and they would hand them over. But it was too ostentatious, and the client didn't want to make a big fuss, so they had to use a more discreet strategy.
Qiwei's idea seemed like a good one, but the problem was how to make their identities more believable, so believable that they could fool Arasaka Academy's system.
Just then, Lucy spoke up, “I don't think that's a good idea. Considering Arasaka's way of doing things, even if their own students want to connect to the network, they would probably have to go through layers of authentication. It's easy to detect a fake.”
Jiang Heng: “If a fake won't work, then let's go for the real thing!”
“The real thing?” Everyone turned to look at Jiang Heng, how do you do that?
“I mean, we can't do it, but we can find a real Arasaka Academy student to help us,” Jiang Heng said with a mysterious smile.
“An Arasaka Academy student? You mean threaten them?” Mann frowned, he didn't want to implicate innocent people for a mission.
“No, no, no. To be precise, it should be a collaboration.”
Mann: “But why would an Arasaka Academy student cooperate with us? After all, if this were to be found out, it would be serious. Would a student dare to do that?”
“Others might not, but there is one person who would definitely dare!”
“Who is it?”
Jiang Heng: “David Martinez!”